Stulaw's Blog

An Afternoon Trying Big Ben Games

09/12/09.
Woke up at 5.30am, tired and hungry. Got washed, dressed, and had my chocolate Ready Brek ready for work and left at 6.40 to get there for 7.30 since my shift starts at 8.

Half way through the day, I finish my shift at Toys R Us in Peckham and get on the 21 to Moorgate, didn't take too long and by 1pm I was in Farringdon, looking around for a place to eat, and prepare to test some games out from Big Ben Games. For lunch, I had a Chicken Ceasar Wrap from Tesco, a Twix, and an Orange Lucozade.

I was on my way to the Bastion office on Saffron Hill, this was to have a go at a game called Cyberbike, and another called My Body Coach, both for the Wii. A lady was suppose to be demoing the games, but she wasn't going to be there, but I went anyway because the Company said I could try out the products anyway.

Inside, I met Dan Griliopoulos, a former editor of Xbox 360 Official Magazine. He said that unfortunately, I couldn't try out Cyberbike, because they didn't have the code for it, but in compensation, I got to try out two other games. The Cyberbike was still there so I took some pictures of it. One interesting thing about it, is that all it's face buttons were exactly the same as the classic controller (analogue sticks included) and you can up the tension, if you wanted to burn more of those calories.



The first Game I got to try out was Cocoto Festival, a shooting game that comes with a shotgun shaped prehepiral. Now, whereas most priripherals are useless pieces of plastic, this one felt right in my hands, felt nice and sturdy, and it was made pretty well, although Dan did take a while to put it together with the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. So we fired up the game and got going, I had some fun with it, it's aimed at kids but it works better than alot of budget third party games.


Yes, I look crazy, but can you prove if I am?

Another game I tried out was Cocoto Surprise, which is a toy fishing game that comes with a fishing rod peripheral, yet again, the peripheral is well made. I couldn't get the prices on the games, but I should imagine that they'd cost around £30 at most. Cocoto surprise revolves around using a fishing hook to get a gift to a fairy through 4 different types of puzzles all varying in difficulty. The gifts turn into unlockable toys that you can use in different ways just for fun (sort of like WarioWare touched).


Cocoto Surprise

Last of all I got to try out My Body Coach, which in a summary, is built for women, uses two Wii remotes in two weights so you have an even weight on each arm. although only one remote stays on the whole time.



At about half three I decided to let Dan get on with his work, thanked him for letting me try out the games and since I had enough of looking silly playing My Body coach, I felt it was time for me to go home, and have chicken and chips for dinner (ergghhh).

I'd Like to thank Adam Riley (jesusraz) for bringing the opportunity to me.