Destiny Beta Impressions

Well, the Destiny beta has been unlocked for all Xbox Gold members, so I thought I would try it out. 

First of all, Destiny (if you didn't know) is from Bungie, the developer of the first three Halo games.  So, in some ways this seems a little like Halo (with some other games thrown in - Borderlands, etc.).

Xbox Live Utlimate Game Sale July 2014

Well, apparently it is time to increase my backlog again (if there are any games worth getting).  Unfortunately, I am running low on points (and lower on hard drive space).  I wish there would be some decent deals for the Xbox One as well (the console I still have free memory space). 


So, what have I got so far (and what have I considered)

Guacamelee Xbox One - i Hate This Game

Well, Games with Gold is here for the month of July.  This month saw a lone title added: Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition




So what do I think about Guacamelee after playing it for a little while.  It is too fucking hard (not so much the combat, but the stupid jump puzzles - ok some of the combat is annoying).  I hate jump puzzles and this game is almost completely full of them.  What makes them worse are some of the mechanics.  This game drastically overuses the plane shift mechanic. 

Dead Rising 2: Aaargh

Well, I finally beat Dead Rising 2 after much, much, much, much cursing (but I didn't get an achievement for it).  I hate it when you have to do something specifically before the end boss to get an achievement for beating the end boss (finishing that chapter).  The achievement list on this game is terrible.  Well, that is just the topping on this game...








Compared to Dead Rising 3, this game sucks.  To be fair, I could only do DR3 after about level 15-20 (then it got better).  Timed missions, annoying zombies constantly in your way, stupid NPCs who don't do what you want them to, pointlessly large area with no instant travel - check.  This game is kind of frustrating (made more so by the inability to fast travel and a very slow moving main character, everything being timed, a clunky crafting system - greatly improved by the sequel, and an insane amount of 10-20 second load screens - sometimes right after a "cut scene" that had a load before it).