I finally got it and how my god how great it is! I’ve played most of the day, with a short break when I watched my friend play. I got all the way to space phase, being a predator all the way. The first epic creature I managed to kill was in tribe phase. The civilization phase was probably the easiest with me not loosing even a single unit. Anyway, I’m off to continue playing.
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Baldur’s Gate II – Shadows of Amn + Throne of Baal (PC), Part 3
After returning to the Copper Coronet, I dumped Nalia and took Korgan with me. He needed to recover a book from a tomb in the graveyard district. In there, I had to fight a bunch of mid to high level undead. After realizing someone took the book before us, we decided to visit the buyer in an attempt to beat the culprits to him. We’ve found him dead in his home. Korgan said this is probably the work of his former companions. We’ve found them on the roof of the Copper Coronet and disposed of them. I got the book and sold it to the nearest store. After this, I replaced Korgan with Anomen.
Shrotly after I took Anomen with me, we got news of his sisters’ death. We went to his family estate in the government district, where his father claimed she was murdered by another merchant. I managed to talk Anomen out of avenging his sister. This is best left to the authorities.
Afterwards, I went to the Bridge district where I solved a series of murders. The culprit was a local tanner, but he managed to escape. Since I’ve found elephant hide linked to him, I should ask someone about where one might acquire something like this.
EDIT: I went to Windspear Hills, where I was supposed to kill some demi-humans that where pillaging the local villages. It turns out lord Firkraag used an illusion to make me kill some temple knights. Now I have to find him to clear my name.
Baldur’s Gate II – Shadows of Amn + Throne of Baal (PC), Part 2
I’ve decided to help Nalia defend her family’s keep. I’ve managed to defeat the trolls, and got a few nice items on the way, including the Flail of Ages (with the fire, cold and acid head). Sadly, since I’m not a paladin, I couldn’t help Nalia keep her home, so another family of nobles took it. Right now, I’m back in the city trying to decide what to do next.
Advance Wars – Dual Strike (DS), Part 2
I finished mission eleven finally (i made a counting mistake last time). All the missions before this one where extremely easy and I cleared them in one go. This one, I failed three times before completing it. It turns out, my tactics where all wrong. I tried to blitz to the goal, so I was losing units to fast. Now I took my time, and slowly killed the enemy units one by one. That way, I could use the other team as a support all the time, instead of just at the beginning.
Besides the one campaign mission, I also completed a few real time missions. It’s pretty fun, but not as much as the campaign. Some of the things a accomplished today got me a total of three medals. Only 297 to go!
Baldur’s Gate II – Shadows of Amn + Throne of Baal (PC), Part 1
Since my laptop is bugging me (it’s overheating), I decided to play this classic while I wait for the repairs. This is one of my favorite games, but I never manage to complete it. This time, I decided to play with an archer which is a ranger character kit. I escaped Irenicus’ dungeon, Imoen was taken by the Cowled Wizards, and I got the quest to collect 20000 gold to save her. I freed Aerie from the circus, and took Nalia with me to help her family. Before I went to her castle, I took down a slaving organization in the slums. I also got a talking sword on the way.
My archer is really kicking but right now. Most of the enemies are not immune to standard arrows and, since I attack really fast, they usually fall before they reach me. By the time I reach stronger enemies, I’ll try to find a steady source of enchanted arrows.
Galactic Civilizations II – Dread Lords (PC), Part 2
I finished two sessions today. In one of them, I tried to go for a technology victory, but ended up doing a diplomatic victory. I was allied with three races, one of them destroyed the one race I wasn’t allied with and that was it. In the second game, I won trough culture again. I also completed the first two campaign missions.
Galactic Civilizations II – Dread Lords (PC), Part 1
After reading a very interesting article here, I decided to give this game a try again. Basically, it’s Civilization in space. I played two games and finished both with an influence victory. This is not really a game that you complete (although it has a campaign), so it will probably stay on my “Currently Playing” list for a long time.
Advance Wars – Dual Strike (DS), Part 1
Since this game got good reviews, I decided to try it out. It’s a nice game. When it comes to turn based strategy games, I usually prefer 4x or RPG elements. This one is more of a Panzer General type game. There are some RPG elements, so I like it because of that.
I’ve completed the first eleven campaign missions. I unlocked a total of five CO’s (commanding officers) and one of them even got his rank increased. Most of the missions where tutorials, so it wasn’t so hard. I don’t know how many missions there are, but I’m hoping it will get harder later on.
Spore Creatures (DS) (COMPLETED)
I didn’t expect to finish it so soon. The first two planets where long, but the final few where very short. I defeated the alien with dancing, and it wasn’t that hard. After completing it, I can now replay each planet on its own. There isn’t much point to it though except to collect some extra parts. My final level was 32. It’s a nice game, but not even the same genre as the PC version.
Spore Creatures (DS)
I have a headache, so I only played for a bit. I finished the second planet, and have just arrived to the third one. On the first island, I’ve captured a nest and that’s about it.