Done and done. Madden wasn't that bad, but still incredibly boring. Brothers in Arms was a fun game that overstayed its welcome with the stupid "We're obviously trying to keep the game active for a few extra months" achievements. 3 friends of mine approached me to boost the zeros with them, and I'm more than happy to go along with it, but as far as I'm concerned, I have the full 1000, therefore I'm done.
9 incomplete games left, but I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. I may start practicing Braid, grinding off a few more sports achievements, or start up Bully. I'm still looking to finish off my card before summer starts.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Recap
So, haven't posted in a while. No one cares. Moving on.
Splosion Man is done. Pretty fucking hard but still an awesome game.
Tetris Splash is done. Not too difficult (although I've always been a natural at Tetris) and a decent game, although it would be pretty difficult to screw up Tetris.
Borderlands is done. Still my GOTY runnerup (behind AC2) and wasn't hard, especially when you host the Mad Moxxi stuff with a level 9 character and have someone with a level 50 do all of the work for you.
Nearing the halfway mark in Wanted, and I still have to do 95% of the mission shit for Gay Tony.
Should be finishing Brothers in Arms (including the zeros) soon enough.
I kind of started Left 4 Dead 2 again, not really sure when I'll be working on it next.
May be starting up Modern Warfare 2 again, with a well-versed partner that can pretty much walk me through it.
I'm nearing completion on Madden 07, which would leave only 2 more sports games left on my card.
Everything else is on hiatus.
Splosion Man is done. Pretty fucking hard but still an awesome game.
Tetris Splash is done. Not too difficult (although I've always been a natural at Tetris) and a decent game, although it would be pretty difficult to screw up Tetris.
Borderlands is done. Still my GOTY runnerup (behind AC2) and wasn't hard, especially when you host the Mad Moxxi stuff with a level 9 character and have someone with a level 50 do all of the work for you.
Nearing the halfway mark in Wanted, and I still have to do 95% of the mission shit for Gay Tony.
Should be finishing Brothers in Arms (including the zeros) soon enough.
I kind of started Left 4 Dead 2 again, not really sure when I'll be working on it next.
May be starting up Modern Warfare 2 again, with a well-versed partner that can pretty much walk me through it.
I'm nearing completion on Madden 07, which would leave only 2 more sports games left on my card.
Everything else is on hiatus.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
17 games in 15 days
Is what I have left, and I honestly don't think I can do it. Finals week has made me busy as all hell, and it's continuing until Saturday. Even though at that point I'll be free and clear, I'll still have a job (retail during the Christmas season, no less) and most of the money I'll be earning will be going into Christmas gifts, so I doubt I'll be able to buy enough arcade games.
If one or two more really easy games come out between now and January 1st, I may be able to do this, but here's how it currently stands:
I need to complete 17 more arcade games.
The main problem is that I don't own any of those besides Sonic 2, and I have no points to my name. As I'm typing this now, it actually seems like a reasonable timeframe, but I'd need to come up with about 10,000 Microsoft points, which again might be possible.
All I know for sure is that after this rush, I'll still want 52 more arcade completions to one day join the 100/100 club, but that's far off, and I'll be playing harder arcades. At year's end, regardless of how this challenge works out, I'll be working on climbing the 360v sandbox leaderboards. I'm currently #66, and I haven't even played 7 out of the 17 games on the list.
If one or two more really easy games come out between now and January 1st, I may be able to do this, but here's how it currently stands:
I need to complete 17 more arcade games.
- I can finish Sonic 1 in about 3 more hours.
- I can finish 'Splosion Man in about 5-8 more hours.
- If the gods grace me with a royal soon, I can finish Texas Hold 'Em in about 5 hours.
- I can finish Braid in about 4 hours.
- I can finish Feeding Frenzy in about 5 hours.
The main problem is that I don't own any of those besides Sonic 2, and I have no points to my name. As I'm typing this now, it actually seems like a reasonable timeframe, but I'd need to come up with about 10,000 Microsoft points, which again might be possible.
All I know for sure is that after this rush, I'll still want 52 more arcade completions to one day join the 100/100 club, but that's far off, and I'll be playing harder arcades. At year's end, regardless of how this challenge works out, I'll be working on climbing the 360v sandbox leaderboards. I'm currently #66, and I haven't even played 7 out of the 17 games on the list.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Gunstar Heroes and Cloning Clyde
Gunstar Heroes is actually one hell of a game, and at only 400 points, it's definitely a must-have for the Arcade. It's really well-done, boasting graphics far better than the original yet still retaining the old-school feel. It's not that hard with save states, bar a few sections, and all in all only takes a few hours for the 200.
I had heard bad things about Cloning Clyde. Very bad things. Things that would make a metaphorical combination of Hitler and Double Hitler blush and run to the nearest confessional. But it's actually a pretty fun game. It doesn't boast anything really innovative, just a bunch of ideas that are rarely used in games, and the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. I'm only 8 stages in, but that's a third of the levels down in like an hour, so this should be done for arcade #30 sometime tomorrow night.
I had heard bad things about Cloning Clyde. Very bad things. Things that would make a metaphorical combination of Hitler and Double Hitler blush and run to the nearest confessional. But it's actually a pretty fun game. It doesn't boast anything really innovative, just a bunch of ideas that are rarely used in games, and the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its parts. I'm only 8 stages in, but that's a third of the levels down in like an hour, so this should be done for arcade #30 sometime tomorrow night.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Arcade bender
It's starting. Besides Spec Ops with my cousin, L4D2 with my group, and GTA with my other group, I'm playing nothing but arcade games until the end of the year. I will beat Birky or die trying. I'm downloading Gunstar Heroes as I speak, and I should have that 200d by the end of the day, along with possibly Wallace + Gromit #1, depending on how long they both take. I currently need 20 completions in 25 days to win. It'll happen.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Oscar Mike!
You know what's really aggravating? Knowing that Infinity Ward spent a good amount of time and effort making the ingame dialogue accurate and appropriate, but then decided to fill it with that stupid NATO alphabet thing. I really have no idea what a Whiskey Hotel is, or why I'm always Oscar Mike, and I've stopped caring a long time ago.
The campaign is really the basic CoD formula, slightly better mechanics, engines, and weapons, same exact fucking missions over and over. Spec Ops is pretty fun, although difficult at parts. I only have 6 missions left to 3-star, but they're just stupidly hard and I don't really feel like bothering.
The campaign is really the basic CoD formula, slightly better mechanics, engines, and weapons, same exact fucking missions over and over. Spec Ops is pretty fun, although difficult at parts. I only have 6 missions left to 3-star, but they're just stupidly hard and I don't really feel like bothering.
Monday, November 30, 2009
1 vs 100 = DONE
And that's arcade #28, 21 more to go before January 1. I was able to get both Watchmen games for $15 combined yesterday, so there's 2 more that I'll be getting in that time. I should also be finishing up 'Splosion Man soon, as well as Tetris Splash and starting up Castlevania. I also opened up MW2, and already finished the Alpha and half of the Bravo Spec Ops.
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