A Gaming Diary
Archive for June, 2007
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Jun 9th
I got up to driving level ten and got the best reward ever.
Seriously, that’s half the reason I bought the game, being able to get that car and put that paint job on it.
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Jun 8th
Won some races in that Intergrale car I won. Well, it’s called something like that. It drives nicely and lets me win races, which is a good thing, but it doesn’t have the personality of the American cars. it’s like an agile wee squirrel next to great galumping bears.
I also bought a car from the Auction House, which has some sort of anime design on it. Anyone know who this is?
Oh, and if you’re reading this within an hour or so of me posting it, please bid on my Jason-themed Solstice, which was my first car and which I’ll never drive again.
And while we’re showing off pictures, go on, take a look at the Hello Kitty car my wife designed.
Pac-Man Championship Edition (360)
Jun 8th
No new high score today, but I did come close.
Should maybe try some of the other modes some time.
Overlord Demo (360)
Jun 8th
Pikmin, with two differences. Firstly, it’s from a traditional 3rd-person behind-the-main-character viewpoint. Secondly, it’s evil.
The evil bit works well. Killing hobbits by setting fire to corn fields and controlling horrible (yet very cute) goblin minions is great fun. It’s played for, well, maybe not laughs, but big smiles and it has an atmosphere nestled snugly between Dungeon Keeper and Fable.
The viewpoint’s not so good. You have a huge character who, most of the time, is standing back and controlling things, rather than getting involved, and who obscures some of the screen. Also, the camera having to pulled back some way behind him means that events going on in front of you are less clear than might be useful. Optional first-person and top-down views might have been nice. Then maybe I’d see the hobbits in the corn field and not need to be told that they’re there by huge text messages in the middle of the screen.
Regardless of the graphical griping, though, I had great fun. I didn’t realise how much I was enjoying myself until the demo stopped and I just sat there staring at the screen, willing it to change its mind and give me more.
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
Jun 8th
Today’s main task was to catch a couple of Bedlum, who were swarming up on Route 228. I’d never been up there, so I had to surf my across, only to find that level 53 Bedlums are very hard to catch. I took a lot of damage and a lot of my party fainted, but I got two in the end. One for me and one for my wife.
Pokemon Diamond (DS)
Jun 7th
You see the daily tasks I posted about yesterday?
That’s what I did today.
Pac-Man Championship Edition (360)
Jun 7th
After a couple of terrible games where I didn’t even last the full five minutes, I managed to beat my old high score and am now 571 in the world and second on my Friends list, behind a frankly score of 217.420 from Dimahoo.
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Jun 7th
In short, I like this.
I like the car collecting, the customisation and, to a lesser extent so far, the actual racing.
I decided to make my home region North America, because I do love American muscle cars. I know that they may not be the best at going round corners and other such trivialities, but they’ve got more soul than an Impreza or an Audi TT. Or, perhaps more accurately, the speak to my soul more.
Anyway, I got some rubbish little Pontiac convertible thing, painted it up with a crude image of Jason Voorhees and entered the first set of races. Took me a while, but I won the first event and, in doing so, won two more cars. One of them is a Mustang, which my wife is currently transforming into a lovely pink Hello Kitty car.
Sweet.
Pac-Man Championship Edition (360)
Jun 6th
Best retro update ever? Possibly.
Biggest gaming surprise ever? Possibly.
It’s Pac-Man, but better and faster. So much better. Wow. I’m just amazed.
And it works with the 360 controller, which is a bonus.
