What gaming goodies did you get...

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
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> For Christmas?
>
> Due to various circumstances our family didn't buy each other anything
> this year for the first time ever.
>
> So I bought myself a DS lite (red) with Professor Layton then out here on
> holiday looking through the fake Game store I spotted Zelda Phantom
> Hourglass so I got that aswell.
>
> What did you all get for crimbo? (for those that celebrate it)

Gaming-wise, only one game - Thief: The Dark Project, which I haven't had
the chance to play yet because with my broadband connection going up and
down every five minutes, I've had little incentive to fire up my PC. I'm
going to try it later, even if, as I fear the game may be too old to run on
my PC.

Non gaming-wise, Dogtanian series one and Family Guy season 7 on DVD,
clothes, money and a Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 player to replace my dead Zen
Micro (the hard drive finally gave out after months of stuttering and
grinding), and more presents I've yet to receive because I haven't seen my
mates since Christmas Eve and apparently I had presents still waiting to be
dispatched from Pay and Amazon.

Paul.

Zomoniac wrote:
> On 2008-12-30 20:08:01 +0000, DBSnappa
> <davidjREMOVEMEboughton DeleteThis @REMOVEMEhotmail.com> said:
>
>> Chris Whitworth wrote:
>>> On 2008-12-30, Beck <beck@none> wrote:
>>>> What did you all get for crimbo? (for those that celebrate it)
>>>
>>> I got a grow-your-own-chilli-plant kit - well, two packets of chilli
>>> seeds and
>>> a trowel, anyway.
>>>
>>> Got nothing gaming-present-wise, but I bought myself a PS3, which I
>>> remain
>>> quite unimpressed by, despite LBP being Eurogamer's Readers Game of
>>> the Year.
>>> The Blu-ray and DVD upscaling bits are lovely, though.
>>>
>> Ratchet & Clank:TOD
>> Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
>> Resistance: FOM
>>
>>
>> All good games and dirt cheap.
>
> And Heavenly Sword. Although I seem to be alone on that one.
>

Seconded...

Can't be many games Zo and me both like!

Beck wrote:
> For Christmas?
>
> Due to various circumstances our family didn't buy each other anything
> this year for the first time ever.
>
> So I bought myself a DS lite (red) with Professor Layton then out here
> on holiday looking through the fake Game store I spotted Zelda Phantom
> Hourglass so I got that aswell.
>
> What did you all get for crimbo? (for those that celebrate it)

For actual Christmas:

Last Remnant after some strong suggesting to my GF. Is actually a VERY
good game, as long as you can look past the painfully obvious graphical
glitches/slowdown. Really good combat system, interesting story, ace
music. One to install onto the hard drive though, otherwise the loading
times will kill it...

Shadowrun from my brother. I don't know why. I strongly suspect that
when I do get around to playing it, no one else will be. An 18 month old
game, thats online only, and with mixed reviews. Hmm...

Ones that I picked up during the holiday period:

Buzz. Highlight of christmas, surprisingly. My girlfriend and her
parents loved it, so we became 38th in the world over the christmas
week. A shame you can't customise the game show a bit, but the questions
are at just the right level, and are extremely varied.

Locks Quest. If you haven't picked this up, and like Tower Defence/
PixelJunk Monsters, then you owe it to yourself. Its a great game, and
kept me occupied during my ill period (which has been the last 10 days
and counting ). Was in the Gamestation sale for £12 or so.

PixelJunk Eden. Excellent little game that looked horrendous on a
standard TV, absolutely gorgeous on a HD one. Pure platforming excellence.