Not long now
Only about 2-3 weeks left in Melbourne, depending on which day we decide to leave. Work is starting to ramp up – there’s at least two games worth reviewing this week. Last week’s Lord of the Rings: Conquest was abysmal, but fortunately very short and basic, so it only took two days to finish it and write the review.
I’ve been starting a lot of PC games but not sticking to them (Stalker and Medieval II), mainly due to distractions from achievement clean up. I’m trying not to fall back into bad habits (I’m still in the top 50 for Australia, though), but it is annoying seeing 50/1000 scores on my profile. I managed to beat Banjo-Kazooie – albeit the seemingly easier Xbox Live Arcade version – which I’d been trying to beat since 1999. I think the scale of the game and the tasks required have easily been superceded in the 10 years since it came out, which probably made it seem easier.
I started the original Diablo again last night, hoping to beat it without external assistance or hacked online loot. People warned me that it looks like crap now, but I think it holds up okay.
Reviews
Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360) at Games On Net
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360) at Games On Net
Features
The Warp Pipe – A Look into the Future at Games On Net
Coming Attractions – 14/01/2009 at Games On Net
I’m at Act II in Diablo 2 and it doesn’t look that bad, although with LOD expansion it upped the resolution to 800×600!
Comment by scott — January 18, 2009 @ 9:22 pm