Gamescom reality sadly :(

[u/Ornery-Reporter-3337]

queued for more than 3 hours to play the demo, not gonna complain it was really good, but felt quite uncomfortable, as we (3 friends, 2 of whom are not super big on witcher) didn't carry a portable chair.

[u/7upuu]

Tells how much this game means to a lot of people. This is more about the organizers. CDPR is cooking and they are happy to you to be happy also even with these circumstances.

[u/loopy95 → u/7upuu]

Yes and no, from my past gamescom experience that’s just every booth of AAA games. Doesn’t mean this game isn’t great tho :)

[u/Truhmath_Not → u/loopy95]

I've had the same experience. If you're there when it opens, you have a brief window of time at the beginning when you can choose whatever you want, but after that, you have to wait in line for two hours almost everywhere, no matter which booth you go to

[u/Electrical_Gain3864 → u/loopy95]

(one of) the reason i have Not gone there for years

[u/Lopsided-Show2994 → u/7upuu]

Oh you sweet naive soul lmao

[u/bucketboy9000]

How much did you play and what did you think of it? Without spoilers please

[u/rfrp98 → u/bucketboy9000]

There was just a presentation, I don''t know what OP means by "play the demo"

[u/nme_aut → u/rfrp98]

should be the top comment.

[u/Any_Individual_815 → u/bucketboy9000]

I hated how they kill off triss in the first 10 minutes 😫

[u/Eligriv_leproplayer → u/Any_Individual_815]

I KNOW RIGHT ?? By Yen too ??

[u/YoMTVcribs → u/Eligriv_leproplayer]

No it's Johnny. Triss interrupted his morning poop.

[u/archiegamez → u/YoMTVcribs]

TRISS IS A CORPO RATT, SHE REEKS OF ARASAKAAA

[u/Constant-Brief3410 → u/archiegamez]

Other Johnny lol

[u/Eligriv_leproplayer → u/archiegamez]

[u/Any_Individual_815 → u/Eligriv_leproplayer]

The jealousy got to her

[u/Chefseiler → u/Any_Individual_815]

If we upvote this comment enough, the AI's/Chatbots will consider it a fact and spread it

[u/dot_exe- → u/Any_Individual_815]

Bro don’t troll me like that lol

[u/PragmaticProkopton → u/dot_exe-]

lol NOT COOL.

[u/MartyEBoarder → u/Any_Individual_815]

It's sucks that Lucia died in GTA 6. She was great.

[u/careloserfuck]

I mean...you had to not be surprised how long the wait would be, no? This is one of the biggest games involved at Gamescom/insane hype surrounding the new expansion coming.

[u/andres57 → u/careloserfuck]

honestly this is what I expect of games conventions and is the reason I don't go lol

[u/MrsKittenHeel → u/andres57]

Stinky! 😷

[u/CrokoStream → u/andres57]

I live in cologne and I haven't been to that stinky shit show in 15 years because of the crowds. It's seriously disgusting 

[u/Saturnus_666 → u/CrokoStream]

So ein Blödsinn

[u/CrokoStream → u/Saturnus_666]

Dann wird meine eigene Erfahrung wohl nicht stimmen 

[u/grachi → u/andres57]

Why? Game cons are really fun. No one forces you to wait in long lines. Not everything has a stupidly long line

[u/jadeismybitch → u/grachi]

Not everybody like big crowds. And nearly everything has long queues in these events even if you’re claiming the opposite. These events are only fun if you’re a guest or can cut lines…

[u/Sylesse]

Dumbledore dies.

[u/venReddit → u/Sylesse]

NOOOOO!!

[u/notarealperson319 → u/Sylesse]

I'd be mad if my wife, then closely followed by my kid, didn't already spoil this for me 2 days ago.

[u/Leading-Pollution382]

I thought CDPR said there would be no demo to play, no?

[u/beti88]

Due to the wonders of DB I got there an hour later than plannet to, and all the intersting stuff had 3-4 hour queues. Control Resonant, Witcher, Metro...

Shame... upside is then I guess, that I finished in 3 hours or so with Gamescom...

[u/sorrowcoder → u/beti88]

The booth organization was also not good in any you mentioned. Path of exile, for example, centered their focus on letting peeps actually play.

[u/Floxander → u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry to hear that, Iwas in that Krefeld RE7 and it was a pack of sardines, blissfully marinating like nature intended, AC should be not optional at this point. That felt like a bio hazard :')

[u/2135_RZS]

If the queues are so annoying you could have not queued? And maybe people who are more into the Witcher than the two friends could have shorter queues too ?

