The Plan

At this moment I'm finding myself sitting in front of my computer, just staring at the clock and willing it to hurry the hell up. Needless to say, that plan isn't working out all that well and it just makes time seem like its going even slower then normal. Surely I could continue playing other games, because I'm a little backed up at the moment, but that isn't going to happen. But my focus is aimed directly towards one game and one game alone at this point. Unlike how I treated my short time with Oblivion, I'm intending on fully dedicating my time solely towards Skyrim.

In some ways, its like my entire gaming world and life have come to a sudden, violent stop and now I'm waiting on bated breath to see and hold and play this gaming legend for myself. There is just so much to see and do in Skyrim, I'm hoping I don't get overwhelmed and lost in the process of wandering/exploring.

So sorry Rage, it looks like your time is up.

Hour One: RAGE

Trying out a couple of new things here for this writing (using a cut off point, so maybe I won't have any long winded posts clogging up the entire length of my blog) and hopefully this post will be a little more coherent then my usual fare. I've been trying to gather up my thoughts better on singular subjects, though that ended up being much easier said then done. Anyway, onto my thoughts on my first hour in Rage.

So now that I've gotten through my first hour in Rage, I think I have at least a mild idea of what's ahead. Despite what is being said out there, I can't help but feel like I am on Pandora (Borderlands), though I admit the looks of the Wasteland is quite nice though baron as it might be. I've caught myself admiring the scenery a time or two and both times I've snapped back to find a bandit charging right for me. So note to self: Kill first, admire the scenery later.

Brain Could Be Melting

A random post just because I'm at work, on my lunch break and am pretty much just bored out of my mind at this point. What to do?

I have gotten Rage and am about an hour and 30 minutes in so far. I started a little write up about that, but that post is still a work in progress. More on that later today me thinks.

One feeling I cannot shake off while playing Rage is just how familiar everything is, in so many ways like Borderlands. The quests aka jobs I've gotten so far are extremely similar, most fetch jobs or go somewhere and kill all bandits/mutants or whatever might be there.

Beyond the wastelands of Rage, it looks like my end of the year gaming frenzy will include only Skyrim, Saints Row The Third, WWE '12 and maybe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. A smaller list this year, but hopefully it'll be a good bunch nonetheless.

Others that were on consideration but fell through for various reasons were: Assassin's Creed Revelations, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and some others that don't quite come to my mind right now.

Edit: This was suppose to have been posted a few hours back, but apparently mobile Blogger and I are having some issues right then. On top of that, it did a terrible job at saving what I had written. I might have to reconsider this blogging on the go deal or at least find a better means then this.

Raging

Is it October 4th yet?

No?

Well there are a number of reasons why I am looking forward to October 4th, the biggest of them being the upcoming game called Rage.

I am really liking that it looks like how Borderlands originally did and the fact that there are really so many options for weapons it seems a little overwhelming to me. Having just watched the new trailer for this game today seems to confirm just how many different ways you can kill a mutant and/or human in a post apocalyptic world.

Going back to the look of the game world, I have to say that it looks amazing from what I've seen so far. With it's looks and everything it is promising, this is almost too good of a game to be true. How can a single game pack in that much content? Can it really be as good as it sounds?

I know I've fallen for these ploys before and the results were always pretty goddamn horrible. Thank you Alpha Protocol, Brink, Final Fantasy XIII for those slaps of reality.

But all of that aside, my only real fear as far as this game goes is that it will end up playing like Fallout. Now I am sure Fallout is as awesome a game as anything out there. It obviously has a ton of fans and it sounds like a boat load of fun if you can get into it. As for me personally? It just was not my cup of tea. And I've tried Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas and just never got sunk into it.

On the flip side though, this game is being made by folks who have a deep rooted history in first person shooter games, so what could there possibly be to worry about? Maybe this will be a smashing hit and this could very well be the best game I've played this year...?


I'll find that out in 4 days.