DarkFury

"Hey, Rob, any weekend plans?" http://t.co/gFRmWz2s

336 329 28 32
Forum Posts Wiki Points Following Followers

Monthly Summary - February 2011

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Played This Month:

Started off the month the way the last one finished - with my Halo marathon. Finished Halo 2 and Halo 3 within days of each other, as well as Halo 3: ODST. Halo 3 is my favourite having gone through them all again, due to how it handles the story and how special it feels within that universe to see all the events play out. Put Halo Wars in and played a bit but it obviously won't grab me in the same way as the 'real' Halo games.
 
Finished off The Penal Zone which I started in 2010, looking forward to Back To The Future. I'll probably jump back to Sam & Max when Im waiting for a new episode of that. Made some good progress on Stacking, really need to go back and play that more but I've had a fair few distractions later this month keeping me from even turning the console on.
 
Played some Plants vs Zombies whilst listening to music, bought both Space Invaders IG and Pac Man CE DX in XBL sales, haven't done much with either, a couple of games on each at best. Played some Halo Reach online but I long for the Halo 2 days playing matchmaking with a big group.
 
Lorena and I made good progress on ilomilo, got a new game called Tales From Space: About a Blob which is good fun until one of us wants to strangle the other for getting them killed or lost off-screen. I'm playing Bad Company to get it out of my backlog and will run through its sequel in March or April. Played and failed some more Hot Pursuit. Played Bulletstorm to the end in 2 sessions - already forgotten about it. Got Test Drive Unlimited 2 but haven't had time to sink into it, its very cheesy and sometimes janky but I like it. 
 
Picked up Dark Void again to get through it and then on Level 7 it hung on the loading screen every time. Checked the disc and found a horrible dent that can't be wiped or buffed out. Not sure if I care enough to get another copy somehow, but guess I'd like to see it through as it wasn't offensively but, just average. 
 

Completed This Month:

FULL GAMES:
Halo 2 [2004] (5)
Halo 3 [2007] (5)
Halo 3: ODST [2009] (4) 
Bulletstorm [2011] (4)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood [2010] (5)
Dead Space 2 [2011] (5)
 
EPISODIC GAMES:
The Penal Zone [Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse] (4)

Game of the Month:

2011 Release: Dead Space 2
Most Played: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Overall: Halo 3
Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Dead Space 2

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Completed: 27th February 2011 (01:30)

Involved: Completed game on Normal difficulty.
 
Summary: An early contender for my Game of the Year, its a very professionally produced single player experience that takes you through some unique experiences. Not scary, but at times intense and it kept me wanting to play on to the end. Graphically it is impressive, and the combat is a solid improvement on Dead Space 1 (which I completed late last year).
 
Next: Again, I should try the multiplayer as it seems like good fun.
 

Rating: 5

Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Completed: 26th February 2011 (18:00)

Involved: Completed game through to story completion.

Summary: I'm glad I got around to finishing this, because it is REALLY GOOD. The story takes some strange turns at the end and adds to the overall mythos. I had a bad AI issue towards the end that nearly soured the endgame experience, but I got around it and pushed forward. I do think that this game was sometimes a drag in spots, causing me to lose interest in progressing further, and never interesting me in doing all of the side-missions. As an addition to the series, its highly worthy of its place and agree that it is the best so far.
 
Next: Should play some of the multiplayer.
 

Rating: 5

Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Bulletstorm

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Completed: 23rd February 2011 (21:00)

Involved: Completed game on normal difficulty.

Summary: Enjoyable gunplay, stupid characters and story, Bulletstorm never really took off for me and was never as exciting as others are saying they found it to be. Give me Gears of War 3 please.
 
Next: I'll run through the Echoes when I get the chance.
 

Rating: 4

Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Sam & Max Episode 301: The Penal Zone

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Completed: 3rd February 2011 (01:30)

Involved: Completed episode to end of story.

Summary: I've never really played adventure games, and was not familiar with the characters of the Sam & Max universe. I did, however, enjoy the quirky humour and crazy solutions to puzzles present here. Max's psychic powers provide some unique solutions and the hint system helped me out when my idiot brain gave out.
 
Next: Episode 2, but I'm really waiting for Back To The Future..
 

Rating: 4

Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Halo 3: ODST

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Completed: 6th February 2011 (20:45)

Involved: Completed game on normal difficulty.

Summary: Didn't enjoy this one as much, maybe due to the fact I'm looking for more story and it didn't really provide me with anything substantial. The game is well made, takes the player to some interesting places, but the variety that was present on Halo 3 was missing here. Loved the silenced SMG and the dark mood of the city.
 
