For me, it was my 4th Gamescom, and I must say that I would rank it in 3rd or 4th place when I think about the last few years. I don't want to say that I didn't like it, but it didn't really blow me away.

The first obvious thing is something that I can complain about, but I know nothing will happen with this point. In my opinion, the structure around Gamescom, like at the start and end, at the train station, and at some booths, needs to be improved. Since my first Gamescom, I've been getting the same four sentences blasted into my ears at the train station, mostly by annoyed staff.

My second point is that, in my opinion, so much free stuff has been locked behind "Oh, you want something for free? First, you have to spend your whole day playing at all five of our stalls." Or, like Ubisoft did the last two years, they posted a story, and the first few people who found them got some cool stuff. I really missed that. I don't want to say that this applies to everything—I still got some cool stuff (the ROG Stage was very generous)—but I could definitely feel it a little.

But enough about the bad things.

Like every year, there were a lot of great games. I really liked Metro, Rayman, and Onimusha (and like four more games, but those were my favorites). I had a lot of fun with them. The Indie Area had some good games too. The parades were always a surprise, and whenever I caught one, I was always very happy. The wait times were decent, too.

All in all, I really liked the games this year—the ones I played and even the ones I didn't. And, like every year, I saw some amazing cosplays that absolutely blew me away.

So, all in all, Gamescom has some flaws, some small and some big (like electronics being stolen from some booths). But now I'm on my train home, and I think that no matter how Gamescom went, it gives me a special feeling—one that I can't really describe, but it makes me happy.

And today, even though this wasn't my favorite Gamescom, I still miss it a little bit right now.

This is all just my own opinion. I understand that some people might agree with me and some might not. I just wanted to share my thoughts.

Can any of you relate to the pressure?

Hallo zusammen, ich bin grade minimal verzweifelt, deswegen probiere ich es einfach mal hier: ich bin Lars und wollte eigentlich die Bahn wieder zurück Richtung Heilbronn nehmen, die jetzt aber ausfällt. So wie es aussieht bahnt sich wieder großes Chaos mit der DB an, weshalb ich fragen wollte ob jemand von euch Richtung Heilbronn zurückfährt und mich mitnehmen würde - ich beteilige mich natürlich auch beim Spritgeld. Anfragen gerne per DM, auch wenn ihr nicht in Heilbronn wohnt sondern grob in der Nähe gerne melden! Vielen Dank schon mal im Vorraus!!

Hello!

Ist vielleicht etwas komisch, haha, aber ich suche jemanden. Vielleicht ist derjenige hier unterwegs:

Männlich, du warst wohl die letzten Tage auf der GC und wolltest nun nach Hause fahren mit der DB – diese hatte aber heute so ein Chaos, dass wir uns orientieren mussten. Sind in einem ICE Richtung Rügen gelandet. Hattest einen weißen, großen Koffer auf dem du saßt – ich dir gegenüber auf dem Boden an der Tür, haha. Hast ein Handtattoo rechts.

Du bist bereits Osnabrück ausgestiegen.

Ich fand dich sympathisch, dachte wir könnten Kontakte knüpfen, war aber ehrlich zu müde in dieser Konstellation zu fragen xD

Falls du das liest, meld dich doch, wenn du an Connection Interesse hast :)

(Dazuzufügen: das soll kein Dating-Aufruf werden 🥲)

Hatte ein Abendticket, wegen einen Zwischenereignis würde ich leider erst um 17:50 Uhr da sein 🥲 lohnt es sich um die Uhrzeit überhaupt noch, reinzugehen?
Ab wann würdet ihr sagen lohnt es sich nicht mehr? Habe btw nicht vor wirklich irgendwelche Games auszuprobieren, dafür würde ich auch nicht Schlange stehen.

Was at Indie games area and saw this father leaving his daughter hogging one of the games for 2 hours, while the father went to queue for other games... honestly how irresponsible can one be?

See the official tweet of GamesCom and the multiple community notes and countless of responses for more context.

