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Pilotwings Resort (3DS): COMPLETED!
With Diamond unlocked, each Diamond mission starred, and all of Free Flight done, I think I can safely say I’ve completed Pilotwings Resort. In total, I’ve spent 16 or 17 hours on it, and there’s still replay value if I wanted to go and perfect every level. Which I don’t, but thanks for asking. So much for “3 hours long”, eh, Mr Reviewer Man.
X-Men (360): COMPLETED!
A week or so ago, or maybe longer – I can’t remember – both this and Crazy Taxi were on sale on XBLA. X-Men, a release of the 6-player scrolling beat-em-up from yesteryear was reduced to an Almost Free cost of just 200 Microsoft Moon Dollars, something like £1.70. Hell, I’d probably have put more than that into the original arcade machine. I played it today, and, what with it being rather short, completed it. Six times. Once with each …
Pilotwings Resort (3DS)
So who’da thunk that the “weakest” (according to reviews) of the 4 3DS launch games I bought would turn out to be my most played? Not me, especially since I wasn’t going to buy it and any did due to a voucher that netted me it for under a tenner. Today I finally 3 starred the last few missions, having already completed free flight mode and 2+ starring all the missions. I’d considered 2 stars on each mission and all …
Crazy Taxi (360)
This was on offer a little while back on XBLA, for 400 points. I decided, even though it’s a poor port and doesn’t have any Offspring music (TEEEEEN TWEEENNNTY TEEEEN!!!) I’d take a punt anyway for that price. And it’s actually pretty good. Sure, it’s rough looking, and yeah, I miss the music. Worst of all, I keep getting stuck inside things – trees, signs, walls… but it is still fun. So far I’ve C-Ranked Arcade Mode, A-Ranked Original Mode, …
Time to get excited about a new Sonic game?
Of course not. It’ll be rubbish. If it’s even real, that is.
Game Over, Yeah!!
Don’t worry! I’m not closing down or owt! I’m just prodding you all in the direction of a new, pointless, project I’ve been working on for the last month or so! It’s called (no, guess) “Game Over, Yeah!!” and it’s a simple premise: I record myself playing games. Until I lose a life, and then it’s Game Over, Yeah!! How long will I last? 10 minutes? An hour? 12 seconds? Who can tell! Get thee over to the shiny new …
The Governator
How can this not be anything but amazing? It’s like Captain Planet, only with Arnold Schwarzenegger in it, in a big robot suit thing.
Pilotwings Resort (3DS)
Many people slated this a bit on the run-up to the 3DS launch, saying it was pretty and fun and everything but very short and having just one location was rubbish. Reviews suggested you’d get all of three hours fun out of it, and then want to trade it in. I bought it because I got it for £9.90, which I thought was a fair price to pay for 3 hours of 3DS game. Now, almost 10 hours in, I’m …
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS)
I’ve not mentioned this game yet in my diary, but in fact it is my most played 3DS game so far. Which, if anyone can remember how I took to Ghost Recon on the Xbox might surprise you. Thing is, it’s nothing like that. Or any other Ghost Recon game. It is, in fact, a Ghost Recon painted XCom/Laser Squad/Rebelstar followup – a turn-based strategy game not unlike Advance Wars, or, perhaps more closely, Fire Emblem. With guns. And grenades. …
April Fools’ Day 2011
I have a bit of a reputation at work when it comes to April Fools’ Day. Each year I inform the staff of some controversial policy change or a new way to make life hell for them, and each year I get complaints and some congratulations. It’s always a bit of fun. Of course, this causes a problem because with the reputation comes both expectation, and cautiousness. Staff know I’m going to pull something, and will be on the lookout …
GTA IV Vice City
Some clever sod has started remaking GTA Vice City using the GTA IV engine. And it looks lovely. And I need it.
3DS Update!
I have more thoughts about the actual games over on my Gaming Diary, but here are some more comments about the handheld itself. First of all, I love it. Everything about it. It’s such a lovely, lovely device. The screens are bright, the 3D adds loads to the games (and even just the menus and stuff), and the extras already installed are great. I’ve been playing through Super Street Fighter IV and logging which characters I’ve completed it as in …
Ridge Racer 3D (3DS)
This actually arrived on Monday, but since I didn’t have a 3DS at the time, all I could do was look at it and lick the box. I have never really been a big fan of Ridge Racer, but I’m finding this fun. The 3D is incredibly good, and really adds to the game, but the graphics are a little disappointing. They don’t bother me, and they’re clearly streets ahead of Ridge Racer DS, but they’re not as impressive as …