Comments for Live like a Nerd

Comment on Lara Croft Begins by Ayashi

Ayashi — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:08:55 +0000

I enjoyed the story quite a bit. Was very interested in the character of Elizabeth, thought her integration into the game was really well done. I was not as taken in by the story as a lot of other people, did not think the ending was as brilliant as a lot of other people did, but I still enjoyed it enough to push through and keep playing A lot of games now don’t quite hit that level of interest to me, so I guess I’d call that a win haha.

I didn’t play either of the first two games (as you might know), only watched Chris play through most of the first and don’t really know anything of what happens in the second. I do have some friends who said there are a number of points in Infinite that are cool if you have played the previous two games (and mean nothing to people who haven’t played them) but I felt like I had a complete experience without the first two.

I did feel that Infinite was not scary almost at all. Like there was some really creeptastic racism stuff going on but it wasn’t scary the way I found the original Bioshock scary.

Comment on Lara Croft Begins by Kadomi

Kadomi — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:17:17 +0000

I played some more after posting this, and had a stretch with little combat, but a lot of jumping and trying to figure out how to rescue people. There are some stealthy elements, and you can avoid heavy combat if you silently kill someone. It’s no Deus Ex, but I wish there was a bit more stealth element here. It would have been just as fun a game if not more if it was less a shooter and more a Tomb Raider.

I am very interested in Bioshock Infinite, but I maybe should try to finish the previous two games first. I no longer remember why but I stopped playing Bioshock somewhere in the middle. How’s the story? I find I need to be fully immersed by great story content to truly enjoy a single-player game.

Comment on Lara Croft Begins by Ayashi

Ayashi — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:10:56 +0000

I’m glad you’re liking it! I still haven’t picked it up… just being slow I guess but I’ve definitely had my eye on it for a while!

In general I have been thinking that some games should have the fighting dialed back a bit. There’s so much cool stuff going on in Bioshock Infinite for example, but you spend so much time ripping people apart with weapons and powers that you don’t get a lot of time to just enjoy the scenery. The mass murder every time you walk into a room kind of gets old after a while

Comment on Just in before the patch by Kadomi

Kadomi — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:32:18 +0000

Yup, no more minimum range for hunters, they can shoot in melee range.

I am leveling a priest as well, and quite like shadowpriesting, almost as much fun as discipline.

Comment on Just in before the patch by Everblue

Everblue — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:55:14 +0000

I *liked* my gun though. SADFACE. And what do hunters do now when someone gets up close? Has the minimum shooting range gone?

Anyway, currently levelling a shadowpriest who has seen no daylight since The Black Temple. It’s quite relaxing.

Comment on The zombies…are coming by Kadomi

Kadomi — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:38:15 +0000

Caaaaait! I actually didn’t make a decision in time, so Kenny rushed for Duck and I tried to save Shawn belatedly. Kenny never let me hear the end of it!

Lol, I didn’t actually use ‘digest’ on purpose, but it’s very fitting.

Comment on The zombies…are coming by Ayashi

Ayashi — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:22:06 +0000

I tried to save the young adult because I thought the kid was safer up on the tractor :X Kenny gave me endless amounts of shit for it!

After speaking about episode 2 and then saying “I actually needed time to digest it” I giggled a little bit

The need for snap decision making in the game really stressed me out, but I love it!

Comment on Just in before the patch by Kadomi

Kadomi — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:48:15 +0000

Hah, don’t blame me if you hate it! I mostly like the talent system, but it depends on the class. I usually respec inbetween boss fights a lot, based on the encounter. Need a mass death grip on Heroic Feng? Sure thing. Turtles need to be slowed down? I’ll do it. Some talents need reworking though. I haven’t played a warrior since October now, so I can’t really speak about their strengths.

All the stat sticks are gone now. No more librams, relics, or warrior/rogue guns. No more melee weapons for hunters. No more wand stat stick for casters. One less slot to worry about!

Comment on Just in before the patch by Everblue

Everblue — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:26:43 +0000

You have inspired me to resub, after 18 months out.

What the hell have they done to talents? Where’s my gun slot?

Comment on Another one bites the subscription dust by Kadomi

Kadomi — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:19:27 +0000

Thanks! So far I am not running out of things to post about, whew. We’ll see how it goes once I go back to work next week!

I think Rift will probably do really well with F2P. Has Trion made any statement regarding how content updates will be handled? Maybe it’ll all work out. The MMO waters are really highly diluted these days, the pool getting bigger and bigger.