2013-11-20 - 20% done in Lego Star Wars TCS

Got some gaming done today after getting home from work.

Played only one game - Lego Star Wars TCS. Got 2 achievements. I was expecting the The Empire Strikes Back (Finish Episode V in story mode) one to pop, but the Yee Haw (Ride all mounts types & ride-ons) was a surprise to me - just popped out on its own.

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2013-11-18 - Lego Lego Lego

Only had little time today for gaming, spent it again on Lego Star Wars II

Gathered few mini-kits, and red bricks, managed to go through 3 levels as undefeated - thus getting me 3 new achievements worth 60G.

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2013-11-17 - Small progress in LEGO Star Wars II

Busy day, did not play that much - but still managed to get 2 achievements in LEGO Star Wars II.

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2013-11-16 - Two Lego games and one new free-for-gold-members game

Today I finished Lego Batman - where I had one forgotten achievement to do. Took me about 1 hour of gaming to get the last achievement and the 100% completion. Amazing to see that previous achievement was obtained almost exactly 5 years ago.

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Second Lego game I spent some time on was LEGO Star Wars: TCS where I got 4 achievements worth 80G.

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Last but not least - this months (November 2013) second free game for Xbox Live Gold members - Iron Brigade, where I also got 4 achievements on my first day. As it is an arcade game, they were only worth 25G.

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2013-11-16 - Completed LEGO Batman

As I have been playing a lot of the LEGO Star Wars 2 game lately on Xbox I checked out my other Lego games and progress in the games. I noticed that in Lego Batman I had one achievement, that I had not got. No worries, pop the game in the console, and maybe after 1 hour of gaming got the last achievement and the 100% completion. Woo hoo! :)

Amazing to see that previous achievement was obtained almost exactly 5 years ago.

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2013-11-15 - 3 times undefeated at LEGO Star Wars II

Today went through the 3 levels in the game and got 3 of them "wow, you did not die" achievements. Total gain 60GS.

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2013-11-14 - 2 times undefeated at LEGO Star Wars II

Not much gaming done today, but managed to get done 2 achievements worth 40G.

As I have now unlocked one of the "ghost" characters, the "don't die once" achievements are not that hard at all in free play mode. All enemies ignore the ghost (I presume they cannot see it or figure out they cannot kill it) and focus on their energy on the AI controlled sidekick. So this leaves the main player very safe and only way to fail the achievement is to fall to your death. :)

And if you do manage to get yourself killed by falling off from somewhere, only option is usually to quite the level and restart from the beginning. I had to do it once as one jump to a platform went bit too far and my character fell to his death. :)

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2013-11-13 - Half way there

Another day where I only played one game - this time it was again Lego Star Wars II.

I got only 2 achievements, but they were the heavy ones, score ways ... in total 130G. And as you see from screenshot below, now the score is 500/1000. :)

"Lego city complete" was easy to do - its just an achievement, that you cannot do in beginning of the game. You have to have progressed relatively far in the game to have enough gold bricks to build the door to the Lego city. Once you have it built, it is easy.

"Game 80% complete" - this is just one that comes over time when you have re-played the levels in normal or free mode and collected more and more bricks and mini-kits.

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2013-11-12 - Bounty hunter missions done in LEGO Star Wars II

Busy day, not too much time spent on gaming. Managed to get one more achievement done in LEGO Star Wars II.

It was quite fun one - the bounty hunter missions. Different from main story in a sense that you have only 3 minutes to "solve" a mystery of one character location. Reminds me of the hide-and-seek game - you have to find someone within time limit. If you manage to do it, you get gold brick, if not, the options are to retry or give up.

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2013-11-11 - Slow progress in LEGO Star Wars II

Played few hours and only thing I got was game completion percentage rose from 60,2% yesterday to 64%. Got no GS or no achievements. Maybe tomorrow? :)

2013-11-10 - 60% done in LEGO Star Wars II

After few hours of gaming today I finished going through the main story in story mode. Game completion was around 57%. After spending my hard earned studs on some un-lockable characters I saw that game completion raised to 60,2% and at the same time the attachment popped. :)

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Now "all" I need to do in this game is go through the levels in Free-play mode and find all the mini-kits and power bricks and work my way closer to the 100% completion. And go through the levels without dying... that's the hard part. Wish me luck!

2013-11-09 - I rescued the Princess

Feeling better after my illness, played a little of the old LEGO Star Wars II game. Got one achievement worth 20G in it.

Damn those "without dying once" achievements are hard - it is so easy to slip somewhere or get hit by enemies in this game. Looks like I have to play through the game on my own and then get a friend to help me with the achievements - let him be the one who takes risks and gets killed, while I concentrate on staying alive.

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2013-11-07 - Finished the World of Keflings

Spent some time today to finish the World of Keflings game. I know the screenshot shows I still have 250GS to obtain and 9 achievements to get, but those are the extra DLC ones and I am not counting it as I dont own them. :)

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2013-11-06 - A World of Keflings

Today I played only one game, but I got 5 achievements in it. Most of them just became available through normal progressioon in the game.

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2013-11-05 - Rope, Keflings and Kul

Played 3 games today (Cut the Rope, A World of Keflings and Ascend: Hand of Kul), got achievements in 2 of them:

 

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2013-11-04 - More rope cutting

Busy day (what else is new, eh?).

Played a little bit of Team Crossword, Taptiles and Cut the Rope.

Only got achievements in the last one - 2 achievements, worth 15G.

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2013-11-03 - Lets cut some ropes

Another busy day in real life - only got to play a little under Windows 8. Got one easy achievement in Cut the Rope.

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2013-11-02 - Windows 8 games only

Today I had only time to play a little under Windows 8.

Still managed to get 2 easy achievements in 2 free games: Cut the Rope and Monsters Love Candy. Only 10G but better than nothing! :)

 

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2013-11-01 - A World of Keflings

Downloaded new game today: A World of Keflings - It is free for the first half of November of 2013. And as I am a gold member on XBL - of course I am going to download and play it.

On my first day, I got 3 achievements. Only got to play it for maybe max 2 hours.

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2013-10-31 - Adera time

Decided to fire up Adera again today. Managed to get couple of achievements in this game. 5 to precise worth 45G.

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Also played with no gain in GS or achievements 2 games: LEGO Star Wars II and Microsoft Flight