[Steel Shark 100]

The first game of my behind closed door looks from E3 and beyond is

Project EGO: So where to begin. I can probably only repeat all you have already heard, but another opinion is always good for the most part.

Peter Molyneux, just that name exudes brilliance, anyone really into gaming knows this. And if not you soon will. He now has a powerful toy in the XBOX,and he likes to use it's power, as you can already see in shots and discriptions of early looks of this soon to be epic roleplaying gem.

It is actually sooo much more than a roleplaying game,it's like known other,it's unique blend of many gaming aspects give us something totally fresh and revolutionary.

You begin the game as a 15 year old boy or girl, no other choices, that's it,big deal you say.Well hold on now, this character will become anything you desire, anything, it's up to you. You can go for the large muscle type hero's or the wizard type character.It's up to you, work out your muscles for strength, or your mind for those spells.Become a thief, anything you're gaming heart desires.

Anything is possible the player determines all, the course of the character's action is all your decisions.You stay in the sun too long you get extra wrinkles, you miss a shave at the local inn and you're beard gets longer.Every detail is in this game.Every step you take is a unique step. They say that when you step upon a sapling it will cease to exist. If you plant one and then come back many years later it will be a tree to be used in whatever way possible.Oh yes they also state that when you use spells you lose your hair, so ease up on that usage of spells. Unless you don't give a D---, and just want to be a kickass bald spellcaster and forget about the hair.

You can carve you're initials into a tree and then return at a later date and still see them there.People will revere you as a hero or if you are evil they will be frightened.People see you as you are, whatever it is you have made of yourself, they will sing songs of your deeds, they will flee from your presence in fear, it all depends on you. If you are wounded in battle the scar may not heal all the way, and years later you can show them off to your grandkids and let them know of which battle and where you acquired it.Yes you can have a wife or wifes, kids ,they all grow old as well. You can choose to be very old with this character and evolve from that same 15 year old.

Another great aspect is that you can do it all over again in a totally different way, replayabilty is second to none in this game as well, it's all up to you.An online component is also planned for the XBOX. They say that the game will not work well with the PC keyboard and mouse, so expect it to be XBOX exclusive.You can play your character in freinds "worlds" and vice versa,with a cartridge of some kind, we shall see more on this soon.

The game adapts to you,it all depends on you.The realistic graphics allow you to become immersed in the game, beautiful scenery done with high end modeling techniques, no longer 2D backdrops with pixeled looks.The draw distance is perfect as well, you can go in any direction and explore to your hearts content.The graphics will get even better with time, everything is just spotless,the A.I.,graphics, gameplay, innovation, everything is spot on already.Just imagine in another 15-17 months.

This is also a ever evolving world, all your actions are taken into account. For example if you leave town for a few years and come back things have evolved. If you beat someone to death and come back now you may have certain enemies you had better look out for. Or if you saved many people from some beast years ago and now return you will be adored.You name it and than some and all is possiblwThe NPC's in the game are non static,they respond in different ways in any situation thrown at them.These NPC's will react to you by your appearance or reputation, all depending again on you and your styles of play.

Another thing mentioned was that NPC's will even begin to exxagerate about your deeds, sometimes stating for example that you killed 10 beasts instead of just the two.And that will go the other way as well, so as you see the Artificial intelligence has come a long way thanks to the sweet XBOX.A new speech system was also mentioned,it will allow characters to act in a proper way according to your actions, no more repeating the same things over and over.

There is just sooo much more we shall learn from this game,it is already an epic, it's a no brainer ,this game has so much more coming in info ,like creatures, lands to visit and explore, tasks, adventures, challenges, on and on. Anything I hear from anywhere on this title I will report to all you faithful XBOXERS. The only downer on this title is it's not coming this Fall, but at least it is coming someday. And anyway we got lots of other titles to look forward to. Bottomline: It's in my top 5, and that's saying a lot, I've got a ton of games that will be killer titles coming, so many games that are just soo much better overall than what we have played thus far, the next-gen of gaming is almost upon us finally.