Skyrim

So as it turns out, I did manage to get Skyrim to work.

Zu'u los faal Dovahkiin!

Anyway, so I'm playing a female Nord named Silvia:

Thus far, I've completed the Companions, Saved the College, got to Alduin's Wall, and just joined the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood.

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So, that's what I wrote back in July.....

Since then, I've finished the game with Silvia, then started over with another character to play Dawnguard. It's been a lot of fun.

Half Life 2: This irks me.

Hello everyone, it's been a long time.....

Anyway, so I finished Half-Life 2 recently, and I'm a tad unhappy with it. I've always heard great things about the Half-life series in general, and I feel like a lot of it is well placed. However, I feel like there is a lot wrong with Half-Life 2 as well..

For one thing, the story is all over the place. Now, some of this may be because I've never played the first, but that is little excuse for the complete lack of exposition and explanations for anything? I thought I knew the basic storyline of the first, but I guess I as wrong Even as a sequel, at some point there needs to be a base summary of world events within the game. Who the heck were those aliens with the mind lasers? Who are the Combine? Why exactly is Freeman so revered? What the crap was up with that ending? Is there even an overarching plot between the two games?

Nevertheless, I can see where the praise comes from. It certainly feels like a predecessor to the modern FPS. It's got all the weapons, except notably a sniper rifle..... It has a strong physics engine, it is very effective at leading you the right direction without being overly obvious, and it was definitely fun.

However, it is not as solid a shooter as many I've played recently. That is of course because it is the basis for the others. That's like comparing the NES Mario Bros to Shovel Knight, and yelling that Mario sucks,

As a final note, am I missing something by not playing the Episode 1 and 2 things? What even are those?

Keep Gaming,
Joseph