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How Important Is Gamerscore?

June 5th, 2014Angela0 Comments

So is gamerscore important? To a lot of people it is. For many it’s not. For me it’s somewhat important. When the Xbox 360 launched in 2005, it included Achievements. Achievements could be unlocked by playing games. In the beginning, Achievements were fairly easy because no one really knew what to do with them or if they would even catch on. Call of Duty 2 offered 1000G for just playing through the campaign on Veteran. Today Achievements are in almost every game whether it’s the Achievements on Steam or Origin or the Trophies on Playstation. My Xbox gamerscore is currently …

Game Haul April 2014

May 8th, 2014Angela0 Comments

On April 21, 2014, I purchased quite a few items in the Spring sale. The sale began April 15 and ended April 21. However, the deals were still up around noon Central time on April 22. The items I purchased are listed below.

Xbox 360 Spring Sale – Downloads:

Saints Row IV – Enter the Dominatrix $2.37
Dead Island – Bloodbath Arena Multiplayer Mode + Leaderboards $2.49
Dishonored – Dunwall City Trials $1.24
Dishonored – The Knife of Dunwall $2.49
Dishonored – The Brigmore Witches $2.49
The Wolf Among Us – Episode 2 $2.49
Borderlands 2 – Season Pass $14.99
Borderlands 2 – Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2 $2.49

I think these were some really good deals, and all of this DLC should keep me busy for a while. I have way too many games and DLC already, but I always seem to buy more. I feel like I’m just collecting games. Gamefly also had a sale during the same week so I picked up a few used games from there as well. My prices are a little lower than normal since I get a 10% discount for being a long-time Gamefly member.

Xbox 360 Gamefly Sale:

Payday 2 $8.99
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist $8.99
Metro 2033 $16.19
Grand Theft Auto IV – Episodes from Liberty City $7.38 (with $5 Gamefly reward bucks)

May 1 is my S/O’s birthday so I also purchased a copy of Trials Fusion on Xbox One for $39.99 in April. This brings the grand total spent on games $112.59 which doesn’t include taxes for the Gamefly purchases.

Until next time.

Tifanfall!

April 30th, 2014Angela0 Comments

March 2014 was all about the release of Titanfall. I absolutely love this game! It’s the most multiplayer fun I’ve had since Halo 4 (Regicide!). Even though this game is a new IP, B and I went all out and bought a bunch of Titanfall stuff. First up is the Tifanfall controller. We had to get two because we weren’t going to share.

Xbox One Titanfall Limited Edition Wireless Controllers
$64.99 plus tax (Bought the last two at the Best Buy near here.)
Design inspired by the C-101 Carbine used by the Elite IMC Titan Pilots of the Frontier
First Limited Edition Xbox One Wireless Controller
I love this controller. It’s so pretty!

We also bought two copies of the game (one individual copy and the copy that came with the Collector’s Edition) and some other things below.

The Art of Titanfall Collector’s Edition.
The art book was a misprint. The cover was fine, but pages inside were upside down and backwards.
Amazon sent a new one for free so now we have two art books. Yay!
The new art book is not the Collector’s Edition one though. It has a different cover.
I haven’t taken the game out of my Xbox One since March 11, 2014.
It’s multiplayer only but it’s totally worth it.
Can’t wait for the DLC!

The Titanfall Collector’s Edition Atlas statue is huge if you couldn’t tell from the featured picture.

Individually numbered, stands over 18″ tall, handcrafted from over 300 individual parts and features battery-powered LED lighting.
Includes exclusive full-size schematic poster of the Atlas Titan.
Includes full-size, hardcover art book with over 190 pages of rare concept art.
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
It looks awesome on top of the bookcase!
My first Xbox One Limited Edition game purchase.

Until next time.

