Halo Reach (360): Some decent progress. It's a little repetitive, and it seems like it takes a bit longer to unlock stuff than it should. Then again, there doesn't seem to be as much to unlock as in other games. Still, I'm enjoying it - Tab mentioned playing online with her and her friends, so I might give it a go sometimes.
Halo Waypoint (360): Browsing!
Magic the Gathering - Duel of the Planeswalkers (360): No progress today, just a couple failed matches against Garrok or something. The green guy, like third match in!
World of Warcraft (PC): Grinded Dyne close to 78, then finished later with Teeva in Sholazar Basin. Did all my dailies... still bumming about the Cinnaris situation, but so it goes! Grooming Dyne to be #1, I guess!
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
April 6th, 2011
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Unlocked Pang Tong and Cai Wenji, as well as some quick random stages. That's about it!
World of Warcraft (PC): Wasn't feeling very MMO-ey, so just did some dailies across some alts! Knocked out a few quests on Dyne as well. Weird, you can attack non-aggressive Frost Nymphs, even after helping them out!
World of Warcraft (PC): Wasn't feeling very MMO-ey, so just did some dailies across some alts! Knocked out a few quests on Dyne as well. Weird, you can attack non-aggressive Frost Nymphs, even after helping them out!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April 5th, 2011
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Some good progress today! Various random battles to the point where I can access almost every square on the map. Unlocked Lu Bu as well, although his main weapon is currently at the Blacksmith's - d'oh!
Tenchu Shadow Assault (360): Played for like two seconds. It's kinda weird, not sure if I like it. I wish we'd get a Tenchu Z sequel with a more in-depth create-a-character!
World of Warcraft (PC): A bunch of dailies, a random dungeon on Rube, Baradin Hold dailies as Cinnaris, some farming, some questing in Howling Fjord as Dyne. Not bad at all!
Later, while I was trying to add Crimson Scarlet Crusaders to the WoW Model Viewer, I got my arm twisted in doing a random as Cinnaris, which was fairly successful at least. On the Model Viewer note, it took quite a bit of time and some excursions as Omphale in 3.3.5, but I did finally get them all sorted out and added satisfactorily!
World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (PC): Played around a bit as Omphale. Turns out the Scarlet Oracle Demetria spawns through a Horde quest, and it was slow going as a new Hordie, a Blood Elf DK named Ordellia(DKs don't even get to do the starting DK questline!), so I gave up there. Went to go see the Onslaught in Icecrown later into the night with the hopes of confirming Onslaught for the Model Viewer, and, of course, cold weather flying is 50k, and the mobs didn't spawn except for one lone, non-flying Gryphon Rider. What a bust! I might ditch this server.
Tenchu Shadow Assault (360): Played for like two seconds. It's kinda weird, not sure if I like it. I wish we'd get a Tenchu Z sequel with a more in-depth create-a-character!
World of Warcraft (PC): A bunch of dailies, a random dungeon on Rube, Baradin Hold dailies as Cinnaris, some farming, some questing in Howling Fjord as Dyne. Not bad at all!
Later, while I was trying to add Crimson Scarlet Crusaders to the WoW Model Viewer, I got my arm twisted in doing a random as Cinnaris, which was fairly successful at least. On the Model Viewer note, it took quite a bit of time and some excursions as Omphale in 3.3.5, but I did finally get them all sorted out and added satisfactorily!
World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (PC): Played around a bit as Omphale. Turns out the Scarlet Oracle Demetria spawns through a Horde quest, and it was slow going as a new Hordie, a Blood Elf DK named Ordellia(DKs don't even get to do the starting DK questline!), so I gave up there. Went to go see the Onslaught in Icecrown later into the night with the hopes of confirming Onslaught for the Model Viewer, and, of course, cold weather flying is 50k, and the mobs didn't spawn except for one lone, non-flying Gryphon Rider. What a bust! I might ditch this server.
Monday, April 4, 2011
April 4th, 2011
Short day! Was up late Sunday, slept late today, and then crashed fairly shortly after it all for a bit.
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Some more progress, including getting some animal guardians and unlocking Lian Shi as a playable character! It took a bit - stupid me, you can equip weapons during battle, so all I needed to do was give her a super upgraded one! Got Wang Yuanji unlocked and set as a Sworn Ally, as well.
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Some more progress, including getting some animal guardians and unlocking Lian Shi as a playable character! It took a bit - stupid me, you can equip weapons during battle, so all I needed to do was give her a super upgraded one! Got Wang Yuanji unlocked and set as a Sworn Ally, as well.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
April 3rd, 2011
Wrestlemania XXVII! ...and a rather lackluster one, at that! Still fun. My match predictions ended up 3-4-1, not very good. The "1" is from the Sheamus/Bryan match that got bumped to a dark match and ended in a No Context, blech.
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Really got into it tonight, and rather accidentally! Made a ton of progress in Conquest, got the gorgeous Lian Shi as my "Sworn Ally", and ended up genuinely liking her character. Made quite a bit of progress across the land. It's no Empires, but it is a fun enough mode!
World of Warcraft (PC): Not much at all. A daily or two on Dyne, and that's about it!
