The gaming diary

[Seno]

Just downloaded a student indie game, Zineth, plays a lot like jet set radio

http://arcanekids.com/

[Link41]

0 day Attack on Earth (XBLA) - Such an underrated shooter...

[Sirgin]

Been playing more Final Fantasy 13, after not having played the game for almost a month. I'm in chapter 7. The game is great, for the most part, but some of the areas between cutscenes are a bit too long for my taste. Sometimes you have to fight generic enemies for an hour or so until you get to the next plot-advancing cutscene.

Also, the paradigm system is nice, but it doesn't make for fun gameplay against certain types of enemies. The ones that hit you over and over again with a strong attack. I want to be fighting with Rav/Com but have to switch to Med/Com for healing. By the time I switch back to Rav/Com the bloody enemy does the attack again and I have to switch back to Med/Com, without even doing an attack as Rav! Some of this endless switching can get annoying. Other fights are fine though, especially if I can get a quick stagger.

Another minor gripe is the battle speed. There's fast and slow. Fast is too fast (generally) for me to select my own attacks and slow is just slooow. So I'm torn between using slow and being able to select abilities myself and fast and auto-fighting everyting. I feel a bit distanced from the action sometimes as I don't always feel like I'm really involved. In previous Final Fantasies I'd be very familiar with all the ablities/moves of my characters, but in this one I have a hard time knowing what character knows what move, as I'm not selecting those moves myself anymore.

And one last thing: the music doesn't seem that memorable like it used to be. I can easily remember about a handful of tunes from 7, 9 and 10 but I'd be hard pressed to remember anything from 13 apart from the title theme. Now that I think about it, I can't think of a single song from FF12, even though I played that game for like 110 hours.

[techwizard]

quite a few games this weekend

God of War - PS2 - just got to the underworld on normal difficulty

Zelda II The Adventure of Link - NES - started on friday i think and already beaten 3 palaces with decent progress in the 4th. i have the boots and reflect magic now.

Diddy Kong Racing - N64 - popped this in just for something different. i've already 100% it years ago but i went through and 100% the first area again in adventure.

Mario Party 2 - N64 - played a quick 35 turn round of this with a friend who's staying the weekend

Super Smash Bros Melee - GCN - a few 1v1 rounds with my friend

Mario Kart 64 - N64 - some cups and vs multiplayer

Battlefield 3 - PC - multiplayer

Super Stardust HD - PS3 - endless mode, didn't get very far because it's been months since i've played.

[Link41]

The $1,000,000 Pyramid (Wii) - I am trying to get perfect wins in every week.

[Silent Scythe]

Streets of Rage 2... I honestly think I hate this game...

[Link41]

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3) - I am starting chapter 5, I am finding this harder then the prequel on Vita so far....

[Izret101]

Pool on the phone.

Also started Shoot 1up which seems pretty cool.

Working on wrapping up Family Game Night 4. I figure I have 3 more hours. I hope I am overestimating...

[Silent Scythe]

Crappy day today, so I spent 7 hours on Xenoblade.

[Deafens Proner]

I'm happy, I'm playing Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)

EDIT 1: World 5-2 is a beautiful tribute to The Legend of Zelda

EDIT 2: still very, very happy

EDIT 3: crap, I have to recharge my 3DS, I'm just SAD

[Link41]

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3) - I am now halfway through the game. Still a great game, but I like the handheld one better. Heres to hoping that Uncharted 2 & 3 are better.

[Ghost Soldier]

KOF 98, Daytona USA XBLA

[Izret101]

Finished Family Game Night 4.
Messed around with pool for a bit.

Started playing Burnout Revenge again. Spent like 2 hours doing 1 race over and over trying for gold. Didn't even realize how long it had been... I really do enjoy this game

[hXd]

I've been playing Dust: An Elysian Tail in between bouts of Gears 3. Really good Metroidvania style gameplay with an interesting story.

[Cobra]

15 hours later I finally get the bad ending to Project Zero 2: Wii Edition. Then 16 hours in I get a tragic ending... hopefully I have more luck when I play through again... not to mention I got an E rank.