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What I’m Gaming Vol. 10

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Games I Played

Gears of War 2 screenshot

Gears of War 2

With the impending release of Gears of War 3 around the corner, Epic has been running increasingly higher EXP events on a weekly basis. They started a few weeks ago with x5 EXP, and are going all the way up to x25 this coming weekend. I still need to make it to level 100 in the multiplayer (at the time of writing, I am level 63) and gain a couple other multiplayer achievements for this game.

But there was one problem: I hate this game. This game has completely turned me off to even considering a purchase for Gears 3 because the multiplayer is still absolutely terrible. There are just far too many glitches and lag issues with this game, even after around 5-6 major patches to try and fix them. If I wasn’t playing with a friend, I couldn’t bear to play the multiplayer for more than 45 minutes. It’s not looking good for my level 100.

Eat Lead screenshot

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

I was looking through for something to play a few days ago, and I decided to give this game another go. Previously, I had started it and made it about a third of the way through the campaign, but stopped after having a bit of a time getting past your archenemy in the game, Sting Sniperscope. He has absolutely deadly aim if you show your face for even a second. Anyway, I remember I had enjoyed the game up to that point since it was actually halfway decent as a third person shooter and it parodies so many other games. Seriously, this game is hilarious. I was able to finish the campaign and soon I’ll start my second playthrough on Max Hazard (Hard mode) and complete the game.

de Blob 2

I was interested in this game since it released. The premise is basically there’s a bad guy that sucks the color out of the world and you, the Blob, are charged with saving the world by repainting it. It’s a simple little platformer, and I’m really enjoying my time with it. I think I’ve become a real Picasso during my time with this game.

Hexic HD

I’m done with this game. I have been working on getting all the remaining achievements I felt I could get from it, and I have achieved that. I got my “Hexic Addict” achievement (100 games played) the other day, and I don’t think it’s worth the time and effort to try and get the last two. A simple but fun little game, and it’s free. If you like games like Bejeweled, then you may enjoy this.

NBA 2K11

As usual, I spent a lot of my time on this game playing against my brother. When I wasn’t playing him online, I was working on my My Player. I’m in my sophomore year, about 25 games in, and the crowd is chanting “M-V-P!” when I shoot my free throws now. As long as I keep playing like I’m playing (leading the league in, well, everything), then I should have the MVP wrapped up and I can move on to the ranked matches and the Association mode.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

I’m still on my second playthrough. I wanted to mop up most of the achievements I missed around my initial run-through, so I’m taking my time and focusing on completing all the side quests that I missed the first time. I’m also trying for the “Pacifist” (not killing anyone) and “Foxiest of the Hounds” (not triggering any alarms) achievements. By the time I’m done, I should only have to beat it on hard and fully upgrade one weapon achievements remaining. And since the DLC will be releasing in October, I’ll be eagerly awaiting that, too.

Army of Two: 40th Day

All that there is left to do is the multiplayer. I hopped on one morning to give it a shot and see how it played, and it doesn’t seem too bad. Thankfully, the game isn’t going to make you obtain a billion dollars while playing it. I’ll get this done soon enough, since it doesn’t seem to me like too long of a grind.

Portal 2

Although I’ve completed this game, my friend still needed a few of the multiplayer achievements and is always willing to help me, so I wanted to assist him with them. Thankfully, the levels and solutions were fresh in my mind since I recently played the co-op, so we breezed through and finished up in less than an hour.

Games I Bought

I was tempted by a lot of different games, since so many are starting to drop in price and Gamefly is having a big sale. I decided to use the $5 savings coupon that Gamefly provides its members every three months and pick up Medal of Honor for $4.19, after tax. I heard it was mediocre, but if you haven’t noticed, I play a lot of mediocre games and it was at my sweet spot, pricing-wise.

I was going to buy Dead Island since K-Mart was having a good deal on it, but my nearest K-Mart didn’t have the 360 version in stock, and now the promotion is over. So, it’ll have to wait for another deal or price drop. I did also take advantage of the Deal of the Week last week and grab all the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC at reduced pricing. That’s another game I need to get back to playing.

When the holiday season closing in on us, I think I’ll be buying a lot more in the near future.

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I'm Gaming Vol. 10

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Games I Played

Gears of War 2 screenshot

Gears of War 2

With the impending release of Gears of War 3 around the corner, Epic has been running increasingly higher EXP events on a weekly basis. They started a few weeks ago with x5 EXP, and are going all the way up to x25 this coming weekend. I still need to make it to level 100 in the multiplayer (at the time of writing, I am level 63) and gain a couple other multiplayer achievements for this game.

