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A Gaming Diary
Killzone 2 Demo (PS3)
Feb 8th
Tried this again. Upped the sensitivity of the controls a bit, which made it feel a little nicer. What’s up with that dead zone, though? It’s huge!
Anyway, I got to the beach landing, which I did first time on my first play through and died about twenty times before giving up. No idea what the problem was.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Feb 8th
Something’s wrong when you’re up before Nook’s opens on a Sunday…
Killzone 2 Demo (PS3)
Feb 6th
Took about six hours to download, so had to play it this morning before work. Good thing it’s short. I like almost everything about it. The guns feel right, enemies aren’t bullet sponges, good feedback for showing how close to death you are and it looks good (if a bit dismal and dull). The one bad thing is that I can’t seem to aim. I think it might be a problem with the SIXAxis dead zones. The cursor simply doesn’t seem to move as it should, in a way I can’t quite put my finger on. Led me to rely on grenades more than guns in the second part of the demo. Might be a case of just getting used to it, but I don’t know.
Peggle Nights (PC)
Feb 6th
Completed all the duel challenges without any real problems. I’m now onto the “best X number of random levels in a row” challenges, which are good fun.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Feb 6th
Just popped in last night. Pottered around a bit, the usual. It’s a lovely, relaxing thing to do for twenty minutes after getting home from work.
Operation Flashpoint Demo (PC)
Feb 4th
The other day, I posted my memories of Operation Flashpoint online. They were -
“Start level. Get into back of jeep thing with other soldiers. Get dropped off near enemy. Crawl through woods into open ground. Lie there for hours, too scared to move. Finally make a move towards enemy settlement. Dead.”
Decided to try out the demo and exactly the same thing happened again. Just, exactly. No idea who was shooting me, either. Being a soldier is hard. (Especially when you’re trying to zoom, fire and aim on a trackpad.)
Lux Delux (PC/Mac)
Feb 4th
This is a game I’ve played a lot in odd lunchtime moments over the years, but never remember to blog about. It’s a Risk clone, but it works, has good controls, AI at my level and an overwhelming amount of interesting maps. I’m currently enjoying the Idaho and Dark Ages maps.
It runs fine on the NC10 – as it should – but the vertical resolution makes some maps a little small and fiddly to play. Still worth a look, though.
Peggle Nights (PC)
Feb 4th
Stuck on a “do three levels in fifteen balls challenge” – but it’s a fun challenge, not an annoying one. So all’s good.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Feb 4th
New resident in McNulty. Eloise, an elephant. I have a feeling she was a little annoying when she lived in one of my wife’s towns on the DS, but we’ll see.
Peggle Nights (PC)
Feb 3rd
Have given up on the “six unique style shots” challenge. I think you need a mix of Extreme Slide, Long Shot, Free Ball Skills, Lucky Bounce, the one for getting both green balls in one shot and, um, an extra long shot or something. Not really doable.
So I’ve moved on to easier and more fun challenges. I’ll go back sometime and get the one I’ve skipped.
