by ZombieSkittles on May 17, 2011
I like it.
That’s really all there is to it. Since my last post I’ve played roughly an hour each day, and I genuinely like it. It is worth every cent of the twenty dollars I ended up spending on the game, and I’m getting lots of enjoyment out of it.
I’m playing a Forsaken (Undead) Hunter, and everything about the game is interesting. The quests seem to consist of either “Go to X” or “Collect/Kill/Find/Derp Y”, but don’t feel repetitive. Yet.
The story has to be the aspect of the game that has me the most hooked. Progressing through a war, and watching how things play out between the Undead and the Worgens and Humans is so mesmerizing.
The art style is very intriguing. The colours and style make almost everything beautiful to look at, and I really enjoy the way the landscape has been constructed. Towns are so much fun to explore, and meeting the various NPCs in the game is an absolute treat.
The only other MMO I’ve ever really tried playing is Champions Online, and this is so much better. I can see why millions of people play this religiously. While I’m trying not to fall into such a category, I have to say, it’s really hard not to invest all my gaming time in this title. It’s got everything a player needs to get addicted and be entertained.
I’d be playing it right now, but I’ve hit a bug with the character I want to play right now that is causing the game to crash. This is the first problem I’ve had with the game but I’m sure it’ll get fixed quickly. If not, I’ll deal.
Anyway, as everyone I know at work has said, “I can’t believe you’re playing WoW!” I don’t believe it either, guys.
by ZombieSkittles on May 8, 2011
Into World Of Warcraft.
I gave it a go once years ago at a friend’s house, and after half an hour spent gathering moss, I decided to give it up. I am a fan of actually playing games, not working in them. This is pretty much the same reason I gave up on Farmville and We Rule. Those two games were fun, but when being able to jump on for five minute intervals to play turned into spending a half hour doing what felt like work, I gave up.
A lot of the people who play it tell me that “The game begins at level 60.” as if this justifies everything. However, I fail to see how. If I have to spend hours upon hours grinding away to level up a character so I can finally play the “real game”, what is the point? It sounds an awful lot like work, when I can just jump into Diablo II and start hacking and slashing from the get go, or play Team Fortress 2 and play multiple action packed matches in half an hour.
When you couple this with the fact that you need to pay a monthly fee for World of Warcraft otherwise your account gets locked, and I’m left wondering whether it was really worth it.
Someone awesome has given me a free 10 day trial so I can give it another go, see if now with a few years of updates and a different state of mind whether I will enjoy it this time around, and be able to justify the purchase of a subscription.
by ZombieSkittles on February 22, 2010
Yet another piece of old writing I just uncovered from October 2008.
I saw a dead bird’s corpse and it made me wonder. I know seagulls attempt to fly out to sea when dead because Ned Flanders told me, but how do all these birds we see around our neighbourhoods die? Surely they, like seagulls, know when they’re close to going. If they do, I’m disappointed they waste it sitting on a telephone wire waiting to drop off.
Personally if I were a bird, i’d die doing something I enjoy, like shitting on someone midair. Wouldn’t it be brilliant if I could time it right so I hit the person, then while he’s reeling from the shock of being shat on, he gets hit by a dead bird?
Better yet, die during mating, so when I fall off dead from pleasure, the tipping of my deadweight causes the other bird to fall too; hilarity. This would only work if I were the male of course. Pretty sure a male would have no issue humping a dead bird then flying away with a look of satisfaction on it’s face. That thought is disturbing.