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Really got into it tonight, and rather accidentally! Made a ton of progress in Conquest, got the gorgeous Lian Shi as my "Sworn Ally", and ended up genuinely liking her character. Made quite a bit of progress across the land. It's no Empires, but it is a fun enough mode!
World of Warcraft (PC): Not much at all. A daily or two on Dyne, and that's about it!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
April 2nd, 2011
World of Warcraft (PC): Another Executioner sold! Did several runs as Rubescent, mostly in the Scarlet Monastery. Got some Seaforium plans and various other things to transfer over, like mithril that was selling for far more Hordeside than Allianceside. Rube's got FA capped and Engineering close, with charges to blow up chests now. Yay!
WWE All-Stars (360): To some effort, but I finally finished up my unlocking by defeating Kane as Jimmy Snuka in a cage match during Fantasy Warfare. Should be ready for Sunday, yay!
WWE All-Stars (360): To some effort, but I finally finished up my unlocking by defeating Kane as Jimmy Snuka in a cage match during Fantasy Warfare. Should be ready for Sunday, yay!
Friday, April 1, 2011
April 1st, 2011
World of Warcraft (PC): Did some TB dailies and a random dungeon as Cinnaris. The tank did not have Righteous Fury on, and it took a good three fourths of the run and me taking roughly equal damage as he did (it was like 34% to 32% between him and myself!) for us to get him to use it, which took me finally saying, "Know what's a good Paladin ability? [Righterous Fury]." Even better was when Tavia initiated a vote to kick him, and the vote failed, implying that the other two weeniesaurs were entirely unfamiliar with the issue.
We also beat up Isistet! She was a brick house. Get it, 'cause she's all big and stoney and stuff?
Helped a random person smelt some Hardened Elementium, did some dailies on Dyne, transferred some stuff to Rube, then did some Scarlet Monastery runs (poor Trainees!), then Tam got mad at me for using my own enchants. Even though hers weren't what I wanted, and I wasn't thinking about that anyway. -_-;
Did a couple more dailies at TB Peninsula as Cinnaris, and that was that!
WWE All-Stars (360): Just working on finishing unlocks. Got Kane, Drew McIntyre, Shawn Michaels, and the Miz unlocked. Attempted getting Snuka done, but ended up giving up and unlocking Sgt. Slaughter, leaving only Snuka.
Started playing in the Randy Orton storyline as Ultimate Warrior, as well, and made it a few matches in. It's weird, but playing as Warrior, I feel like I've gotta make them squash matches, and feel confident I can do it. And so far, that's exactly how it's gone!
Also received the dreaded Red Ring of Death for about the half-dozenth time! It worked fine after that, but this 360 as it is is out of warranty, and already replaced once.
Lemme think how many I've had... my original 360 bought at GameStop was DOA, and I sold the replacement. Bought a second one coming out of Basic from a friend, and that one died, replaced for free with the current one downstairs. Bought an Arcade system in Cuba, and that one died (and I sold it to Bevis on the grounds that he could get it replaced for free, but he never got around to it - why do I feel bad about that when he knew the conditions going into it and never replaced it on his own free time, of which he had a lot of?).
So if this one dies, that makes it four. Eek.
We also beat up Isistet! She was a brick house. Get it, 'cause she's all big and stoney and stuff?
Helped a random person smelt some Hardened Elementium, did some dailies on Dyne, transferred some stuff to Rube, then did some Scarlet Monastery runs (poor Trainees!), then Tam got mad at me for using my own enchants. Even though hers weren't what I wanted, and I wasn't thinking about that anyway. -_-;
Did a couple more dailies at TB Peninsula as Cinnaris, and that was that!
WWE All-Stars (360): Just working on finishing unlocks. Got Kane, Drew McIntyre, Shawn Michaels, and the Miz unlocked. Attempted getting Snuka done, but ended up giving up and unlocking Sgt. Slaughter, leaving only Snuka.
Started playing in the Randy Orton storyline as Ultimate Warrior, as well, and made it a few matches in. It's weird, but playing as Warrior, I feel like I've gotta make them squash matches, and feel confident I can do it. And so far, that's exactly how it's gone!
Also received the dreaded Red Ring of Death for about the half-dozenth time! It worked fine after that, but this 360 as it is is out of warranty, and already replaced once.
Lemme think how many I've had... my original 360 bought at GameStop was DOA, and I sold the replacement. Bought a second one coming out of Basic from a friend, and that one died, replaced for free with the current one downstairs. Bought an Arcade system in Cuba, and that one died (and I sold it to Bevis on the grounds that he could get it replaced for free, but he never got around to it - why do I feel bad about that when he knew the conditions going into it and never replaced it on his own free time, of which he had a lot of?).
So if this one dies, that makes it four. Eek.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
March 31st, 2011
Dynasty Warriors 7 (360): Finally got a chance to sink my teeth into it! It's nice to see the old combo style again. Camera seems a little closer than would be preferable. Conquest Mode is alright, kind of Empires without any sort of city management.
