Games Played: Saints Row (X360), Orbital (GBA), Robotron 2084 (arcade)
Games Bought: Used 360 Wireless Racing Wheel in Box w/ Project Gotham Racing 3 (X360) [$60.00]
Steal on that wheel. Awesome being in the right place at the right time.
Pre-ordered SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters for the DS. I'm excited but tempered given all the reviews from the Japanese version. I have heard nothing if they fixed some of the play balance issues.
Orbital is brilliant. Totally f'n brilliant. It's part of the bit Generation games that came out in Japan for the GBA. You're a little planetoid who has to navigate oddly spaced "solar systems". You have two abilities: attract gravitational field and repel gravitational field. The rest is inertia. You use your gravity fields to whip around planets or to pull yourself in to where you are in planetary orbit. The physics come from balancing using your fields (or not using them) to get on a proper intercept course to your goals...
And your goals, similiar to Katamari Damacy, are to absorb smaller planetoids in the system to become larger so you can absorb more planetoids. You do this by running over the smaller ones. Alternatively, if you are of a sufficient size to absorb a planetoid, you can buzz by it and pick it up in your orbit. This will significantly add to your score and give you additional "lives" on the next stage. You beat the stage by putting a glowing "sun" planetoid in your orbit.
The graphics, like in the whole bit Generation series, are definately minimal. They are, however, beautiful. And the music is absolutely stunning despite the NES style five channel sound. The levels have a base music theme and when you add a planetoid to your orbit the theme changes. As you add more planetoids the music gets slightly more layered with additional sounds.
There are 30 stages and the replay value comes from beating all the stages by picking up "moon" planetoids that become active after you've grown in size big enough to pick up the "sun" planetoid in your orbit. Getting the "moon" can be very tricky on some levels since it's normally placed outside of a clean orbital path. I assume something unlocks once you have picked up the "moon" on each level. I haven't done it yet so I can't confirm.
And after beating the 30 stages a "special" solar system unlocks with 5 stages that are BRUTALLY hard. I haven't beaten one yet.
I can't recommend this game high enough. Get it from Play-Asia.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Catch up time!
Games Played: Saints Row (X360), Gears of War (X360), Gyruss (XBLA), 3D Mini Golf (XBLA), Puzzle Quest (DS), Puzzle Quest (PSP), Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Xbox)
Games Bought: Trigger Heart Excelia (DC) [$59.99], Chromehounds (X360) [$20.00], Center Ring Boxing (Saturn) [$5.00], WWF In Your House (Saturn) [$5.00]
Been pretty lazy recently so here's a big catchup post.
Been playing a lot of Saints Row, it's like an even more buggy Grand Theft Auto but it still pretty good. Lots of side missions and some decent comedy (not so much satire).
Played some Gears last night with a friend on co-op.
Gyruss is GARBAGE on Live. They changed the graphics to make them more "effecty" and it ruins gameplay. And the famous score (Toccata & Fuge in D Minor) was remixed and techno-ey. No option for playing the undoctored original. You're way better off waiting for it on the Virtual Console. What a failure.
Games Bought: Trigger Heart Excelia (DC) [$59.99], Chromehounds (X360) [$20.00], Center Ring Boxing (Saturn) [$5.00], WWF In Your House (Saturn) [$5.00]
Been pretty lazy recently so here's a big catchup post.
Been playing a lot of Saints Row, it's like an even more buggy Grand Theft Auto but it still pretty good. Lots of side missions and some decent comedy (not so much satire).
Played some Gears last night with a friend on co-op.
Gyruss is GARBAGE on Live. They changed the graphics to make them more "effecty" and it ruins gameplay. And the famous score (Toccata & Fuge in D Minor) was remixed and techno-ey. No option for playing the undoctored original. You're way better off waiting for it on the Virtual Console. What a failure.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
April 12th, 2007
Games Played: Boom Boom Rocket! (XBLA)
I may have played something else, but I don't really remember. BBR is awesome, awesome. It's just another rhythm game really, but the presentation is just amazing. You set off fireworks in tune to remixed classical music (1812 Overture, Ride of the Valkyries, et all) over a city skyline. How close you get to the beat the bigger the firework explosions. You can also unlock special "fireworks" that pop in the image of various things (hearts, ufos, cherries) that mix up the scenery. It's done by the same people who did the now famous Geometry Wars and the presentation really shows. It also has a visualizer mode where you can watch the fireworks to your MP3s or CDs. Well worth the $10 it costs.
