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Good morning Pixlpeeps! For you folks in the US, I hope you enjoyed your July 4^th Weekend and got to watch some fireworks, and eat tons of food that was grilled. There were a couple of shows that I could see from the house: the local casino put on a heck of a show, and then on the 4^th the city had a show at the local muni golf course. The neighbors in my neighborhood were quiet and just had some parties, while the neighborhood across the street sounded like a war zone. Thank goodness there were no dumbasses who decided to shoot their guns in the air, because you know gravity. Since we are in a new month it is time to recap what has happened gaming wise for June

 

I started ten games in June, and finished two of those games and finished one game from my May list. I finished off NBA 2K14 on the PS4 but I still kept playing because I have a heck of a loaded team and I bought the Franchise.

 

I finished the story mode of LSW: Force Awakens and overall it’s your typical Star Wars game with a few tweaks. Now the puzzles are more in line with the Star Wars Universe. For the robots like BB-8 you spin items on screen to unlock doors, and roll on platforms to move items. Droids like C3P-0 you put three audio samples in order to unlock doors. There are also new items you break that can be built into different features to help you advance in the game. The trick is to build them in order. An example would be there was a water cannon you had to build but there were three steps, 1. Creating a connection from the water pipe to the reservoir, 2. Pumping the water into a container, and 3. Building the water cannon.

 

One of the new items included in the combat is cover-and-shoot sections, kind of like Gears of War. Your character hides behind some barriers and you have to take out a certain number of enemy troops. I like using Darth Vader because The Force > guns. One of the funky features in gameplay is that the game always defaults to not having inverted flight controls

 

I wish I didn’t have to constantly pause the game to activate this. As for my favorite new feature it is on the character select screen

 

Finally a little info on what each character can do. This would have saved me so much time on Lego Avengers because I had no idea what the majority of characters can do. Having their abilities listed makes the game so much easier.

The game is setup where you play through levels based on Force Awakens along with various missions that are based on the planets in the film. In each of these planets there are the game missions along with missions for Imperial Troops, Droids, Bounty Hunters, Regular Characters, and Racing. The racing features the Microfighter kits that are sold in stores (the mini versions of vehicles that a figure sits inside of). The usual suspects of collectables are present, including the gold bricks where once you unlock certain amounts, more planets are available. I think I logged in 17 hours in the game and I am at 76% completed. I found everything in the planet that is home to Maz’s Planet.

At first I was hesitant about buying this game because of Lego burnout, but with the changes in the game, it feels like a new series that I am enjoying. There are still some bugs, like certain explodables not being able to be selected, and the force not working on glowing sections but overall I like this game.

 

In other games I’m playing

Rise of the Tomb Raider – Steam

 

I’m still in the same spot as I was before Lego Star Wars started but I did pick up a side mission that I am currently in the process of completing. At some point I’d like to unlock more abilities, but I think I need to take out more animals. Also this game looks REALLY GOOD!

 

NBA 2K16: Michael Jordan Edition – Steam

 

I’m 34-0 and I am already thinking about changing my team’s uniforms for next season. I’d like to go away from the SDSU uniforms and more unique. I wish there was an option to have a home, away, and alternate created uniforms. I have the Tony Gwynn Throwbacks ready but I have to change my home uniform and I need to write down the different item locations on the uniform.

 

Grid Racing Games – Steam

 

Grid

 

I haven’t played as much but I finished another race and I am close to having enough cash to start my own team.

 

Autosport

 

I’m two races away from completing the current season and I am ready to finish up this mode of racing and concentrate on the other four (or is it five) modes. I would probably go to the street racing section.

 

Before I call it a blog I saw this on a message board I’m a member of and I thought it was interesting and I wanted to share it with you folks: By decade what is your favorite album? These were my choices

60s: Stan Getz Quartet featuring Astrud Gilberto – Getz Au Go Go

70s: Carpenters – Christmas Portrait

80s: Go-Go’s – Beauty And The Beat

90s: Dr. Dre – The Chronic / Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life Vol. 2

00s: Dance Hall Crashers – The Live Record / Danger Mouse – Grey Album

2010s: Best Coast – Crazy For You

Have a good week!

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris