InvertY.com
A Gaming Diary
Spore (PC)
Sep 6th
Please tell me there’s a way to invert the y-axis in the Creature stage! Please!
(Apart from that, I’m enjoying it.)
Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360)
Sep 5th
What was intended to be a quick go turned into a five and a half hour session. So, yes, it’s just as addictive as the first.
However, Professor Pester seems to come around every five minutes. I got a load of pinatas from cards and he killed them all. Which is especially nice as the game is refusing to let me scan the cards in again. So they’re gone forever.
Sigh. Why are so many games ruined by one stupid decision? Ruined may be a strong word, but I was getting more and more annoyed as pinata after pinata died until I just had to stop playing.
And looking at the web, it seems that there may not even be an item that stops him coming into your garden any more, meaning you’re going to have to put up with him forever, buying decoy after decoy. (Not that I can even buy a decoy yet, I’ve just seen my wife buy them. She’s much at a higher level than I am.)
It’s no fun having your favourite pinata killed like that, no fun at all.
Pure Demo (360)
Sep 5th
ATV racing game with huge tracks and fun handling. What could go wrong?
Well, it’s got an annoying trick system and it keeps showing me a crash animation without actually giving me any idea of why I just crashed.
Still, the rest of the Internet seems to love it, so I guess I should play it some more and see what I’m missing.
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
Sep 5th
Just did the tutorial missions last night. Interface seems nice. That’s about all I can say right now. The wife seems to like it an awful lot.
Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360)
Sep 5th
Or Viva Pinata: The Director’s Cut, as it probably should be known. It’s the same as the first, just more so. Which, when a game is as good as Viva Pinata, isn’t much of a problem. Incredibly, the card reading stuff actually seems to work – though it’s very fiddly. I very much enjoyed my limited time spent with it yesterday.
Sega Rally (PSP)
Sep 3rd
DS charger broken, so I’m having to use the PSP until a replacement arrives. Normally wouldn’t be an issue, but I’ve got N+ and Bangai-O on the go. Anyway, Sega Rally is a good alternative. It’s really not as nice as the 360 version, but it’s still very good indeed. I’m getting better now, too and have been winning some Expert races.
N+ (DS)
Aug 31st
I’ve just spent over five hours trying to do level 29-0. I got close twice. I give up.
N+ (DS)
Aug 31st
Two thirty in the morning.
Just finished Episode 25, which I started… well, I’m not sure. Quite some time ago. My thumb hurts.
N+ (DS)
Aug 30th
Okay, so the impossible level wasn’t. Since getting past it I’ve been making pretty steady progress, despite coming across a handful of nasty levels. It’s certainly not sadistic like the PC and 360 versions. This is a GOOD THING.
Bionic Commando Rearmed (360)
Aug 30th
I tried the Tunnels, but they seemed too hard and I really wasn’t in the mood for a real challenge this morning.
