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Mega-lo-Mania (MD): COMPLETED!

Posted on 23/12/2017 Written by deKay

As I do every so often, I sat and played – and completed – one of the very best Mega Drive games: Mega-lo-Mania.

This time it was prompted by a conversation on Twitter, but I don’t really ever need an excuse to play it. It’s so good.

Once again, the CPU didn’t put anybody in suspended animation (see my previous post on this) and, since I’d expected it, I only put the bare minimum in myself. And then won.

Again.

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Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)

Posted on 22/12/2017 Written by deKay

That was hell.

I’ve never been so bored, so annoyed, so disappointed with a Mario game. The first 250 moons were great. The next 250, not so much. The NEXT 250? rubbish. The final 100 made Mario Odyssey one of the worst games ever made.

The skipping rope moon. It’s pure luck. There’s no way to time it because the rope moves too fast after around 50 jumps and you can’t jump fast enough to keep up.

The volleyball moon. It takes forever and is also down to luck. If the ball goes too far away from you and Cappy doesn’t aim properly, you lose.

But those are just difficult, frustrating, try and try again moons. No, the real killer is the hundred or so moons you have to buy in order to make the total up to 999. To do this you literally have to just collect coins. 10,000 coins. Which takes hours.

And for what? I’ll tell you what: a big hat and some rubbish fireworks.

https://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/l26ZVIEDjE77jXeC.mp4

Stupid game.

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Filed Under: Gaming Diary Tagged With: mario, Post, switch

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (PS4): COMPLETED!

Posted on 21/12/2017 Written by deKay

I can’t say much here, because even some of the basic plot points are massive spoilers.

What I can say, is that oh my did the story twist and turn there. Everything I thought I knew was wrong, and then that was even more wrong.

And that’s the story done. Some parts don’t quite fit with how Rachel was portrayed in the first game (she was much more… promiscuous there than she seemed here), but how close she and Chloe became makes that scene in the original even more horrible.

On the whole, it was a great game. I wish, in a way, that it actually came before the first game rather than be released afterwards. I know that was never going to happen, but my suggestion to people who haven’t played either is to play this first. Why? Because the first game builds on this one rather than the other way round. It’s deeper, more important, more epic, and you’d gain a time travel power rather than feel you’ve lost one.

There’s another chapter coming soon – with Max in it – and I’m looking forward to that, especially to see how it fits in with the rest now. I think it’s supposed to be set before Max moves away? We’ll see.

Here’s the massively spoilerly playthrough, if you’re interested:

The post Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (PS4): COMPLETED! appeared first on deKay's Gaming Diary.

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Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (PS4): COMPLETED!

Posted on 21/12/2017 Written by deKay

I can’t say much here, because even some of the basic plot points are massive spoilers.

What I can say, is that oh my did the story twist and turn there. Everything I thought I knew was wrong, and then that was even more wrong.

And that’s the story done. Some parts don’t quite fit with how Rachel was portrayed in the first game (she was much more… promiscuous there than she seemed here), but how close she and Chloe became makes that scene in the original even more horrible.

On the whole, it was a great game. I wish, in a way, that it actually came before the first game rather than be released afterwards. I know that was never going to happen, but my suggestion to people who haven’t played either is to play this first. Why? Because the first game builds on this one rather than the other way round. It’s deeper, more important, more epic, and you’d gain a time travel power rather than feel you’ve lost one.

There’s another chapter coming soon – with Max in it – and I’m looking forward to that, especially to see how it fits in with the rest now. I think it’s supposed to be set before Max moves away? We’ll see.

Here’s the massively spoilerly playthrough, if you’re interested:

The post Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (PS4): COMPLETED! appeared first on deKay's Gaming Diary.

Filed Under: Gaming Diary Tagged With: completed, life is strange, Post, PS4, psn

ugvm Podcast Episode 5

Posted on 19/12/2017 Written by deKay Leave a Comment

Hello! It’s very nearly Christmas and we make absolutely no mention of that at all. Well, maybe a bit.

This episode, deKay absolutely hasn’t been drinking, Kendrick ruins Christmas for everyone, Toby is all about the legs, and Lorfarius just wants pirates and sailors in his stocking. ALSO FEATURING: The best video connectivity pun ever crafted.

We discuss the ZX Vega+ again, and also the somewhat more successful ZX NEXT, as well as the latest PS+ and Games With Gold titles, Shenmue III, the Xbox One X, Christmas NiGHTS (well of course), toilets, and all these games:

  • Assassin’s Creed Origins
  • Bayonetta 3
  • Mario Odyssey
  • Stardew Valley
  • You Have to Win the Game
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm
  • Tomb Raider: Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • Lord of the Rings: Shadow of Mordor
  • Doom VFR
  • Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
  • Yakuza Kiwami

Not only that, we answered a load of questions you lot provided too! No wonder it’s almost two hours long. Sorry. Merry Christmas?

Some links to things we mention:

GameSX
Amigarama
Toilets In Video Games
ugvm Steam Curators Page

https://ugvm.org.uk/podcasts/ugvmPodcastEpisode5.mp3

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