Reached 50k exactly two days ago.
Don't plan on playing anything new until Gears of War 3 so it will probably stay like that for a while. lol
BTW... Gears of War 3 BETA has been a blast. One of the funnest and most addicting games I've play in a while... and it's only a BETA! I forgive EPIC for the abomination that was and is Gears of War 2.
Looking forward to the finished product.
Well I wont be on for about a month.
I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :)
Have fun everyone!!
Yeah I never thought I would reach 40,000 gamer score before I left for vacation but apparently I have. Ever since I broke 20k I became hooked on unlocking achievements. To me they provide small challenges that are there simply for completion reasons. That doesn't mean I will go lengths just to unlock a few points but I am at least motivated to give them a go. Finishing Darksiders helped me reach this new milestone.
On another note I have been waiting for Red Dead Redemption for WAY TOO LONG! I know it comes out in two days but the wait is killing me (probably should be thinking about spring semester finals :P ). Only other game I have been this excited for was Final Fantasy XIII. I really hope RDR lives up to the hype unlike FFXIII. Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed FF13 very much. I went for the 1000/1000 but came to a sudden stop when I realized how much grinding I had to do to get my final achievement for it, Treasure Hunter (kinda hate Square Enix for giving us Fangs pic only once we unlock that particular achievement). I will get it someday... when I have no other game to play.
That's pretty much it. I've stopped buying games so often since I still have so many to finish (I believe there are about 20 games I still need to finish. Some of them I haven't even bothered to open). For that reason I will limit myself with future purchases (plus being in college and having to pay rent doesn't help my wallet either lol).
As it stands I will only be purchasing the following games for the rest of this year:
Red Dead Redemtion
Fable 3
Castlevania Lords of Shadow (if released this year)
Fallout: New Vegas
I know Super Mario Galax 2 and Metroid Other M are coming soon and Zelda may arrive for the holiday season but I don't think I will be purchasing them. I don't play the Wii anymore. These may just become rentals in the end.
Well thats pretty much it. :)
If you want to play RDR, SSFIV, MW2 or anything really add me on Xbox LIVE. GT is DJSAV101. See you online (make sure to let me know you are from GS or you will be ignored).
Just taking a break from family to say Happy New Year Gamespot! Hope 2010 is even better!!! :D
Title pretty much says it all.
To those who do not celebrate Christmas Happy Holidays. :)
Well, at first I really wasn't into the whole achievement system on the 360. The more I played, however, the more I pushed to getting more and more. Now a whole year later I have finally achieved 20,005 gamer score. It's not much by todays standards but whatever... I'm happy I got it. It shows me how much of a game I actually complete and I always like to complete games 100% at some point.
Well that's pretty much it. Game that brought me over the 20k mark was Fable 2 and the achievement was The Con Artists. Gatta say I never thought I'd go back to Fable 2 but now I just need to Find all the dyes, kick 5 chickens and open the remaining Demon Doors (which I believe I have 3 left to do). If anyone wants to help me with these I would be very thankful.
I was hoping I would be able to get The Beatles Rockband but apparently you need one of the newer guitars (I only have the Aerosmith one). Oh well, when it gets cheaper.
Thanks for reading :)
-DJSAV_101
**UPDATE**
Just finished Fable 2 100%. :)
I've been back in the US for about three weeks now and have been trying to catch up on some gaming. Two days ago I took advantage of Best Buy's "buy 1 get second half off" deal on Xbox 360 games and acquired Batman Arkham Asylum and Prototype. So far I am very satisfied with both my purchases. I haven't played Batman much but its been good so far (I'm terrible at the riddles :lol: ).
Most of my time has been spent on Prototype. I'm just about finished with it and to be honest, Prototype has given me a harder time than most games I have played recently. It's not really difficult but I have had to retry some missions due to careless mistakes and forgeting that Hunters don't get stunned no matter what and will completely destroy you if you are unfortunate enough to get cornered. :P Oh well the game is still s blast to play and watching Alex Mercer fly around like Emo Peter Pan and then elbow dropping on an unsuspecting pedestrian never seems to get old (Yahtzee's Emo Peter pan comparison in his review always makes me crack up). Should be done with it pretty soon though.
Now the past couple of weeks I have gone on a spending spree when it comes to gaming. Since my return from vacation I have bough the following:
Unfortunately, my Wii has been collecting dust since Madworld was released (which I thought was increadibly boring). Nothing has interested me since then on Wii. Probably wont get any play time until New Super Mario Bros. Wii comes out. I would sell it, but aside from NSMB the is also No More Heroes 2 and Super Mario Galaxy 2 that I am REALLY looking forward to.
