Tyranny of Heaven [ToH]

Been quite a while, which is pretty much status quo for this blog.

Anyway, I've been pretty much done with MMOs for a while. My interest in RIFT tapered off... mainly because I had no time or motivation to play. As usual, none of my guildies stuck around and I found myself just logging in to participate in world events. RIFT is a great game with a great developer (and support)... unfortunately, I probably won't be playing it again.

I've gotten so many new games since my last post and started just as many, but for the time being, only a handful can keep my attention.

I briefly started playing Alien Swarm and I regret not playing that when it was more popular with my Steam friends. I had to play with bots in order to finish it. I dragged my brother into playing a full campaign and it was pretty fun. I hope it gets developed into a complete game someday. The whole isometric shooter thing also piqued my interest (albeit briefly) in similar games, like Alien Breed and Zombie Nation.

Well, it's been 2-3 months since my last post. I did finally finish Darksiders, and I thought it was pretty awesome. I have a small urge to see it in movie form, but given the track record of video game movies... maybe not.

The group from back in the golden age of wow has returned and guild chat brings me back. Who says you can't go home?

Ame sux

Some time ago, I picked up Darksiders for the PS3. I'd heard many good things about this game (and the fact that it has no quick-time events really drew me) and I'd been curious for a while. I finally decided to take the $20 plunge.

Ahh, summertime. On the single player game front, not much has changed. I did finally finish Dead Space. I think it took me a little over a month to beat (though it's only a 15-hour game). At my slowest point, I think I was doing a chapter a weekend. If you've played it or know what it's about, you'll understand why I insisted only playing it on weekends, during the day. ;)

Forum post.

Some background — Cryptic implements a death penalty and the much asked-for difficulty slider in STO (currently on the test shard). At some point in the past, STO's executive producer was quoted in an interview saying something to the effect of: death penalties are annoying, they should be optional.

When a sequel comes out (or is announced), it's really rare for me to go back and finish the earlier game(s). (Assuming I haven't finished it already.) In recent memory, I only did that for Half-Life Episode 2 — its imminent release with the Orange Box spurred me to finally finish Half Life 2 and HL2 Episode 1, which I have been sitting on for years.

MMO game forums (and news sites) are such cesspools of negativity. I rarely post in them, yet I cannot stop reading them. Now as far as game forums go, it's almost always the case that only a small minority of the player base (the vocal minority) post in them. It's always amusing and facepalm-inducing.

As far as MMOs go, sadly they've been neglected over the months, mostly due to X3:TC. I still have active subs to Warhammer Online and EVE Online. But all I do in WAR is just log on for a few minutes once every week or two, which I do to avoid getting kicked from my guild (though the GM probably wouldn't kick me now at this point... who knows).