A Gaming Diary
360
Sonic The Hedgehog Demo (360)
Sep 27th
The worst thing I’ve played in months.
Absolutely, utterly awful.
Either the camera and controls get a total overhaul before release, or this is going to be one of the worst games of all time.
No, really. It’s horrific.
Fuzion Frenzy Demo (360)
Sep 25th
Ouch, ouch, ouch.
Most obnoxious soundtrack ever, ever, ever.
Shit, shit, shit.
FEAR Demo (360)
Sep 25th
Just like the PC demo, but with rubbish controls.
No, not rubbish because they’re joypad controls, rubbish because they’re rubbish.
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
Sep 21st
I took the Caterham for a spin, loved it, decided to try and save up for it.
Except I can’t seem to do the E class challenges. Going past speed cameras? Too slow. Time trials? Too slow. Delivery mission? Failed by crashing straight into a police car, meaning a huge $10,000 fine and having to pay $4,000 compensation to the guy who asked me to deliver the package.
The end result? I have less money now than I started the day with.
Bother.
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
Sep 17th
It’s too easy to buy cars you don’t want.
Well, it’s too easy for me, at any rate. After you test drive a car the car it shows is the first in the garage’s list, not the one you just drove. So I now have an Audi A3 3.3 quattro DSG that I didn’t want. Seems nice enough and I’ve sold my Alfa so I don’t have two Group F cars.
I’ve also moved up into Group E and have bought myself a Nissan 350Z Nismo S-Tune. Which seemed great on the test drive, but a bit twitchy in real racing conditions. I’ve crashed a bit and spun out a couple of times. Hmm.
Test Drive Unlimited (360)
Sep 14th
So, the full game is here and it’s excellent.
The demos really don’t do it justice.
I started off by buying an Alfa GT 3.2 V6 24v, which seems to go nicely enough, though it pales in comparison to the Elise I rented when I first got off the plane.
After earning some money I found a classic cars showroom by accident – was looking for a race – and fell in love with a Chevrolet Camaro Z-28. It’s gorgeous and the engine sound is perfect. It’s relatively slow and a tad undriveable, but I love it to bits anyway.
And I got invited to Club Cosmic and accepted. Yay.
Saints Row (360)
Sep 13th
Ah, back playing this for an evening.
A few missions done, bit of buggering about, the usual.
I’ve pimped my Raycaster out good, in purple and brass. I’m so cool.
Oooh, look at me, using the word “pimped” without thinking about it.
Test Drive Unlimited Demo (360)
Sep 13th
With all the talk on the Internet about how great this game is, I decided to have another go.
This time I turned the driving aids off and turned the steering sensitivity down a bit. It’s like a whole different game. Much better handling, though the Ferrari I tried kept spinning out. I felt it was my fault, though, and cursed myself rather than the game. Infinitely better.
Anyway, full game now ordered.
Scramble (360)
Sep 13th
Surprisingly entertaining.
And I’ve got to level four already. I never got off level two when I was a kid.
I AM NOW MAN, FEAR ME.
Lego Star Wars 2 (360)
Sep 12th
Bloody great fun for my wife and I WHEN IT’S NOT GLITCHING OUT BY NOT OPENING A FORCE FIELD AND THEREFORE MEANING WE HAVE TO QUIT AND MISS OUT ON OUR FIRST TRUE JEDI STATUS SINCE THE FIRST LEVEL.
Bastard, bastard, bastard game.
Plus, I spent a good 45 minutes hunting around trying to see what I was missing until finally going online a finding deep in the Internet – the GameFAQs board for the PC version of the game – that it’s a glitch and I’m not the only one to find it.
Grrrrrr.
