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jecca_mehlota) wrote2007-02-12 05:25 am
jecca_mehlota) wrote2007-02-12 05:25 am
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Jak II
What, in the name of all that is good, am I doing awake? It is 5:30 in the morning.
... I am playing video games, of course (and talking to people online and writing and occasionally fiddling with Ramjet). I only wish I were kidding.
So, uh, yes, Jak II.
First Impressions: Yaaaaaay new ga- ... wow, that's a lot of required memory. Okay. Try the other memory card.
...okay, time to delete me some files, then.
*minus 14 data files later...*
... for the love of - ! *game: saves* Thank you.
FUN TIMES. Actually, they were all old, outdated files I needed to clear out anyway. Really, I made it past the opening without too much further hassle. That is not the point.
Mostly I am taking a very informal poll. I AM ASKING A QUESTION. God, I need to go to bed, like, yesterdayliterally. Ever since getting my laptop, when I play a new game (doesn't work with old games because I already know the story line, eh?), I keep the laptop... on my lap and type out my thoughts on the game as they come. They help me remember what the heck is going on in the plot, assuming I have to take a long break (long being more than two months) from the game, because I'll forget everything if I don't have notes. They are often very strange and full of caps-abuse and deranged ramblings. It does not help that I do the majority of my game playing at insane hours of the night/morning.
Then I delete them once I've finished the game. 'Cause I can.
Get to the point, moron. Yes, anyway, since I'm probably going to be making a post (or several) about whatever is going on in the game, anyone interested in reading it has two choices:
1. Jecca posts her deranged ramblings which, while occasionally incoherent, tend to be a much better summation of her thoughts.
2. Jecca waits until after she beats it and writes a (considerably shorter) post about her thoughts on the game post facto.
I ONLY ASK BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL LIKE SPAMMING PEOPLE WITH REALLY ANNOYING STUFFlike this post, whoops.
Really, I suppose I should go to bed now. I'm just not tired tonight.
Edit:
I suppose you can disregard the above question-ramble, since I'm posting some of it now, anyway.
So they moved the glowy-thing back to the town, eh? hee, Jak's expressions crack me up.
OH SHIT MONSTERS ...okay, opening the gate was a BAD idea? SHIP EXPLODE. What is going on?!
Ow. KO'd.
... Dark Eco injections. Eco = Mako?
TWO YEARS?! Hey, he learned to talk. And... be a creepy blue guy. Well, that's certainly reassuring. That Eco = Mako joke comparison's going to come back and bite me, isn't it?
...aaand we fall into a bottomless pit. That was fast.
Tutorial junk... meh. Though, awww, Daxter's worried I forgot how to do everything!
Oh, bugger. They made it so only L1 makes you crouch. I've been using R1. Arg. This cannot end well.
This is the lamest escape ever. Isn't anything going to try and stop me?
...Guess not.
OH GOD I JUST TURNED BLUE AND ELECTRIC. WHAT IS GOING ON?! It's the Mako, isn't it?!
Arg. Okay. Normal again. Exploring the city time!
I really love how I just picked a fight with a bunch of guards for no reason other than "the glowy red dots on the map compelled me" and all the townspeople around me don't even pause to see what's going on. Apparently mass guard-killings in the streets are a common sight around here. I have no idea where I am, what I'm doing, or where I'm going. I fit right into this plot! PANIC IN THE STREETS! Whee!
... and hiding under a bridge makes them all forget. Also the sword on the map makes my life easy. I don't know if I like this or not yet.
... hee, mute jokes! Jak will never live it down, will he? Dude with Weird Face (I know, I know: Torn) hates me.
Apparently the way one proves oneself in this town is by being really ace at Capture the Flag. Right, then.
(Oh, good, the destination-indicator isn't on outside the city. Now I'll not get lost in town and still be able to make an utter idiot of myself outside. Perfect! Also, what are these glowy purple globs and why do they seem to have a magnetic connection to me? Ominous. Yes, yes, I know, I know. Dark Eco. Stop ruining my fun.)
*makes awesome landing with Flag in front of Dude with Weird Face* *also, kills building*
I guess I'll start calling Dude with Weird Face his actual name now. It's faster to type.
I am making it a point to roll-jump over as many guards' heads as possible. I am an eight-year-old at heart.
THERE ARE BOTTOMLESS PITS IN TOWN?! Oh, that's not fair! (Oh. Never mind, it's just water. It looked like acres of bottomless pit in the dark.)
Are "Metal Heads" supposed to mean something other than, 'ack something is attacking me KILL IT' or is this just Daxter having two years' experience out here and knowing lots that I don't? (Neither would surprise me. I have the memory span of a goldfish sometimes.)
...Ottsel in the pipes. Oh, that's not sanitary.
