Yep so this is my character in Titan Quest, or Mythical Diablo. He is a Guardian (tank) which is what I usually play in Action RPGs, mainly because it makes the game so much fudging easier! ( I'm not a caster guy). I have chosen the Defense and Spirit Mastery's which basically means he is a tank that can heal himself, also he can summon a frikin awesome wolf helper!!!. He is only level 9 atm but he is growing strong. Will keep you updated on his progression (which will probably include a lot of killing skeletons). To keep you midly satisfied until that time here is an obligitory screenshot of Art in action!!!!  
 


Yep there we go...

 
Yeah so this game showed up for about £3.50 this week (dunno about the dollars) on Steam. I was curious to try it even though I had heard mixed things but as usual, Metaritic swayed me. I loaded it up and chose the "normal" difficulty setting, boy was this a mistake. Maybe I am so used to the Call Of Duty's and Halo's of the world but this game is brutal and I found out the hard way. After dying 4-5 times on the first mission, due mostly to the apparent uselessness of that games pistol, I quit out to the main menu and changed the difficulty to "novice". I found this to be a little more comfortable but I still felt as though I had scraped my way through.
 
I will continue to play this game but will have to wait and see if the gameplay clicks or the story sucks me in. So far so hmmmmmmmmm

...I don't know about you but after having watched all three E3 press conferences, I feel very sorry for Nintento Wii owners. This may be going off on a tangent but I feel I have learnt my lesson from getting a Gamecube. Thats not to say it was a lackluster system, not by a long shot, some of my greatest game experiences were had on that little purple cube. However the majority of titles I purchased for it, bar a few, were high profile first party Nintendo releases. Games like Wind Waker and MP were beautifully crafted, enganging and at some times jaw dropping experiences but, between lackluster ports and cheap third party releases, they were few and far between. Maybe it's been a long time but I cannot name one third party title in which its fun factor was equal or paramount to a title developed by the wizards at Nintendo. That's not to say that all of these releases were of sufficient quality (Mario Party, Luigis Mansion).

This lack of quality third party releases, which I could see coming out on other platforms, was something that really angered me at the time. Thankfully I have had the last laugh Nintendo. Really it's a consensus view that their press conference this year was lackluster, badly scripted, had some excrutiating banter and contained a puddle of  exciting announcements the majority of which being  the usual dish of Mario games which Nintendo somehow manages to keep on serving . ( WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT PULSE THING???!??!). In addition both Microsoft and Sony now have there own motion sensors, which look more responsive and more interesting than waggling a Wii controller. Maybe the Wii Motion Plus will completely turn the table on this but I'm doubtful.

The only thing that would have redeemed that conference, in my view, is a Wind Waker 2 announcement. Just something that someone who has fond memories of playing a Gamecube and SNES. I love Nintendo and always have but I feel that any uncertainty I felt when buying a 360 instead of a Wii has now gone.


It's probably evident that I feel a pang of annoyance on this subject, perhaps I need to check my pulse with a Wii Vitality Sensor...sigh

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