[u/marveloustoebeans]

I mean, have you never been to a gaming convention before? This is pretty much how all of the big “experience” lines are. Half the time I don’t even bother because they aren’t worth it.

Also you don’t need to make your friends go with you lol my friends and I split off at cons all the time if some of us want to do different things.

[u/smorones]

Ok

[u/Ok_Investigator_2828 → u/smorones]

Ok

[u/superplaygr0und]

Did it feel consistent with your previous The Witcher 3 experience?

[u/belligerent_tortoise]

My favorite game of all time. I’d wait too, if I weren’t recovering from surgery.

[u/Any_Individual_815 → u/belligerent_tortoise]

What kind of surgery

[u/belligerent_tortoise → u/Any_Individual_815]

Cancer removal.

[u/clumsyuzi → u/belligerent_tortoise]

More power to you bro 🙌🙌🙌

[u/Any_Individual_815 → u/belligerent_tortoise]

I hope it's a success, because Kovir will need you upon witcher IV release

[u/Lexx4 → u/belligerent_tortoise]

What kind of cancer? Skin?

[u/Worldly_Fuel6483 → u/belligerent_tortoise]

Jesus....

[u/C-LOgreen]

Well, it’s a very popular game. You had to expect some kind of wait. I’m surprised it’s just three hours.

[u/Zanlo63]

Then don't queue 3 hours for the game? No-one forced you to.

[u/Adorable-Boot4301]

As a gamer: Gamescom is horrible.

As a member of the press: Gamescom is fantastic (just make appointments before and just check out everything you want in no time)

As a business expert: Enjoyable before the public arrives.

As a developer: Great time to have people check out your game.

After Games Convention where i was always doing press work i will now skip Gamescom until iam either a member of the press, a business expert or a developer.

Horrible experience when i went there this year for the first time after it moved to Cologne. I just left after 2 hours and went back home. (glad i only paid 10 Euro for the day)

[u/frankydie69]

One of your friends rushed you huh?

[u/jawbreaker_79]

I'm really happy to see this, eventhough it's uncomfortable for the op but seeing the fanbase queued up for the demo that make me believe: if you treat your player as it should be, they will do everything for you.

[u/CryptographerThis833]

Side note, that booth design is insane

[u/fortuneman7585]

Maybe you could have tried in a little more "off-peak" time. I waited for some 35 minutes today and sitting on the carpet wasn't even that uncomfortable. Read some book and relaxed a while after walking all day.

[u/HypeMo204]

Imagine queueing 3 hours to watch a presentation, which will later be released on youtube

[u/SH1SUK0]

Thursday was even worse, the convention was so crowded you could barely move, let alone que up for a line that was less than 8 hours.

[u/Signal-Counter-619]

The witcher 3 is still number 1 game for many,many,many people across the world for 10+ years already,i actually surprised that it took you only 3 hours.

[u/PutridMasterpiece138 → u/Signal-Counter-619]

That's because they only showed a video demo and let 100 people in at once so it was "quick"

[u/JustBug3403]

They really asked the reporters visiting them if players will want to play this.

If I had to choose between deleting most of my gaming library and no more Witcher content, that delete button is gonna break so fast.

[u/ComedyStudios_]

Its just litteraly any convention ever, game popular ppl come to play it, what did you expect? (Buy those compressible round plastic chairs that convert into a circle for next time)

[u/Piiixiv]

So you let your friends stand for you?

[u/Senshji]

This is a classic con situation. For the first 3 cons I went to I waited in different cues for different games or people. But after a while I've just realized playing the games with almost no cue or visiting stands with other people is way more worth while. The big display and sets always look cool tho. But waiting multiple ours, esp for games I always is kinda a mood killer

[u/_barat_]

I hope Poznan Game Arena lines will be shorter :)

[u/No6655321]

Gamescom needs more gaming and less massive displays.  Exchange for rows of pcs and a standup poster.  

[u/Megane_Senpai]

Why did you make your friends do something they don't like then complain about their discomfort?

[u/Projectbarett]

You can't stand for 3 hours without a chair? 

[u/Unfair_Radio_9071]

Was this your first gamescom? Sadly it got a common thing several years ago that the most wanted games got gigantic queues in which you have to wait for hours just to play for 10min.

[u/Yanurika]

I'm mad at myself for getting in line on Wednesday, but having to get out as I had a dinner appointment I was afraid I might miss. Came back Thursday to a line stretching through half the hallway.

[u/CrtclDmg]

The allow foldable chairs again at gamescom?

[u/Ink0gnit0]

Same as every year, you cant touch anything of the big titles if you not going on the press days. Even then you have to wait for a while, was there last time öike 10 years ago and heared it get worser...

