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A Gaming Diary
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Sep 2nd
On to Chapter Two now. I seem to have over-levelled slightly, as the new members joining my team are three or four levels below the rest. Another side effect of doing so many Free Battles is that I’ve got more money than I know what to do with.
Three Demos (360)
Sep 1st
I really haven’t got anything to say about these, so I’ll not split them up into separate entries.
Puzzle Fighter HD – I really thought I’d be buying this with the points I’ve got sitting in my account, but it failed to grab me.
Streets of Rage 2 – Found it very tiresome, but played until the end of the demo level.
Timeshift – Got a couple of checkpoints in, couldn’t tell what was going on, got annoyed, turned it off.
Conclusion: This afternoon, I am not in the mood for games.
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Aug 30th
Another story mission completed. I lost Liane again, though, which meant she missed out on a ton of XP again, which means it’ll be even harder to keep her alive next time around. Healers are such a pain. I think I need to Free Battle for a while.
Bioshock (360)
Aug 28th
Lots of BIG! IMPORTANT! plot tonight. Was a struggle to turn off, actually.
Oh, and I casually decided to use a fruit machine when I was walking past and got the jackpot-getting achievement, which was nice.
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Aug 28th
I tried a story mission tonight and Jeanne died. I made a really stupid mistake, a cocky mistake. I thought it would be easy, so I could just run Jeanne in without worrying, but she died. Horribly. I wish there was a quick reload option, instead of having to go all the back to the main menu.
Quake 2 (PC)
Aug 28th
Ah, I remember back in the day when Quake 2 came out and the single player mode seemed like a huge step up from the first Quake. Looking back now, I don’t see that. They’re really very similar indeed. Still, Quake is great fun, so Quake 2 is too. I’m not complaining.
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Aug 27th
Haven’t been advancing the story today. I just took some time out on one of the old levels to work out everything that was confusing me and test out powers and tactics. It’s really very enjoyable and I love the Unified Guard system, which means it’s good to keep your party together.
Bioshock (360)
Aug 27th
Looking at the Achievements list and the blanks in the list of locations I reckon I’m about a third of the way through this now.
It’s great. Every time it seems to threaten to become mundane I turn off the game for a while and when I come back I’m amazed again.
It’s also a game that my wife loves to watch me play.
Jeanne D’Arc (PSP)
Aug 26th
This SPRG seems to have slipped under the radar somewhat. Possibly because it’s on the PSP. If it was on the DS, it wouldn’t look as gorgeous, wouldn’t have such lovely anime cut scenes, but it might be getting some attention.
I’ve played it for a little over two hours now and it’s rather good. Not worth buying a PSP for, but worth dusting one off for.
Equipping skills is a little confusing still, but the only real trouble is that the lovely anime cut scenes aren’t subtitlted, which is very annoying as I tend to play handheld games with the sound off. I’m sure I’m not alone in that.
