After a small break due to moving I haven't been able to play that much.
However as soon as I get online and start playing Invasion on Reach, I get afkers and quitters. On the other hand, playing with my gf again was fun. Multi Team Elite Slayer and regular Slayer. Even though the regular slayer didn't go that well. We still won the Elite one.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Nostalgia time
Yesterday I bought Boulder Dash XL for the Xbox Live Arcade. I also downloaded a Commodore 64 emulator and the Boulder Dash games for it. Atleast the three first.
I only played the Xbox version for a little while, will continue when I get back to my Xbox. My brother however played it. The Retro Mode that is. It's a 3D version of the classic we all know, and the maps in it are from the originals. From his reactions they may have picked the more frustrating ones.
As for the Arcade Mode, it's the same, with different characters and visual layout. Although some additional blocks like one way doors and some new monsters.
The Retro mode wins though in my opinion, although it may be too easy as Lives have been removed and you get to start from the start as many times as you want. Frustrating? No. Too easy? Yes.
A total remake of the first ones would be awesome. Have to look into it.
I only played the Xbox version for a little while, will continue when I get back to my Xbox. My brother however played it. The Retro Mode that is. It's a 3D version of the classic we all know, and the maps in it are from the originals. From his reactions they may have picked the more frustrating ones.
As for the Arcade Mode, it's the same, with different characters and visual layout. Although some additional blocks like one way doors and some new monsters.
The Retro mode wins though in my opinion, although it may be too easy as Lives have been removed and you get to start from the start as many times as you want. Frustrating? No. Too easy? Yes.
A total remake of the first ones would be awesome. Have to look into it.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
First in a long time
After a longer break it was nice to get back to the virtual world, when the real world became dull and boring.
I've played with my nephew and my girlfriend, Reach of course. I don't think that SWAT was a good gametype to start with, but still went rather well though. Today I played a little invasion, Multi Team and some Premium stuff. I even had host once. Felt good and fun.
I'll have to find where to get the Grunt graveyard skull, or whatever it's called for Halo Anniversery as well, then pre-order it. I want it.
Also heard that Battlefield 3 Beta is about to land on Xbox 360 soon, might be worth a shot.
I've played with my nephew and my girlfriend, Reach of course. I don't think that SWAT was a good gametype to start with, but still went rather well though. Today I played a little invasion, Multi Team and some Premium stuff. I even had host once. Felt good and fun.
I'll have to find where to get the Grunt graveyard skull, or whatever it's called for Halo Anniversery as well, then pre-order it. I want it.
Also heard that Battlefield 3 Beta is about to land on Xbox 360 soon, might be worth a shot.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Invasiooon
Started of with invasion today. Would it not have been the invasion type, I would have gotten a perfection, almost a double perfection, if such a medal existed. 28 - 0. Then I of course ended up against some people I've played against before, with no good experience from those matches. I always end up against them, and seem to be the only one capable of somewhat standing my ground. Most of the times it ends up with spawn killing or spawn trapping because frankly, when I end up against them, I get new players or recently new for that matter.
Invasion should as well have a system like Squad Slayer, put larger teams against larger teams. Not a full or half a full team against only randoms. Sure, randoms can fill out empty slots if it's two teams of four or five.
Other than that it went really well.
Also started playing Spell Force. The first one. The incredibly boring start put me back from playing it several times, but now I've gotten somewhere. Although, I must say, the voice acting is, well below B-movie standards. Sounds like the voice actors had a paper infront of them and like they had never seen the line before.
As a matter of fact, now when I think about it, few games actually have good voice acting. For instance, the Halo 2 E3 demo we saw with "gameplay" had really good voice acting. They were really into it. Then when we got to the place where some of the same lines were said, the emotion faceplanted and the mood wasn't there.
Invasion should as well have a system like Squad Slayer, put larger teams against larger teams. Not a full or half a full team against only randoms. Sure, randoms can fill out empty slots if it's two teams of four or five.
Other than that it went really well.
Also started playing Spell Force. The first one. The incredibly boring start put me back from playing it several times, but now I've gotten somewhere. Although, I must say, the voice acting is, well below B-movie standards. Sounds like the voice actors had a paper infront of them and like they had never seen the line before.
As a matter of fact, now when I think about it, few games actually have good voice acting. For instance, the Halo 2 E3 demo we saw with "gameplay" had really good voice acting. They were really into it. Then when we got to the place where some of the same lines were said, the emotion faceplanted and the mood wasn't there.
Friday, August 5, 2011
AFKing
Been quite a lot of afkers today, on my team.
I don't see the point in AFKing. Join a game, don't sit at the game at all, gain cR. Okay, so far I'm with you. Then, what will you do when you've reached Inheritor and got all that armor?
Apart from the Haunted Helmet every armor piece is unlockable at Mythic. The only way you can even show all your armor is through the "Armor Completion" progress, which is less interesting than what the Beta provided. How many games you had played and won. Rank? Well the only time Rank "matters" is at the lobby when you can see everyone. After that, it's all down to the game. I forget what everyone was two seconds into the match.
The race for Inheritor is long lost by now as well, and from what I've heard, most of those who were among the first got reset due to afking.
So yeah, what are you going to do when you've AFKed those armors and Ranks? Play? Are you not playing now to play later? When Halo 4 is out?
I don't see the point in AFKing. Join a game, don't sit at the game at all, gain cR. Okay, so far I'm with you. Then, what will you do when you've reached Inheritor and got all that armor?
Apart from the Haunted Helmet every armor piece is unlockable at Mythic. The only way you can even show all your armor is through the "Armor Completion" progress, which is less interesting than what the Beta provided. How many games you had played and won. Rank? Well the only time Rank "matters" is at the lobby when you can see everyone. After that, it's all down to the game. I forget what everyone was two seconds into the match.
The race for Inheritor is long lost by now as well, and from what I've heard, most of those who were among the first got reset due to afking.
So yeah, what are you going to do when you've AFKed those armors and Ranks? Play? Are you not playing now to play later? When Halo 4 is out?
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