girlofprey

At the moment, I'm playing the Nathan Drake Collection, which is all the Uncharted games remastered for the PS4. Uncharted 4 is coming out at the beginning of May, and everyone's excited for it, so I kind of want to catch up and be excited too, especially since Uncharted games tend to be quite narrative and movie-like, so I don't want to get spoiled. Anyway - also they are great games, and Nathan Drake is a great character, if a little odd. I just finished the second one, and there was a guy in it who was a baddy, and he just seemed so familiar to me. I thought it was just because he was British, and I spend much of my life in Britain. But then he had a slightly serious scene, and I realised. It's Alistair. It's Alistair from Dragon Age. Being a baddy. And in a game with Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun), who is also Morrigan from Dragon Age. It was a special moment. He died, obviously. But not before being probably the flirtiest baddy I've ever seen. He definitely wanted to fuck Nathan Drake. But anyway, he's dead now. Maybe. Enough weird shit happens in Uncharted games that you probably bring him back through fanfiction means.

Also I'm still playing Stardew Valley. I'm about to get to the beginning of my third year, which according to a weird shrine on my farm, is when my dead grandad will return. So. We'll see how that plays out.

Well, I haven't updated in over two weeks. Here's what has happened in my life:

I finished Dragon Age Origins again, the same day I posted about hopefully getting it finished soon. I still feel a little bit cheap about wanting a happier ending, or an angsty ending of a different sort, but it's what I wanted and it's what I did. Then I finished Awakening, mostly get frustrated because I kept expecting [spoiler] to appear even though he obviously wasn't going to. Then I played alllll the other DLCs, other than Darkspawn Chronicles, and I loved them. And my Player Character.

I went away for the weekend of Eurovision, to Jen's house. I saw Jen and Sarah and Clare and it was lovely. People voted for Denmark inexplicably, and didn't vote for Finland equally inexplicably, but overall the show was grand, and so was the weekend. On the train home I saw some sort of bird of prey, I think, and a fox. It was win.

Then I started Dragon Age 2, and I have spent most of the last week or so equally wanting to complain about it, and wanting to give it more of a chance, and also not wanting to bore people on my flist who don't know anything about it. I have given it a proper chance now, I think I'm some way into Act 2 - I will not properly know how long it is or how many acts it has until I've finished it - and I like it better than I did at the beginning, but still not as much as Origins. Although, it's always confusing, because I could never be sure if I loved Dragon Age Origins itself, or just Alistair. I REALLY LOVED ALISTAIR. But either way, nothing has inspired my massive love in the way that Dragon Age Origins did, and I have spent quite a lot of my time playing Dragon Age 2 wondering what Alistair and my PC are doing, and how THEY will react to the events of Dragon Age 2. It is not my most stunning recommendation for a game. But I am genuinely enjoying it for itself now.

( Further details and complaints, incl SPOILERS )

So. That is Dragon Age 2. And most of my thoughts on it. Other than that I fannishly mostly been watching Community, up to series 3.

( Things that were unexpectedly hot )

I haven't finished series 3 though, so no spoilers ok?

I HAVEN'T BEEN WATCHING ANYTHING ELSE. Really. Maybe some Rules Of Engagement.

So, after all my whining, I did beat Dragon Age today. Casual mode, but still. I did it.

( Spoilers for the ending, or one of them at least. Also for Mass Effect, it turns out )