So, what have I been doing in all that time missing in this blog? Probably a lot of small stuff I’ve forgotten, but the major games are:
Minecraft: I played a whole ton of Minecraft, including not just further developing my own private worlds but checking out various mod packs like the Technic Pack, Yogbox, TerraFirmaCraft, and Hack/Mine. I also completed some challenge maps, like Feed The Beast, Vechs’s Legendary map from the Super Hostile series, and one of those Skyblock-like minimal starts.
Diablo 3: I’ve gotten a wizard into Hell difficulty so far, but still have to check out the other classes. It doesn’t seem to have as much staying power as D2 did, a large part of which is that the loot seems blander, but I’ll still get a lot of hours out of it.
Disgaea 4: And once again, I got sucked into putting a ton of hours into yet another SRPG, getting some characters up to pretty much insanely maxed-out stats. I haven’t done the DLC chapters for it yet though.
MMOs: I started up LOTRO and got a character up to level 20ish, but haven’t gotten back to it recently or played any other MMOs, really. Kinda feeling a bit burned out on them for now. I’ll give Guild Wars 2 a shot when it comes out, though.
Skyrim: FUS RO duh, of course I’d be playing this one. I played a kitty wizard through the end of the base game, but actually left a good number of side quests unfinished. I figure that I’ll wait a couple of years for all the good mods, DLC, and an expansion to come out, and then go back and do a proper clear-everything run with a different type of character.
Forza 4: Good, especially with the new stuff like Rivals challenges, but I’m still only a sliver of the way through the full event list, and I’m not sure if I’ll bother to clear them all like I did with 3. Just not feeling the driving urge lately.
Mass Effect 3: Controversy over the endings aside (I haven’t seen the revised ones yet), still a pretty good game overall, and I enjoyed it just as much as the second one. Lots of different environments, good gunplay, and a decent story along the way.
Portal 2: Yay! Lots of good puzzles, interesting new elements introduced as you go, longer without being too long, and even a really good story around it. Definitely worth it.
Damn, that’s a lot of sequels…