Friday, 16 March 2012

A minor nitpick about SW:ToR story

So, Star Wars: The Old Republic is offering a free trial weekend and I apparently got a whole week of free trial because I don't know why and I fully intend to not be lazy and actually play the game a bit and do a blog like I did with my Rift one the other day, but firstly, I want to make a comment on the story. And why I don't like it so far.

DUN DUN DUNNNNN

Yeah, I know, a lot of people are gushing about how amazing the storytelling is in SW:TOR but there's one huge thing that was bugging me. Firstly though, I just want to make one minor note so that you know the context and so you can abuse me for having not played the game enough: I rolled a Twi'lek Jedi, because it's freaking Star Wars and I can't play a Star Wars game without being a Jedi, and so far, I'm level 4 or so. So no, I've barely made it through anything, not even the start zone yet, so chances are, I'm entirely wrong about what I'm gonna moan about, and it's just the way I'm seeing things from my low levelled vantage point. So why am I posting this as a separate blog post and not just writing a big blog post about my adventures in TOR? I'm not sure, but I kinda want to discuss this and spend a decent amount of time on this and not detract from a blog going on about the game more. Plus, it's a problem that basically every MMORPG suffers from and probably isn't even solvable but it's still one that Bioware should've worked around.

But anyway! That's enough prefacing. Onto my problem!

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Journeys into Rift

Aren't I a sexy devil?
So, awhile ago, Trion released their much anticipated game, Rift. But before they did, they released a public beta. Being public, I was like "Hey! Chance to try out the game and see what I think!" So I did. And, well, I didn't like it. Yeah, it wasn't a terrible game but it failed to capture my interest and I never went any further. In part because, well, I hadn't enjoyed the beta, so I wasn't going to shell out the $80 or so for a game I wouldn't play. Well, that was nearly a year ago now and since then, they've (finally) released a trial account. So! I downloaded the client, started it up, made myself a character and decided to have fun!