Thursday, January 27, 2005

Bored in Singapore...

I'm in Singapore, hanging out at the hotel private lounge - they call it the Royal Club. Everyone's out, shopping, and im tired of shopping. Now im just sitting here with the free internet, free food and free drinks... now what should i do? I'm waiting to get a PSP soon - bt my uncle told me not to buy it just yet coz his Jap friends are coming over and they might bring one for me! So hopefully it'll be here. I'll only buy it here if the japs don't have enough for me.

Cool! Supamofo is online!!

Stranger on Xbox

I've never really played any of the oddworld games before Stranger's Wrath bt I can say this for sure, this fourth (am i right?) game from the oddworld universe is pretty damn fun and frustrating at the same time.

The world as you play through it is very fun to stay in. You play along at the same time looking around at the fantastic graphics and level designs. Every animation from the grass swaying to the live animals jumping around is smooth. That much is great and good enough to drool on. The gameplay is fun when you know how to. You just have to learn how to use the live ammo. Yes! LIVE ammo - u hunt for animals around you and use them as ammo. Pretty damn fun - squirrels are annoying btw.

But there are a number of things about this game I dont like - like how the game feels kind of repetitive at first - get mission, do it, come back for money kinda thing. Bt that is soon turned around in the later levels. Then there's the difficulty settings. The game doesn't feel so smooth in terms of this. Some times, it can be really easy, then all of a sudden, just as you are having fun blasting everything around you, it gets so damn hard that you die again and again - till you stop and think really hard for a strategy. Oh... and the main character, called Stranger, he's not that very friendly to you. You press one button, that's all you get for his interaction with other characters.... oh plus, character designs are limited - almost everybody looks the same...

but, this is one game you you cannot miss! Aside from its problems, I love this game to bits!

Sunday, January 23, 2005

January: the Halo 2 Party Month

It's like, what?, the 6th time this month i've held a halo party? I'm running out of money! But it's all worth it. Playing Halo2 till 5am in the morning is damn great! Creating the craziest multiplayer game is fun! Having atleast 8 people on a 4vs4 or a free for all run is awesome! Playing Halo2 with a projector viewing at over 100" is THE BOMB! Check out some of the games we created:


Game one
Map: Headlong
No of players: 8 - 4 vs 4
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Team Phantom
Motion Detector: Off
Main Weapon: Sniper Rifle
Weapons on Map: Sniping
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: Off
Estimated Time it took: 2hrs+


Game two
Map: Zanzibar
No of players: 8 - Free For All
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Phantom
Motion Detector: Off
Main Weapon: Random
Weapons on Map: None
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: On


Game Three
Map: Lockout
No of players: 8 - 4 vs 4
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Team Phantom
Motion Detector: Off
Main Weapon: Grenade Launcher
Weapons on Map: None
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: On


Game Four
Map: Midship
No of players: 8 - Free For all
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Team Phantom
Motion Detector: Off
Main Weapon: Energy Sword
Weapons on Map: None
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: Off


Game Five
Map: Zanzibar
No of players: 6 - 3 vs 3
Game: Ball
Time: 5mins
Motion Detector: Off
Ball Indicator: Off


Game Six
Map: Foundation
No of players: 7 - 4 vs 3
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Team Slayer
Motion Detector: On
Main Weapon: Magnum
Weapons on Map: None
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: On


Game Seven
Map: Beaver's Creek
No of players: 8 - 4 vs 4
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Team Phantom
Motion Detector: Off
Main Weapon: Random
Weapons on Map: None
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: On


Game Eight
Map: Foundation
No of players: 7 - 2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 1
Frags: 50
Game: Slayer - Team Slayer
Motion Detector: Off
Main Weapon: Random
Weapons on Map: None
Secondary Weapon: None
Starting Grenade: On