Juxtaposed Life

Tag: Games

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 4

    Thoughts and Tips Testing Schedule: The next, and final beta phase 3 play period: July 10, 2013 (Wednesday), 2:00 a.m. to July 15 (Monday), 2:00 a.m. (PDT) July 10, 2013 (Wednesday), 9:00 a.m. to July 15 (Monday), 9:00 a.m. (GMT) Characters will be wiped at the end of this phase. No word on when Phase…

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 3

    Picking up from where I left off last time, talking about reasons why the game captivated me during this weekend’s beta test. Gathering and Crafting   While gathering and crafting are common in MMORPGs, there FFXIV-ARR’s systems provided a few elements that when put together made the systems feel unique and oddly compelling. Classes Swapping:…

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 2

    With my baggage from 1.0 and my warnings both out of the way, I can start in on the reasons why last weekend’s beta for Final Fantasy XIV – A Realm Reborn captured my attention. Sites and Sounds   To me this game looks and sounds utterly amazing.  I think a lot of games look…

  • FFXIV-ARR Beta 3: Thoughts Part 1 (Warnings)

    Now that I got my background baggage post out of the way it is time for a few warnings about this game. Subscription Based First, and this is BIG and I’m only going to say it once:   This game is currently planned to operate under a subscription model.  I’m probably in the minority, but I…

  • Approaching the FFXIV-ARR Beta 3

    I spent a bunch of time over my 4th of July holiday weekend playing the Final Fantasy – A Realm Reborn phase 3 beta.  Wow that is a mouthful.  Though before I make my traditional post of thoughts I felt my experience with this game deserved a bit of background.   I played maybe ten…

  • Games of 2012

    I’ve said many times that I’m not a huge fan of making lists like this, so I’m sorry for making one.   The thing is I really wanted to sum up some quick thoughts on my favorite game from this last year and a list seemed like the best way. Note: Since writing is not my…

  • Games of 2011

    Today while driving home listening to a gaming podcast talk about their top games of 2011, made me realize I had not yet put together my own list. My top games released 2011 (that I played)  in alphabetical order: Batman Arkham City Dead Island DeusEx Human Revolution Infamous 2 LA Noir Mortal Kombat Portal 2 Rift Saints…

  • SWTOR: My First Three Weeks

    Since retail pre-launch, I’ve put quite a lot of time (imo) into SWTOR. Trooper – 50 hours consular – 60 Hours Smuggler – 32 hours Knight – 26 hours Oh gosh that’s 168 hours or 7 days! And after doing so it was time to transcribe my thoughts from the scraps of notepaper at my desk…