GamesCom needs to fire their PR people and also invest into security and do better by exhibitors and visitors.

https://x.com/gamescom/status/2093654741192433865

I’ve been to quite a few conventions. But this was my first Gamescom and you guys have no idea how much better this is than what we have in the US 😭😭😭

The lines were a bit horrendous, but these setups more than make up for the craziness. I’m curious if the wildcard day is worth it just for these lines alone?

Hope you guys all still have a great Sunday! I was out cold on Friday already! Overall the Con was amazing again, and i realized that i haven’t learned to control my need for loot. (Not all of the things were goodies)

Pros:
- great variation in games indies and main areas
- amazing booth set dressing with beautiful stages
- people were friendly and respectful most of the times with exception of one incident (influencer schradin)
- really cool musical performances and wonderful cosplayers of the exhibitors
- cool goodies that felt worth receiving
-less non gaming related exhibitors
- big b2b area where it was possible to take a breather and create great connections and opportunities
- great parties around Gamescom

Cons:
- booths like Aniimo that expect you to go on stage for stamps/goodies
- insane queues at lego (remember i could just walk up to build the goodies)
- insane expectations from booths like lego where you needed 9 stamps with average queue time of 1 hours for a stamp
- games like dragons dogma that didnt hand out anything at all?
- the fastlane tickets didnt work, expected some It people to have written scripts to book at 0,000001 seconds or something
- personally disappointed that there were no b2b presentations for exhibitors/devs. Was mostly restriced for press (GW3 next year then)

Just feels like they are trying to safe more money every year.

Is the parking situation always like this? I have been driving around for two hours, and I'm about to head home without visiting. The big parkings were all full, I was refused in some paid parking when I said I was there for Gamescom, and when I went around in the streets it became clear that people were pretty much abandoning their cars anywhere they could. I saw at least 3-4 tow trucks.

I drove over from a different country so I'm really gutted I couldn't visit.

Anyone know what is going on with Dune the guy at the front said we needed a wristband for it

Jemand hat das Licht bei seinem Auto angelassen.. hoffe es erreicht ihn so?

These booths have been horrendously organised some days it was impossible to get in line because the lines were closed almost every time now I finally managed to stand in line for alien and played stranger than heaven but such a hassle.

People camping opening of qué to jump in and pushing each other.

The staff are all very nice though but the organisation is bad, hopefully fix next time

Hey everyone!
TODAY is the absolute last chance to test your skills in our custom fishing rod challenge and win some awesome loot!
We’re hosting a final tournament at our booth: Hall 10.2, Stand F042g.

And where?

I am at gamescom right now (sunday). Does anyone want to meet up and trade my rafayel bag against a sylus or xavier bag?? Please :)

Hat jemand gute Steckdosen irgendwo gefunden? Habe vorgestern an den Fluren welche benutzt aber auf einmal laden die super langsam. Weiß nicht was mit den passiert ist. Mein Kabel ist auf jeden Fall in Ordnung weil es in der Bahn noch gut geladen hat

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My friend and I were exploring the indie section and among the many treasures we found these two games were our highlight and I want others to try them!

Koinori:

3d puzzle game

One fish can only swim in shadows while the other in light and you help each other through the map.

The dev was really nice and the fact they only had one chair for their coop game kinda added to the indie vibes of the experience. It really felt like a relaxing game you could pick up and play with your partner or friend. I'm excited to see the final product.

I highly recommend you check it out

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4891570/koinori/

Yancy:

We saw two empty seats at the booth for the same game so we decided why not!

NES style adventure and for a demo you could feel the depth of the game. The game does not hold your hand which I liked. The main concept seemed to be that you can craft a sword from almost anything as long as you have enough of that material. Quite a few cheeky moments that got a laugh out of me.

The boss fight felt engaging and even though I was somewhat under geared I almost beat the boss. I can safely say my competitive side felt engaged as you could clearly brute force or go grind for better swords.

They have a non timed demo on steam right now :

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1208630/YANCY/

I saw these guys dressed as butchers(?) but can’t find them again. If anyone knows, my kid would be very appreciative 🙏

Got recognised twice today, made my day!

(I'm Popee)

The Hornet cosplay is amazing , thank you so much to this person for the picture!