Robotics;Notes & The Achievement Gone MIA

Robotics;Notes is a Japanese story book or dating sim game. It took around 8 hours or so to complete but the final achievement has yet to show up on xbox.com. More on that in a moment.


One of the more interesting story book games judging by the characters on the screen. It's built around the concept of a twitter like interface where you communicate with your friends, or the females you wanna hook up with? I'm not going to act like I know what was going on, it just looked more interesting than previous story book games I have played.

Paper hiding the title for a little facebook game I do.

At the moment, the completion of the game is only visible to me for some reason. The final achievement is not showing up on xbox.com, so therefore, the completion doesn't exist.

But it does. Well, well well. As I was going to xbox.com to get a screen cap, it appears the final achievement FINALLY showed up on xbox.com. It only took like 10 hours or so, I have no idea why that happens. And check the milliseconds. :P

1. 
   

   愛と正義の完璧主義者

   ROBOTICS;NOTESをやりつくした

   50 UNLOCKED ON WED, 22 AUG 2012 05:51:34
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   これでテストもバッチリだねっ

   TIPSを全て開いた

   50 UNLOCKED ON WED, 22 AUG 2012 05:50:56

Has the right time but took almost 11 hours to appear. Very strange, but it's happened before, and I was playing on my Japanese Xbox at the time as well.

Play-Asia is where I get the majority of my imports.

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Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Complete! It takes roughly 20-30 hours to get the 1,000 gamerscore. Not too difficult and features the standard achievement list found in most Lego games of the past.

It's probably the best Lego game on the machine, but I'm a little burnt on Lego games since I've played them all except for Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.

What's changed from the 1st Lego Batman?

Open World of Gotham City (not a ton to do in the open world, but it's where you will find the majority of the gold bricks, animal riding, carnival games, helicopter and boat checkpoint races)

First Lego game where the characters have voices (very well done, I might add)

Features a ton of DC characters not found in the Batman series.

Superman absolutely steals the show since he is just awesome to use (flight, heat vision, superhuman breath, X-Ray Vision and superhuman Strength) and the Superman theme song is played every time you fly in the open world hub, which made me smile every time. Superman and the other characters that have the gift of flight make the helicopters pointless.

A lot to collect: 150 Minikits, 250 gold bricks, and 50 civilians.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10
It's a must have for Lego fans and probably the best Lego game made to date.

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The Expendables 2 Game MINI-REVIEW

The Expendables 2 complete! This XBLA game takes roughly 10 hours to complete. It costs 1200MSP and comes with a total of 21 achievements and 400 gamerscore to be had. 

Note: You have to fully complete the game twice since the difficulties DO NOT stack.

I bought this game for a few reasons:

1) A friend asked me to play co-op with him (it features 4-player coop, which in most cases, is a great thing.)

2) It has Sly Stallone in it!

3) 400 Gamerscore

I went into this game 100% blind to what it was going to look or play like. It's just so bad that it's hard to express in words that are not the four-letter variety, ESPECIALLY for the asking price of $15! But I'll try my best.

Expendables 2 is the least interesting hybrid of a twin stick shooter/Light gun -like sequences of fail on the Xbox 360. More so a twin stick shooter but, hell, it might be the only hybrid of the sort, and I pray it stays that way.  The Light Gun sequences of fail are exactly that, FAIL, to the 9th power!! You're stuck with aiming a reticule around on the screen with your CONTORLLER while on rails or a set pathway. I don't even think you can die during these sections, and there are quite a few of them thrown into the mix for bad measure. The only possible way it could have been worse is if they tried to tack on Kinect Support. I really don't think I could have handled that on an emotional level.

Note to developers: Light Gun games SUCK without a light gun. Peanut Butter and Jelly is good, but not exactly desirable when the P or the J is missing in action. Make a game for a controller. Cool! Great! Make a game for Kinect. Yes! Exercise! Make a game that supports a Light Gun. Awesome! Light guns rock!! But damn you for designing a game and a good portion of its gameplay to work with a controller type that is not even the best option for the gameplay you created. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???? I'll never understand this type of decision.

Gameplay is dung, graphics are crap, abilities/power-ups=super crap, voice acting is super-mega crapola on a stick! (Sly doesn't even voice his character *RAGE MODE ACTIVATED*) It had some potential but it was clearly slapped together to coincide with the release of the movie....without any regard for a smidgen of quality control.

I really wanted to like and support this game since I'm a big Stallone fan, but I cannot recommend this heap of vile to anyone.

Not even to those just looking to blow shit up.

Save your money and go watch the movie instead. That's most definitely cheaper IF you don't buy concessions.

Rating: 3/10
Expendable as can be.

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Completed Games Update: 500

# 490 MX vs. ATV: Alive

 #491 Kinect Fun Labs: Bobble Head

#492 Kinect Fun Labs: Kinect Me

#493 Kinect Fun Labs: Build A Buddy

#494 iBlast Moki

#495 Green Lantern: Rise of The Manhunters

#496 Red Faction: Armageddon

 #497 Burn it All!

#498 Kinect Fun Labs: Googly Eyes

#499 geoDefense

#500 Zombies!!!




A nice little milestone before I crack 600,000.

I've been up and down with the completed game thing, sometimes I love it and other times I despise it. Despise might be a strong word, but when stuff glitches, and it happens, it's discouraging. Instead of dwelling on it too much, I tend to move forward. Over the past two years I've left a lot of stones unturned, maybe once I cross 600,000 I will work on flipping those suckers over.

This count is for all the original achievements in a game. That's the only way you can put a number to a game without it fluctuating.

