Prepped art journal page. Used a dick blick catalog, watercolors, and ribbon. Then ran out of ideas for content.
Nov 202011
Nov 192011
Nov 172011
I’m loving Skyrim to bits. LOVING. But I don’t want to say much, because SPOIKERS!! So, I’ll mainly just post screenshots. Like this one.
My character married Farkas of The Companions. He wanted to see a Dragon, so here we are. If anyone has played Dragon Age II, this was Jessa’s Aveline Moment. If you haven’t…here is the reference. (starts at about :58)
Anyhow, my point…
LOOK at the intelligent expression on that dragon’s face! It doesn’t just snarl and fight, it looks at you, it measures you up. It TAUNTS you. It’s those kinds of detail that keep me interested in any game for long periods of time.
Nov 152011
What I meant was I wasn’t interested in Skyrim then. But release day, apparently I was. Once again, making a liar out of myself. What else is new? And since I’m back to WoW, but waiting until my Thanksgiving Break from school to fully indulge myself, why not play with dragons, and broody warriors? So, meet Jessa.
She’s an Imperial, with skills in Archery, Destruction and some restoration. (Jess with healing? noooo, can’t be!)
She’s earned a title, has two horses, a house in Whiterun, and a soft spot for a certain broody, scruffy, nord…named Farkas.
The game itself is…different. I’m very spoiled by Bioware story, companions, romance, and graphic style. So it has taken me a bit of time to allow myself to enjoy anything new. Also, I’m used to smaller worlds, or at least easier to travel ones. Running/Riding ALL over the map is a new experience. You can fast travel only when you’ve discovered the places. So it’s getting easier now, but on the upside, you feel more like you’re exploring the world rather than exploring a map.
Things I don’t like? Random Dragons! and EFFING GIANTS! Especially when the EFFING GIANTS steal my Random!Dragon kill!
Things I do like…the scenery!
And too many other things to list honestly.
Nov 102011
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I have to say, I really like Fable III. After playing Bioware games like Dragon Age (Origins and II) I expected to find it pretty dull. But it has some cool features. First, I can play the strong female heroine type, which anyone that knows me, knows is priority number one.
Second, there is some romantic stuff, which though not as intense as Bioware does it, is fun none the less. My Hero/Princess/Queen found her lost childhood sweetheart, married him, and had a baby. And this didn’t take away a BIT of her heroism. In fact, Elliot is primary caregiver, and that’s kinda cool. Though I find it amusing that their biological child has made them an inter-racial family, while their adopted son is white. Which, is pretty awesome if you ask me, after learning in my cultural anthropology class that race is social not biological. Nice of a game to reflect that.
There’s also the element of moral choices. Do you keep your promises or break them? Do you spare Logan, your brother, the deposed king for his actions, after hearing his reasons or do you execute him. Raise taxes? Lower them? or keep them the same? OR do you lower them, and donate your personal wealth to the treasury?
My hero has defeated Logan, spared him, opted to keep all the promises to those that got her there. She lowered the taxes, opting to contribute her own earnings to the treasury.
Her appearance changes with her moral choices and battles. This is also a feature I enjoy. She isn’t picture perfect after all the battles. She has a rather large scar upon her face, and bruises under her armor.
I really didn’t expect to enjoy it this much. I still suck at combat, and I’d suggest if playing on PC, you get a USB controller, since it is a console port. But I definitely recommend it, especially if you like The SIMS, and RPG in general. It’s a pretty good combination of those worlds.