Tuesday Gaming Diary: Prepping for Reaper of Souls
In case you weren’t aware, Diablo III: the Ultimate Evil Edition is on the verge of releasing, like next week August 19th. As a console gamer, I’ll be able to play Reaper of Souls expansion for the first time. This has required a lot of prep, since I’ve been told that you need to be at least level 60 by the time you reach this fifth act. So this requires playing the game at least twice, if not more. Being a sad little Trophy junkie, I may play at least four times to get those Inferno trophies.
Chris and I finished the game on Normal this past Sunday, and he’ll be out at GenCon for the rest of the week, which forces me to act alone. I am trying to play as much as possible over the next several days so I can get my Demon Hunter up to respectable snuff. Next Tuesday will be here before I know it!
It would probably also help if I didn’t keep creating new characters to see if I find one I like as much as the Demon Hunter. I had high hopes for the Witch Doctor, just because the class is so unusual, but it’s not for me. Surprisingly, I’ve really enjoyed the Monk, almost as much as the Demon Hunter. Sill have not tried the Wizard, who I have heard is the most insanely powerful of the bunch.
We’ll see if I can squeeze that one in after my Ultimate Evil Edition arrives. I have to say, Diablo III has become my happy place with gaming. It doesn’t require much thought, you don’t have to really pay attention to the story after the first time, and you simply run around and kill things. Sometimes, that’s all I really need in life. Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows provided that relief for me with the PS2, and Diablo III is filling that void for the PS3 and soon the PS4. We all need those little safe places that are randomly fun to go back to. Mass Effect on many levels will always fill that hole for me, but ME also requires quite a bit of commitment. With D3, I can just run around a dungeon for 15 minutes, kill things, and quit.
It’s nice to have another Gauntlet again.
Wordless Wednesday: And the Only Cure is More Diablo 3
Monday Gaming Diary: I have a Diablo III Problem
So over this past vacation, I’ve learned that I have a problem and apparently the only cure is more Diablo III.
As part of a birthday gift for myself, I bought a GAEMS PGE, and I took it with me on vacation last week. As my family likes to go to bed before 10 p.m., I knew I would want to play games at night like I normally do, so I packed the GAEMS case with me as well as a few LEGO games for the eldest son and Diablo III. A part of me thought of contacting my D3 team to see if they wanted to get together, but I opted to create a new character instead. I’ve played the game twice now as a Barbarian. Maybe there’s another class I would like as much or more?
Oh yes there is, and it is the Demon Hunter.
It’s amazing how much easier it is to stay alive when you don’t have to run into the thick of things. I have my DH loaded up with acrobatic skills and dual crossbows that just happen to set enemies on fire. I am having the time of my life.
And now I want to try out another class, like the Witch Doctor.
While playing last night, I realized that D3 doesn’t do anything groundbreaking. It’s a lot like Gauntlet in that it’s a dungeon crawler and you kill lots and lots of swarms of enemies. However, something about it is just so gosh darn fun. It’s like a little stress release for me; I don’t have to concentrate too hard on really anything other than killing stuff. I realize that the game should bore me as the story is hardly its strong suit, but it’s just some mindless fun. Sometimes it’s nice to not concentrate on who is shooting at me or biting my lip on solving a puzzle. Sometimes you just want to run through hoards of goat people and set them all on fire. It’s not asking for a lot.
Yeah, this doesn’t help me finish Dragon Age: Origins or even Bound by Flame, both of which I really need to snap my attention to soon. I know I keep saying that, but as I watch the calendar tick down, I see just how much I must do so. I’m such a procrastinator. Oh hey, it’s lunch time…maybe I can defeat Maghda with my DH over lunch.
Monday Gaming Diary: We’re on Vacation!
Very important decision
No really, we are. I’m actually in Oregon with two staffers for a mutual friend’s wedding. The wedding was yesterday, which was absolutely beautiful. Today, Chris and I are going to hit the wineries Oregon has to offer. Apparently there are a ton of them, and we found a cluster within walking distance in downtown historic Newberg. Good times should be held by all.
For whatever reason, I brought my 3DS with me to the wedding. About halfway through the reception, I pulled it out to see if I got any StreetPasses, and I had 5! One was the groom’s sister, so I went over to her table to tell her I StreetPassed her, only to see that everyone at that table had their 3DSes out. I have never been with so many gamers at once outside of a convention. I only wish we got a photo of all of us sitting at the table with our 3DSes out.
But yes, I have done more than just StreetPassing. I played more Bravely Default on the plane, but before I left town, I finally got time in on the Destiny beta! I was really convinced I was just not meant to play the game, as every time I tried to sit down and play either the Alpha or the Beta, something happened that prevented me from doing so. Internet issues plagued me on Friday, threatening to not allow me to play the game once again, but after we kicked the hamsters in the router, I was finally able to get through a mission without getting kicked out.
I went into Destiny with severely low expectations. I had zero interest in playing another Bungie shooter against aliens, especially since I already have Halo in my life, but I was blown away by how much fun the beta was. I’m now really looking forward to playing the game this fall, especially with fellow writer Blake. That game seems almost meant to be played with others in very much the same vein as Journey was. I won’t say any more now as my preview for Action Trip should go up this week. I’m not reviewing the game for either Action Trip or SGR (Blake is getting that torch), so I probably won’t pick it up at launch as I have so many other things I’ll need to be working on. But that game will get played this year for certain. I never thought I’d be saying that a few months ago.
In more important news, strategy guide has been confirmed for the console edition of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls! I’m so excited!
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