Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. With a walkthrough, the game becomes basically "Go here, shoot there, repeat 50 times." The only annoying bit was when I was in a "Shoot the trophies from the herd" mission. I accidentally killed an ambient right before I killed the final trophy, so that was a entire country restart for me. 6 missions down the drain. Anyway, it's done, so that's one more down.
WORKING ON:
Left 4 Dead (Dead Air on Expert, and ~30k kills)
Call of Duty 5 (If I can get L4D done before GoW2)
Gears of War 2 (When the DLC pack hits on the 24th)
Friday, March 20, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Project 8 = DONE
I mean, come on. I'm awesome. I didn't actually find the Classic challenges that hard. For me, it was just a matter of getting all the level-specific goals done, then getting all of my points in one huge combo at the end. Most people try to do one or two huge combos during the Classic, and that's why most people find it really hard. The hardest one for me was actually Capitol, since I couldn't find a place in my run to break 10 bones until 1:40 in. Since bailing is primarily luck-based, I had to play for 100 seconds just to see if I could get lucky. Yeah, not fun. That one took me 3-4 hours, every other one took me less than two.
Animal Chin, however was a completely different story. I suck at stringing together long combos, my talent lies in racking up all my points in quarterpipe combos. The Get Theres were, for me, the hardest part of the game, bar a few ridiculous Turf Wars and Competitions. So to go from the top of the Capitol Building, across Main Street, across the entire backyard of the School, across the entire Skate Park, and into Fun Park? Next to impossible.
Here's a video:
It starts getting crazy about 30 seconds in, because both of your balance bars are pretty much fucked. You can't use Focus until you get to the bottom of Skate Park, so that's about 15 seconds where you have an extremely difficult time. I made it to the Skate Park wall about 9 times, attempted to wallride up it, and failed miserably. I even made it to the bottom of that final ramp twice, only to find my focus run dry and bailing immediately. Altogether it took me 562 tries, but to be fair, more than half of those weren't even 10 seconds long.
I think I'm going to hit World At War, and try to finish the campaign up in time for the Gears 2 expansion. Once that hits, I'll be playing nonstop to try to keep my first on x360a status.
Animal Chin, however was a completely different story. I suck at stringing together long combos, my talent lies in racking up all my points in quarterpipe combos. The Get Theres were, for me, the hardest part of the game, bar a few ridiculous Turf Wars and Competitions. So to go from the top of the Capitol Building, across Main Street, across the entire backyard of the School, across the entire Skate Park, and into Fun Park? Next to impossible.
Here's a video:
It starts getting crazy about 30 seconds in, because both of your balance bars are pretty much fucked. You can't use Focus until you get to the bottom of Skate Park, so that's about 15 seconds where you have an extremely difficult time. I made it to the Skate Park wall about 9 times, attempted to wallride up it, and failed miserably. I even made it to the bottom of that final ramp twice, only to find my focus run dry and bailing immediately. Altogether it took me 562 tries, but to be fair, more than half of those weren't even 10 seconds long.
I think I'm going to hit World At War, and try to finish the campaign up in time for the Gears 2 expansion. Once that hits, I'll be playing nonstop to try to keep my first on x360a status.
Monday, March 9, 2009
I'm getting Sicker...
So, it's been Project 8 time recently. The Tony Hawk series has a special place in my gaming heart. The first current-generation console I ever owned was an Xbox, which I bought with Pro Skater 4. On said Xbox, I got 100% completion on every game from 2X to American Wasteland. That's 6 titles, 7 if you include the fact I did American Wasteland again on the 360.
Project 8 was one of the games I bought my 360 with (along with Call of Duty 3), and its difficulty led to my string of uncompletion. But now, I'm ready to get the damned thing done. I currently stand at 60% Sick, with all gaps, chalk challenges, and Nail the Trick challenges completed. I've barely touched the Classic Challenges. I figure once I get those done, I should be able to get to 80% fairly easily, but the last 15% will be a pain.
This is the only game that could potentially stop me from getting 100% completion, but I'll hopefully get it done.
Project 8 was one of the games I bought my 360 with (along with Call of Duty 3), and its difficulty led to my string of uncompletion. But now, I'm ready to get the damned thing done. I currently stand at 60% Sick, with all gaps, chalk challenges, and Nail the Trick challenges completed. I've barely touched the Classic Challenges. I figure once I get those done, I should be able to get to 80% fairly easily, but the last 15% will be a pain.
This is the only game that could potentially stop me from getting 100% completion, but I'll hopefully get it done.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Transformers = DONE
Actually, I finished it a while ago, but so much shit has been going down with the GSL that I haven't had the time or energy to post until now. I won't go further into that for now, but keep your eyes peeled.
Anyway, now onto Transformers. The truest testament to how badly this game was made that the official game guide has incorrect collectible maps for 4 of the 6 levels. So instead of "Hey, here's a level with collectibles, here's a map, enjoy" it became "Hey, here's a level with collectibles, here's a map, HAHA MOTHERFUCKER NOW YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE LAST 6 ITEMS YOURSELF". I mean, really?
The game itself has a great setup. You're a giant robot - kill shit. I even enjoyed the base mechanics, and it felt really fucking awesome picking up robots and throwing them into buildings. Not to mention the sweet combos and the neat little pitch to slo-mo that happened every time you destroyed an enemy. It has the basics down, but just fails so utterly in delivery.
Movement is clunky and almost unbearable, on foot or as a car. If you are driving, you can spin out by hitting a curb or go through a corner of a building completely unfazed. When driving, you push semis aside like feathers while going 10 mph. When walking, they're immovable. There's no consistency to anything. This is the classic movie game - utter shit, but if it were produced as an IP, it would be something amazing.
The total 1000 will run you 30-40 hours, depending on your patience and luck with finding the mystery collectibles. Not worth playing unless you picked it up cheap, don't care about completion, and just want to get all "HURRR I'M A HUGE ROBOT" for a few hours.
WORKING ON:
MLB 2k7 - All the online stuff
NBA 2k7 - All the offline stuff
Anyway, now onto Transformers. The truest testament to how badly this game was made that the official game guide has incorrect collectible maps for 4 of the 6 levels. So instead of "Hey, here's a level with collectibles, here's a map, enjoy" it became "Hey, here's a level with collectibles, here's a map, HAHA MOTHERFUCKER NOW YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE LAST 6 ITEMS YOURSELF". I mean, really?
The game itself has a great setup. You're a giant robot - kill shit. I even enjoyed the base mechanics, and it felt really fucking awesome picking up robots and throwing them into buildings. Not to mention the sweet combos and the neat little pitch to slo-mo that happened every time you destroyed an enemy. It has the basics down, but just fails so utterly in delivery.
Movement is clunky and almost unbearable, on foot or as a car. If you are driving, you can spin out by hitting a curb or go through a corner of a building completely unfazed. When driving, you push semis aside like feathers while going 10 mph. When walking, they're immovable. There's no consistency to anything. This is the classic movie game - utter shit, but if it were produced as an IP, it would be something amazing.
The total 1000 will run you 30-40 hours, depending on your patience and luck with finding the mystery collectibles. Not worth playing unless you picked it up cheap, don't care about completion, and just want to get all "HURRR I'M A HUGE ROBOT" for a few hours.
WORKING ON:
MLB 2k7 - All the online stuff
NBA 2k7 - All the offline stuff
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