“We are very excited” said RSG CEO Sam Houser, at the company’s enormous booth on the CES show floor. “There’s never been a game quite like this. The sense of actually being in the game with the Aces is so real, and so convincing, that you’ll actually feel like a tallboy when you’re done. It’s just that good.”
A limited scope version of the game, to be called BlackStars on Ice, was available for CES attendees prior to worldwide release in February, and the lineups to try the game were out the door of the convention centre.
“It feels so real, it’s hard to believe” said 15 year old Dirk McNerdly, after a 10 minute session. “In most hockey video games the players are super-skilled and the action is so fast it’s obviously not real. In the Black Aces game, they caught the real-life speed of over-40 beer league hockey perfectly. They left all the mistakes in, all the giveaways, all the cheesy goals and the blown passes. I laughed my ass off.”
Other realer-than-real features of the game, which requires the Oculus VR headset to play, include:
- steadily deteriorating ice conditions
- players arriving partway through the first period
- mis-matched sweaters
- completely unpredictable results
If rumours around the show are correct, RockStar Games is planning to offer add-ons once the game is released, including one that will actually simulate the feel and taste of a lukewarm can of Old Speckled Hen once the game is over, and another that will reproduce the distinct aroma of never-been-washed hockey equipment.
Back in their hometown of Toronto Canada, the Aces were busy making short work of rivals the Warriors. A convincing 7-2 win was spearheaded by Pete S, who decided to show the Warriors his new move, a one-handed wraparound while carrying 2 Warriors on his back and checking his email on his smartphone. He still hasn't broken a sweat.
And speaking of BlackStars, RIP David Bowie.
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