I also lolled after I beat Lu Bu and got the achievement "OK, you can pursue Lu Bu", a reference to Yuan Shao in DW3 incessantly reminding players, "Don't pursue Lu Bu!"
I'm really torn, because it's been quite a while since my last DW (6 didn't do a ton for me), but it's really hard to go back after playing Empires. Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is still my fav "Warriors" thus far - was hoping for a Warriors Orochi Empires!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did some tanking Hordeside as Rubescent. First time tanking, and with Warrior, a class unfamiliar to me having spent most of my time playing Paladin. It's harder to do than Paladin right now (but that could change as I get more abilities) and not a ton of fun, but I might keep at it. It's a nice, quick way to get a dungeon, having a healer and a tank already.
I also lolled after I beat Lu Bu and got the achievement "OK, you can pursue Lu Bu", a reference to Yuan Shao in DW3 incessantly reminding players, "Don't pursue Lu Bu!"
I'm really torn, because it's been quite a while since my last DW (6 didn't do a ton for me), but it's really hard to go back after playing Empires. Samurai Warriors 2 Empires is still my fav "Warriors" thus far - was hoping for a Warriors Orochi Empires!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did some tanking Hordeside as Rubescent. First time tanking, and with Warrior, a class unfamiliar to me having spent most of my time playing Paladin. It's harder to do than Paladin right now (but that could change as I get more abilities) and not a ton of fun, but I might keep at it. It's a nice, quick way to get a dungeon, having a healer and a tank already.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
January 22nd, 2011
Watched one of the four "Film Crew" episodes today. Funny stuff, and I like how they have actual skits! I LOVE Rifftrax, but I do miss the skits from MST3k. (On the other hand, Rifftrax Live is the perfect combination of past and present!)
Beach Bubbles (360): Played around for a bit without much success! Oh well!
World of Warcraft (PC): Archaeology on Cinnaris, and we discussed how trolls are constantly the bad guys, all over the world, followed by humans, and that Draenei are almost never random bad guys, followed by Tauren. Wonder why?
Beach Bubbles (360): Played around for a bit without much success! Oh well!
World of Warcraft (PC): Archaeology on Cinnaris, and we discussed how trolls are constantly the bad guys, all over the world, followed by humans, and that Draenei are almost never random bad guys, followed by Tauren. Wonder why?
Friday, January 21, 2011
January 21st, 2011
Beach Bubbles (360): For some odd reason I bought one of those dumb cheesecake games that involves puzzles to reveal pretty anime girls, and immediately regretted it. The puzzles are half-decent, involving moving a poorly-animated girl around the screen to pop bubbles while avoiding enemies, but the girls are, as they always are (allegedly, this is my first game of this nature!), but it really was not worth the three dollar price of admission. I mean, the girls are cute, but it's stuff I could find in seconds, for free and of comparable quality, on Deviantart.
Ah well, I actually unlocked a couple pictures, we'll see if I finish up all eight!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did some farming and archaeology on Cinnaris, checking out Kalimdor for the latter. Did some more duoing on Dyne in Tanaris, then we skipped over the Southsea pirates and headed for the Badlands. Caught wrasslin' on TV, came back for some farming, then hit the Badlands again.
Did a couple quests I thought were really fun, unlike most of WoW's lately, and Tam of course hated them, jokingly implying I'm trying to be contrary. /sigh Ah well, did make good progress. Oddly, Eric the Swift followed us when we warped back to Stormwind, and didn't seem to want to go away! We even kept our helmets, hah.
Ah well, I actually unlocked a couple pictures, we'll see if I finish up all eight!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did some farming and archaeology on Cinnaris, checking out Kalimdor for the latter. Did some more duoing on Dyne in Tanaris, then we skipped over the Southsea pirates and headed for the Badlands. Caught wrasslin' on TV, came back for some farming, then hit the Badlands again.
Did a couple quests I thought were really fun, unlike most of WoW's lately, and Tam of course hated them, jokingly implying I'm trying to be contrary. /sigh Ah well, did make good progress. Oddly, Eric the Swift followed us when we warped back to Stormwind, and didn't seem to want to go away! We even kept our helmets, hah.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
January 9th, 2011
Final Fantasy XI (PC): So that Besieged I specifically checked for yesterday and forgot about? We LOST THE ASTAL CANDESCENCE. To the Swarm, no less, so I could've got my AC-loss cutscene, and to my favorite mobs, no less! Soooooooo mad at myself!
Final Fantasy XIV (PC): Rang the bells for my gifts... AND did a couple leves as Cinnaris! He's now a Pug L15. Seems to be getting quite a chunk of EXP on these levels, he went from about 1/3 into 14 to halfway through 15! Gotta get my butt into gear.
Sadly, the frame rate seems to shoot up to 40s-50s at the highest settings while I'm rocking 720p. I haaaate using that much smaller a resolution, but it is infinitely more playable that way, and at this point I might as well play it at a lower res than not at all!
Game Room (360): Didn't actually play anything, just goofed around and got it updated. The prices just seem too much. $3 for an Atari 2600 game I can download for a buck, or free, elsewhere? Sega games I can get on a $20 Sega Genesis Collection with several dozen others?
