Poll: How Would You Grade Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026?

I didn't watch.

Been too busy playing Grand Theft Auto IV today.

As much as I respect Geoff's efforts to keep the spirit of E3 going in multiple forms, I think his events are just too long, and too frequent, to have any kind of relevant reveals on them.

There was so much slop throughout the show...

It wasn't that bad have not watched a Gamescom the last few years I like the free upgrades coming for the Witcher wild hunt 3

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So much dreary brown slop that wanted to be Elden Ring, or just generic crap wanting to be the next Genshin, or Helldivers.
Witcher 3 Remastered plus DLC was a nice closer, but aside from a couple other small bits, it was very forgetable.

Apart from gears e day, I don’t think there was another game I would pay and play.

Yes I did watch the whole 2 hours live.

Was OK. Just average, few interesting things but nothing much that was new

I watched 30 mins live and that was enough for me. Will check the trailers in the morning over a brew

I didn't watch it so I won't grade it but looking at the reveals I am happy to see Path of Exile 2 getting its 1.0 launch in December & another excuse to fire up Witcher 3 again is never a bad thing.

Not really too fussed about any of the other games with a confirmed 2026 release date.

Metro 2039 will be something I will play but its hard for me to be excited for games releasing next year & I gloss over everything marked TBD.

The first hour of the show was a snoozefest, I almost fell asleep. Then it picked up with some really fun looking games.

Highlight of the show was Final Fantasy VII Revelation by far in my opinion. It's my most anticipated game of 2027 and will likely be my game of the year next year.

It was okay. I don’t NEED to make assumptions, but there was a lot I wondered if it was targeting the European audience, and if that was significantly different from the US.

I loved a few things. Always happy to hear from Airship Syndicate!

Only real surprise was a better Witcher 3..so that's awesome but still shockingly bad overall. Too much samey GaaS.

I know we have seen a lot of the following already, but the games I'm looking forward to are plentiful;

Definitely picking up when available;

• Witcher 3 Remastered and DLC
• Warlock; D&D
• Blood of Dawnwalker
• No Law
• Metro 2039

Peaked my interest but still unsure;

• Onimusha
• Tides of Annihilation
• Zoopunk
• The Defiant
• Elta; Defy All Gods

Some of the new titles did look visually impressive, just not my cup of tea.

These meaningless "trailer shows" are really unappealing to me. You learn almost nothing about the game. You can inform the audience about a movie or TV show with a short trailer, but the same isn't true for a game.

The format from Microsoft, where the developers talk about and show the game for fifteen minutes and the show is an hour long is where it's at.