Thoughts of a Flying Sheep

Games

It's not really fair, is it? You're expecting some great observations about software development, and I'm letting you down. Instead of exploring and creating, I'm playing. Well, I may as well blog about it, right? Perhaps you're a gamer too, and this will interest you.

Currently, I've got two games on my physical desk - Age of Wonders II and Neverwinter Nights 2.

AOW 2:The Wizard's Throne

Very evocative title, that. And, it's appropriate, as one of the main changes in the sequel is the increased importance of the player as a character (a wizard) who controls gameplay across the landscape from his tower (or "throne"). There may also be a tie-in with the plot, but I don't pay a lot of attention to the story.

This game, as well as its ancestor, is one that I've picked up again after a long (two year) hiatus. In fact, I had to transfer the last saved game file (from 2006) from my previous computer.

I'm on the verge of uninstalling the game. It's a bad combination of addicting (last weekend, I awoke around 6 AM just to get in about 3 hours of gaming) and frustrating. For that much time spent playing the game, I barely feel any sense of accomplishment. In fact, at the end of that time, I was probably worse off then when I started.

I should submit, at this point, that my stunning incompotence at this game is the main (if not the only) contributing factor to its frustratingness. I'm sure there's a word for "frustratingness", but I can't come up with it.

NWN 2: the unsubtitled

This game, a birthday gift from my brother, is one of the three factors that caused me to purchase a new computer. Starting tomorrow (!) I'll be playing online with him for an hour each week. I can't wait.

Reflexive

I'm testing out games from Reflexive. I started with Richochet Infinity (very tempting), and just downloaded a Warcraft clone. See you next time!

posted by FlyingSheep @ 5:55 PM