Saturday, March 1, 2008

About Me

I'll write this later. For now, you can look at some pictures of my workspace.

MMO Characters

EQOA

My first MMO was EQOA, and my main character there was Xenophage. (I think that was his name.....it's been too long) He was a Human Ranger. Unfortunately, I have no pictures or records of this character. I don't even remember what level he was. I think he was 29....


DAoC

In DAoC my first character was a Human Paladin named Elemond, I played him for a bit, mainly learning the game at the time. After a while I moved on to the Gaheris server and made Frijan, an Inconnu Necromancer. He was level 42 before I quit. I also made a Briton Reaver, whose name I forgot, but he was also on the Gaheris Server and I believe he was around level 30. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of any of these characters. I haven't played in over 4 years, and don't plan to ever again.


FFXI

Final Fantasy XI saw many characters created by me. Many were doomed to never advance past level 10. One however, a Taru Black Mage did. Not by much though. He only got to level 13 before I quit once and for all. I never cared for this game much. It was far too time consuming to level and the inability to solo really put me off.


SWG

The good thing about Star Wars Galaxies is that you could do most everything with one character. (and I still have screenshots of him!) His name was Veprid Darkmoon, and he was a Human. You could switch classes at any time in SWG, so he had many. Most of the time he was a Teras Kasi Artist / Smuggler / Pistoleer. I also spent time as a Commando, Doctor, Bounty Hunter, Creature Handler, Bio Chemist, and towards the end of the game's life span, a Jedi. Go to his page for pictures:




City of Heroes / Villains


I started playing CoH in beta and made my first character, The Illusionary Man. I played him throughout beta and quite a bit into live release. During the time between CoH first came out and CoV was released I've made countless characters. Here are some pages with pictures:




Everquest II

I started Ashen, my High Elf Warlock on the day of EQ2 launch. I played him for quite a while. Leveling was painfully slow back then....Later I made Modi, a Barbarian Berserker. I then took a break from the game for almost a year, but when I returned I made Odeki, a Half Elf Necromancer. I played her for about 4 months, then I made Vuhon, a Half Elf Assassin. I don't play this game anymore. I used to have a lot of great pictures, but they were lost when my hard drives failed and had to be replaced. Click on each character's name for a page with what pictures I have left.




World of Warcraft

My first character is WoW was a Night Elf Rogue made on launch day. He got to level 2, then I quit the game for almost a year. Mainly because I didn't like it at the time, but also because it was unplayable with all the lag and server resets. I later started playing again and made countless alts before settling with Sendela, an Undead Warlock. I got her to level 55, then my account got banned for reason I still don't know. I was forced to start over. Needless to say, I was a bit soured on WoW for a bit and took a break for a few months. When I came back I was pretty indecisive, but I made a few characters that stood out. First was Fayh (Now known as Arakkoa), a Night Elf Druid then Fei, a Night Elf Rogue. Later I came to my senses and left the Alliance for the Horde and made Faeth, a Blood Elf Hunter. I was then forced to stop playing for a while, due to personal issues. When I returned I made a few new characters: Alynei, a Blood Elf Priest; Myrannis, another Blood Elf Priest; Dkm a Blood Elf Paladin; Kastle, an Undead Warrior; and I've recently gone back to my roots and made Nyyxx, an Undead Warlock. I have thousands of WoW screenshots, so in order to preserve what sanity I have left I'll only post pictures of the character's at the select screen. Go to each characters page for pictures, as well as an Armory Link.


Guild Wars

I started playing Guild Wars during one of my breaks from WoW and CoH/V. It's not really an MMO, and I never got totally into it. The style of PvP didn't appeal to me, and the PvE content was limited. I don't think I even finished the first Campaign. I also hated the healing system. However, I always thought the ability to hire npc's to group with you was pretty cool. My first character was Dren Soulforge, a Warrior/Monk. He got to level 7 before I made Ashen Shadowpaw, a level 8 Ranger/Warrior. Finally I made Miss Abyss, a level 9 Necromancer/Ranger. These may seem like all low level characters, but remember that the level cap is 20. Go to each character's page for pictures.



Warhammer Online

Well, WAR has gone live and I'll be playing on the Skavenblight Server. My main character is Nosgoth, a Chaos Zealot.

