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I have lost all ability to manage my time correctly. Not that I able to so before October started, but I literally find myself up at 12am after getting up at 8 wondering 'where the fuck did my day go?'
★ I haven't forgotten about the trope meme. What I have been doing is leaving all fanficish things until I'm actually in bed because I like writing there, and then I go "OKAY just write like 100 words on this and then..." ...I wake up the next morning with my face covered in paper. (Basically this means I have no idea when I will finish it, because how do i managed free times????)
★ I got Dishonored and while I haven't gotten too far into it yet, it's pretty excellent. I don't have much to say about my experience so far except that I have killed every single target I've gotten and it has had unexpected results that I am...well, enjoying would be the wrong word, because the consequences have been mostly awful. But I appreciate the way my actions have an effect on the city in ways that aren't easily anticipated. And the design is incredible, one of the best-realized worlds I've ever seen in a game. The sense of decay and collapse is palpable without being overstated and, and I'm really bad at explaining things but it's just really outstanding and probably you should give it a look if you like games, period.
★ Have also been playing Resident Evil 6 since it was released and, um, well. The thing is, I like the RE franchise but honestly I love it because it's kind of terrible a lot of the time, and I kind of love all the shitty parts that most people wince at? Like: I abso-fucking-lutely love RE5's infamous boulder-punching scene, and the whole ridiculous finale in the active volcano and that Wesker was a superclone baby experiment thing and that Chris Redfield's physique is maybe the most impossible thing in a series full of impossible happenings and TENTACLES EVERYWHERE and I just cannot be discerning when it comes to RE.
Anyway, if I could be an objective individual wrt RE6, I would probably say: good lawd this game is a mess. I've yet to play an RE game that didn't feel hella awkward, or have poorly thought out areas/gameplay sequences, but RE6 feels really sloppy in a lot of areas. (Examples: the new cover/dodge system, the inventory, the floaty camera, even the walking and running feels loose in a way that feels extremely out of place.) Even so, there are moments of near-transcendent awesomeness, and in certain campaign sequences and the Mercenaries portion of the game, the controls aren't an issue at all. But then there are other sections where I am reduced to a frothing mouthed rage because seriously, wtf is up with taking cover/dodging/SELECTING A DAMN WEAPON FROM YOUR INVENTORY/etc.
As far as the story goes...I'm not finished it yet, herp derp. I've finished Leon's and Chris' campaigns, and gotten to Chapter 3 in Jake/Sherry's. Without getting into spoilers: THERE ARE A LOT OF FEELINGS IN THESE CAMPAIGNS. As in, there's a fair amount of character and relationship development which is a little weird given that RE is not exactly a series renowned for having nuanced and highly complex characters and relationships, haha. But I like it! Well, most of it. I think the Leon/Ada stuff is kinda boring and Helena was a little thin on character even by RE standards, but Chris' story is actually pretty great? He has an actual character arc where he grows and changes and everything! His relationship with Piers is really well done (even if I find Piers himself to suffer the same problems as Helena, maybe even more so) and the ending of his campaign is unexpectedly heartbreaking. HEARTBREAK! In Resident Evil! what is this i don't even
Jake (whom my brother and I have taken to calling Baby!Wesker) and Sherry are fun so far. Sherry is pretty awesome, I love that she became an agent because she wanted to be 'strong like Claire.' And she has healing factor! So cool~ As for Baby!Wesker it is painfully obvious that Capcom wants him to be ~cool~ and ~hip~ but because this is Capcom, the results are unintentionally hilarious. It's like, every time Jake says anything I am just lol'ing and thinking "Oh of course, babby Wesker, you have suffered ALL the tragedies. You are the coolest of angsty rebellious dudes!" Oh, Capcom. Never change.
So yeah I have a lot of RE6 feelings, and you will be hearing about all of them, flist. i apologize. :p
★ HOLY SHIT IT'S 5AM. where did my night go?
★ I haven't forgotten about the trope meme. What I have been doing is leaving all fanficish things until I'm actually in bed because I like writing there, and then I go "OKAY just write like 100 words on this and then..." ...I wake up the next morning with my face covered in paper. (Basically this means I have no idea when I will finish it, because how do i managed free times????)
★ I got Dishonored and while I haven't gotten too far into it yet, it's pretty excellent. I don't have much to say about my experience so far except that I have killed every single target I've gotten and it has had unexpected results that I am...well, enjoying would be the wrong word, because the consequences have been mostly awful. But I appreciate the way my actions have an effect on the city in ways that aren't easily anticipated. And the design is incredible, one of the best-realized worlds I've ever seen in a game. The sense of decay and collapse is palpable without being overstated and, and I'm really bad at explaining things but it's just really outstanding and probably you should give it a look if you like games, period.
★ Have also been playing Resident Evil 6 since it was released and, um, well. The thing is, I like the RE franchise but honestly I love it because it's kind of terrible a lot of the time, and I kind of love all the shitty parts that most people wince at? Like: I abso-fucking-lutely love RE5's infamous boulder-punching scene, and the whole ridiculous finale in the active volcano and that Wesker was a superclone baby experiment thing and that Chris Redfield's physique is maybe the most impossible thing in a series full of impossible happenings and TENTACLES EVERYWHERE and I just cannot be discerning when it comes to RE.
Anyway, if I could be an objective individual wrt RE6, I would probably say: good lawd this game is a mess. I've yet to play an RE game that didn't feel hella awkward, or have poorly thought out areas/gameplay sequences, but RE6 feels really sloppy in a lot of areas. (Examples: the new cover/dodge system, the inventory, the floaty camera, even the walking and running feels loose in a way that feels extremely out of place.) Even so, there are moments of near-transcendent awesomeness, and in certain campaign sequences and the Mercenaries portion of the game, the controls aren't an issue at all. But then there are other sections where I am reduced to a frothing mouthed rage because seriously, wtf is up with taking cover/dodging/SELECTING A DAMN WEAPON FROM YOUR INVENTORY/etc.
As far as the story goes...I'm not finished it yet, herp derp. I've finished Leon's and Chris' campaigns, and gotten to Chapter 3 in Jake/Sherry's. Without getting into spoilers: THERE ARE A LOT OF FEELINGS IN THESE CAMPAIGNS. As in, there's a fair amount of character and relationship development which is a little weird given that RE is not exactly a series renowned for having nuanced and highly complex characters and relationships, haha. But I like it! Well, most of it. I think the Leon/Ada stuff is kinda boring and Helena was a little thin on character even by RE standards, but Chris' story is actually pretty great? He has an actual character arc where he grows and changes and everything! His relationship with Piers is really well done (even if I find Piers himself to suffer the same problems as Helena, maybe even more so) and the ending of his campaign is unexpectedly heartbreaking. HEARTBREAK! In Resident Evil! what is this i don't even
Jake (whom my brother and I have taken to calling Baby!Wesker) and Sherry are fun so far. Sherry is pretty awesome, I love that she became an agent because she wanted to be 'strong like Claire.' And she has healing factor! So cool~ As for Baby!Wesker it is painfully obvious that Capcom wants him to be ~cool~ and ~hip~ but because this is Capcom, the results are unintentionally hilarious. It's like, every time Jake says anything I am just lol'ing and thinking "Oh of course, babby Wesker, you have suffered ALL the tragedies. You are the coolest of angsty rebellious dudes!" Oh, Capcom. Never change.
So yeah I have a lot of RE6 feelings, and you will be hearing about all of them, flist. i apologize. :p
★ HOLY SHIT IT'S 5AM. where did my night go?
