Blurbs & Blips

[thebitterguy]

Bought another SW:CMG Universe booster last night. Got ANOTHER FREAKING AT-ST! Dammit!

Got books 2-4 of 100 Bullets (I spent my parents Christmas gift at my FDCS).

For some reason, we bought the big Matrix boxed set. I will now listen to 48 hours of commentary, and watch Jada Pinkett kiss Monica Belluci. Oh, wait. THAT'S the reason why.

The Christmas Invasion was neat. Fun, fun, fun. "Sycothrax ROCK!" Heh.

Happy holidays at the folks.

Got XML2 & CoC:tDCotE for Christmas. XML2 not as good as original (and as much as I can understand it, having to start Magneto at level 1 is lame; couldn't they pop him in later, like they did Prof X in the first one?), but it's good to get back together with Combo-man.

Off work early today, and get Friday & most of Thursday off as well. Yay!

Comments

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

"X-Men Legends II" is pretty much more of the same as far as I'm concerned; hey, if it ain't broke, and it is "Gauntlet", don't fix it. I do like the tweaks to the power systems so you actually have to decide what powers to develop. I also like the little team bonuses that occasionally pop up, mostly for the enthusiastic announcer ("OLD SCHOOL!" "DARK PAST!")

Magneto being introduced first is okay since he's pretty useless in a single player game (really, his best power is encasing enemies and Iceman can do that more efficiently.) My main complaint is the utter lack of mental powers except for Jean Grey in the first playthrough (my Gamecube is dying so I haven't been able to beat the game. It freezes beyond a certain point.) I prefer to balance my character levelling, but if I want to balance my party, I have to have Jean there. It gets annoying.

[terminal-pariah.livejournal.com]

XML2 really shines if you play a lot of multiplayer. We actually just started a 3-player run on the Gamecube last night and beat Chapter 1 pretty quickly.
XML1 has a LOT of multiplayer issues. Too many sections that are 1- or 2-player only. Also, while I think that the menus are much, much uglier in XML2, they seem easier to use. It's more straightforward now.
They nerfed Storm (killed her Leadership), but she deserved it. Dang if she isn't all-powerful in the first game.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I was furious about the changes they made to Chain Lightning and removing Leadership. Chain Lightning is now pretty much a worthless power (couldn't have they just kept it as it was but toned down how much damage it deals out?) I understand tweaking the power levels to make it more of a challenge, and I even think, objectively, it's a good choice but I'm not happy about it.