And it was one hell of a ride. I'm all done with the main campaign, I've liberated every outpost, conquered all fortresses, liberated the bell towers, and killed countless people. I have a few collectibles and trophies to mop up, but that will all be handled at a later date.
Pixlbit Happy Tuesday! For you East Coasters again Stay Warm! As the Blog A Day rolls on it is time to get back to my Game Collection blogs. For today I am going to skip around a bit and go with one of my favorite handhelds that seems to get a lot of hate because of a perceived “lack of games”, and that is the Sony Vita. At first I was a little hesitant to purchase a Vita because of the nub problems I had with the PSP. I loved the PSP but the nub issues soured me a bit but I think once I either buy replacement nubs for both PSP’s (1000 and 3000 versions) I’ll be happy.
If you've been on Pixlbit for a while, you probably know that I like hippos. And today I have a silly hippo game to tell you about! Hippo High Dive is a very simple game. Your purple hippo, wearing a pink leotard, dives off a high board and must try to fall through a series of flaming hoops before landing in a little pool of water. You have three lives. Missing a ring costs one life, though you can get burned twice per live. Use up all three before making it to the pool at the bottom and you lose. And that's all there is to it. Beat a level—that is, a height—and a higher one unlocks. I'm at 450m right now. It has 45 flaming hoops! Thankfully, there is a little indicator at the bottom of the screen to show where the next hoop is coming. Otherwise, this really would be impossible. A few more tries and I'll get it for sure!
So whatsacow recently put up a blog about what you prefer in a game, mechanics v story etc. It's a good blog. Go read it! Someone also made a comment about how some interactive experiences don't qualify as games and the term 'game' is too broad of an umbrella and some things really shouldn't qualify. It might be the same blog, I can't remember. Food for thought.
This is more about 'do you ever try new types of games that you otherwise stayed away from for some reason (no interest, too complicated, etc.) and if you made the jump into a new game type what was it, did you enjoy/regret or were your initial pereceptions correct and it just wasn't for you?
I'll go first...
Last few years I've been playing MMOs, mostly because of blogs that I read that inspired me and they were right. I really enjoyed Star Trek Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Rift and Secret World. Mostly because of Free to Play models and because of the 'themepark' design that focuses on single player.
I also played a bit of Warframe, a co-op shooter like Destiny that is free on PC and PS4. I mostly tried it out because of the Sci-Fi theme (read my Sci-Fi blog for more) and thought it was great. However, I played Nosgoth, a very similar Counterstrike type game with Vampires and hated it immediately because of the shitty community/chat/harassment.
Lastly, Strategy RPGs.
I don't normally play SRPGs because they seem complicated and slow, but I played through Blackguards 2 on PC recently and it was accessible enough for me to get into due to it's linear and directed nature, although it was way to fucking slow and I wouldn't recommend it despite it's beautiful presentation and depressing story. I want to try out more strategy games now.
-AG
I finished Inferno Mode on Hard today playing co-op with my friend Mark. Then we replayed the boss to try and get the last Diablo Triumph Challenge, which is beating him without picking up a health potion or drinking from the health well. This is a little trickier than it sounds because Diablo and his minions all drop health potions after getting hit and it's hard to not accidently pick them up. I discovered some of my equipment increases my reach to gold and health potions, so I removed all those before the battle. After a few tries, we both got the challenge and the associated achievement.
It's safe to say we won't see a great comeback from once great developer Rare. The company is now a shell of its former self, making Kinect games and avatar items while Microsoft hands Killer Instinct to another company. Which is a shame because their last game, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts not only stands as their most creative game, but may have been last gen's most underrated game.
This is gonna be short, I'm severally tired. Today has been long and I've been without sleep since yesterday. I promise to respond to comments tomorrow and post on yall blogs. Yall have a great night and I hope yalls day were great!
I'm going insane, and I'm laughin' in the frozen rain....
Well hello Pixlbit and hello to week two of Blog A Day. I hope you all are doing well on this warm Monday morning. Sorry East Coast but it is going to be a warm 80 degrees here in Sunny Southern California and unlike yesterday, I am not going to mistakenly wear a lot of warm clothes on a warm day (throw in a trip to a busy Costco and it was starting to look like I just came form the gym). I wish I could tell you good folks that I took another game off of Mount Backlog but the majority of the weekend was spent trying to catch up with the normal viewing audience of Arrow. I am now officially caught up with this season and seriously it has been one crazy emotional roller coaster. You know it’s a good show when you want to slap some sense into one of the characters because the one positive thing is starring them in the face and they refuse to acknowledge it. Anyways that is better saved for Friday, because today is all about what games I’ve been playing…or trying to play…or just maybe things I wanted to play.
Actually, I consider myself a good person. Bad guy just happens to rhyme with Jedi and these titles are all roundabout references.
The trailer for Persona 5 made me realize that I need to finish up Persona 4. I have been out of the RPG loop far too long. I am a little intimidated though because I have not played this game in almost 4 years. Even with the strat guide, I'm not sure how easy it will be to get back into it. I also need to finish the secondary semi sequel at the end of Persona 3 FES. In fact I have been thinking of taking a break from my PS3 and dig into my PS2 backlog. In particular the rpgs, Suikoden V, Star Ocean, and Dark Cloud 2, and Grandia 3 just to name a few. Whats bad is I have gotten a good ways into all of these games, but I have not played any of one them in 4 or 5 years now, and I don't want to start over. First world problems, I know.lol
Party like a...yeah, I got nothin'
Do you think video games can adequately discuss or depict sexuality well? Do you think they should? And Do you think this topic could be conveyed through interaction, or should it be relegated to the more passive aspects of our medium?
Today was interesting, I turned on my 2DS and couldn't put it down. I think Fantasy Life is trying to steal my soul. I did make good progress in it. I accomplished getting the 3 goddess treasures and working on some of the many million side quests I took upon myself to achieve. I also worked on getting the Tailor Life leveled along with Hunter. I worked a tiny bit on Blacksmith and Carpenter. Tonight I'll probably try to finish more side quest and maybe start the alchemist life.
I didn't exactly follow my plan I laid out in my previous blog. I went straight to my friend Mark's place and we headed out to watch Seventh Son in the theaters. It was a pretty much a by-the-numbers fantasy flick: very predictible but full of interesting special effects and action. Just turn your brain off and have fun, and it was. Then it was time to pick up some burgers at Five Guys and head back to play video games.