Game-wise I've been playing WoW a little less than usual. I'd like to say that i've been workng but I havent....at all....ever. It's just that these last few weeks there's been a tidal wave of new releases I just had to get my hands on, Plus there's some classics that I've dug out from the back of the shelf for another go. The new games I bought were Mass Effect 2 and Dante's inferno. Mas Effect was pretty good. Following on from the original, it's alot like Dragon Age:Origins (probobly because it was made by the same company) but with a space age theme, and with much higher quality when it comes to graphics. It follows the typical theme of build a team of amazing gun-toting, psychic-blasting maniac super-friends and save the galaxy from a bunch of bad guys you know virtually nothing about, except that their name of 'the collectors' makes them sound alot like an army of middle aged comic book readers. Apart from the slightly clichéd plot it's got alot of merits. Great graphics, nice voice acting, memorable characters, and the fact that like Newton said, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, meaning that everything you do in the game will most likely affect the rest of your game experience. Not only this, your choices in Mass Effect 1 also have an impact on what people say and think about you in Mass Effect 2. Throughout you have a choice wether to make the universe your bitch and follow the renegade path, or sniff the dasies (in outer space?) and become a paragon. For fans of the original, I'd reccomend it, but as a standalone game for new players, it may be a little confusing and unusual. I played Dante's inferno too. It's a good game by all accounts, but it's set itself an impossible task. Basing a game on an epic poem is like making a game out of the Bible, it's gonna be difficult. It's enjoyable, I mean, who doesnt like the idea of hacking through hordes of unbaptised babies with knifes for arms (-I'll admit, that made me uncomfortable-). It's very bloody, and very gory, but Dante himself as the main protagonist is wholly forgettable, and doesnt exactly distinguish himself as a real videogame hero. A good attempt by visceral games, and I agree that it's not a bad game, but they simply set themselves too high a bar to reach when they designed it. (Coming January 2011: GTA Balamory)
In WoW, despite the relaxed atitude, Gb's doing as many fishing and cooking dalies as possible. Unusual for someone with such an aversion to work, my guess is that he's spotted something shiny in the auction house and his dwarvish lust for gold overpowered his lazy side.*Queezy* 'Fight back lazy Gb, fight back!'
As a side note, play Sins of a Solar empire. It's a little old now, but its a great little game to play in your free time. I'll keep the details to a minimum, hopefully you'll look into it, always good to kill a few brain cells.
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