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Game Diary / June 4, 2007 / John / 0
OK, so you’re a photojournalist, right? And there’s been a town completely cordoned off by the military. With me so far? Right, so you decide that you’re going to fly into the town in a helicopter, get dropped off on the roof of a shopping center, and arrange to be picked up 72 hours later
Game Diary / May 29, 2007 / John / 0
I’ve really not been playing very much recently – I just don’t seem to have the time these days. I haev, though, had a brief session on The Third Age, which I never did complete. I seem to remember I got as far as a stupid frustrating bit with loads of cave trolls before giving
Game Diary / April 21, 2007 / John / 3
This is a bit trickier than one expects from a modern Castlevania game! Anyway, I covered everywhere I could reach in the town painting and did a bit more castle exploring. I also did a couple of quests which have yielded a double jump ability (which is handy) and defeated another boss (or two –
Game Diary / April 19, 2007 / John / 0
ZOMG! Well, firstly can I just say that Portrait of Ruin is easily one of the best looking games on the DS and equally easily the prettiest Castlevania EVAR. Nice parallax effects, a lot of 3D backgrounds and baddies and the usual whippeding action. The whole dual character thing is a bit confusing, but I’m
Completed Games, Game Diary / April 19, 2007 / John / 1
Guhh! Death’s second form is quite breathtakingly hard. Fortunately you’re free to go and find a save point after his first form. Which is just as well, because I’ve spent well over three hours play time being killed by Dracula, going off and getting up a level, coming back, getting killed, levelling again, etc. By
Game Diary / April 15, 2007 / John / 0
Gah! I’m consoling myself with the thought that I’m not incredibly rubbish at this but that the AI does, in fact, cheat like a cheating thing. Not only that, but the hint marker that comes up almost always shows you a move that will leave you wide open to a massive damage-fest by the enemy
Game Diary / April 13, 2007 / John / 0
ZOMG! It’s the best game EVAR! Well, it’s really good anyway. Basically, it’s an RPG in the style of Final Fantasy Tactics or Fire Emblem. Except instead of the usual style of turn based combat you play – well – bejewelled. It shouldn’t work, but it really really does. Except, even early on, it’s as
Game Diary / April 11, 2007 / John / 0
Well, I found some vikings who were landlocked by a rampaging sea dragon and needed my help in settling it down. So, off I headed to the dragon shrine and turned my whole party into toads to cross a pond and then into mini-mes to get into a stone dragon’s gob. Once in there, I
Game Diary / April 9, 2007 / John / 0
Well, Dracula has me stuck between a rock and a hard place, so while I’m off levelling up and exploring, I’m also picking up Final Fantasy III where I left off. Last time, I ended up getting a mini-me spell and heading off in search of a gnome village – which I promptly found. Due
Game Diary / April 9, 2007 / John / 0
Well, after an extended period of whacking, Hugh has been taught the error of his ways and the key to Dracula’s room is now in my sweaty grasp. So, I guess now is the time to go around and get all of the items I’ve missed and colour in the rest of the map before