Ever since I finished my major part of Camera Obscura, I haven't really been doing much. I did a little bit of job searching (though I'm not as diligent as I used to be), did mostly writing, and practicing a bit on music since I haven't in a long time. There's one last major thing I wanted to work on Camera Obscura and I suppose I'll share that when the time is right. I should be working on my portfolio so that it'd make job searching somewhat easier, but I still haven't gotten around to that. Then of course, I've been working on my ever-growing backlog of games.
For PS3, I'm mostly working on Eternal Sonata as it's been 2 years since I've had it and I want to lower the amount of RPGs I have so I'll have free time to actually start Final Fantasy XIII. It's so sad, I bought FF13 on the first week it was out and even bought FF13-2 this year, yet I have not started on it yet (first 15 minutes, but that's about it). I finally got through the campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It was surprisingly good, but the ending I didn't know how I felt. I kinda liked it, but also felt...empty? Maybe I just wanted more closure, but I wouldn't be surprised if Activision wanted the developers to start another trilogy off of the series.
I've been trying to get back into my backlog off PS2 games since I really want to play Persona 3 and 4 now (I bought Persona 4 Arena for the PS3 and am now curious about the original game).
I had finished Devil Kings (Okay, only one of the characters...) and Silpheed: The Lost Planet I skipped because it was just way too boring. I then started up Castlevania: The Curse of Darkness and totally felt lost until I looked up where I was on Gamefaqs. It seems I stopped playing the game right before I go into Dracula's Castle, so I'm pretty close. So I want to complete that and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven before I start on the Persona games. I had finally finished Nightshade, and it was painfully bad. Perhaps I am bias liking Shinobi so much, but Nightshade doesn't feel like it was developed by the same team.
On my 3DS, I completed Heroes of Ruin and enjoyed but was shocked to find that there wasn't any end-game content. A lot of RPGs like those have end-game content nowadays. I'm currently working on Resident Evil: Revelations and understand why so many people liked it. It's a really well designed Action-Horror game and has incredible graphics for a handheld.
I want to say I've made the most progress on PC, but it doesn't seem so looking through my completed list of games. I had bought The Darkness 2 for $6 and ended up enjoying the game a lot and completing the main campaign in 5 hours. I also completed Borderlands 2 with some friends. It was a lot harder than the first game. In the past week or so, I have bought Hero's Academy, The Lord of Rings: War in the North, Awesomenauts, and Spec Ops: The Line.
The opening of Awesomenauts is so cheesy that it's great! The game itself is simplistic and a lot of fun, but it can also depend on who you play with much like other Online games. When I tried the game, I had a great experience with a team who knew what they were doing and I grasped the concept of the game fairly quickly from a practice match. But after I bought the game, I have had team members with no team work against players who knew exactly what they were doing. Other times, I went against players when all my team mates were bots. I feel like I stepped into a trap where no one really plays the game that much. Thankfully, the game can still be played against bots, and they can be pretty challenging when set to higher levels. I haven't installed Spec Ops: The Line yet since I'm trying to finish up my other 3rd-person shooters first, but I got it for $6 so I think I'll be at least able to enjoy a meaningful single-player campaign. I haven't had much time with Hero's Academy yet, but I'm already regretting buying the DLCs. LotR: War in the North has gotten poor reviews in the past, but I got it on an unbelievable sale of $3.75 and wanted to give it a chance. I can see some of the flaws the game has, but so far it's a lot of fun.
Thanksgiving is in 2 days and I'll be able to see some of my friends and family which I'm really happy about. Then there are the upcoming Steam sales happening tomorrow and next month. Needless to say, I'm pretty afraid. I don't think I've ever bought as many games as I have this year. It'd be nice if I actually had more time to enjoy them all.
