Catch-up gaming!
The influenza A (H1N1) craze finally bit the fine educational institution I’m currently teaching at so that gave me some much-needed time to catch up on some personal gaming. I have a pretty big catalog of unfinished games I’m currently grinding my way through for both Wii and DS and I thought I’d share some impressions. So here:
Lock’s Quest (DS) – Just finished this overlooked gem a few hours back and I’m really itchin’ for a sequel. Basically a variation of the famous tower defense style of gameplay found in PC sharewares with the added hook of being able to control a character while waves of enemies come at you and your structures. Good solid fun that lasts quite a while.
Age of Empires: Mythologies (DS) – I spent an ungodly amount of time in the previous Age offering for the DS (Age of Kings) so I was way excited for this sequel. Appropriately enough, this mythological gods-infused iteration made me spend an even more ungodly amount of time with my DS. Oh, the hand cramps! Fans of turn-based strategy games should look this one up.
de Blob (Wii) – IGN Wii almost made me puke blobs for their inordinate coverage of this game, but it turns out that the all the coverage was well-deserved. de Blob’s simple premise of painting the environments with your wee ‘lil blob is both charming and way addictive. I’m constantly annoyed that the jump mechanic is tied to a waggle motion (why can’t there be an option to map it to a BUTTON? Argh!), but I can live with it. I’m four levels in and can’t wait to get back to it.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii) – Darkside Chronicles, the sequel, is looking more and more amazing the more I see of it, so I was curious about the original. Traumatic memories of the Gun Survivor series aside, I find Umbrella Chronicles to be quite the ride. It sucks that that very little of the environment is interactive and the cursor isn’t as tight as I’d like it to be, but going through the old Resi stories in an on-rails experience is pretty darn fun. Replay value abounds as well, it looks like.
i think this is enjoy