was socom confrontation playable?

if so does it play anthing like past socoms if you've played them?

was left 4 dead really that awsome as you say? i was always skeptical on that game

Concerning Socom, yes it was playable.  It played like a mix between the first 2 games.  I talked to the dev for about half an hour.  I was thoroughly impressed with the title.  Its definetely worth buying for the headset.

As for Left 4 Dead.  The game is a stunner.  Its extremely fun, addictive, and most of all fresh.  If you don't own a 360, I'd suggest buying it for PC.  The specs to play this game are fairly low.  If not, there will be a PS3 port in the future.  I hammered the devs around, and they said, if the sales do well (which they will), it will land on PS3 :).

1. Mirror's Edge was only demoed on the PS3.  Talking to the devs around, they said they love the Playstation 3 platform and that it was lead.  The game played very well on the dualshock 3.  With the exclusive DLC available on the PS3, I think you shuold definetely get it on the PS3 if you have that platform.

2. Left 4 Dead felt very natural while playing.  I didn't notice any glitches, but than again, the gameplay is so frantic, you don't really have time to.

3. Fallout 3 looks really good.  I'm not going to say it outdoes Uncharted, Gears, or MGS4, however, it looks upper tier, and the art direction lends to that.

The game doesn't play like a shooter.  Remember there are RPG mechanics.  Its a lot of stop, menu, shoot.  I feel like this might become irritating in the future.

4. Motorstorm 2, fixes the issues I had with the first game.  If you liked the first, I'm sure you will be more than satisfied with the sequel.

Was it hard to play LBP?  It seems people struggle with it in the gameplay videos.  What about Resistance 2's graphics?  It sounds like it will be a lot of fun to play, but I haven't been overly impressed with any of the gameplay videos from a visual perspective.

Joystiq had a positive hands-on as well which goes into a few details of the gameplay

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/04/pax-2008-hands-on-valkyria-chronicles/

They also had a hands-on with both Resistance 2 and Fallout 3

LBP can be as tough as or as easy as you want it to be.  The game level I played was hard since I was playing with guys who were seasoned gaming veterans.

R2 look good but not amazing, however, they made sure to reinforce all the polish of the game is NOT in.  Alot of the new tech is still missing and a ton of stuff on screen was Work In Progress. Heck, just look at Uncharted vids one month befire it shipped.

How were the environments and textures for The Conduit? Were the sound effects and music good in the game? Did you feel like the guns had power behind them?

How did the controls work for LBP?

The Conduit's environment's look pretty decent.  Think Half Life on low to medium settings.  Definetely respectable.  The guns didn't really have "power" but felt more like alien weapons from Halo.

The controls for LBP were pretty simple.  R1 grabbed things.  The left analog stick moved you between the foreground and background.  X made you jump.  The right analog stick controlled emotes.

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