A busy, but enjoyable week…
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| I don't think it's true that he can't be stunned anymore... |
I downloaded The Horus Heresy: Legions on to my phone, and
after syncing my account with the account I created on my computer, I could
play the game anywhere I was in range of a router (I don’t have a huge data
plan.) This has made things a lot more straightforward in terms of logging in
every day and getting a few games in. Apart from that, the most significant
development for me in terms of progress is that I managed to save up enough
gems to buy a new Warlord: Ezekyle Abbadon for the Sons of Horus. This was none
too soon, as I found I was losing a lot of games simply because the three
Warlords I had prior (Loken, Tarvitz and Eherlen) just didn’t have enough
staying power to compete with a lot of the decks being thrown at me. Abbadon’s
ability is pretty basic (3 damage to an enemy troop) but his slightly higher
defence means I can last a bit longer and I’ve been winning a few more games.
Of course, knowing that he later becomes Abbadon the Despoiler in 40K lore
helps provide the additional context; I didn’t read all of the Horus Heresy
books (about the first 11 out of currently 52) and I’m not always sure who some
of the Warlords are!
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| An odd choice of photo I grant you, but it's just to remind myself that I'm going to have to do breed one at some point. |
I kept on with Final Fantasy VII as well. I got to the part
where Cloud has explained his past and Sephiroth to the others in Kalm, and I
now need to find a Chocobo so that I can cross the marshlands. I spent some
time grinding for Gil (money) more than anything else so that I could buy all
the weapons and different materia; it’s nice to have the time to do that! This
is through a combination of playing it on a handheld console, and also not
playing it on PC which, the first time I tried, made illegal operation messages
come up every so often.
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| Get out the way you pillock, I'll flatten you! |
Having my head tied up in numbers with Legions, and going
through a long-form RPG in Final Fantasy, I found myself wanting a little light
relief so I had a go with Crazy Taxi, a game I’ve talked about before having
downloaded it for free off Xbox Live: Games with Gold. I had been aiming for
the achievement points, which for a large part includes getting all the ranks
on Arcade and Original mode (the only difference between the two that I can see
is the somewhat different maps.) This is quite difficult to do using Arcade
rules, because you’re on a timer that is quite tight and only increases when
you make successful passenger runs. But getting the achievements is a lot more
straightforward when you have the option to set a certain number of minutes of
game time – at that point it’s all about prioritising the customers based on
how much time you have (The green ones have a smaller catchment detector but
pay more for a longer journey.) Less straightforward are the Crazy Box
challenges, which involve Crazy Dash and Crazy Drift manoeuvres which don’t
lend themselves too well to playing the game with the controller. I’ll keep at
it but I don’t want the game to become more work than fun!
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| Not the best photo, but the light's not that easy to manage. |
Finally, I finished painting a set of models I’d started
earlier in the year – my Chaos Cultists. I painted the vast majority of them in
Warhammer: Dudley last Monday, and completed them today – the first models I’ve
painted in my flat. It’s not my best work; I’ve painted more accurately than
this in the past but they are cultists and will get shot to pieces anyway so
I’m not going to worry about it. The next stage is to paint a Dark Apostle,
which I don’t really know where I’m going with at this point – he’s the Chaos
equivalent of the Space Marine Chaplain, which would tend to be in black
whatever the chapter, but I have seen certain versions of the model painted to fit
the legion he’s attached to. As my legion is Word Bearers and the difference is
quite stark, I want to make sure I get it right!
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