okay weekend.....just wish it was longer

It was a good weekend. I got a tiny bit of homework finished and I beat Ratchet and Clank. I had this game in my collection for a while and I had to finish it. I have only a couple of games to finish (with the exception of Manhunt, Shinobi, and Nightshade.....too frustrating). Here is my playlist:

- Mercenaries
- X-Men: Legends
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
- Nano Breaker
- Tenchu: Fatal Shadows

It's not final yet because I recently subscribed to Gamefly.com again. I rented old games that I couldn't get anywhere else. I rented the original Shadow Hearts because I think I need to play this first before tackling on the sequel. I even rented Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando. It's weird because I have the second sequel, Up Your Arsenal, but not Going Commando. I rented some other old games that I haven't had the chance to experience yet.

Anyways, as for Ratchet and Clank. I thought it was a great game. When I first played it long ago, I thought it looked plain and dull looking, but after playing the entire game from beginning to finish (can you believe that......it took me 3 days to beat this game), the game grew on me. The characters, the graphics, the sounds, the gameplay....they were all implemented very well. The only thing that frustrated me is the checkpoint system. I would have to restart, in some cases, from the very beginning of the level if I died. This grew to frustration during the last sequence in the game against Derg, the final boss. I would have to restart from his first form every time I died, but with my bolt usage wasted from the previous try. It took me several game loads to defeat him, but it was worth it.

Another great thing is that I won $20 off my friend from beating him 3 times in ESPN Basketball 2005. I was the Rockets, my favorite team in the game. I like the combination of Yao and McGrady because T-Mac has remarkable offense and Yao Ming has amazing defense. But it didn't matter. In my first and third game, I was struggling because Chris Webber, Mike Bibby, and Brad Miller were kicking my ass. In the first game, I thought I would lose because the Kings were making outrageous three pointers near the half court line. I came through in the end because Ward, Johnson, and McGrady were landing threes at the last quarter. The third game was freaking intense because I was losing in the first half by 10-15 points. McGrady couldn't shoot as with the rest of the team. But in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming, my saviour, stole the ball from Bibby and made a jumper, giving me a one point lead with 16 seconds to go. I increased my defenses (I don't want to lose $20) and Bibby had to force his shot. It didn't go in, and I won the game. It was an awesome game.