The “Field of Hono(u)r” mission was really annoying me for much of today’s play. It’s a rock-Klingon-rock mission, but then two Orion ships appear and loads of fighters. I managed to kill the Klingons and the rocks, and one of the two Orion capital ships (the other ran away) – but the Orion fighters are so quick that they’re hard to kill. Invariably, that left the Excelsior blown up. That wasn’t the most irritating thing though – the time it …
I completed Metroid Zero Mission for the GBA some time before Christmas, and although this is considered to be not as good, I’ve just had a quick go and it seems to be more of the same. I don’t have any weapon power-ups or anything yet though, so things may change then. The graphics and sound are near identical too.
This arrived today, so I thought I’d give it a go. Chose Ken (since he is best), and set about Aracde Mode. The first thing I noticed, was that trying any fireball-type moves that need the L button on the GBA is pointless as they’re not possible. That aside, it plays well enough. The sound is bizarrely tinny and rubbish though. Beat Ryu with ease, ditto T. Hawk and Fei Long. Guile was harder (I lost a round), and then …
As expected, Brazil beat me. Although they didn’t beat me as badly as I thought they might – it was 1-0 to them in the second half of extra time. Bother. The match for third place was on, against The Netherlands. This too went into extra time, only this time it was I who scored in the dying minutes. Hurrah. Probably. Decided to start a league then. Chose Liverp^H^H^H^H^H^HMerseyside Red. My first match was against “West Midlands” or something, which …
Just the one track today. Technically, I played it more than once, trying out the other control methods. They’re rubbish, though, so I quit. Went back to d-pad control, and won the race – just getting first place on the last straight. I really need to figure out how to play without pinballing my way around the track.
Another attempt at an International Cup (as England) this evening. My group consisted of Japan, Latvia and Slovenia – all of which I drew with 0-0. Luckily, that got me enough points to limp through to the next round. There it was Czech Republic again. I beat them 1-0, although they were bloody hard to get the ball off. And onto the next round! Sweden. Bah. I got a goal past them in the first half, and thought I was …
This game really doesn’t want you to do much other than shoot things, does it? I finally managed to figure out how to release the Excelsior from the dry dock in time, before some big ships arrived to try and destroy me. But I defeated them, and it was onto the next mission. I had to destroy some more ships, then pick up some dilithium crystals, and then shoot more ships. Then the Enterprise appeared again, so I shot it …
So I shot some more Klingons, shot a rock for minerals, then shot some Klingons, then shot a rock for more minerals. Then I shot some Klingons, and then shot a rock. After that, I shot some Klingons, followed by a rock. Then Klingons. Then a rock. And some Klingons. And a rock. Riveting stuff, no? Finally, with all the Klingons and rocks out of the way, I flew back to the Excelsior. Sadly, there were some Klingons (but no …
I’m giving this a go. Good as PES4 is, it isn’t “completable”, and I need something that is. So far, Sulu and the Excelsior have ended up in the Mirror Universe, Chekov (commanding the ISS Enterprise) has attacked me, and I’ve shot some of his ships, and some Klingons. It’s like a crap version of Rogue Leader. And I didn’t like Rogue Leader.
Just a quick go, and I finished the third track on the first “set” in first place. If you see what I mean. I unlocked “Car Attack” mode then, which I played, and won a car. The Pink Mappy one, in fact. It’s, er, great. I also noticed, while racing to win it, that you can do outrageous powerslides like those in Outrun 2. Which means Ridge Racer DS is now exactly 237% better than I’d thought previously. Hurrah, eh?
Hurrah! I finally won a game! I took on Serbia and Montenegro as England, and beat them 3-0. I’m BEST, I am.
I started a Cup today. In my group, my first match was me (as England) against the Czech Republic, which ended 1-1. Then followed Austria (0-0). and Nigeria (1-2). Bah. That meant I was kicked out of the competition. I suppose it is an improvement over yesterday, however.
My first Xbox Live games on this, against my brother. I was Germany, and he was England. He beat me in both games, 1-0. Not as bad as I’d expected, actually. I blame my wrist anyway.
Having not enjoyed a single football game since Sensible World of Soccer, I was unsure as to what I would think of this. I mean, everyone says it’s the best football game ever (except chavs, who think FIFA is because it is made by EA), but it looked a bit more complicated than SWOS. Anyway, I did some free training to start to get a feel for the controls, and then went into a match between England (me) and Belgium …
This arrived today, but I haven’t managed to spend long on it yet as my DS’s battery went flat. I did manage to come first on the first two races, however. Graphics are “OK”. I’m not really sure exactly what I was expecting there, but they’re nice enough to not distract from the game, anyway. Not in the same league as the PSP Ridge Racers though, obviously. I’ve only tried the d-pad control option so far. It’ll take a lot …