Well. Some people did say that it sort of fizzles out at the end, and, well, it pretty much does. The England level is pretty huge (with a puzzle that had me scratching for ages, and a huge boss fight), but Nepal that followed it was really very short, and incredibly easy. The final level was even shorter, and the end boss was the easiest of all the bosses in the game, which was a shame. But anyway. Overall, I …
Finished up Ghana, where there was another boss battle, and then went over to Kajekstan (or however you spell it). No tomb there, either, just a Soviet research base, a train I had to chase on a motorbike, and some wantering through a giant Tesla device thingie. Found Amanda, who is now baaaaad, and she unleashed another boss at me, which I had a job figuring out how to defeat. Turns out you don’t, as such. Anyway. Then it was …
Finished off Peru, and then waded through Japan (yes, there wasn’t much in the way of Tombs to Raid) and killed my first “boss”. Then it was off to Ghana, where I’ve managed to get inside another tomb, and start up some traps. Which doesn’t sound like such a clever idea…
Having owned the game now for a few months, and not even opened it, I thought it about time I made a start on it. I’ve worked my way through Bolivia (which was the demo level I’d played previously, only longer), then arrived in Peru, done the town bit and motocycle chase sequence, done the “Lara as a teenager” section, and have now drained the dig site and am ready to find Amanda. Assuming she’s still alive, anyway. So far, …
Finally – an Xbox 360 game which could be considered “next-gen”. Lovely visuals, certainly the most impressive I’ve yet seen on the 360, which are (I’m told) even better in other levels of the full game. It’s fun too, even if it is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time with breasts and guns. So similar are the two games in terms of how you play them, that I pressed L to rewind time on several occassions, and the swinging-round-poles …
I’ve been gaming for a long time. This is obvious to anyone who has perused the rest of my site (the Gaming Diary and Museum both give clues to this). I’ve played a lot of games. Hundreds. Thousands, in fact. It would be naïve to assume that, having played so many games, gaming ideas are only ever used once, and so each game is an entirely unique experience. This is, of course, not true. Some things come up all the …
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 …
Played quite a bit now, and got past rescuing Jen (only for her to be kidnapped again), did some flying around in a vehicle thing, which was odd, and faught what could be considered a few boss battles. I’m on level 14-ish now, and the levels do seem to be getting shorter and shorter – just like Amped 3 and Tomb Raider: Legend. Is this a 360 game trend? Had some more play online too. The lag was slightly better …
It has been a couple of weeks since I last played this, and the main thing that shows is that I kept trying to press buttons other than Y to jump, as I’ve been playing Tomb Raider: Legend and other 360 games. Warped to the Town Where Everyone Is Invisible, and finished off that quest (which was completed almost accidentally), and then decided, after saving, to slaughter everyone I could find. Hurrah!