But there was one problem: I hate this game. This game has completely turned me off to even considering a purchase for Gears 3 because the multiplayer is still absolutely terrible. There are just far too many glitches and lag issues with this game, even after around 5-6 major patches to try and fix them. If I wasn’t playing with a friend, I couldn’t bear to play the multiplayer for more than 45 minutes. It’s not looking good for my level 100.

Eat Lead screenshot

Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard

I was looking through for something to play a few days ago, and I decided to give this game another go. Previously, I had started it and made it about a third of the way through the campaign, but stopped after having a bit of a time getting past your archenemy in the game, Sting Sniperscope. He has absolutely deadly aim if you show your face for even a second. Anyway, I remember I had enjoyed the game up to that point since it was actually halfway decent as a third person shooter and it parodies so many other games. Seriously, this game is hilarious. I was able to finish the campaign and soon I’ll start my second playthrough on Max Hazard (Hard mode) and complete the game.

de Blob 2

I was interested in this game since it released. The premise is basically there’s a bad guy that sucks the color out of the world and you, the Blob, are charged with saving the world by repainting it. It’s a simple little platformer, and I’m really enjoying my time with it. I think I’ve become a real Picasso during my time with this game.

Hexic HD

I’m done with this game. I have been working on getting all the remaining achievements I felt I could get from it, and I have achieved that. I got my “Hexic Addict” achievement (100 games played) the other day, and I don’t think it’s worth the time and effort to try and get the last two. A simple but fun little game, and it’s free. If you like games like Bejeweled, then you may enjoy this.

NBA 2K11

As usual, I spent a lot of my time on this game playing against my brother. When I wasn’t playing him online, I was working on my My Player. I’m in my sophomore year, about 25 games in, and the crowd is chanting “M-V-P!” when I shoot my free throws now. As long as I keep playing like I’m playing (leading the league in, well, everything), then I should have the MVP wrapped up and I can move on to the ranked matches and the Association mode.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

I’m still on my second playthrough. I wanted to mop up most of the achievements I missed around my initial run-through, so I’m taking my time and focusing on completing all the side quests that I missed the first time. I’m also trying for the “Pacifist” (not killing anyone) and “Foxiest of the Hounds” (not triggering any alarms) achievements. By the time I’m done, I should only have to beat it on hard and fully upgrade one weapon achievements remaining. And since the DLC will be releasing in October, I’ll be eagerly awaiting that, too.

Army of Two: 40th Day

All that there is left to do is the multiplayer. I hopped on one morning to give it a shot and see how it played, and it doesn’t seem too bad. Thankfully, the game isn’t going to make you obtain a billion dollars while playing it. I’ll get this done soon enough, since it doesn’t seem to me like too long of a grind.

Portal 2

Although I’ve completed this game, my friend still needed a few of the multiplayer achievements and is always willing to help me, so I wanted to assist him with them. Thankfully, the levels and solutions were fresh in my mind since I recently played the co-op, so we breezed through and finished up in less than an hour.

Games I Bought

I was tempted by a lot of different games, since so many are starting to drop in price and Gamefly is having a big sale. I decided to use the $5 savings coupon that Gamefly provides its members every three months and pick up Medal of Honor for $4.19, after tax. I heard it was mediocre, but if you haven’t noticed, I play a lot of mediocre games and it was at my sweet spot, pricing-wise.

I was going to buy Dead Island since K-Mart was having a good deal on it, but my nearest K-Mart didn’t have the 360 version in stock, and now the promotion is over. So, it’ll have to wait for another deal or price drop. I did also take advantage of the Deal of the Week last week and grab all the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 DLC at reduced pricing. That’s another game I need to get back to playing.

When the holiday season closing in on us, I think I’ll be buying a lot more in the near future.

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I’m Gaming Vol. 8

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Games I Played

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands screenshot

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

Since I’m working on clearing out my backlog, I decided to try and knock our some games that I can probably get through relatively quickly. This game stood out to me. I had attempted to start playing it before, but every time I tried to start it and get used to the controls (because they do require a short adjustment period), it seems my brother would call me to play and I’d put it down and forget about it.