I may have played something else, but I don't really remember. BBR is awesome, awesome. It's just another rhythm game really, but the presentation is just amazing. You set off fireworks in tune to remixed classical music (1812 Overture, Ride of the Valkyries, et all) over a city skyline. How close you get to the beat the bigger the firework explosions. You can also unlock special "fireworks" that pop in the image of various things (hearts, ufos, cherries) that mix up the scenery. It's done by the same people who did the now famous Geometry Wars and the presentation really shows. It also has a visualizer mode where you can watch the fireworks to your MP3s or CDs. Well worth the $10 it costs.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
April 11th, 2007
Games Played: Tetris Evolution (X360), NBA Street: Homecourt (X360)
Games Bought: bit Generations: Digidrive (GBA) [$13.90], bit Generations: Orbital (GBA) [$24.90], bit Generations: Dialhex (GBA) [$13.90], bit Generations: Boundish (GBA) $14.90, Mansion of Hidden Souls (Saturn) [$2.90]
Got nearly all of the Tetris achievements last night, missing just one. It'll be a hard one that takes more luck than skill.
NBA Street: Homecourt is brilliant. NBA Jam on speed with plastic surgery. I haven't played a street game since Vol. 2 and none of the fun has worn off. I'm working through single player but I may take it online to see how my skills are.
Games Bought: bit Generations: Digidrive (GBA) [$13.90], bit Generations: Orbital (GBA) [$24.90], bit Generations: Dialhex (GBA) [$13.90], bit Generations: Boundish (GBA) $14.90, Mansion of Hidden Souls (Saturn) [$2.90]
Got nearly all of the Tetris achievements last night, missing just one. It'll be a hard one that takes more luck than skill.
NBA Street: Homecourt is brilliant. NBA Jam on speed with plastic surgery. I haven't played a street game since Vol. 2 and none of the fun has worn off. I'm working through single player but I may take it online to see how my skills are.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
April 10th, 2007
Games Played: Marvel Ultimate Alliance (X360), Puzzle Quest (PSP)
Games Bought: Tony Hawk Project 8 (X360) [$11.00], NBA Street: Homecourt (X360) [$23.00], Ar Tonelico (PS2) [$49.99], Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS) [$27.00]
MUA is now officially a pain in my balls. I missed a simulator disc in the first part of Murderworld and there's no way to go back and get it. Thus my save game is now impossible to unlock Silver Surfer with or get the Golden Age of Comics achievement. I MAY play this again with the new characters but I'm starting to doubt it. I was hoping to play through hard with them...
Puzzle Quest on PSP is just like the DS version but the PSP looks a lot better. Easier to see the gems. And has some great on screen tooltips to help learn mechanics that the DS lacks. Wouldn't have thought I'd say this, but the PSP version is a lot more friendly to newer players.
Games Bought: Tony Hawk Project 8 (X360) [$11.00], NBA Street: Homecourt (X360) [$23.00], Ar Tonelico (PS2) [$49.99], Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS) [$27.00]
MUA is now officially a pain in my balls. I missed a simulator disc in the first part of Murderworld and there's no way to go back and get it. Thus my save game is now impossible to unlock Silver Surfer with or get the Golden Age of Comics achievement. I MAY play this again with the new characters but I'm starting to doubt it. I was hoping to play through hard with them...
Puzzle Quest on PSP is just like the DS version but the PSP looks a lot better. Easier to see the gems. And has some great on screen tooltips to help learn mechanics that the DS lacks. Wouldn't have thought I'd say this, but the PSP version is a lot more friendly to newer players.
April 9th, 2007
Games Played: Puzzle Quest (DS), Tetris Evolution (X360)
Games Bought: Tetris Evolution (X360) [24.99], Puzzle Quest (DS) [24.99], Capcom Mini Mix (GBA) [9.99]
I'm really enjoying PQ and I'm getting it on PSP tomorrow but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to "level" my character. It seems like if you don't grind it out, you have a lot harder time in fights. More on this game to come.
Tetris Evolution is more Tetris with achievements. I knocked out about a third of them on my first playthroughs last night. I'll work out the rest as the week goes on. Tetris is obviously a lot of fun and this version is no different. I'd love to see a Q? (Mizuguchi) take on Tetris. It'd be brilliant.
Games Bought: Tetris Evolution (X360) [24.99], Puzzle Quest (DS) [24.99], Capcom Mini Mix (GBA) [9.99]
I'm really enjoying PQ and I'm getting it on PSP tomorrow but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to "level" my character. It seems like if you don't grind it out, you have a lot harder time in fights. More on this game to come.
Tetris Evolution is more Tetris with achievements. I knocked out about a third of them on my first playthroughs last night. I'll work out the rest as the week goes on. Tetris is obviously a lot of fun and this version is no different. I'd love to see a Q? (Mizuguchi) take on Tetris. It'd be brilliant.
Friday, April 6, 2007
April 5th, 2007
Games Played: Gunpey (PSP), Star Control II [The Ur-Quan Masters] (PC), Marvel Ultimate Alliance (X360)
Movies Watched: Spellbound
Beat SCII. Next time I'll do it without a FAQ.
Worked on achievements in MUA. I didn't feel very well so I didn't play GHII. Didn't want to stand up and rawk out.
Gunpey is very, very hard. The game seems broken actually. Way too much reliance on luck of the draw on what puzzle pieces you'll get when. As far as I know, no one has actually unlocked all of the skins. The farthest save file only has 29 of them unlocked.
Side Note: Don't type your post directly into the compose screen. It seems to be randomly deleting posts after using page down/page up without the ability to recover. Pretty lame. I already lost about 10 minutes of work...
Movies Watched: Spellbound
Beat SCII. Next time I'll do it without a FAQ.
Worked on achievements in MUA. I didn't feel very well so I didn't play GHII. Didn't want to stand up and rawk out.
Gunpey is very, very hard. The game seems broken actually. Way too much reliance on luck of the draw on what puzzle pieces you'll get when. As far as I know, no one has actually unlocked all of the skins. The farthest save file only has 29 of them unlocked.
Side Note: Don't type your post directly into the compose screen. It seems to be randomly deleting posts after using page down/page up without the ability to recover. Pretty lame. I already lost about 10 minutes of work...
Thursday, April 5, 2007
April 4th, 2007
Games Played: Guitar Hero 2 (X360)
It's amazing how much fun it is to re-play games with achievement points. Played 43 songs on normal. 3 perfects, 41 5 stars on first try, 295k on Freebird. Damn that 300k achievement. I'll get it next time. I did get my 500 note streak in Less Talk More Rawk. I was #165 on that song leaderboard.
My wrist hurts...
It's amazing how much fun it is to re-play games with achievement points. Played 43 songs on normal. 3 perfects, 41 5 stars on first try, 295k on Freebird. Damn that 300k achievement. I'll get it next time. I did get my 500 note streak in Less Talk More Rawk. I was #165 on that song leaderboard.
My wrist hurts...
April 3rd, 2007
Games Played: Classic Gaming Night! Street Fighter Alpha 3 (arcade), Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbe (arcade), Guardian Heroes (Saturn), Twinkle Star Sprites (Saturn), Ice Hockey (NES via Virtual Console), Kid Icarus (NES via Virtual Console), Wii Sports (Wii)
Games Bought: Guitar Hero 2 (X360) - $89.99 w/ free 1600 MS point card
Games Bought: Guitar Hero 2 (X360) - $89.99 w/ free 1600 MS point card
April 2nd, 2007
Games Played: Star Control II [The Ur-Quan Masters] (PC)
You can get a free (and legal) copy of Star Control II from http://sc2.sourceforge.net. It is not an adaptation or remake, it's the actual code ported from the 3DO version! You can even download the speech and music packs from the 3DO.
Everyone should play this game. I think it's the most brilliant game ever made.
You can get a free (and legal) copy of Star Control II from http://sc2.sourceforge.net. It is not an adaptation or remake, it's the actual code ported from the 3DO version! You can even download the speech and music packs from the 3DO.
Everyone should play this game. I think it's the most brilliant game ever made.
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