I completed my 50th Xbox game today, geoDefense, on my phone. It was a nice little game, but not as mentally taxing as some other tower defence style games. You could simply plow through most levels with as many fully upgraded regular gun turrets as you could cram into the arena. For the few levels that required a different approach, all you needed to do was erect a couple of turrets that slowed the creeps down, simple as that. All in all, gaming on my phone is really quite good fun. It’s like having a handheld Xbox, kind of. Well, I guess it is a portable Microsoft console, isn’t it?
I’m totally loving my Windows phone, not just for the achievements. Having Facebook and Twitter and everything all available to me whenever I want them is just so convenient, and I love that it’s so easy to share photos. I’ve only got two problems with it. One is the lack of custom ringtones and alert tones (Jane has the Zelda: Ocarina of Time “puzzle partially solved” noise as her text alert tone – I’m so jealous), and I can’t seem to update the software on it. It tells me there’s an update ready, but I just can’t get it to work.
I’ve given up on my TrueAchievement goal of getting an achievement completion ratio of 80%+… All these new games I’ve started on my phone and Xbox and barely touched… It’ll get there eventually as most of the remaining ones to go for are based on lengthy play, but there’s no point in making a rush for it. The race to 60k is still on though, and I’ve only recently really made a play for it thanks to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, Portal 2, Dead Space and numerous WP7 games. I’m currently at 57,000ish, and looking good for hitting the 60,000 before the year is out.
I really need to write up my thoughts on all the great games I’ve played recently.
