It pains me to write this but my recent experience with games hasn't been an inspring one.
I played some Team Fortress 2 on the PC last night, a rarity as I tend to play it mostly on the weekend when I've had a drink or two, so I thought perhaps I'd be a bit better and score higher being sober and all that. No chance. In fact it didn't matter what class I chose, it just didn't happen.
Halo 3 next. I thought I'd complete the game properly seeing as it didn't count the chapter I did co-op as counting, the bloody thing. So I had a go but got so cheesed off I packed that in.
In other Halo 3 news I had another crack at it online with a few friends, and whilst I wasn't absolutely awful I was still knocking around the bottom of the table again, seemingly waiting to respawn more than actually playing it. My rank did go up a few notches, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Apart from that I really can't be bothered to play much more. Despite a great start I find myself not being drawn back to Far Cry 2, and Quake Live doesn't draw me in either.
It's all a bit stale really. Hopefully this is the lull before the great resurgence.
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Thursday, 7 May 2009
Sunday, 26 April 2009
"Right, it's on!"
Once again it's been a fair while since I posted, although I have a good excuse: I've been playing computer games. Yes, those timewasters.
The most-played game recently has to be Far Cry 2 on the PC. I saw it on Play.com for a tenner with the DLC included (that's downloadable content for those who probably didn't need to know). The first Far Cry didn't really click with me, at least on the PC. Here though for some reason it has grabbed me, albeit in a non-aggressive fashion.
Essentially you're a mercenary in some war-torn African country doing various tasks, although they all involve you driving somewhere (which takes bloody ages) then killing people. The landscape looks amazing, maybe not quite on Oblivion levels of gorgeousness but close. The day/night cycle is particularly impressive, nothing can beat driving along some dusty road into the sunset, except maybe the hugely-irritating roadblocks
They keep remanning these checkpoints with mouthy South Africans who drive straight at you shouting abuse. It really does hamper progress, having to keep stopping every 2 minutes to clean up these fools.
It's strange that at times I feel useless, I'll die and try again, yet if I push on it gets more enjoyable, like each death makes me think how I could approach that mission differently. It does a great job of letting you approach objectives in whatever way you like, although sniping is pretty much mandatory, which suits me down to the ground.
So yes, a tenner well spent there.
What else have I been playing? Let's see: more QuakeLive and Battlefield Heroes, more Halo 3 online - I'm still utterly useless. I even managed to get in a bit of Left 4 Dead seeing as theer is the new Survival Pack DLC just out. It's not bad although it didn't pull me back to that game as much as I thought it would, sadly.
The most-played game recently has to be Far Cry 2 on the PC. I saw it on Play.com for a tenner with the DLC included (that's downloadable content for those who probably didn't need to know). The first Far Cry didn't really click with me, at least on the PC. Here though for some reason it has grabbed me, albeit in a non-aggressive fashion.
Essentially you're a mercenary in some war-torn African country doing various tasks, although they all involve you driving somewhere (which takes bloody ages) then killing people. The landscape looks amazing, maybe not quite on Oblivion levels of gorgeousness but close. The day/night cycle is particularly impressive, nothing can beat driving along some dusty road into the sunset, except maybe the hugely-irritating roadblocks
They keep remanning these checkpoints with mouthy South Africans who drive straight at you shouting abuse. It really does hamper progress, having to keep stopping every 2 minutes to clean up these fools.
It's strange that at times I feel useless, I'll die and try again, yet if I push on it gets more enjoyable, like each death makes me think how I could approach that mission differently. It does a great job of letting you approach objectives in whatever way you like, although sniping is pretty much mandatory, which suits me down to the ground.
So yes, a tenner well spent there.
What else have I been playing? Let's see: more QuakeLive and Battlefield Heroes, more Halo 3 online - I'm still utterly useless. I even managed to get in a bit of Left 4 Dead seeing as theer is the new Survival Pack DLC just out. It's not bad although it didn't pull me back to that game as much as I thought it would, sadly.
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