So I’ve been quiet lately and that’s mainly due to real-life distractions and work getting quite a bit busier for me. I really haven’t had much time to fully devote to a game so I’ve steered more towards single-player games that I can pause 🙂
I’ve got a backload of LOTRO items, and will be getting back into a better blogging routine as I”m really itching to get back to Middle-Earth. Especially since there’s a new raiding group that I joined so I’ll have a chance to get back into some more of the end-game stuff that I so enjoy! I’ll be working on my minstrel and as such you’ll probably see some more posts on his progress and how I handle skirmishes as well.
The biggest in-game news for me is that my mule kinship (which was formed with the help of some of the blogging community) reached rank 7 and the kin-house right behind my house was still available. So I’ve been slowly moving things around and filling that up, and working to re-build my bank account ;). Here’s a shot of my minnie out front of my new and sparsely decorated house. Too bad you can’t mail items across servers as I know Merric and Goldenstar have TONS of household items 😉
I’m sure you can guess the main one single-player distraction, yes that would be Dragon Age: Origins. I’ve been through the RtO content and then decided I would finish the game on my dual-wielding warrior. I probably should have upped the difficulty to hard (or whatever’s above normal) as it was pretty easy for me, but then again I was really mainly playing to finish up the storylines and play with some different options. I’m not real sure if I’m going to play another go-around, we’ll see how RL goes. And if I do another game, I will up the difficulty and most likely NOT do Orzamar as by far that zone is the longest and least enjoyable for me. I did find some new spells that I hadn’t used before (the mana-leech line is un-real) so I’ll probably try some other things out too. I may also try out some more of side-quests as I think I’ve only completed something like 60% of the game (which seems weird). But I am getting pretty excited for the expansion as they are slowly letting news out on it. There’s been a video of a new boss, the first announced character Anders (also in the gallery link), and screen-shots of Vigil’s Keep. I’m still waiting to see the other characters, how the skills and such will change, and probably most importantly which character is continuing on with us on our journey. But we still have 6 weeks before launch, and here’s hoping it is smoother then Ostagar 😉
The other game I’ve picked back up is Mount and Blade which is developed by Taleworlds There are a number of things I really like about this game, even though it isn’t the best looking or most recent game out there:
- I love the way they’ve done mounted combat – it does take a bit to get used to but I really enjoy it
- I’m a medieval timeframe junky and enjoy building an army, reputation, and trying to acquire/hold land. Plus who doesn’t have fun storming the castle!
- Even with the as-shipped game there’s multiple factions, lots of armor/weapons, and troop variations that all make lots of differences
- There’s still a pretty active community that’s not only helpful but is releasing custom built content and modifications too
The game isn’t perfect (especially since it likes to overheat my poor GPU for some reason) but it is a nice enjoyable distraction for me at the moment. So if you like the period and are interested in a game that combines strategy with more dynamic combat you might want to check it out. The demo allows you to reach level 7 and the full version costs $30.
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