deKay's Lofi Gaming

Mirror’s Edge (iPhone): COMPLETED!

The Rev had pointed out that this was excellent. I wasn’t so sure, since I loved the 360 version and a move to a 2D, controller-less version didn’t seem like it would work. If only he’d said “It’s like ‘Run!’, only better”, I’d have bought it like a shot. As it is, The Rev died this week. Also this week, EA had a sale on the App Store, and Mirror’s Edge was reduced to 59p, so in some strange, possibly …

Mirror’s Edge (360): COMPLETED!

It would appear that Mirror’s Edge is somewhat shorter than I was expecting. There’s only 9 chapters, and aside from a couple of bits that I was obviously doing the wrong way (a car park and the security servers bits), it wasn’t that hard either – even though I was playing it on Normal and refusing to use guns. That isn’t to say it’s bad – far from it. It’s just over a bit soon, that’s all. I only paid …

Mirror’s Edge (360)

I thought this for £13 was a bargain from Asda the other day. Until I saw it for £9.98 in Blockbuster this weekend. Oh well. After milking Lego Batman for everything it had, I moved onto Mirror’s Edge. It’s really good too, if somewhat hard and disorientating. It isn’t making me feel sick (like many have found), it’s just I get lost easily and even though there’s a button to look at where you’re supposed to go, that doesn’t help. …

Paradise Killer (Switch): COMPLETED!

I’ll admit, I went into this expecting a somewhat different sort of game. In my head, it was a bit Phoenix Wright or Murder By Numbers, but it actually turned out to be a more-interactive-than-usual visual novel with a make-your-own-ending, in first person with platforming. Neither the reviews nor the screenshots suggested the platforming was even a thing, but it is – and it’s a pretty big part of the game. So, my interpretation of the world in which this …

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (360): COMPLETED!

Dear Ubisoft, I am a big fan of your historically almost-accurate hood-wearing murderous free-runner simulators, but despite having played your three most recent in relatively quick succession and anxiously anticipating the finale of the “Ezio Trilogy” and its associated Revelations, I was shocked to discover that you seem to have forgotten to include any. Unless, of course, I have to unlock them by playing this poor Welltris/Mirror’s Edge minigame to completion, which, frankly, isn’t going to happen. Not least because it is the …

The 2010 Gaming Expenditure Horror

I’ve been tracking which games I play, on my Gaming Diary, for 6 years now. It’s helped me realise how many different games I play, and how many I complete. This year, however, I’ve additionally started tracking the games I buy, and how much I paid for them – the aim being to scare myself into how much I spend on gaming. Thing is, just knowing that it’s logged has actually made me more frugal with my spending. Not only …

Completed 2010

Mario Kart Wii (Wii 01/01/2010) Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (DS 09/01/2010) Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut (Wii 19/01/2010) A Boy and His Blob (Wii 21/01/2010) Lego Rock Band (360 29/01/2010) I Love Katamari (iPhone 31/01/2010) Excitebike: World Challenge (Wii 09/02/2010) Mass Effect (360 15/02/2010) Batman: Arkham Asylum (360 20/02/2010) Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God (Wii 25/02/2010) Sonic and Knuckles (Wii 25/02/2010) Castlevania Rebirth (Wii 27/02/2010) The Conduit (Wii 28/02/2010) Mega Man 10 (Wii …

Completed 2009

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS 07/01/2009) Lego Indiana Jones (360 31/01/2009) Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage (360 14/02/2009) Miner Dig Deep (360 19/02/2009) Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People – Episode 3 (Wii 25/02/2009) Lego Batman (360 21/03/2009) Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (360 28/03/2009) Peggle (360 28/03/2009) Mirror’s Edge (360 09/04/2009) GTAIV: The Lost and Damned (360 15/04/2009) Outrun Online Arcade (360 16/04/2009) Penny Arcade Adventures On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1 (360 25/04/2009) Strong …