Four games completed this week, Red Ring of Death!

Ok, so after a very good week for gamerscore I end up becoming annoyed at the end of it. Why? Well as of about an hour ago I got the red ring of death! I guess at least it came today, the final day of half term and not at the beginning of half term. If it had have happened then I would have been really annoyed. I think I made someone feel guilty about my red ring too, the time I got it was after accepting an invite for Forza 2. Well, at least it's still under warranty which means that I should be able to take it into the shop tomorrow and get a new one. I hope I don't have to send it off, otherwise I may have to go and buy some PC games for gamerscore. I have Viva Pinata PC which I need to finish, Gears of War PC has gone missing. I've been wanting to do Fallout 3 for a while so perhaps I'll get that if I do have to send it off.

The next thing I want to say is something I never thought I'd say. Someone is actually following this blog! Here I thought that no one read it other than DizzyChaos, it seems that at least one other person is reading it. Thank you JJBDude for following me, I am following you're Gaming Habits blog which is quite a good read. I recommend it to anyone who is reading this blog.

So the games I've completed this week are Aegis Wing, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Hannah the Movie and Terminator: Salvation.

First I'll start with Aegis Wing. I got this game a long time ago and it is a great Shmup, perhaps mainly because it is free. It's a sidescrolling shmup like Gradius or R-Type, just not as good and feels quite generic. Probably the best thing about it is the fact that you can join 4 ships together and then use the right analog stick to shoot enemies whilst the person you are connected to drives you around. I recommend you try it, especially since it's free. I'll give it a 6.4/10.

Next it Need for Speed: Most Wanted which is a very good game. It's also the first Need for Speed game I've played and makes me want to play the other games in the series. I originally got the game for gamerscore alone from LoveFilm but it really is a good game. Basically it is a racing game where you are in a city and have to defeat opponents to move up ranks to the top of this blacklist. The difference between this game and other racing games is the fact that in the middle of any race the cops will start chasing you and other vehicles. After you finish the race you will have to drive around the city to get away from the cops. I guess it's kind of like Grand Theft Auto, just only with cars. I give it a 8.5/10.

The third game I finished was Hannah Montana, I'm not talking about this one. Rent it for easy gamerscore. It is a bad game where you move as slow as Cloud in Final Fantasy VII if you didn't hold the X button, I had the sound down the entire time so I didn't have to listen to the songs. I'll give this a 3/10.

The final game I completed was Terminator: Salvation which is basically a bad Gears of War rip off. Like in Gears you go from cover to cover shooting enemies, you even slow down and cannot shoot when people are talking. It's repetitive, has the same enemies throughout the entire game and doesn't even have a final boss. I'll give it a 5/10.

DizzyChaos update:

DizzyChaos: 66,470 - Increase of 1,495 this week
KaibaChaos: 55,738 - Increase of 3,885 this week

I more than doubled DizzyChaos this week, I hope I can continue to beat him.

Rank update:

Country Rank: 3,294/407,297 - An increase of 754 ranks
World Rank: 14,648/3,020,741 - An increase of 3,185 ranks

I think I did quite well this week to go up that much, hopefully I'll be able to continue to get higher =D

I noticed I didn't change the ranks or gamerscore in last weeks blog. Sorry, I'll try and not make this mistake a third time.

Thanks for reading, bye :)

Space Invaders Extreme completed

I can't be bothered to number my blogs anymore, that's the end of that tradition. It didn't look that great anyway...

So this week I've beaten one game which was Space Invaders Extreme. If you like Space Invaders, then you will like this game. It's basically a sequel to the original game like Pac-Man Championship Edition is to Pac-Man. It's really good, you get different weapons, it's stage based and you can battle online. I'll give it an 8/10, buy it!

DizzyChaos update:

DizzyChaos: 62,240 - Increase of 2,735 this week
KaibaChaos: 50,298 - Increase of 1,555 this week

I didn't beat him, but I think I got a good amount of gamerscore this week.

Rank update:

Country Rank: 4,154/404,943 - An increase of 106 ranks
World Rank: 18,306/3,001,901 - An increase of 473 ranks

I went up ok. As long as I am going up that is what I want.

