We’ve not got a lot of gaming to report this week, though unusually for me recently I’ve managed to spend a couple of hours online with Mass Effect 3. Admittedly when I should have been doing something else, but gaming’s become a rare treat lately.
Dan played through Earth Defence Force 2017 which he says is “just as bonkers as the original 2007 game” but, he points out, now double the price. Jet Set Radio lasted barely ten minutes on his PS Vita before it was deleted for being “so boring”. And after an hour of playing the latest Corpse Party game his only coherent mumble was to say that it’s “really bloody weird”.
We have a strict policy of not commenting upon rumour and speculation, especially when NDAs may or may not be involved, so all we can say about Peter’s alleged involvement in the SimCity beta last weekend is “no comment”.
For what I am sure are utterly unrelated reasons he’s been playing SimCity 4 of late. With a decent sized, profitable city and a mostly harmless positive approval rating despite a lack of fire stations. There is more than one way to conceive of skinning that proverbial arboreally entrapped feline though.
Kris has been playing the “brutally hard and ridiculously deep” public transport management sim Cities in Motion. With a tutorial “more complex than entire other games” that still showed no sign of ending after an hour perhaps it’s a game for when you’ve got plenty of time you can block-book.
And for when city governance isn’t enough to sate your megalomania:
I also had a quick play with Universal Sandbox which is hugely entertaining. You can fiddle with the size, weight, density and other properties of stellar bodies, then see what happens. For example, making mercury the size of the sun has some rather interesting results. It’s not really a game, but a fun tool for mucking about in.
Last up this week is Aran who has made it to the second island in Far Cry 3 “which means there are now more outposts for [him] to liberate”. The game might be starting to get to him as he keeps saying something about a “giant ink thing”. I can only presume that’s a bit like a huge smoke monster.
Perhaps all the craziness is giving him a persecution complex as in NBA 2K13 he thinks his team mates have taken a dislike to his player, refusing to pass or just outright pushing him out of the way. We can add narcissism to the list as he puts their behaviour down to jealousy over his player’s performance.
What games have been testing your sanity this week?
Kivi95
I have been playing a lot of Sleeping dogs ps3 and some Path of Exile on PC. On psvita LBP vita I have been playing the community lvls which have some awesome new ones!
Tuffcub
No gaming this week, been too busy in the Tuffcub Towers Studios working a remix for a very, very filthy mouthed rapper.
JohnnyBoy
I finished Binary Domain which was great and started Dishonored – only done the first level so unable to comment in this weeks WeView but will look forward to reading what everyone else has to say about it.
Got Leeds Utd promoted to the Premier League on Vita FIFA Football and to the FA Cup final. Played Man Citeh in the final, took them to extra time and scored in the last minute to win 3-2 – then the damn game crashed… Grrrr!!! I just know if I go back and replay the game I’ll get stuffed.
The Lone Steven
Picked up Mafia 2 and Bulletstorm on Saturday. Bulletstorm is a very fun game although a bit repitive but chances are you will not care due to how fun it is. Completed it on Monday. Mafia 2 feels like a 5-6/10 game and if it weren’t for the plot, it would have been a use as a coaster for my coffee/tea game.
Picked up Darkness 1 and NFS undercover on Wednesday. Darkness 1 is very good although fairly repitive. Completed it last night. As for NFS, it’s not bad but it’s not good, it’s just NFS:undercover. And not even enjoyable so it’s been sentence to my never play and maybe donate to charity section of my collection.
Picked up DS1(Dead Space) yesterday and have yet to play it. Okay, i played a bit of it but i’ve yet to invest my time in it.
TL:DR version:Steven played a lot of games and annoyed EA by buying some games preowned.
McProley
Youre in for a treat with DS1, bloody fantastic game!
KeRaSh
Played some Botanicula, FTL and Binding of Isaac this week. Couldn’t start anything serious because Ni No Kuni is coming out today. :D
allan_treebeard
Platinumed Infamous 2 which has been a great experience all the way through. Completed little big planet 2 story mode, finding that the online user created levels are VERY hit and miss.
Wondering what game to move onto now, might borrow Far Cry 3 off a friend, havnt heard a bad word about it.
element666
I’m back in the saddle,so to speak :) I finished Hitman Absolution on hard with only a few trophies to go for my first platinum since the start of november! lol
salvodaze
100%’ed Touch My Katamari and did some work on the VT4 platinum, I should have it soon. Also received my copy of Ni no Kuni yesterday, but I had had a couple of hours to play – so far so good. I think it’ll keep me occupied for a while. I also played the Sound Shapes demo and found it really well-made, I’ll be getting it. I also got a hk psn account for possible xcom purchases in case I would get the asian version (then decided not to), and downloaded a few of the many demos they got there. Tried Flower and the katamari game. Flower’s gameplay videos looked really dull but the hands on experience was actually very different in a good way, it really felt good though my mood might have helped.