Well I've actually been indulging in my hobbies, finishing some paintjobs, playing some new games and generally being awesome! To share the love around her
e are some of the things I've been focused on over the past month...
GAMES!!!
Picked up many new toys this past month. On the hardware side I've got the new Playstation Move peripheral, and the Sports Champions game.
Now this was an interesting move picking up this accessory, as I'd been a Wii owner in the past but ditched it pretty fast after getting the PS3. Why? I liked the Wii and some 'select' games, the problem being that the vast majority of the games out there for the Wii wer
e just plain crap, and the movement functions were able to be reduced to just wrist flicks in essence, due to the simple, early gen motion sensing tech incorporated in the wiimotes (which I understand has been fixed with the wiimotion plus addon). Despite this I do remember wiisports as being a great deal of fun.
As the entry cost for the PS move tech is fairly cheap, especially when I have the camera component already I thought I'd check out the device and download a couple of demo games to test it out. The one I enjoyed the most (and since purchased) was Sports Champions.
Sports Champions has the same feel as wiisports (and in the US is packaged with the PSMove starter pack...we get an average demo disc and have to buy the game individually), in that it maintains the same social aspects and competition. Where it differs is the range
of sports branches out to a couple of very eclectic, non-mainstream sports. The events covered in SC are -
Archery
Gladiator Duel (sword & shield combat)
Disc Golf
Bocce
Beach Volleyball
Table Tennis
While I've played and enjoyed all of the games the top4 from that list have a
ttracted most of my time. Archery is a strong workout due to the kind of movements it requires, gladiator duel is intense and also a strong workout. When I start a session of GD I usually switch the fan on as by the end I've worked up a strong sweat. Bocce is a simple, yet addictive ball sport made more entertaining in the game by the variation of courses/courts played on...and Disc Golf...
I like disc golf A LOT! Simple, addictive, and unusual. The courses provided are a challenge...even more so at higher difficulties. It has even inspired me to take up the sport IRL (facilities a two minute drive from my place).
The next game on my spin list this past month was Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.
A post-apocalyptic retelling/interpretation of Saiyuki (or Journey to the West...or as many may know it...Monkey!) You play as Monkey, a tough loner captured by slavers. The game starts with you in a containment pod being transported west by the slavers. You awake to see a young lady by the name of Trip (or Tripitaka) having escaped and running through the slave ship to freedom. Through certain events the slave ship is forced to crash. Monkey awakes to see a scared Trip looking upon him. Monkey is then alerted by Trip to the hacked Slave headband she has affixed onto Monkey to 'force' him to rescue her, for if she dies the headband will kill Monkey... and thus their journey began.
Great story, gameplay similar to Uncharted (Very good thing), very well scripted. It suffers from some major downsides though...it is very glitchy, so much so I find it amazing
it was released in this state. In certain parts of the game the controls just don't work as they should which creates some major frustrations. Lastly the ending, while interesting in a sense felt tacked on to provide a quick, unsatisfactory conclusion to the game. It would have been much more satisfying if the team behind the game had either kept the ending open, for a possible sequel to pad out their ending further or the game having been delayed for 6 or so months to allow a more satisfactory ending to be developed.
Next was Gekijouban Macross F: Itsuwarino Utahime - Hybrid Pack. This being the combo disc featuring the blu-ray Macross Frontier movie coupled with the game Macross Trial Frontier for PS3 on the same disc.
Despite the movie not being subtitled (and due to the EVIL Harmony Gold unlikely to ever receive an official english release) it is an enjoyable movie.
The game (as pictured above) I believe is a preview version of an upcoming Macross game for PS3 (Trial in the name indicative of this). You are provided with the majority of the mecha available in the Macross F series to pilot, some requiring unlocking though.
The gameplay is fantastic, graphics pretty as and is an enjoyable experience. Glad I took the time to import it.
Games coming soon that will take my time are Vanquish and CoD: Black Ops.
I've also been painting up a few of my outstanding minis for the GW games in preparation of the Dark Eldar arriving early next month...but more on the minis next time...
No comments:
Post a Comment