Throughout most of beta I played as a Zealot, but also spent a lot of time as a Black Orc. I also messed around with the Witch Hunter and Disciple of Khaine a fair bit. Some pictures can be found here. I have thousands of screenshots and a few movies, but they are just of normal stuff....nothing too exciting, so I'm not going to upload them. The main task now is just rebuilding my Zealot from beta. :)

[Old text] I've been playing Warhammer Online since beta phase one, and since the testers are still under an NDA, we can't talk about it much. Each beta phase is focused, and after each phase characters are wiped so I currently have no "mains." It all depends on what current phase we are in. I will say that I liked the Orcs a lot, as well as the Dark Elves. Chaos was a bit of a let down for me, and The Empire turned out a bit better then I was expecting. I cannot post any screenshots due to the NDA, but once it is lifted I might. [/Old text]

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Recently Completed 2

In continuation of the previous post, here are some more games I've completed recently with 3 pros and 3 cons:


Professor Layton and the Curios Village (DS) - 7.5/10 "Good"

Pros
  • Great Art style
  • Plenty of Puzzles
  • New puzzles every week

Cons
  • Some puzzles are very difficult
  • Story is kind of lame
  • Weekly puzzles are easy (so far....)


Call of Duty 4 (PS3) - 7/10 "Good"

Pros
  • Great graphics
  • Good story
  • Great Multiplayer


Cons
  • Short single player campaign
  • Pretty much the same as other CoD games, just in modern times
  • Getting equipment and ranks in multiplayer is time consuming

Assassin's Creed (PS3) -
8.5/10 "Highly Recommended"

Pros
  • Superb Story
  • Amazing Graphics, Animation and Sound
  • Vast world to explore

Cons
  • Pretty easy
  • You're pretty much doing the same tasks in every mission
  • Kind of short

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3) - 8/10 " Recommended"

Pros
  • Top notch Graphics and Animation
  • Combat and boss battles are exciting
  • Mission mode adds replay value

Cons
  • Essentially the same as Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden Black
  • The new parts with Rachael aren't as good as the rest of the game
  • You have to beat the game once to unlock Mission Mode

Heavenly Sword (PS3) - 7.5/10 "Good"

Pros
  • Great graphics
  • Voice acting is great, and the facial animations are the absolute best in any game so far
  • Good story

Cons
  • Far too short....there's only about 6-8 hours of game play here
  • Fairly easy
  • 59.99 price tag doesn't justify what you're getting out of it


The Orange Box (PC) - 9.5/10 "Highly Recommended"

Pros
  • Great value (5 games in one box, and the price of one)
  • Great variety in the games
  • Portal

Cons
  • The Half Life 2 games fall short in comparison with the others
  • I can't think of two other cons
  • See above



If you couldn't tell, I got a PS3 for X-Mas.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Recently Completed

Here is a list of games I've recently completed, along with a rating I will give them as well as a list of 3 pros and 3 cons.

Bioshock (Xbox 360) - 9/10 "Must play"

Pros
  • Great Story and Atmosphere
  • Good Music
  • Excellent Graphics and Visual Effects

Cons
  • Too easy (Even on the hardest difficulty setting)
  • Ending is a bit abrupt
  • Not much replay value


Beautiful Katamari (Xbox 360) - 8.5/10 "Highly Recommended"

Pros
  • Same addictive gameplay as the previous versions
  • Terrific sense of humor
  • Superb Music


Cons
  • Far too short (Much shorter then previous iterations.)
  • Some music is recycled from the other games in the series
  • Galactic-size rolling isn't as satisfying as one might expect

skate. (Xbox 360) -
8.5/10 "Highly Recommended"

Pros
  • Excellent original control scheme
  • Pretty realistic
  • Great replay value

Cons
  • Very short
  • Controls don't work as well for some more advanced tricks
  • You'll never want to play a Tony Hawk game again

Kingdom Hearts (PS2) - 9.5/10 " Must play"

Pros
  • Superb Story
  • Lively cast of characters and locations
  • Excellent voice acting

Cons
  • Too easy
  • Combat can get dull after a while
  • Bad camera

DiRT (Xbox 360) - 7.5/10 "Good"

Pros
  • Great graphics
  • Very satisfying crash mechanics
  • Just plain fun

Cons
  • Terminal Damage can suck sometimes
  • Certain Rally races are far too long
  • Gets boring after a few long races


Well, there is the list. These are just games which have been completed within the past month or two.