Xbox Live Achievements on iPhone

December 22nd, 2012Angela0 Comments

Xbox Live Achievements have been reserved for Xbox 360, Games for Windows Live and recently Windows Phone users. I’ve longed for a Windows Phone for the simple fact that I could get achievements while I’m away from my Xbox 360. However, I purchased an iPhone 3GS in October 2009, and I’ve had my iPhone 4S since 2011. I love my iDevices, and I’m totally invested in that ecosystem when it comes to my iPhone & my iPad (I’m still a PC user though).

Yesterday, Major Nelson tweeted that the Windows Phone game Wordament was now available on the App Store for iPhone for free. I was excited that Microsoft was releasing something on the App Store especially since it’s free, but not excited enough to go download it. Major Nelson’s next tweet stated that you could also get Achievements using Wordament on the iPhone. That’s when I HAD to download it. I must say that hearing the Achievement Unlocked sound on my iPhone is amazing. Even though the iOS version only allows for 50G while the Windows Phone version offers 200G, I’ll gladly take it (G meaning gamerscore). I also noticed that app also works on my iPad & counts toward achievement progress, but it’s a little harder to play on the larger screen.

I’m addicted to Achievements, and I try to get as many as possible on Xbox 360. I downloaded Wordament last night and I already have 45G. I just need the Achievement for completing 100 rounds. I must the say the game is addictive & fun, and the Achievements are relatively easy to get unless you’re just really bad with words & knowing how to spell them. The game is free so it’s supported by ads at the bottom, but they don’t detract from the experience at all. I’m looking forward to more games like this. I’ll even pay for Xbox Live games on iOS with Achievements provided they are quality games that are worth the money I spend.

Until next time.

First Impression – Medal of Honor Warfighter

October 26th, 2012Angela0 Comments

First, a little background information. Medal of Honor Warfighter (2012) is the sequel to 2010’s Medal of Honor. I enjoyed the latter’s campaign. Although, the multiplayer was severely lacking in the 2010 game.

Medal of Honor Warfighter Limited Edition (2012) for Xbox 360 comes on two discs (one campaign, one multiplayer). The copy I pre-ordered from Amazon included access to the Battlefield 4 Beta coming in the fall of 2013. It also included the online multiplayer pass, the Zero Dark Thirty map pack and an early unlock of the U.S. Navy Seal Sniper for multiplayer. If you’ve played Battlefield 3, which I have because I love FPS games, then the Swedish SOG Spec Ops Operator is also unlocked in multiplayer.

I’ve been reading some of the reviews of this game from reputable sites, and I don’t understand why they’ve rated the game so poorly. No, it’s not the best shooter of all time, but it has its moments. I could go on about how I think some of those sites are biased towards shooters like Call of Duty or how they wouldn’t know a decent game if it shot them in the face, but I’m not going to do that. Instead, I’m just going to write about my first impression with this game.

Yes, I played the multiplayer beta that was released a few weeks earlier. I really enjoyed it. Although the game type from the beta was something that’s been done before, I felt like it had a new feel to it in the Medal of Honor universe. I’ll admit that I haven’t played the multiplayer of the released game because the first night I tried, I couldn’t connect to the EA servers. I assumed it was because lots of people were trying to play, and the servers were overwhelmed. Maybe EA just has sucky servers. Who knows? The internet would have you believe it was because EA is the worst company ever. Whatever.

However, I have been playing the campaign on the easiest difficulty, but only because I want a stress-free play through of the story and I don’t want to go after miscellaneous achievements on Tier 1 difficulty. I’m about 1/3 through the campaign and I really like it. To me, the missions are varied and unexpected. I haven’t felt like I’ve been playing the same old “modern-day shooter” the whole time. I think it’s mostly because of the locations, which I won’t spoil. Plus, it’s not bad to look at either, but in a console generation that’s 7 years old, that’s to be expected. The peek & lean feature is an added bonus to mix up the gameplay as well. When I’ve fully experienced the game, I may write more, but I think that’s it for now.

Until next time.