My Christmas was particularly uneventful (the way I like it =D) but now I'm back on the 360 and doing some serious gaming yet again.
I turned my 360voice off while I was away, but here's what the first blog back had to say about me:
Consoles are for playing! I am glad borandi picked up on that yesterday... Gamerscore is a respectful 65,217 points. That is a boost of 470 points over last time! That was enough to cross the 65,000 mark! Good stuff! He made some progress on Guitar Hero III, Beautiful Katamari gaining 5 achievements, NCAA® Football 07 acquiring 2 achievements, MLB 2K7, DDR/DS Universe, and then he had to stop because we both couldn't take it anymore... we were spent.I did game over the festive season - mostly on a 360 without an internet connection byt was able to continue the gamerscore goodness throughout.
640 -> 970 of 1250  36 of 40 Achievements | |
| 0 -> 280 of 1000 14 of 42 Achievements | |
| 0 of 1000 0 of 33 Achievements | |
| 790 -> 825 of 1000 46 of 50 Achievements | |
| 270 -> 275 of 1000 29 of 59 Achievements | |
| 35 -> 80 of 200 6 of 12 Achievements | |
| 0 -> 60 of 1000 6 of 27 Achievements | |
| 60 -> 70 of 200 7 of 12 Achievements | |
| 460 of 1000 15 of 24 Achievements | |
| 480 -> 530 of 1000 15 of 20 Achievements | |
| 0 -> 10 of 1000 1 of 49 Achievements | |
| 0 of 1000 0 of 32 Achievements | |
| 0 -> 535 of 1000 10 of 22 Achievements |
I received Scene It for christmas. Its a good game, but I'm not a film buff, so it's pure luck I've got some achievements. In a nutshell, the achievements for this game are getting X amount of questions right in each section, with X points needed or X questions correct in a row. Thus I'm hoping I get a lot of repeated questions, such that I can just answer the ones I remember :) Overall, its a fun game with friends, good after a film night. After an hour at a time though, it gets a bit boring.
I now have a hate/hate relationship with MLB2k7. I imported it for my US 360, given that it seems an easy 1000GS. However, I bought a preowned copy, and its a bit scratched. As a result, it sometimes corrupts all MLB2k7 saves, thus I can't get achievements as it wont save properly. I'll need another copy to get my GS. Damn.
On a US 360 spree, I also pulled out NCAA 07 to get the final few achievements for it. The ones I have left are pretty hard - 60 seasons in dynasty mode being the big one, also 8 5* recruits at the end of a season, and winning 3 seasons back to back being the other. All rather time consuming, all requiring a good portion of time (60 seasons is ~8hrs according to guides online). I was able to get a couple of achievements though - '#1 recruit class' and 'win a championship game'.
On my way through GH3, it was going to be required that I complete a difficulty on lefty. And I did - Easy difficulty - but the lefty achievement didnt unlock. Damnit. Got the achievement for doing easy though.
I played a couple of games of E4, but the GS change I have above is the result of missing the game off my list on the relevant update. I still cant find a decent guide online for this game to help me get the rest (they're not too clear).
I had the chance over christmas to play Tiger 07. I prefer Tiger 08, mainly because of the clicky way of hitting the ball, and the quality of graphics. I didnt get to play 07 much though, but its like an improved version of 06. It has quite long loading times as well, which is a downside.
I was able to start a co-op game with my brother Roquey of Arkadian Warriors, and we both got the two dungeon co-op achievements :) The rest of the achievements I need to get will require some grinding however.
I was lucky enough to buy a copy of Project Sylpheed cheap before I left. This game is typical Square-Enix greatness, and has a well deserved place on my shelf. I was able to participate in one mission before I left, and improved my level score by 10x for mission 2 =D Thankfully there are quite a few guides now online to help me get the full 1000GS.
Along with Sylpheed, I also bought Brian Lara ICC 07. The achievements I have left for this game require lots of one day internationals and 5 day test matches with all teams, but I was abe to get King Pair achievement - get one batter out in his first ball in both innings. With some deft saving, and awesome bowling skills in which I got 5 wickets in 5 balls in the first innings, I was able to get this achievement first time without any reloading. Awesome.
One of my final 'free' rentals was Ace Combat 6. I was exceptionally busy those couple of days, and only had time to play it 30 minutes before I had to give it back. I wish I'd played it more - the first mission was an absolute blast. I'm having a rekindled fondness for flying games, and AC6 felt like one of the best I've ever played. Must play more....
My other final 'free' rental was Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Now I haven't technically done any in Legend, neither have I been a fan of the series (unlike my Grandfather who has his PC pre-order in the day of announcing the next one). But Anniversary seemed fairly polished - not the best graphics *cough*Bioshock*cough* but challenging gameplay nonetheless. I cant really comment - didnt play it for that long and not a fan of the series.
Aha - now LMA Manager is a game that has been on my shelf for quite a while. It's loomed over me with the 'easy 1000GS' tag thanks to several of the people on my friends list having the full GS. And it is easy - thanks to the relatively quick save/load system. If I lose, I reload. Simple as. The achievements basically revolve around winning 8 different leagues in 8 different countries, and as long as you pick a strong country then a nice win streak is a good as yours. I have 5 leagues left (3 leagues = 500 GS when you get the European cups) and hopefully they're the small leagues.
GS: 64,082 -> 65,392
| Completed XBLA: | 15 / 39 |
| Completed Retail: | 29 / 153 |
| GS Completion %: | 38.77% |
| GS % (Non-Demo): | 41.03% |
| Country Rank: | 146 |
| World Rank: | 1,010 |
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