Dream of Waking

When I was building Xerxes 3, I told myself that the first game I’d play on it would be Fallout 3 and I wouldn’t touch it until Xerxes 3 was finished. Almost a grand and two nights of my favorite kind of work later, Xerxes 3 was fully operational. For the last three days all I’ve played is Fallout 3.

To put it lightly, it’s amazing. I’m a huge fan of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series to begin with and no amount of “Oblivion with guns” cynicism can dampen this experience. They really hit the nail on the head. It’s a sequel that’s not completely derivative of it’s predecessors and it’s different without being alien. I’ve sank around 14 hours into it already and I’ve barely explored the whole map. I don’t think I’ve even really started the main storyline. I’m having too much fun doing sidequests and finding little hidden secrets.

Like I told Katie, Fallout 3 is one of those game where I know I should come up for air, I just don’t want to. It’s one of those games worth holding a trip to bathroom to pee for an hour just because I don’t want to stop playing. Even though I’ve turned it off, I can still hear the songs on Galaxy News Radio over the blowing winds.

Disclaimer: I have not finished any of these. Two of them I just started. This entire entry could just be initial impression gushings.

Hellgate London This is Diablo with Guns. It’s buggy and the part I’ve left off at gets frustratingly difficult but if you’re into Diablo you can forgive these flaws pretty easily. I play as a marksman so I use nothing but guns and I play the game like it is Doom with randomly generated levels.