Completed Games Update: Up To 489

#486 PAC-MAN CE DX (WP7)

#487 The Revenants

#488 Brink

#489 Hydro Thunder GO

Quick Completed Game Update: Up to 485

#474 GR - Pitfall

#475 Saw 2: Flesh & Blood

#476 Man Vs. Wild




#477 GR - Lunar Lander

#478 Shaun White Skateboarding

#479 Memories Off  6: T-Wave




#480 Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt 1



#481 You Don't Know Jack




#482 No Fate! Only The Power of Will




#483 Lego Pirates of the Caribbean




#484 World Love Organization




#485 Kung Fu Panda 2

Completed Game #473: Portal 2

With the new co-op mode Portal 2 surpasses the greatness of the original. Stellar voice acting along with great dialog makes this puzzle game one of a kind.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 4 out of 10

Time to complete the full 1,000 gamerscore points: 12 hours

Completed Game #472: Majin and The Forsaken Kingdom

Perhaps a sleeper hit JR, it's a good game, almost great, if you can look past the glaring flaws such as bad voice acting and some backtracking. It reminded me of a longer version of ICO, just not quite on that level. Give it a look.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 3 out of 10

Time to complete the full 1,000 gamerscore points: 15 hours

Completed Game #471: Ben 10 Ultimate Alien

Typical kids game that doesn't have much new to offer.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 2 out of 10

Time to complete the full 1,000 gamerscore points: 8 hours

Completed Game #470: Rango

The artwork and character design reminds me of Oddworld: Strangers Wrath, which is a good thing. Rango may be easy and geared towards kids, but it's fun for the short time it will last for.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 1 out of 10

Time to complete the full 1,000 gamerscore points: 6 hours

Tip: Farm for stars on the first level boss, don't kill the rolling creature but keep killing its babies with your X charge attack for easy and fast stars.

Completed Game #469: Full House Poker

Finally something that replaces Uno as the go to arcade party game. It also makes good use of those avatar characters.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 4 out of 10

Time to complete full 200 Gamerscore points: Probably around 6 hours, but not entirely sure.

Price: 800 Microsoft Points

Worth 800 Microsoft Points? Yes

Completed Game #468: Costume Quest

A great example of an arcade game done right.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 2 out of 10

Time to complete full 200 Gamerscore points:  5-6 hours

Price: 1,200 Microsoft Points

Worth 1,200 Microsoft Points? Yes

Completed Game #467: GM - Centipede

It looks better than the version found in your Game Room on the Xbox 360. You don't need to fear the controls because the virtual trackball gets the job done quite nicely. Everything you do on the phone verison carries over to the Xbox 360 Game Room side and vice versa. I'm looking forward to all of the upcoming GR titles on Windows Phone 7, it adds a neat dynamic to the Game Room experience and works seamlessly.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Completed Game #466: Rio

Strictly a mini game compilation that is competent enough to keep anyone engaged.  The cute animals and colorful graphics are bound to draw the kiddies in. If I had a child, I wouldn't mind playing something like this with he/she, it would keep me entertained as well.

Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 1 out of 10

Time to complete the full 1,000 Gamerscore points: At least 16 hours. 6 hours of actually play but the marathon achievement (run 28 miles) takes 10+ hours more.

Completed Game #465: Mayhem 3D

I can't really comment on the 3D side of this game but if you like smashing cars up, you will find some enjoyment with Mayhem. It's not full retail price for a good reason, it's lacking depth. The only thing not lacking in depth is the car selection, there are oddly tons of vehicles at your disposal.
Amazing Great Good Decent Bad Terrible

Achievement difficulty: 2 out of 10

Time to complete full 1,000 Gamerscore points: 5 hours or less

Completed Game #464: WWE All Stars

Amazing
Great
Good<------WWE All Stars is an over the top arcade wrestling game in the same vein as NBA JAM, as if wrestling wasn't already over the top. Stacked with the greatest wrestling icons from the present and past. Sadly it's another title that suffers from PS2itis in the graphics department. The gameplay is solid and the matches tend to be shorter than your average wrestling affair. It would of been nice to see a more fleshed out career mode because it does lack depth.
Decent
Bad
Terrible

Completed Game #463: CSI Fatal Conspiracy

Amazing
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Good
Decent<--------It could be considered bad but since I'm no fan of the show nor am I a huge fan of point and click games, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. There's nothing really wrong with the game except for the fact it could easily run on the PS2. That ancient hardware needs to be taken behind the woodshed and shot repeatedly. Yes, the PS2 is like a bad scary movie. Even though it should be dead, it keeps coming for more. I'll personally make it my life goal to throw that grizzly technology into the fires of Mount Doom. Ken Kutaragi will obviously play the role of Gollum, squirming at ever turn for his precious to be returned.
Bad
Terrible

Completed Game #462: Fable: Coin Golf

Amazing
Great
Good<---------A fun little pocket game that anyone can enjoy in tiny chunks. Shuffleboard meets Pinball.
Decent
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Terrible

Completed Game #461: Comic Jumper

Amazing
Great<---------Not sure how this stayed under my radar for so long since I do love the other Twisted Pixel games. One of best arcade games I've had the pleasure of playing this year. A comic book game done right and hilarious. I fell in love with most of the characters as well, which is rare for me.
Good
Decent
Bad
Terrible

Completed Game #460: Unbound Saga

Amazing
Great
Good
Decent
Bad <-----------It looks good for a beat 'em up but I would rather play those terrible looking beat 'em ups from the past. It does have online co-op! I'm looking at you every other arcade game that failed to do so when it makes perfect sense.
Terrible

Achievement Difficulty: 3 out of 10