PLAY

N+ (DS) - This was my game to play while my wife got stuck into the new 
Harvest Moon. Not as a hard as the PC/360 versions, thankfully, but I've had 
several hundred (possibly over a thousand) tries of level 29-0 and haven't 
managed to complete it. This ate my weekend.

Castle Crashers (360) - Good fun. I've got to a wedding level, but died.

The Last Guy Demo (PS3) - Really enjoyed this zombified mix of Google Earth, 
Pac-Man and Snake. May well buy the full version.

WANT

The Last Guy (PS3) - Like I said.

Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!

Spore (PC) - This week! Boo!

BIN

N+ (DS) - Except I can't. I should do, I almost want to, but after over five 
hours of trying, I NEED to complete level 29-0 before I give up on it.

The Rev wrote:
> PLAY

Metal Gear Solid (PS)
Finished. Ace.

Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
Did the first 5 hours or so yesterday (just did the Harrier, did the 
tanker intro bit). I remember from the last time I played this that 
every five minutes they refer to Shadow Moses, which I assumed last time 
was the first game. Having now just played the first game, I'm still 
making the same assumption, since it's never confirmed and at no point 
in the first game is the phrase "Shadow Moses" used. Also has WAY more 
dialogue than I recall. I reckon watching/playing time is on a 70/30 
split so far. Also why do they have to introduce a really good 
character, have him as the main character for half an hour and then blow 
him up? But ACE nonetheless.

Guitar Hero Aerosmith (360)
I am EXPERT WINNER. But I don't like Guitar Hero, or Aerosmith. Still, 
done now.

Batman Marathon (DVD)
Watching all of them. The old ones really are shit.

> WANT

VP2. Not long now.

FIFA 09. Too long now.

> BIN

Cross-Country trains. When they're sold the right to operate are they 
not told that having over 80% of services delayed isn't acceptable? Cunts.

Michael Keaton. Chris O'Donnell.


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2008 09:17:57 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>PLAY

Lots:

Beautiful Katamari (360)
Me am cry. If I play the final level on Eternal mode, and collect absolutely
everything (including The King), I can only get my Katamari up to 1,450,000km.
Meaning 1,500,000 is, in fact, impossible - black hole or no black hole. With
this revelation, I set about redoing levels again, making more and more
planets so that I'll have some more to collect next time I try. Assuming the
black hole doesn't eat me.

Galaga Legions (360)
I'm getting worse at this. I can barely make it as far as Level 3 now, let
alone complete it. And I still can't complete Area 1 or 2 without losing a
life. In more positive news, I'm still at the top of my leaderboard, but that
probably just reinforces how difficult the game is.

Geometry Wars Evolved 2 (360)
Thankfully, nobody on my "to beat" list (that's parm, SomethingWitty, That Rev
Chap, Lufferov and Zomoniac) has managed to overtake me on any of the
scoreboards. I had a go at improving my standings on the Sequence and Pacifism
tables, but didn't.

Ticket to Ride (360)
Four games against my wife, two won each.

Mr Driller Online (360)
Attempted Russia (3000m). Managed to reach 1800m. Rubbish.

Tiger Woods '09 Demo (360)
Golf: Tee it Up has better camera controls, and the speech and between-hole
golfer animations just get in the way. PGA Tour hasn't been the same since it
left the Amiga, and I won't be buying this when other, better, golf games
exist.

Final Fantasy Tictacs: Simba's Pride (PSP)
Won four battles. I wish I'd stop forgetting I have a PSP, as the two games I
play on it have month long gaps between sessions. It doesn't help that every
time I have to play, I need to charge it. And before I've finished playing, I
need to charge it again.

Mahjongg Wii (Wii)
It's not Mahjongg, it's Shanghai. But it plays well even though I didn't
manage to finish any of the five attempts I had.

Scogger (Wii)
Bloody hard. Took aaaaaaages to figure out one of the puzzles. But then
managed to. Then there were more puzzles but my brane was broke, so I stopped
playing.

>WANT

More like NEED:
Some sort of storage solution for the Wii. Nintendo are missing out on my
money because there isn't one.

