What We Played #121: Real Boxing, Killzone And Farming Simulator

In desperation to be able to claim to have played something this week I’ve been wondering if Fantasy Premier League counts.  But even if it does with the international break in progress I’m really just waiting to find out who’ll break their legs before making any transfers next week so not really actively playing.  Oh and I’ve completed a couple of Guardian quick crosswords.

Now back from his Hawaiian jaunt Tuffcub reports that when he’d had enough sun and sea the “rather good” Assassin’s Creed Liberation, the “just annoying” Candy Crush Saga and The Walking Dead on PlayStation Vita were adequate entertainment though the latter seems to have brought out his need to torment young girls.

It’s his pile of shame that’s kept him busy since his return to these sunny isles (sorry, that was yesterday) to these fog-bound and rain swept shores with the “dull” God of War 3, Dead Space 3 and an “awful lot of Killzone 3, normally around 3am in the morning when my bloody jet lag decides I should be fully awake”.

[drop2]He’s also “really, really liking ploughing through Catherine” (I think he means the game) and has tried the “quite good” Killzone Mercenary beta in which he “can’t get the hang of using the touchscreen to run”. [Perhaps because you don’t use the screen for that – Blair]

Ploughing brings us neatly to Aran who combined his video gaming with the harrowing experience of trying to run a farm in Farming Simulator.  Check his review for details of why small cars are lethal to tractors which reminds me of The Hunter, starring Steve McQueen, a film featuring the only car chase involving a combine harvester that I’ve ever come across.

DanToo has been playing more Real Boxing even though his review is complete and published.  “It really is a good game”, he tells me before adding, “loving the intense, quick fights. Plug my review please haha!”  Any time one of us continues playing a game after having had to sprint through it for our review is a pretty good recommendation.

Blair’s been playing the “let’s forget to respond to Greg’s emails” game once again, so is adding this section in while editing, and talking about himself in the third-person, which is a rather strange feeling. He’s actually been playing Killzone: Mercenary, which he thought was “incredible” for a Vita title, scoring it 10/10 in his review. He’s also been playing Cut the Rope on 3DS, which is a good distraction.

Rayman Legends has proved to be a nice break from reviewing games for Blair, even if he can’t stop his brain analysing it. And, finally, he’s played some of The Wind Waker HD, though not as much as he would like to have (all of it, twice), having only reached Dragon Roost Island. The embargo isn’t quite up on that, so he can’t talk about the game in full yet, unless he’s referring to the GameCube original, which was amazing.

So not too much gaming going on ’round these ‘ere parts this week, how’s it where you are?