Went back to this for a couple more hours. I’ve done a few errands on the island, and gone up about three levels now. I’m mostly putting badge points up when I level-up, as these seem to be the most important things at the moment, not least that there are a few ice-based attacked they give you – useful against the fire-based baddies on the island! I also have another member in my party too, who has a couple of …
I haven’t played this for a while (Pikmin 2 got in the way), so had a go this evening. I’m in Twilight Town, and have worked my way to the Creepy Steeple and wandered inside. Of course, you have to go down the well outside, don’t you? Had a quick look in there and decided it could wait for another time. Saved and quit for now.
Well. I’m “compensating” with the controls. That means I’m still annoyed with them, but I’m only doing levels I absolutely have to, or levels that don’t requite such precision. Six lives lost to the first Bowser level then, as it is too hard to use the camera and control Mario at the same time. Managed it in the end, however. I also went and got the first star in Shifting Sand Land, and drained the water from the basement. Caught …
I’ve been honing my skills a little on my new Run Baby Run levels. I’m not sure I’ve managed to create levels as good as the original (although, I’ve only had a week to play with the new ones, and twenty years to master the old ones!), but they’re all certainly playable. I’m alarmed at how similar Green Acres is to Bolton Gas Works, even though it wasn’t intentional. I think it may just play like it, rather than look …
Made a proper start on this DS game today, only to find it really hard. I think I must be missing some gameplay mechanic, as I can’t even do the 500m level, let alone the harder ones! I never was very good at the older Mr Driller games either. Haven’t tried Pressure Mode yet, but that seems like it’ll be even HARDER.
Yay! Up another level today. And I found a decent second weapon, so I have one in each hand. Killed a few more Shadows today too, as they’re a bit easier to bump off now I am TEH 1337 POWAHOUZ. Or not. I joined my first team as well, and went deep into the subway until we got attacked by nasty poisonous thingies. Then my team mates ran away like cowards, leaving me to kill them myself. Which I couldn’t …
Got myself a bit more money, and then decided to see if I couldn’t upgrade some weapons and stuff. And couldn’t, as they’re all far too expensive. So I decided to try the Trade Skill functions, and make myself a weapon instead. This involved more than I thought – I needed a recipe, a construction kit, and four items. I managed to combine the first two items, but then found my Computer Literacy wasn’t of a high enough level for …
Managed to gain another level today, and a few nice bits of gear too. I took on one of the nasty Reptilian-Xindi-lookalikes (a Shadow) in the subway, who was two levels above me, and won. Loads of XP and a piece of chest armour that knocked my Melee AC up from about 10 to about 55. Which was nice. Killed a Vagrent, which gave me a weapon to go with my Kinetic Axe: a Vintage Red Wine Bottle. PH33R ME!
Not doing so well on this today. Managed to get myself killed by a Level 5 Filth Flea. I mean, COME ON, that’s like banging a shin and losing all my health.