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I got Prince of Persia: Two Thrones earlier t...
January 27, 2006 by Adam in Adam's Games
 I got Prince of Persia: Two Thrones earlier this week. I've only managed to play a few times, but it's pretty much exactly what I remember from the first game. There's a lot of running and jumping, with frustrating results if you barely miss what you were aiming for.
There's a surprising amount of "puzzleness" to it, looking around and deciding where it makes sense to go next. There's a fun sense of flow when I start getting into the rhythm of the thing.
On the down side, it's still a console port. I can't save everywhere. Once I start playing, I'm basically invested to continue playing until I get to the next save spot. It's a bit annoying.
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I weaseled some alone time from Jamie on Satu...
January 23, 2006 by Adam in Adam's Games
 I weaseled some alone time from Jamie on Saturday and finished up Resident Evil 4. The ending was a bit routine, the typical "kill the bad guy and escape" sort of thing. I think I've done it countless times. Still, the game in general is masterful, with great art direction, suspense, and endless interesting things to do. The story itself is pretty good, with enough background to keep it together. On occasion it got a little silly, but typically not too bad. All-in-all, it was fun to play.
Sam and I have really been getting into the Zelda: Wind Walker game. The puzzles are interesting, if occasionally too challenging for Sam. He has a hard time with the difficult combats, but otherwise holds onto that controller with a death grip. The art is cartoonish and funny, solidly aimed at the pre-teen age group, though I find it entertaining as well.
It's also nice inspiration for my own little game, as it too has islands and sailings and such.
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Well, Sam finally earned that final star by e...
January 15, 2006 by Adam in Adam's Games
 Well, Sam finally earned that final star by emptying the dish washer and excitedly opened up the Zelda: Wind Walker game that he's been saving up points for. We mentally prepared by having a cookie and milk while reading the directions, and then popped it in the Gamecube.
So far, it's been pretty fun to play. The graphics are very cartoony, but well done. The most worrisome part was the amount of reading in the game. Sam has done phenomenally well so far, reading many of the passages himself. There were a couple times when I'd read for him, but he certainly pulled his own weight.
So far, Sam's cut some grass, controlled a seagull, had his sister kidnapped, and joined a group of pirates. Not bad for an hour worth of playing.
I also managed to sneak in some Resident Evil 4 time yesterday afternoon. I think I'm nearly done with the game, which is indeed near perfection for the genre. As someone who dabbles in game creation, I'm envious of how well they've blended the varied environments, encouraged alternating gameplay, maintained suspense, and kept the difficulty level so that it is challenging but not frustrating.
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I've been having fun playing Civilization 4 f...
January 06, 2006 by Adam in Adam's Games
 I've been having fun playing Civilization 4 from time to time. I started a game on a tiny planet with eight other civilizations. I managed to expand to three cities and then instantly I was pushing up against foreign borders.
I barely managed to conquer the Russians this morning, though it cost me most of my army. It pushed me to the top of the relative Civ scores, though I can tell I'll need to deal with the others. The next choice is whether or not to attack the bigger civs, or try to go for the ones that should be easy picking.
Ah, these difficult decisions when conquering the world.
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