A Gaming Diary
PC
Half-Life 2 Episode One (PC)
Sep 2nd
I got past the big bad that had halted my progress – yay! – but shortly afterwards the game crashed. Again. And I had to rebooted my PC. Bah.
Better check when I last updated my graphics drivers.
PC problems: always drivers.
UNIX problems: always permissions.
FACT.
Armadillo Run (PC)
Aug 30th
Keep forgetting to post about this.
But I’m playing it, oh yes.
Up to level 45 now, and it’s brilliant. One of the very best games you can get for a tenner, I’d say.
Boiling Point: Road To Hell (PC)
Aug 28th
This time I hit the quick save button a few times and didn’t kill anybody. I drove arolund the jungle a bit, then swam across some water and got eaten, met some guerillas – who thought I was their new recruit – and some government troops – who thought I was their new recruit – and learned how to drive a boat.
And then I jumped around some houses and managed to fall on to a balcony I couldn’t jump off, so I turned the game off.
Boiling Point: Road To Hell (PC)
Aug 28th
Infamously buggy free-roaming FPS/adventure/RPG thing.
And it is buggy, oh yes. Subtitles don’t match dialogue, dialogue often doesn’t play, game crashed after half an hour or so of play. I’m not too bothered. I’d killed a woman in the starting town, so all the civilians either ran away from me or shot me, which was getting annoying. And I’d made enemies of the government by killing an informer in protective custody, so the police were shooting me every time I wandered into town, too. The bandits liked me, but who cares about them? And I kept dying and losing guns and stuff, which was annoying. Combat seemed to be all about the head shots, which would be fine if I could ever get any.
And, boy, it’s ugly. I’m sure technically it’s nice and clever and everything, but on normal settings everything looks horrible close up.
Half-Life 2 Episode One (PC)
Aug 28th
Oh.
An annoying boss fight.
Great.
That’s enough of that, then.
Armadillo Run (PC)
Aug 23rd
Level 25 – Motor – is really hard, but I think I’m closing in on a solution. It’s a really excellent game. Well worth a tenner.
Armadillo Run (PC)
Aug 22nd
Okay, I got off level eight after looking at a (blindingly obvious in retropspect) tip.
Lots of levels fell after that, but I’m now stuck on Trigger. Not the Trigger part, the second half.
Excellent game.
Armadillo Run (PC)
Aug 22nd
It’s great and all, but I am completely stuck on level eight. I’ve not got a clue how to do it within the budget.
Flight Simulator X Demo (PC)
Aug 20th
Ground textures awful below 2,000 feet.
Not that you can see them given most cockpits seem to fill up 95% of the screen, leaving you look at complicated gauges and blue sky.
I’m not sure why I bothered trying it really. Well, I do. It’s because my brother-in-law has infected me with his enthsiasm and because I want to fly round the Grand Canyon. Which probably won’t be in the game when it comes out, anyway.
City Of Villains (PC)
Aug 20th
Actually, I didn’t really play the game.
I spent ages playing around in the character creation bit and then when I finally started up I got bored before the end of the tutorial.