I will defeat you this time…maybe.
At various times, espion4ge has chronicled various stages of his “leveling down.” Last night I made a leveling down type decision, as I decided not to go for the full 1000 points in Batman: Arkham Asylum. In addition, I decided not to pull the trigger on Borderlands, although I would have loved to play co-op with espion4ge. But I’ve decided that I’m going to devote my current playing time to trying out a new experience instead of the 15+ hours it would take me to get the last 230 GP in Arkham. Ah well…maybe in next year’s doldrums I’ll work on it. But anyway, as an attempt to be more “mature” and not waste any money on new games, I decided to revisit old titles that I never completed. Although I was tempted to try my $5 copy of Ninja Gaiden 2 and even removed it from the shrinkwrap, I ultimately settled on trying to finally finish a “classic”: Half Life 2 (on the Orange Box).
I’ve tried to play through Half Life 2 three times and never completed it. I’ve managed to get 2/3 of the way through, but I decided to start again from the beginning to get the full experience. After the first three chapters, I’m pretty impressed, especially considering the game is 5 years old. The great part about this game is it’s incredibly immersive. I never played Half Life and only know the story via Wikipedia, but even having not played the game, the opening sequence of Half Life 2 makes me feel I am thrust into a world full of oppression and pain. The voice acting is great, and even though Gordon Freeman never talks, everyone around him reacts to him which really makes me feel like I AM Gordon Freeman. Anyway, it’s all pretty neat, especially since the first two chapters start out kind of slowly and then ramp up into all sorts of craziness. Also, even though it’s a bit dated now, the physics and the use of gravity are really impressive.
As soon as I started this game (again) I can see why it’s considered a classic. Hopefully this time I can finally finish Half Life 2 (and Episodes 1 and 2). As of this writing that is my plan, but espion4ge just alerted me to a new deal at Amazon (buy over $80 worth of eligible games and get $40 credit). Curses…
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dang you’re pretty adamant about not getting Borderlands! hopefully now with the Amazon deal and more of my pressuring below it will get you over the hump.
Here’s my thought process on backlog and buying games, etc. I have two different stacks of games: one that is basically single player backlog games and one that is multiplayer games. I would argue that playing online with friends is more enjoyable than playing a game solo, so I would play the hot online game with friends over some backlogged single player game any day. I’d only return to my single player backlog if there wasn’t any big multiplayer game out.
And dude Borderlands is made for you since we’re cut from basically the same cloth. I’m sure you can imagine how fun it is for four of us to work together and take down big bosses and sharing the epic loot that we’re rewarded with. Skills + teamwork + rewards = complete gaming nirvana for gamers like us. How could you be playing Half-Life 2 single player when we’re starting up Borderlands?! Don’t be a hermit man.
Borderlands + Brutal Legend for $68 total from Amazon… These two games are the two top selling 360 games on Amazon today. Just the two you wanted to get!
Here’s Arnold helping me pressure you too:
I am weak.
Please clarify.
sounds like he broke down and bought Borderlands! woohoo!!