Pre-Christmas Weekend Gaming (PWG 22/12/06)
Zomoniac
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (360) - The main game is reasonably
enjoyable, framerate way better than the demo, but I don't like that
for each stage you have to do some races and then randomly drive around
trying to get in massive police chases just to rack up the bounty to
progress.
Wii Sports (Wii) - Age checking, that sort of thing. Is their ANY way
to move my Mii stats between Wiis?
Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - I'm now a wolf. Grrrrr.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) - I am stuck on the World 2 boss.
Oh dear. I have to jump on top of the big monkey's missiles, but when I
jump, even when I'm right on the middle of the platform, I get blown
off. Also, Wii is too far ahead of its time. Until all 3D games have a
working automatic camera, a console that effectively removes camera
control in most games is not a good thing, I've lost count of the
number of times I've needed to move on a precariously moving bridge and
fallen off because the camera was facing away from the bridge and
there's been no way of moving it.
Super Mario 64 (Wii) - I am so rubbish at this. But I have 10 stars and
a big key, so I'll keep pushing on.
Sonic The Hedgehog (Wii) - When I opened Mario 64 last night it deleted
my save state. Fucking bag of arseshitewank.
F.E.A.R. (360) - I will play it, one day.
Rainbow Six: Vegas (360) - So many games...
Sonic The Hedgehog (360) - So little time...
Splinter Cell: DA (360) - Because it was cheap...
HD-DVD watching (360) - Had it for two weeks now and not watched a film
on it yet. Have Kong, Superman, Batman, Serenity, The Fugitive and
World Trade Centre. Might watch WTC whilst present wrapping this
afternoon.
And I might get Assault Heroes cos everyone says it's ace. Novadrome's
a bit rubbish though, apparently.
And maybe, just maybe, one or more of my "360 to finish pile" (Amped 3,
COD2, DOA4, FEAR, FIFA 07, Full Auto, Gears Of War, MotoGP, NFS:MW, The
Outfit, PES6, PGR3, Rainbow 6: V, RR6, Sonic, Table Tennis, Test Drive,
Tiger 07, Tomb Raider, Viva Pinata).
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Zo
For Sale: FIFA World Cup 2006 - £10, Fight Night Round 3 - £20,
Football Manager 2006 - £10, MotoGP 06 - £20, King Kong - £10 (all 360,
all prices included 1st class recorded delivery), Slimline PS2 VGC with
component cable and several games inc. GT4, SoCal3 and MGS3 - £90
The Rev
> Probably not much, but it would be nice if I could play...
>
> Need For Speed: Most Wanted (360) - The main game is reasonably
> enjoyable, framerate way better than the demo, but I don't like that for
> each stage you have to do some races and then randomly drive around
> trying to get in massive police chases just to rack up the bounty to
> progress.
Can't you just trigger a police chase? I'm sure you can just start them
from the menu, but I've not played in a very long time.
> Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) - I am stuck on the World 2 boss.
Jesus, Zo. I hate bosses and I'm rubbish and I found that a piece of
piss. The next one's a bit of a bugger, but was quite easy once I worked
out what to do.
> And I might get Assault Heroes cos everyone says it's ace. Novadrome's a
> bit rubbish though, apparently.
Actually, most people think Assault Heroes is slow, tedious poo. I like
it, though. And it's in high-definition and tells you what every button
on the controller does every single time you play, so you'll probably
enjoy it.
Anyway, I'll be playing... not a lot. Maybe some Castlevania. Maybe some
Zelda if I get any time.
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Zomoniac
> Zomoniac wrote:
>> Probably not much, but it would be nice if I could play...
>>
>> Need For Speed: Most Wanted (360) - The main game is reasonably
>> enjoyable, framerate way better than the demo, but I don't like that
>> for each stage you have to do some races and then randomly drive around
>> trying to get in massive police chases just to rack up the bounty to
>> progress.
>
> Can't you just trigger a police chase? I'm sure you can just start them
> from the menu, but I've not played in a very long time.
Erm... Probably, I'm stupid.
>> Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) - I am stuck on the World 2 boss.
>
> Jesus, Zo. I hate bosses and I'm rubbish and I found that a piece of
> piss. The next one's a bit of a bugger, but was quite easy once I
> worked out what to do.
I don't do the Monkey Ball main game. But I've bought it and the
mini-games are unplayable so I may as well get something out of it. I'm
just shite, really!
>> And I might get Assault Heroes cos everyone says it's ace. Novadrome's
>> a bit rubbish though, apparently.
>
> Actually, most people think Assault Heroes is slow, tedious poo. I like
> it, though. And it's in high-definition and tells you what every button
> on the controller does every single time you play, so you'll probably
> enjoy it.
Ooooh, bitchy :)
I only want button commands the first time I play something. It does my
head in that when we play Wii Baseball/Boxing for the millionth time it
still tells us every minor control feature.
The Rev
> On 2006-12-22 10:31:57 +0000, The Rev <the_rev_y...@hotmail.com>
> said:
>> Zomoniac wrote:
>
>>> Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) - I am stuck on the World 2 boss.
>>
>> Jesus, Zo.
>
> mini-games are unplayable so I may as well get something out of it. I'm
> just shite, really!
Just think of the camera as a loving but slightly disobedient pet. Coax
it, calm it, don't fight it. Or something. I'm very glad I bought Monkey
Ball for the single player game. Though Monkey War is okay, and the
flappy bird one.
>> Actually, most people think Assault Heroes is slow, tedious poo. I
>> like it, though. And it's in high-definition and tells you what every
>> button on the controller does every single time you play, so you'll
>> probably enjoy it.
>
> Ooooh, bitchy :)
I'm a bad, bad man.
