Mercs
Platform: Sega Genesis
Started: August 6th
Status: Completed*
This is apparently the true sequel to the Commando game found in the arcade and the NES. I didn’t realize it till I happened to notice the game was developped by Capcom and it had very much the same style of play. It’s not a fair game and designed as a quarter eater in the arcades. This problem extended to the original mode as well which can be a bit unfair. Difficulty in the game was excessive even on easy and would probably frustrate players today especially since the genesis D-pad has a lot to be desired. We ended up cheating to make our way through the games modes. I finished Arcade mode using mostly the flamer and my friend ran through the original mode. There were three points in the final area of the game where intsa-death can occur meaning those quarters would be going away fast if you weren’t aware of this before hand.
Battletech
Platform: Sega Genesis
Started: August 7th
Status: Completed*
Surprisingly a good game which sorta looks like Mechwarrior Assault now that I think about it. The game drops you into a Madcat heavy mech and runs you through a series of missions taking place during the invasion of the clans in the timeline of the series. You get to pick your weapons which are limited and some can be pretty devastating. I was able to clear the first mission after a run or two to get use to the controls but we had to employ the cheat during the second since they only give you a limited amount of time to get to two different silos across the map which means booking it and ignoring enemies which is bad considering their shots track. The thing is if your playing clan… why does the starcomm have clan mechs!?
Catan
Platform: XBLA
Started: Don’t remember
Status: N/A
Pulled this out of the chest of old XBLA games I have in my HDD. We played the actual board game Saturday and was still thirsting for more Catan so I pulled this out. The computer can be a freaking cheat sometimes. They also play haphazardly like I had one AI drop the robber on a square he also had stuff a city on just to screw me over. I was able to win a game eventually but it required me to blockade a good chunk of the board by massive and quick road building.
Tenchu Z
Platform: Xbox 360
Started: August 1st, 2011
Status: Ongoing
Demo: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Tenchu-Z-Demo/00000000-0000-400d-80d0-0000465307d7?cid=SLink
Played a bit more Tenchu Z with friends online. We’re diving into missions much further then my single player so I’m earning mostly gold to buy stuff. Some of the later missions introduce enemy ninjas and kunoichi. Argh… the freaking kunoichi don’t hesitate to pull a weapon if they hear something which means very bad things. Still not use to rolling right behind the enemy to grab them. I did try the stand up fight mission, 17 however I’m not good at it yet and got my ass kicked. Its a long mission since you have to clear the place out 
Tactics Ogre: Lets Cling Together
Platform: PlayStation Portable
Started: August 4th, 2011
Status: Ongoing
Been meaning to get to this game so I can send it back to Gamefly. The game is very much Final Fantasy Tactics in a sense both gameplay and graphically. That being said it was developed by Square Enix. Of course fans see the FFT game as a offshoot of the Tactics Ogre series. The game is much more complex then anything in FFT and has a pretty good story to it so far. I’m only in chapter 1 but its taking me some time with each missions because I tend to restart and see if I could do better then I did last.
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Platform: PlayStation Portable
Started: August 10th, 2011
Status: Ongoing
I actually have owned this game for a bit but I had to start over. I’ve never finished it. The game is the remake of Rondo of Blood using new artwork and a 2.5D design. Its the first time this game has been officially released in the US in an unedited format. The original game Castlevania X is a hacked up version of this game. It introduces Maria to the series who reappears in Symphony of the Night. Speaking of which is also in this copy of the game. I’m still in the process of unlocking it though.
* cheats were employed
Valkyria Chronicles 3
Doesn’t help that I lost most of my ace drop weapons via the DLC content thanks to me transferring my game to another PSP. My PSP-2000 started to go on the fritz to the point where I couldn’t use the analog pad. Since the Vita comes out soon, I transferred the US account off the PSP-1000 which has been my US system for some time. For some reason something didn’t transfer right and all my DLC had to be re-downloaded and progress in them was all screwed up. Anyway the final boss was outright mean since you can’t actually kill him. I eventually figured it out though. I only have Imca’s ending which I like but probably need to redo the ending to see Reila’s. I’m still playing the game so I can unlock more characters. As if my team wasn’t jammed pack already.