The game is a bit stiff with its animations, but it’s actually not too bad when you really get into it. The combat system is pretty slow; then again, I don’t think combat has ever been too fluid in a Prince of Persia game. Correct me if I’m wrong. Anyhow, I just started this [again] over the weekend, and I’ve made it halfway through the game. A nice pickup for the price you’ll probably find this add nowadays – right around $9.99.

Prey screenshot

Prey

You know, there are people who actually like this game. I, however, am not one of those people. I think this game is weird and uninteresting. Not broken, mind you, since it actually plays okay, especially so when you consider it was a launch title. I initially got this game because it was one of the few games out and I wanted to try it. I played through the first two levels or so and decided it I didn’t like it and got rid of it.

Obviously, I’ve re-acquired it (for $2.99 at my local Gamestop) because I felt I needed to get all 1000 Gamerscore from it. The 70 GS I had in it just sat with me wrong. I actually had no intention of playing this game anytime soon, but then I received a random message last night asking if I wanted to boost it (right before I was putting Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands back in, no less) and decided to roll with it. They were good people with the exception of one guy who we booted, and we got a lot done. After we finish the multiplayer sometime this week, I guess I’ll give the campaign another run.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

It took me forever, but I finally completed this game. I got the full 1000 Gamerscore from it by collecting the rest of the Fantastic Coins and completing it on Fantastic difficulty, and now I never have to touch this game again. I’ve listed the game on Glyde.com so I can sell it and be rid of out. I really had to make myself finish this one – every time I loaded it up, it was met with a loud sigh from me.

NBA 2K11

As usual, I got in some online matches against my brother and worked on my My Player mode. Still trying to work towards that MVP. Unlike usual, I attempted some Crew and Team-Up games. I was unable to win any Crew games – people like to either use their maxed out My Players or lag pretty bad, and there aren’t very many people actually playing this mode. Which sucks. As for Team Up, there’s actually a pretty healthy community. If you can find a match that doesn’t lag tremendously, hope that you don’t have a ballhog on the team. But it really is a lot of fun to play sometimes. Just like real life, putting me and my bro on the same team is always a good idea.

Army of Two: the 40th Day

We really didn’t play this as long as we intended. We did some stuff in the real world and thought we’d play for a while when we got back (we being me and the wife), but we only ended up playing it for about 30-45 minutes. We added a few kills toward our “The Beast” achievement, but that was all.

Games I Bought

Well, I didn’t actually buy any games, but I did purchase the L. A. Noire Rockstar Pass. I plan on getting back to that game soon. Just been so busy with life and other games.

Other Gaming-Related News

Deus EX: Human Revolution releases August 23rd! And I plan to get it that day.

In other news, I won some cool stuff from K-Mart recently. I won 1600 Microsoft Points and a copy of Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy for PSP because I was able to answer some trivia questions. I can’t wait to try out the game – I’ve been interested in seeing how it played. As for the points, I wonder what I should spend them on…?

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I’m Gaming Vol. 7

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Games I Played

Brink screenshot

Brink

I finally started playing this game. With the release of the temporarily free DLC, I felt like it’d be a good time to play it a bit. It helps that a friend of mine was already online playing a public game when I got on.

I recall when the game was first announced and details came out, I was stoked for this game. A combo of the good parts of Team Fortress 2 and parkour style of Mirror’s Edge? Yes, please. However, the game released and I read reviews and watched gameplay videos, and my desire for it waned. But a GREAT deal came along at TRU (Toys R Us) where I could get this and FEAR 3 for a combined $50. So I got it.

This game is kinda fun. I didn’t realize the entire game was just a series of objectives, but I like how it makes certain classes essential and allows you to play with bots (I like it when games have bots – you don’t have to rely on having others to play with/against you). I didn’t care for the default controls, but I found a scheme a little more to my liking. Overall, and strikingly mediocre game. Good for the right price.

Dead Space Ignition screenshot

Dead Space: Ignition

This game is not what you think it is. This is quite thoroughly a puzzle game, with a brief Dead Space narrative. Al the cut scenes are drawn in a comic book style of art, but you can tell they didn’t try for a top artist. The campaign is brief, branching four routes (based on choices you make), and has three different types of puzzles to complete. None of them are hard, but they can be frustrating if you don’t know what you’re doing (or, if you realize you messed up, you might have to wait until time runs out to retry).

Alas, I finally completed this game. All 200 Gamerscore now belong to me. It didn’t take too long, and I’m glad to have it out of the way. Oh, and apparently, I unlocked two costumes for Isaac in the retail release of Dead Space 2, which I’ve yet to start.

