Net calories: 2129 – 127 from exercise = 2002/2040
Ring Fit: Yep (127 cal)
Water intake: Not bad, could be better
I'm really impressed with Star Ixiom, the sequel to Star Luster, as you can probably tell from my writeup today. I've been playing through the Command mode this evening because the Conquest mode is just a little too daunting right now, and it's really interesting how the missions in Command provide practical examples of how various strategic options will work.
The mission I've spent most of the evening on and took lots of attempts turned out to be a lesson in "acceptable losses". You're given a relatively small area to play with, two bases and two planets, and a whole mess of Galaga on the way to mess shit up. You lose if your ship is destroyed, if both the bases are destroyed or if both the planets are damaged. You do not, however, lose if one of each of the bases and the planets are destroyed, so depending on your own strategery and efficiency at picking off Galaga from a distance, you can get away with sacrificing some of the things you're supposed to be protecting in the name of the greater good.
War is, as they say, hell.
The more I play, the more I notice cool little things about it, too. It was already apparent that the Galaga behaved differently from the Battura, but it becomes very apparent in this mission that the Galaga are especially prone to flying right at your ship and causing damage by smashing into it. Given the way the original Galaga game worked, this is, of course, entirely appropriate.
I'm definitely going to do a short;Play video on this in the very near future. It's too good not to celebrate a bit more! Watch out for it in the coming weeks.
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