Posted by Paul on Nov 26, 2008 in
Gaming So this one it took about 2 hours to complete and all 30 treasures were found plus the relic. It appears that the Speed 3 achievement glitched and was impossible to get so I’ve got some checkpoint loading up to do when I finish, that infact took maybe 15 minutes extra of trying making this quite a short level. It did make up for it because so far it has probably been the most challenging in terms of jumps and climbs. Shame the “boss” type creature was taken down so easily with a grenade and a few shotgun shells.
A good moment was when the spider got squashed, ha. However still no extras unlocked.
Tags: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted by Paul on Nov 24, 2008 in
Gaming Ugh that was a long one, very big, in total: 1 Relic and only 47 out of the 50 treasures, bummer however I had a sneaky look at a guide, sneaky because I’m trying to go it alone, and I appear to have missed 3 in the opening Jungle part somewhere. Musta spent in total about 3 hours 15 mins on the level. Nothing exactly rememberable although when you exit the last chamber on the way out three spiders line up ready to ruin your day in front of the door you need to exit, just a bit random, wonder how long they waited for you. Oh and what happened to the days of burning to death? Walk into fire and you die instantly, right.
Still none of the extras unlocks on the main menu have actually unlocked yet.
Tags: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted by Paul on Nov 23, 2008 in
Gaming Ooh, Deja Vu. About 50 minutes to complete. 1 relic found and all 13 treasures.
Interesting story developments.
Tags: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted by Paul on Nov 22, 2008 in
Gaming Ah the demo level. Nicer looking level than the first, I think just because it was lighter. Definately more challenging than the first, more nooks and crannies to look in.
Took about just under three hours, 1 Relic but only 26 of the 30 artifacts 
Tags: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted by Paul on Nov 22, 2008 in
Gaming Just finished Level 1 after two and a half hours of exploring, managed to find the Relic and 20 of the 26 artifacts, which amazingly Lara smashes old vases to find, ironic. Perhaps the treasure hunting achievements won’t be as bad as I though, finding that many on my own is an achievement itself. I usually leave it to guides. Hey it’s not exactly like the uninspiringly boring and frustrating pigeon shooting of GTA4 (biggest disappointing game of the year), I might actually enjoy getting these.
The story well, it’s involving opening with a scene that is mysterious and ending on possibly the most unexpected section of a level on Tomb Raider ever.
As predicted, I’m liking it.
Tags: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted by Paul on Nov 13, 2008 in
People Well, it had to start some time… It seems quite late this year as it’s the first I’ve saw.
Tags: Christmas
Posted by Paul on Nov 12, 2008 in
Gaming The Tomb Raider: Underworld demo was released a week or so ago on XBL and PC, apparently according to some forums it’s never due out for PS3 users, well there isn’t long ’til the full game is out now anyway.
Upon loading the demo the first thing that have changed a lot is the menu system, it’s a sort of directional selectional circle, push and hold the stick to whatever menu option and select it, it’s different, but it works. For the actual game itself the first thing I noticed when loading up the game were the graphics. To me graphics aren’t everything, I want a game thats fun and entertaining as opposed to graphical genius, of course I don’t want it to look garbage, but wow the game looked excellent, very pretty and detailed.
Difficulty seems beefed up not just in the jumping and leaping but against the tigers dotted about they seem to take a few rounds before dropping and are very fast, I need to get used to that precise aiming thingy on a console. The interactive elements are more hidden, they blend with the environment a lot more than before making you think about jumping. Speaking of jumping a new element has been added of leaping backwards and forwards between walls (I forget what it’s called, monkey jump?), to get to where you need to go. A new touch is also the fact when running through bushes Lara pushes them aside with her hands as opposed to walking straight through them like they don’t exist.
One annoyance was what seemed like every 10 seconds a bat or spider would latch on to you and take off health until you pressed to shrug it off.
Above all I was impressed with the demo and I very much look forward to playing the full game even more than before.
Tags: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Posted by Paul on Nov 12, 2008 in
Gaming Ooh, the generous folks at game have dropped the price of the TR:U Special Edition to £44.99 now only £7 more than the standard edition, I’m going to be a sucker now and preorder it. Not forgetting to use the £3 discount code on all things over £30 that some how gets issued to the internet 
Posted by Paul on Nov 6, 2008 in
People As it was Bonfire night last night I went along to the nearest show. Picked a quiet spot on the “wrong” side of the river, not quite sure where the fireworks would appear it was a bit of a risk. Luckily we could see pretty much everything apart from anything blocked by the tree in the way but at least it was quiet compared to the other side. I think we got the good side of the bargain as just as the show started a river cruise boat pulled up and decided to take up half the bank on the other side of the river seemingly without caring for anyone on the bank. Not content with spoiling the view for the people on the bank he didn’t bother to anchor or tie up the boat so it kept spinning around, so no doubt the people on the boat had to keep swapping sides just to see and also he let it drift up and down the bank spoiling not just one set of people on the bank but many.
Moron.
That aside the show was good it was “Sci-Fi” themed, I like Sci-Fi so the music played appealed to me. The fireworks matched the music well I felt, the timing was good. Best part was the Matrix music and shooting green fireworks. The ending was abrupt there wasn’t a particularly flash ending, but it was marked by probably the loudest firework, followed by a mass scramble to the car park shame the return home lastest twice as long as the show but still good nevertheless.
Pics attached for fun. Blurry boat one, just becuase.
Posted by Paul on Oct 28, 2008 in
TV Firstly the thing about things with zombies in is the characters never think “oh crap a zombie, run”. They always seem to have stupid deaths because of it. Fiction of zombies in fiction doesn’t seem to exist. That aside;
Zombies = Yes
Big Brother = Meh
The word zombie was of course never used, but of course “getting them in the head” was discovered and so far no cause of outbreak has been revealed, very zombie cliched. I guess it’s enjoyable but typically zombie related things are movies and not TV shows, which kills the pace a bit adding adverts and splitting it up over 5 days, but cliffhangers make you want to watch the rest. I’m a big fan of zombies and after hearing about this show for weeks I decided to watch it. It was fairly decent above all and I will be watching the next part.
Tags: Dead Set