Birthday Presents!

Post by **Curlypaul** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:28 am

Well at 30 I'm starting to feel pretty damn old but to soften the blow I've bagged a whole load of games and stuff:

No More Heroes
Bully
Wii Play
Link's crossbow training
Party Games
Zack and Wiki
Geometry Wars DS

along with a white GC controller and a nunuch to go with the remote that came with wii play.

Some pretty good games huh? my only problem is trying to fit them all in, I've also got a bunch of saturn and dreamcast games waiting to be played, including SF Zero 2 and a cool new AR cart to play it with.

No more Heroes is every bit as good as I hoped it would be, from Travis's desert based war cries to the dialogues with the bosses just before you slaughter them. I hope that when I finish it there will be some sort of option to watch these cut scenes again. Very cool. I hope this game sells well and lets the developers know that there are still a good number of games that want to do more with their wii than fucking maths problems and learning spanish

Geomtry wars is also suberb, eye bleedingly busy but very very addictive, Bully is great fun, sutffing kids in bins learning to fight from the local hobo and just generally causing chaos everywhere. I think one of the nicest touches with this game is how the people in the corridor talk to you as you walk past and occasionally fight amongst themselves. Cant say why really but i just like it

Post by **Crabmaster2000** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:49 am

Nice Haul. Im hoping to bag No More Heroes and Zack and Wiki for my B-day too, but i've got a few months left to wait. Bet it helps you forget your age, at least for a few hours.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:00 pm

Happy Birthday!
Hope you enjoy all the goodies -- looks like you got spoiled

Post by **Curlypaul** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:04 pm

I've been playing zack and wiki this afternoon and I love it. Its games like this that use the wii well that I get excited about, just gotta hope that they dont drown in all the trash out there.

My wife threw me a surprise party as well, at the local indian. A surprise curry buffet and a bunch of new games sire did help me forget my age

Post by **Crabmaster2000** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:24 pm

For the last few years I've been getting cloths and crap as gifts (I take partial responsibility because when people asked what I wanted I told them I didnt need anything). So this last christmas I told everyone I wanted games and I raked in a similar haul.
Metroid Prime 3 (Wii)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Fire Emblem: RD (Wii)
Lost Magic (DS)
A couple other less memorable DS games and a few old PS2 games.

It worked well and i'm going to keep asking for games for future B-days/X-mases.

Post by **Curlypaul** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:39 pm

Yeah it sure helps to drop some heavy hints about what you want

especially when it comes to games since most people dont know a decent game when they see one. My wife is pretty at taking hints and spreading them on to other people which helps too

Post by **diehllane** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:48 pm

BUlly is fantastic on the Wii. I love it. The motion based controls are a little off for me since I'm left handed and use the Wiimote in my left hand instead of right. I switch it for the classes where I have to match prompts though (music, chemistry, etc).

I've only got like 13% into Bully, but I love it so far.

Post by **Curlypaul** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:06 pm

Can you not switch to a left handed mode? Thats a bit shoddy really considering the rest of the world is going mad about accessabilty and stuff. I'm not even that far into it myself but I've played enough of it to know that its a great game

Post by **HeavyMetalMe** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:09 pm

I hope when I turn thirty I get video games...

Post by **The Apprentice** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:53 pm

So wait, you were born april first?