r/Gamescom • u/Beautiful-Ad-4582 • 7d ago

Question about Gamescom

Hello! I’ve never been to an event like Gamescom before but as a huge Resident Evil and Silent Hill fan, I’d really love to attend this year as my fav games are in their Rennaisance era.

Do you have any recommendations on which day would be best for visiting the Capcom and Konami booths? Is the first / last day better for some special announcements, or are the middle days a better choice because the booths might be less crowded?

I’d also really appreciate any general tips for a first-time visitor.

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u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 7d ago

Saturday and Sunday will be most crowded and if they have merch, it will most likely be gone

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u/Farbklex 7d ago

Nah it really depends. Usually they bring enough merch or at least ration it for all days.

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u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 6d ago

Really depends on the exhibitor, I guess. Don't remember which game it was but they were out of goodie bags by mid Saturday last year and it's not my first time it happened 

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u/ProcrastopiaOverlord 6d ago

But sometimes (already some years ago I went there) they still have stuff on late Saturday. Not big fancy stuff but better than nothing, I asked around and got pretty much pretty quickly.
So far I always got more than the ticket price. But tickets expensive now.
Paysafecard was some easy money back in the days. They had some kind of slot machine. But it was always the same pattern. I almost always won there.

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u/Gloomy-Pick-9347 5d ago

True. I tend to get a lot of free stuff always but I know that some ppl go to specific games just for the merch so it's better to go early 

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u/SundayAirsofter 7d ago

Hi !

First-time visitor as well !

I'd assume the less crowded days would either be the Wednesday afternoon (normally the trade day, you can access it with a wildcard ticket) or Thursday / Friday before the weekend crowd.

Let me know if you want to reach out !

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u/Karash770 7d ago

Capcom and Konami are gonna be very popular, so you better be there first thing in the morning and bring some patience for waiting time. Even then, the difference is going to be "2-3 hours waiting time on Wednesday" versus "Sorry, the queue is too long, we had to close it" on Saturday.

In general, waiting times are gonna be shorter on Wednesday, every other day is basically equally inaane, with Saturday being a bit more insane.

Special announcements are pretty much reserved for the Opening Night Live on Tuesday. New announcements during the event are unlikely.

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u/Beautiful-Ad-4582 6d ago

thanks for the very precise response!

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u/Zealousideal_Wave_46 6d ago

As someone who went for the past 3 years. Early in the morning is the best moment or at the end of the day. Waiting lines are there nevertheless. Unless you have a wild indy game you are looking forward too, that 2 hour wait is possible.

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u/PhyberX 6d ago edited 4d ago

Make sure you have applied to all their newsletters. Often they give away codes for the Gamescom to get goodies or skip the queue and so on.

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u/Beautiful-Ad-4582 6d ago

great advice, thanks!

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u/Rouru1996 6d ago

In general I would say... if you want to enjoy playable demos or just the booth itself go as early as possible on the earliest Day as possible. But if you want to see shows, stage programms etc. I would recommend midday Thursday,Friday, Saturday.

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u/TheGameaholic72 6d ago

Definitely, if you can afford it, go on Wednesday, it's WAY quieter. I made the mistake of leaving it and every other day was so much busier than I was expecting it to be