3 Things I Have Recently Found About Myself as a Gamer. (Blog)
By LoganHallfin 13 Comments
1) I hate stealth games.
Actually not a recent discovery I've been trying off and on since Thief! Games like Splinter Cell, Metal Gear, Batman AA and many more, are just completly lost on me. I wish I could blame it on game mechanics but after all these years I think I just have to accept that I am either terrible at stealth games and thats why I hate them or I hate stealth games and thats why I am terrible at them. I'm trying to think of one game with stealth elements that I liked... maybe FPS like Halo or CoD and Butcher Bay if that could even be called a stealth element. But I think that really touches on the problem games with stealth elements seem to usually have an extreme lack of intuitive targeting or just a flat out wonky aiming system **cough Alpha Protocol cough**, no one likes the blame game so I'll just stick with it being all me.
2) I am really not that huge of a Star Wars fan, or at least I am not anymore.
Perhaps its more just from a "gamer perspective". I like the original trilogy and Ep. III could have been a lot worse, I think there was a news story recently where someone said that there hasnt been a decent Star Wars game since Jedi Knight 2. Amen to that brother. After spending 8 hours playing through the camera/control hell that is Force Unleashed I sincerly hope FU 2 and Old Republic are a step in the right direction. In a way it feel like Star Wars is too stuck on it self, does everything really need to use the exact same intro with the exact same music that takes way too long. Take that as analogy for how I feel about all of Star Wars these days with in 10 seconds of looking at it I feel like "Yep its Star Wars, Im bored".
3)I am not a completist or an Achivement Whore.
I've only had my 360 for a short time since Im a cheap bastard of late, but it (and Giant Bomb and the author of the book Extra Lives) have sort of reinvigerated me with the thought that hey their games its sapposed to be fun, if your done having fun, be done! For years I think I've secretly felt guilty for not completing a game to 101% but now suddenly I don't feel a need for me to get S ranks or completions unless it involves actual fun. Force Unleashed is great example of this, theres an achivement of killing 500 dudes with each force power, no thank you!
Thats it for my ramblings for tonight.
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