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Showing posts with label Blood bowl. Show all posts

Tuesday

Gaming Rut Syndrome

These last few weeks I have definitely been hit hard by the Gaming Rut Syndrome.  I will call it GRS from now on.  No matter what game I play, or download it just doesn't keep my interest for more than thirty minutes.

I think it may be actually PAX GRS.  A week before PAX I could feel it coming on.  I was excited about seeing all these new games at PAX.  I barely got my Archmage to 40 before deciding to take a short break from the game.  Originally it was just going to be for a week or so.

The problem is GRS is all consuming.  After going to PAX it just made everything else seem unimportant.  I just want to play all the new games I saw.  Unfortunately most of them I may not even get to play even next year even though most of them promised a 2011 release.

GRS has hit me hard.  I can't play another minute of Warhammer Online until either patch 1.4 or the RvR packs.  It just seems pointless until the new mechanics get in the game.

I played Lego Universe beta, and it was fun for about a week, and now I have lost interest in it to.  I swear GRS is a real disease it seems.

I have tried playing Global Agenda.  The game was a blast the first few nights, but nothing made me want to keep logging in every day.

I tried EvE, and even after listening to alot of convincing chat on Twitter I was to overwhelmed with everything in the game.  I really think the game is right down my alley, but I just felt to much like a noob, and ragequit after the tutorial.

My next adventure was to download my old love DAOC.  It wasn't even close to how awesome I remember it being.  It seemed so 1980, and clunky I just couldn't play it past the tutorial.

Why am I suffering from this Gaming Rut Syndrome?  Why are no games keeping me even slightly interested?  Is GRS that powerful that it controls my mind?

Anyways I am not sure what to do these days.  I am bored, and I definitely need some game to play.  The problem is my list keeps growing larger and larger of games I have tried, and didn't like.

I forgot some others I have bought recently, and once again I played them once.  It was Blood Bowl, DAO, LOTRO, DND, and so on.  I really am running out of options. 

Does Warhammer really have that much control over me?  I swear the game pisses me off more than it makes me happy most of the time, but I just can't shake it.  I keep going back to it like a cigarette habit.

I guess we will have to see if Rift, Tera, GW2, Firefall or SWTOR ends up finally setting me free from GRS, or some other game.



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Sunday

Blood Bowl

After spending this last week barely in Warhammer Online I decided it was time to try something new.  I ventured to the store looking for that one game to jump out at me.  I saw so many games, but none were really catching my eye.

Finally I saw Blood Bowl, and figured I have heard of it before.  What a surprise.  It is based on Warhammer.  I never knew that.  Anyways I am a huge sports fan, and after looking at the cover I decided to buy it.

I finished installing it, and rushed to try it out.  I soon realized it is not something you can just rush into.  I had no idea about anything, and failed miserably at trying to figure out.  The game seems simple enough, but I will actually read the manual tomorrow, and try it again.

Blood Bowl looks like it is going to be a really fun game, and a change of pace from my typical MMORPG.  How can you not like playing currently unplayable classes in Warhammer Online like Skaven, Lizardmen, and more.

I now see why players keep wanting those classes put into the game.  They are so cool looking compared to the normal boring players currently in the game.

Hopefully for the next few weeks I will be playing Blood Bowl, and getting good enough to try matches online with other players.

Anyone else play Blood Bowl, and willing to teach a rookie on the game mechanics?  Should I play real time or turn based?  Can someone help me figure out the player selection part?  If you can help me out please leave a comment below.