Kingdom for Keflings

I downloaded A Kingdom for Keflings a while back on Xbox Arcade. I had heard someone mention it and I thought it sounded a bit like my type of game, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I finally unlocked all 12 achievements today and got my full 200 points. Yay! :) Who would have thought that walking around as a giant in a friendly little town could be so addictive? I also think the happy sounding in game music helps to put you in a good mood. Anyway - it's all very relaxing.

You play as a giant in control of a small town where you have to build buildings to unlock blueprints. These blueprints enable you to build even more buildings until you finally get your own castle and become a king. It all sounds pretty easy, and to be fair it is - but that's the true charm of the game. Every now and then it's nice to just chill out infront of the Xbox and play something that doesn't require too much concentration.

I first played the game back in February and made good progress on my way to world domination - or at least to being in charge of my own town. However (me being me) I didn't save every 10 minutes and of course the Xbox decided to crash on me. I reloaded the game only to discover that my last few hours of gaming had been completely wasted. ;( Typical! Anyway - couldn't make myself rebuild everything again straight away and after that I half forgot about the game. However - started the old save up again today and really enjoyed playing again. I also took some of my old saved up frustration out by kicking a few Keflings to achieve my Big Bully award. I even took part in a few online sessions to get my last 2 missing achievements.

Not sure how much I will be playing the game again in the near future now that I've made it all the way to the end. However I have a sneaky feeling that I might blow the dust off it again later as it is just such a cute little game and you just can't beat the experience of being a giant. :)

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Dusting off the blog

Haven't been blogging a lot lately but I'm feeling inspired again - so here I am. :)

So what's been happening since March? Well - I've been playing a lot of games, mainly on the Xbox and Wii. Never really thought I would get hooked on the Xbox being a Nintendo girl at heart, but I have. I think it's the gamepoints collecting that I'm hooked on. :) I like this extra addition to the games that give you something else to aim for other than just playing through from start to finish. It probably all stems from me being an uber badge whore in City of Heroes.

So I have been trying to learn how to become a first person shooter. I'm still rubbish though, but I guess I'm improving. I've only really tried it co-op and I have to admit that the other person on the team is probably carrying me a bit but hey - it's all just for fun. :) Still never think it will be a natural game for me to play, but I'm actually half enjoying it. The 2 games I've been trying out are Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead (both on the Xbox). Out of the two Gears of War 2 is my favourite so far as this is the one I've been playing the most.

I've also been playing a few other "older" games on the Xbox. Started out by playing Overlord. Didn't think that I would like this game as I prefer to be good rather than evil for some stupid reason. (Think I'll need to see a shrink about this lol). I probably play it too nicely but I can't help it - I pretend they're my Pikmins. :) Also had a go at Eternal Sonata. Feels like I've played a lot of it but I'm only just coming up to the end of chapter 2. Guess I'm not really an RPG person... It all just seems a bit slow - too much talk and not enough action, and the repetitive fighting style is boring me a bit. It's not actually a bad game and I'll probably give it another few goes before giving up on it completely.

On the adventure gamefront I've played Secret Files: Tunguska on the Wii. I actually played it all the way through which is not bad for me and I really enjoyed it. Brought back all the old memories of point-and-click adventures. Some of the puzzles are a bit easy when you're still thinking like Monkey Island, but it's a pretty good story and it's not all too obvious what you have to do next. Also currently doing another trip down memory lane on the Wii by playing Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. Played this on the PC years ago but they have done a nice convertion to the Wii and the new addition to the beginning of the game was pretty good too. Currently only about 25% into the game, but I'm enjoying playing as these old well-known characters and I'm pretty sure this will be another one I will be playing all the way to the end.

Another game I'm enjoying at the moment on the Xbox is Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise. I just love all the little characters that you can collect. It's such a fun and cute game, and really addictive. I have a feeling I'll be playing this a lot over the next few weeks. :)

Been playing a few other games as well, but I can't think of what they are at the moment so I will catch up on them later.

Anyway, I will try to blog a bit more often - at least just to keep a record of what I've been playing. :)

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