Firstlook 2009
Firstlook is the largest gaming convention in The Netherlands. I went over to Amsterdam with two friends and here are my impressions…
Getting up early, packing my bag and a two hour-trip later we arrived at the Firstlook event in Amsterdam right on time. There was already a queue outside and it kept getting bigger.
The first thing I noticed after walking around for a bit was that the convention was actually really small. I am comparing this with GamesCom in Cologne (I went there too) which is ofcourse totally unfair. However, I just can’t help thinking that the main area we were in was not even as big as one of the four to five main areas at GamesCom. Secondly, being someone that really likes goodies, the ones at Firstlook were disappointing at best. Pretty much everything consisted of posters, older issues of gaming magazines (!) and stickers. Now the REAL disappointing thing was the actual goodiehunt. This was announced on the official website and it took place at the main stage. Hunt? My ass. Just a bunch of people smacking each other for every goodie that was thrown into the public. Besides, it only lasted for a few minutes. In other words: LAME. The catering was WAY too expensive as well (€5,- for a hamburger).
After reading the above, you might think that I didn’t enjoy the Firstlook event at all but that luckily wasn’t the case. I got to smack my friends in Fairytale Fights and had a blast doing it. It was once again another great oppertunity to take pictures with the Canon. Besides, the posters weren’t all that bad. I have an awesome looking poster of Darksiders, one of the games I’m anxiously waiting for. Oh and I loved the Rabbid that was trying to act as a DJ, he was really acting funny.
The lineup wasn’t bad at all either. Most of the games that were announced on the official website were playable and people were informed of those that weren’t playable due to communication errors. Borderlands, Assassin’s Creed 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Darksiders, White Knight Chronicles and Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles are a few of the highly anticipated games that were all playable.
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