With skate. done and dusted, I was going to move on to something new, but then realised how many old games I still have uncompleted, and saw this on the shelf. I was at just-over-4-stars previously, and today spent almost two hours barely improving on that. I think the bar is now at around 20% full, rather than 10%. Mostly spent the time prospecting for stuff and growing trees, but also moved a fortune teller in, and completed tasks for …
Four stars get! After spending some time finishing off the arcade cabinets for Vic Vector (and being disappointed that despite their varying themes, they all only played Plane vs Eye), and providing the sushi chef with a karaoke machine, I was awarded the fourth star. Hurrah! I could then “unlock” the padlocks on assorted doors, letting me explore some new areas, like the scrap car yard, the beach (where I spent ages fishing) and a few more caves. I managed …
Today’s play was a frenzy of building items for people. Lots of items. Lots and lots of items. Sadly, not enough items though, as I still haven’t reached a 4 star rating. It didn’t help that I had to go and find a billion octopuseseseseii, and they’re pretty rare, coming up out one time in ten when you’re fishing in the lake. Anyway, Ms Nicole is fully sorted, and I think (hope!) that Sushi Chef and Vic Vector are both …
I got loads done on this today, but my “score” didn’t alter at all. I think it only goes up when you’re created everything a specific resident has asked you for, that’s the only explanation. So I moved two more people in (the sushi chef and Vic Vector, the arcade guy who is ACE and says “Oh noes!”), built loads of items for Goth Boy, Ms. Nicole, the sushi chef and Vic, explored a bit more (finding chess piece trees!), …
Hmm. I really should get round to scanning the box in for this. And adding it to my Museum. But anyway. Spent about an hour or so mainly just moving new people in. I put everyone (that is, Ms Nicole, Goth Boy and Matt) in the desert, mainly because I’m running out of space in the town. Planted a couple of trees in the desert too. I then set about pleasing my new residents. Everyone seemed to want beds, so …
Didn’t move anyone in today, and didn’t make much in the way of furniture either. I was far too distracted with growing trees and exploring with the use of my new pickaxe, which allowed me to access new areas, including a cave containing pumpkin, black apple, eyeball and ghost trees (yes, ghosts grow on trees now) as well as the whole desert area. I did, however, create a sink and a bath for Bee Girl (who does have a real …
I’ve spent almost 8 hours on this now, and today reached a Three Star town rating. Hurrah! Moved a few more people in, including Bee Woman (who has a real name, but she is a woman, dressed as a bee) who has an ice cream shop, and Gordon (who looks like Gordon Freeman from Half-Life. He likes books. Built each of them a few items of furniture, and found in the process of prospecting for Gingerbread Men (for Bee Woman) …
Or “MySims™” as the Wii’s play log lists it. Just played for about another hour or so, building stuff for people. Finished everything that DJ Candy and Sir Vincent wanted (a mixing deck and a sarcophagus respectively), and went round all my trees collecting fruit and flower essences. I then decided to demolish my house and rebuild it with the extra building blocks I now have, which are far more exciting than the ones I had built it with originally.
Two Star Rating GET! Completed a few more tasks for Gino the Chef, and then moved in the bloke who runs the museum. A museum with very few exhibits, in fact, so I had to “create” some for him. Also built Poppy another flower stand. For reaching two stars, I was given a saw, so I could get into the forest area. This gave me access to a few new trees (like the Rose and Orange trees – yes, I …
With Super Paper Mario completed, I can move on to something else. Admittedly, this wasn’t going to be the next game I was going to tackle, as I was planning on starting Bioshock, but I wasn’t in the mood for shooty-watery-FPS-ness, and MySims was sat on the coffee table waiting for me… So today, I progressed as far as gaining a One Star rating for the town. This was achieved by creating a podium for the Mayor (out of apples), …
Time quota critical! Game bail! Game bail! Wii explosion imminent! Abandon console! I have hit the Giant Brick Wall of Too Many Games. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve had Super Paper Mario, Bioshock, Sonic Rush Adventure, Mario Party 8, Phoenix Wright 3 and now MySims all arrive. None are especially short. I don’t have time! Gah! Especially since I can see MySims becoming the huge time drain that it’s spiritual ancestors The Sims, Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon …