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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Give me a dose of Dragon Age
Bioware, you are amazing and I'd like to buy you a drink. Really when it comes to storyline and characters, Bioware does it like none other. I do believe they rival that of Square-Enix. Let me start from the beginning.
I love Mass Effect. Consequentially, I love Bioware. So as I was browsing the aisles in my local Best Buy, I spot "Dragon Age: Origins". I thought to myself, "hmmm...Bioware...Dragons...RPG...Bioware...must buy." and I'm so glad I did. Although, at first, I was singing a different tune.
My first attempt at DragonAge was confusion and alittle bit of bitterness. Here in my hands was something I was not fond of: a voiceless, emotionless avatar representing me in this wide world. BUT, I was quicly won over by the endless conversation tree possibilities. Where once I thought I couldn't express my personal ideas of the situations in a game, I found that DragonAge offered something close to my feelings. Bioware gives the players many various responses; the holistic route, the angry/jaded route, nonchalant, and even coy responses are at the ready.
If you can make it through the "tutorial" part of the game, you will be hooked. It's all thanks to your amazing party members. Their background stories are intruiging and they all are able to evoke a emotional response from the player. My romantic interest Alistair made me laugh out loud many times, and his romantic flustering was flattering. Morrigan constantly pissed me off and most of the time I was cursing at her everytime I saw the "Morrigan disapproves -10" to any nice thing I did in the game. You really form a relationship w/ these fictional characters, as nerdy as that sounds.
All in all, DragonAge is a must play. Because, in the beginning Bioware made DragonAge...and it was good, so they made Mass Effect.
Please post your thoughts!
Bioware, you are amazing and I'd like to buy you a drink. Really when it comes to storyline and characters, Bioware does it like none other. I do believe they rival that of Square-Enix. Let me start from the beginning.
I love Mass Effect. Consequentially, I love Bioware. So as I was browsing the aisles in my local Best Buy, I spot "Dragon Age: Origins". I thought to myself, "hmmm...Bioware...Dragons...RPG...Bioware...must buy." and I'm so glad I did. Although, at first, I was singing a different tune.
My first attempt at DragonAge was confusion and alittle bit of bitterness. Here in my hands was something I was not fond of: a voiceless, emotionless avatar representing me in this wide world. BUT, I was quicly won over by the endless conversation tree possibilities. Where once I thought I couldn't express my personal ideas of the situations in a game, I found that DragonAge offered something close to my feelings. Bioware gives the players many various responses; the holistic route, the angry/jaded route, nonchalant, and even coy responses are at the ready.
If you can make it through the "tutorial" part of the game, you will be hooked. It's all thanks to your amazing party members. Their background stories are intruiging and they all are able to evoke a emotional response from the player. My romantic interest Alistair made me laugh out loud many times, and his romantic flustering was flattering. Morrigan constantly pissed me off and most of the time I was cursing at her everytime I saw the "Morrigan disapproves -10" to any nice thing I did in the game. You really form a relationship w/ these fictional characters, as nerdy as that sounds.
All in all, DragonAge is a must play. Because, in the beginning Bioware made DragonAge...and it was good, so they made Mass Effect.
Please post your thoughts!
Labels: Bioware, Dragon Age Origins, gaming, RPG, xbox 360
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Friday, October 09, 2009
Zero Punctuation is an insightful ramble
Ben Croshaw, a.k.a. "Yahtzee", has created a ground breaking video series entitled "Zero Punctuation. And you've guessed it, there is no punctuation (minus commas and semicolons). His videos are insightful reviews of new or popular video games, though he does review older games that many viewers request his input on. The 5+ minutes of video is basically a run on sentance that follows the laws of proper grammar. His artistic style is quirky and comical, plus his australian accent and terminology add to the intruige and enjoyment. Yahtzee isn't the nicest video game reviewer out there, which makes him a breath of fresh air. Yahtzee started out posting his vids on Youtube and was quickly picked up by EscapistMagazine, a online video gaming magazine. This is a great site to get some breaking news in the industry and to kill time browsing various video contributors. After watching ZeroPunctuation, everyone should check out an episode of "Unskippable". Enjoy the vids and keep pwn'ing those noobs!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/926-Batman-Arkham-Asylum
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/926-Batman-Arkham-Asylum
Labels: ben croshaw, escapist magazine, gaming, yahtzee, zero punctuation
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