... you know, it should probably worry me that the thing I find myself wondering about most is whether or not a giant fish-thing would come up and eat me if I went out into the water.
Seems not. Hrm. I'm almost disapp- aufsgf,n! Missile in the face. Ow. Sniped by water surveillance.
Hee! The voice tells me it's good to see me still alive when I reenter the city! I need one of those for my house.
Oooh, the glowy "?" screens are like message-board things. Cool. ... I'm supposed to fly a thing through purple rings. This can only end in blood.
.... fifteen crashes later. Erm. I'm really bad at not hitting the guards all over town. Eep.
Okay, building corners are bad. Let's not hit those.
Guards are in the air, too. At this point I think I'm going to approach this with a "RUN JUST RUN" mindset.
...ha! Finally! I win! Yay! ...My reward is a - a. Singular - Precursor Orb. Arg.
Now I am blowing up ammunition! WHY ARE YOU SENDING ME ON ALL THESE MISSIONS? Don't you have anyone else around?! You're just doing this for fun! "ooh, I know! Let's see how many waste-of-time tasks we can get him to complete!" I know it! I'M ON TO YOU. Stupid Underground.
... completely ignore that I am having the time of my life completing silly little missions. Really, that's not the point. What do you mean, you're unconvinced? No, really! I totally feel used here! I swear!
oh god tank
Escape from tank successful! My, but that's awfully convenient to find a security pass just sitting there. ...RETURN OF SECURITY TANK! Fortunately it is stupid and blows up its own compound.
S L O W - M O T I O N E S C A A A A P E ! ! !
Tangent, here. You know, I sort of wonder about these guards. Jak obviously does not blend in here. He's dressed different (though not too drastically, so I suppose we can overlook that), he doesn't walk around all hunched-shoulder-shuffle-step-like, and... well, really, how often do you see anyone somersaulting down the street? No, seriously.
If I were in the habit of stealing Zoomers, then I'd really have to wonder about these guards.
Speaking of Zoomers... More Zoomer-running. If I weren't so busy running for my life, I would fly much more carefully. I suspect I am apologizing vocally to all the pedestrians I'm running over. I'll have to ask my parents if they heard me saying I was sorry a whole bunch. Stupid guards trying to stop me. It's all their fault.
Still, easier than last time. Probably because it's not timed.
.... WHAT is THAT? o_O Ew. Stop petting Daxter. He's not up for skinning! Even if he is rather terrible at getting information out of people.
I got a gun. BOOYAH!
(Now is a good time to mention that, much as I cannot steer, I can aim even less.)
...oh. Oh, dear. R1 is the "pull out and shoot" button. I'm still trying to hit R1 to roll. I SAID THAT WASN'T GOING TO END WELL. *accidentally shoots no less than ten people - some were guards, oops - in attempting to get back outside the town*
Metal Head hunting. Dull. But I shot a few more guards and spent a bunch more time running for my life after hitting R1 instead of L1 again.
Seeeweeers.... if these are anything like the sewers you have to navigate as Quistis et al under Deling, I am going to... oh, man. Kill something. Myself. Repeatedly. (Not that this will be much different from the norm.)
And they're dark! Why are they dark?! There needs to be light! I want to see! I want to -
Accidentally step on a light switch. I mean. Well, that works. No more dark!
There is water behind the gun and there is something in the water don't eat me please. ...never mind, it is just an orange thing with a tail. Tongue-possessing thing that likes to attack me (actually, I'm not sure it noticed me). Whatever. There is a very narrow walkway on the other side that is good for, get this, walking on. Spiffy.
There are dark grates. Less spiffy? Hng. I am always vaguely reminded of Ecco: Defender of the Future, the Man's Nightmare segment, when I come across things like that, even when they're not actually underwatfeusgyrktn
g/f
FRAGGIT
GOD
SMELT ME YOU SHOOT FRAGGING
..................................................o_x
...sorry. There was something in the second grate and it jumped out at me and I had a heart attack. Then I flailed and knocked the controller onto the floor as I fumbled to put the laptop down. I'm better now. (The above is actually what I apparently shouted at the television. I did not stop to type that in my flailings.)
Sewers weren't like Deling. I died anyway. This was expected.
AND NOW I GET A GUN UPGRADE! All right! More ways to accidentally shoot guards and have to run off with my tail between my legs!
More to come as I... y'know, get farther in the game. Yeah, funny concept, that.
... I am playing video games, of course (and talking to people online and writing and occasionally fiddling with Ramjet). I only wish I were kidding.
So, uh, yes, Jak II.
First Impressions: Yaaaaaay new ga- ... wow, that's a lot of required memory. Okay. Try the other memory card.
...okay, time to delete me some files, then.
*minus 14 data files later...*
... for the love of - ! *game: saves* Thank you.
