Have you ever played one of those highly rated/regarded games and it left you unimpressed? Well, Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY of the year was one of these for me.
What I was ok with:
* "puzzles" (though many of them were the same thing over and over)
* Exploration
* Upgrading equipment
What I didn't like so much:
* Part of the game that mimics what happens before one of my past Xbox 360s red ringed (color, pixilation, etc). I thought my system was having graphical issues. It took me 2-3 times of that scene before I let it go all the way through
* The Scarecrow levels: I hate these
* The combat:
* The Camera
* Indirect "boss fights" (I wish "action" games would limit this)
* Sometimes the controls seem "floaty" or not as responsive as I would like
Played:
* Difficulty: Easy
* Died: a bunch of times
* Achievements: 590/1,000 Gamerscore
* Collectibles/Riddles: All
* Challenges: none (I tried 1 or 2, but it was some of the worst parts of the game, to me, like combat)
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
My Month in Video Games
So what have I been playing since I last checked in? Games, apparently
my Gamerscore is currently at 52,013. Odd, huh (thank Mortal Kombat, XBLA for that non-0 or 5 ending)
Let's see I have been playing
* Darksiders 2 (beat on easy, i'll do a collectible run someday)
* Forza 3 - finally finished "Solid Gold" achievement
* Forza Horizon - finally finished the "story" on easy and all single player achievements except the one for doing all PR stunts. Why would someone pay $20 for the Rally add-on/expansion, when many people got the game for $30 or less?
* Forza 4: there is a "Bucket List" achievement, nooooooooo! We'll see if I get my first Unicorn car this month. This is going to take a while (50+ hours and only 31% done). I wish the career and event list would have synched better (or at all).
* Red Dead Redemption: has anyone else in the history of gaming got stuck in the first horse race section. I keep "falling off of the path" by bridges. I can't move both sticks at the same time and the fire markers aren't exactly really easy to see. Has there been a single game this generation where the camera hasn't sucked? I can't think of one. And I really wanted the Snidely Whiplash achievement in this game. Maybe later.
* Midway Arcade Origins: it is no Game Room. It is ok to have a retro games compilation, but I really miss the medals and the leveling up system. That is probably why many of these arcade compilations seem so flat to me now.
* Gunpowder: I found this to be an interesting game on Windows 8/RT (I have it on my surface). You essentially draw lines of gunpowder and place explosive barrels so you can blow a safe. I just wish it would be a little easier. I have only completed the first chapter so far.
* Viva Pinata: finally finished the retail version 50 hour achievement. I think it is at 250 game days. I tried to finish up the Games for Windows version, but for some reason it won't load (conflict with display settings?)
What games am I looking forward to this month?
* Capcom Arcade Cabinet: it is a little expensive. So maybe just the "trial/400 point version.
Retail:
Nothing for a while. No to BioShock Infinite (BioShock 2 was disappointing), I have no interest in Tomb Raider or Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Gears of War Judgment (wait until inevitable $20 price tag later in the year, though I am not big on shooters).
I am pretty sure that I will not be going "next-gen" unless I were to win the lottery.
The only retail game I was interested in was South Park: The Stick of Truth - and that got kind of pushed back with the THQ situation.
my Gamerscore is currently at 52,013. Odd, huh (thank Mortal Kombat, XBLA for that non-0 or 5 ending)
Let's see I have been playing
* Darksiders 2 (beat on easy, i'll do a collectible run someday)
* Forza 3 - finally finished "Solid Gold" achievement
* Forza Horizon - finally finished the "story" on easy and all single player achievements except the one for doing all PR stunts. Why would someone pay $20 for the Rally add-on/expansion, when many people got the game for $30 or less?
* Forza 4: there is a "Bucket List" achievement, nooooooooo! We'll see if I get my first Unicorn car this month. This is going to take a while (50+ hours and only 31% done). I wish the career and event list would have synched better (or at all).
* Red Dead Redemption: has anyone else in the history of gaming got stuck in the first horse race section. I keep "falling off of the path" by bridges. I can't move both sticks at the same time and the fire markers aren't exactly really easy to see. Has there been a single game this generation where the camera hasn't sucked? I can't think of one. And I really wanted the Snidely Whiplash achievement in this game. Maybe later.
* Midway Arcade Origins: it is no Game Room. It is ok to have a retro games compilation, but I really miss the medals and the leveling up system. That is probably why many of these arcade compilations seem so flat to me now.
* Gunpowder: I found this to be an interesting game on Windows 8/RT (I have it on my surface). You essentially draw lines of gunpowder and place explosive barrels so you can blow a safe. I just wish it would be a little easier. I have only completed the first chapter so far.
* Viva Pinata: finally finished the retail version 50 hour achievement. I think it is at 250 game days. I tried to finish up the Games for Windows version, but for some reason it won't load (conflict with display settings?)
What games am I looking forward to this month?
* Capcom Arcade Cabinet: it is a little expensive. So maybe just the "trial/400 point version.
Retail:
Nothing for a while. No to BioShock Infinite (BioShock 2 was disappointing), I have no interest in Tomb Raider or Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Gears of War Judgment (wait until inevitable $20 price tag later in the year, though I am not big on shooters).
I am pretty sure that I will not be going "next-gen" unless I were to win the lottery.
The only retail game I was interested in was South Park: The Stick of Truth - and that got kind of pushed back with the THQ situation.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Dview: Forza Horizon (Xbox 360)
The Bottom Line:
Forza Horizon is a spin-off of the Forza series. As opposed to a more simulation based game (like the Forzas seem) this is more of an open world game where you drive around and do certain events (culminating in a very long last race). You can also drive around looking for discount signs (which are not all easy to find) and pulling off tricks like drifting or narrowly missing traffic. These trick may earn you credits or unlock events (like racing against a balloon, plane or helicopter) and will "level" you up.
