The Lamer Gamer

Finished up Mirror’s Edge this weekend, which felt rather challenging, though it might be that I suck that bad.  Mostly it was the Speed Runs that got on my nerves.  Very similar in feel to completing the campaigns in AvP on nightmare difficulty, where in either case, one little screw-up has you restarting the level.  I’m really impressed with Mirror’s Edge in a lot of ways, it’s innovative in terms of gameplay and controls + it’s a game that doesn’t center around guns.  Lord knows I’ve got enough FPS style games around.

Inspired by MI, I’ve run around 10 miles in the last week.  No, not really.  I did run 10 or so, but because I’m already registered for races that I’m going to get murdalized in if I don’t train up hard in the next week or so. 

I see that Supreme Commander 2 is out for 360, and while I was so dissapointed with the first one, I’m going to give it another shot.  so MI is heading back and we’re gonna see about renting SC again.  Maybe there’s a patch for the lockups…  Maybe…

Maybe the least fun portion of the game for me.  Speed Runs in Mirror’s Edge are unlike what I find in a lot of games, an actual achievement.  Your ability to hit every jump or trick on the course is so hit-or-miss that it can become crazy infuriating when you make it to the end of the course and then fall off a building or get shot only to then be short on time.

Finished a few of them in the last day or so, but then gave up, only to switch to Time Trials which are still as hit-or-miss, but generally so much shorter than the Speed Runs that it isn’t an issue for me.   Made it through a ton of them with 2 stars, a couple of 3 star runs.  Very fun.

Working my way through the story on hard.  This is yet another game that requires you to unlock the top difficulty with a playthrough on a lower difficulty.  That is rapidly climbing my pet peeve list.

In addition to running all over the place in Mirror’s Edge, I’ve managed to strap shoes on my feet and run around in real life too. Not sure how many miles I put on, but my calves hurt pretty bad…

Mirror’s Edge is kicking my ass.  I need some mad practice as the speed runs are kinda tough for me.  Finished Chapter 1 in 6:00.60, OUCH.  I’m sure I could have dicked around a little less and saved that .60 somewhere but whatever.   I’ll get it done.

Other good things this weekend.  Finished Both Halo 3: Annual and ODST: Deja Vu, so Only ODST: Endure left to go for Recon armor.  Also managed to score the free night vision specs from MW2 for the ole avatar. Of course everyone else has them too, but they’re still cool, and way oversized.  Also stole the same guy’s airdrop crate 3 times in the same match last night.  He must have been hating on my pretty bad.

Yeah, so I’m at least moving again. After last summer’s injuries and general winter laziness, I’m back to running. About 2 miles last night. Nothing big. Probably try for more this evening.

On that same note, Mirror’s Edge is very cool. I’m sure it’s a one-and-done for me, but it’s visually fun and it’s like a big puzzle game. Also, not firing a gun is nice once in a while.