Finally! Dragon Age arrived at like 6:30 last night lol still at least I got to play for an hour or so (was messing with a new Internet Security program and then Bones and Lie to me were on sky).
It looks very good so far, heavily story driven, very heavily. Graphics are great and it’s nice and smooth so far. The important thing is the gameplay though, to be honest it’s brilliant. Bioware have done a great job on this one and I look forward to putting the hours in on it…so here I go.
I’ll chuck up a full review in a day or so, wont be a completed game review but you know I don’t do those. I will fire up a Torchlight one too that deserves some attention.
It’s odd, I have gone from the MMO experience, for the last five years that is, to basking in the story driven single player experience, I wonder if this means the end for MMO’s and me…hmm. Nah Star Wars and Star Trek!!
(NERD) Raz…
Seriously where are Parcelfarce with my package? I am sat waiting for Dragon Age to arrive so I can get my teeth into the 80+ hour adventure. I am filled with excitement and trepidation as I know I want to play it but I want my PC to be able to run it full tilt. No the fact I have just upgraded my PC to bleeding edge tech it should do, but it never works out that way for me lol.
Anyway, I am hoping it’s here soon, I could use a game to sink my teeth into and pay attention to more than I do most game. I spent too long playing WoW and skipping Quest dialogue, now it’s second nature to skip them and I don’t like that anymore. Bring on the game.
Impatient Raz…
For anyone who likes action RPG like Diablo etc a new game released the other day called Torchlight. An indie game from Runic Entertainment who are a new team formed from people who have worked on Diablo, Diablo 2 and a few other games of the gerne, I have to admit I lost the page theat told me all the games the team had worked on (shame on me). The interesting part is that while the current release is Single Player they are working on a fully featured MMO version.
I happened to catch the demo on Steam and it’s great fun. You choose from one of 3 classes or more like characters as all you can do at the start is name them. Once you level up you can customise the class through trees. These trees allow customisation of the class though talents etc. For example I chose Vanquisher and then within that class by level 7 I was a Dual Wielding Sword Rogue, it has a very cartoon stylised graphical feel and a top down isometric view, but the big selling point, huge fun! Oh and all classes get a cool pet mechanic, check it out at the Torchlight website or on Steam.
Vanquisher Raz…
… hurt like I can’t explain. This is Barney, he was my best friend, my confidant when the world judged me too harshly, he unlike my attachments to people, was more important to me than anything. He got sick, very sick, there was nothing anyone could do for him and so, one rainy November day, almost a year ago I held him in my arms as the vet took his pain away. In place of his pain was born my pain, a pain I carry with me to this day. When he slipped away I damn near screamed the surgery down as my heart broke. I think everyone in the place thought I was mental, some of you will no doubt wonder how I could form an attachment to a mere animal more than I could a human. To be honest it’s easy, to quote a line from Aliens, “You don’t see them fucking each other over for a percentage”.
In my life I have, at 7 not knowing or able to understand death, watched my father die. Dealt with an abusive step-father from 8 to 16. At 15 I had to bury my father’s parents, alone with very little help or support. I watched my Mum’s father die of cancer and because of a certain individual in his life I didn’t get to say goodbye. I am not telling you this because I want any sympathy, I don’t, it’s wasted on me I am afraid to say, I tell you this to quantify my pain. Aside from my father dying which cannot come into this as I was far too young to understand anything and have shut that memory behind barriers in my head, Barney slipping away in my arms was the worst pain I have ever felt. It was for me the last nail in a coffin that I had been making for myself and I had a break down, hence the therapist.
In the last few weeks I have spent more nights awake crying over my pain than asleep and Richard, my therapist, suggested I write something to try and help my put this behind me, as well as anyone can. So here I am, I don’t have many people come and look at this site, so I am not really writing it for any other reason than to tell the world my best friend in the whole world died and nothing or no one can fill the gap, and I don’t care how that sounds.
I can’t put into words how much I miss his character, his charms, his face. He had a way that matter what mood you were in, he would always give you something to smile about. He wished nothing any ill, he got on with cats, dogs, people, children and grown ups alike, he was the best companion anyone could wish for. He would sense if you were feeling sad and would come and sit with you, they say stroking and animal calms you, well I would say it was true. He would jump on the sofa or bed or sit beside you on the floor and role over to have his belly rubbed and it would change your mood immediately. I miss him so much, just writing this and looking at his picture I am broken again. Everyone who knew him loved him and he loved everyone back without hesitation, he required nothing more than love back, his love was pure and unbiased. I loved him without limits because he loved me without limits, a more pure love than an person is capable of.
Death is senseless, pointless and without reason, nothing pointless religions or beliefs can change that. I know it is a cliché but when he died a very large part of me did to and nothing will ever fill the gap he left, but I have to believe that putting this to well screen will help me come to terms a year on with my loss. I have no wish to believe he is in a “better place” because the only place he is, is cremated in a box in our living room, nothing more than ash now, what I want I cannot have, so what I have to settle for is putting my grief behind me.
I only hope I gave him as much pleasure in life as he gave me.
I can’t see the screen for tears so Raz signing off…I love you boy…
I am running through the LOOONG process of re-installing my PC and it occured to me to ask, how you all are, if I still have anyone checking in that is lol.
Forza Motorsports 3 is amazing btw, pure car porn, of course that statement itself is concerning but I don’t care.
Raz…
PC failed again, been offline for few days, well ok a week while Overcockers I mean Overclockers, fixed the issue. It’s been with them longer than it has me since I brought it. Anyway online again, till it breaks again that is.
Raz…
I decided to give up Aion, it wasn’t what I wanted in an MMO and I have to say there doesn’t seem to be anything, I can tell you I’m playing that is, on the radar of interest in the MMO world till Star Wars next year. I would play WoW but I have no time to devote to raiding and there is no point playing if your not going to raid in my humble opinion.
It’s lucky Dragon Age is coming soon and with that and Batman on PC and Forza Motorsports on Xbox 360 I have plenty to keep my mind on things other than the madness of existence.
The fish say hi btw.
Raz…
Well it’s out in 15 days, you know that I guess, if not, well you do now. Check here and select Video for the latest trailer, it’s very good 
Bioware have also released a character creation demo/preview so you can create early and upload to the new social website, people who do get a special in game ring, more info here.
I am sure this really isn’t news to many but was to me, shows how fast i get news here, Bioware have 2 years worth of content planned and a flash game too, the flash game is of no interest to me to be honest but two years worth of content is very interesting to me indeed.
Check out the website for news, this game is looking to be one of the gems of the year and I would go so far as to say game of the year too.
Raz..
Ask anyone who knows me, the three people that do, they will tell you, well one of the might, one of my all time favourite games is Crackdown on the Xbox 360. Who the hell cares and why the hell are you bringing it up, i hear you cry, well whimper. Ok the reason I mention it is because I wanted to draw your attention to/remind you about/tell you about something you already knew about (delete as appropriate) APD or All Points Bulletin by Realtime Worlds who did the first Crackdown, see what I did there.
One if their founder also founded the company that produced GTA, see why I bring this to you attention now? An MMO with more than 100,000 people in a world split into instances with 100 people in then doing whatever the hell they like as either a Cop or a Robber, you see where this is going, 100 people running, gunning and driving all over the place causing mayhem, come one you have got to be interested by now!
I have stuck my usual links all over for this one, check it out, a little way off yet but you should check it out. Watch out for the ending of the latest trailer and also check out the customization in the trailer for that it’s amazing.
Raz…
I failed to mention that SW:TOR is now accepting applications for testing the game which looks set to release Novemebr 2010.
Raz…
