PixlBit

Good morning Pixlbit! For you East Coasters out there be safe, and keep warm. This past weekend the majority of gaming revolved around two games, one of them I unlocked a platinum trophy for and the other I bought I think a year ago and finally decided to start playing it. Yup I went shopping in my own library because dang it, I’m taking down Mount Backlog!

 

 

So it happened, Platinum Trophy #7. For some folks that I’ve seen on Cheapassgamer who have 40 and 50 Platinum’s it isn’t a big deal, but for me who had 3 going into December I’m on a roll. On Friday I was hovering around the high 80% range in completion of Lego Batman, only having to unlock a handful of minikits and unlocking the remaining characters from the Justice League, Batcave, and the Watchtower. Since this was a Lego game there were some glitches like the next quest wouldn’t unlock unless I left the room and went to the far side of the level or in the Batcave jump into the water and swim toward the bottom of the screen. Other than this, it was fun to unlock the various characters I needed to go a full 100% within the game.

 

Once that was done it was time to tackle the remaining trophies like pairing up different characters, and finding the Lego Stud Waterfall. It was fun and I spent most of Saturday finishing up this game and getting this

 

The one trophy that I am having problems with is on the Man of Steel DLC where you get Krypto the Dog to play in the level. I played the entire level with the dog and still didn’t unlock it. Its odd, maybe I’m doing it wrong, but it is what it is.

 

On Sunday morning it was time to tackle a new game. Before 2015 started I picked out a couple of games that I wanted to finish from the PS3, and I wasn’t in the mood to tackle another Lego game so Lego Lord of the Rings still sits (being honest if I actually liked the series I would have made a push for Platinum #8). I chose this game because I wanted to see what the big deal was about

 

Holy cow this game is freaking amazing! I used to call Uncharted the Tomb Raider with a guy, but I think the creators of this Tomb Raider did a hell of a job in making one fluid, action packed game with all the fun puzzles and hidden items to pick up that makes Tomb Raider enjoyable. I started playing in the morning around 10am and I don’t think I stopped playing until 4pm to get ready for the Royal Rumble on the WWE Network.

 

I was caught up in the Uncharted-like quality of the game, and how fun it was to use the bow over some favorites like the shotgun and the handgun (why only one handgun?). I think I am almost finished with the main story because gameplay wise, it feels like everything I have been doing has been leading up to this resolution of Lara saving the day, but I’m thinking there is going to be some twist in the game. I think the last Tomb Raider game I played was Legend and that felt like a “traditional” Tomb Raider game with this game being almost of a reboot. Once I finish the game I’ll probably go back and pick up some missed things around the various campsites. I don’t know if it is worth it to jump into the PS4 version, but most likely I will pick it up down the road when it becomes an inexpensive title.

 

Other Games I’ve Been Playing

 

I haven’t made much of a dent in this game since last week. I think I moved up to another section of World 2 which isn’t bad. I’ll probably play a chunk of this later on today.

 

Simpsons Tapped Out had another special skin to coincide with an episode of the television series. This time the people of Springfield are angry at Mr. Burns for having “Premium Power” so Groundskeeper Willie has turned into Slave Labor Willie, and there is a special wheel that he cranks for his quest.

 

In WWE Immortals I finally unlocked a character to create my three fighting teams

 

I unlocked Pyromancer Nikki Bella, so I have the Bella Twins on my roster. Also a new weekly tournament has started. If you complete the five sections of the tournament you unlock

 

Cyborg Brock Lesnar. There is no way I can unlock him because two of the tournament groups are character based and I do not have Undertaker or John Cena to play them.

 

I am hoping that I can finish Challenge 3 so I can get that bronze booster pack. After this, I’m going to try and save up for Silver packs to get better fighters.

 

There are also a couple of other games I played bit of like NCAA Football, NBA 2K14, and tried a bit of OlliOlli and Shadow Warrior but I’ll talk about those on a later day.

 

Well Pixlbit I am off so enjoy the rest of the week, East Coast stay warm, and I will talk to you all on Friday!

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris

 

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