Fallout 3 (360)

>Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!

WHAT. Is it September 12th already?!

>BIN

Nintendo. YES, YOU.

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deKay wrote:
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
> 
  >> Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!
> 
> WHAT. Is it September 12th already?!

No. It's out on the 5th.

On 2008-09-01, The Rev  wrote:
> PLAY

Tiger Woods 09 (360) - Not as much as I would have liked because despite this
being the first free weekend I've had since moving to Cambridge, Mrs W was
intent on filling it with Exciting And Fun Things To Do, like 22 mile bike
rides and having people round for a barbecue and things. So I played a couple
of Tiger Challenges and the front 9 on Sheshan, and did a few of those training
things. I like very much the instant GamerNet challenges. I even beat one of
them, which is nice. I don't like that EA's servers still seem to be connected
via strings and tin cans. Friend leaderboards still broken on launch weekend?
Bah.

Geometry Wars 2 (360) - I seem to top out at just shy of 9 million on Pacifism.
Three or four times I got to about 8.8 million and died. I think maybe that's
because that's the point I have to blink at and then I lose track or something.
Anyway, it's still awesome and maybe Pacifism is actually the best mode, too.

Harvest: Massive Encounter (PC) - I can't explain why this is fun, but it is.
It's less complex than that flash Desktop Tower Defence game, but I still play
it more.

> WANT

Spore (PC)

More weekend

> BIN

GamerNet servers.

Chris
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the game would load before we died."

The Rev wrote:
> PLAY

Tiger Woods '09 (360)
The broken-ness of the Gamernet servers is really beginning to grate now - I 
do hope that there will be some kind of remedial action from EA, rather than 
just waiting until the load drops naturally as we move away from launch.
Despite this - still excellent. When the servers were working, I busted a 
load of challenges. I like the way that the 9 hole challenges offer you the 
opportunity to stop early if you've met all the win criteria before the end. 
I've done a bit more of the Tiger Challenge, and played quite a few offline 
stroke play rounds just to see the courses in full. Managed to get a HIO on 
a par 4 as part of a gamernet challenge, but this didn't unlock the HIO 
achievement or count towards my stats as an albatross.
I think I'll struggle to max out my stats completely with the new skills 
mechanism. You need to maintain lusidcrously high levels of accuracy and 
length throughout every game you play, otherwise stats begin to suffer. I'm 
reasonably well developed now, with all 4 stats in the 8-10 range (before 
equipment modifiers), and all fluctuating from round to round. This 
levelling out of the character progression does at least mean that I can 
start doing the PGA tour alongside the Tiger Challenge, rather than waiting 
for my stats to be maxed as I've done in previous years.
The achievements I unlocked in this yesterday also took me past the 
finishing post in...

The Beating Zo to 50k Game (360)
Hurrah. Not that I feel a little ashamed for the role that Surf's Up had in 
that, or anything. ;)
Speaking of which...

Surf's Up (360)
It's actually not a bad little game. I recall Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer not 
being as good as this is as an actual surfing game, but that isn't the most 
glowing of recommendations, I suppose. It has to be said, though, that it is 
a game aimed at kids in every possible way. The difficulty level is 
ridiculously low throughout, which is a bit of a shame, because with the 
same game mechanics but higher score thresholds for completing events it 
could actually have had a bit more longevity for the adult player and been a 
genuinely enjoyable game.

> WANT

EA to get their sodding act together with the Gamernet servers.

> BIN

Gamerscore Whoring (360)
No more feeling dirty for me. ;)

-- 

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Chris Stevens wrote:
> The Rev wrote:
> 
> Gamerscore Whoring (360)
> No more feeling dirty for me. ;)

But what's your True Achievement rating?

http://www.trueachievements.com/That+Rev+Chap.htm

Shame that at the moment you can't seem to get get fewer points for an 
achievement than the points it gives you. They need to change that, I 
reckon. Then you'll be stuffed.

It's a bit embarrassing that my best achievement is completing King Kong...

