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A Gaming Diary
Halo 3 (360)
Sep 28th
Last night I played a lot of single player and got up to the penultimate level, level eight.
Now, level eight is already infamous online with The Internet deeming it to be a rubbish level in an otherwise stunning game. In this case, The Internet is right. It’s bloody atrocious. Incredibly repetitive in the most annoying fashion, badly checkpointed, far too easy to get lost in, despite basically being a single corridor, and with dull and annnoying combat.
Last night I was thinking that it wasn’t up to Halo standards, but was still the standard of a decent FPS, but in the cold light of day I feel it may not even be that good. It’s like a bad FPS and Halo is a bad game while you’re playing it.
Shame, as all the levels preceeding it were incredible. Absolutely marvellous. So many great moments and all I could think while playing was “I can’t wait to play this again.” I’m itching to finish the game so I can play through it all again, but I’m not going to be looking forward to level eight, unless it somehow clicks when I try it again next time I play.
Halo 3 (360)
Sep 26th
I am loving this.
However, after playing the single player for an hour or so I accepted a game invite for some multiplayer fun, assuming the game had been saving my progress as I’d been going along.
It seems not.
Looks like I’ll have to restart, but I really don’t mind, given the fun I had first time round.
Geon Demo (360)
Sep 25th
I quite liked this. Felt a bit random, but an enjoyable waste of time nonetheless. Didn’t really click with me and I never noticed my opponent scoring, but it was fun enough.
Possibly, maybe 400 points of fun. Not 800 points of fun though, I’m afraid.
Sega Rally Demo (360)
Sep 25th
I’m playing this demo far too much, you know. I really don’t like how much I like this game, if you know what I mean. It’s starting to feel dangerous.
LocoRoco Cocoreccho (PS3)
Sep 25th
Yes, yesterday not only did I turn my PS3 on, but I actually played a game on it.
A game that cost me the princely sum of £1.99.
A game that I played for about fifteen minutes before turning off.
A fun, charming and cute fifteen minutes that I shall return to, mind, don’t get me wrong. Why on earth Sony are marketing this as an “interactive screensaver” I don’t know. It’s a game, pure and simple. Not a very big game, but the price of two quid is pretty spot on. More of this sort of thing, please.
Metal Slug Anthology (PSP)
Sep 22nd
I’ve had this a while, but keep forgetting the post about it, as I only play it for odd moments. I’ve only been playing the first game and not continuing. I’ve got to the second stage and to the top position on the leaderboard. Unfortunately, though your high score is saved with your general profile, the high score table for each game is only saved if you save the individual game. It’s a bit of pain and some sort of autosave wouldn’t go amiss.
Oh, and it looks very, very lovely indeed on the PSP and plays very well.
MySims (Wii)
Sep 22nd
Well, today I sorted out a boutique and an ice cream parlour and got my town up to a three-star rating, which means I can unlock the desert area. I haven’t bothered yet, having far too much else to do first, but it’s nice to know it’s available.
MySims (Wii)
Sep 21st
Well, after the first couple of hours there’s never a shortage of things to do. There are always people to move in, tasks to perform for existing residents, things it would be nice to build for friends, places to go prospecting, etc. Time becomes something of an issue if you try to do everything, so I’ve been concentrating on moving people in and performing tasks for the business people of the town. When I next play I think I’m going to forget about new residents for a while and concentrate on improving my existing relationships.
Phew.
MySims (Wii)
Sep 20th
First impressions. It’s really rather good. There’s a fairly lengthy tutorial section and then you’re left to do what you want. The focus so far seems to be more on the building part of the game, rather than the relationships. This suits me fine. I’ve been very enjoying adding my own little touches to things I build and making buildings for my town, Crystal Lake. (It helps that my wife had been playing before me, so could give me a lot of helpful tips that it took her a while to find out when she played.)
So far, so good.
