A Gaming Diary
360
Crackdown (360)
Feb 27th
More searching for agility orbs. More failure. I did find a fair few secret orbs, but the others are proving most elusive.
Crackdown (360)
Feb 26th
Had the day off work, so put in another good few hours. Got everything up to 4-star ranking and got 498 out of 500 agility orbs. I just can’t find the final two. They must exist, but I have no idea where. I’ve gone all round the map several times. I don’t know how I could have missed them.
Crackdown (360)
Feb 25th
I am getting terrible vertigo from this game. When trying to climb high buildings I’m holding my breath, swallowing hard, not looking down and really trying to ignore the physical fear in my stomach.
It’s absolutely horrible and absolutely brilliant at the same time. I’m not sure any game has been this real before when it comes to heights. Tomb Raider and – oddly – Klonoa 2 also both made me feel a bit weird when up high, but nothing like this.
Crackdown (360)
Feb 25th
473 agility orbs now.
Blowing up too many civilians.
Can’t get to the top of the oil rig.
Crackdown (360)
Feb 24th
Gosh, no, I didn’t stop playing just because I’d finished killing all the gang leaders. Not even close.
I spent a few hours searching the map for agility orbs – I’ve still got fifty or so to find, no idea where they could be – and then turned gangs back on so I could get the Untouchable Agent achievement, which involves killing 200 enemies without dying. It was pretty easy, but great fun.
Crackdown (360)
Feb 24th
About ten hours of play now.
I’ve got four stars in two stats and between one and three in the others.
I’ve got about fifty hidden orbs and about three hundred and fifty agility orbs.
And I’ve destroyed all three gangs and seen the final cut scene.
Crackdown (360)
Feb 23rd
Brought this home this evening.
Five hours later I’ve forced myself to stop.
It’s just like the demo… only more.
It’s going to be pretty dangerous in the short term, I think.
Paperboy Demo (360)
Feb 14th
Ah, the hou… minutes I spent playing this on my Spectrum! Happy memories!
It doesn’t seem to have aged too badly, but it certainly doesn’t appear to be worth spending any actual money on.
Def Jam Icon Demo (360)
Feb 14th
Seems I’m a big fat idiot. There is a controls guide. on the Pause menu. How I missed that I simply don’t know. That’s always where I look for controls in games… except this time. It’s almost spooky. Anyway, it makes a bit more sense now but rather than feel confusing it just feels clunky. Ah well.