Neat concept, just too expensive!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (360): Played through much of the first area as Sonic, got the first emerald (yay! Blue Spheres is fun!) and then saved right before accidentally failing at my second shoot at one. Whoops!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did my AT stuff, then hit up Uldum - whoa, there's a strategy mini-game in WoW. What a novel idea, making Warcraft into a realtime strategy game! Before leaving, just to get some levels, we finished up the Indiana Jones parody, which included a scene where a "Schnotz" guy, beating up Harrison Jones, got sliced up by the propeller on a plane. Classic!
Did the Twilight Highlands opening campaign, only to find out that I need to be *85* for most of the recipes, and that I need to buy them at TWENTY elementium bars a piece. There's big competition for elementium right now since it's an endgame mat. That was all pretty demoralizing, so I did some mining, did some archaeology, then chunked the deuces!
Final Fantasy XIV (PC): Rang the bells for my gifts... AND did a couple leves as Cinnaris! He's now a Pug L15. Seems to be getting quite a chunk of EXP on these levels, he went from about 1/3 into 14 to halfway through 15! Gotta get my butt into gear.
Sadly, the frame rate seems to shoot up to 40s-50s at the highest settings while I'm rocking 720p. I haaaate using that much smaller a resolution, but it is infinitely more playable that way, and at this point I might as well play it at a lower res than not at all!
Game Room (360): Didn't actually play anything, just goofed around and got it updated. The prices just seem too much. $3 for an Atari 2600 game I can download for a buck, or free, elsewhere? Sega games I can get on a $20 Sega Genesis Collection with several dozen others?
Neat concept, just too expensive!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (360): Played through much of the first area as Sonic, got the first emerald (yay! Blue Spheres is fun!) and then saved right before accidentally failing at my second shoot at one. Whoops!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did my AT stuff, then hit up Uldum - whoa, there's a strategy mini-game in WoW. What a novel idea, making Warcraft into a realtime strategy game! Before leaving, just to get some levels, we finished up the Indiana Jones parody, which included a scene where a "Schnotz" guy, beating up Harrison Jones, got sliced up by the propeller on a plane. Classic!
Did the Twilight Highlands opening campaign, only to find out that I need to be *85* for most of the recipes, and that I need to buy them at TWENTY elementium bars a piece. There's big competition for elementium right now since it's an endgame mat. That was all pretty demoralizing, so I did some mining, did some archaeology, then chunked the deuces!
Friday, January 7, 2011
January 7th, 2011
Decay Part 3 (360): But before passing out, I hit up the third part in the best thing currently going on in the Xbox Live Indie gaming vein. Part 3 did not disappoint, and it's all starting to come together. Spoilers, of course - but identities are finally getting verified and clarified.
The world you're in is a horrible spirit world full of death, a place where Oswald the White - the insanely creepy persona mysteriously hinted at in the first game. Your wife and daughter are trapped there, communicating where they can, your daughter through the doll, a gift from her grandfather.
Now, the first game implied you had just woken up from your own suicide, and the second game ends with cliffhanger, a spirit telling you *they* are the person you thought yourself to be. It turns out you, your wife and your daughter were victims of Oswald, who only staged the car accident to cover up his crimes. Your father, aware of this in a way not yet explained, committed suicide to allow you to utilize his physical body in Oswald's world.
The game ends with a creepy visage of Oswald - in the flesh this time, not just some ghostly visage like briefly seen.
From a technical standpoint, my biggest complain with Part 3 is that it utilized locations mostly taken from Part 2. Whereas 2 was bigger, longer and entirely new, 3 relied heavily on re-using existing areas, so it lost a little bit in regards to the exploration aspect. But it made up for it with a much more compelling narrative and reveal than either of the previous two parts!
Stoked for Part 4!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did the Argent Tournament and some Icecrown missions, archaeology and mining, and made some new armor for myself - a neat feeling! Organized the inventory with Cinnaris and Cutpurse, as well and take care of old mail across all my characters. Did some Vashj'ir missions till I learned I couldn't use the underwater mount outside of that zone, hit up Uldum with Tam and did some neat Indiana Jones-referencing quests, and then rolled out to check out some wrasslin' and sleep!
The world you're in is a horrible spirit world full of death, a place where Oswald the White - the insanely creepy persona mysteriously hinted at in the first game. Your wife and daughter are trapped there, communicating where they can, your daughter through the doll, a gift from her grandfather.
Now, the first game implied you had just woken up from your own suicide, and the second game ends with cliffhanger, a spirit telling you *they* are the person you thought yourself to be. It turns out you, your wife and your daughter were victims of Oswald, who only staged the car accident to cover up his crimes. Your father, aware of this in a way not yet explained, committed suicide to allow you to utilize his physical body in Oswald's world.
The game ends with a creepy visage of Oswald - in the flesh this time, not just some ghostly visage like briefly seen.
From a technical standpoint, my biggest complain with Part 3 is that it utilized locations mostly taken from Part 2. Whereas 2 was bigger, longer and entirely new, 3 relied heavily on re-using existing areas, so it lost a little bit in regards to the exploration aspect. But it made up for it with a much more compelling narrative and reveal than either of the previous two parts!
