A Gaming Diary
360
Lumines Live (360)
Oct 21st
I wish this wasn’t so good, so I could have boycotted it due to the price structure.
I am, however, weak in the face of genius.
So, Lumines bought. And advance pack bought, too.
Phantasy Star Universe (360)
Oct 16th
Needs a manual or some properly helpful in-game text.
I need to partner up with people, but I was too scared and so made my own my way through one level, getting up to level three in the process.
Don’t have much desire to play it again.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (360)
Oct 16th
Playing this on my 360. Enjoying it more than on the original Xbox because I can see what’s going on. It helps.
However, I died a million times in the skies over Kashyyyk at the weekend and once I got quite far into the mission and one of the mission events failed to trigger. I hope that was just a one-off and not a problem with playing the game on the 360.
Dig Dug Demo (360)
Oct 12th
Two very simple levels that show me nothing I want to know. I don’t want to know the basic mechanics, I want to know how the game changes at later levels, please.
And I hate the way the music only plays when you move. Hate, hate, hate it.
Full game remains unbought.
Tiger Woods 07 Demo (360)
Oct 12th
As said previously, this is annoyingly good and doesn’t have much of the over-the-top EA presentation that normally makes my blood boil.
Just Cause (360)
Oct 12th
For such a big game, it’s all a bit samey, isn’t it?
But no more so than a lot of other games, so that can’t be the issue I have with it. There are just annoyances that highlight it – principally the way the merest hint of contact with another vehicle stops you dead.
No, it’s not rubbish, it’s still fun, but after an evening spent with Jean Claude or Dolph you sometimes want something meatier, you know?
Just Cause (360)
Oct 10th
Just started this. It’s very good fun indeed. Looks lovely, makes you feel like an invincible action hero in the worst/best braindead action movie ever.
Glitchy as anything and I’m not sure it’s worth full price, but at the budget Play Asia price I played, very happy so far.
Lost Planet Demo (360)
Oct 10th
While I was going through the demos on my 360 I thought I’d try this again.
It’s very hard, still. But ace. When I’m not getting shot from off-screen with no chance to recover.
NHL 07 (360)
Oct 10th
Huh?
A huge download for… a thirty-second shoot-out? Not even any sort of real game?
What was the point of that, then?
Need For Speed Carbon Demo (360)
Oct 10th
Put it in the bumper-cam view and it was much, much better than it was when I tried it last week. Framerate still rubbish, but the racing was actually quite fun.
Bouyed up I tried the drift mode. Three times. Just in case I was missing something. I don’t think I was. Terrible, it was. Too hard and no fun at all.