Forza Horizon is a spin-off of the Forza series. As opposed to a more simulation based game (like the Forzas seem) this is more of an open world game where you drive around and do certain events (culminating in a very long last race). You can also drive around looking for discount signs (which are not all easy to find) and pulling off tricks like drifting or narrowly missing traffic. These trick may earn you credits or unlock events (like racing against a balloon, plane or helicopter) and will "level" you up.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Forza Horizon is Annoying
Ok, so I have been playing Forza Horizon recently. Some of the events are pretty easy and hard to lose. Lately, I have been doing some of the stupid street races. I hate Late Night @ Highway 29.
I don't know if my wired controller will survive the game (I doubt it will, but the left bumper was already broke - if store only sold the wired controller anymore, I dislike the battery bump on the wireless controller). I've already spiked it hard at least twice.
This game is annoying. It takes the worst of Forza 4 (perpetually starting you in the back of the race and upgrading the opponent's cars - I wish it wouldn't). Easy should be just that - easy (a cakewalk)
It is really annoying how much the cars over-react to everything and try to go into drifting without any provocation. Any little bump is over exaggerated.
Then they decided to use horrific lighting in night and early daytime races (I wish they would block out the sun). I also dislike the focus on "stunts" in this game - it wouldn't be as bad if you wouldn't lose any progress on runs if you hit something (or more annoyingly something hits you). It is so nice to have to deal with idiot non-racing traffic too.
I don't know if my wired controller will survive the game (I doubt it will, but the left bumper was already broke - if store only sold the wired controller anymore, I dislike the battery bump on the wireless controller). I've already spiked it hard at least twice.
This game is annoying. It takes the worst of Forza 4 (perpetually starting you in the back of the race and upgrading the opponent's cars - I wish it wouldn't). Easy should be just that - easy (a cakewalk)
It is really annoying how much the cars over-react to everything and try to go into drifting without any provocation. Any little bump is over exaggerated.
Then they decided to use horrific lighting in night and early daytime races (I wish they would block out the sun). I also dislike the focus on "stunts" in this game - it wouldn't be as bad if you wouldn't lose any progress on runs if you hit something (or more annoyingly something hits you). It is so nice to have to deal with idiot non-racing traffic too.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Video Game Resolution #1 Complete, 50K
Well, I finally got my Gamerscore up to 50K on my new current primary account. My old has 37K. I think I had about 46.6K before new years. If you are wondering, I got it on Viva Piñata (got about 800 Gamerscore in the last 2 days on that game). If I were adventurous, I might go for 100K between the two this year (but that would be about 13K more)
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Game Room: 2 Years Later
It has been a loooong two years since Game Room graced the world with Game Pack 013 (sadly, the last one released). Games like Midway Arcade Origins make me miss Game Room more. i would have preferred those games in Game Room format. So, what is the current state of leaderboards. If you are lucky, maybe i'll even eventually add graphs/charts - later, much later.
As of December 27, 2012, Game Room has some of the following stats.
* Total Leaderboard Number (Ranked Games): 495,388 (pretty safe bet to say overall it did 500K)
* Estimated Sales (at 87.5% of Leaderboard): 433,464
* Estimated Sales By Publisher (Ranked Games):
- Atari: 168,177
- Activision: 50,644
- Intellivision: 28,334
- Konami: 186,220
* Estimated Sales By Platform (Ranked Games)
- Arcade: 326,200
- Atari 2600: 78,841
- Intellivision: 28,334
* Predicted Gross Revenue For Game Room (Range - Ranked Games):
- $1.3 to $1.48. I guess it would be a fairly safe bet to say Game Room did $1.5 million in sales.
Year to Year Changes in Leaderboards:
- Apparently I only used charts, not data tables - that is unfortunate
Linkage to my SkyDrive Numbers: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=c67fdccca0fc034e#!/edit.aspx?cid=C67FDCCCA0FC034E&resid=C67FDCCCA0FC034E%21683&app=Excel
As of December 27, 2012, Game Room has some of the following stats.
* Total Leaderboard Number (Ranked Games): 495,388 (pretty safe bet to say overall it did 500K)
* Estimated Sales (at 87.5% of Leaderboard): 433,464
* Estimated Sales By Publisher (Ranked Games):
- Atari: 168,177
- Activision: 50,644
- Intellivision: 28,334
- Konami: 186,220
* Estimated Sales By Platform (Ranked Games)
- Arcade: 326,200
- Atari 2600: 78,841
- Intellivision: 28,334
* Predicted Gross Revenue For Game Room (Range - Ranked Games):
- $1.3 to $1.48. I guess it would be a fairly safe bet to say Game Room did $1.5 million in sales.
Year to Year Changes in Leaderboards:
- Apparently I only used charts, not data tables - that is unfortunate
Linkage to my SkyDrive Numbers: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=c67fdccca0fc034e#!/edit.aspx?cid=C67FDCCCA0FC034E&resid=C67FDCCCA0FC034E%21683&app=Excel
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Video Game Resolution #2 Complete, 20 games
Well, I finally completed my #2 video game resolution for 2013 (the first one is 50K cumulative Gamerscore)
Yes, I currently have 20 games on the list of my Xbox 360. The games with "*" will turn into uncompleted games the next time I run them (new DLC). All of these were completed in 2011 or later. They are (in reverse order of completion):
Yes, I currently have 20 games on the list of my Xbox 360. The games with "*" will turn into uncompleted games the next time I run them (new DLC). All of these were completed in 2011 or later. They are (in reverse order of completion):
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