With my visit to San Francisco, a big chunk of our press tour for Sparks of Hope is behind us. It started in Paris, to continue in New York, then San Francisco, and then back to Milan, were it ended. To be honest, there are still some appointments here and there that I’m looking forward to do, but let’s say that we are almost at the finish line. It was a fantastic experience, as it was 5 years ago for Kingdom Battle. I had the pleasure to meet very enthusiastic and generous journalist, I had the pleasure to listen and to answer to many good questions, I have spent some quality time with my team (well, some of them), and I’ve got to visit again New York and San Francisco, which I was missing.
This time around, I had a couple of days more to spend in San Francisco, which compared to 5 years ago, when we had to rush everything and we went back just after the press tour ended, it’s quite the bargain. Finally I had a bit of time to go around the city with an E-Bike and, from downtown to the hills of the Golden Gate, where there was a crazy furious wind while traversing it (bikes had to lean on the opposite side of the wind to counter balance it’s strength) and back to downtown, surrounding the city in a sort of oval. I will never forget Bob’s donuts and pastry shop. Never had a better donuts in my life (if you know better, send me a message).
E-Bike apart, it was also a pleasure to just walk in the city without a real destination. Hills are not so scary as they seems and the city is so full of interesting places that without noticing, I did 15 miles per day. Yes, I do love to wander around cities to take photos but, trust me, San Francisco will entertain you.
Anyway, now I’m back in Milan, waiting to focus on the few remaining events before anxiety will kicks in for what’s to come, the Metacritic score with the journalist and players opinion, and the great day; the launch of the game.
Finger crossed! and if you were, in some way, part of this journey, thanks a lot for it.
Golden Gate Hills, San Francisco. Leica Q2M