| Nautilus said: 1. How many days are enough to have a good look at everything?Have in mind that I want to try VR as much as possible, and I have heard that the lines for those are big. 2. Which days I should go?Is it better to go at the beggining or at the end?Is there an advantage to go latter or early, or is it all the same? 3. How much money would I spend there?(Im currently in germany, so flight costs are a non issue for me)I mean, with food and transportation(general Bus prices), those kind of stuff.And if you know, is buying things in the conference itself is expensive? 4. Any kind of information, be it silly things like if the food there is good, to your own experience in gaming conferences, are useful.So I thank you guys in advance! |
I went to Gamescom in 2013 and Tokyo Game Show in 2015. Both conferences were awesome! You're in for something very special.
1. After 2 full days I had seen the things I wanted to see but it depends on what you'd like to try. I wanted to try (PS)VR but the line would've taken up nearly a whole day so I skipped that. Considering your interest in VR you might wanna go more than 2 days or at least show up really early and run for the VR booths XD You could get lucky though. Just before closing I went by the Battlefield 4 closed booth. People had been waiting in line for 6 hours but it was the last match of the day and they needed a few more people in order to have 2 full teams so my buddy and I got in without waiting ;)
2. I went the first 2 days. I don't think it matters though. There might be some exclusive talks/presentations by developers in the first few days but at the same time it's probably less crowded the last 2-3 days. It was insanely crowded when I went but it kinda added to the experience :)
3. When you aren't going to spend big money on transportation, you can do it fairly cheap depending on your choices of course. Hotel or camp site. Food inside or outside Gamescom. Buying merchandise or not. Etc. I can highly recommend one of the camp sites only 10 minutes walk from Gamescom. You save the costs of transportation and it's cheaper than Hotels which are REALLY expensive during Gamescom! Regarding food we just bought 1 meal a day inside Gamescom. It's actually ok but quite expensive so if you're on a really tight budget eat a large breakfast and go outside to eat again in the evening. IIrc you can't reenter after leaving before the next day and (again iirc) you can't bring in your own food. Merchandise isn't that much more expensive than buying online.
4. Buy your tickets online in advance! Depending on the number of visitors, people without tickets risk to be refused entrance. Besides, the line for buying tickets is huge. If you already have a ticket, you're guaranteed access but it's still recommendable to show up early to avoid spending most of the day in line outside of the magic :D
Enjoy your time and let us know how great it is. Also PICS!
Edit: Some of my friends stayed in the Gamescom Camp in Jugendpark. Really cheap (€29.5) and great atmosphere. We visited them one night and people were playing Mario Kart and other games projected on sheets hanging from cars. But you have to get up quite early and walk for half an hour or take a bus as it's on the wrong side of the river Rhine.
