tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.comments2024-03-17T21:28:52.881+00:00Super Adventures in GamingRay Hardgrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comBlogger5208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-18837016735040897772024-03-14T21:33:45.442+00:002024-03-14T21:33:45.442+00:00I bought TS2 and TSFP on the Xbone when they were ...I bought TS2 and TSFP on the Xbone when they were £1.50 each, which was a neat buy. But I put on TSFPs -first- challenge which was just a regular deathmatch in a zeppelin and I got absolutely trounced. I couldn't do a thing. It was as if the bots had been practising in cyberspace for all those twenty years.mecha-nekohttps://www.twitter.com/mecha_neko/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-75194091643298627522024-03-12T09:38:00.926+00:002024-03-12T09:38:00.926+00:00I get that. To this day I have never been able to ...I get that. To this day I have never been able to beat the one with the giant hands in TS2.<br /><br />But on general, they are pretty good.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-54681570185717807342024-03-12T09:35:02.405+00:002024-03-12T09:35:02.405+00:00Well I've just learned something.Well I've just learned something.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-78466762989150587492024-03-12T09:33:40.308+00:002024-03-12T09:33:40.308+00:00Left and right are basically the same thing.Left and right are basically the same thing.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-23572932627878682162024-03-12T07:06:35.940+00:002024-03-12T07:06:35.940+00:00See my health in the top right?
Not really, but g...<i>See my health in the top right?</i><br /><br />Not really, but going by the health bar in the top<i> left you really didn't gain that much health per health kit...El despertandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760941024574852525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-34085308755271940332024-03-12T03:24:52.445+00:002024-03-12T03:24:52.445+00:00TS series challenges are like getting your nuts ki...TS series challenges are like getting your nuts kicked. I don't have a fancier metaphor than that, it's just really not nice.mecha-nekohttps://www.twitter.com/mecha_neko/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-49726349796714196022024-03-11T21:12:52.643+00:002024-03-11T21:12:52.643+00:00Nothing here in the weapon list seems all that int...<i>Nothing here in the weapon list seems all that intriguing to be honest, they're very conventional</i><br /><br />It's possible that you have to unlock some of the more unusual weapons, like the remote sticky mines or the brick.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-10665731159997672142024-03-11T21:12:45.581+00:002024-03-11T21:12:45.581+00:00AC -10 Award
What I like about that is how the de...<i>AC -10 Award</i><br /><br />What I like about that is how the developers assume enough people were familiar with <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> to know what that means.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-34743993746772997282024-03-11T21:12:36.863+00:002024-03-11T21:12:36.863+00:00I've been trying the other modes as well and I...<i>I've been trying the other modes as well and I'm really getting the feeling that this is a Quake III Arena / Unreal Tournament situation, where most of the effort went into making it a solid multiplayer shooter and folks playing it alone were way down the list of priorities.</i><br /><br />Again, I'm going on the sequel, in which the single-player is <i>fine</i> but it is the multiplayer -- with actual decent AI bots -- and the challenges where the game really shines.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-71218171835216227842024-03-11T21:00:17.291+00:002024-03-11T21:00:17.291+00:00* Oh, and the Challenges, which were a nice additi...* Oh, and the Challenges, which were a nice addition to single-player play.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-50407743085805518362024-03-11T20:58:35.300+00:002024-03-11T20:58:35.300+00:00Things to like about TimeSplitters:
* It's bas...Things to like about <i>TimeSplitters</i>:<br />* It's basically <i>Goldeneye</i>/<i>Perfect Dark</i> on slightly better hardware and with a much better controller.<br />* The massive selection of absurd characters. Presaging the likes of <i>Fortnite</i>'s gallery of characters, except without the microtransactions.<br />* A banging soundtrack.<br /><br />In fairness, those are my impressions of the sequel, which was the first game I had on my PS2, but I'm sure they are true of the original too.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-54494778291393836822024-03-11T20:54:04.814+00:002024-03-11T20:54:04.814+00:00Excellent punnery too!Excellent punnery too!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-62688844224284878722024-03-11T20:39:05.580+00:002024-03-11T20:39:05.580+00:00 Correctly identified! Correctly identified!Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-78859570995939207422024-03-11T20:26:19.051+00:002024-03-11T20:26:19.051+00:00I just can't wait to see your take on "Th...I just can't wait to see your take on "The Lion King" next!El despertandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760941024574852525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-31585414830270870342024-03-09T01:41:06.664+00:002024-03-09T01:41:06.664+00:00I don't think the developer had the budget to ...I don't think the developer had the budget to afford the kind of microphones that could withstand the range of Brian Blessed.