Things what I have done… recently

As usual I am having trouble finding time to actually write, even though I want to so decided I should just note down some things I have been doing or achieved recently. Firsts things first, I noticed I have broken …

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The Old Republic – Space Combat

Now the space combat in Star Wars: The Old Republic appears to be a sore topic with most players but I actually quite like it. Yes it is an on rails shooter, but so were games like Rogue Squadron and …

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Confessions of a Bounty Hunter – I’m doing it wrong

So I got my early access code for Star Wars: The Old Republic last night so I created my character. a human female Bounty Hunter who goes by the name Krysta. Now when I thought about creating a Bounty Hunter …

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Too busy to blog, Skyrim is out ya know?

Been a while since I last posted (yeah I know as usual), but this time I have a good excuse! On the 7th November I welcomed my new son into the world, while another son is a great thing it …

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Busy, busy, busy time of year

Yep so busy I needed to write the word three times. This time of year is both amazing yet frustrating, loads of games come out but I never have the time or money to actually play them all.  It is …

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Jan
18

Things what I have done… recently

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As usual I am having trouble finding time to actually write, even though I want to so decided I should just note down some things I have been doing or achieved recently.

Firsts things first, I noticed I have broken the 30k mark in Gamerscore on Xbox… yeah I know it means nothing and its not even a huge amount these days but for me it is quite alot considering the limited gaming time I get these days.

Since before Christmas now most of my gaming time has been taken up by Star Wars: The Old Republic, my bounty hunter has just reached level 30 and is still as nice as she shouldn’t be…  However I plan on making up for this by making my Sith as evil as possible. That should right the world!

I have a stack of good/great games I have to play for something I can’t talk about but it means some good gaming time ahead, Rayman Origins was one of these games and although I had ignored it at release (as most people did it seems looking at sales) this is one good looking game.  The hand drawn nature of the graphics are truly a joy to behold and for a platformer its actually not that bad a game either.

LoveFilm provided me with Need for Speed: The Run…  4 hours or so later of gaming and that got sent back… completed I may add and not a great game, sort of fun but no Hot Pursuit.  They also sent me Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, quite like the series and from what I have seen briefly it should be a fun romp.

On the horizon I have games like Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City, Assassins Creed: Revelations, LA Noire to play and also need to continue with Skyrim…. Not quite sure how it is going to be possible… maybe give up sleep?

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Jan
11

The Old Republic – Space Combat

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Now the space combat in Star Wars: The Old Republic appears to be a sore topic with most players but I actually quite like it.

Yes it is an on rails shooter, but so were games like Rogue Squadron and I liked those.  I come from being a die hard X-Wing/Tie Fighter fan so don’t get me wrong I would love for it to be more like those but as a starting point the current ‘diversion’ is just fine.  I would miss it if it went away.

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I just hope Bioware spend some time doing more missions for it, and maybe think about expanding it somehow so groups could do them.  Even on rails, having a group taking down capital ships etc.. would be good fun.  Oh how I miss space combat Star Wars games….

In other news my probably too nice Bounty Hunter (Mercenary) is coming along, nearly level 25 now and just arrived on Tatooine…

 

 

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Jan
03

Want a free copy of Dungeon Defenders?

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Well I have a copy to give away via Steam.


Since I have started to use Twitter properly I have been trying to find a way to build up a network of gamers to discuss things with so to be in with a chance to get a free copy of this game on Steam just follow me on Twitter… Shameless I know.

Rules are simple… Once I hit 101 followers I will randomly select one to win the game, and I will pass it on via Steam.  (Accounts that are just spam accounts need not apply)

This sort of giveaway is something I plan on doing more often so stay tuned.

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Dec
14

Confessions of a Bounty Hunter – I’m doing it wrong

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So I got my early access code for Star Wars: The Old Republic last night so I created my character. a human female Bounty Hunter who goes by the name Krysta.

Now when I thought about creating a Bounty Hunter I figured I would be a hard arsed, no nonsense type of girl who did whatever it took to get the job done even if it means killing anyone that gets in my way… However it appears my good nature it actually causing me to rack up light side points as I go through my early career giving people second chances and helping people out… providing I get paid of course ;-)

Can a nice person become a great Bounty Hunter or will I get trampled on by others on their way to the top?  Time will tell but it will be one hell of a ride I am sure.

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Nov
25

Too busy to blog, Skyrim is out ya know?

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Been a while since I last posted (yeah I know as usual), but this time I have a good excuse!

On the 7th November I welcomed my new son into the world, while another son is a great thing it always means less game time so other than a little bit of BF3 here and there I have been out of it all for a while.