FUN TIMES. Actually, they were all old, outdated files I needed to clear out anyway. Really, I made it past the opening without too much further hassle. That is not the point.
Mostly I am taking a very informal poll. I AM ASKING A QUESTION. God, I need to go to bed, like, yesterday
Then I delete them once I've finished the game. 'Cause I can.
Get to the point, moron. Yes, anyway, since I'm probably going to be making a post (or several) about whatever is going on in the game, anyone interested in reading it has two choices:
1. Jecca posts her deranged ramblings which, while occasionally incoherent, tend to be a much better summation of her thoughts.
2. Jecca waits until after she beats it and writes a (considerably shorter) post about her thoughts on the game post facto.
I ONLY ASK BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL LIKE SPAMMING PEOPLE WITH REALLY ANNOYING STUFF
Really, I suppose I should go to bed now. I'm just not tired tonight.
Edit:
I suppose you can disregard the above question-ramble, since I'm posting some of it now, anyway.
So they moved the glowy-thing back to the town, eh? hee, Jak's expressions crack me up.
OH SHIT MONSTERS ...okay, opening the gate was a BAD idea? SHIP EXPLODE. What is going on?!
Ow. KO'd.
... Dark Eco injections. Eco = Mako?
TWO YEARS?! Hey, he learned to talk. And... be a creepy blue guy. Well, that's certainly reassuring. That Eco = Mako joke comparison's going to come back and bite me, isn't it?
...aaand we fall into a bottomless pit. That was fast.
Tutorial junk... meh. Though, awww, Daxter's worried I forgot how to do everything!
Oh, bugger. They made it so only L1 makes you crouch. I've been using R1. Arg. This cannot end well.
This is the lamest escape ever. Isn't anything going to try and stop me?
...Guess not.
OH GOD I JUST TURNED BLUE AND ELECTRIC. WHAT IS GOING ON?! It's the Mako, isn't it?!
Arg. Okay. Normal again. Exploring the city time!
I really love how I just picked a fight with a bunch of guards for no reason other than "the glowy red dots on the map compelled me" and all the townspeople around me don't even pause to see what's going on. Apparently mass guard-killings in the streets are a common sight around here. I have no idea where I am, what I'm doing, or where I'm going. I fit right into this plot! PANIC IN THE STREETS! Whee!
... and hiding under a bridge makes them all forget. Also the sword on the map makes my life easy. I don't know if I like this or not yet.
... hee, mute jokes! Jak will never live it down, will he? Dude with Weird Face (I know, I know: Torn) hates me.
Apparently the way one proves oneself in this town is by being really ace at Capture the Flag. Right, then.
(Oh, good, the destination-indicator isn't on outside the city. Now I'll not get lost in town and still be able to make an utter idiot of myself outside. Perfect! Also, what are these glowy purple globs and why do they seem to have a magnetic connection to me? Ominous. Yes, yes, I know, I know. Dark Eco. Stop ruining my fun.)
*makes awesome landing with Flag in front of Dude with Weird Face* *also, kills building*
I guess I'll start calling Dude with Weird Face his actual name now. It's faster to type.
I am making it a point to roll-jump over as many guards' heads as possible. I am an eight-year-old at heart.
THERE ARE BOTTOMLESS PITS IN TOWN?! Oh, that's not fair! (Oh. Never mind, it's just water. It looked like acres of bottomless pit in the dark.)
Are "Metal Heads" supposed to mean something other than, 'ack something is attacking me KILL IT' or is this just Daxter having two years' experience out here and knowing lots that I don't? (Neither would surprise me. I have the memory span of a goldfish sometimes.)
...Ottsel in the pipes. Oh, that's not sanitary.
... you know, it should probably worry me that the thing I find myself wondering about most is whether or not a giant fish-thing would come up and eat me if I went out into the water.
Seems not. Hrm. I'm almost disapp- aufsgf,n! Missile in the face. Ow. Sniped by water surveillance.
Hee! The voice tells me it's good to see me still alive when I reenter the city! I need one of those for my house.
Oooh, the glowy "?" screens are like message-board things. Cool. ... I'm supposed to fly a thing through purple rings. This can only end in blood.
.... fifteen crashes later. Erm. I'm really bad at not hitting the guards all over town. Eep.
Okay, building corners are bad. Let's not hit those.
Guards are in the air, too. At this point I think I'm going to approach this with a "RUN JUST RUN" mindset.
...ha! Finally! I win! Yay! ...My reward is a - a. Singular - Precursor Orb. Arg.
Now I am blowing up ammunition! WHY ARE YOU SENDING ME ON ALL THESE MISSIONS? Don't you have anyone else around?! You're just doing this for fun! "ooh, I know! Let's see how many waste-of-time tasks we can get him to complete!" I know it! I'M ON TO YOU. Stupid Underground.
