Assassin's Creed: Bought and Downloading

I bought that bundle I told you guys about and now it's downloading. So yeah. Thanks to my slow internet connection, though I started downloading yesterday afternoon, it is currently at 3.07/6.35 GB. Well, I'd expected that. In the meantime, I either sit here looking bored/Tumblr all day, or play another one that I already have in physical form, so the load isn't bogged down any more than it already is.

That leads us to: Dragon Age II; Spore; The Sims 3; Guild Wars Trilogy; and Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party. Except yeah, that last one is not for the PC. So not that because I don't want to mess around with the Wii again. Bleyehhh.

I figure I'll play DAII until I get bored of it. If I do get bored of it, I install Spore and kick all of the asses of other evolving creatures.

Flash: Feature Time of Wonder, Fun, and Excitement

Here's a couple of lovely flash/online games for you to try. ♥

(What, looking at me funny because of the heart? Look, I'm pretty girly, okay?)

Alrighty...

Deep and Blue is something I'd recommend only as an "art game," but at least it isn't the generic "retro pixel-simple" 8-bit. Frankly, what drew me to it was the music. This is an extremely short point-'n'-click puzzler, but the puzzles are easy. The best part is really just the art and some of the miniature stories each scene tells. The game, despite its claims, does not reveal the true meaning of life. The whale does get a pretty girlfriend, though.

Army of Ages is a really prettily pixeled time management game where you evolve through the ages (primeval, medieval, classic/"steampunk," modern, and futuristic) in order to fend off aliens. I played on Easy, so I can't really vouch for the difficulty (what can I say? I'm really, really bad at time management, and puzzles, and, er, everything that isn't an rpg, fighter, or shooter)... but the music is pretty awesome, the graphics are nice and clean (and colorful!), and I had fun. Completed in just under half an hour on Easy mode.

Interlude: Games to Play

Having now finished my 896th playthrough of Mass Effect II, I turn to other games. Unfortunately with the combination of both schoolwork (classes have started again) and lack of money, there isn't much I can do right now. I'm either going to replay Dragon Age II (ALL I OWN IS BIOWARE?!), mess around with Guild Wars again, borrow my friend's copy of LIMBO (note: "borrow" or borrow? Not sure, need to look up legality), or save for and download Assassin's Creed.

Here's my thought process.

1) Dragon Age II I love this game. I truly do. It struck a place inside my heart that I find difficult to describe. It made me love Leliana all over again. It made me love Merrill all over again. It made me love Isabela... well, not all over again. (I've heard she was a prostitute of sorts in the original, Origins? Well, I probably caught a ton of STDs, 'cause my FemHawke and her totally sexed it up, even though in real life I'm pretty much a straight chick). It made me love Varric (and dwarves in general). ANYWAY. The problem is, I can't just sit on BioWare's ass and play their games forever and ever and ever. I need something new. Granted, BioWare and EA are all I own, and money's tight--but if I'm going to play another game it's gotta be a new company.

2) Guild Wars Trilogy Here's the issue. After going through the process of retrieving my account as I looked for some old-school massively-multiplayer gaming, I logged in. The graphics befuddled me; I worked past that, though. I made a new character, I played... and found it boring. Dry. Badly written, badly plotted. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Arenanet. Rift has spoiled me forever.

3) LIMBO Not a platformer fan (not good at them either), and moreover I'm not sure if taking Kate's copy is legal. I'll look into it; it depends on the usage, I think. But it's iffy, and anyway I suck at platforming. Period.

4) Assassin's Creed I and II I use Direct2Drive for my online stuff (right alongside Steam, when necessary). And I recently found a bundle pack, with the original and also ACII. I'm very interested, but frankly it's expensive and... I'm just not sure about it. I know my computer can handle it (Guild Wars Trilogy, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effects I and II, The Sims 3, and Spore all currently installed with no lag; I'm actually cleaning it out today, but only because I have nothing to do), but... well. It all depends. I'm going to take stock of my fundage and we'll see from there.

New tag: #update. Noted to self.

Mass Effect 2: Replaying

I've already played this once. Therefore, since I have no urge to document it again, I'm only going to post brief summaries of my choices and actions.

1. Recruited Miranda and Jacob. Like Miranda a lot more. She knows what she's doing. Jacob's just... eh. Which is a pity, because I'm a girl. On a male Shepard playthrough, I'm totally gonna snatch up Miranda. Just saying.
2. Recruited Mordin. He's... eh. Not my favorite character.
3. Recruited Garrus. He is pretty much my favorite character... one of them, anyway. With that super sexy voice acting. Yes please. Also, it is pretty much 98% guaranteed that he's gonna be the object of my romantic subplot. I can't help it. I'm a sucker for his voice acting. Also his whole "renegade justice" shtick.
4. Recruited Jack. On my first playthrough she was one of my favorites. Now, she doesn't irritate me, I just don't have quite the same enthusiasm for her personality. I do like her honesty though, and the way she makes decisions for her own good. "Turns out, mess with someone's head enough and you can turn a scared kid into an all-powerful bitch. Fucking idiots." So true, Jack.
5. Recruited Tali. I love that chick. Another returning character. Frankly, just another character I like for their voice. Her accent! And also I'm fascinated by their suits. Really good design on BioWare's part.
6. Watched a very cool scene in Nos Astra because I released the Rachni Queen on Noveria in the first game. Totally looking forward to the outcome of that in Mass Effect 3. I am seriously excited for it.
7. Recruited Samara. I like her and what she does, but... I don't know. She's not emotional enough to be one of my favorites... or something. Her suit looks like a strawberry. Also her companion quest is so amusing.
8. Recruited Thane. He's pretty rad. I like him just 'cause I like hearing about the drell culture.

I've also done a handful of companion quests and the plot line up until you find out that you need the IFF. Before that, though, I have to upgrade the ship and finish all my side quests.

I am really looking forward to the sequence where you get to be Joker. :)

Mass Effect: Starting over

I'm angry at myself. I only completed 2 companion quests, didn't fulfill all of my side missions, and didn't complete a romance subplot. As a result, I will be redoing my whole game with the same character. This will also help me to gain more codex entries and earn more achievements (the level 50 and 60 ones, especially).

I've barely started and already found a side mission I hadn't done before, the one involving the Asari Consort. I am not sure if we ended up having sex. If so, it was completely involuntary. I am totally confused. Also, she gave me a Prothean trinket. I'm sure it'll do something awesome come Mass Effect 3 or something. Haha.

Mass Effect: Irresponsible Me

So I played Mass Effect until I got very, very tired. Which is bad, because I was too tired to document and post it.

It's granted that this post will contain spoilers, right?

• Kaiden Alenko died.
• Saren's an ass.
• The Ambassador betrayed our cause.
• I snuck off with the Captain's help to go get the Conduit.

And that's about all I remember.

I'm now going to clean up with some side quests before I head off to the Conduit.