Recently it seems the trends for RPG's is stuffing so much unlockable content and freedom into them you have to play through more than once to fully experience it all. Recent examples include Resident Evil 4&5, Mass Effect and Fallout 3. While I do enjoy the sandbox style when applied to video RPG's as they make the games feel a bit more like "traditional" role-playing games, having to sit through the typical boring opening scenes negate any enjoyment I may get. I've played through both Mass Effect and Fallout 3 on the 360 and at the end of each I was ready to start over with a different character, wanting to go through the trials and tribulations of the respective stories with a new set of morals and abilities. After whipping up a new character I got started, excited and eager only to quickly become bored with having to go through the tedious prologues. Once I've gotten through to the meat of a game I have a hard time starting over.
There needs to be an option to start a second rub at around level 5-10, just far enough along to begin taking advantage of different abilities and branching out with decisions without having to go through all the parts I just mentioned. I don't know, maybe it's just the fact that I've got the attention span of a fruit fly but I just can't get into games after I start the second run.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It Ain't Easy Being Geek
But it sure is a helluva lot of fun!
From MMORPG's and first-person shooters for you PC and console gamers, to box sets of classic TV shows and a still thriving dice and paper role playing game market for you old school geeks there seems to be something for everyone of any age nowadays. Of course, for the most part, there has always been a niche for us to scratch that geek itch and I'm not implying the quality of movies, TV and comic books is superior than it was in decades past there's just a lot more of it. Yes, thanks to the Internet even the most socially inept nerd can still have a voice. It's thanks in part to forums and message boards that media companies determine which long cancelled TV shows will be released on special edition DVD, new movies now have full scale viral ad campaigns in hopes of snagging a key demographic, the hardcore 'net users. In my humble opinion we are living in the golden age of geekdom and I, for one, am enjoying every moment. In this, my little corner of the web, I'll discuss music, movies, RPG's, video games, sports and any other pop-culture topic that catches my fancy.
Without further delay, I give you the first, quick strike edition of Things I Think I Think...
- We're in a dead spot for sports. NFL's dead, nothing going on in the NBA and even hockey's over. Hard to get excited over game 20 out of 162 in baseball...
- Between still playing Mass Effect and Fallout 3, I've barely got time to spend on Resident Evil 5 or Left 4 Dead...
- Speaking of L4D, I don't know whether to shriek in glee or rage that the sequel is being released a year and a day from the launch of the original.
- Even though I tried to resist, I think Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" is one of the most interesting and unique shows I've seen in a while, even if the ninja did get a raw deal.
- Not sure if I'd consider the astounding similarities between The Offspring's single "Rise and Fall" and Green Day's "American Idiot" to be a blatant rip-off, or simple coincidence.
From MMORPG's and first-person shooters for you PC and console gamers, to box sets of classic TV shows and a still thriving dice and paper role playing game market for you old school geeks there seems to be something for everyone of any age nowadays. Of course, for the most part, there has always been a niche for us to scratch that geek itch and I'm not implying the quality of movies, TV and comic books is superior than it was in decades past there's just a lot more of it. Yes, thanks to the Internet even the most socially inept nerd can still have a voice. It's thanks in part to forums and message boards that media companies determine which long cancelled TV shows will be released on special edition DVD, new movies now have full scale viral ad campaigns in hopes of snagging a key demographic, the hardcore 'net users. In my humble opinion we are living in the golden age of geekdom and I, for one, am enjoying every moment. In this, my little corner of the web, I'll discuss music, movies, RPG's, video games, sports and any other pop-culture topic that catches my fancy.
Without further delay, I give you the first, quick strike edition of Things I Think I Think...
- We're in a dead spot for sports. NFL's dead, nothing going on in the NBA and even hockey's over. Hard to get excited over game 20 out of 162 in baseball...
- Between still playing Mass Effect and Fallout 3, I've barely got time to spend on Resident Evil 5 or Left 4 Dead...
- Speaking of L4D, I don't know whether to shriek in glee or rage that the sequel is being released a year and a day from the launch of the original.
- Even though I tried to resist, I think Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" is one of the most interesting and unique shows I've seen in a while, even if the ninja did get a raw deal.
- Not sure if I'd consider the astounding similarities between The Offspring's single "Rise and Fall" and Green Day's "American Idiot" to be a blatant rip-off, or simple coincidence.
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