Stoked for Part 4!
World of Warcraft (PC): Did the Argent Tournament and some Icecrown missions, archaeology and mining, and made some new armor for myself - a neat feeling! Organized the inventory with Cinnaris and Cutpurse, as well and take care of old mail across all my characters. Did some Vashj'ir missions till I learned I couldn't use the underwater mount outside of that zone, hit up Uldum with Tam and did some neat Indiana Jones-referencing quests, and then rolled out to check out some wrasslin' and sleep!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
January 5th, 2011
Final Fantasy XI (PC): Meanwhile, I think around the Joust-game time, I was multitasking, and somewhat playing XI! Naturally, nothing good happened this Besieged, simply because I was there, I'm sure. Medusa wasn't defeated, nor did we lose the Astral Candescence, two things I'd like to see (particularly the latter, as I've witnessed the former from far). Ah well!
Hopefully I can get more into XI again soon!
Phantasy Star Universe (360): Just did a quick, partial run of the first Icebreak mission! Can't get myself motivated.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (360): Just played briefly as Sonic into the first couple stages. The graphics look rough at this resolution, but still a fun game! And I looooove the music!
World of Warcraft (PC): Didn't get started till late, and got involved in some ill-fated PvP when a buncha Horde guys were in Goldshire, heheh. Still, we ran them off, even if I was a casualty when all is said and done!
From there, it was back to Hyjal, and after a few quests I was forced to do "A Bird in Hand", one I was trying to avoid. In it, you capture a harpy leader, and are given the option to torture it despite it freely giving you information, and afterward, you can choose to kill or free her. My buddy disgustingly killed her yesterday (even after lamenting things like GTA and an earlier torture quest!), and even worse, it counted for me too, so I had abandoned the quest.
We do enough shady stuff in WoW as it is, I'm NOT gonna straight kill a defenseless person in cold blood. Worse yet, the previous torture quest, where you did NOT kill the guy at the end, caused all sorts of controversy, and nobody's batting an eye at this one. Heck, some people who even refused to do the first torture one, where the guy didn't die, KILLED the victim this time around. Fucked up morals there. <_<
Anyway! From there we went back after Twilight, and did a horrible mission that was an homage to the classic game, Joust. But the mission was painful, and rough for Tam, but at least we got lil mini Jouster companions!
From there, we entered a five man raid, and actually beat the first of two bosses. Took a few tries, but once we had a strategery down, we two-manned it, and I'll post the video to YouTube later.
Before we made our escape, Tam insisted on fighting a random mob, so I let her duke it out, and a took a while, but I certainly wasn't going to help if she wanted to play around and attack mobs who weren't aggroing. x_x
I ended the night doing a bunch of elementium farming. Slowly but surely I'm getting smithing close to cap!
Hopefully I can get more into XI again soon!
Phantasy Star Universe (360): Just did a quick, partial run of the first Icebreak mission! Can't get myself motivated.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (360): Just played briefly as Sonic into the first couple stages. The graphics look rough at this resolution, but still a fun game! And I looooove the music!
World of Warcraft (PC): Didn't get started till late, and got involved in some ill-fated PvP when a buncha Horde guys were in Goldshire, heheh. Still, we ran them off, even if I was a casualty when all is said and done!
From there, it was back to Hyjal, and after a few quests I was forced to do "A Bird in Hand", one I was trying to avoid. In it, you capture a harpy leader, and are given the option to torture it despite it freely giving you information, and afterward, you can choose to kill or free her. My buddy disgustingly killed her yesterday (even after lamenting things like GTA and an earlier torture quest!), and even worse, it counted for me too, so I had abandoned the quest.
We do enough shady stuff in WoW as it is, I'm NOT gonna straight kill a defenseless person in cold blood. Worse yet, the previous torture quest, where you did NOT kill the guy at the end, caused all sorts of controversy, and nobody's batting an eye at this one. Heck, some people who even refused to do the first torture one, where the guy didn't die, KILLED the victim this time around. Fucked up morals there. <_<
Anyway! From there we went back after Twilight, and did a horrible mission that was an homage to the classic game, Joust. But the mission was painful, and rough for Tam, but at least we got lil mini Jouster companions!
From there, we entered a five man raid, and actually beat the first of two bosses. Took a few tries, but once we had a strategery down, we two-manned it, and I'll post the video to YouTube later.
Before we made our escape, Tam insisted on fighting a random mob, so I let her duke it out, and a took a while, but I certainly wasn't going to help if she wanted to play around and attack mobs who weren't aggroing. x_x
I ended the night doing a bunch of elementium farming. Slowly but surely I'm getting smithing close to cap!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
December 30th, 2010
Final Fantasy XI (PC): XI, last on the list, ended up being quite a long adventure, and I quite enjoyed it! Tam helped for the first part of things. We got cards to trade for stoves and costumes and did the Beginner Smilebringer run to get ourselves a Jeuno Christmas tree each, then did some Cassiopeia card trading, traveling around all three major cities.