As for the DS, I plan on picking up the new Professor Layton game soon. Other than that I'll wait until Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Pokemon Soul Silver (don't know the exact name off the top of my head). I thought I was done with Pokemon after Diamond. I had grown tired of it. Then they announce Gold and Silver remakes (gold and silver are my favorite gen in the series) and I can't say pass to that. I'm not playing any Pokemon game until their release. Only game I play on the DS now is Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon. I just can't get enough of it. :D
Anyways that's it for this gaming update. Once again if anyone wants to play online my GT is on my profile here. I'm also getting FEAR 2 and MAYBE Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe tomorrow. Not 100% on that.
Thanks for Reading :)
-DJSAV_101
Wow have not bloged in a while!
Well I'm back from my vacation in Mexico. Had a lot of fun there for two months. This is practically the end of my summer vacation since I start college once again August 26th so I'm looking forward to getting some gaming done. To be honest I'm not very happy with how college is going. The CSU's keep loosing money therefore keep cutting classes. As it stands I my schedule for the Fall 2009 semester is a follows:
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Monday:
American Politics from 10:10 am to 11:00 am
Second Year of English from 11:10 am to 12:00 pm
*Some random class I had to take in order to have the minimum requirements for my scholarship* from 7:10 pm - 10:45 pm
Tuesday:
*Another random class to have minimum units for scholarship* From 7:10 pm - 10:45 pm
Wednesday:
Same as Monday excluding the night class
Thursday I have off
Friday:
Same as Wednesday
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Now I would not have a problem with this schedule other than the fact that all of those classes are for General Education and the fact that I have an hour and a half commute to school. Really hope these problems with the CSU's are fixed soon.
My vacation:
I know that initially on my last blog entry I stated that I would be going to Rome at one point of my vacation, however, that plan was changed and we (My girlfriend and I) took a "country tour" of Mexico. I wont go into great detail since this is a gaming forum and my next topic is practically the most important part of this blog. I will say this: Summer of 09 has been the best summer I have ever spent.
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Gaming:
It's been two months since I have played a video game. Over the summer I visited some locations in Mexico where I was able to obtain some pretty cheap games. Most of the games I bought were old school cartridges for the NES and SNES along with a couple of GBA I have had trouble finding. Since I don't have either the NES or SNES in my house here in the US I left all of my purchases back in Mexico except for one notable game.... Gears of War 2.
A while back I wrote a blog talking about my new milestone in gaming. You can read it here if you wish. Well, when game hunting in Mexico I came across a very cheap copy of Gears of War 2. For $200 pesos (about $15 USD) I was talked into buying it again. I had been hearing from my friends that it was ok once you get used to it and that lag switching was pretty much gone. So I now own Gears of War 2 once again AND I have all the DLC for it.
Recently I also bought Battlefield 1943 and I love it. Much better than Bad Company in my opinion.
*Wish list for 2009/2010 coming soon*
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Well that pretty much wraps things up for now (it's 1:00 am here and I'm tired). I went for two months without video games and I would love to get some gaming done before I start school. Xbox GT is DJSAV101 add me if you would like to play online with me (list of games I own for the 360 is right here. Also I have all the maps for Gears of War 2 so if anybody want to play then let me know. I will be honest right now.... I am not very good at Gears of War 2. I got used to the first one and its taking me some time to get used to the changes in Gears 2. Don't expect me to be pro. :P I'll give it my all but stupid mistakes are bound to happen. :lol: (Either way I always play for fun... never very competitive).
Ok this is getting pretty long. I will dedicate a future blog to all gaming to get all that I wanted to say out.
Thanks for reading :)
-DJSAV_101
Well it's that time of the year again. For those who don't know, I leave to Mexico every summer to visit family for two months. So it will be pretty rare that I will be on gamespot. I could take my 360 to continue playing but there is no room for it on this trip. ;)
The trip this time around is actually special. This time around I'm flying to Mexico with my girlfriend. It caught me by surprise when she asked me if she could come. I of course told her if she really wanted to she was always welcomed. This is a great opportunity to get to know her even more as well as visit her family and get to know them.
Another thing that makes this trip even more special is that it will be the second time I go to Europe. :D Mid July we leave Mexico and will be going to Rome for about a week. We are really excited about that.
So anyways I'd like to wish you guys a sunny, fun, and safe summer. :D I'll be back for sure on the 17th of August. Plane leaves tomorrow at 12:45 am :P.
Bye! :D
-DJSAV_101
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