A Quick Post

Been pretty busy watching the west wing this week – Got the whole lot for £50, thought it was money well spent.

On the games front, I Finally got my copy of the mother 3 Guide that was made by the folks over at Starmen.net, and it’s just incredible – Just like everything else they’ve put out regarding the release of the translation, it’s better quality than pretty much any guide bar the Crystal Chronicles one. Every page just screams love, and i really can’t thank them enough for showing me what real passion and support can mean.

GTA:Chinatown has been keeping me entertained, and it’s high quality keeps on coming at me like a wave of excellence. Eveything is fun. Hell i spent half an hour just doing scratch cards in it, and i never once stopped and realised what a stupid thing it was i was doing!

First Impressions – GTA: Chinatown Wars

1) Tricky. Getting rid of the cops is really difficult so far. The ability to get rid of your rating by smashing up cop cars sounds like it’ll be fun in the long run, but at the moment it’s been hard to judge when you can smack them and it’s fast enough to actually take them out. More often than not, in a chase I’m left with a burning car that I can get out of, but as soon as I try to get into another the police pull me out and arrest me – mission failed

2) Technically incredible. It really does have a nice vibe, and it’s very impressive for a DS game. The scale is there, the layout seems very similar to the 360 version, to the point that I sort of know where I am at a given moment. The main tricky thing is that you can’t change the scale on the minimap, which would be handy for getting your bearings in a pinch.

3) Fun. I Spent 3 hours playing it last night, all of them with a grin on my face, even when things were getting frustrating with the first drugs bust!