Tam chunked the deuces, so I finished up, getting my holiday fame to max and getting a Dream Hat +1, then did the Intermediate and Advanced runs to get bunny hats, so by the end of it I had every item of furniture and clothing.
But it didn't end there! Since Eireen was in Jeuno, I ran her through the Batallia course (at level five!) to get her a cute hat with a practical speed buff, then took her back to her hometown in Windy. Got her a Dream Hat and Robe, nabbed a Jeuno tree, and then did a page so she'd have enough to repat from Jeuno again when needed. Productive!
Did read over the recent patch notes... wow! Some nice changes! Some are vague (allied campaign NPCs strength "bolstered"), but there's some neat new job abilities, and you can have 20 instead of just 10 merit points stored. Looking forward to getting back into XI a bit!
Final Fantasy XIV (PC): Rang the bells for all four characters, got crap for Christmas - er, Starlight - gifts, but Tam already had a full Santa outfit for me, so I figured I was good there!
Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic 3 (360): As the last day of Sega's digital sale, Sonic 3 was dropped to $2.50, and S&K to $1.50! So I nabbed them, and played about two seconds into them locked together. I coulda swore I picked "Knuckles" but it started me as Tails. Has it been that long since I played?
Tam chunked the deuces, so I finished up, getting my holiday fame to max and getting a Dream Hat +1, then did the Intermediate and Advanced runs to get bunny hats, so by the end of it I had every item of furniture and clothing.
But it didn't end there! Since Eireen was in Jeuno, I ran her through the Batallia course (at level five!) to get her a cute hat with a practical speed buff, then took her back to her hometown in Windy. Got her a Dream Hat and Robe, nabbed a Jeuno tree, and then did a page so she'd have enough to repat from Jeuno again when needed. Productive!
Did read over the recent patch notes... wow! Some nice changes! Some are vague (allied campaign NPCs strength "bolstered"), but there's some neat new job abilities, and you can have 20 instead of just 10 merit points stored. Looking forward to getting back into XI a bit!
Final Fantasy XIV (PC): Rang the bells for all four characters, got crap for Christmas - er, Starlight - gifts, but Tam already had a full Santa outfit for me, so I figured I was good there!
Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic 3 (360): As the last day of Sega's digital sale, Sonic 3 was dropped to $2.50, and S&K to $1.50! So I nabbed them, and played about two seconds into them locked together. I coulda swore I picked "Knuckles" but it started me as Tails. Has it been that long since I played?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
December 28th, 2010
Dead Rising: Case West (360): Just started, only a little into it. It's neat to see Frank again, but unfortunately, I have yet to get to PLAY as him! There's also no save data that transfers over, so you start at L40, and the factory setting thus far is pretty bland.
I guess you could say I'm not overly impressed, especially considering this was 800 MS points - er, ten bucks - as opposed to Case Zero being a mere $5. But I'll play through it and beat it regardless, and hopefully at some point get a chance to control Frank.
Dead Rising 3 is confirmed anyway, and I hear Case West is really just a bridge for 2 to 3.
Final Fantasy XI (PC): Not much, opened a few Starlight boxes and got WAR a level. If I stick with XI, it'll probably eventually become a sub for DRG when more firepower is needed.
Final Fantasy XIV (PC): Got Cinnaris his gifts, got Temporarea-whatever her gift and timer started, then "bought" all the rest of the character slots. Made a male galka named "Xmas Giftguyforcinna" and a female lalafell named "Cinnariss Xmasmidget" and got both their initial gifts and timers started too!
Maids with Balloons (360): The game is horrible, but there's a handful of cutscenes with real life maids, looking like they were pulled right from an anime convention, spouting generic, awful anime dialog. And yet, I paid the $1 for it.
Hey, the girls are cute!
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (360): Both refreshing to be back to PSU and frustrating that everything I knew about it is gone. Did do a quick run of the Absolute Zero event and got some new music outta it. I'm telling myself I need to level hard now during the even and get back to the S, S2 and S3 ranks, but we'll see! A lot on my gaming plate lately!
I guess you could say I'm not overly impressed, especially considering this was 800 MS points - er, ten bucks - as opposed to Case Zero being a mere $5. But I'll play through it and beat it regardless, and hopefully at some point get a chance to control Frank.
Dead Rising 3 is confirmed anyway, and I hear Case West is really just a bridge for 2 to 3.
Final Fantasy XI (PC): Not much, opened a few Starlight boxes and got WAR a level. If I stick with XI, it'll probably eventually become a sub for DRG when more firepower is needed.
Final Fantasy XIV (PC): Got Cinnaris his gifts, got Temporarea-whatever her gift and timer started, then "bought" all the rest of the character slots. Made a male galka named "Xmas Giftguyforcinna" and a female lalafell named "Cinnariss Xmasmidget" and got both their initial gifts and timers started too!
Maids with Balloons (360): The game is horrible, but there's a handful of cutscenes with real life maids, looking like they were pulled right from an anime convention, spouting generic, awful anime dialog. And yet, I paid the $1 for it.
Hey, the girls are cute!
