BaD #1: January 2015 Recap and a BaD Introduction

On 02/02/2015 at 08:08 AM by daftman

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Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2015

Games Beaten

-The Unfinished Swan (PS3)

The Unfinished Swan is a neat game about exploration and discovery. The game starts in a white world that you navigate by revealing the environment by flinging globs of paint. Even after the world gains visual definition in the later levels (the wonder of shadows), it's an enchanting world to explore and I enjoyed my brief time with it. There isn't much reason to return, other than some collectables, but I don't mind. It was an experience worth having. And there's a talking hippo!

Games Bought

-Shovel Knight (Wii U)

Everyone has talked about this game so much, I'm excited to finally play it.

-PS+ games

inFamous: First Light for the PS4, DuckTales Remastered and Prototyple 2 for the PS3, Woah Dave! for the Vita, The Swapper for all three systems, and Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition for PS3 and Vita

Now Playing

-Final Fantasy II (GBA)

This is a very odd game. The leveling system is easy to exploit and kind of breaks the game. It's not a bad game and the GBA version is very user-friendly (you can save anytime!). It's just not terribly compelling.

-Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)

I've finally made it to the G-ranked quests, which is where I've been told that the game "really" begins. We'll see. So far it's been a noticeable jump in difficulty.

-LEGO Marvel Superheroes (Wii U)

We need to get back to playing this regularly. I checked a guide online and we're only a third of the way through

-Super Smash Bros. (Wii U)

This one ought to go without saying. Super fun stuff right here.

BLOG A DAY!

The dreaded BaD is upon us! I'm very interested to see what everyone (who is participating) has in store for us. For my part I'm going to play things very similar to last year and write about the backlog of iOS games that has accumulated on iPhone. I'll pick a game, play it for maybe 30 minutes or maybe spread out throughout the day (if I'm off work)—you know, try to get a feel for what it's like— and then right a paragraph or two about it. I'm also resurrecting OCR Spotlight for the following three Mondays and might throw in some other random stuff later in the month. I've got some blogs written already but they won't last long o_O

So good luck to everybody! May we not have to resort to funny cat pictures (unless that's your plan)...though I'm looking forward to mothman's pandas

Blake Turner Staff Writer

02/02/2015 at 09:38 AM

Enjoy The Swapper. I wrote a blog about it here ages back: http://www.pixlbit.com/blog/2525/awesome_new_releases

I loved it, and I think you will too!

daftman

02/02/2015 at 11:49 AM

Hey, I remember that blog! I even commented on it. That's definitely one of the games I want to try, and now I have plenty of ways to do that lol.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/02/2015 at 10:46 AM

I could never get into MOnster Hunter games, but I'm gonna give 4 on the new 3DS a serious shot.

02/02/2015 at 11:50 AM

You really need people to play. Like, people you know. I would never have lasted this long if I was playing by myself.

mothman

02/02/2015 at 11:04 AM

The Unfinished Swan is one of my unfinished games. I should get some of those shorter games out of the way. I know I always say that so maybe now is a good time.

02/02/2015 at 12:18 PM

How did you not finish it? I got through it in two sittings You should go back to it. Won't take you long. It can be the start of a good thing!

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/02/2015 at 11:36 AM

Does Tim Curry voice the talking hippo?

02/02/2015 at 12:20 PM

I feel confident in saying...no. Does he have a history of hippo impersonation?

02/02/2015 at 01:06 PM

Blog I read before this was about some Barbie game he did VO for. Was just on my mind. But it's Tim Curry, so I'm not ruling out the hippo history thing either.

02/02/2015 at 01:48 PM

Well, it wasn't a malevolent hippo and I'm sure that's the only sort of hippo he could do

Aboboisdaman

02/02/2015 at 03:54 PM

Shovel Knight is great. Good luck with BaD Philip. You know I'll be reading and at least trying to come up with lame comments lol.

02/02/2015 at 08:35 PM

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to Shovel Knight. And since I got it on the Wii U, I can use just the gamepad while my wife is playing Dragon Age

Cary Woodham

02/02/2015 at 07:43 PM

Unfinished Swan sounds interesting. Shovel Knight is great. I love DuckTales.

02/02/2015 at 08:36 PM

You should keep an eye out for The Unfinished Swan whenever Sony does a sale. It's a cool little game.

Alex-C25

02/02/2015 at 08:21 PM

Kinda wish The Unfinished Swan was on PC. That's the kind of artsy game I dig and it looks very unique.

02/02/2015 at 08:38 PM

Unfortunately for you, it's a Sony game. I doubt it will ever see the light of day anywhere else, though I'm surprised it hasn't been ported to the Vita.

Ranger1

02/04/2015 at 07:26 AM

I hate to admit this, but I never could quite figure out just what the heck I was supposed to be doing in Unfinished Swan and it sits unplayed on my hard drive.

02/04/2015 at 07:24 PM

It's confusing at first because they just drop you in that totally white world but if you just keep chuckin' paint around you'll see where to go sooner or later. A little explanation at the beginning would have been great. You should give it another chance.

PixlBit