Category Archives: DS

I’m Not Dead Yet

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There hasn’t been much to report, as I haven’t had much time for games lately aside from a Picross DS puzzle or two here and there (on level 9 Free Mode now). I at least got the shipping box for the 360, so it’s on its way and hopefully the replacement won’t take too long.

Otherwise, I’ve just been keeping up with the regular old news and chit-chat. Beautiful Katamari is out now, but the reaction seems to be a bit mixed. A common complaint that comes up is that this version seems to be a lot harder than the previous two, doesn’t really add much new, and is fairly short for its new higher price point. There are some more levels on the way as DLC, but they’re not available in North America yet. I might pass on this one after all.

The Waiting Game

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Having finished Super Metroid, I don’t really want to start anything new right now since my 360 is close to being returned, and anything new would just get set aside again as soon as it arrives.

Instead, tonight was spent meandering around a bit. I tried to check out Hexen, from the “id megapack” I bought on Steam a while back, but I got stuck between a rotating panel and a wall at one point, and trying to reload the game caused it to crash. I was using the zDoom engine rather than the ‘real’ one, which is probably the real problem, but zDoom adds too many enhancements not to use it.

I downloaded the new Picross DS packs for this week and completed a handful more puzzles, but mainly the easier ones. I’m getting closer to the end of the built-in puzzles though, as I’m up to level 7 (of 10) in Free mode now.

And finally I popped onto WoW and EverQuest briefly just to see if there was anything interesting going on. But there wasn’t. At least not anything obvious; you really have to wander around, inquire a bit, and do some research to find out what’s new, but I started a bit too late in the evening to bother with that.

Bye Bye, Dwarves

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Finally made it to the desert in Overlord, after finishing off the dwarf areas for good (there was still more to go than I expected after the brewery) and getting the final forge upgrade. Now I can start upgrading the armour and weapons in earnest, though I don’t have many spare minions to sacrifice at the moment. I hope I’m not going to have to grind the easier orb-collecting spots for hours just to save up minions for enchantments.

A couple more good deeds managed to knock my corruption rating from 5% down to 1% too, which I wasn’t expecting, so I might be able to get a 0% corruption run after all. As one wag in some forums noted, the game really should be called Benevolent Dictator if you take the ‘good’ route.

It should only take one or two more evenings to finish it off, since I think this is the last area. It’ll depend on how large it is and how many dungeons or adjacent sub-areas there are to it.

The only other progress is that I’m now up to level 4 in Free mode in Picross DS. The sounds associated with some of the level themes are getting a bit annoying…

“For Youuuu…”

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As hinted at, today I finally got back to Overlord, which is one of those games I installed, played for an hour, and then never touched again. Far too many games fall into that category for me, and it’s not because they weren’t fun; I just get easily distracted by something else that comes along. I’m going to try focusing on completing a smaller set of games first, though.

I managed to make pretty good progress, finding the red and green minion hives, taking out Melvin, recruiting a mistress for the castle, and getting my first forge. I accidentally wasted money on the forge by using it to buy steel armour though, when up to that point the game hadn’t really made it clear that you’re already wearing steel equipment…

And I finally finished the Level 10 Normal puzzles in Picross DS, and the unlock did indeed make me happy. I’m only about halfway done though, as now I have most of the Free mode puzzles to go.

It Begins

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I finished a few more Picross DS puzzles!

Okay, that’s not exactly the most thrilling start… I just finished BioShock a couple days ago though, so I’m kind of between games now. I need to figure out which other ones I’m still in the middle of and focus on completing them first. Hmmm, my Overlord disc is still sitting on the desk…

In the meantime though, Picross DS is what I’ve been using to kill short bursts of spare time, as puzzles can usually be done in 10-20 minutes or so. I’m working my way through Level 10 Normal, after which I should unlock the ‘secret’ Level 11 puzzles, which are supposed to be a special treat. I’m guessing they’ll be of popular Nintendo icons. And after that there’s still most of the Free mode puzzles and the downloadable packs to go.