<br /><br />There has to have been some video-based games that do things similar to Her Story before 2015, surely. FMV adventures are a real blind spot for me, I don't know anything about them, but maybe one of the Tex Murphy games?Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-89663734891986157262024-03-08T19:53:24.206+00:002024-03-08T19:53:24.206+00:00The modelwork looks like an odd cross between Star...The modelwork looks like an odd cross between Star Trek - the space station - and Space:1999, specifically the shot of the truck on the pad. Which raises the question of whether the explosion in the intro movie sent Charon flying through the universe on a trajectory that took it within range of Brian Blessed. This game would have benefited enormously from Brian Blessed. It comes across as a modern update of Moon Zero Two.<br /><br />The game reminded me a little bit of an obscure old title from Rainbird called Tracker, which also involved flying down trenches, but it was more of an actual game. The cover art (a giant brain in a cyber-skull) was more memorable than the game itself (which was a bit like Micronaut One, but not as good). It came out around the same time as Starglider in the same kind of big blue box but wasn't ported as widely. <br /><br />Given that point-and-click detective games were fairly well established by the early 1990s, it's surprising that it took until Her Story in 2015 before someone came up with the idea of combining the idea with FMV. You'd think that circa 1994 or so at least one developer would have come up with a way of using FMV as a gameplay feature without simply making the player move a crosshair over the screen, but no.Ashley Pomeroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466311744358782337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-35973333758399729082024-03-02T00:07:15.596+00:002024-03-02T00:07:15.596+00:00_Hydro means 'water' and city means 'c..._Hydro means 'water' and city means 'city'_<br /><br />Thus concludes our extensive three week course.Ollienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-9918098074860781152024-02-28T21:20:59.711+00:002024-02-28T21:20:59.711+00:00Seconded. The Master System Sonic games get a bit ...Seconded. The Master System Sonic games get a bit overlooked* but they are genuinely good games in their own right. MS <i>Sonic 2</i> is perhaps my second favourite of the series, after the Mega Drive version.<br /><br />*(In part because the Master System didn't catch on in the US and so much video game discourse is US-centred, and in part because the natural assumption is that they are ports of the Mega Drive games, but as mecha-neko says, they are not.)thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-69339632127905686882024-02-28T19:00:36.531+00:002024-02-28T19:00:36.531+00:00Hi Xogón - If you liked Sonic 3, I suggest you try...Hi Xogón - If you liked Sonic 3, I suggest you try the Master System versions of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2. They're simple, but they're like a comfy pair of shoes. They're not cut down ports, the whole new games. Definitely worth playing if you like Sonic games! mecha-nekohttps://www.twitter.com/mecha_nekonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-53796738177500100282024-02-27T21:10:33.927+00:002024-02-27T21:10:33.927+00:00I'm always baffled by the amount of work you p...I'm always baffled by the amount of work you put on the screenshots, gifs and other images. It's really awe-inspiring!<br /><br />The text is also topnotch. It was a nice trip through the only mainline Sonic game that I've beaten until recently.Xogónhttp://xogon.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-47710438578496876372024-02-25T09:37:40.820+00:002024-02-25T09:37:40.820+00:00Sonic 3 'n' Sonickles is a pain in the bum...Sonic 3 'n' Sonickles is a pain in the bum because it feels like Robotnik's gotten wise to Sonic's moves and made every single one of his enemies somehow invulnerable to simple jumping-on. They either have selective invulnerability or face the wrong way or simply can't be hit. A whole bunch of the bosses in S&K can't even be attacked by Sonic directly - like Sonic Team is saying 'yeah we did things you can hit in the last game, now you have to not hit things'.mecha-nekohttps://www.twitter.com/mecha_neko/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-79585350371564694242024-02-25T01:37:53.129+00:002024-02-25T01:37:53.129+00:00It's a great soundtrack, and no M****** J*****...It's a great soundtrack, and no M****** J****** required!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-50962892613438185982024-02-25T01:35:17.021+00:002024-02-25T01:35:17.021+00:00I gave you a Blue Sphere gif and the No Way? scree...I gave you a Blue Sphere gif and the No Way? screen, surely that's enough!<br /><br />The next game is absolutely TimeSplitters, for the PlayStation 2.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-31799435083480327172024-02-25T01:33:36.671+00:002024-02-25T01:33:36.671+00:00Man that song's still great.Man that song's still great.Ray Hardgrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18436491500347661133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068112306642079190.post-17537736102447403692024-02-25T01:28:16.779+00:002024-02-25T01:28:16.779+00:00Roughly 30ish seconds in. It's not exact, but ...Roughly 30ish seconds in. It's not exact, but it's there.<br /><br />https://youtu.be/LWdhufzxQRA?si=gADRPpP4Zo5rYw88thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com