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 On 10/25/2016 at 01:10 AM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
It's that time of year again, Halloween. Time to pull out the inflatables. I saw this one last Saturday while delivering pizza.
It looks kind of how I feel sometimes.
Next is a detail from a Philadephia Eagles Edition Monopoly I got out of the trash the other day. I thought it was funny that one of the Go To Jail cards references the 1970s snowball throwing incident that has become infamously attached to the team. Also, the cheesesteak player piece.
And now to video gaming. I started Skylanders Trap Team. Here's the team I picked from my bucket of figures I collected earlier this year. I chose one to run the campaign and one each of the other elements to do the side missions.
Back row, left to right: Jawbreaker, Wallop, Krypt King (my campaign guy), Thunderbolt
Front row, left to right: Flip Wreck, Fizzy Frenzy Pop Fizz, Hog Wild Fryno, High Five.
I gave Mark a copy of the game too and he played with Ka-Boom.
I tried to play the game on Hard difficulty, but I came across a boss that kept beating me, so I put it back to Medium. I think the game really wants you to use multiple Skylanders to play the harder difficulties. That means multiple leveled-up characters. I'm just sticking to Krypt King, so instead of putting another Skylander on the portal when I get knocked out, I just restart the chapter. Eventually I'll level up multiple figures, and then I might try it on Hard again.
The game is designed very similarly to Superchargers. You have a hub location where you can access the main story and challenge missions; talk to characters who offer you upgrades and store items; and do various other things like short platforming levels, and see trophy rooms.
The main gimmick here, like the vehicles in Superchargers, are the traps. These are crystal keys that fit into the portal which enable you to capture a boss and use it as an alternate form. The portal has a tiny speaker, so the boss continues to comment on things from the portal as you play. I was confused by it at first before I realized the sound was coming from the portal itself. The trapped bosses enable you to open special chests and do side missions tailored to them. You can use them to fight in the game as well, but I haven't used them much for that. They have a meter that runs down, so they function as a temporary power up.
I think the game's really great so far. I'll play it more next weekend for sure.
Well, bye there.
yeah it's inflateable time. There's a lot here, which is funny cause it's a retirement community. Halloween has some but they really come out during xmas.
I like high five. nice design.
Eagles not doing too bad. Pretty good victory against the Vikings. We'll see how they fair sunday night agains the cowboys.
I see so many on my "rounds" every night. That one yard had at least six more inflatables. One does the projection thing which I think is really cool. They also have night time posters that fill each window completely. Very cool. I'll have to get a pic.
High Five is pretty cool:
Rivalry games are always great. I can't wait for Sunday.
I have THE BEST Halloween blow up decoration in my yard!
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2013/10/03/ghostly-halloween-fun/
I thought I may not be able to review Skylanders Imaginators because the PR folks said review copies are scarce. But I got a follow up email about tracking numbers, so I may get to review it after all!
Yea! That Pac-Man pumpkin is really neat.
I'm just starting to hear some talk about Imaginators on my podcasts, but they don't spend much time with it, since it's an 8+ game. I wonder if there's a podcast just about Toys-to-life games?
I like how Jaws and McNabb are Park Place and Boardwalk but what about Randall Cunningham? Since I am a fan of the Dallas Cowboys BOOOO THE EAGLES 
(it's still a pretty cool board)
Skylanders man, the developers know how to print money.
I never got into decorating for Halloween, but for Christmas I'm ready for my light covered raindeer that wear sunglasses, because after all I am in Southern California.
Famous players are all the properties. I didn't look to see the about the others but my friend was complaining about some player not being on the board. I'll see you this weekend, Eagles/Cowboys baby!
I just heard GameInformer podcast talk about Skylanders Imaginators. There's in-game purchases that are even more insidious than in Superchargers. Also, you have to buy a blank character piece to create a character and can only asign one class to it, and it's permanent. So, if you want a mage and a fighter (or whatever they're calling those classes), you have to buy a second blank piece. They get you every which way. But, I'm looking at the new figures and trying to decide on the one I'll get when I play the game. They're still good Diablo style games.
I was just looking over my Christmas themed Skylanders. I have two or three of them now. Maybe if I'm still playing Trap Team at Xmas, I'll use my Winterfest Lob Star.
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