- bluej33
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8Nov 09
Downloading Battle for Wesnoth
Battle for Wesnoth is downloading right now -- I was pretty happy to learn that it works with OSX. It's a fairly difficult game, for me anyway, but it's also really fun and I love the sort of cliche fantasy setting.
I've got tons of work to do today, just because I've been really busy this weekend and haven't had time to start chipping away at it all. Yuck. I've decided on a first choice school, also, so I'm going to need to get my stuff together in the next week.
Dragon Age Origins continues to engross me. Not much in the way of new developments, but the plot arc is entertaining and all the sidequests are similarly rewarding.
Playing this game has sparked in me a desire to get back to Fallout 3. I started it twice and just couldn't get into it, but I feel I might appreciate it more now having enjoyed a sort of quest-based game like Dragon Age.
- Posted Nov 8, 2009 8:32 am GMT
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7Nov 09
Happenings in Ferelden
My last blog on Dragon Age: Origins was pathetically short and vague, so I thought I'd let some people know what I've been up to in Ferelden these days. I've got a three-day weekend and so I've completely put off school work to enjoy this game. Anyway, some stuff I've done:
- Saved an arl (kinda an earl equivalent, I think. Clever, Bioware)
- Protected a village from zombies or something
- Explored a creepy town
- Wiped out a cult
- Ran away from a dragon
- Walked around a temple, naked
- Killed some bandits. Lots and lots of bandits. Also some mercenaries. And some demons. Dragons, too.
- Dumped some bodies down a well
- Killed a dwarf, because he was sassing me.
- Engaged in some political rabble-rousing
- Wanted to kill a little kid, but got talked out of it by his whiny mother.
- "Courted" (i.e. threw a bunch of gifts at) a sarcastic witch.
- Sexed a whore
Etc. Get this game. It's good.
The combat reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy XII's. It happens in real time, and you just target a foe and then watch your character have at it. Unlike Final Fantasy XII, however, there are particular attacks/abilities you can have your character use. There are also Gambit-esque battle commands you can use, and there's an absurd amount of depth here. As in so much depth that I haven't even started messing around with it because I'm afraid it'll hurt me, badly.
You can issue ridiculously detailed commands to each soldier, ranging from "heal yourself when you're almost dead" to "use this skill when a bandit is running after my mage using this other spell." Gawd.
The story's pretty cool, but like I said in the last blog, what's great about this game is that you feel part of a world. The game revolves around you, but at the same time it doesn't, really. You feel there's other stuff going around you, but you can influence these goings-on. Very gratifying and very fun.
- Posted Nov 7, 2009 12:45 pm GMT
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5Nov 09
Thoughts on Dragon Age: Origins
Talk about an impulse purchase: I had very little desire to play this game befor this morning, when I decided I'd go get it after school. I did, and it's pretty awesome.
It's a very real-feeling world. I'm only a few hours in but you can tell there's a lot of complexity to the game world and that's what I'm sort of enjoying most. I haven't played an RPG in a while, I'm not sure if I've ever really played a western RPG, and I've definitely never played a BioWare game.
Combat seems pretty shallow at first but it's actually fairly addictive, despite the fact that I'm not really taking advantage of the ludicrously deep AI customization.
The only real problem is that it looks like a PS2 game. The frame rate blows and lots of textures look lame, even from not-too-close-up. Still, it's well worth it for such a deep, engrossing, entertaining RPg.
I recommend it.
- Posted Nov 5, 2009 4:01 pm GMT
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma
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N+ Episode 63
Yet another N+ speedrun. This level is a heck of a lot of fun once you get used to it -- dashing around and dodging all those enemies is pretty thrilling.
- Posted May 26, 2008 7:23 pm GMT
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N+ Speed Run
I died on this level around 200 times before I finally beat it. I finally did, however, and my insane amount of practice allowed me to do it somewhat gracefully and quickly.
- Posted May 10, 2008 5:37 pm GMT
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Zack and Wiki glitch
This happened in the level "Relics of the Past". I got off the machine to cross the bridge, and I promptly found myself in the lava at the bottom of the level.
- Posted Apr 19, 2008 3:56 pm GMT
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Nov 8, 2009 4:32 pm GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled Downloading Battle for Wesnoth
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Nov 7, 2009 8:45 pm GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled Happenings in Ferelden
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Nov 6, 2009 12:01 am GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled Thoughts on Dragon Age: Origins
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Nov 5, 2009 9:05 pm GMTbluej33 added Dragon Age: Origins to their now playing list
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Nov 5, 2009 9:05 pm GMTbluej33 added Dragon Age: Origins to their owned game list
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Nov 2, 2009 11:59 pm GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled And Music
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Nov 1, 2009 4:13 pm GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled Movies
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Oct 25, 2009 3:04 pm GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled Goings on
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Oct 18, 2009 4:56 pm GMTbluej33 posted a new blog entry entitled Thoughts on Uncharted 2's multiplayer
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Oct 17, 2009 8:28 pm GMTbluej33 added Dragon Age: Origins to their wish list
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