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (360): Both refreshing to be back to PSU and frustrating that everything I knew about it is gone. Did do a quick run of the Absolute Zero event and got some new music outta it. I'm telling myself I need to level hard now during the even and get back to the S, S2 and S3 ranks, but we'll see! A lot on my gaming plate lately!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
November 23rd, 2010
Alan Wake (360): Wow, the LE is pretty nice. Free themes, developer's commentary for while you play the game, and a full book to read! Books must be the thing to do this year, because Final Fantasy XIV, Fable III and Alan Wake all came in faux-books for their Limited Edition boxes, hah.
So it's pretty neat. It actually vaguely reminds me of Alone in the Dark: the New Nightmare in regards to the flashlight usage. The combat seems decent, but the initial stretch actually reminded me of Deadly Premonition.
Getting through the prologue into the city, thought... whew. Gorgeous game. My mind was pretty blown getting to the cabin, and I was actually a little jealous of Alan. Successful writer, good looking, with his wife, in an idyllic cabin literally on the water! Of course, things go sour from there, and it's a very atmospheric run through the forest at night...
World of Warcraft (PC): And I probably would've kept going, but the WoW servers came back up, heh. The Shattering... seems mostly aesthetic. Sentinel Hill has been changed drastically, and Stranglethorn Vale has been split up, but a lot seems minute.
No Defias in Westfall or Duskwood anymore, and no Samantha Swifthoof it seems, d'oh! Naga got... erm... wider, apparently as well, but I haven't seen them. Tons of new flight points, though, which is most excellent.
Which is what we did, initially, till we hit the Searing Gorge. Tam and I went through most of the questline there, really initially just trying to get the Chambermaid Pillaclencher quest going. It was somewhat, funny, with a pacifistic spider-riding ogre named Lunk, slaves who attacked us for freeing them, and surprisingly not a ton of running around - most questgivers gave quests nearby, and even followed us into the dungeons!
Also neat is that you can turn in certain quests without returning to the original NPC - neat.
So we had fun, and got multiple trinkets in the process, including two slowfall pillows from the lady with "gigantic pillas." Oh, you're so subtle Blizzard.
So it's pretty neat. It actually vaguely reminds me of Alone in the Dark: the New Nightmare in regards to the flashlight usage. The combat seems decent, but the initial stretch actually reminded me of Deadly Premonition.
Getting through the prologue into the city, thought... whew. Gorgeous game. My mind was pretty blown getting to the cabin, and I was actually a little jealous of Alan. Successful writer, good looking, with his wife, in an idyllic cabin literally on the water! Of course, things go sour from there, and it's a very atmospheric run through the forest at night...
World of Warcraft (PC): And I probably would've kept going, but the WoW servers came back up, heh. The Shattering... seems mostly aesthetic. Sentinel Hill has been changed drastically, and Stranglethorn Vale has been split up, but a lot seems minute.
No Defias in Westfall or Duskwood anymore, and no Samantha Swifthoof it seems, d'oh! Naga got... erm... wider, apparently as well, but I haven't seen them. Tons of new flight points, though, which is most excellent.
Which is what we did, initially, till we hit the Searing Gorge. Tam and I went through most of the questline there, really initially just trying to get the Chambermaid Pillaclencher quest going. It was somewhat, funny, with a pacifistic spider-riding ogre named Lunk, slaves who attacked us for freeing them, and surprisingly not a ton of running around - most questgivers gave quests nearby, and even followed us into the dungeons!
Also neat is that you can turn in certain quests without returning to the original NPC - neat.
So we had fun, and got multiple trinkets in the process, including two slowfall pillows from the lady with "gigantic pillas." Oh, you're so subtle Blizzard.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
October 10th, 2010
Castlevania Lords of Shadow (PS3): Just a few more levels. I'm getting pretty good at timed-blocking, which is making the game a lot easier. My biggest complaints so far is that it really doesn't feel all that much like Castlevania, despite being beautiful, and that it's VERY structured.
Even the old-school Castlevanias, left to right movement, did a better jump of covering up the structure, but that's not all that big a deal. It's still a ton of fun.
My conclusion is that these sort of games are essentially mini-game reliant, they keep you interested and entertained through numerous mini-games to vary things up. You've got the core battle system, then you're riding a horse, then you're balancing across rails, then you're riding a tamed spider or creature and use their abilities to access areas you couldn't, then you're sawing your way through an obstacle, then you're climbing up a boss, then you're engaging in various quick-time-events.
And it works great, don't get me wrong, but that's essentially what these games are.
Comic Jumper (360): I tried the demo, liked it, and ended up buying the full game right there. It was actually a review downing the game that sold me on it. Despite being all about finding the "deeper meaning" in games, said blogger decryed the game as unfunny and not-politically-correct. Naturally, that pretension made me decide I *needed* to play the game, and lo and behold, it's pretty darn funny.
Difficult, too! I'm only on the second level. I'm pretty excited to see some of the other worlds, particularly the manga-inspired stages!
Dead Rising 2 (360): Just played some more Terror is Reality online. Pretty fun, and I'm decent at some of the games. I unlocked a Champions Jacket and actually came in first overall on one of my runs, as well as have several hundred thousand for my main game. Sweet.