Army of Two: the 40th Day

Me and the wife continued playing this game, completing the DLC and obtaining all those achievements (well, I didn’t get one of them – it glitches for my profile), along with a few we were missing from the original campaign. Now, we’re working toward our “The Beast” achievement that requires you to kill 6,666 people in the campaign. Once that’s done, we’ll get the “Full Arsenal” achievement and move on to the multiplayer.

Halo: Reach

I still haven’t finished the campaign. I know, I know. I promise I’ll get to it eventually. In the meantime, though, I was able to enjoy the multiplayer a bit. I feel like I’m starting to get my groove back – my kill/death ratio has been improving lately.

Halo 3

Yeah, I took it back to 2007 with this one. I jumped on to play some Lone Wolves to try and obtain the “Mongoose Mowdown” achievement, but I was utterly unsuccessful. That and the Vidmaster one are the only achievements I have left, but I can’t seem to get the Mowdown. As soon as you get on one (assuming you actually get a map that has them), everyone will stop and target you, thus thwarting your plans. Ugh. I’ll try again soon.

FEAR Files

A friend of mine finally got this game, so we worked on the [few] multiplayer achievements that are in this game. Still a few left, but they require a third person to get them. When his brother gets a copy, then we’ll knock those out.

FEAR

In case you were wondering, yes, it is sequels week. Only this time, I only played to help the aforementioned friend work on his “MP 1000” achievement. We did about 25 matches, he unlocked “MP 100”, and we stopped.

Gyromancer

I didn’t get to spend as much time as I wanted to with this game this week, but I know I’ll put in more work on it soon. I don’t know why, but I really like this game a lot. I’m trying to get all the medals on each level I play before I move to the next one, so I might be replaying my current dungeon for a while.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I’ve nearly completed this game. I’m only missing 5 of the Fantastic Four coins, and I have two levels left before I complete the game on Fantastic difficulty. Once I do those two things, I will have this game maxed out and be ready to sell it to whoever will buy it. I’ll be so relieved when it’s done.

NBA 2K11

Didn’t really get to play with my brother this week, so I decided to work on some other things in this game. For one, I attempted to win a crew game several times, but I was not able to. It took forever to find a game, and when we did, our opponents either used souped up My Players or it lagged ridiculously hard. Ugh.

I did spend some time with my own My Player, though. I played a few games into the new season, padding my stats. I hope I’m able to take home the MVP this time.

Games I Bought

Once again, nothing. This will change soon, though – Deus Ex: Human Revolution is right around the corner. I’ve already completed one game, with a second game inching closer. I should easily be able to complete a third by August 23rd (when it releases).

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I'm Gaming Vol. 7

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Games I Played

Brink screenshot

Brink

I finally started playing this game. With the release of the temporarily free DLC, I felt like it’d be a good time to play it a bit. It helps that a friend of mine was already online playing a public game when I got on.

I recall when the game was first announced and details came out, I was stoked for this game. A combo of the good parts of Team Fortress 2 and parkour style of Mirror’s Edge? Yes, please. However, the game released and I read reviews and watched gameplay videos, and my desire for it waned. But a GREAT deal came along at TRU (Toys R Us) where I could get this and FEAR 3 for a combined $50. So I got it.

This game is kinda fun. I didn’t realize the entire game was just a series of objectives, but I like how it makes certain classes essential and allows you to play with bots (I like it when games have bots – you don’t have to rely on having others to play with/against you). I didn’t care for the default controls, but I found a scheme a little more to my liking. Overall, and strikingly mediocre game. Good for the right price.

Dead Space Ignition screenshot

Dead Space: Ignition

This game is not what you think it is. This is quite thoroughly a puzzle game, with a brief Dead Space narrative. Al the cut scenes are drawn in a comic book style of art, but you can tell they didn’t try for a top artist. The campaign is brief, branching four routes (based on choices you make), and has three different types of puzzles to complete. None of them are hard, but they can be frustrating if you don’t know what you’re doing (or, if you realize you messed up, you might have to wait until time runs out to retry).

Alas, I finally completed this game. All 200 Gamerscore now belong to me. It didn’t take too long, and I’m glad to have it out of the way. Oh, and apparently, I unlocked two costumes for Isaac in the retail release of Dead Space 2, which I’ve yet to start.

