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- AKM
- This blog is a creative outlet whose overarching purpose has varied over the years. While once I had pretensions of fictional writing, nowadays I'm content with studying events and moments in my life that (I hope) mean more than they let on.
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What do you think about oblivion? Sounds really realy great. But i am afraid it's too western for me to get into.
I have very little doubt that I will at some point get Oblivion, but not right now. As for the quality, I am not so sure. Whatever I've seen makes me think this - the graphics will be great, and as a whole it will be a very immersive experience, much like Morrowind was. But, as for whether it is as great as some reviewers have made it out to be, I am not so sure :) In fact, I'm not sure if it will be substantially better than Morrowind - which, incidentally, I like, but it doesn't fall into my list of favourite RPGs/games. I guess what I'm fearing is that it is more Diablo-esque than Morrowind, which wouldn't suit me all that much, but that's probably unfounded. And of course there are the technical issues that some more balanced reviews have pointed out (but these will be fixed in a patch anyway).
To counter the somewhat excess adulation over the game that I suppose is natural, some food for thought:
http://www.rpgcodex.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=11863&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=305385
Not that they're right, but I do think the game will be flawed. I hope it isn't an Ultima IX (I'm drawing the association because that's the only 3D RPG I've played)! :)
As for being too "western", I don't know what you mean. I don't find there's a particularly big problem with connecting to these stories, but I was brought up on them :) What are some non-western RPGs that you are more comfortable with?
i dont read reviews anymore, i dont trust them. Also my comp is too slow for Oblivion. I try not to play any games, cos they are just too time consuming. I dont like open ended games. It feels like disoriented and stuff, although i loved ocarina of time. Recently, the most positive experience in gaming i have had is resident evil 4. it's an awesome game.
about gaming, have you seen the will wright demo of Spore? that looks spectacular and the tech is spectacular. but i feel there's somehting missing about the game. it's hollow some how. i can't pinpoint why i feel like that nor can i articulate it properly. the game's grand, huge and technical very impressive. but... so what. i doesn't necessarily have to do fun. in fact, if it is anything like the sims, then i dont think i will find it fun.
actually, i would like a game that lets you be the head of a state and your job is to run the country well, without all that unnecessary war/battle/military junk thrown in. just pure economic and social management sort of game would be fun.
i feel exhausted. i went to study at uni for saturday and sunday, and there was no one there and it was so quite. that allowed me to think, but still, i haven't gone very far with my assignments. i only remember sitting down at 2pm and looking up to find the time was 4.44pm. two hours+ went by with out me noticing. honours is exhausting.
i have spent a
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