I spent the day gaming. It was nice to say “screw it” to everything important and just take a little time to do whatever I wanted. I shut my door, grabbed a diet coke (read: 12), and just played some games.
To echo Graev’s impressions yesterday, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a great game. There are some people out there spreading compeltely unjustified hate by citing words like “repetitive” and “has issues”, but none of them are able to say how or why. I think most of them read those words in a review somewhere and latched on to them, thinking that by spreading them an denouncing a very under-promoted title that they would come across relevant or authoritative. Well, they’re wrong and they’re ignorant.
War in the North is fun. It’s full of goblin smashing hack and slashing loot finding greatness. The graphics, animations, environments, and direction are great. If you ask the question, “Should I buy it?” then I’ll respond with the question, “Do you like hack and slash games like Diablo or Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance?” If the answer is yes then my answer will be yes, buy it.
We tried to stream today but Xbox Live was giving us some issues. I had to call support (which was surprisingly helpful!) to get it ironed out. We’ll try again tomorrow.
I also played some Battlefield 3. Since before launch I thought I would be 100% against rush mode, and for a week I only played conquest. I started to feel burned out and wondering if I even enjoyed ANY of these maps. Then I jumped into rush mode and found out how much more amazing the maps feel. Some of the maps on rush mode, like Damavand Peak, actually open areas entirely unplayable in conquest mode.
Granted, none of these maps even compare to the maps coming in ‘Back to Karkand’ (ugh, December), they’re still enjoyable if you avoid doing what I did — branch out and try some different modes. Try to come up with new ways of killing people like jihad jeeping or ramming them with airplanes. Is that kosher? Nah, but it’s Battlefield.
I wasn’t sure about War in the North, and even with these comments I feel like I should wait before I buy, especially with Skyrim so close.
What’s your Origin/Battlelog account names?
If it’s a toss up between War in the North and Skyrim because of time or interest, then it’s probably best to go with Skyrim. That seems to be War in the North’s greatest hurdle right now — it’s not Skyrim. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s worth the money and a great game. Wait for it to come down in price or buy it when you’re done with Skyrim.
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I can see myself buying War in the North someday after both Skyrim & the new Zelda game. I have always liked Diablo & did enjoy Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance.
Thankfully for me the release dates are staggered: Skyrim 11/11 and WitN 25/11.
I have a question regarding the Xbox Split-Screen: does it always split the view for 2 players or only if you have actually moved some distance apart?
Someone on here might know – not seen anything to suggest it does this anywhere 🙂
BF3 is great, but for some reason I dont have the desire to play for 12hrs straight like I do with BFBC2, and I don’t quite understand why. Maybe its because BF3 feels more like a simulation then a game. I just find after playing for an hr or so I’m ready to move on to something else.
Was wondering what pings you are playing at. I sort servers by latency and the closest server is in the 20’s ping-wise. So all I have played is conquest, so thanks for the heads up on Rush mode.
I play on average in ~60 ping.
You are right about Rush mode – EA just outdid themselves on map design with BF3. I upgraded my PC for Skyrim, but am blown away by the details I’m seeing in BF3.