Things are a little more settled now, just in time for Skyrim to come out… damn this game is good! Problem is I can see it taking many, many hours to get through and with my current gaming time limited I could still be going at it by this time next year!

Meanwhile I still want to play BF3 and I have Warhammer 40K: Space Marine and Duke Nukem Forever (I know) to play from the kind folks at Lovefilm.  Will be hard to pull myself away from Skyrim to play them though…

I wanted to try and write some Skyrim related experiences as I went through the game… still might try but time may be against me.

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Oct
26

Busy, busy, busy time of year

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Yep so busy I needed to write the word three times.

This time of year is both amazing yet frustrating, loads of games come out but I never have the time or money to actually play them all.  It is also the busiest time for me at work.

However I have now finished RAGE, and to sum it up I liked it.. a fair amount. Yes it has a few problems and ends pretty badly but it was a fun ride while it lasted.  I do think it would of done well to be a bit ‘bigger’ ins cope ala Borderlands but nevermind.

Lovefilm have sent me Enslaved on the 360 to play… However this Friday sees the release of the mighty Battlefield 3 which I feel may end up taking up all my game time, of which may be even less soon as my new son may decide he wants to actually come into this work and meet his parents… He must get his time keeping from me as he is late!

What’s the betting he decides to turn up Friday? :)

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Oct
21

Battlefield 3 Launch Trailer

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Yes I know Battlefield isn’t known for its single player but I think this time is going to be different, the soundtrack to this trailer is awesome ;-)

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Oct
20

Battlefield 3: Multiplayer Trailer

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Next week cannot come soon enough!

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Oct
13

What I think of… Orcs Must Die

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Thinking about it, it seems a little harsh that Orcs MUST Die but its oh so much fun that you soon forget about the hordes of green skins you slaughter.

Orcs Must Die is an action-tower defence game, or that’s at least how I would describe it. You play as a brave war mage who is given the job to defend magical rifts from the Orcs who wish to get through and pillage the worlds beyond them.  You do this is a third person view, running around the level placing traps in the best places to try and stop the Orcs getting to the rift (typical tower defence stuff) but because this is a third person game you have free reign to shoot/slash your way through the hordes of enemies. Your attacks combined with great traps makes killing in this game just so much fun, headshots do more damage/kill outright and you can set up the traps to cause mass carnage.

The game suggests that you might just be destroying Orcs, but there are other enemy types… Kobolds, Gnolls, Orges, some flying dragon things are all different enemies I have seen so far so this keeps things interesting by offering new challenges.

I don’t think I have ever found a tower defence game so satisfying before, the combination of fast action gameplay combined with all the strategy of a tower defence games makes for an awesomely fun game that I cannot recommend enough.

If you don’t like tower defence types of games it might not be for you but this is a really great game for about £12.  Sort of wish it had co-op play but I can see the content on offer lasting me lots longer than the cost of the game might suggest.

Orcs Must Die is out now on XBLA and PC, but as you might expect I much prefer the PC version :)

Below is a nice Interactive Trailer for the game, shows you how your choices effect how the levels play out.

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Oct
12

Why all the rage over… Rage?

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Rage appears to be a game getting alot of stick at the moment, some of it is warranted at the PC version as it was clearly released in a bit of a state and from a developer such as id this is unacceptable.  In their defence the problems were fixed very quickly so by the time UK players had the game it wasn’t much of an issue.

It has a decent metacritic score, (well if you class in the 80′s good anyway) but still alot of gamers and press out there seem to suggest giving this game a miss.  Not so in my opinion.

It is easy to think by looking at Rage that its a bit like Fallout 3 or Borderlands but in fact its a lot purer experience than those.  Rage is an id shooter, there is no levelling up or stats… you kill better by shooting better.  I think the problem is these days that when you play any game that seems remotely open world you expect to have levels, XP, stats etc… but its actually refreshing to have a game that is a little more focused.  If id does anything right, its the guns!  As usual all the guns feel great, the shotgun feels like one of the best I have ever used in the game. Enemies are also fun to shoot, rather than just popping up from behind cover all the time they actually move around, bounding over things and rolling around to make your life more difficult.  You can make things to help you, I love having little spider bots following me around killing things for me :)

Yes the game has a few issues, but I think as usual people are focusing on the negatives and hearsay on this game. I have only played about 5 hours so far but I am really enjoying it… more people should give it a chance.

Geeky rant incoming…  id it is not OK to released a PC game with the graphics settings you did.. I don’t care how great you think your new shiny engine is at working things out for itself, give us gamers the choice to use our own settings or the ‘clever’ auto optimisation.

I shall update once I have finished the game but for now watch this trailer, I think its a good’un..

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