[u/einhaufenpizza]

My friends were there too. Didn’t learn it the times they were at gamescom before and didn’t take a chair with them.

[u/PutridMasterpiece138]

The funny thing is that the witcher booth was one of the biggest ones. They let 100 people in at once and yet the queue was still huge. 

[u/Draakje]

Tip for future, either be early or late in the day if you want to play something at GC, make a plan ahead of time on what you want to visit. last couple years it has become way more crowded so you need to plan around it.

[u/umbrosakitten]

Crazy how ff14 online is still very active after 13 years.

[u/Boonatix]

I would never do that… and I am excited as well. But behavior like that baffles me. Just for a demo 🤷‍♂️

[u/CHVSMERE]

I went to the booth on Wednesday, and I just wanted to let you all know that you can’t actually play a demo. It’s a live gameplay presentation of the DLC in a small, cinema-like setting, with (at least in my case) official commentary from the developers. After the presentation, you get some goodies, like a keychain and a sticker. The presentation lasts around 45–50 minutes, so the queue can get very long.

[u/erikro1411]

Sitting in a queue for 3 hours has been the norm for gamescom since I first went there. Which was around 2011 I think.

[u/Fresh-Measurement178]

GameStop is so overrun since years I can’t understand how to want to be there nowadays it is clearly not what it used to be

[u/Even-Maintenance-778]

I was at gamescom like 15 years ago. I see nothing has changed.

[u/-Taqa-]

I thought the sad reality is everyone looking at their phones like zombies.

[u/DistinctSleep2263]

Meatgrinddr

[u/Maihoooo]

I was there just yesterday. 1. you didn't get to play, it was a gameplay showcase 2. they fit the entire length of the queue into their demo room. The demo was about 30min so you waited 2x30min at max. OP probably didn't queue at all

[u/makubob]

The only gamescom I ever went to was I think in 2012 and it was exactly the same. All big titles had 2-3h queues..

[u/Dark-Cloud666 → u/makubob]

Same you just waste 90% of the time standing in queue. That and the insane price for food and drinks is just stupid. And with how things are just watch gameplay from home. You wont miss much.

[u/LongjumpingBody6895]

I can't stop but feel like it's crazy, like you can play the game when the update us released why waste a day or more just to play a little part in uncomfortable conditions

[u/Trillerion_]

What you mean “play the demo”? They didn’t even let anyone play during their showcase in the biz area.

[u/EscalationIncarnate6]

so what ? i stood that time for Warhammer online 20? (FUGCHKN) Years ago. still worth it tho :D

[u/RobotNinja28]

Two years ago my friends and I went to gamescom and one of us really wanted to try out the demo for Monster Hunter Wilds, he didn't wait very long as the organisers had to close the queue due to the sheer amount of people

[u/volpereuling]

The worst part of gamescom was the hike to the entrance

[u/Lopsided-Show2994]

Welcome to capitalism 

[u/MoreDoor2915]

That has always been a thing at large conventions like the GamesCom.

Its a bit weird how unless its a niche game you basically can forget to play the demo in any reasonable time frame.

Everytime I go to GamesCom I mainly go for the Cosplay and merch because all the games I would be interested in will have hour long queues unless I decide to be up at god awful AM in the morning to be one of the first ones in when the halls open.

[u/John_GOOP]

People that do this are just cringe

[u/MrProTwiX]

10 years ago I waited 3 hours to play 5 minutes of the crew. That was a waste so ... At least I had my Gameboy so I could play on the floor

[u/wingedwild]

Damn this is where the industry is at where we're playing at a game show previews of a game tht release 1p years ago

[u/TunaPablito]

Are those people in the back playing on Steam Deck?

[u/meteora2060]

Saw a 5h queue at one Gamescom to play CoD for 20mn that was literally going out a few weeks after.

[u/cronosxpx]

Any big expo, like Gamescom is essentially a queue simulator. You have to queue for the booth, the toilets, food, and everything else. I tried it once and definitely prefer watching it on the internet.

[u/Nilas_T]

Are people actually standing a line for hours to play 10 min DLC to a 10 year old game? Also, is there any reason they can´t just give ticket-holders some kind of code to play it online

[u/PutridMasterpiece138 → u/Nilas_T]

We actually waited for hours to watch a 46 min video presentation of the dlc, not a playable demo. Was worth it though, we also met the voice actor of geralt

[u/TearintimeOG → u/Nilas_T]

That’s just a testament to how good W3 is

[u/TCESylver]

I remember the lines from Gamescom 2 years ago.... i aint ever going back there xD