I’ve posted a little about this before, but not for a while. I’ve haven’t stopped playing, it’s just… there’s been some repetition. For much of the game there isn’t a great deal of grinding, although perhaps I’ve been lucky and just levelled up the most suitable of my dragons by random chance. Then I reached the end of game boss, and whereas almost every other enemy in the game can be wiped out in just a couple of turns by …
I’m going to be showing some students how to create interactive fiction with Inform 7. The first task for them will be to replicate this two room puzzle:
Yes, it’s a game. You have to play it, it can be completed, therefore – it’s a game. FACT. So you “play” it by walking around with your 3DS hoping to bump into other people who have puzzle pieces you don’t have, or use the “coins” accumulated from walking to buy random pieces. Eventually, with luck and sore feet, you get all the pieces for all the puzzles. Like I did today! Yay!
I really enjoyed Puzzle Quest on the DS, but part of what made it so great was the DS itself. It was portable, easy to turn on for just a quest or two, and had touch control which makes a lot of sense with this game. The XBLA version isn’t bad. It can’t be – it’s almost exactly the same game – but it isn’t right. I can’t bring myself to buy a game I already have in a form …
My wife was not impressed with today’s performance on SPFIITHD. We played 8 matches, and I won them all, as Ryu each time. Since realising you can press Up on the D-pad to instantly drop blocks (rather than Down which drops them quickly) I’ve been able to improve my skillz somewhat.
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Fun Fact #1: Completing “Y” Mode on Hard is impossible. In fact, just defeating the first character is impossible.Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Fun Fact #2: Getting the “destroy a 25-gem block in Arcade Mode” achievement is also impossible, as if you play it on Easy or Normal, the CPU character dies before you get there, and if you play on Hard or Expert, you die before you get there.
Played through X’ Arcade Mode with Akuma, and completed it. I’m not classing the game as complete just yet though, as I have X, Y and Z modes to go yet! Sadly, I missed out on an achievement for finishing Arcade Mode without using a credit, as I underestimated the end of game boss – also Akuma – and he beat me.
Played quite a few games with my wife, winning about as many as I lost. Also had a try at some of the other game modes. “Y” is more like Columns, in that you have to get lines of three or more rather then groups of gems which you then trigger. It was OK, but not as good as X or X’ modes. “Z” is similar to Hexic, sort of, in that you rotate blocks of four to make groups, …
Who needs a demo version, eh? I just stumped up the 800 points without even trying it first. That’s how much I knew it was going to be ace. And, of course, it is ace. At least as ace as the Saturn version I’ve been playing recently, but in lovely smooth HD and with online play for up to four players. It’s like Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo X ++ Alpha HD really. Or something. First up, I played three …
Today started with having to find some herbs for the High Elves, and then progressed onto killing Lord Bane’s three (rather easy) Generals, followed by a Deathknight and then an Iron Golem (both quite easy too) before finally “fighting” Lord Bane himself. With an alarming about of HP (three times what I had), it was somewhat nailbiting at the end as we were both on around 30HP, there were red skulls galore on the grid, and it was my turn. …
Played this some more with my wife. I realised (or rather, re-realised) what the “Counter Gem” pattern does. It’s the pattern of gems that fall on your opponent’s screen when you send gems their way. Knowing the pattern your opponent has chosen is handy, and you can actually use it to your advantage by placing gems in places where counter gems will land and match up. Cunning!
Probably the best two player puzzle game ever made. Ever. Even better that Puzzle Bobble or Puyo Puyo, in my opinion, and my opinion is Right and Good. So I played it with my wife this evening, with me winning most of the rounds, and there being rather too many incidents of just-about-to-die suddenly becoming I’M WINNER! Which is always ace.
It seemed I had only 7 left to do, not 9. Clearly, I can’t count. So I made an effort to finish them all off this evening, which wasn’t that difficult as all bar the last one were really easy. The last one was a golden butterfly. Or a moth. Or something like that anyway. Nice. GAME OVER!
Completed a few more Super Hards this evening. About five of them, in fact, none of which were especially difficult. In fact, one of them had 5 of the 16 squares completely filled. So much for “Super Hard”, eh, readers? That leaves me just 9 left to complete before I’ve done them all. ACES.
Just one puzzle today, taking my Super Hard remaining levels to just 12. This one (a mini tulip or possibly some corn) was pretty easy, although it took a while to complete.
