@shinjin977: I have to strongly disagree about not going to the south of Thailand. I spent about 2 weeks on the isles of koh samui, koh pangan and koh tao and I never felt safer. It certainly felt safer than Bangkok. Of course you should stay safe but it's not like it's dangerous just to be there.
Also, I had the best food of my 2 month trip around Vietnam and Thailand on those isles.
Don't follow all the other tourists. It might seem obvious but when you're in south-east Asia it can be hard to find out how to go to these non-touristy places. Some of the coolest experiences I had in Vietnam happened when I was far away from other tourists. I once went to the store to buy some water in Dong Hoi (which is a town famous for the heroin smuggling and generally not considered a place for tourists. It's still nice.) and the people working there couldn't help me at all since they were all laughing so hard about me being from Europe (or at least I hope that's what was so funny). That led to me buying one of those huge water bottles (~ 5 liters) only to realize later that it was 80 proof rice wine.
Also, don't go elephant riding. At least some of the places that offer these tours handle the animals with a lot of cruelty and it's not even fun. Sore butt and back and the elephants blow their noses at you.
I think narrative really makes or breaks a game. Most games I love have great stories and characters. That however doesn't mean I will play a game with rubbish mechanics and bad controls for the story, no sir! There are way too many games out there that nail the narrative and mechanics for me too spend my precious time on bad mechanics.
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