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A Gaming Diary
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Feb 3rd
So, what happened last night?
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Nope, can’t remember a thing.
Majesty Demo (PC)
Feb 1st
Old RTS, notable for lack of direct control over your units, or something. That’s what I’ve read about it, anyway. I tried the demo, which doesn’t really give you much guidance. I was happily pottering about, when huge monsters wandered over and destroyed my castle, with my guards putting up only the barest hint of resistance before keeling over. I think I must have been missing something.
Main annoyance: Moving cursor to edge of screen scrolls the map at a million miles per hour.
Midnight Club 2 Demo (PC)
Feb 1st
Wanted to see if this’d run on the NC10. Runs pretty slowly and the handling with the keyboard is pants. No sale, not even for the Steam price of £4. Interestingly, or not, it looks to me like it’s using the same map as the PSP version of Midnight Club LA. But I could be wrong – I just definitely recognised some sections.
Assassin’s Creed (360)
Feb 1st
I decided it was time to go back and finish games I nearly finished, but then stopped playing. First up, Assassin’s Creed. I was throughly enjoying it… then stopped playing for no reason. Took me a while to get used to the controls again – and I think I messed up one or more Achievements by doing an assassination too early, before I’d done all six of the pre-assassin missions – but I’m very much enjoying it. Got a couple of Achievements in Damascus, then went on to Acre. I’ve got to do an assassination there, then I think I’ve only got the last mission left after that. Should finish the game in the next few days if I keep playing.
Trials 2: Second Edition (PC)
Feb 1st
Finally finished the tutorials, which got very, very hard. Then raced through the early non-tutorial levels having great fun. It’s got hard again now, though. Not sure if it’s too hard… but it might be.
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die (PC)
Feb 1st
Wow. I loved the original Sam & Max adventure game, way back in the mid-nineties. Started this (free!) game up and – lo! – it’s… correct! Sam & Max sound right, the jokes are funny and it’s point and click with no fluff or distractions. Excellent stuff. Didn’t play much – I don’t often get a chance to use my NC10 with sound on – but I throughly enjoyed what I did play. Yay.
Peggle Nights (PC)
Feb 1st
Did the challenges I was stuck on, raced through the next page without any problems, am now stuck on a “Get 200,000 style points” level. No idea how to go about that.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City (Wii)
Feb 1st
Finally, a new Gracie line. Too expensive and girly for me, but I bought my wife some heart shades, which she loves. Good stuff. Wendy moved out overnight last night. She was nice, but I’m not exactly upset. (Especially as I had good warning.)
Europa Universalis II (PC)
Jan 30th
Spent ten euros on this last night as a download from GamersGate. So, ten quid. Bit expensive, maybe, but I love the game. (And if I can’t afford to buy proper console games any more, at least I can treat myself to an old PC game when I get paid.) This is, I think, the third time I’ve bought it. PC CD (lost in time), Mac CD (in the closet somewhere, effectively lost) and now PC download.
I’ve completely forgotten how to play since I last played it $hlmun years ago, though. So I’ll be wading through all the tutorials again at some point.
But, hooray for a strategy game that runs in 800×600!
Peggle Nights (PC)
Jan 30th
No success last night, but I have a new strategy for one of the levels I think might work, given enough time, luck and, most importantly, thoughtful shot selection.