... completely ignore that I am having the time of my life completing silly little missions. Really, that's not the point. What do you mean, you're unconvinced? No, really! I totally feel used here! I swear!
oh god tank
Escape from tank successful! My, but that's awfully convenient to find a security pass just sitting there. ...RETURN OF SECURITY TANK! Fortunately it is stupid and blows up its own compound.
S L O W - M O T I O N E S C A A A A P E ! ! !
Tangent, here. You know, I sort of wonder about these guards. Jak obviously does not blend in here. He's dressed different (though not too drastically, so I suppose we can overlook that), he doesn't walk around all hunched-shoulder-shuffle-step-like, and... well, really, how often do you see anyone somersaulting down the street? No, seriously.
If I were in the habit of stealing Zoomers, then I'd really have to wonder about these guards.
Speaking of Zoomers... More Zoomer-running. If I weren't so busy running for my life, I would fly much more carefully. I suspect I am apologizing vocally to all the pedestrians I'm running over. I'll have to ask my parents if they heard me saying I was sorry a whole bunch. Stupid guards trying to stop me. It's all their fault.
Still, easier than last time. Probably because it's not timed.
.... WHAT is THAT? o_O Ew. Stop petting Daxter. He's not up for skinning! Even if he is rather terrible at getting information out of people.
I got a gun. BOOYAH!
(Now is a good time to mention that, much as I cannot steer, I can aim even less.)
...oh. Oh, dear. R1 is the "pull out and shoot" button. I'm still trying to hit R1 to roll. I SAID THAT WASN'T GOING TO END WELL. *accidentally shoots no less than ten people - some were guards, oops - in attempting to get back outside the town*
Metal Head hunting. Dull. But I shot a few more guards and spent a bunch more time running for my life after hitting R1 instead of L1 again.
Seeeweeers.... if these are anything like the sewers you have to navigate as Quistis et al under Deling, I am going to... oh, man. Kill something. Myself. Repeatedly. (Not that this will be much different from the norm.)
And they're dark! Why are they dark?! There needs to be light! I want to see! I want to -
Accidentally step on a light switch. I mean. Well, that works. No more dark!
There is water behind the gun and there is something in the water don't eat me please. ...never mind, it is just an orange thing with a tail. Tongue-possessing thing that likes to attack me (actually, I'm not sure it noticed me). Whatever. There is a very narrow walkway on the other side that is good for, get this, walking on. Spiffy.
There are dark grates. Less spiffy? Hng. I am always vaguely reminded of Ecco: Defender of the Future, the Man's Nightmare segment, when I come across things like that, even when they're not actually underwatfeusgyrktn
g/f
FRAGGIT
GOD
SMELT ME YOU SHOOT FRAGGING
..................................................o_x
...sorry. There was something in the second grate and it jumped out at me and I had a heart attack. Then I flailed and knocked the controller onto the floor as I fumbled to put the laptop down. I'm better now. (The above is actually what I apparently shouted at the television. I did not stop to type that in my flailings.)
Sewers weren't like Deling. I died anyway. This was expected.
AND NOW I GET A GUN UPGRADE! All right! More ways to accidentally shoot guards and have to run off with my tail between my legs!
More to come as I... y'know, get farther in the game. Yeah, funny concept, that.
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If anyone complains I'm telling them it's all your fault. (They probably will not listen.)
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...aaand we fall into a bottomless pit. That was fast.
Bwahahaha! I'm sorry; I shouldn't laugh at your horrible deaths.
You will definitely learn to love the helpful where-to-go symbols in the city, because, as you will discover, Haven is gigantic.
I find your roll-jumping over guards inexplicably charming.
Ah, Metal Heads! So called because they have weird metal orbish things (what is the name for the three-dimensional version of an ellipse?) in their heads. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THERE.
"ooh, I know! Let's see how many waste-of-time tasks we can get him to complete!"
Oh, that is brilliant. I wouldn't put that past Torn, either.
Oh, God, I was always accidentally shooting people in an attempt to crouch. That's probably not an excuse that would hold up in court.
Heh, as soon as you said you were going into the sewers I was waiting with sadistic glee to see your reaction to the ARGH METAL HEAD GRATE ATTACK. And it did not disappoint!
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I'm sorry; I shouldn't laugh at your horrible deaths.
Yes, you should! (I certainly do! )
The guards do this funny little throw-off thing with their guns when you sail overhead! It's really quite amusing!
That's probably not an excuse that would hold up in court.
IT SHOULD. Not that it'd matter in the game, seeing as how they'd kill you either way, what with "Surrender and DIE!" and all.
The sewers. THAT WAS SO MEAN OF THEM. I thought I was going to have a heart attack and die, and then I was twitchy-paranoid for the rest of the trip.
Really, though, I am immensely enjoying this game! (I always seem to love games that I am terrible at! Why is that?)