The Rev wrote:
>>
>> Gamerscore Whoring (360)
>> No more feeling dirty for me. ;)
>
> But what's your True Achievement rating?
>
> http://www.trueachievements.com/That+Rev+Chap.htm

Woo! 65,378!
http://www.trueachievements.com/SomethingWitty.htm

> Shame that at the moment you can't seem to get get fewer points for an
> achievement than the points it gives you. They need to change that, I
> reckon. Then you'll be stuffed.

Can't argue with that. I have played some stinkers over the years!

> It's a bit embarrassing that my best achievement is completing King
> Kong...

My best game is apparently ICC Cricket 2007 (AKA Brian Lara). I can only 
assume that this rates so highly because relatively few people bought it, 
rather than it being hard.

Shamefully my 'best' single achievement is the '30 years of franchise' one 
in Madden 06, which I got whilst watching the footy (in picture in picture 
mode) on telly earlier in the year - just to stay ahead of Zo!

-- 

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

On Sep 1, 9:17 am, The Rev  wrote:
> PLAY

Siren: Blood Curse (PS3) - Nicely laid out game, but did feel a little
like it coasted a little bit through the middle section of the game.
The ending was fun though, and wrapped things up as neatly as any
horror story ever does.

Enigmo (iPod Touch) - Easily the best game I've played from the App
Store. Aqua Forest was okay as an executive toy but its puzzles
sometimes feel clumsy and rushed. Enigmo feels like there's been some
proper time put in to the construction.

Everybody's Golf (PS3) - With the Kratos character! I spent most of
the time trying to get the damned thing to update itself so that I
could use the kratos character and only played a couple of rounds.
Very amusing.

Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty (PS3) - Not much to say about this.
I've thoroughly enjoyed the first hour or so and I'm a little upset
that it's going to be over at some point. This sort of game just hits
all of my targets. More games like this please, people that make
games.


> WANT

Afrika to turn up before I don't have time to play it.

Mercs2 and Infinite Undiscovery - Not top of my pre-order list, but
needs must.


> BIN

The fact that I've already run out of leave this year.

In article ,
The Rev   wrote:
>PLAY

Rygar: The Legendary Journey (PS2) - A better God of War game if you go 
strictly by the play value, and aren't counting things like music and 
boobs. I am stuck at a particular level where there are lots of floating 
stone platforms that I keep falling off of, but God of War (and a billion 
other platform games) had that too so that doesn't really tip the scales.

>WANT

To have played more games. Oh wait, Yank bank holiday. I can play all day 
today!

>BIN

Hamlet 2 - Saw this in the theatre on Sunday. Shouldn't have.

-KKC, who is unusually brief today.
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On Sep 1, 10:58 am, Kendrick Kerwin Chua  wrote:

> Rygar: The Legendary Journey (PS2) - A better God of War game if you go
> strictly by the play value, and aren't counting things like music and
> boobs.

Isn't there supposed to be a Wii version of this coming out at some
point? They announced it a while ago, but I've not seen anything about
it for some time.

On Sep 1, 9:17 am, The Rev  wrote:
> PLAY

Half Life 2 (360) - Finished the main game, so played through the
episodes again. I still think episode 1 is a bit rubbish, particularly
that escort section near the end. The main problem, especially coming
straight from HL2, is that it's set in the same areas you've just
played through. It's just more City 17 and Combine Citadel. Episode 2
is much better, with new enemies and more varied levels. I really
enjoyed the final battle this time, having got a bit frustrated by it
last time I played. I wonder if Episode 3 will come out before the
next generation of consoles?

Pic Pic (DS) - I've probably mentioned this before, but if you like
Slitherlink, Nurikabe and whatnot, this is a great little puzzle game.
The maze puzzles are rubbish, but you can ignore them, and the others
are really good, and there are loads to work through.

Earth Defense Force 2017 (360) - As Fedex failed to deliver Disgaea 3
in time for the weekend, I played this for a bit instead. Got about
half way through Hardest (I've already cleared the previous
difficulties). This might be my favourite game on the 360. I hope they
do a sequel at some point, even if it's just a conversion of the
second PS2 one.

