Giant Bugs, Oh Noes!

Finally got around to finishing Earth Defense Force 2017 on Normal, I've had it beaten on Easy for a while now. Since I finished Fallout 3 I'm going to go through the games I have and start playing thought them more. I don't really have the funds to get anything new right now, being between jobs kinda sucks, so I figure my back catalog is the best.

I am, however, thinking about treating myself to Scrabble as soon as I can. I've been playing the trial version for a while now and, despite the time limit, have enjoyed it quite a bit. Ironicly, Board games as video games are a ton of fun. I have a buddy who has both Scene It! games, Box Office Smash is the one we play, and recently got Trivial Pursuit, which is a hell of a lot of fun especially in Facts and Friends mode. No set up or clean up for the games, and the fact you can't lose any pieces, makes the video games versions great.

While going through my collection I got to thinking about picking up DOAX2 again. I got the game cheap with the intent of doing what few people have, I want to legitimately get 1000/1000 in the game. I already have an okay start, I have collections for Kasumi, Lisa, and Lei Fang with Kasumi having a larger number of Lisa and Lei Fang's suits. I'm thinking I should get back into it and at least get the collections for each individual girl, that would make for more than 60/1000 for this title and bring my ratio up at least.

And that's another thing I'm looking to get done, I want to get my ratio to at least 50%, already have a good start at 43% but I think 50% would be much better. I could also go crazy and try for 75% but I think that the number of XBLA games I have on my card, and the fact some of them are the more difficult ones to get achivements in, will keep me from getting that for a bit. As I found out tonight, I kinda suck at Astropop and Zuma. I still like the games I'm just a bit bad at them, makes getting 200/200 on those games a bit harder. Just gotta work harder and get better, I guess.

Four Arcade Games 100%

Completed The Maw yesterday with "Six Meals a Day" for 20 gs.

That's four XBLA games at 100% now.

- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Portal: Still Alive
- Dash of Destruction
- The Maw

Now to just figure out what I want to play today.

5 Retail Completes, woo.

Of note is the fact that with one more achievement in Fallout 3, Doesn't Play Well With Others fo 20 GS, I will have 5 retail completes.

- Bioshock
- Call of Duty 2
- Spiderman: Web of Shadows
- Condemned: Criminal Origins
- Fallout 3

I'm going on an in-game murder spree in Fallout 3 to get the last 25 human kills I need for the achievement sometime tomorrow, after some sleep.

I should really get off my ass, borrow Bioshock from my bro again, and get Brass Balls to DLC complete that game.

Fun and Profit in a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland

So, I borrowed Fallout 3 from a friend and have been spending the, oh, last nine days wandering through it. I must say that my venture through the Capital Wasteland has been rather fun and enjoyable. Only got stuck in places a couple of times, but fast travel helped fix that, had a single freeze up, and then had that stupid stuck button bug kill my right stick, which made things really interesting.

All-in-all, I found the game to be a well-done example of a western-style RPG and I want more. The DLC will be very welcome. I'll probably end up buying the DLC for this like I did for Mass Effect and Lost Odyssey despite not having the game.

Likes:
V.A.T.S. - It's a pretty cool system that I find to be particularly nice, especially when I get close-up head shots with the shotgun, head go boom! Definately a nice system that would be cool to see something similar in other games.

The Wasteland - It's massive, the sheer amount of places I could go were really, really awesome. Over 100 locations that can be discovered made the game really, really great. And, despite the fact a lot of places looked pretty similar, they were all just a little bit different in the way they had decayed or had been changed by those who survived.

Voices - What can I say, I'm a fan of Malcom McDowel and Liam Nieson and I happened to love the parts they had. In general, all the voice work was done very well and there weren't any voices that I really hated. About the only one that started to annoy me was Moira. Much like Mass Effect this game is a game that should be used as an example of how cast your voice actors.

Liberty Prime - Yeah, it's kind of a silly mention but the robot was freakin' hilarious for his entire part of that missiomission.

Dislikes:
What's Emotion? - While I loved the general story it just seemed kinda, well, flat. I can't really put my thumb on it but the thing was just kinda... emotionless in some parts. Things mattered but everyone pretty much reacted to everything in a fairly even way. Even at the end, I picked the sacrifice, the emotion there was muted and it was kinda, well, annoying.

Limited Inventory - Yeah, I know that the limited inventory makes for a more strategic selection of what you take with you but, to be completely honest, it became a real hassle, especially considering that your armor, especially the power armor, fits into that equation. I liked how the Ammo didn't matter unless it was grenades or mines but if I equip a set of armor I don't want it to count against me for inventory space, especially the freakin' power armor because that stuff should, logically, be able to carry itself when you're wearing it.


At the beginning of the game, I was very much a Fallout virgin. I had heard about the games in the past but wasn't all that interested in them at the time, I was also quite a bit younger when they were released too. Fallout 3 captured my attention in a way a few games have, Mass Effect being one of them, and I'm quite happy to have played it. While there are nitpicky things about the game that did bother me a bit I'm quite pleased with the game overall and feel that it is well worth a play. I'll definately get Operation Anchorage and The Pitt when I can and am happily anticipationg Broken Steel whenever it is released.