What did you think of Gamescom: Opening Night Live 2024?

Opening Night Live, Geoff Keighley's now-traditional kickoff show for Gamescom, has just wrapped up. Our question for you is a simple one: what did you think?

You can catch all the announcements on our painstakingly assembled watch party thread, or watch the whole show back via the video on demand.

Give us your review of the show overall, or simply tell us which trailers, announcements, or segments were your favourites and why! There's heaps to talk about, from Borderlands 4 to Indiana Jones to Civilization VII and many more, and we can't wait to get your takes.

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Created at 11:14pm, 20th August, 2024. Page last updated at 9:13pm, 26th August, 2024.
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Submissions (20)

TheGreatestBanana128/26/2024

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I think ONL was pretty decent beforehand I was looking forward to seeing more about Civilization VII and it didn't disappoint and now I can't wait to play it next February, other games that stood out to me were Lost Records: Bloom and Rage and Kingdom Come Deliverance II and considering all 3 of the games come out next February I am going to be pretty busy!

Josh B8/26/2024

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For me it was pretty decent. I wasn't expecting much beyond some safe and expected new announcements and I wouldn't say there was a huge amount of surprises but there were some solid bits of news to get excited about.

Borderlands 4 is an obvious one- after playing through all the previous games I will absolutely be getting this. The less said about the movie the better though!

Dying Light: the Beast is a hefty looking stand alone title. DL2 is already in my PS5 library but I'll definitely buy the ultimate edition upgrade to avoid having to buy this separately from September, as announced by Techland since the announcement.

Indiana Jones coming to PS5 was the biggest surprise. A weird move for Xbox who are already losing the 'console war' and this further threatens that for them. Another one added to my wishlist!

Shovel8/26/2024

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Tbh. I wasn’t on all too excited about the show. I think though there were some highlights that caught my eye. Borderlands 4 seems pretty decent, and I think Indiana Jones will do will to play on the nostalgia element for fans. It’s hard for them to not get excited about Indy again. Civilisation VII looks promising too bit I reckon you would deffo lose track of time with that one!

The show had a good mix, but there was nothing that really blew me away, it was a solid couple of hours though within enough of our variety to keep me interested even though I’m not really itching to play any of the games that they showed.

Toretto 708/26/2024

I think I'm interesting with some games like Dragon Ball and Little Nightmare 3

Sturmer8/26/2024

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As many have mentioned, the show could have taken a different direction instead of mainly showcasing trailers. It definitely could have more elements of performance and interaction with game representatives.

I was on-site, but in a different hall, as I decided to focus on indie developers who can't afford the $100k needed to highlight their game trailer on the ONL's main stage. I'll be posting soon about what that event was like.