Mass Effect
I played the hell out of some Mass Effect tonight, mainly because it got really good. This particular mission is probably my favorite, even though it made me make some difficult and kinda stupid decisions. But there was the right amount of tension, the right amount of interesting locales, the right number of combat encounters, none too hard, but none too easy. And the cinematics at the end were really impressive. It made me glad that I’ve decided to play this far, and I can’t wait to finish it. Once I get those damn badges.
My biggest challenge besides the damn driving missions (what, everything else I own levels up, yet I’m expected to take on ever-increasing road challenges in my level 1 busted-ass hotness?) is the fact that I’m constantly chasing after achievements. Mass Effect comes with six achievements that are difficult to complete and requires dozens of hours of gameplay and three playthroughs to complete, and I’ve basically been doing every damn sidequest because I want to get those achievements. I don’t HAVE a reason to want to get those achievements, it just seems like something I’ve got to do. I’ve even taken a detour from the end of the game because I got the achievement for one of my allies, but not the other. So I’m cleaning up some final sidequests before fighting the big bad, so that I don’t feel I’ve wasted my time by missing this particular achievement.
Also, in some spoiler-free ranting, I love this big bad. You don’t expect it coming, but it’s still given the right amount of foreshadowing, and he’s just the right amount of cunning and terrifying. It’s a legitimate threat and I have no idea how the team is going to defeat it. So, yeah, good work there.
I also went to a midnight opening to pick up Final Fantasy XIII. I am too tired to start up and try to get through the hour it’ll take before the first save point, however, so I’ll just let that wait until tomorrow. Why I needed it tonight? Frankly, because it would be time I would have spent sleeping anyway.
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