Hurrah! I managed to complete Scenario 6! It seems the trick is to sell off some of the “lesser” units once you’ve built the more expensive units that supercede them. That means you still get money coming in, but don’t have to keep forking out for MORE POWAR. I also found you can sort of “overclock” the power sources, and squeeze a bit more juice out of them. However, Scenario 7 was a bit difficult too. I almost managed it, …
Yes, again. Firstly, some issues I have with the game: The 360 pad is RUBBISH for playing it. The lobby system is crap, although it seems to be mainly because games disappear before you get a chance to join them. They haven’t used the extra frames of animation for the boss characters (like Sagat and Bison) from later games, meaning they look crap in motion. But, it is still Street Fighter II, and so therefore, is ace. Played loads of …
Oh yes. No messing around checking out the demo download here – I just paid for it, downloaded it, and set about having my pants thrashed. Gah. I won two matches in Arcade Mode, and then noticed everyone on my friends list (well, almost) were playing online. I tried to invite and/or join them, but the lobby net code is shot to bits so that didn’t happen. Played Quarter Match Mode instead, where you queue to play in a “winner …
Just a quick go on this while I waited for the other game I’m going to play today was downloading. I’m on Scenario 6 at the moment, and really can’t do it at all. I either run out of power, or run out of money. Make more power sources, and you increase operating costs and so your money goes down each turn. However, make more money-making units, and you run short on power. Hmmm.
I know I have ten billion new games that arrived this week, and I also know Street Fighter II is being released on XBLA tomorrow, but I still decided to unlock the full version of this. And I love it. I can’t believe I’ve had access to it for months now, and haven’t even given it a try. It is written by Ninjabee, who also did Cloning Clyde, which is one of my reasons for buying it. Anyway. I’ve done …
Rodeo was after more clothing today, but didn’t like the first shirt I gave him. Stupid cow – it was much better than the crap green vest he eventually did like. His red glowing eyes disturb me too. Eeeee-viiiiiil. The rest of my animals didn’t want for much. Redd was in Cheese, and I bought a saddle fence from him (which I haven’t seen yet), and then checked in with Nook for turnip prices – 54 bells. I shot him …
Played a few demo games this afternoon, as I’ve been downloading a few recently. They’re all the trial versions of Xbox Live Arcade titles. Robotron 2084: One of the many XBLA games that is similar to Geometry Wars. Could only play for a few minutes before the demo limit ran out, but it seems nice enough. Smash TV: Essentially the same game as the one above. Sort of. Again, there was a limit, but I got through about half of …
My animals were in a bit of a wanting mood today. Two of them were after clothes, one wanted furniture, and another (Kabuki) was wanting to move out and needed convincing to stay. I tried, but not especially hard. Nook was buying turnips for 83 bells, so I didn’t sell them, but I did manage to catch a few insects I hadn’t previously seen about.
This was one of four games that came in the post today, and as soon as I turned it on, I saw my brother was online playing it. After about ten minutes in the training sessions of career mode, I played a few games against him and barely won a few points, let alone any games or sets. Even changing my player was no use. I did manage to unlock an achievement by playing him, however. After that, I worked …
A couple of days missed, but I used the Power Of Time Travel to return to last night and visit K.K. Slider (who played me K.K. Parade), and to visiti my animals and try to convince Rodeo not to move out. Fast forward to this morning, and I bought some clothes and a bit of furniture, then bought 300,000 bells worth of 90 bells-a-go turnips from Joan. Rodeo didn’t move out, and he asked me for some clothing, which 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…
No score improvements, sadly, but I did managed to unlock another achievement, leaving just the “perfect challenge stage” one remaining.
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, …
Bought this for 400 points on Xbox Live Arcade today, after briefly playing the demo and thinking the £3-ish was worth it. And it was. It’s just Galaga, plain and simple. With achievements and a leaderboard system, which suddenly make it $hlmun times more enjoyable. So I played through until I got to Level 30 (no, not all in one go – Level 25 in particular caused some problems!), unlocking all bar two of the achievements. I haven’t seen the …