Overwhelmed by gaming goodness

So, after being on a cruise for 2 weeks to Alaska, I have come back to the release of Halo 3.  I've also got a hankering to play some WoW again, but it feels good to playing a new yet familiar game.

The cruise itself spoiled me.  It was my first, and I didn't realize how little you have to do when you go on one.  Have fresh sheets and towels daily, three gigantic meals each day, ocean and mountain views right from the boat...  I did pretty much nothing for 14 days and I loved it.  Alaska and the Pacific Northwest were incredible, and I hope that I get another chance to go.  Hell, any cruise would make me happy.  It would be a perfect escape to take with a girlfriend or spouse.  By the end of week 2, I was almost ready to come back.  Almost.

Halo 3's campaign rocked!  I sat down and played the single player game, finishing it on Heroic, before logging a single multi-player game.  The campaign reminded me of Halo 1's, except without the repetitive environments.  I'm presently focusing on matchmaking so that I can unlock the last few achievements I need to deck out my Elite in some sweet armor.  I'm a little grumpy that it's unlocked in FFA multi-player, but I'm determined to get it all unlocked.  The hardest one for me to get will be the "Steppin' Razors" achievement.  That's getting a Triple Kill with a sword, and the other one that I have left is "Overkill," which is 4 kills within 4 seconds of each other.  Some king of the hill game would be good for that I'd think...  I've yet to even tinker with Forge yet, for the last Forge I played with (the map editor to Bungie's Marathon series) sucked away weeks at a time while I made maps for the regular LANs that I went to.

I have a desire to play WoW again too.  But with Halo 3's new sexiness, it's hard to go back to WoW when I've been playing it so much before I left.  It's been a good break, and I don't think I've really played in about 3 weeks or so.  Anyone who's played and been sucked in knows that 3 weeks is a real haul.  I have toons on both 2o2p PvP servers that I want to level.  I think I've decided to take my BE rogue to 70 with HotH and I'll level my druid and another toon with the fine folks in Helter Skelter.  I've been considering just throwing in the towel completely on my WoW career (how much grinding and how many alts can a guy really do?), but I do want to get in some end-game stuff with my rogue.  It's just a long haul to 70, she's still only @ 40-something.

Well, back to Halo for a bit before bed.  If you see me online, I'd love to get in some custom games.  And, yes, WoW buddies, I'll be back in the not too distant future.  Don't consider me retired yet.

AG

Posted by Agonizing_Gas on Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 2:20 am EDT | 1 Comments