So, in the last week I've not particularly played any games through to completion, just been playing bits and pieces of a variety of things, mostly mobile...
To start, I've been playing various Angry Birds games, mostly Stella and Epic, and doing a variety of things on them. With Stella, I have finished the first two sets of levels, having got three stars on all of them, and awaiting the update that brings in a new set of levels to play. This was somewhat challenging, but I really like the way the various birds abilities work, and I had a lot of fun with it. On the other hand, is Epic, a spin-off that swaps the bird-flinging for a RPG adventure. I only tried it out as siblings are addicted to it, levelling up their birds, doing the levels, the arena stuff, and I quite like it, too. Unfortunately, I ran into a bug that means that it's not recognising that I've got birds, so I can't do any more levels until it gets updated. So, for now, I'm playing it on one of my siblings' devices. xD
From mobile, to mobile-esque games, Pokemon Shuffle. It's a match-3(or more) game, with a Pokemon twist. I'm not completely taken by it (even though I was a huge fan of Link and Link Battle that came before), but for a little game to just play every so often during the day, it's okay. Some levels get pretty hard, though, so it's spending a while trying to catch more, or just level everything up a bit.
Then, to Vita (and PS3, kinda). Project Diva F 2nd has been in my play list again, thanks to new DLC releasing this month (two songs just gone, then another four to come before the end of the month). It's always fun to play, I really enjoy it, one of my favourite games from last year (which shows, as I ~kinda~ ended up with three copies of the game, one import, two local).
Finally, I've made a start on Citizens of Earth, after having tried out the demo of it on Vita, and enjoying it enough to pick up the full game. Not got much in the way of thoughts on it, yet, having only played a couple of hours, but I'm still enjoying it, it seems somewhat Earthbound-y, in the style, as well as almost being a parody of similar RPG games.
Anyway, that was mostly my stuff for the week, a bit of a variety there, but need to try and work towards finishing more games... xD
Monday 9 March 2015
Sunday 1 March 2015
Games I've Played - Tearaway
So, one thing that may help to keep me putting stuff on here is a series on various games I've been playing recently, even just a little. Mostly a summary of my thoughts, what I enjoyed, what I didn't. No real huge review style thingy, just some random thoughts I want to say about a game.
I'm gonna begin with a game that I picked up recently off of a Vita sale - and that is Tearaway, a little game by Media Molecule, otherwise known for LittleBigPlanet.
I hadn't read much about it beforehand, just seen little bits here and there and it seemed like a bit of a sweet little game, and I had enjoyed the LBP games, so I hopped on the sale, got it downloaded and started playing. And it's a lovely charming little game, I really like the papercraft artstyle, and the customisation thing, but I'm not so down on the huge use of the camera and the microphone. If they had been little things, or optional, I would've been happier, but when I have to stop playing for a while because of the loud noise the camera makes when taking pictures, and no option to skip that part, it's frustrating. And the microphone didn't seem to work as the recorded bits were just crackly noises, so... I mean, I love being able to create my own designs, decorate things my own way, but there was so much reliance on the camera that it was annoying.
Otherwise, the controls were good enough to get used to fairly quickly, and the combination of the sweet little story and the nice artstyle makes it a nice little game. Yes, it's short, can be played through once in a few hours, but it looks like there's quite a few bits to get, collectable wise (something I'm not particularly bothered by), which will add to replays, plus all the options for customisation...
If I had moved a few pics over from my Vita, I would share some of them here, but unfortunately I didn't... Either way, I had a lot of fun with the customisation, creating accessories, that sort of thing, but after finishing the story of it, I'm not sure if I'll particularly go back to it for any length of time... Those camera and mic bits put me off from it a bit.
It's worth a play if the camera and mic stuff doesn't bother you as much as it bothered me, as it is, as I've said a few times, a really sweet and charming little game.
I'm gonna begin with a game that I picked up recently off of a Vita sale - and that is Tearaway, a little game by Media Molecule, otherwise known for LittleBigPlanet.
I hadn't read much about it beforehand, just seen little bits here and there and it seemed like a bit of a sweet little game, and I had enjoyed the LBP games, so I hopped on the sale, got it downloaded and started playing. And it's a lovely charming little game, I really like the papercraft artstyle, and the customisation thing, but I'm not so down on the huge use of the camera and the microphone. If they had been little things, or optional, I would've been happier, but when I have to stop playing for a while because of the loud noise the camera makes when taking pictures, and no option to skip that part, it's frustrating. And the microphone didn't seem to work as the recorded bits were just crackly noises, so... I mean, I love being able to create my own designs, decorate things my own way, but there was so much reliance on the camera that it was annoying.
Otherwise, the controls were good enough to get used to fairly quickly, and the combination of the sweet little story and the nice artstyle makes it a nice little game. Yes, it's short, can be played through once in a few hours, but it looks like there's quite a few bits to get, collectable wise (something I'm not particularly bothered by), which will add to replays, plus all the options for customisation...
If I had moved a few pics over from my Vita, I would share some of them here, but unfortunately I didn't... Either way, I had a lot of fun with the customisation, creating accessories, that sort of thing, but after finishing the story of it, I'm not sure if I'll particularly go back to it for any length of time... Those camera and mic bits put me off from it a bit.
It's worth a play if the camera and mic stuff doesn't bother you as much as it bothered me, as it is, as I've said a few times, a really sweet and charming little game.
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