Beck sent me a plea for help while I was playing skate., asking for information on the Battle Mode power-ups. I sent her some instructions (although they’re right there when you start Battle Mode anyway – women lol :P), and she said “well if yuo fancy any two player anytime let me know”. Who could resist? I “leapt” right into Hexic 2 and invited her to a game. And she just ignored me! Pff. So I played Ranked Battle Mode …
Six games of Battle Mode against my wife, and I won the first four. Then I told her about how you could make your attacks more powerful (just fill the relevant bar up more notches) and then proceeded to lose the next two games. In future, she will be kept in the dark about such things.
Played four Battle Mode games online, in Ranked Matches this evening. I won the first game, but only just, but then failed to win any of the next three even though it appeared my opponents were all crap. Clearly, I was wrong…
You know, this is my 2000th Gaming Diary post. 2000 posts. Amazing. Played Hexic 2 for a couple of hours this evening. First spent over an hour playing my wife at Battle Mode, but soon had to stop playing as she got good at it and began to win. Tch. It’s pretty good, and there’s a power-up dynamic to the game which I’ve not seen in any other puzzle game. Power-ups are only available at certain times, and either of …
Yes, it’s the same as the first game, only with more “industrial” graphics and a few extra bits. And yes, I was pretty crap at the first one. But, as is often the way with XBLA games, I couldn’t resist and bought the full version anyway. And I’m glad I did, because it’s actually a bit easier than Hexic HD. There are new power-ups and you can now get rid of hexes with a line of five, both of which …
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (N-Gage 07/01/2006) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 (GBA 21/01/2006) Mawashite Koron (DS 22/01/2006) Tony Hawk’s Underground (GBA 02/02/2006) Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox 04/02/2006) Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (GBA 10/02/2006) Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land (GBA 13/02/2006) Mario vs Donkey Kong (GBA 16/02/2006) Super Mario Ball (GBA 18/02/2006) Tony Hawk’s Skateboarding (DC 04/03/2006) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (DC 05/03/2006) Mr. Driller (WS 19/03/2006) Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (GC 25/03/2006) XIII (Mobile 29/03/2006) Hexic HD …
Well, completed Survival Mode anyway. All 50 levels of it. It took about an hour and 20 minutes, and now my brain (and eyes) hurt somewhat from all the hexagons. I’m not sure if the other modes can be completed or not, as once you reach level 7 you’re told it’s the final level. Besides, you can’t clear the screen in those modes. Hurrah for my first completed Xbox 360 game!
Yes, I know. Playing Hexic requires the purchase of an Xbox 360. Which I bought this morning. And I bought no games for it, as I wanted Oblivion, but wasn’t prepared to pay the £50 everywhere wanted for it (except most places didn’t actually have any copies at all in). I did get a 2100 point card for spending on XBLA games, but before spending that, I had just Hexic to amuse me. It is nice, and all, and quite …
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, …
Wow! The boxes! I can’t believe how ACE the boxes for these three games look! They’re all sleek and square and shiny! So, the first three bit Generations games from Nintendo turned up today. They’re cheap, and simple, and “experimental”. And two of the three are sexbest. First up, was Dotstream. It’s a racing game, but you control a line that races other lines. And there’s no accelerate or brake buttons, and you can only steer up and down. But …