Army of Two: the 40th Day

Me and the wife continued playing this game, completing the DLC and obtaining all those achievements (well, I didn’t get one of them – it glitches for my profile), along with a few we were missing from the original campaign. Now, we’re working toward our “The Beast” achievement that requires you to kill 6,666 people in the campaign. Once that’s done, we’ll get the “Full Arsenal” achievement and move on to the multiplayer.

Halo: Reach

I still haven’t finished the campaign. I know, I know. I promise I’ll get to it eventually. In the meantime, though, I was able to enjoy the multiplayer a bit. I feel like I’m starting to get my groove back – my kill/death ratio has been improving lately.

Halo 3

Yeah, I took it back to 2007 with this one. I jumped on to play some Lone Wolves to try and obtain the “Mongoose Mowdown” achievement, but I was utterly unsuccessful. That and the Vidmaster one are the only achievements I have left, but I can’t seem to get the Mowdown. As soon as you get on one (assuming you actually get a map that has them), everyone will stop and target you, thus thwarting your plans. Ugh. I’ll try again soon.

FEAR Files

A friend of mine finally got this game, so we worked on the [few] multiplayer achievements that are in this game. Still a few left, but they require a third person to get them. When his brother gets a copy, then we’ll knock those out.

FEAR

In case you were wondering, yes, it is sequels week. Only this time, I only played to help the aforementioned friend work on his “MP 1000” achievement. We did about 25 matches, he unlocked “MP 100”, and we stopped.

Gyromancer

I didn’t get to spend as much time as I wanted to with this game this week, but I know I’ll put in more work on it soon. I don’t know why, but I really like this game a lot. I’m trying to get all the medals on each level I play before I move to the next one, so I might be replaying my current dungeon for a while.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I’ve nearly completed this game. I’m only missing 5 of the Fantastic Four coins, and I have two levels left before I complete the game on Fantastic difficulty. Once I do those two things, I will have this game maxed out and be ready to sell it to whoever will buy it. I’ll be so relieved when it’s done.

NBA 2K11

Didn’t really get to play with my brother this week, so I decided to work on some other things in this game. For one, I attempted to win a crew game several times, but I was not able to. It took forever to find a game, and when we did, our opponents either used souped up My Players or it lagged ridiculously hard. Ugh.

I did spend some time with my own My Player, though. I played a few games into the new season, padding my stats. I hope I’m able to take home the MVP this time.

Games I Bought

Once again, nothing. This will change soon, though – Deus Ex: Human Revolution is right around the corner. I’ve already completed one game, with a second game inching closer. I should easily be able to complete a third by August 23rd (when it releases).

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I’m Gaming Vol. 6

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Sorry for this being a day late, but I’ve been a bit preoccupied. What can I say? Life happens. Moving on…

Games I Played

Iron Man 2 screenshot

Iron Man 2

I received this game from Gamefly about two weeks ago, but I hadn’t touched it until Sunday. I was trying it out and seeing if it was any good, and I realized right as I completed the first level that it was not. This game has one of the things I despise most in a game: bad controls. They are very confusing, and you do a lot of flying in this game – all of it awkward. I tried to take the game out before the Headquarters screen loaded after completion of the first level, but it was too late.

Achievement Unlocked.

This, for once, made me very sad. I did NOT want to continue playing this game, but now I’m forced to (by my need to at least try and max out every game I play). I’ll have to deal with the terrible controls and sub-mediocre gameplay. And a screen that’s little covered in HUDs. Yeah, there’s something in every corner, and sometimes at the top middle, too. Word of advice – do NOT play this game.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer screenshot

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I finally decided to pick this game back up, after a several month hiatus. I figured I’d work on maxing this game out so I can get rid of it, since it definitely won’t get played again.

For those who haven’t seen or played this game, it tried to take advantage of the X-Men: Legends formula that was so popular at the time, with four player co-op and upgradeable characters. Problem being, it’s based off of the movie and the Fantastic Four just aren’t as awesome as the X-Men. And it graphically looks cheap. This game is definitely mediocre at best, but I’ve only got two more achievements and they’re within sight, so I plan on finishing it.

Army of Two: The 40th Day

Alright – me and the wife played this game TO DEATH this past weekend. We were halfway through the game when we started and ended up seeing all three endings and completed every difficulty along the way. We’ve taken care of most of the achievements for the original game, and are looking forward to playing through the DLC this coming weekend and getting those achievements as well. By the time we finish, all we’ll have left is the multiplayer. Once you are able to get used to the enemies blending until the backgrounds, the game is actually pretty fun.

