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BaD Monday morning


On 02/10/2014 at 09:01 AM by TheMart22

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Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2014

Fun’s over, it’s Monday….. again. Oh and guess what? It’s cold too.

Once it gets to like 7pm on Sunday night, I can feel my internal bliss sink deeper and deeper into myself until it’s utterly gone when I wake up. Ugh. Does anyone actually enjoy waking up to the start of the week? I guess people who actually like their jobs might, but for the rest of us sadsacks, there’s no worse feeling.

Anyway, enough with the self-made pity party, I might as well mention to you fine people some games I played over the weekend. You deserve better than that.

Overall, it was a pretty fun weekend for gaming. As I mentioned in my Friday blog, I finished KOTOR2 Friday afternoon after work (I get out early on Fridays, one positive) and used this momentum to get to the final boss in Guacamelee! yesterday. I hope that whoever’s played it agrees with me when I say that Guacamelee! is really bloody hard. Especially the last two boss fights. I’m currently on the 2nd form of the final boss and have already died maybe thirty times. Tough as fuck. One positive with the Vita is due to the standby mode, I shouldn’t have to replay the end bosses 1st form when I pick it up again tonight. Somewhat cheap but it is what it is.

 Guac

I'm gonna beat you!

Other than Guacumelee, I also put some time into XCOM: Enemy Unknown. According to Steam, I last played this in May of last year so I was a little rusty on the uptake. I managed to complete the first mission I faced but got completely wiped out on the second. I think I know a better way to approach this mission though so I quit out to try again later. While I do enjoy it when playing, I think what puts me off is the number of complex systems I don’t quite understand, especially regarding the satellites and air defense. Given time, I’m sure I will pick it up, but it’s probably the reason I’ve gone so long since playing. I’m only about 4 hours in so plenty of time to learn.

 XCOM

I hate this things...

For this week, I think I might try get back to MGS Peace Walker on the HD Collection. I maybe played an hour of this first time round and have been meaning to get back to it. This is the week me thinks. I’ll also probably play some Gran Turismo 6 to chip away further at that. Decisions, decisions.

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Looking forward to our continued BaD experiences.

Later


 

Comments

transmet2033

02/10/2014 at 09:48 AM

I had to put Guacamelee down because of that second form of the final boss.  I don't think that I will officially beat the game, but I am satisfied with stopping at that point.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 10:58 AM

I really hope I don't get to that point but odds are if I can't beat him this week, I'll move on. Gamer problems Smile

transmet2033

02/10/2014 at 11:18 AM

You have already failed at that boss more than I did before I quit.

mothman

02/10/2014 at 10:10 AM

The weekend as always went by way too fast. Perhaps it had something to do with playing Bravely Default for the better part of Saturday and Sunday. I'm sick of this weather, I want Spring.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 11:01 AM

Bravely Default looks great. I only wish it was on a console I owned Frown

And yes. Bring on Spring already!!

Alex-C25

02/10/2014 at 10:34 AM

Speaking of KOTOR, I just started the first game yesterday.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 10:58 AM

Great game too. Have you played it before?

Alex-C25

02/10/2014 at 11:15 AM

Nope.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 11:21 AM

You're in for a treat so. I hope you like it. Let us know what you think.

Alex-C25

02/10/2014 at 11:28 AM

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 11:31 AM

Just did. Oops. My inbox has been backing up with all the BaD entries Laughing

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/10/2014 at 12:29 PM

man, I got to finish Xcom.  That's  great goddamn game. 

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 12:39 PM

I need to just get really stuck in. I think i'm going to customize my characters names too so that I feel more attached. That's always fun.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/10/2014 at 01:08 PM

I hate waking up in cold, especially. Go right back under the comforter every morning, then run to get all my stuff on. My electric bill's looking to be over $100 and I leave it on auto at 67 and don't use much else. This weather needs to warm it!

Need to play Guacamelee.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 03:15 PM

Mr. Weather needs to be taken down a peg or two and get with the program here. It feels like this winter has gone on for an age

goaztecs

02/10/2014 at 02:18 PM

Oh Guacamelee...I used tons of cuss words at the end. After a bit you start to see a pattern with the final bosses. Use that, a bit of luck, and tons of cuss words and you can take them down.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 03:17 PM

Haha noted. I think I picked up a bit on his pattern but damn do you have to be exact with your input. The game doesn't feel cheap at least to that's a positive.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

02/10/2014 at 02:33 PM

I feel a little like that every time I wake up, but that's because my sleep schedule is seriously messed up.

Really want to try out Guacamelee and XCOM. Steam in general as well, but not having a credit card is a major roadblock.

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 03:18 PM

Steam is great but can be a little dangerous for both the wallet and the backlog Smile

BrokenH

02/10/2014 at 03:44 PM

Yeah, that quadraped alien looks pretty damned terrifying. I imagine he's good at shredding through squads as if they were butter! Glad you got to finished Kotor 2. It's really good and probably has some of the most intriguing Star-Wars characters ever created. 

TheMart22

02/10/2014 at 03:53 PM

I agree with the intriguing characters. There's a lot of depth in their personalities which make the dialogue choices fun.

And yes, those aliens suck. And of course by "suck", I mean "kick my ass". I haven't met them enough to tell, but I think they basicly auto-kill whoever they get near. Very tough as they are able to traverse a lot of ground each turn.

daftman

02/10/2014 at 08:44 PM

I finished Killzone: Mercenary on Saturday. That's a really good game and even though it has gobs of replay value, I think I'll move on to something else. Not sure what yet. I need to play a console game. I've been enjoying my handhelds almost exclusively lately lol

TheMart22

02/11/2014 at 07:51 AM

I've been thinking about Killzone but I'll probably just wait for it to inevitably be added to PS+. I'm glad to hear it's good. I've got so much to play right now on the Vita and have pre-ordered Final Fantasy X which is out next month. 

NSonic79

03/17/2014 at 02:10 PM

I was thinking about getting the cross play version of that game you speak of. But hearing how hard it is, makes me glad I passed on it when it was on sale. Plus I would only be able to play it on my PS3 instead of a Vita which I don't own right now.

TheMart22

03/19/2014 at 07:49 AM

Guacamelee is difficult in parts but it is fair and controls great. You should check it out if you get the chance. The music and atmosphere of the game are great too.

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