> I only want button commands the first time I play something. It does my
> head in that when we play Wii Baseball/Boxing for the millionth time it
> still tells us every minor control feature.
Yes, that is slightly annoying. As is Zelda telling you how much each
different colour of rupee is worth every time you play. MY WALLET IS
CONSTANTLY FULL, IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY. You know, I think that might
be my main Zelda complaint. Gosh.
Nils Tanner
<the_pro...@hotmail.com> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
Probably some Zelda Wii goodness. If I find the time, that is. I'vegot
some tasks left to do which I want to complete before Christmas, i.e.
baking cookies and tidying up a bit...
Maybe I'll start that new Dreamfall game, came in the post yesterday
but I couldn't be bothered so far :-)
Gunther Gloop
> I only want button commands the first time I play something. It does
> my head in that when we play Wii Baseball/Boxing for the millionth
> time it still tells us every minor control feature.
It does? I thought it just does that when you first play as a _new_
character/mii.
Unless I've switched-off everytime I've begun playing, I believe that to be
the case.
-Kevin.
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Zomoniac
> Zomoniac wrote:
>> I only want button commands the first time I play something. It does
>> my head in that when we play Wii Baseball/Boxing for the millionth
>> time it still tells us every minor control feature.
>
> It does? I thought it just does that when you first play as a _new_
> character/mii.
> Unless I've switched-off everytime I've begun playing, I believe that
> to be the case.
>
> -Kevin.
We play with the same Miis each time, and every boxing game it makes us
play the two-minute tutorial before the first round starts.
DBSnappa
> Probably not much, but it would be nice if I could play...
>
> Need For Speed: Most Wanted (360) - The main game is reasonably
> enjoyable, framerate way better than the demo, but I don't like that for
> each stage you have to do some races and then randomly drive around
> trying to get in massive police chases just to rack up the bounty to
> progress.
>
> Wii Sports (Wii) - Age checking, that sort of thing. Is their ANY way to
> move my Mii stats between Wiis?
>
> Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - I'm now a wolf. Grrrrr.
>
plot?
Chris Stevens
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> >
> > Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - I'm now a wolf. Grrrrr.
> >
> This made me laugh, a lot. I have no idea why, maybe I'm just losing the
> plot?
Dunno. It somehow reminded me of a hypnotised Alan Partridge being a little
monster, which subsequently reminded me of 'producing a pellet and feeling
ever so slightly pleased with yourself', and I've since been sat here for
about 10 minutes with a small smile. My train of thought is somewhat runaway
today. Could be time to cut down on the 'recreationals' on weeknights...
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Chris Stevens
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> Probably not much, but it would be nice if I could play...
>
in my gaming, but I'll probably squeeze in some of the following:
Wii Sports (Wii)
Fitness age and bowling mainly, I suspect, but now I've got an additional
Wiimote with Wii Play (which is rather underwhelming), there might be some
multiplayer tennis action.
RS:Vegas (360)
Expect some post-pub shambling. Bullets everywhere but in their intended
target.
Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
If I find time to just chill in front of the TV with a game, it'll most
likely be this...
Viva Pinata (360)
...or this. Haven't played for over a week, and I was just getting to a
point where I was making a lot of progress, so it would be nice to get back
to it.
Chris.
GT: SomethingWitty
Mal Franks
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Dark Age Of Camelot: Darkness Rising (PC) - off for a pre-christmas raid
this evening to the haunted Caer Sidi with everyone wearing red pointy
hats and I suspect my scout will be killing (or rather attempting to
kill and instead being killed by) enemy players.
Dark Age Of Camelot: Labyrinth Of The Minotaur (PC) - be trying out
various skill specs on the beta testing server Pendragon as my favourite
class (friar) is being given more points to spend on skills.
Various games on the Xbox 360 including Tiger Woods 2007 and Lego Star
Wars II
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World Of Warcraft: Byrex (Warlock), (Hunter) [Horde,Wildhammer]
James Sutherland
annoyingly hard. Really, the game only takes off around world 7, and I sort
of wish it'd got difficult sooner. Currently stuck on 8-4, which is
horrible.
Zelda (Wii) - I imagine I must be at around the half way mark now. Probably
finish it at some point over Christmas.
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (DS) - Finished the game with 100% of the map,
enemy list, skills and quests. Playing through the other modes now, and a
bit of Boss Rush to try to get the prizes.
Elebits (Wii) - I've got a bit stuck trying to finish one level in the time
limit. I might have to resort to a FAQ or something, as I think I must be
missing something obvious about the level.
DBSnappa
few days, so looking forward to spending some quality time with it over
the weekend. I'm clear of the water temple, I have the master sword and
I'm looking for some guru in the desert... that's taken me about 30
hours. It is superb this game.
A bit of Wii Sports.
I may have a go at the two VC games I have as well. Gunstar is good and
there's nothing I can say about M64.
I'm also quite determined to get back to my 360 and would like to finish
GoW and CoD3 over the Christmas period - and if I manage that, I may
even put Splinter Cell in for a spin.
Anyway, in case I miss the next few days, I'd just like to wish
everybody in the group a pleasant holiday experience.
Have a fabulous time, guys and galls.
Rach
> Zomoniac wrote:
>> I only want button commands the first time I play something. It does
>> my head in that when we play Wii Baseball/Boxing for the millionth
>> time it still tells us every minor control feature.
>
> It does? I thought it just does that when you first play as a _new_
> character/mii.
> Unless I've switched-off everytime I've begun playing, I believe that to be
> the case.
Thats what I thought, I don't have any tutorials anymore!
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Rach
I might play Zelda more too, Ive not really had time.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
- I just don't have the time these days - too much other stuff to do.
Fitted a new aircon unit at the back of the house today, so that'll help
keep things cool :)
Choobs
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