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Looking for a reason to carry on playing DA:O. I think I'm a bit burnt out on it. Either that, or it's really not engaging me as much as I think it should.

(I mean, in ways, it is engaging me, and I want to go through all the variations and blah because that's one thing I like about Bioware games, but it's really not grabbing me by the balls like Mass Effect did).

That, and I was listening to the Mass Effect soundtrack earlier, and I suddenly thought, "Ho shit, I LOVE this game! Why have I only played it one and a half times nearly a year ago and not since?!"

Because I'm an idiot, that's why.

However, it turns out I am too lazy to dig the game discs out, even for my space boyfriend. Sigh.

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Yeah, the fact that each individual area is very long definitely contributes to the dragging. And yeah, if you're at Denerim for the Landsmeet, then you are very nearly done!

I made the paladin play the first two ME games for me and now he's playing 3, but I think I'll give them a try myself even though I'm terrible terrible awful balls at shooters. I need more Garrus in my life.

\o/ Thank god for that. May well give me the incentive to finish up next weekend.

ME's the first shooter I've ever played, and I suck balls at them. By the end, I'd got the hang of it though as, to me, it doesn't seem to have a steep learning curve with either guns or tactics. I'm starting the learning curve again, having not played for so long (but I remember more than I think, so that's OK! The concept of taking cover's once again beyond me, however). Sorry, kind of blathered a bit there.

Nah! No need for apologies at all. I blather endlessly. ♥

It's good to know that the tactics aren't too bad. I also have issues with the taking of cover. What do you mean I can't just charge in slinging Firaga and expect everything to die? What do you mean I don't GET Firaga? I do not approve.

Are you sure you're not me? ;) I do that ALL the time. I am the worst kind of gamer because I never consider tactics, just charge in guns blazing (I also happen to button bash when playing fighting games. I am tempted to wonder if this is related). Sometimes even without purchasing armour first (this is what happened when I played FF1 the first time. And then I wondered why Chaos killed my party outright...D'oh).

Well, see, I learnt to play games with Final Fantasy, where (Tactics excepted) there is no good reason not to charge in guns blazing. This has been tragic when I played Atlus games ;;

I also button-mash in fighting games. Trying to memorize and pull off button combos while I'm panicking is doomed to failure.

I do that even in Tactics. Strategy is for wimps! ;) But yes, Atlus games always end badly (their hardness aside, lol).

Exactly! My best mate used to spend days in front of the PSX memorising combos just so she could thrash me. I'd maybe learn one or two moves for my fave characters, but not an entire string. Too much like hard work! ;)

hahahah I have never dared play an Atlus game on hard. too stubborn to play them on easy, though. (I do play Bioware on easy. I'm here for the story and the snark, y'all. Jennifer Hepler was totally on to something there. I would pay for another version of Mass Effect that I could just run around in, instead of shooting.)

Me too. I know I wouldn't last five minutes playing on hard. But yeah, Bioware games (and most others with the option) are for playing on easy. I mean, maybe I might try the harder difficulties when I'm more familiar to the game but till then? Never.

Jennifer Hepler was totally on to something there. I would pay for another version of Mass Effect that I could just run around in, instead of shooting.

Oh yes! I'd actually pay good money for it.

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