NBA 2K11

I finally won the NBA Championship in the My Player mode. After becoming the [rookie] Finals MVP, I proceeded to the off-season, where I was given the option to choose among available teams. My choices were to return to the Spurs or join either the Thunder or Heat. As a PG, I decided to go with the Heat. They had three All Stars to dish to and I thought that with a SG like Wade, Coach would stop moving me there. I was wrong. LeBron doesn’t roll to the basket and Coach still plays me at the 2. Heh.

And as usual, I played against my bro. I’ve found his weakness: The Golden State Warriors. Monta Ellis is like kryptonite to Kobe.

Games I Bought

I’m still sticking to my guns and holding out until I complete at least three games. So no new purchases yet.

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I'm Gaming Vol. 6

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

Sorry for this being a day late, but I’ve been a bit preoccupied. What can I say? Life happens. Moving on…

Games I Played

Iron Man 2 screenshot

Iron Man 2

I received this game from Gamefly about two weeks ago, but I hadn’t touched it until Sunday. I was trying it out and seeing if it was any good, and I realized right as I completed the first level that it was not. This game has one of the things I despise most in a game: bad controls. They are very confusing, and you do a lot of flying in this game – all of it awkward. I tried to take the game out before the Headquarters screen loaded after completion of the first level, but it was too late.

Achievement Unlocked.

This, for once, made me very sad. I did NOT want to continue playing this game, but now I’m forced to (by my need to at least try and max out every game I play). I’ll have to deal with the terrible controls and sub-mediocre gameplay. And a screen that’s little covered in HUDs. Yeah, there’s something in every corner, and sometimes at the top middle, too. Word of advice – do NOT play this game.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer screenshot

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I finally decided to pick this game back up, after a several month hiatus. I figured I’d work on maxing this game out so I can get rid of it, since it definitely won’t get played again.

For those who haven’t seen or played this game, it tried to take advantage of the X-Men: Legends formula that was so popular at the time, with four player co-op and upgradeable characters. Problem being, it’s based off of the movie and the Fantastic Four just aren’t as awesome as the X-Men. And it graphically looks cheap. This game is definitely mediocre at best, but I’ve only got two more achievements and they’re within sight, so I plan on finishing it.

Army of Two: The 40th Day

Alright – me and the wife played this game TO DEATH this past weekend. We were halfway through the game when we started and ended up seeing all three endings and completed every difficulty along the way. We’ve taken care of most of the achievements for the original game, and are looking forward to playing through the DLC this coming weekend and getting those achievements as well. By the time we finish, all we’ll have left is the multiplayer. Once you are able to get used to the enemies blending until the backgrounds, the game is actually pretty fun.

NBA 2K11

I finally won the NBA Championship in the My Player mode. After becoming the [rookie] Finals MVP, I proceeded to the off-season, where I was given the option to choose among available teams. My choices were to return to the Spurs or join either the Thunder or Heat. As a PG, I decided to go with the Heat. They had three All Stars to dish to and I thought that with a SG like Wade, Coach would stop moving me there. I was wrong. LeBron doesn’t roll to the basket and Coach still plays me at the 2. Heh.

And as usual, I played against my bro. I’ve found his weakness: The Golden State Warriors. Monta Ellis is like kryptonite to Kobe.

Games I Bought

I’m still sticking to my guns and holding out until I complete at least three games. So no new purchases yet.

Conclusion

That wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I'm Gaming Vol. 5

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Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

This week I was really pressed for time so my gaming was compromised, but I was still able to enjoy a few solid hours of gaming this weekend.

Games I Played

Army of Two 40th Day screenshot

Army of Two: The 40th Day

It’s been quite some time since I played this game. I think that in most ways, it’s an improvement over the original. I mean, you can sprint this time around!

All kidding aside, this game is firmly set in mediocrity. It can be a little frustrating with the sometimes poorly placed checkpoints and occasionally the enemies can be difficult to see (at least in co-op – I’ve only played the game split screen with the wifey). One interesting thing I didn’t know about this game was that you can play paper-rock-scissors with your co-op partner. It seems strangely familiar that Portal 2 has this feature in it, too. This game isn’t without its faults, but for the price you’d likely pay for it nowadays, it’s worth it.

