A Gaming Diary
Archive for September, 2007
Quake 2 (PC)
Sep 7th
As well as finishing Bioshock yesterday, I also finished this, but forgot to post about it.
It really is an exceptionally entertaining shooter. I was playing it through on Easy with sound off and was never bored or annoyed with it. The look of it still works, too, with the chunky design looking “classic” rather than “eye-breakingly horrible”, even using the software driver (because the OpenGL version is far too dark on my PC, for some reason).
Excellent game all round and one that’s stood the test of time very well indeed. It’s not complicated, or deep, but as a fast-paced run-and-gun arcade shooter it’s brilliant.
Now, if I can find a copy of the 360 version of Quake IV for less than a tenner I might be tempted to get that.
Bioshock (360)
Sep 6th
Well, holding LB and RB on startup to delete the cache let me continue playing and, in a three-hour session, I managed to finish the game.
Overall, it was brilliant, but there were enough little niggles at the end to knock it down from 10 to a 9. Chief among these was the final boss encounter. The first time I played it, another enemy killed me when I was just finishing him off. The second time, the game glitched and the button I had to use to defeat the boss wouldn’t work. The third time I defeated him, only for the final cut scene to flash up, followed by the game over screen. The fourth time, I won and the game didn’t kill me afterwards. Phew.
Still, I’m a fan. I’m a fan of the world. I’m a fan of the posters up around Rapture. I’m a fan of the Big Daddies and Little Sisters. I’m a fan of the plasmids. I’m a fan of the crossbow. And the shotgun. And the machine gun. I’m a fan of the music. I’m a fan of the ghosts.
Bioshock (360)
Sep 5th
Hmpf.
I was happily playing this, until after an hour or so it started freezing up for a couple of seconds every ten seconds or so.
Not the only one seeing the problem this evening and there was a patch when I started up, so I guess something’s been broken. Way to go! Patches that break perfectly good games!
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Sep 3rd
I’m way too levelled. In today’s story mission I cut through the enemies like butter.
Excellent.
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Sep 2nd
On to Chapter Two now. I seem to have over-levelled slightly, as the new members joining my team are three or four levels below the rest. Another side effect of doing so many Free Battles is that I’ve got more money than I know what to do with.
Three Demos (360)
Sep 1st
I really haven’t got anything to say about these, so I’ll not split them up into separate entries.
Puzzle Fighter HD – I really thought I’d be buying this with the points I’ve got sitting in my account, but it failed to grab me.
Streets of Rage 2 – Found it very tiresome, but played until the end of the demo level.
Timeshift – Got a couple of checkpoints in, couldn’t tell what was going on, got annoyed, turned it off.
Conclusion: This afternoon, I am not in the mood for games.