> WANT

Got Disgaea 3 this morning, so don't need anything else. Well, maybe
Harvest Moon, if it's any good.

> BIN

Bangai-O (DS) - I just can't get on with it. I struggle to even
understand how anybody could enjoy it, which makes me think there's
still something I'm missing, but I've played it a lot now, and hated
every moment of it, so I give up.

james.sutherland@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Got Disgaea 3 this morning, so don't need anything else. Well, maybe
> Harvest Moon, if it's any good.

My wife's verdict on the DS version of Harvest Moon, based on the first year 
of play, is that it's a good Harvest Moon. No bugs so far, amazingly. The 
interface is a bit rubbish, though. You can get used to it, but it never 
feels quite right.

On Sep 1, 1:44 pm, The Rev  wrote:
> james.sutherl...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Got Disgaea 3 this morning, so don't need anything else. Well, maybe
> > Harvest Moon, if it's any good.
>
> My wife's verdict on the DS version of Harvest Moon, based on the first year
> of play, is that it's a good Harvest Moon. No bugs so far, amazingly. The
> interface is a bit rubbish, though. You can get used to it, but it never
> feels quite right.

Just been reading about it, and it does seem to be surprisingly bug-
free for a Harvest Moon game. Might give it a go, then. I wasn't sure
whether to get the DS one or the Wii version which is out in a week or
two, but I think I'm more likely to actually play it on a handheld.

In article ,
  wrote:
>On Sep 1, 10:58?am, Kendrick Kerwin Chua  wrote:
>
>> Rygar: The Legendary Journey (PS2) - A better God of War game if you go
>> strictly by the play value, and aren't counting things like music and
>> boobs.
>
>Isn't there supposed to be a Wii version of this coming out at some
>point? They announced it a while ago, but I've not seen anything about
>it for some time.

Yes, there's a Wii remake on the way. Wikipedia says it's out this year 
but is otherwise light on the details. I imagine that Tecmo's PR people 
are all tied up with the buyout by Square/Enix.

-KKC, who can't wait for Dead or Alive: RPG. :)
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In article , 
the_rev_yes_really@hotmail.com says...
> PLAY

Nowt

> WANT

Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning (PC) - The open beta begins on 7th 
and then the game goes live for those of us who pre-ordered the 
collector's edition on 14th, those who pre-ordered the premium edition 
on 15th and then the game goes fully live on the 18th. Can't wait :)

Holiday - From 5.30pm on Friday 12th to 9am on Monday 22nd

> BIN

Waiting for Warhammer Online Age Of Reckoning (PC) to begin


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Chris Stevens wrote:
>
> Tiger Woods '09 (360)
> Managed to get a HIO on a par
> 4 as part of a gamernet challenge, but this didn't unlock the HIO
> achievement or count towards my stats as an albatross.

...and on the off-chance that anyone might be even slightly interested, here 
is said hole in one:

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/374401

It pleased me, anyway. :)

-- 

Chris

GT: SomethingWitty

Why is a mushroom called mushroom? As usual, The Rev
 got it all completely wrong and
wrote:

>PLAY

Super Mario RPG. It's fantastic and a bit boring at the same time!
Fantastic because of the humour, the music and the music (yes, it's
that good), a bit boring because of the never-ending combat. But it's
nice to play, so...

>WANT

Spore, Fable 2, money, my holidays to come, money. And Spore.

>BIN

28 days +- 3 until my holidays start...Much too long!

Chris Stevens wrote:
> Chris Stevens wrote:
>> Tiger Woods '09 (360)
>> Managed to get a HIO on a par
>> 4 as part of a gamernet challenge, but this didn't unlock the HIO
>> achievement or count towards my stats as an albatross.
> 
> ...and on the off-chance that anyone might be even slightly interested, here 
> is said hole in one:
> 
> http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/video/374401
> 
> It pleased me, anyway. :)
> 


10.

...That's the number of cans/pints you must have before I will play this 
game with you.


;)

  -Kevin.

The Rev wrote:
> deKay wrote:
>>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>
>  >> Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!
>>
>> WHAT. Is it September 12th already?!
> 
> No. It's out on the 5th.

