Band of Bugs (Demo) (360)
It’s Final Fantasy Tactics! Only with insects! Sort of! Played the first few levels of this, and it certainly looks like the sort of thing I want to pay for. Ace.
Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
Aha! Killed them! It seems that rockets are mostly a waste of time on the Hectors, as rifle fire can actually stop them charging their lasers. The upshot of that was me getting past that level. I had a level full of red ants at the beach then, which was easy. I actually completed the level three times as the armour drops were plentiful and I made use of them. Then, more ant/red ant/spiders in the city with nests to …
Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
SPIDERS! Big spiders that hop and fire webs! And go splat when you shoot them! And then! A HUGE walking spaceship thing. And I mean HUGE. It has to be the biggest moving thing I’ve seen in any game ever. The graphics, especially in terms of how much is going on at once, are waaay better than I previously thought. No wonder my character looks crap and the buildings are bland when there are ninezwelftyten thousand hunter killers and Hectors …
Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
Hector. Giant great robots with gunz and laz0rz and stompy feet wot squash you. And they’re called Hectors. Jesus. Anyway. Killed a load of them, then a load more, and then it was into a nest of ants, rapidly followed by a retreat. Tch, EDF cowards!
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Still plugging away at this. Decided to upgrade my Porsche 914 to the heady heights of Rank A, with a PI of 834 currently. I can’t see how to push it any further, unless a new engine (and then starting again with the upgrades associated with it) will help. Anyway, with that car I then took part in a couple of races, before deciding up up the opponent AI from Medium to Hard. Where “Hard” means “Cheating”, clearly. Suddenly, C …
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Bought myself a heavy car, and finished off the Proving Grounds races. I’ve also upgraded some useless car I’m been given to make it S rank, given it a red and green paint job, and stuck it on the auctions to see if I can make a profit. I’m guessing not. Completed a few more races in the other serieseses too.
Pac-Man CE (360): COMPLETED!
Went after the final achievement to finish off the game this evening. I needed to get 400,000 points, and had been informed that Extra 3 was the mode to choose to do that. And indeed it was, as I managed it on my first attempt, reaching 448,000 with some ease. So that’s all the modes survived, and all the achievements got. Winnar!
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Plowed through more races today. I’m alarmed to see that not only have I not lost a race yet, but I haven’t actually finished in any position other than first. Even after crashing. Hmm. In an effort to improve the credits I get for each race, and to make it a little harder, I had a tweak with the difficulty settings, and now I don’t get any penalty for easiness. Not that it’s made much difference. In fact, since changing …
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Plowed through more races today. I’m alarmed to see that not only have I not lost a race yet, but I haven’t actually finished in any position other than first. Even after crashing. Hmm. In an effort to improve the credits I get for each race, and to make it a little harder, I had a tweak with the difficulty settings, and now I don’t get any penalty for easiness.
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (360)
What a no-game this is. As in, there’s no game. I did expect this though, having the first game already, but this is just more of the same with added jetskis. I’m on Day 6, and so far, I’ve done: nothing. Well, I’ve played volleyball a few times, and got annoyed at the controls, lack of control, and the camera. I’ve played the arse fighting game, which is rubbish. I’ve played the pool hop game, which is impossible as I …
Forza Motorsport 2 (360)
Despite only being dispatched at 3.30pm today, this had arrived in this morning’s post. Amazing. Now, I didn’t think a lot of the demo, but since Gamestation had the full game on offer for £15 (if you bought any other 360 game), it seemed silly not to get this and Dead or Alive Extreme 2 together for £30. £10 cheaper than getting Forza 2 on it’s own. And I’m glad I did, because it’s great. I’ve played through about half …
Second Life (Mac)
I stumbled across this just now and found there was a Mac version. Downloaded it then, and played it for about half an hour. Um, am I missing the point, or can you do nothing but chat and walk round a tiny island? And why is everyone naked?
Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
Since it was my birthday a month ago, I got this from my brother today. Bless. And… it’s good. Virtually every level is “kill giant ants!”, and the graphics, animation, voice acting, sound effects, music and slowdown are all horrific. But it doesn’t seem to matter. As well as kill lots of giant ants, I’ve killed some Hunter Killers, seemingly stolen from Terminator, some ant-carrying UFOs, and more ants. I’m only on level 9 or so, but have spent almost …