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i love you for your silence
Video game meme, part the second:
all the prompts
My answers for questions 6 - 10:
6: A game that's changed you the most?
I honestly don't know. I suppose it depends on how you mean changed, really. There's not been a game that's completely changed my outlook on life, if that's what you mean. On a really simple level, I suppose Mass Effect got me playing shooters, which is a genre I generally would've stayed far, far away from before that. But as for something that's changed me in a more complex way? There isn't one.
(OK, that's not strictly fair - Lost Odyssey made me realise just how complicated storytelling in games can be - don't play it because Kaim's memories will break you into little pieces, and if they don't, you have no soul).
(But that's the only one I can think of offhand. I bet I'll remember way more once I've posted this and shut the browser down).
7: A game you'll never forget?
Hum. Well. There's a lot of games I can remember playing (and it's a LOT. I have been video gaming since I was five, so that's almost thirty years).
I have a lot of fondness for an old DOS game called Sleuth, because I like puzzle games, and a good old murder mystery. Also because it's mostly text with a very basic layout (a yellow blob is you, with a 2D map of the mansion), it leaves a lot to the imagination. You can also input your own character names, and me and my BFF used to have a lot of fun with that.
Well, and there was that time I whipped my brother's arse at playing Treasure Island Dizzy while still only a wee babby of less than ten years old, so of course I'm not going to forget that.
8: Best soundtrack?
OH GOD THIS IS THE WORST QUESTION HOW DARE YOU.
Final Fantasy XII's soundtrack is pretty damn awesome - it's one of the few I can listen to pretty much every track without skipping any (OK, there's a couple I dislike, but the rest of it is so amazing and beautiful, and wow I have a crush on Hitoshi Sakimoto's composing skills, eh?*).
But honestly I don't think I've heard a bad soundtrack on a game. The nearest I'm willing to get is that I wish the Dragon Age music tracks were more constant/apparent. I like the silence with occasional music in Inquisition, but honestly I'd prefer a full, looping music track in an area? I AM SO PICKY. ALSO NON-COMMITTAL, BUT MAINLY PICKY.
(I'd also like the music to be louder in DA:I - I have it on full volume, and barely catch it a lot of times (see also: bitching about not being able to hear the actual lyrics of the pub songs) and that's the game's output and not my TV's speakers. Which is a shame, because there's some really beautiful tracks in there).
*I totally do, though.
9: A game you turn your volume off every time you play it?
I don't turn the volume off on games, even if I get stuck in areas for hours (I am looking at you that one side quest in Eryut Village). I mean, there's a reason hours of work were poured into the soundtrack/sound effects/voice acting.
10: A game you've completely given up on?
Aside from the aforementioned Baldur's Gate game? Um, well, there's Code of the Samurai; Onimusha 2 (zombie samurai scared me? Probably); Resident Evil: Code Veronica (actual zombies + tank controls? NO THANKS); LSD: Dream Emulator; The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion; Ib (it was a good game, I just never finished it); Viva Pinata; and probably at least a dozen others, but I have wiped them from my memory.
all the prompts
My answers for questions 6 - 10:
6: A game that's changed you the most?
I honestly don't know. I suppose it depends on how you mean changed, really. There's not been a game that's completely changed my outlook on life, if that's what you mean. On a really simple level, I suppose Mass Effect got me playing shooters, which is a genre I generally would've stayed far, far away from before that. But as for something that's changed me in a more complex way? There isn't one.
(OK, that's not strictly fair - Lost Odyssey made me realise just how complicated storytelling in games can be - don't play it because Kaim's memories will break you into little pieces, and if they don't, you have no soul).
(But that's the only one I can think of offhand. I bet I'll remember way more once I've posted this and shut the browser down).
7: A game you'll never forget?
Hum. Well. There's a lot of games I can remember playing (and it's a LOT. I have been video gaming since I was five, so that's almost thirty years).
I have a lot of fondness for an old DOS game called Sleuth, because I like puzzle games, and a good old murder mystery. Also because it's mostly text with a very basic layout (a yellow blob is you, with a 2D map of the mansion), it leaves a lot to the imagination. You can also input your own character names, and me and my BFF used to have a lot of fun with that.
Well, and there was that time I whipped my brother's arse at playing Treasure Island Dizzy while still only a wee babby of less than ten years old, so of course I'm not going to forget that.
8: Best soundtrack?
OH GOD THIS IS THE WORST QUESTION HOW DARE YOU.
Final Fantasy XII's soundtrack is pretty damn awesome - it's one of the few I can listen to pretty much every track without skipping any (OK, there's a couple I dislike, but the rest of it is so amazing and beautiful, and wow I have a crush on Hitoshi Sakimoto's composing skills, eh?*).
But honestly I don't think I've heard a bad soundtrack on a game. The nearest I'm willing to get is that I wish the Dragon Age music tracks were more constant/apparent. I like the silence with occasional music in Inquisition, but honestly I'd prefer a full, looping music track in an area? I AM SO PICKY. ALSO NON-COMMITTAL, BUT MAINLY PICKY.
(I'd also like the music to be louder in DA:I - I have it on full volume, and barely catch it a lot of times (see also: bitching about not being able to hear the actual lyrics of the pub songs) and that's the game's output and not my TV's speakers. Which is a shame, because there's some really beautiful tracks in there).
*I totally do, though.
9: A game you turn your volume off every time you play it?
I don't turn the volume off on games, even if I get stuck in areas for hours (I am looking at you that one side quest in Eryut Village). I mean, there's a reason hours of work were poured into the soundtrack/sound effects/voice acting.
10: A game you've completely given up on?
Aside from the aforementioned Baldur's Gate game? Um, well, there's Code of the Samurai; Onimusha 2 (zombie samurai scared me? Probably); Resident Evil: Code Veronica (actual zombies + tank controls? NO THANKS); LSD: Dream Emulator; The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion; Ib (it was a good game, I just never finished it); Viva Pinata; and probably at least a dozen others, but I have wiped them from my memory.
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I hear good things about Lost Odyssey. It's a game I'd really like to play, but at this point I don't think I'll ever be getting an XBox 360, so maybe it's not meant to be... :(
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I don't know what to say re: the controls, because I personally don't have a problem with them (though it was kind of a culture shock going from 1 to 2 the first time). There's very few differences between 2 and 3, though. It probably is more streamlined but I don't really know? Sorry, that isn't very helpful.
You could start with 2 - there is a piece of DLC that covers the story up till then (you may have seen me mention it, it's called Genesis). I wouldn't recommend it if you want to get to know the characters, though, because Garrus will come off differently (for instance you might think he's very standoffish because of 2), and you barely get to interact with Wrex in 2 (moreso in 3, but it depends on your choices - he never gets to rejoin your team, anyway). You also wouldn't get to know Ashley or Kaidan. But I am biased, because 1 is where I started and, of the three games, 1 is my favourite.
Then again, there are people out there who've done just that, and I'm sure they like the games fine. I suppose your other option is to watch a Let's Play of 1 because it's a short game, and I'm sure one exists. Well, if you're into watching LPs, that is.
Lost Odyssey is AMAZING. Heart-breaking, but amazing. I've definitely had a lot of fun playing it (I need to replay again so badly because I never finished it).