The Gaming Diary: Chapter 2

[Izret101]

I loved it the first time i played it but on the subsequent replays to hit level 50 it felt unpolished and irritating at some parts but the more i played the more it grew on me again.
There were definitely some problems with the jump/grab/ledge hanging that i didn't notice when i played it years ago.

The more i played the less i seemed to notice it. That being said i only did one full replay of the game recently and the rest of the time i was doing the same section over and over so i got REALLY good at the first section of the game.

Also have fingers crossed for Shadow Complex 2 but i don't know if it would still have the same vibe to it. That always worries me about sequels.


EDIT
Finished the main story for Dungeon Siege III. Had an achievement glitch out on me so i will likely have to replay the first 2-3 hours.
Redownloading the DLC now so i can give that a run through tomorrow. I had to delete it to play with someone who didn't have it.... which is probably what glitched the achievement for having each NPC join my team.

[Izret101]

Finished Final Fight Double Impact.
I had to beat 2 time trials on Final Fight. One took a few tries the other we crushed first attempt.
Then i had to replay Magical Sword for the umpteenth(in reality probably 8-10 times total since i first played the game years ago) time in co-op since you have to play all stages in co-op.
Not hard by any means but just tedious.

[Link41]

Star Wars: Battlefront (XB) - I forgot how awesome this game is.

[Link41]

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 (PS3) - Starting Road to WrestleMania mode with Edge.

[wildbil52]

Star Wars: Battlefront (XB) - I forgot how awesome this game is.

Never forget

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

So in the void created by me reaching the end of Candy Crush I started casting about for a new mobile game. Picked up Starbase Orion which is supposed to be a spiritual successor to Master of Orion 2 which I lurved back in the day. Think I might grab Plague Inc as well.

[wildbil52]

So in the void created by me reaching the end of Candy Crush I started casting about for a new mobile game. Picked up Starbase Orion which is supposed to be a spiritual successor to Master of Orion 2 which I lurved back in the day. Think I might grab Plague Inc as well.

It's pretty good though it does fall into that weird spot for me where it's complex enough that I don't really play it on the go and when I am home, I just play similar things on PC.  It's REALLY good on a plane if you have someone to play with.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Plague Inc is awesome.

[Link41]

Star Wars: Battlefront (XB) - I forgot how awesome this game is.

Never forget

When DICE release the new Battlefront, it will be the first time I will pre-order an EA game in my life

[wildbil52]

Star Wars: Battlefront (XB) - I forgot how awesome this game is.

Never forget

When DICE release the new Battlefront, it will be the first time I will pre-order an EA game in my life

For a Canadian to have never pre-ordered an NHL game, that might be illegal.

[Link41]

I always liked the NHL 2K series more.

[wildbil52]

I always liked the NHL 2K series more.

For the most part, the 2K games were better than EA's for a while.  I'm grateful for that because the competition forced EA to make better hockey games, they were complacent for a long time.

[Izret101]

Replayed the first 2 hours of Dungeon Siege III. Game is 100% done now.

Got the Kane and Lynch JP leaderboard achievements and did some other online stuff.

Got the last online required achievement in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (name isn't long enough for a SF game) and spent the bulk of the rest of the day/night trying to finish the PRACTICE CHALLENGES for the final achievement i need in that.
I've done it all with a controller thus far. I have a couple fightsticks kicking around but then i have to teach myself the layout and get use to using one. Plus they are so goddamn large and unruly.

I have injured my thumb from using the Dpad. To the point where i had to start using the thumbstick. Which in some instances has actually proven more useful than the shit floating d-pad.
Also a big fuck you to Capcom(since i know they are totally reading this) for patching this and making it harder. If what i have read is true, and it certainly seems to be when watching videos of others completing these, when the game was patched/updated they cut the amount of time allotted to pull off combos and made the (imo) already unforgivingly difficult moves/combos even harder to pull off.

This guy shows the joystick while playing which is a great idea not nearly enough people do:
http://www.youtube.com/pl...t?list=PL9C6AAC21FBD2E3E6

I got roadblocked on certain characters since i can't pull off charge moves especially since i don't undertsand how i can do a ->HK and immediately follow it with a <-charge->LKHPHPHKCharge

Seriously for Akuma i had to hit RT and then during the first 1/8th second of the kick animation i had to hit X,X,->A,RB to "cancel"
Which when in the game controls menu is Roundhouse, Jab, Jab, rightShort, Fierce
But when you look at a move list it is High Kick, Low punch, low punch, right low kick, high punch

This series is not fun. Shame on anyone who enjoys SF.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Let me recover your acct and it'll get done.

[Izret101]

Ill just keep struggling.