NBA 2K11

I got a few multiplayer matches in with my bro, but I was able to spend most of my time in the game this week working on the My Player mode. In the game, I’m a 6’4”, 220 pound scoring point guard. I’ve distributed my skill points pretty evenly – I’m good in the post, excellent from mid-range and money from deep. Of course, I just swept the Rockets, Mavericks and Grizzlies, on my way to an NBA Finals against the 6th seeded Pistons. I won game one, and that’s where I left off. 3 games until I win my first NBA Championship!

Gyromancer

I only really spent a very short time playing this this week. I went back to one of the earlier stages to get the final award for it. I ended up unlocking the “Bearer of 30 Awards” achievement for my troubles.

Games I Bought

I made a new deal with myself – I will not buy any additional games until I complete (and by complete, I mean obtain all the achievements possible) in three games that I already own. One exception will be Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I’ve been waiting on that game for a while.

Other Gaming-Related News

I did something I normally don’t do: I downloaded a couple game demos. I got demos for Summer of Arcade game Bastion and upcoming retail release Catherine. I didn’t get to play the Bastion demo at all, but I started the Catherine demo, and it’s definitely looking like an intriguing game. When I have more time, I’ll go back and at least finish playing through the rest of the demo for it.

Adding to my list of things I normally don’t do, I also subscribed to Hulu Plus. I originally had no intentions of doing it, but one day last week, Netflix was down for a while and I got mad and got Hulu. It’s seems okay so far – got a few shows I like (most notably House) and a couple animes that Netflix doesn’t have, so I think it’s worth it. I’m still on my one week trial, so hopefully the commercials I’ve been seeing will go away when I’m actually paying for the service.

Conclusion

That about wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.

What I’m Gaming Vol. 5

2 Replies

Welcome back to What I’m Gaming! At the beginning of every week, I post about the games I’ve played in the past seven days and give some quick thoughts and impressions about those games. To see past editions of this feature, click What I’m Gaming.

This week I was really pressed for time so my gaming was compromised, but I was still able to enjoy a few solid hours of gaming this weekend.

Games I Played

Army of Two 40th Day screenshot

Army of Two: The 40th Day

It’s been quite some time since I played this game. I think that in most ways, it’s an improvement over the original. I mean, you can sprint this time around!

All kidding aside, this game is firmly set in mediocrity. It can be a little frustrating with the sometimes poorly placed checkpoints and occasionally the enemies can be difficult to see (at least in co-op – I’ve only played the game split screen with the wifey). One interesting thing I didn’t know about this game was that you can play paper-rock-scissors with your co-op partner. It seems strangely familiar that Portal 2 has this feature in it, too. This game isn’t without its faults, but for the price you’d likely pay for it nowadays, it’s worth it.

NBA 2K11

I got a few multiplayer matches in with my bro, but I was able to spend most of my time in the game this week working on the My Player mode. In the game, I’m a 6’4”, 220 pound scoring point guard. I’ve distributed my skill points pretty evenly – I’m good in the post, excellent from mid-range and money from deep. Of course, I just swept the Rockets, Mavericks and Grizzlies, on my way to an NBA Finals against the 6th seeded Pistons. I won game one, and that’s where I left off. 3 games until I win my first NBA Championship!

Gyromancer

I only really spent a very short time playing this this week. I went back to one of the earlier stages to get the final award for it. I ended up unlocking the “Bearer of 30 Awards” achievement for my troubles.

Games I Bought

I made a new deal with myself – I will not buy any additional games until I complete (and by complete, I mean obtain all the achievements possible) in three games that I already own. One exception will be Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I’ve been waiting on that game for a while.

Other Gaming-Related News

I did something I normally don’t do: I downloaded a couple game demos. I got demos for Summer of Arcade game Bastion and upcoming retail release Catherine. I didn’t get to play the Bastion demo at all, but I started the Catherine demo, and it’s definitely looking like an intriguing game. When I have more time, I’ll go back and at least finish playing through the rest of the demo for it.

Adding to my list of things I normally don’t do, I also subscribed to Hulu Plus. I originally had no intentions of doing it, but one day last week, Netflix was down for a while and I got mad and got Hulu. It’s seems okay so far – got a few shows I like (most notably House) and a couple animes that Netflix doesn’t have, so I think it’s worth it. I’m still on my one week trial, so hopefully the commercials I’ve been seeing will go away when I’m actually paying for the service.

Conclusion

That about wraps up my gaming report for this week. Now it’s your turn – what have you been playing this past week? What new games have you bought?

Let me know in the comments.