Thanks for reading, bye :)

Two games completed, back to gamerscore properly again!

Blog number 11. Two games were completed this week, so I think I'm getting back into getting achievements.

The first game was Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection which I started a while ago and it is a very good collection. I don't want to start talking about every game because that would take far too long and I just don't want this one blog to turn into forty blogs. So instead, I'm going to just instinctively rate every game from what I played and give it an average score at the end:

• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle - 5/10
  
• Alien Storm - 7/10
  
• Alien Syndrome (Arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
  
• Altered Beast (Mega Drive) - 6/10
  
• Altered Beast (Arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Beyond Oasis - 6.5/10
  
• Bonanza Bros. - 6.5/10
  
• Columns - 8/10
  
• Comix Zone - 4/10
  
• Congo Bongo (arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Decap Attack - 5/10
  
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 6.3/10
  
• Dynamite Headdy - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• ESWAT: City Under Siege - 7/10
  
• Ecco the Dolphin - 5.5/10
  
• Ecco: The Tides of Time - 5.5/10
  
• Fantasy Zone (Arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Fatal Labyrinth - 5.3/10
  
• Flicky - 6.4/10
  
• Gain Ground - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Golden Axe - 8.5/10
  
• Golden Axe II - 7.5/10
  
• Golden Axe III - 7/10
  
• Golden Axe Warrior (Sega Master System) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Kid Chameleon - 6.8/10
  
• Phantasy Star (Sega Master System) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Phantasy Star II - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Ristar - 9/10
  
• Shining in the Darkness - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Shining Force - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Shinobi (Arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master - 8/10
  
• Sonic 3D Blast - 7.9/10
  
• Sonic & Knuckles - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Sonic Spinball - 6.6/10
  
• Sonic the Hedgehog - 8.9/10
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 9.4/10
  
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - 9.3/10
  
• Space Harrier (Arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Streets of Rage - 9/10
• Streets of Rage 2 - Didn't play in this collection yet.
• Streets of Rage 3 - 8/10
  
• Super Thunder Blade - 3.5/10
  
• Vectorman - 5/10
  
• Vectorman 2 - 5/10
  
• Zaxxon (Arcade) - Didn't play in this collection yet.

Apparently the average for this game is 6.78/10 from what I have given each game. I think it deserves more because of the amount of games in the collection and the games I just didn't rate because I haven't played them in the collection. So I'll give it an 8.78/10.

The second game was Lego Indiana Jones, finally! It was a good game but I feel like I was with it for much longer than I should have been. This being the case I don't really feel like talking about it too much. It's good, it plays like the other Lego Games based upon franchises. I give it a 7/10.

Games of the week:

The quick retail game: Lego Indiana Jones - Completed.

The new quick retail game: Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Got one achievement so far, seems like a good game.

The not so quick retail game: Sonic The Hedgehog - Got all of the S ranks with Sonic finally! Time for a break from this game to play something else.

The quick arcade game: Hardwood Backgammon - I had 7 wins in a row and then lost, still need the 25 wins in a row.

The not so quick arcade game: Hexic HD - Got more stars, still going slowly.

Other game: Gears of War - Not many more kills since last time, but I'm still going for Seriously.

DizzyChaos update:

DizzyChaos: 62,240 - Increase of 1,680 this week
KaibaChaos: 50,298 - Increase of 725 this week

It may still be a loss, but it's a better loss. I'll continue trying to win now :)

Rank update:

Country Rank: 4,154/401,865 - An increase of 94 ranks
World Rank: 18,306/2,980,093 - An increase of 405 ranks

My ranks are going up again =D

Thanks for reading, bye :)

Nothing completed this week.

Blog 10, that's two digits. I didn't complete any games this week which shows that college does in fact affect my completing of games. I'm still going to go after DizzyChaos, even if I lose to him every week for a year! That isn't going to happen. But with that said I don't think I've beaten him this week either.

