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[camwyn]

Bought two video games yesterday. Never Alone is looking promising but I didn't get to play it 'cos it was a download from PSN; it should be downloaded by the time I get home tonight. (Slow wifi, 2.6 gb game files.) I did, however, get Dragon Age: Inquisition.

No spoilers, but it's the kind of game where I look up at some point and go "holy crap, when did it get to be 1:30 AM?", and I've barely even started.

Also: thank you, Bioware, for open-world game design. Being unable to walk more than two steps away from the path in the Brecilian Forest in game 1 was aggravating as hell. We won't go into my complaints about similar aspects of game 2. Being able to go "mmm, nope, don't wanna walk through this trail, I'm going over the snow" was just fantastic.

And I can jump. Like, actually jump whenever I feel like it, not do that Commander-Shepard-runs-up-to-the-low-object-and-can-put-her-hands-on-it-to-vault-over thing.

It's the little things, man.

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[thewickedlady]

Sandry and I are SUPER EXCITED to get ours, since it got a little delayed. We're planning to build a character together to learn WTF, WHAT DO??? with the Keep/import system. Then, my roommate will live on the couch for 4 months. :D

[camwyn]

I gotta admit, I spent a fair deal of last night wondering if the drip I was feeling at the back of my throat was going to blow up into something that would give me grounds to stay home from work and bundle up on the couch or in the recliner... however, it did not, so, work this morning. Will play when I get home. The Keep system was neat to futz around with even if I had to go back and look at the Wiki a few times to remember who some of the characters were that it asked about.

Kind of glad the elves no longer look like off-color Na'vi, at least the two I've seen so far. That thing with their nose bridges in game 2 was a bit weird.

[jothra]

I would be interested to hear your thoughts about Never Alone!

[derien]

It seems like everyone I know is getting the new Dragon Age game and I'm going to be the only one not playing. Boo. :( (Seriously, I never have enough time to do all the things I want to do, getting involved in a game is probably the last thing I ought to do. But there could potentially be socializing opportunities as there is an option for multiplayer. Although I don't get how everyone can be The Chosen One. Yes, I read up on the game because everyone is talking about it.)