lost in games

 After a gameless Tuesday, Wednesday also looked to be heading that way since i got back home late from the office. Fortunately i had around 45mins to spare before the Porto-Arsenal champions league game so i decided to play one battle in Valkyria Chronicles.

I went overtime though and only finally beat it after around 1.5 hours thus missing the first half of the match (thank god!). Back to Valkyria now. I was playing the first desert battle in the story and i had the problem that most of units that had positive links with one another, and thus increasing their combat abilities, were not desert fighters. In fact some were even allergic to the desert. That left me with a squad that really did not connect as a team. Combined with some very slow moving of my troops towards the enemy base it led to a really bad win (D rank) and thus not that many Experience points and Currency.

After playing a couple of skirmishes too, its obvious that the game favours speed and casualties over caution and rewards you depending on how many turns the battle is won. This affects future battles since your R&D and levelling up of classes is greatly affected by this. It goes against my style of play which is to use caution and avoid casualties so it’s interesting to see how i adapt to this.

More news from the Gallian front soon……

Yesterday was one of those rare, dark, ugly days where i could not find the time for gaming. A combination of work, running, and house chores was responsible for this…

Shibito: “Bella….everything is going to be..ok….”

As i guide my characters through a Shibito dominated village in Japan i find myself in a suprisingly weak position. My means to fight off danger range from minimal to none. After playing the role of Kratos and the hero (or should i say villain..) in Fable II, Siren’s (PS3) playable characters are weaklings in comparison. In fact they are pathetic, desperate human beings trying to make sense of what’s going on and manage a seemingly impossible escape. One of these characters is just a little girl for whom any attention from the Shibito is fatal. Snake and Sam Fischer can handle themselves well if the situation arises. For Bella, this little girl here, stealth and hiding in closets is her only guide to survival.