General Update 25: The Spark of Life?

Halloween may almost be upon us but, don’t be scared by this strange visitation! I know it’s been a while since my last post, I also know that I tend to say that beginning of most posts as well, but I’m still trying to work out a routine for making time for my writing. Unfortunately it’s looking more and more likely that it make have to be at the cost of some of my precious playing time. I’d like to say that the cause of my lack of writing is becuase I have been busy playing a host of this year’s big releases, but the stack of un-played games as well as the stack of games I’ve only started would say otherwise.

So a quick rundown of what I‘ve actually been playing in retail;

            Deus Ex: Human Revolution,

            X-Men: Destiny,

Warhammer 40k: Space Marines,        

Rage,

Batman: Arkham Asylum,

Gears of War 2 and 3,

And Briefly LA: Noire.

“What about on Xbox Live?” I hear silently you ask;

The Maw,

Hydrophobia,

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale.

I’ve been having a little difficulty sticking to one game for any amount of time. Deus Ex and Xmen we completed to 1000g, Gears 3 I’ve mostly been playing Multiplayer which makes a change for me, Gears 2 I’m working through on insane and co-op-ing with my housemate. LA:Noire I wanted to go back and try and get a few more completed cases to 5 stars but I kept messing one up so I gave up. both Space marines and  Rage I’ve only had one sitting on and I’m enjoying both, Batman was in preparation of getting Arkham City, which arrived last night, and me trying to perfect my combat for the Combat Challenges. This isn’t working out so well, but I’m not giving up yet! It does mean that Arkham City will have to wait for a little while.

So what does the future hold? Well if I can find the time to write a couple of blog entries I’m hoping to put together a couple of Collector’s Edition un-boxing posts, for Gears 3, Arkham City and Fallout: New Vegas. I should also try and get a couple of reviews up, seeing as I do have a few things to say especially about X-Men: Destiny.

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Crackdown on Batman Arkham Asylum

So last night I had another go at the Batman:Arkham Asylum challenges. I managed to finish the last of the non-extreme predator challenges with all 3 medals. however I still cant' seem to get more than 2 Medals on the Free Flow challenges. Admittedly I've only been trying the first one and the closest I've got was 400 points away, but that was with not getting hit once so i got the 5k Dark Knight bonus, unlocking the 'Flawless Freeflow Fighter' Achievement worth 10g. Maybe I should try the others and see how far I get with those!


After i got fed up with that I moved back to Pacific City and tried to get the 'Road Warrior' achievement in Crackdown. I had 5 races left to the hardest of which was the 'Alleys of the den' race.  After several attempts and lots of frustrated swearing I finally did it, and finishing the other races netted me a total of 30g. I then went on to getting the 'Master Agent' achievement for another 40g.


So a total of 80g last night, but it could have been worse. I'm not at home this weekend so I won't be playing on the Xbox, but i'll be back on it next week, hunting down the last few solo play achievements for Crackdown. I may even invest in the DLC and try a few of those.


Happy Gaming!

Batman:Arkham Asylum

So last night i finished Batman:Arkham Asylum and as a game goes I really enjoyed it. It looked good and the story was strong as well as the characters. The gadgets were also what we would expect from the worlds greatest detective.


However I still have a few achievements outstanding. mainly the ones for the challenges. A good side line of the game enough to keep interest, but its in these challenges that I start to loose the fan boy glint in my eye. 


There are 2 different modes Predator and Free Flow. In the Predator Challenges you have a range of armed guards you need to take out in specified ways. the Free flow challenges are the complete opposite you have 4 rounds in which to take out an increasing amount of guards, getting more points for better combos to reach specific totals for the medals. 


I prefer the Predator challenges to Free Flow only because i end up getting annoyed when I get hit the once throwing off my 'Flawless Freeflow Fighter' Achievement. And yes I am a sore loser! But the Predator challenges are just as bad the first two are fairly simple and then the game is bar is raised higher and i'm not able to keep up.


The worst thing about this is I know that if I have a break I know i'll loose the "feel" i have for the game and I'll have to start from being really crap again. Which isn't good as i still have the 'Biggest Bang' Achievement to get for completing the story on Hard.


*sigh* Oh well off to the Bat Cave!