So after months of planning and saving, we finally attended rAge expo together. And it was worth the drive, the planning and the long queues!
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| Waiting for the doors to open |
On the Friday, we tried to get as much done as possible, since we knew the Saturday would be very busy. We arrived 75 minutes before opening time, and there were already a few hundred people in line when we got there.
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Marius and his brother Morné, excited for the day ahead
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Highlights from the first day of rAge included a behind-closed-doors look at Injustice 2, Dishonored 2 and Ghost Recon: Wildlands. We also visited a myriad of stalls with geeky merchandise from comic books and board games to figurines and BB-8 teacups. And of course, the highlight of this year's rAge: PlayStation VR!
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| A peek at the extremely popular NAG LAN happening at one end of the venue |
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| A life-size Stormtrooper guarded one of the stalls |
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| Annalene trying out the VR |
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| Marius trying out Rigs on the VR |
Trying out PlayStation's Virtual Reality was a great experience. Marius tried out Rigs, and Annalene went for Here They Lie, and the next day we queued again and both played the demo for Until Dawn: Rush of Blood. We desperately wanted to 'be the Batman', but the queue for Batman: Arkham VR was INSANELY long, with no guarantee that we would get to play it before the end of the day.
Here They Lie was rather meh, allowing the player to basically just amble around slowly in a scary subway tunnel, but Rigs and Rush of Blood made up for that. In VR, your brain plays amazing tricks on your body, making you feel as if you are truly looking down from great heights or holding on to a speeding rollercoaster. If more games like this are released, we would love to get a VR ourselves!
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| Waiting in line on Day 2 |
The Saturday was, for us, mostly about the cosplay. We love dressing up, and decided that we might as well enter the cosplay competition, just for fun. It was a unique experience being among so many other cosplayers and people who really appreciate the cosplay culture. We felt like minor celebrities whenever people would ask us to take photos with them. And we even ended up on a few websites!
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| Marius as the Hunter from Bloodborne |
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| Annalene cosplayed Jane Foster as Thor |
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| Thor met up with Nick Fury, but the other Avengers were missing |
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| Bloodborne and Dark Souls come together for a photo |
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| Hey, we found Iron Man! |
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| Spidey tried to see whether he was worthy to lift Mjolnir |
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| An official pic at the NAG photo stand |
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| Showing off our weapons |
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| Do not mess with cosplayers |
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This picture is courtesy of Lazy Gamer
We thoroughly enjoyed being part of the cosplay community, even though it was hot and tiring being in costume and in character all day!
The Saturday at rAge was way busier than the Friday, so we were glad that we had made most of our stops on the Friday, and we could focus on walking around and taking in the atmosphere on the Saturday.
Here are links to a few websites that posted pictures of some of the awesome cosplays from rAge 2016:
Lastly, we will add another blog post committed solely to all the cool stuff we bought at rAge, as well as a post about how we created the cosplay outfits, so look out for those if you are interested.
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