Indeed.

The other thing it's made me realise is how pleased Sony must be that their Indie drive lines up so nicely with their need to give away two free games each month...

The enemies don't endlessly respawn if you use the owl to disable the alarms. I was finding it surprisingly tough until that, amongst other things, clicked.

The alarms won't go off again unless you let one of the Helghast reset it.

Gravity Rush - That boss fight against Raven ... ugh ... I just cannot keep track of what the hell is going on and, since it's an early boss fight, there are bound to be worse ones ahead. So sod it.

I did manage to defeat her eventually so that, should I decide to go back to it, I won't have that hurdle to get over first. I don't know why I struggled with it so much and I don't tend to get frustrated with games even if they are kicking my bott, but I did have a finger hovering over 'Delete' for just a moment before common sense took hold.

Pot / Kettle etc

EDGE (Wii U). The game, not the magazine. It's a neat idea, basically Marble Madness but with a cube that you roll around the level rather than a sphere. The minimalist graphics and trippy sound track make it almost perfect zen gaming; you end up playing for ages because you just zone out and don't notice time passing.

But the controls are awful. There's a mechanic in the game where if you balance your cube on its edge, you get the amount of time you spend balanced off your total time at the end. But it's near impossible to pull off. I think I only ever did it by accident, and each time I would get 0.86 seconds because that's what you get if you pull it off by accident. It's near impossible to get the accuracy you need to do anything quickly, which is what you're aiming for in the end; your grade is based on the time you took to complete the level. It gets really frustrating when you throw yourself off a narrow platform because the positions on the analogue stick translate to nothing-nothing-nothing-too slow to get the cube to move but enough to make it twitch-full speed ahead.

The balance-on-your-edge mechanic can be used to grip moving platforms, and I gave up when this became the only way of progressing through the game. There's only a certain number of times you can fall to your doom because you didn't hold the analogue stick at precisely the right angle.

That's what puts me off about Kuni. Unavoidable really I suppose since the game is largely aimed at tykes.

My lovely Vita . Battery had been alternatively charging normally, and then not at all for the past few weeks. Till now, it's been completely black for the past four days. 

By default I've given up on:

Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection
TxK
Uncharted GA
Wipeout 2097
Little Big Planet Vita
Persona (PsP updared version)
Ass Creed Liberation
Muramasa 2nd Act
Persona 3 Portable
Rayman Legends
+ others

At least until I buy another one - though considering the first one only lasted 15 months, I'm wary of buying another.

Nope, 1 year warranty, and the repair costs more than one of the Vita deals/bundles. Just bad luck really.

Hmm... Well, looks like you have to prove it's not your fault it died. Dunno how easy that is.

Saints Row IV. Not that I wanted to give up - I was still really enjoying it - but a game breaking bug on a primary mission means I can get no further. I can still muck about in the city, but I've already done a lot of it and there's not much point carrying on.

The only other time I've had such a thing was on Half-Life 2, but that was kind of a relief then. Console games never used to be like this.

Liveinadive wrote:

Im finding games really hard to be arsed with at the moment.

I just default to GTAO knowing I can fuck about and still progress (did a survival solo wave 1 to completition last night).

Ni No Kuni
I want to play but I am getting a bit fed up with the hand holding.
"We should go here to do this" follow icon to there "now we are here lets find x to do this" follow icon to x " this is x talk to x " sounds like x needs y, we can find y at z" go to z "we are at z, x needed y from here" get y "you got y lets go back to A to give x y".

DMC
Buttins buttons buttons win.

Grid 2
Annoying voice telling me I am amazing, long ass loading times even off an SSD, grind barriers around track, sometimes win others lose, get told I am amzing none the less.

Agree with that DMC review Live.

( @Smang )

fullspectrum wrote:

Liveinadive wrote:

Im finding games really hard to be arsed with at the moment. I just default to GTAO knowing I can fuck about and still progress (did a survival solo wave 1 to completition last night). Ni No Kuni I want to play but I am getting a bit fed up with the hand holding. "We should go here to do this" follow icon to there "now we are here lets find x to do this" follow icon to x " this is x talk to x " sounds like x needs y, we can find y at z" go to z "we are at z, x needed y from here" get y "you got y lets go back to A to give x y". DMC Buttins buttons buttons win. Grid 2 Annoying voice telling me I am amazing, long ass loading times even off an SSD, grind barriers around track, sometimes win others lose, get told I am amzing none the less.

Agree with that DMC review Live. ( @Smang )

What is it with racing games these days? It's all over the top American, brash music and some patronising cunt telling you you're amazing. And what's with the ability to rewind bullshit. I'd rather be told I'm a useless cunt than be in denial the whole time.

Since that rant I have played Dark Souls again and fallen back in love with gaming.

Tomb Raider is on going and fantastic.

Bioshock Infinite is utter shit.

Final Fantasy 8 is just pleasant, like reading a good book.