Even the old-school Castlevanias, left to right movement, did a better jump of covering up the structure, but that's not all that big a deal. It's still a ton of fun.
My conclusion is that these sort of games are essentially mini-game reliant, they keep you interested and entertained through numerous mini-games to vary things up. You've got the core battle system, then you're riding a horse, then you're balancing across rails, then you're riding a tamed spider or creature and use their abilities to access areas you couldn't, then you're sawing your way through an obstacle, then you're climbing up a boss, then you're engaging in various quick-time-events.
And it works great, don't get me wrong, but that's essentially what these games are.
Comic Jumper (360): I tried the demo, liked it, and ended up buying the full game right there. It was actually a review downing the game that sold me on it. Despite being all about finding the "deeper meaning" in games, said blogger decryed the game as unfunny and not-politically-correct. Naturally, that pretension made me decide I *needed* to play the game, and lo and behold, it's pretty darn funny.
Difficult, too! I'm only on the second level. I'm pretty excited to see some of the other worlds, particularly the manga-inspired stages!
Dead Rising 2 (360): Just played some more Terror is Reality online. Pretty fun, and I'm decent at some of the games. I unlocked a Champions Jacket and actually came in first overall on one of my runs, as well as have several hundred thousand for my main game. Sweet.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
October 5th, 2010
Dead Rising 2 (360): So I took down the first boss and went into Overtime! He wasn't too bad. After it turned out my pink chainsaw was worthless (he kept disarming it like anything else), I used my Sniper Rifle and shot him at point blank a few times, then simply dropped 'bows on him.
Overtime was a bit of a let down. Whereas DR1's OT was *epic*, 2's was simply running around, grabbing a few items, then taking on a fairly easy (but fun) final boss. Someone on the GameFAQs boards mentioned they considered the upcoming "Case West" to be the true OT, and I'm expecting that'll be the case!
The final verdict? Better than the first game. I liked the original's overtime, storyline and picture taking, however, gameplay-wise the sequel fixed most of what was wrong with the original.
Final Fantasy XI (PC): Hit up Jeuno since there was no Swarm attack coming, putting up some of Ham's old, low level stuff up for AH and NPCing various crap I had on me. I did give a group of five a quick Mea port: at first I was ignoring them because the guy kept spamming the shout, then one of his friends sent me a tell. He then upped his price, to which I shouted back, "Wait, if he keeps going up, should I wait a lil longer before offering to port them?"
His next shout dropped from 7k to 1k, and he said, "Oops, too late!"
I gave them the port for free.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
September 23rd, 2010
Final Fantasy XI (PC): Did a chunk of Campaign today, then teamed up with Div for some pages in Ro'Maeve. Good stuff, but not a very good day for games. Just wasn't feelin' it!
Sonic Adventure DX (360): Made it through the Carnival area as Sonic, then played around a bit as Amy, just did her first level. Fun stuff! I really do like Amy's gameplay, but people don't seem overly thrilled with it on the GameFAQs boards, hmm...
Sonic Adventure DX (360): Made it through the Carnival area as Sonic, then played around a bit as Amy, just did her first level. Fun stuff! I really do like Amy's gameplay, but people don't seem overly thrilled with it on the GameFAQs boards, hmm...
Sunday, September 19, 2010
September 19th, 2010
Final Fantasy XI (PC): Not much, did an Undead Swarm Besieged with Nanabi, Tam and a few randoms, Nanabi being from Abyssea last night. From there, I helped Div get some skillups. Pretty badass now that I can solo Infernal and Apocalyptic Weapons!
Sonic Adventure DX (360): Really only meant to play for a level, but naturally ended up playing for a couple. Messed around the city a bit, forgot how silly it was! Moved from there to the Casino since night had fallen...
I totally forgot how great a feeling that was to play NiGHTS into Dreams pinball. The NiGHTS inspired backdrops, the little scene where NiGHTS flies through loops and through a miniature version of "Spring Valley," all while "Message from Nightopia" plays. It's such an awesome feeling.
I got all 400 coins I needed right there, didn't even bother with the other games or options, hahah.
From there, I hit up Ice Zone, and then a quick lil boss battle with Eggman. Unlocked Knuckles, which makes me a cringe a little with all his awkward digging levels, but I thiiiiink Amy is next. IIRC enjoying her levels after Sonic's, so I've got hopes!
Sonic Adventure DX (360): Really only meant to play for a level, but naturally ended up playing for a couple. Messed around the city a bit, forgot how silly it was! Moved from there to the Casino since night had fallen...
I totally forgot how great a feeling that was to play NiGHTS into Dreams pinball. The NiGHTS inspired backdrops, the little scene where NiGHTS flies through loops and through a miniature version of "Spring Valley," all while "Message from Nightopia" plays. It's such an awesome feeling.
I got all 400 coins I needed right there, didn't even bother with the other games or options, hahah.
From there, I hit up Ice Zone, and then a quick lil boss battle with Eggman. Unlocked Knuckles, which makes me a cringe a little with all his awkward digging levels, but I thiiiiink Amy is next. IIRC enjoying her levels after Sonic's, so I've got hopes!
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