I think my hardcore “gamingness” peaked years ago, with all that competitive PC gaming like Quake, Starcraft, etc. Ever since then I’ve been slowly moving on a downward trend, shying away from most multiplayer games and simply being content playing single player games where I don’t have to get all competitive. Well recently, it looks like the trend has taken a further drop.
Ever since I relocated and have such little time to play nowadays, I’ve come to the realization that I am no longer a fan of Achievements. I just don’t have the kind of time to hunt down every little thing these days, and if I had the option to, I would probably now turn off all Achievements for my 360 games. Then I could simply play the games for the sake of playing. But, I guess for now I’ll do my best to just play without caring about Achievements any longer.
I bought Bionic Commando: Rearmed a little while back when it was on sale for $5, and have spent maybe an hour or two playing it. But I can’t even get past the first level! Granted, I picked Hard difficulty and I’m still getting reacquainted with the fact that I can’t jump and have to use the grappling arm for everything, but man, it’s tough. It made me think two things: “Wow, I really beat this game when I was a kid?” and “I guess I’m getting a little too old for this since I can’t even beat the first level.”
Instead, I spend my evenings now playing Guitar Hero World Tour, EA Sports Active, and Punch Out!! What the heck has happened to me?! Who would have thought that I’d be spending more time playing the Wii than the 360. Dark times indeed…
Punch Out title defense mode is no joke in terms of difficulty though! And I assume you’re not playing with the nunchuck and balance board, so you still have a long way to go to casualness.
Only if you wink every time you’re gonna play a big hand!
ya i’m playing regular style with just the controller. glass joe handed my arse to me a couple times on title defense mode but I ended up beating him and took a break after that. but yeah it’s tough but fun in a way since it’s all about figuring out the tells. maybe it’ll make me a better poker player too haha