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A Gaming Diary
Pain (PS3)
Sep 28th
I didn’t so much play this as jab buttons while it was on the TV. Didn’t get any sort of score worth mentioning.
The Last Guy (PS3)
Sep 28th
This is very good. Hard, but good. Done the first three levels and didn’t get more than one star oon any of them.
WipEout HD (PS3)
Sep 28th
This has been a bad weekend. Fever, accidental defecation in trousers (twice!), headache, chills, aching legs, etc.
One thing that has helped distract me a bit is WipEout HD, which I believe I love. It is, as far as it goes, perfect, I think. Graphics are lovely, controls are great, sound is brilliant, difficulty is just right.
It’s very good indeed.
Pain (PS3)
Sep 26th
Tried out the new Amusement Park level quickly before work. Seems the log flume is the way to rack up the points, as you can keep moving for a long time.
Didn’t get enough points to get any Trophies, though – if indeed there are any for this level.
Mega Man 9 Demo (PS3)
Sep 26th
It’s a NES game. Only it was made this year. And it’s on the PS3. I approve of this, but I won’t be buying it.
Partly because it’s seven quid, which is quite a lot of money. But mostly because it seems to be even harder than the old Mega Man games I’ve played.
Ouch.
WipEout HD (PS3)
Sep 26th
If you want to download things from the Playstation Network, 6:30am seems to be a good time to do it. My download flew. Pity the install then took several years…
Anyway, I leapt in and told the game that I was returning WipEout player, so I didn’t need the autopilot help. I then proceeded to crash into several thousand walls in my first race and came sixth out of eight. Oops. I tried again – still without autopilot – and came first. Hooray! That gave me my first ever Trophy, which was nice.
Then I tried a Zone race, but only got a silver. Ah well.
Duke Nukem 3D Demo (360)
Sep 25th
A very generous demo, which is nice because now I don’t have to buy it. I’ve had my nostalgia fix from the first two levels. It was fun, but I’d got pretty tired of it by the end. If it was 400 points I’d probably get the full version, but it’s worth 800 points to me.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PSP)
Sep 24th
Well, I wasted all yesterday evening trying and failing to grab a Little Big Planet beta key from Eurogamer, so I didn’t do much gaming.
Just before bed, though, I did the Historical Mission set in cloud city, where I had to be Vader fighting Luke. Luke used some moves I really don’t remember from the film, but I eventually beat him, cut his hand off and informed him that I was his father. He didn’t take the news very well, but never mind.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PSP)
Sep 21st
Yes, I’m a sad old Start Wars geek. As soon as I finished the PS3 version, I turned on the PSP.
Same story (if cut down a little), completely different level design, decent controls, horrible camera. I’ve been having fun with it, though it’s definitely not perfect. The camera is a real issue and I think it might get a bit too hard later on.
One very nice thing is that it has game types not in the big console versions. There’s a series of one-on-one duels against saber-users from throughout the Star Wars time line, there’s a survival mode, a series of short arena-based missions from the Star Wars film and, er, I think there’s another game mode I’ve forgotten. Best of all, you can choose your character for some of these modes, so I get to be Asajj Ventress, which is always nice.
It’s a real shame these modes aren’t in the major console versions, as they’d really help to pad out a very short game.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3)
Sep 21st
Started and completed in one thoroughly enjoyable seven-and-a-half hour session.
Bit buggy, but generally solid. Lots of stormtroopers to kill. No complaints here. (Apart from having to play the PS3 version because the 360 version was out of stock. Still, I assume they’re pretty much the same.)
