How haven't I popped into this thread yet..?
yeah same
That's why I never did very well in MMO's, because in World of Warcraft players would be all "HEY LET'S TEAM UP" and I would be all "NO. I WANT TO EXPLORE >:T"
You might like Ragnarok Online. All you do is wander around killing stuff and collecting bits to make hats. There is PvP and MvP and such, but I play for the hats. >.>
Also yeah I just play for fun. I'm not like ALL KNOWING GAMER OF THE 21ST CENTURY. I think the only game I ever got mad at was Assassin's Creed xD But I didn't yell at other people I kind of live tweeted for half an hour and my internet friends told me I wasn't allowed to play it anymore without supervision
... or sedatives... lol
I was basically fine with that game up until the last of the nine assassinations. That one is a PAIN. "Oh here, let me have archers shoot arrows at you while my men outnumber you 20 to 1 and oh by the way, I'm running away now, buh-bye~!" : | Worth doing though. Just for the sudden plotbomb at the end of the first game (which really feels like basically a tech-demo for the rest of the series).
@myst: Well with it being Black and White 2, does that mean its a continuation with the same characters and stuff?
New characters, New gym leaders, and (I thiiiiiink) some of the old Pokemon start to put in an appearance. Same region though AFAIK. There's a trailer knocking about somewhere if you want a general idea of stuff.
Anyway, onto the reason I came in here.So, what with me getting back from E3, I thought I might open a little discussion in here.
Did you guys watch any of the press-releases or announcements? Any games you're really excited for?
I saw Nintendo's and bits of Sony's (I listened to all of it though) and I'm pretty impressed with both of them. Microsoft's I didn't see. I gather they pretty much announced the latest sports titles and left it at that though.
Sony: Wonderbook looks like pretty incredible technology, though it's pretty obvious that the target market is the younger end of the gamer spectrum. AR is always fun though, and I can see kids being really
really taken by this one. (The day of the holodeck draws ever closer! Muahaha!) Games-wise, they have some really exiting stuff coming up.
Beyond looks amazing; we didn't go play it at the booth since we were concentrating on stuff that we're not sure if we're getting, and stuff that we had questions about. Beyond is pretty much a dead-cert. My boyfriend and I both adore Heavy Rain, since we can play it for a long time, just swapping in and out on the controller. We also played "When Vikings Attack" which is ludicrous amounts of fun in that addictive "One more round! I'll beat you this time!" kind of way that meant we played for a good hour or so.
In a similar vein is Playstation Allstars Battle Royale. (Which is one hell of a mouthful of a title.) We tried it out pretty much expecting "Smash Bros: The Sony Edition" but actually, it's different enough to be its own game, while still having that Smash Bros-y vibe. I'm seriously hoping that Jak and Daxter will put in an appearance though. (Sandover Village is one of the stages they were demo-ing).
Alsoalso. The Unfinished Swan. I played both of the demo levels and its is just... gorgeous. It feels very "Indie", in that "games are art~!" kind of way, but it manages not to be pretentious. The controls are simple enough, though having to turn all the way around to go backwards got a
little bit frustrating.
Nintendo: I just... am so happy. I was kinda skeptical about the WiiU (and I still hate the name. It sounds like a small child doing an impression of of an ambulance). However. It is fun. Big big fun. The touch-screen on the WiiU Gamepad works like awesomely, and the Nintendo Land mini-games I tried out were seriously good fun (Animal Crossing: Sweet Days is my favourite so far, but none of them were dull). The motion control with the gamepad was a little awkward at first, but you do get used to it pretty quickly.
My main cause for concern with the WiiU was games. I really didn't want to see a situation like the Wii where we got Twilight Princess and Wii Sports and then basically collection after collection of mini-games for a very long time until the likes of Mario Galaxy and Okami started appearing. I'm kinda pleased that that's not looking like so much of an issue with the WiiU; I'm a little disappointed not to see any big first party stuff apart from Pikmin, but it's early days yet so I'm keeping an open mind.
I actually cheered when I heard that Assassin's Creed III is gonna be on the WiiU though, it felt like Nintendo were finally gonna try to play with the big boys again. I made a point of going over to pester a guy at the Ubisoft section of the Nintendo stand, in fact. I didn't get to play ACIII; (they had playable multiplayer of the Xbox/PS3 versions, but I don't have XBL gold so that is of no interest to me.) What I
did want to know is what kind of uses they were finding for the WiiU gamepad. If anybody is interested, I'll post my findings.
Speaking of Assassin's Creed. I literally squealed in joy when I saw the protagonist for Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. Not only a woman (A female assassin! Finally!), but a black woman.
Race and gender politics in media are something I'm more than a little bit into; female protagonists are rare (especially ones who aren't super-sexualised), black protagonists are even rarer. Black Women? The only other one I can think of is Sheva Alomar and she just sorta looks like she has a deep tan. (Please do prove me wrong on this. If you know of any more I want to hear about them.) I'm really hoping that Aveline will be a good strong protagonist and not just a "Strong Female Protagonist" (note the quote marks there) or a bundle of stereotypes, and I really really hope that the game does well.
Anyways, this is now turning into a blog entry, not a forum post, and gender politics is definitely something for another thread, so I'll sign off.
I wall-of-texted you all again. I am
so not sorry.