Changes to the Blog

You might have noticed that the address for the blog has changed. Has I mentioned a few posts back (last year) that I want to revamp the blog. I will still be talking about video games but I will also post about my other hobbies e.g. board games, movies, books etc.

So over the next few weeks I will be making changes to the blog, colours, layout and more. But for now the first change is the new name so without further a due welcome to "One or More Players". Thought it suits the blog more with it covering games, both video and table top. Anyway that's it for this quick update post, hope you all keep reading and I will post again soon.
~Iznic

Upcoming January 2016

Evening folks,

Cannot believe how fast this month has gone by and it won’t be long before the first of the triple A new release games hit. I thought about doing a post series that focuses on each month with what I’m interested in thats coming out. Of course January is almost over but there is only one video game I’m after this month and it’s not out yet.

Of course that is Lego Marvel Avengers which is releasing in the UK on Friday. It should had come out before Christmas, but of course with Lego Dimensions out I think they did not want to jeopardise the sales of both titles.

So far it seems to be doing well in the states so I cannot wait for Friday. Loved the Jurassic one last year and Dimensions was fantastic so my hopes are on high this one. Just hope the flying/racing is better in this one compared to Lego Marvel Super Heroes. So many of those flying race tracks made me want to hulk smash the controller.

Although this is the only game out this month it was not the only purchase. I did pick up some sets from the Lego Dimensions wave three that released last week. Got the new level pack Ghost Busters so I can finally open the adventure world and of course extra game level with trophies is always good in my books. Then I picked up the DC team pack with Joker and Harley in, started to get into super heroes so I could not resist getting this for my collection.

How cool are these!

Final set was of course Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Look how awesome the mini-figure and train is, like I needed to think about buying it.

So yeah January is a major Lego month for me and I do have to wonder what is next for the franchise. Usually by now we have news of at least one or two more standalone games coming. I really hope for a Lego Simpsons video game, especially after they released the Lego Dimension level set. Think it would work so well if they based on a season or do a big story plot.

Well that’s it for this post folks and I will try to get the February post out next week. No promises since I will be playing Lego Avengers and it might take up all my time. Don’t forget to comment and share what games you got or looking forward too.

~Iznic 

Happy New Year!

Good morning folks,

First Happy New Year folks! Hope you had a good holiday and had some great fun. My new year did not start off great since I woke up on the first with a cold which I’m still trying to get rid of. But I’m not letting it get me down and decided that it would be a good time to do a new blog post. So I thought it would be good to talk about this year’s challenges and last years. 

If you read my blog in the past you will already know this but for those who I don’t, every year I set myself a challenge to complete so many games or earn x amount of Gamerscore.

So in 2015 I had a couple of goals and they were:

1. 15 Platinum Trophies
2. Do not let the pile of shame get any bigger
3. Finish all games I buy this year

How did I do? Well the first goal I clocked at the end of the summer which I was really surprised with since I did not think I would get it. In fact, I think I finished on 16 so no bad but in a way it was a little disappointing since I could have earned a lot more in the last few months of the year.

Second goal was very good throughout the year but I did slip up in the Christmas period. That cannot be helped due to the fact I work in retail and it’s the busiest time of year. Plus, I work in gaming retail so add all those new releases into the mix and you be surprised how tired you get when you get home. If I was to grade this goal It would be a B-, good but could had been better.

Finally, as you just read thanks to retail I did not complete goal 3 since I still have new releases from the end of the year waiting to be finished/played. Part way through Tomb Raider at the moment.

2015 was not a bad year overall and I’m happy with how it went so that now leaves to set this year’s goals. This year for 2016 I’m going to go overboard with it and set some stupidly hard challenges. Should be a laugh I’m hoping so what are they you ask?  Goal one is to hit 200,000 gamerscore on the Xbox. Very hard goal since in the past when I did focus on achievement hunting I was earning roughly 17,000 a year. I need 29,000 to hit that goal but I do have in my favour that since the PlayStation 4 came out I’ve not really played much on the Xbox. This means there is quite a back log of games to earn achievements in.

Second goal is to again earn another 15 Platinum Trophies which I do think I should reduce since of my Xbox challenge. But then where is the fun in that! Set the goal high and give it a shot, least I can say I failed a hard challenge and tried.

Of course I want to keep my pile of shame down so I must again try to complete all the games I buy this year. I know it’s hard at the end of year since I work in retail but I know deep down I can do better.

Final goal is stop buying games on impulse, this is how my pile of shame happens and in fact I did pick up a few purchases the other day already even though I got a few games to work through (will blog about them later). Need to reign this in and be good, this will be my true challenge this year.

Quick look at the summary for this year’s challenges.

1. 200,000 Gamerscore
2. 15 Platinum Trophies
3.  No pile of shame this year and complete all the games I buy this year
4. Stop buying on impulse when I have games to play already (Ties in the with third goal)
5. HAVE FUN

Should be a good year for gaming and in fact I have got a post planned to write about what I’m looking forward to this year so keep an eye out for that soon. On this note I’m going to end this blog post and again hope you all had a good new year. Don’t forget to comment with any challenges/goals you setting yourself this year.

~Iznic