I finally finished "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, The Sith Lords" on the Xbox. Overall, it was quite enjoyable. Not much of a difference than it's predecessor (Knights of the old Republic) when it comes to game play. But, that can be overlooked as it's still an epic entry into the Star Wars mythose. It took me a good month and a half to play through the entire game. I consider that a good thing. Designers need to immerse the player into the world they create. If the game is over within 7 or 8 hours, it's a bust. When it comes to RPG's, you want to delve into an epic experience. SW:KOTORII,TSL does just that. The gripes? Well, the story line is a bit more deep and convoluted than the first one. There's a bit of a plot twist, but you kind of see it coming early on. Whereas in the first game, the plot twist was a total mind-frack, whereas the one in II is a bit lame. Another gripe? Some of the planets you visited in the first game, you visit again in this game. I would have liked to have come upon a whole bunch of new and original planets rather than revisit familiar territory and the same settings. My friend, Mr Salty is playing it also and I think he feels the same way. I gotta go back and play the game as a Sith Lord and see if the game has even more to offer.
My last blog noted that the sequel to Elder Scrolls IV: Morrowind was released, Elder Scrolls V: Oblivion and how I will have to wait quite a while to be able to play it. Well, I ran into a guy who owns the liquor store where I puchase my favorite brews and as I was purchasingthe fomerly mentioned Bock beer that I'm currently consuming, I overheard him talking on his cell about how he's been playing Oblivion for the last three days straight. We'll refer to him as "Murry". Murry said he loved the game! He mentioned that it was a it more challenging than the Morrowind as it's much harder to get away with some of the stuff you could get away with in Morrowind. No more stealing from unattended boxes of barrels, as the law are quite astute at what you're doing, whether they are present at the scene of the crime or not. Again, you'll all have to wait a great while before you see any form of review of the game from my Blog of Geekdom as I'll have to wait quite awhile before I can purchase an Xbox 360 as well as the game itself. However, I would like to put into effect the official Zangz's Blog of Geekdom Xbox 360 Donation incentive. Anyone donating both and Xbox 360 as well as a copy of Elder Scrolls V: Oblivion to myself, Zangz will be eligible to have their names posted right here on my blog. I can't think of a better reward than to actually be a part of the Blog of Geekdom. It's something that both world leaders and forgotten gods wish for on a daily basis. So donate to the cause now!!!!!!!
Let's step away from the video game realm for a while and venture onto something else....
HEY! I ALMOST FORGOT! IT'S THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY BLOG OF GEEKDOM!!!!! HOLY FRELL!!!!!
Yep. One year exactly. Let's see where we were at back then.
- I was anticipating the release of Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the onslaught of action figures from the movie that were about to hit the shelves of most of the noteworthy toy stores out there. In fact, I was offering the should of my first born son to get my geeky little paws on a General Grevous figure. Well I got it! So much for ever having a son.
- I was also jamming out to some Monster Magnet on my computer. They're still a great band. It's just that their lead vocalist has to drop the drug habit and stop overdosing so they can come out with a new album.
- I was also playing Fable on the Xbox. A very good, if not short, foray into the realms of counsel RPG's. Visually stunning, but not very long or epic. After you achieve the main quest there is very little for you to do. Not the greatest game if you've been playing Morrowind for the last 8 months.
- The Pope was about to buy the farm and of course I was being snarky about it. There goes my whole soul thing again.
Last week's episode of Dr. Who was right up my alley as it involved Victorian England and the undead returning from the grave. I love that creepy, spooky stuff. This week's episode revolves around a UFO crashing in the Thames river. Not as intriguing to me as the undead of Victorian London, but I'm still looking forward to tonight's episode.
I actually taped the Sci-Fi Channel's Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King belive it or not. The Sci-Fi Channel isn't exactly the predesesor of high quality TV movie entertainment. In fact, a lot of their original movies are pretty unwatchable. About 90% of them are rip off's of the Alien movies while the other 10% are rip off's of massive insect festation movies that plagued us during the late '70's. I was truly hoping for something different when they tried to manifest a fantasy movie. Well, if you can ignore the fact that half of the cast can't act and that the effects are quite obviously CG'd, it's actually watchable. Keep in mind that it's based on old tales known as Ring of the Nibelungs that was about old Pagan gods and that the producers of the Sci-Fi Channel decided to focus mainly on the human story of it. It's good for a bit of a one time watch. Other than that, it's quite forgettable. Why did I even bother writing that????
I think that's all she wrote for now. Until next time, onwards and upwards!
Zangz.
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