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07/11/2011

Batman Arkham City - Great Expectations - Completed

Easily my most wanted title this year, I booked the day off work & not even a bout of man flu could stop me buying this game on release.

Starting the game you get thrown straight into the action with no in game tutorial reminding you of the buttons you need to press to perform certain actions. The storyline continues from the first game in that now a section of Gotham has been turned into a prison & it's up to you to figure out why & what is going on. Along the way you get your usual upgrades to gadgets & combos skills by levelling up. You can now glide all over Arkham City to swoop down on your enemies to take them out.

In my previous post I complained about the sheer number of these enemies which I felt at times was aggravating my RSI pain. The access to all the playing world from the beginning makes this game feel more like a GTA type affair unlike Arkham Asylum which played more like a Metroid or Castlevania game. Firstly let me say I did enjoy playing the game especially the storyline, voice acting & boss fights but I hated the large fight sequences with lots of enemies, the number of riddler trophies to collect nearing 400 !! & the side quests I completed the boss fights on them were way too easy. When you complete the game you can continue to complete the side quests or start new game plus which lets you play the game again on a harder setting.

I had great expectations for this game but I'm sorry to say they were not met, I don't quite understand the 9/10 & 10/10 reviews because to me at best this is an 8. Don't get me wrong it is a very good game but some of the magic from the first game has gone.

'Custom' Disc Drivin - Final Round inc Results

The Final Round & I gave the finalists the chance to choose the tracks they wanted to play.

Round and Round (mcevoy)
Slip n Slide (Indy)
I in the Sky (arn)
Hopper (selector)

Point scoring has changed to 4 points for first descending down to 1 point for last.

arn (13 points)
Indy (11 points)
mcevoy (7 points)
selector (9 points)

CONGRATS TO ARN FOR WINNING THE CUSTOM DISC DRIVIN TOURNAMENT
HIS PRIZE IS THAT THE STAFF AT PIXELOCITY HAVE AGREED TO START A GAME WITH HIM

Starting order for
Round and Round is mcevoy, Indy, arn & Selector
Results - arn, mcevoy, selector, Indy

Starting order for Slip N Slide Indy, arn, Selector & mcevoy
Results - selector, arn, Indy & mcevoy

Starting Order for I in the Sky is arn, Selector, mcevoy & Indy
Results - Indy, arn, selector & mcevoy

Starting Order for Hopper is Selector, mcevoy, Indy & arn
Results - Indy, arn, mcevoy & selector

03/11/2011

Fallout New Vegas - Ultimate Edition

February 10th 2012

Shame it was not released before xmas but something for next year then ..

31/10/2011

Noughts & Crosses

A very proud moment for me after many months of working Abbas has released his first Android App, it is the simple game of Noughts & Crosses. It has been an interesting journey for me because I had to keep him motivated & focused. But I will leave it to Abbas to post on his blog his thoughts on developing his first app.

Please take a look at the Android store on the link below

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nac.game&feature=search_result

30/10/2011

Batman Arkham City - Old Man

RSI? Repetitive Strain Injury. This is the feeling of sharp pain on your wrist or in my case it tends to be a pain that starts from my fingers and shoots up my arm. What caused this for me? A combination of work & sports.

Anyhow I have to live with it, in gaming there are two choices I make to ensure I don't feel any pain whilst gaming.

Firstly I always turn off vibration on any console or controller I am playing and secondly I always avoid buying any game that requires the rapid movement of the controller face buttons (not triggers). Example any fighting game like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.

In Batman Arkham City there have been a few occasions in the game so far where you have to fight a high number of enemies. This then has you going on a marathon X, X, X, Y, B, X, X, X, X, X, Y and so on ...

I have managed to complete most of the encounters but there have been two occurrences so far where I have had no choice but to put the controller down. One of these was a Boss Fight :(

I am playing the game on normal difficulty so I can unlock new game plus. I dread to think what the game would be like on hard.

I never had any difficulty with Arkham Asylum, I don't recall any fights where you had a high number & variation of enemies.

I attempted again the two encounters with a slower button pressing technique but alas the sheer number & difficulty of the enemies had my wrist and arm in agony & causing me to fail again.

Abbas could see I was in pain & said Dad give me the controller, like a frail old man I had no choice and had to accept his offer of help. I felt annoyed at myself for not being able to complete these sections & anger at Rocksteady for creating these encounters which for me are ruining the game experience but I am proud of my son for coming to help his old man.