Before all that though I'll start with my five games I want to complete:

The quick retail game: Lego Indiana Jones - I wanted to have this done by this week, well it will be done by next week; this game has taken far too long. I did continue with it though collecting more artifacts.

The not so quick retail game: Sonic The Hedgehog - I managed to get some more S ranks in this. So far I've managed to do all of Sonic's up until the last two levels.

The quick arcade game: Hardwood Backgammon - I don't mind this game, but I wouldn't call the final achievement I need easy. I need 25 wins in a row and I just can't do it. The achievement is glitched too because a friend and I played against each other and after 25 wins in a row neither of us got the achievement...

The not so quick arcade game: Hexic HD - Going ok so far, I have 6 flowers I believe. I'm going to continue to take this slowly since I don't want to ruin what I've done so far.

Other game: Gears of War - Since I started counting I have gotten 6,023 kills. The leaderboards say around 8,000? I just hope my 10,000 kills unlocks properly and not too much over 10,000.

DizzyChaos update:

DizzyChaos: 60,560 - Increase of 1,615 this week
KaibaChaos: 50,298 - Increase of 285 this week

I didn't do very good at all this week, I also noticed a mistake in the DizzyChaos update last week. I didn't change the gamerscore. Oh well...

Rank update:

Country Rank: 4,248/398,810 - A decrease of 21 ranks
World Rank: 18,711/2,959,081 - An decrease of 103 ranks

Definitely not good, I need to get more gamerscore next week...

Thanks for reading, bye :)

50,000 Gamerscore!!!

It's blog number 9 which is 1 away from double figures!

This week, although it has been a relatively slow one it has been a good one. I finally reached my goal of 50,000 gamerscore, the achievement that put me over was Ultimate History Lesson in TNA iMPACT!. It has been a long journey from 0 to 50,000 gamerscore but I am now half way to 100,000 which I'm really pleased with. My new gamerscore goal is 75,000 which I'll get with the help of http://www.lovefilm.com. LoveFilm is a great website for people who want gamerscore, I highly recommend it. I went from 40,000 to 50,000 with quite a bit of speed thanks to it and hope to reach 75,000 in quite a good time too :). It feels great to be at 50K, I can only imagine what an even higher gamerscore will feel like.

So, college has been slowing the week for gamerscore again. But I still managed to finish one game which was Spyglass Board Games...well I say finish but I actually have 195/200. One of the achievements is glitched and so rather than say what's good and bad about this game I'm going to give it a 0/10. Don't buy it. I plan to email the developer an angry email about it, really quite annoyed about this. I'm mainly annoyed because it's glitched for only certain people and not everyone. This makes it unfair, not only that but it's false advertising. I wish I could say I paid money for this game but I actually got it for free, still some people who paid for this game were lied to by the developer because it's incompleteable for some people. Absolutely pathetic...

So now for the DizzyChaos update:

DizzyChaos: 55,640 - Increase of 3,305 this week
KaibaChaos: 49,558 - Increase of 455 this week

DizzyChaos has increased a lot, not sure if I would have beat him even without the coursework, but I do plan to still beat him.

Rank update:

Country Rank: 4,248/395,750 - A increase of 26 ranks
World Rank: 18,608/2,938,064 - An increase of 112 ranks

I've also decided the five games I'm going to do and try to keep to, I'll play other games but these will be my main ones.

The quick GS game: Lego Indiana Jones - I hope to finish this soon. I want to say by next week but I don't know because of coursework...

The not so quick GS game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 - I got this game when I got my 360, I want to finish it fully.

The quick arcade game: Hardwood Backgammon - Don't really like this game, but I want the 200 gamerscore from it.

The not so quick arcade game: Hexic HD - This was going to be Ikaruga, but I also got this game when I got my 360 so I want to finish it. I'm always trying the last two achievements and failing so I've limited myself to 1 flower star per day until I get enough black pearls. This game requires patience and consentration which is something I don't have after a while with this game and so I start to make stupid moves. By keeping it to 1 flower star per day I hope to fix this.

The other game: Gears of War - Another game I got when I got my 360 and I only need Seriously. I will get this!

Thanks for reading, bye :)