Week of 04 Aug 2024
“Death for the sake of death.”
Achievements Earned In:
- Minecraft (Nintendo Switch and Windows)
- Front Mission Evolved
- Palworld
- MicroBot
The initial couple days of this week were spent traveling back home from Florida, which is quite a drive. Then of course I needed a good day or so to recover, and just didn’t feel like gaming. On the return trip I continued to use the Nintendo Switch and Windows versions of Minecraft to keep my streak going, one on Sunday and one on Monday. This actually re-completes the latter, and I’ll keep the former for a later emergency. Though I’m sure it won’t be long until they add achievements again to both.
Achievements unlocked: 108 (+1) | Completion: 84% (Switch)
Achievements unlocked: 129 (+1) | Completed (Windows)
I came home a day earlier than I had planned, so that left me with a day off with nothing to do. I was tired, but instead of just extending my streak, I decided to try and start working through the Front Mission Evolved campaign. Even on Hard, the game isn’t very difficult and there are plenty of generous checkpoints. The hardest part can be the bosses and their ridiculous damage output near the end of the game. There’s also collectibles, a set to destroy and a set to collect. I again ran into the issue of loathing a guide writer, as the guide I was following was so vague and often not very clear on where everything is. This game also does that annoying thing where you have teammates but they’re so ineffectual most of the time that they may as well not even be there. They take ages to take down even a single enemy, and in many cases the enemy wanzers (*snicker* WANZERS) will skate past your teammates just to get to you hiding behind some cover in the back of the area. It’s just obnoxious, but again the game overall isn’t very tough so whatever. Oh, and the story! These are some of the worst protagonists I’ve ever seen, constantly making stupid or useless decisions just so plot can happen. Pretty ridiculous and melodramatic stuff. Anyway, this just leaves the online stuff, which I’ll be starting to boost next week with Jimbo LaFleur. Hopefully since we’re double-boxing it won’t take more than a few sessions.
Achievements unlocked: 21 (+20) | Completion: 78%
Whoa, no way, you have the limited edition gold variant?!
Just felt like playing some Palworld this week on Friday. Ran around some of the area, grabbed a few Pals, and finally hit a total of 90 caught monsters. I’m still not really putting in a serious effort to this game, hoping they fix the multiplayer on consoles so I can play with my kiddo like I’d planned. Until then I usually just jump in, gather materials, catch a few Pals, and activate some waypoints.
Achievements unlocked: 7 (+1) | Completion: 23%
Since I couldn’t do anything else in Front Mission for now, I needed a new “main” game! While I was out of town, an era ended as the Xbox Marketplace was closed for good. Before I left, I grabbed a handful of manageable Xbox 360-only games to play. Hey, why not start one of those! I decided to go with MicroBot, an XBLA shooter that tasks you with piloting a tiny microbot through someone’s body to shoot other invading nanobots in a twin-stick method. I didn’t get very far, but as with most games of this ilk, it is VERY basic and simple. So far it’s also pretty easy, but I’m only at the 5th level of 20, so we’ll see if that sticks. The achievements luckily are also pretty straightforward, so I doubt this’ll take long.
Achievements unlocked: 3 (+3) | Completion: 25%
Bruh, you need to clean dem arteries.
