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[unspeakablehorror]

I finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender earlier.  Maybe I should play some more of the videogames I own.  Of course I'm already playing New Leaf but I mean something besides that.  I have many videogames that I haven't finished yet.  Of course, I still have many other things I must do, but I like to have something nice to occupy me when I'm taking a break.

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[rugessnome]

I've actually been thinking about acquiring AC:New Leaf... (also an actual Pokemon game for the (2)DS. By the by, if you like pixel puzzles, Pokemon Picross is a fairly neat freebie, though it can be slow at first as it takes some patience to accumulate enough credits to jump through some of the progress hoops. I did actually buy a few dollars worth of them near the end.)

But I too own unfinished videogames. Hey, this actually prompted me to progress on 3DS LEGO LOTR.

[unspeakablehorror]

I find New Leaf pretty fun! I've also heard people say that it's actually more full-featured in a number of ways than New Horizons.

Hope you're having fun with Lego LOTR! I have a Lego game for The Clone Wars. I have other games too I could play.

Lego LOTR, mostly ;)

[rugessnome]

Lego LOTR for the Xbox 360 (and presumably the Wii and PS versions are very similar) is one of my favorite games; I'm finding that the 3DS version played on my 2DS is an odd combo of both simpler=easier and occasionally harder. Sadly, for legal reasons (limited license term, I guess) it's only available second-hand now.

Part of the difficulty is the ability to use camera angles on the xbox, and possibly that I'm lacking the intended 3D capacity, but combat is harder than on any Wii or Xbox LEGO game I've played: you actually must use a second button in some normal combat scenarios in addition to the one for attack.

Also, if I'm remembering the xbox version correctly, the prices for some of the extra though frivolous abilities on 3DS are... kind of high (5,000,000 iirc--I think only the high multipliers were priced in the multimillions on xbox.)

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anyway, I like Lego Star Wars: The "Complete" Saga (ie I-VI) for fixed consoles pretty well too. (LOTR edges it out in having an immersive world setting to explore. I haven't played the DS (? I think. might have 3DS tho) version of SW enough to judge yet.) Fighting Lego Dooku with Lego Dooku! and (useless) Lego Chancellor Palpatine/the Lego Emperor!

I missed a lot of the hype for AC:New Leaf because I only got my 2DS, which was my first ever handheld, a little over a year ago. But some of my usual gaming youtubers are playing AC:New Horizons, and it looks fun...except I most definitely don't have the required console, and am reluctant to think of paying the game prices for current consoles. It sounds like AC:NL is in high demand elsewhere due to people having the same idea I am, so perhaps there will still be people playing for a bit.

Re: Lego LOTR, mostly ;)

[unspeakablehorror]

The 3DS came out during the height of my 3D mania phase so I snapped that up when it came out, haha. And yeah, 3D games can definitely be easier at times with the 3D turned on. To be honest, I often turn the 3D off unless I'm playing a game or at a part of a game where it's helpful to have, because otherwise you have to hold your head in just the right position to not see double. There are definitely some places where the 3D makes a real difference in the ability to complete a task, though.

New Leaf mostly doesn't *need* the 3D, but I find it helps when you're shooting down baloons with the slingshot or catching bugs. There's shadows for that too, but binocular vision is great for pinpointing your character's relative position to things. I keep 3D turned off for New Leaf most of the time, though, because otherwise it's just more comfortable (less head positioning needed) playing in 2D.

Lego LOTR sounds like a pretty epic game!

I'm not sure what currency that 5,000,000 price is in. Some kind of in-game currency? Even in yen that would be...way to high to charge for a game extra haha.

The Lego Star Wars saga does indeed sound fun. Lego Palpatine is always amusing! At some point I hope to play more of my Lego The Clone Wars game, which is for the PS3. For now, I've been getting back into my Super Mario 3D Land game. I've played so many Mario games but I still have fun with them.

Re: Lego LOTR, mostly ;)

[rugessnome]

Oh, yeah, the 5,000,000 is the in-game "studs" (as in this one type of small Lego piece) currency. There are usually eventually extra abilities unlocked to purchase from collecting items and/or turning them in for quests (in LOTR) to multiply the collected studs by 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, and 10x and they even stack! yielding an ultimate multiplier of 3840x. 10x on the 3DS version of LOTR is... 20,000,000 studs to buy, though. :O

I haven't checked recently but I really thought the console versions priced silly extras like "disguises" (This is kinda hilarious in LEGO SW: everyone down to the AT-ATs iirc gets those ~Groucho Marx glasses.) at more like 500,000.