Backpacking round mainland Europe was enjoyable 4 or so years ago. Played guitar while leaning out of windows in Krakow's main square/market, romanced ladies in Prague & Munich, rode a lot of trains, went to Aushwitz on my birthday, got sunburnt in Marseille perving on women at the beach, was reviled by the cosmopolitan centre of Milan and so much more...good times.
Still, didn't experience anything as good as the film Before Sunrise unfortunately. I remember getting home and playing GTA IV as well...my body was ready (although I was deathly anorexic by the end of the journey).
@Hailinel: That's fair enough. I would disagree, but only to have some kind of redeeming feature in what I find a generally dour experience. Also, I've only played the first game so can't speak of the apparently worsened sequel material.
I can't speak for Asura as I don't intend to play the game, but I was always under the impression that the creators wrote Kratos to be a total & utter repugnant prick. So, mission accomplished surely?
I always though he was petulant, opulently destructive and not someone the player should indelibly empathise with by design (going beyond the general anti-hero label purposefully). Isn't he meant to be a representation of hate/anger and all the rest of it, ergo it would seem unfeasible to portray him in a more humanistic manner (rounded/depth et al).
Either way, anybody that isn't just a vessel for one emotion is probably better than him.
At the moment, I'm leaning towards Oblivion, but that's due to time spent & my xbox constantly crashing with Skyrim. Plus I've played the PC Oblivion to no end over the last 5 years or so.
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