I played a few sims today, even The Sims today. And some others.
Sims 4: I played the tutorial because it was a free download from Game Pass which has just acquired EA Play games. I don't like the way you move the camera in this game with the right stick mostly, the left stick being the cursor. It's an unnatural feel that probably works much better on PC. It was okay though. I found it a bit boring. I noticed the weird language they speak sounds just like the languages given to the nations in Civ Rev. Makes sense, same developer. The language sound vaguely like Latin at times. "Olum follum, chubie way.". WTF!
Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1: Favorites were Dragon Spirit: The New Legend where I tried to grow as many dragon heads as possible (I got to four once) and Sky Kid in which I crashed a lot and shot a cheerleader by accident, nevertheless, charmed as heck flying a bi-plane; also Pac-Man C.E. which is fast and fun as heck; and Dragon Buster which is a fun dungeon crawler that seems out of place as an arcade game (more like a PC action-adventure).
Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2: Favorite was Dragon Buster II. I just wish I could beat that second dragon. The thing just follows you around doing constant damage while you struggle to aim your bow-and-arrow.
Farm Together: Still building my farm. Got my first farmhand and had him take care of the animals, the most annoying task on the farm. I harvested a lot but ended the session with $1 left. I think I need to have a bank account and manage my funds better so I don't go broke.
Mecho Wars: Desert Ashes: I played this turn-based strategy game while watching Eagles/Giants football with my friend. Mecho Wars is a lot like Advance Wars, so what's not to like. I just have to remember the rock-paper-scissors tactics and not just deploy all monster artillery units like I want to.
What did you play today?
Oh cool, you played the Namco Museum Archives! I love the Pac-Man C.E. 8-bit demake. It's amazing they got that to run on NES hardware. Have you ever played Pac-Man C.E. before? It's one of my favorite Pac-Man games and the reason why I got a 360.
Yeah, I have played it before, and I was wondering what they did to it. Are all the games on these collections the NES versions?
Yes all the games on the Namco Archives are NES games. Even Pac-Man C.E. can run on a NES if you install a chip in the cartridge that lets it play more sound samples!
I thought those games looked a little more pixelated than I remembered from the arcade versions.
I played Sims Online at the dawn of online games, and while it was fun for a little while, I soon lost interest. There was so much damn hype about that game though.
I heard a lot of stories about people making their sims die in ridiculous ways. I thought about it for a hot minute, but I wasn't interested enough to mess with it. I'm going to play Civ V when it gets to a reasonable price.