For the last couple of week all I’ve really been doing is play Titan Quest.

Not going into details. But it’s a Diablo clone. A pretty good one. But it lacks something. Possibly the story is lacking. Blizzard had a way of sucking you into the game with their awesome cut scenes. They made you want to play to be able to see the next one. Needless to say if you enjoy these kinds of hack and slash rpg’s be sure to grab Titan Quest.

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The Prey demo is out. Do you remember Prey? It’s a game that’s been in development almost as long as Duke Nukem Forever. It’s expected out around July. Here are some screen shots from the demo:

It’s a lot of fun. More fun than I have had with a fps in a long time. Prey has more than a little of that Duke Nukem feel to the game, which is not a bad thing. The use of portals and gravity make this one unique. It was a little weird to see yourself through a portal the first time. It’s been a long time that a demo has influenced my purchases. I’m looking forward to this getting in stores.

This was to funny to not post about. I was doing the first set of Champion Quests for my cleric. I got to the second part where flying demons were supposed to attack and saw this:

I’m sure the horse was a bug. It was just one of those things that made me stop playing for a second and stare in glee. And believe me that doesn’t happen often in Dark Age of Camelot anymore.

I’m playing Dark Age of Camelot still. So last time I wrote about DAoC I was a dirty Mid like Gawain. Well I’ve jumped ship and deleted my two mids. I’m now an Alb again:

Which was something I didn’t want to do. Not really at least. Believe or not I miss my dirty mids. But as much as I hate starting over there is no way I’m deleting again to go back to the Mid side of Lamorak. I still miss my horse.

Half-Life 2: Episode One came out on the 1st. I bought it finally yesterday. Another 19.95 blown on episodic content. I’m still not certain how I feel about this stuff. I do think that Half-Life and Sin are doing it better than Oblivion.

I’m only maybe into the game ten minutes or so. Right off the bat you notice that the game is a little more polished than Half-Life 2. The characters act better. Or seem more life like. Not sure yet. Features included in this episode:

• An all-new episode for one of the best-selling action games of all time.
• Discover what’s become of City 17, Dr. Breen, and the G-Man.
• Incredibly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI (Artificial intelligence)).
• Highly detailed environments, featuring High Dynamic Range lighting, provide amazing gameplay settings.
• Digital Actors: The most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed.
• Physical Gameplay: Objects obey the laws of gravity, friction, and buoyancy.
• Design Team Commentary Mode.
• Also includes two multiplayer games: Half-Life 2 Deathmatch and Half-Life Deathmatch: SourceTM.
• Half-Life 2 not required to play.

For only being ten minutes into it I think the game is worth it. Which even after finishing Sin Episode 1, I still can’t say that. If you liked Half-Life 2 grab this first in a series of episodes. I wonder though about this episodic delivery of content.

Sin was a game I played back in the old days. It was a fps that reminded me of Duke Nukem. Now there is a sequel of sorts. Using Valve’s Steam to release Sin Episodes. The first episode is called Emergence and it will cost you 19.95. On the plus side you get the original Sin 1 and Sin 1 Multiplayer. The down side is the games length.

Content wise I still haven’t decided if this is worth the 19.95. It was fun. A single male is of course going to enjoy boobs and bullets. Which are in abundance. Other than that the other feature worth mentioning is the games Personal Challenge System:

Driven by one of the most elaborate statistics systems ever created, SiN Episodes will constantly adapt to your playing style and offers a challenge that is custom-tailored to your skill level.

Prior to a patch on May 17th this Personal Challenge System had a habit of raping the hell out of a player that happened to do better than the game thought you should. The patch does fix this. My long term enjoyment of this episodic content will be determined by the cost of the future episodes.

So I’ve totally lost interest in Oblivion. Here is another $1.89 plugin to get called the Thieves Den (4.5 MB).

The Thieves Den provides you with everything you need to outfit your stealth-based character for missions. Rediscover the legendary Dunbarrow Cove and the ancient pirate ship The Red Sabre. Dunbarrow Cove not only provides a home base to operate out of, you can purchase new vendors, trainers, and even an upgrade to your sleeping quarters with the loot from your heists.

• A fully detailed environment for your character to own and explore
• Free sleeping space: never pay for an inn again!
• Five upgrades for your lair
• Hire vendors designed especially for thieves, rogues, and assassins
• As you upgrade your lair new pirates will join your crew and provide you with income
• Over 45 new items
• 15 new spells

I’m disappointed in Bethesda. How many months has it been since Oblivion came out? All they can do is issue one beta patch? Yet they have no problem charging for content that many argue should be in the game already.