So I see. As is the DS version, according to Rare. No reviews yet of either?

deKay
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On 2008-09-01 22:44:58 +0100, deKay 
<andyk@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> said:

> The Rev wrote:
>> deKay wrote:
>>>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>> 
>>  >> Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!
>>> 
>>> WHAT. Is it September 12th already?!
>> 
>> No. It's out on the 5th.
> 
> So I see. As is the DS version, according to Rare. No reviews yet of either?

DS got a 7 from Edge. They said the interface is great but the camera 
is frustrating, but the review sounded mostly very positive.

-- 

Zo

deKay wrote:
> The Rev wrote:
>> deKay wrote:
>>>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>
>>  >> Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!
>>>
>>> WHAT. Is it September 12th already?!
>>
>> No. It's out on the 5th.
> 
> So I see. As is the DS version, according to Rare. No reviews yet of 
> either?

I've heard rumours that the 360 game got Game of the Month from EGM.

Zomoniac  wrote:
> Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
> I remember from the last time I played this that 
> every five minutes they refer to Shadow Moses, which I assumed last time 
> was the first game. Having now just played the first game, I'm still 
> making the same assumption, since it's never confirmed and at no point 
> in the first game is the phrase "Shadow Moses" used.

I think you need to go back and play MGS1 again, this time paying
attention. IIRC Shadow Moses is first mentioned during the opening
cutscene before the game even starts!

-a

On 2008-09-02 10:35:42 +0100, Anders.Montonen@kapsi.spam.stop.fi.invalid said:

> Zomoniac  wrote:
>> Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
>> I remember from the last time I played this that every five minutes 
>> they refer to Shadow Moses, which I assumed last time was the first 
>> game. Having now just played the first game, I'm still making the same 
>> assumption, since it's never confirmed and at no point in the first 
>> game is the phrase "Shadow Moses" used.
> 
> I think you need to go back and play MGS1 again, this time paying
> attention. IIRC Shadow Moses is first mentioned during the opening
> cutscene before the game even starts!

But I only finished it a week ago!

-- 

Zo

Zomoniac wrote:

> On 2008-09-02 10:35:42 +0100,
> Anders.Montonen@kapsi.spam.stop.fi.invalid said:
> 
> >Zomoniac  wrote:
> > > Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
> > > I remember from the last time I played this that every five
> > > minutes  they refer to Shadow Moses, which I assumed last time
> > > was the first  game. Having now just played the first game, I'm
> > > still making the same  assumption, since it's never confirmed and
> > > at no point in the first  game is the phrase "Shadow Moses" used.
> > 
> > I think you need to go back and play MGS1 again, this time paying
> > attention. IIRC Shadow Moses is first mentioned during the opening
> > cutscene before the game even starts!
> 
> But I only finished it a week ago!

You can complete the game with different endings, for example gurer'f n
fyvtugyl qvssrerag raqvat vs lbh yrnir Zrely qvr.


-- 

qt

On 2008-09-02 11:03:00 +0100, "QT"  said:

> Zomoniac wrote:
> 
>> On 2008-09-02 10:35:42 +0100,
>> Anders.Montonen@kapsi.spam.stop.fi.invalid said:
>> 
>>> Zomoniac  wrote:
>>>> Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
>>>> I remember from the last time I played this that every five
>>>> minutes  they refer to Shadow Moses, which I assumed last time
>>>> was the first  game. Having now just played the first game, I'm
>>>> still making the same  assumption, since it's never confirmed and
>>>> at no point in the first  game is the phrase "Shadow Moses" used.
>>> 
>>> I think you need to go back and play MGS1 again, this time paying
>>> attention. IIRC Shadow Moses is first mentioned during the opening
>>> cutscene before the game even starts!
>> 
>> But I only finished it a week ago!
> 
> You can complete the game with different endings, for example gurer'f n
> fyvtugyl qvssrerag raqvat vs lbh yrnir Zrely qvr.