Next: That's it for now, I will aim to complete Halo Wars and will go through Reach in multiplayer co-op.
 

Rating: 4

Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Halo 3

By DarkFury 2 Comments

Completed: 3rd February 2011 (01:30)

Involved: Completed game on normal difficulty.

Summary: When I originally played through Halo 3, I enjoyed it greatly but never paid much attention to what I was actually doing, what story it was telling. Having played 1 and 2 in quick succession and read half of the books released so far, when it came to this one it really blew me away. The story goes in amazing directions, really fits in with my knowledge of the universe and tells an incredible tale. The game looks fantastic, and the levels are all unique with incredible setpieces.
 
Next: ODST.
 

Rating: 5

2 Comments

Game Complete: Halo 2

By DarkFury 3 Comments

Completed: 1st February 2011 (23:40)

Involved: Completed game on normal difficulty.

Summary: Finished in a couple of lengthy sittings, fell in love again. Having played both the first and second games pretty much one after the other, I can conclude that... I still don't have a favourite between them. Halo still feels like a solid package, but Halo 2 builds upon the story in the same kind of way that the books have (First Strike for example). I like the variety in settings and the twin perspectives of the two lead characters. Played this as an original disc on my 360, and got some terrible ghosting/artefacting where parts of cutscenes would be plastered as a layer on top of the gameplay at times, but it didn't stop me playing through.  
 
Next: I'm literally putting the 3rd disc in as I type...
 

Rating: 5

3 Comments

Monthly Summary - January 2011

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Played This Month:

First month of the year doing this, and I really didn't think I played much. Xbox.com says otherwise and reminds me that the list isn't too thin. I ended up playing a fair amount of games whilst listening to podcasts, it's becoming a bit of a trend for me. This included playing Borderlands whilst listening to MBMBaM, plenty of DiRT 2 with TNT archives going, and some Undead Nightmare too.

I decided to play a number of last year's best DLC episodes, after the debate for GOTY. Minerva's Den was definitely the highlight of the bunch.

I bought Darksiders having borrowed when it was released and not really giving it time. Will come back to that in the coming months. Played a bit of Brotherhood but it hasn't hooked me in after several hours; When I look at the box it just doesn't fill me with the desire to fire it up, something about it seems boring and monotonous to me. Also got some Blur in from time to time, chipping away at the Career mode.

I played a lot of Nier this month, 6 hours in so far and I cannot wait to make that a regular thing, really enjoying it so far. Also back on the Super Meat Boy, unlocked the extra internet levels so.. yep. Also playing ilomilo with Lorena again, now they've released a title update that stops it crashing every time you do something unexpected.

Played the following titles a little bit: Winterbottom, Perfect Dark. Started Dead Space 2, a few hours in and it's great so far. Finished Conviction and Dog Days in split-screen co-op with J (finally).

The big obsession is Halo: I'm onto Novel 4 and I'm addicted, to the point where I'm now playing through all the games again, back to back over the next few weeks. Halo is down, Halo 2 is in the drive and already a few hours into it tonight.

Completed This Month:

FULL GAMES:
Raskulls [2011] (4)
Borderlands [2009] (5)
FEAR 2 [2009] (4)
Halo [2001] (5)

DLC:
Zombie Island of Dr. Ned [Borderlands] (4)
Minerva's Den [Bioshock 2] (5)
Shadow Broker [Mass Effect 2] (5)

ADDITIONAL MODES:
Co-op [Splinter Cell: Conviction] (4)
Co-op [Kane & Lynch 2] (3)
 

Game of the Month:

2011 Release: Raskulls (by default)
Most Played: Borderlands/DiRT 2
Overall: Halo 
Start the Conversation

Game Complete: Halo: Combat Evolved

By DarkFury 0 Comments

Completed: 31st January 2011 (01:50)

Involved: Completed game on normal difficulty.

Summary: And so the start of my Halo games marathon begins. Though I'm not playing them all in a single session, I won't be done until they are all done and I'm looking to absorb as much as the story/fiction as I can. Coming back to this with the perspective of having read the first 3 novels (including 'The Flood', which tells the story of this game with further detail and side stories), I really enjoyed wringing it dry of all the dialogue and cutscenes. Though the graphics don't quite hold up to today's standards, the combat is perfect and its still a ton of fun to play. 
 
Next: I'm already 3 hours into Halo 2, you know where this is going...
 

Rating: 5

Start the Conversation