Awhile back I picked up Dante's Inferno (PS3) for a few days but we never had a chance to finish playing it. It was actually had a storyline I liked a lot. It was pretty interesting and I was wondering how the story ended. We like to watch anime sometimes. Dire is a big fan of Trigun and my son loves Bleach, I prefer Trigun and Full Metal Alchemist. I don't watch as much TV to keep up with them though and we still have several sitting around waiting to be watched. We recently watched Blood (anime) the Last vampire which was pretty good too.
So when I saw the animated Dante's Inferno on DvD I had to pick it up. I was happy that I got to finally pick up on the story and find out what happens, I may still read the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I think it was a tad too dark for Dire though. I suppose I tend to like dark stories.
If you played the game and liked it you will surely enjoy this one. As a gamer I thought it was a pretty epic. I won't go and spoil it other than saying it was a great story of redemption. Dante is a character I really like. He has his flaws but who's perfect, right? The man goes to hell and back to save his beloved! Check out the video.
I am thinking about firing up the ol' EQ2 account tonight. My friend has been waiting on my to start. I really like the game, I just ended up with a 'lonely' feeling there last time around. I've been sort of lazy and sort of busy and I sort of dread some of those zones I've leveled in so many times. Some of them I really do not like. Zek.. Ugh it makes me nauseous thinking about that zone. But I do like other aspects of the game.
Allods has been keeping me busy for a little bit today. I've had a few people ask what class I am. At the low level I am, it seems I kill faster than a lot of other classes. That's kind of why I dropped all my other characters for this one. I don't mind slow killing, I do mind having to regen up after every fight, be it mana or health. One silver for food and drink, meh...
The Scout is really a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I am only level eight but that is because my time playing has been spent trying out every character I was interested in. I wanted a feel for them all. I actually had a lot of fun trying them all out too. I am still only playing it on the side so I am sure most people are leaps and bounds ahead of me. I think it's a keeper for my secondary game though. It's so lovely.
My Shaman in Everquest is coming along nicely. We have three across my accounts on different servers. It's just such a strong class and I really enjoy it. We are still parked at 60 and 61 getting some aa's that we need. Dire playing a tank class, needs a lot of them, and we don't mind. It's always fun getting new ranks of this or that, new abilities too.
I am thinking about starting a Monk too. It's one class I never had a chance to play up. It just looks like a lot of fun. Plus an alt I don't have to buy tons of spells with- leveling the Shaman I spent so much time running to get spells some days.
I rented Dante's Inferno last night for the PS3. I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet. But it really looks sweet. I did watch Dire give it a go, so I hope later on to get a chance to try it out. Lots of boobies.. I thought it was going to be about hell >.< So far it does look like a lot of fun though. I am not into console games as much as some people, there are some really good looking games out these days though!
WoW
It's been a little bit since I logged into WoW.. I sort of let my account lapse. No I'm not quitting, I just kind of needed a little breather though. However, the holiday event is looking really neat this year 'Love is in the Air'. My brother showed me a few of the the changes this year and I thought it looked better than ever. I am thinking about reactivating just to do the holiday event at least.
I was pretty surprised they added the Love Rocket mount. There actually are a lot of neat changes, so it seems the holiday is even more rewarding than it has been in the past. There was even a lovers boat ride in the Stormwind Canals lol. That was too cute. If you haven't heard about it, you can find out more on WoWhead, it has a lot of information.
Allods
So I had a chance to play around with this one some more in (Open-Closed) Beta. Rarely do I jump into a game with out doing my homework on it first. With it being a free game it's not really a big deal if it turns out I didn't like it though, nothing to lose. I finally made my way to the forums. Turns out the game has a bit of open PvP- which is a let down to a care bear like me. I find PvP in free games.. Well, lets just say- I think I'd rather let my 13 year old shoot me with a paintball gun and lulz at me instead- I'd come out with more dignity.
I'm not saying it's a bad game because I don't like open PvP. I just think that having open PvP on all severs is closing the door on a certain type of player. I am sure I'll still play around with it. I'm just not as exctited as I was- that is my fault for not doing my homework ;)
Everquest
EQ has been dominating my playtime. I haven't been doing a whole lot on it until the weekend. I've been trying to figure out a good solid combo that we are both happy with. Something that Dire and I can stick with for the long haul. I have really been interested in the Mayong server since it came up. It's a good server to welcome in new players and old players to catch up with. I had a few chars sitting there since July of last year and I mentioned the server to him last night, to my surprise he thought it might be fun to try it out.
So we tried a few combos, did a few xp groups- which for the most part, was fun. I got my 55 Mage to 57 he worked a Rogue to 55. Then he wanted to try the wizard with my Mage. It went ok but it wasn't the killer combo we were looking for, as I got lazy and made him pull.
We ended up with the last combo being Monk and Shaman. He pulls and has a Cleric merc on the Monk and I play the Shaman with a Warrior merc. It actually was a fantastic combo and we were both happy with the classes. Having played them in the past there wasn't much new to learn but it was fun. So I am thinking this could be a combo we stick with for the long haul.
Mayong has a lot of people leveling up. There are people everywhere. It is nice to see life all over the world of Norrath. People seem pretty nice in general. Dire had a kind person give him 2k plat just after asking him a few questions about the server, which I thought was a really nice thing someone would go out of their way to do. So for now, it looks as if Mayong will be home for us.
Oh Hell...
Last night Dire watched the Superbowl, I'm not big into sports.. However, I saw a fantastic commercial for a game he has been interested in. It has gotten a lot of controversy. It's just a game people! I leave you with the video. -kaozz