I know, but I'm not doing the whole thing again just to save her :)

-- 

Zo

On 2008-09-01 22:44:58 +0100, deKay 
<andyk@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> said:

> The Rev wrote:
>> deKay wrote:
>>>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>> 
>>  >> Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise (360) - This week! Yay!
>>> 
>>> WHAT. Is it September 12th already?!
>> 
>> No. It's out on the 5th.
> 
> So I see. As is the DS version, according to Rare. No reviews yet of either?

Got a bum-loving 8 from EG, on the main page now.

-- 

Zo

Zomoniac  wrote:
> On 2008-09-02 11:03:00 +0100, "QT"  said:
>> Zomoniac wrote:
>>> 
>>> But I only finished it a week ago!
>> You can complete the game with different endings, for example gurer'f n
>> fyvtugyl qvssrerag raqvat vs lbh yrnir Zrely qvr.
> I know, but I'm not doing the whole thing again just to save her :)

If you saved him last time, the game will be a lot easier if you use the
same save.

-a

On 2008-09-02 15:04:48 +0100, Anders.Montonen@kapsi.spam.stop.fi.invalid said:

> Zomoniac  wrote:
>> On 2008-09-02 11:03:00 +0100, "QT"  said:
>>> Zomoniac wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> But I only finished it a week ago!
>>> You can complete the game with different endings, for example gurer'f n
>>> fyvtugyl qvssrerag raqvat vs lbh yrnir Zrely qvr.
>> I know, but I'm not doing the whole thing again just to save her :)
> 
> If you saved him last time, the game will be a lot easier if you use the
> same save.

Yeah. Would be nice if the cloak worked on bosses though :)


-- 

Zo

Chris Stevens wrote:
> The Rev wrote:
>>> Gamerscore Whoring (360)
>>> No more feeling dirty for me. ;)
>> But what's your True Achievement rating?
>>
>> http://www.trueachievements.com/That+Rev+Chap.htm
> 
> Woo! 65,378!
> http://www.trueachievements.com/SomethingWitty.htm
> 
>> Shame that at the moment you can't seem to get get fewer points for an
>> achievement than the points it gives you. They need to change that, I
>> reckon. Then you'll be stuffed.
> 
> Can't argue with that. I have played some stinkers over the years!
> 
>> It's a bit embarrassing that my best achievement is completing King
>> Kong...
> 
> My best game is apparently ICC Cricket 2007 (AKA Brian Lara). I can only 
> assume that this rates so highly because relatively few people bought it, 
> rather than it being hard.
> 
> Shamefully my 'best' single achievement is the '30 years of franchise' one 
> in Madden 06, which I got whilst watching the footy (in picture in picture 
> mode) on telly earlier in the year - just to stay ahead of Zo!
> 
Hmm, I'm not sure I agree with that site at all...

My best achievement: Cup Qualification in Fifa: Road to the World Cup? I 
don't bloody think so! Try completing Time Pilots without losing a 
life... At least it put Call of Duty 2 on top.

The Rev  wrote:

> PLAY

Paper Mario (Wii VC) - finished this. It was generally pretty good,
but towards the end I thought it dragged a bit - certainly Bowser's
castle seemed to go on and on with recycled sections and was just
generally a tedious grindy let-down until the boss fight. They should
have just gone straight to that, really. The game also suffered a bit
from not having anything like as funny a script as Super Paper Mario
(and presumably TTYD).

Hitman: Blood Money (PS2) - I thought I'd have a go at a couple of
levels in different ways, and somehow lucked my way to Silent Assassin
on one of them (the theatre level) despite firing four shots. I didn't
think you could get SA if you ever used a gun, even on Normal
difficulty.

> WANT

A half-decent sandboxy game. I played GTA:SA so much that I can hardly
bear to look at it any more :-) but I miss having something like that
to just mess around on for a bit. HBM isn't bad for that in a weird
sort of way, but it's hardly what you'd call a sandbox really.

> BIN

Having to collect those four Bub-olb (or whatever they were called)
seeds in Paper Mario to unlock one of the chapters. I already had them
by then, but if you'd got that far without collecting them it would
surely have been very annoying to have to go back and look everywhere
for no good reason.

-Rus.