Gaming Christmas

[animeshon]

How was everyone's Christmas? I ended up doubling my Xbox360 game collection as both the gaming stores I frequent were having sales. I picked up Guitar Hero Van Halen, Guitar Hero Aerosmith and Band Hero as they were really cheap and also grabbed Sacred 2, F.E.A.R., Borderlands, Resident Evil 5 and Gears of War. I am a complete convert to First Person Shooters now. Absolutely loving them.

On the pen and paper front I grabbed myself the Exalted Second Edition Handbook and the Scroll of the Monk from BookDepository as I'm running a campaign this year. It'll be on and off until Uni ends for the year, but I'm already getting the players to create their characters and I have a pretty good idea of where I'm going. It's my first time as a GM (not counting the Exalted pre-made adventure I GM'd) so I'm really looking forward to it!

Not looking forward to Wednesday when I'm back and work and then Uni the week after as that'll seriously cramp my gaming time. What's everyone else playing this Christmas/holiday season?

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[laceblade]

I didn't get a ton of games, but I did get Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, which is deceptively more difficult than its cuteness would lead one to believe!

I've been playing a lot of that, and am still in the middle of a Final Fantasy XII game.

Am considering playing along with the FF7 replay going on over at LJ.

[animeshon]

That does sound cool. I've never actually played through the FF stuff, I've watched friends play, but I only really got into console games in the last couple of years. I should borrow them off one of my friends and give the old PS2 a boot up :)

[muladhara]

4 Heroes of Light! I find the bosses the hardest (as it should be, but I dunno if it's just me, but the difficulty ramp goes right up, compared to the general monsters). I still need to figure out how to beat the final boss so I can actually finish it. Good luck with your play through!

[lian]

I logged, uh, close to 50h on Dragon Quest 9. Not finished yet, though. It's so cute. And nicely streamlined compared to previously DQ iterations :) aaand that'll be it for quite a while -- I did consider pre-ordering the special edition Dragon Age, but I don't know the system requirements yet (loathe to play it on console, DA:O worked so well as a PC game.) ugh, new games, so expensive -_-;

oh and I started a replay of the Super Nintendo Secret of Mana with my sis for shits and giggles. That game is so adorably ridiculous :3

[animeshon]

Ahhh Dragon Quest. One of the few reasons I wish I had a Nintendo DS.

I've preordered DA2 for my console, but I've pretty much switched off PC gaming as I hate sitting at a desk and gaming on a laptop is a pain in the butt as they tend to over heat. But you are totally right new games are so pricey its a real pain in the ass.

[birgitriddle]

I didn't get any games for Christmas, which disappointed me because I had put them on my wishlist. I didn't get any gifts that disappointed me because I love books, but I would've liked one video game at least. So my mother bought me Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 for the Wii to make up for my disappointment. So I'm just counting that as an extra present from my mother.

The main reason I didn't buy myself any video games with my Christmas money (and graduation money) was because the majority of it went toward a Sony Reader.

[animeshon]

Ahhh books are a totally acceptable alternative. And buying yourself an eReader is a suitable alternative to games. I absolutely adore my kindle.

As for Lego Harry Potter have fun. I absolutely loved it. I think it's my favourite of all the Lego games

[birgitriddle]

I already love the Lego games in general, so I can't wait to play it. However, I am unfortunately too busy with important stuff at the moment to get lost in awesome video games. But it's on my to play soon list.

I think one of the best things about my e-reader is that I realized last night that I can upload .txt files to it and so uh, I can carry stuff from gamefaqs.com on it and not have my computer open all the time when playing games, particularly my portable ones. >.>

Uh, yeah, I play while following a walk-through because I'm a completionist and I play for the story and a walk-through still won't play the game for you. It just tells you how to do it and you're the one who still has to pull off the tricks. I'm not really a hardcore gamer that needs to go through without any help whatsoever.

[animeshon]

Oooo I haven't thought about doing that. I might do that with my kindle. I usually try to play through on my own first time around, with lego the first 2 times around, then I use walkthoughs :)

[muladhara]

I bought Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne in November, but I only got around to playing it over my Xmas holiday. I haven't got very far yet (just about to hit the game's That One Boss), but it's growing on me. Before that I was playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time on my DS, which horribly cute and as addictive as...an addictive thing.

[animeshon]

There seems to be quite a few horribly addictive games out there at the moment. Not so good for my studies, but it does tend to keep me from buying new games, at least most of the time!

[muladhara]

There do, from the comments I see above me. Ugh, I'm so glad I'm not studying any more, I'd be failing miserably if I was... ;)

[animeshon]

I only manage because I schedule gaming time into every day. It makes it easier to commit to studying if I know I have at least an hour to game a day!

[muladhara]

That sounds like a really sensible thing to do.