Real life gets in the way

Hello

It's been nearly 3 weeks since my last post on here. It's been a busy time with family birthdays and other real life things, but I'll hopefully be back to regular updates between now and christmas.

In between all the real life things I have managed to squeeze in some game time. I also got Split Second: Velocity for the PS3 for my birthday from my brother. It was a little bit of a random present as I don't usually play many driving games. I like them, but I'm not very good at the ones that require me to drive fast and turn corners. This, unfortunately, is usually all of them! I've put about an hour into it so far and it is a very competent driving game with an explosion triggering mechanic that you can use to take out your rivals. I'll play it very now and then when I remember I have it.

As for other games it is mostly the usual ones: LA Noire, WWE Supercard & Hearthstone. I also started to play and completed Gravity Ghost. This is a beautiful game that sees you controlling the ghost of a girl navigating your way through star constellations. On your way you collect items that give you more abilities and some that reveal more of the story about how you became a ghost. The game mechanics and music make the experience very relaxing and the story makes the journey worthwhile. I put in nearly 4 hours and completed most of the achievements during that one play through.

Other games I played on PC were Divide by Sheep (a puzzle game in which you have to catapault sheep from island to island and then onto a life raft) and Secrets of Raetikon (you are a bird flying round a forest carrying out some tasks and collecting triangles).

On Android I've been playing Crevice Hero (a side scrolling runner where you have to make it to a safe spot to avoid falling rocks), Lara Croft Go, and One More Dash & One More Line (hard to explain but worth trying for free).

I put a little more time into Kirby on the WiiU, and progressed a little further as well as going back and getting some of the treasure chests in previous levels.

Hopefully next time I'll have a Demon's Souls update as well as more PC games to talk about.

Until next time

Stuart

Demon troubles

Hello

I haven't too much time for game playing this week due to the bank holiday and quality family time. No Demon's Souls Monday this week, but I might get to play it this weekend.

This week I've been mostly putting time into WWE Supercard, but I've nothing really new to say about that. As for other games though I have put some time into Lara Croft Go (Android), Bayonetta (WiiU), Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush (WiiU), LA Noire (PC) and Thomas Was Alone (PC).

Lara Croft Go is very similar to Hitman Go on the mobile platforms, but using the Tomb Raider franchise. A clever little puzzle game where you have to navigate through levels avoiding obstacles and creatures. It's good, but not quite as good as Hitman Go.

I spent an hour last night between Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush and Bayonetta. For a game marketed at kids Kirby starts to get challenging in the 2nd set of levels, but remains a joy to play. Bayonetta is a great example of how the WiiU could easily handle ports from the PS3 and XBox360. The graphics and action are impressive, but it just hasn't completely grabbed me yet. Playing it on the gamepad with the volume turned down probably isn't helping the experience.

On the PC I got through another mission in LA Noire. Still plenty to do and more missions to complete so probably enough to keep me going until Christmas. I did finish Thomas Was Alone this week. What a wonderful puzzle platformer that is taken to classic status due to the music and the narration of Danny Wallace. Well worth your time and money if you haven't already played it.

Until next time

Stuart