Close followers of my What We Played posts will have noticed a distinct lack of Kitteh updates lately. Sadly I have to report that Kitteh moved out, along with her owner, a few weeks ago so the absence of updates will be prolonged.
With no Kitteh Kravings to satisfy Tuffcub has been getting down to plenty of gaming. This week that has mostly consisted of Child of Eden on the PS3. “It’s great for ten minutes”, he says, “like playing a 1990’s rave video”. In contrast to it being a full price title on the Xbox 360 its PS3 release saw a £20 RRP frequently reduced to £15 online; a price Tuffcub was “quite happy” to pay.
[drop2]He’s also been playing Motorstorm: Apocalypse which merely rates an “alright I suppose”. Clearly he’s not been fully engaged with the title as there’s been more than enough time to come up with poor jokes:What Sony need to do is mash God Of War with Motorstorm and create a chariot racing game called Motorstorm Acropolis. Ba-dum tish!
Quite. Still making the most of his relatively recently acquired PSP, the minis title Breakquest has seen plently of play and the commute home has been eased by the mass ‘murder’ of zombies in the original Resident Evil.
Last week’s family-oriented diversion clearly behind him (!) Dan’s really been getting on with his gaming this week:
It’s been a busy week for me in terms of gaming. First up was the fun, if rather flawed, X-Men Destiny. No, it doesn’t look particularly good, but I actually had a decent time progressing through the game.
Next up was NBA 2K12, which is one of the most complete sports games in existence. 2K REALLY need to step in and patch that multiplayer mode though. Luckily the single player will tide you over for a year or ten.
In between mutants and basketball I’ve had an hour or so on Dark Souls. After reading Peter’s updates on the game I was expecting to be violated horribly, but instead I managed to beat the Asylum Demon first time without any hassle. I always knew Peter was a bit of a wuss; too much Star Wars, that’s his problem! The game has had two highlights so far.
The first came after I picked a fight with a knight (I think!), who seemed to be quite a few levels above my character. After dying several times I wised up, lured him over to a cliff edge and prodded him over with my sword. HA!
The second funny moment happened when I came across some blood spilled on the ground, which lets you watch how that particular person died. It turns out they actually killed themselves by running up to an enemy, jumping onto it but missing completely and falling off a cliff. “What an idiot” I said out loud, before I proceeded to run up to the same enemy, jump at it and fall off the cliff at the exact same spot. Face, meet palm.
After several years of wondering, I finally managed to play Crysis, which is out now on LIVE and PSN. I was…disappointed. Want to know why? Read my review.
Finally I had a quick go on Bodycount. It’s actually better than I expected, and quite enjoyable in very short bursts. It also chucked achievements at me at the rate of 200 points in an hour!
In stark contrast to Dan, Alex had very little to say when it came to his week of gaming. “UNCHARTED 3!” was all I could coax out of him.
Toby has been playing more FIFA 12 and this time it is the nature of the game’s Ultimate Team that has been beating him rather that Spanish kids. While he’s finding it addictive “the regularity of injuries” is becoming irritating, “especially when they always to seem to flare up after I’ve given a player a new contract”.
He also has a request for help from those of you who’re Ultimate Team wizards. With his relative inexperience in Ultimate Team he’s looking for tips on what the best ways are to get coins or players.
As for myself I’ve been strictly focused on more Gears of War 3, especially Horde mode which I’m loving. Unless the boss wave happens to be Berserkers or Lambent Zerkers that is. While not insurmountable they are much harder work than the other bosses you encounter.
Have you been playing much? Have you got any FIFA 12 Ultimate Team tips for Toby?
Severn2j
After many days tweaking my PC setup, I’ve been almost entirely playing Rage. Well worth the effort tho, its a great game, doesnt really innovate, but a good ol’ fashioned shooter (like id does best) with a few things to do in between.. :)
TSBonyman
This week i played most of Ico, also the first level of Child of Eden – i also think it’s ok for short sessions but so far it doesn’t seem to have much in the way of gameplay, just wave the Move around a bit.. nice visuals and audio though.
TSBonyman
oh and i also tried dead island. Nice environments and the zombies in paradise idea works but i thought the melee combat was atrocious and i quit it after an hour or so.
Origami Killer
same as last week. F1 2011, Resistance 3, Dead Island and a bit of Fifa 11. Good fun :)
aerobes
Played a bit more of GT5 but I’m rapidly losing interest in that and discovered I’m more forcing myself to play it rather than actually wanting to.
Played some of the Ico and SotC collection but decided to stop playing that too and felt I would rather keep the memories of the magic of the first time I played through them rather than creating new ones.
What I’ve mostly been playing is PES 2012 which I’m enjoying the more time I spend with it. It’s not without its issues but I find it telling that I’ve had it over two weeks, played it consistently and am yet to even click in to the life-swallowing ML mode. Really great.