[XBox 360] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. An OK-level Japanese style act game. There was a gap for this kind of games in 2013 and this game was picked up by me to fill this gap (and my bloodthirstiness?).
[PC] Super Meat Boy. Hardcore hardcore hardcore.. I beat the boss of World 3, the brownie/shit guy… I guess that’s about it.
[PC] Call of Duty: Ghosts. Slightly better than the last one (black ops 2). But not very interesting. I’ll probably skip the next CoD.
[iPad] BADLAND. The first iOS game I played and thought worth blogging. Its aesthetic meets my taste.
[PC] Guacamelee. Action, platform, co-op. What else do you need? Super Mario Bros?
[PS3] Last of Us. The game of 2013 for me. Though I only passed it once, the most charming part of this game is how it tells the story like a movie and make it better than movie with the format of “game”.
[PC] DmC: Devil May Cry. A very good ACT game, much better than Metal Gear Rising. I played it for about 2.5 passes. Looking forward to more sequels.
[PC] Mark of the Ninja. A pretty neat 2D Ninja game. Definitely worth a try.
2013 was a great year for us. XW got the scholarship from NYU law school and started her study. We bought an apartment and everything sorted themselves out at the last minute. There were some new interesting challenges in my work too. Compared to the sad 2012 summary, it’s much better this time :)
PS. 最后写两句价格好了,这问题似乎大家都比较关心。基于我看房的那段时间的价格,曼哈顿的一居公寓大约10k$一平米,往上有很贵的,往下比这个数便宜的不多。Brooklyn很好的区域大约8k~9k$一平米。和国内不同的是持有成本很高,每个月的物业费和税加起来从八九百到两千不等。某些新condo有免税优惠,但这样的房通常售价会相应偏高。总的来说售价其实不如北京北三环以内的高,但持有成本还挺高的。
入了Wii U之后一口气入了很多游戏。。主机本身造型还不错,那个GamePad实在还是比较awkward,大部分游戏玩的时候我都不怎么看下屏。GamePad最大的好处我觉得是带了个TV遥控器的功能……于是茶几上可以少放一个遥控器了。Wii U内置了一些social功能,联网之后一开机就会看到广场上很多人在唧唧喳喳,。在Super Mario 3D World里面看到各种玩家发的文字和图画感觉还不错。
对聚会类游戏略失望,试了Nintendo Land和Wii Party U里面的一部分游戏,感觉大部分还是Wii上的小游戏,没有太多新意。按理说两个屏幕能玩出一些花样才对。现在看起来似乎并不如Kinect来的效果好。当然Kinect的精度实在是差得可以,属于让人乱玩的类型,跟日系游戏追求精确是两个路数。