This week I returned to an abandoned Borderlands 2 character. For some reason I just didn’t enjoy BL2 when it first came out and the three characters I’d started all got left at around the mid-teen level. Having continued where I left off with Zero this week felt like a welcome reunion with an old friend and I think that somehow I might have recaptured that indefinable something that made me enjoy the first Borderlands so much.
There’s also been more Warframe whenever I get a spare half hour or more. It has just received its 11.5 update which adds trophies (unfortunately not retroactive) alongside fixes, new weapons, the Oberon Warframe and The Cicero Crisis in-game event. Warframe’s still providing me with a generous helping of fun and sense of progression, without forking over wads of cash, so I can’t see my play time reducing any time soon.
Peter has finally sat down to begin Assassin’s Creed IV: “The Piratey One” and says that “it looks gorgeous on PS4”. He’s finding it a bit weird that you get your full complement of assassin skills “simply because you’re a pirate but aside from that, I’m very much looking forward to 60 or so hours of stabbing and running and sailing”.
I also played a little bit of OlliOlli on Vita. It’s really, properly good but I am already completely sure that I will never be very good at it and that’s a shame because it is going to be so much more enjoyable if you’re swapping high scores with a friend or two.
http://youtu.be/yAc1tXpH6Ns
I’m sure he’ll eventually find something he’s good at. How long is it until the sun burns out? I mean even Tuffcub found an FPS he enjoys and is pretty handy with. I had to wait until he got to a loading screen before he could let me know that he was playing Killzone: Shadow Fall and has also played a bit of Resogun this week.
Aran’s still busily mopping up the single player trophies in AC4: Black Flag with a few story ones still to get and the trifling matter of needing to beat every legendary ship. He’s been colouring the air sea blue as each encounter so far has left him frustrated and sinking.
He’s been enjoying Driver: San Francisco too, “shifting into different vehicles and the excellent soundtrack linked with some fun driving” has seen a few hours disappear. “If you watch The Crew trailers you can see how Driver San Francisco has influenced its game play.”
Lastly we get to Blair who is keeping his spirits up despite being on the end of a regular FIFA 14 trouncing from his flatmate. “It’s so much fun even though I get defeated most of the time. I suppose that makes the few victories even better though!” You can read his OlliOlli review to discover his thoughts on that though he won’t share his experience of playing a far-from-release game earlier this week…
So, what have you been up to in your gaming sessions this week?
ron_mcphatty
The sun’s got five billion years left, which might panic the XBox naming department a little bit! I’ve been playing Little Big Planet Vita, trying to recreate the classic Air Taxi, it’s going quite well. I’ve also just started Binary Domain and I don’t really like it, so far the story is okay but the gameplay isn’t making an impression on me. Ill keep going though.
Eldaveo
Nothing major this week really. Another couple of Fifa14 achievements mopped up (just the Pro Clubs stuff to go) and a little bit of Killer Instinct.
My PS4 should arrive this week so fingers crossed I’ll be playing Killzone very shortly, plus TR Definitive Edition should arrive in the post on Thursday from Shopto.
tactical20
All PS4. Pretty much given up on the North West legendary ship in AC4 (the only thing left to do), so played a bit of Killzone single player and Lego Marvel. Both £20 eBay bargains!
Dan Jones
Oops forgot to reply to this one. I’ve been playing the wonderful Super acrobatic rocket powered battle cars quite a bit this week. Great when there;s four of you playing.
Also a bit of F1 2013, and Football Manager, won the league and champions league again with Real Mardid and then got offered the Spain job.
ackack
I’ve finally ‘finished’ the online section of Killzone, waiting for the save patch before I continue with the single player bit. So now I’m playing AC4 and I’m struggling with my character sticking to walls and not running where I want him to I’m sure I’ll get used to it. Looks lovely though.