Tale

I'm a little bored with IWD's start, so I made the mistake of trying to play Neverwinter Nights again. Every time I start this thing up, I find more reasons to hate it. From the stupid and slow way characters move to there being like two good portraits, both of them suitable for nothing but evil warriors.

Aside from Iron Bull, they all look a bit dull. But I guess that's the tone the franchise has been working with all along. Justice has really been the only standout, a tad bit of Morrigan too. Cole is conceptually interesting, but there's baggage there from the novels.

Icewind Dale needs a better hook to start you off. I'm a fairly story driven guy and "we're doing an expedition" and "there's some caravans missing" aren't investing me any. And that Ogre in the Orc cave? Not cool. You know how many times he one-shot my paladin? Ahh level 1.

When I want a wrong opinion, I'll get one from Volourn.

I'm not very well experienced with birthdays, having given them up in my teen years. But this is the day he gives us a present, right?

3 Nico is best Nico. Gggggggeorge

Started up Icewind Dale. The first one to die was the party cleric. Fully armored with a shield and she died before even a Goblin. 8 HP just ain't what it used to be.

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in 2014 For the PC I think it was Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Thank goodness. I was positive they were going to, they'd been so oddly coy about it, I could only think they meant it to be a surprise. It would have been awful.

Beat Throne of Bhaal. I've officially beaten the Baldur's Gate Trilogy. I cheated in a guy who didn't spawn for a quest and I cheated in the silver pantaloons. I'm happy with that. Melissan's so strong that the fight is actually boring. That's been my problem with the series' final bosses. The strategy I used to beat her was to just load up on protection spells and then whirlwind her butt to death. It's not very interesting to have the whole mage toolkit and just start whacking people with hammers. Some haste, armor of faiths, bless, protection from evil, planetars, elemental princes, and a wished in rest towards the end there. Did not get Sarevok to turn good, sadly. I got Viconia to turn neutral. I was hoping there was an ending where Viconia would become the Bhaalspawn's cleric, I mean, he's going to need one.

You were gone? Are you sure?

Nope.

Demogorgon is dead! And he's also sealed, because there's a short window to do both. Took a few tries and I actually beat him three times, but someone like Minsc or Jaheira would die after he did and I just wouldn't have any of that. Almost had a death on the final kill, exeunt pursued by Glabrezu.

You know how to hurt me.

Anyone want to lend me their PC so I can play this? I'm stuck with a crappy old laptop. Just overnight it to me by Fedex, kthx. I should try when I get home. Beta had poor perf, but release might have improved.

Disappointment always struck me as irrelevant. Still, I'm a big fan of Halo campaigns and that's why I'm even looking at Destiny. I consider their PvP to be terrible. Edit: Super Mod-power edit 3 hours later. I'm still playing Throne of Bhaal, still going through Watcher's Keep. Defeated the Demilich and Dragon, both took a handful of tries. Lum the Mad... Before today I never knew how badly I wanted to be a reference in a video game. Hint hint everyone out there.

Here's where I think the core of disagreement comes from. People who like those dumb action games aren't the type to appreciate what Spec Ops is trying to say. And people who are the type to appreciate it aren't going to be fooled. I wasn't fooled, but I appreciated it. To see what it had to say along those lines is the only reason I played it. Making the transition is a sticking point for some people. I have a personal rule that I think others share on less conscious levels. "Don't force me to do something I don't want unless you're going to pay it off later." Some people don't see the torment of the character as a payoff, or they feel like they're being criticized as the player. And thus it fails. There's a requisite detachment to appreciation.

I haven't listened to the radio in over a year. I've been listening to writing podcasts and then an audiobook the entire time. So what do I find when I finally start listening to it again yesterday? All the same freaking songs. How am I supposed to develop into an out-of-touch curmudgeon who hates modern music if the radio never plays anything different?

Almost bought it today, checked reviews and one said that the story mode was short and repetitive. This put me off. Is that an opinion you share? Borderlands could easily be called repetitive, but definitely not short.

I thought they unofficially cancelled it a while back. Didn't they start moving people back to WoW? Or am I remembering the opposite?

Watcher's Keep, just got through the maze. I like puzzles.

How is Destiny if you're not big on loot collecting? And by "not big" I mean "sees it as a detriment to otherwise good games that have it."

I think I dislike Throne of Bhaal. It's not bad, really, it's just kind of boring. All the fights are either a bunch of dudes with generic +2 weapons that I have to buff up for anyway or a bunch of respawning enemies I just have to swim through. And why is the worldmap smaller? That doesn't even make sense. Sure, make it have less places but at least fill the map screen!

I wish Unfinished Business worked for BG2: EE. It's such a shame for so many characters to not have quests. At least Minsc and Boo need theirs.

I'm still two paychecks behind at my current job. And it's beginning to get annoying.