A Gaming Diary
Archive for March, 2009
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
Mar 25th
My goodness, but this is great. This lunchtime I did a couple of story missions (sniper rifle!), some drug dealing and worked as a taxi driver for a bit. It’s just so, so good.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Mar 25th
No new neighbour to replace Violet yet. Found one of the last two fossils we needed, so only one more to go!
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
Mar 24th
Played some more missions, including the world’s strangest bank heist getaway.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Mar 24th
Played late last night so no shops were open. Said hello to some neighbours and finally got a “Goodbye!” letter from Violet.
Peggle (360)
Mar 23rd
Inevitably, I played some Peggle. Did a few more levels in Adventure mode, but the GTA games kept me away from it for the most part.
GTA IV: The Lost and Damned (360)
Mar 23rd
Okay, phew, I’m loving this now. Not so much for the missions, though they are very enjoyable indeed (and the game has opened up a whole lot of side missions now), but I’ve been reminded of how much I just love Liberty City. Shooting bikers, blowing up helicopters, escaping from cops, it’s all good, but I think my favourite parts of the game are the drives to the missions. No pressure, just me, my bike and the city around me. Just existing in Liberty City makes me happy. It looks astonishing, it feels exceptionally solid and I just plain love it.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
Mar 23rd
Had great fun with this and my concerns about the possible balance issues caused by the drug dealing and my fears for the length of the game have been put to rest. Basically, the missions have not got quite hard, so I’m having retry them quite a few times and I’m having to spend a fair amount of cash at Ammunation. So the money now has a point and the missions have got difficult – but not too difficult. Good stuff.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Mar 23rd
Forgot KK on Saturday, but did win the loach fishing tourney with a 9.0-incher. That’s my first silver trophy.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
Mar 20th
Been doing a lot of missions. I’ve done enough drug deals to set myself up with a big pile of money that I’m not spending, so I’m concentrating on progressing the story. The missions are very short, so I’m a little worried that this will be a one of those games I love for a week and then put aside. Which is better than most games, obviously, but I was hoping this would keep me going for a long time.
Last mission I did was Raw Deal, which was awesome. It’s an escort mission, but a hugely violent, exciting one. Took me a few tries as it was such utter carnage, but I enjoyed every attempt. And it’s nice to have a mission that takes a few tries, it’s been a very easy game so far.
