Video Game Adventures - Diablo III Beta Weekend

So, Blizzard allowed us Diablo fans to have a sneak peek of Diablo 3 this past weekend, which was pretty neat. The only downside? My computer sucks. I mean, it's only 3 years old, and it's a pretty nice laptop, but it's specs just are not up to par with what is needed to have a proper Diablo 3 gaming experience... which totally blows. But besides that, I'm pretty please with the game itself.

I chose to play a barbarian on single player, and because of my laptop's issues, I only played until he reached level 3. But in that short time, I did develop some likes/dislikes about the game.


LIKES: 

1. The amount of options there are for game view modes, especially that there is an option for windowed mode. So much easier that having to create that option manually, like we had to with D2.
2. The music in-game is pretty good, at least in New Tristram. I've always like the Tristram music in Diablo 1 and 2, so it's nice seeing that Blizzard kept it around.
3. The fact that you can choose a male or female version of each character class. It's a little detail, but still a neat one.
    
4. The character classes themselves. I actually can't wait to play as a monk!... but I will have to wait until we buy the game.
5. The inventory is better organized. I also like that when you mouse over an item in your inventory, like weapons or armor, it automatically opens up another little box showing what stats your equipped weapon/armor has. Very convenient!

There are a bunch of other aspects I liked too, but I'm not sure you want to be here forever reading this, lol.

DISLIKES:

Well, there is really only one. The game's start menu music could have been a little better... it's not horrible or anything, but it's just not really grabbing my attention that much. Any other issues have been caused by my own computer's inadequacies.

So in addition to all of the screencaps I threw into this post, I am also giving you a little gameplay video I recorded on my very own computer! Sorry it's a bit laggy... it's not the video, or the game, it's my slow processor. But enjoy anyway! :-)

D3 GAMEPLAY VIDEO:

So yeah, like I said, the game was VERY laggy on my computer. More so here because I was recording my desktop. But it's still pretty cool. Hopefully I have time to save up for a new PC before Blizzard releases the game!

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A Sad Day For My Nintendo DS

So, yeah... I'm a little upset right now. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, I'd say I'm about a 7 or 8. Why? Well, I was opening my DS Lite to play Kirby Mass Attack, when this happened:

Yup, I am none too pleased at the moment. And while I can repair computers and such, gaming consoles just are not my forte. So now I have to wait until my boyfriend get home from work to REALLY assess the damage. He's the console guy. I really hope this is fixable.

You know, I always seem to break stuff in the oddest ways. I don't always take photos though... except maybe the last time I broke something.

A few months back, I sitting on the couch using my laptop and minding my own buisness, when the box part of my AC adapter slips off the couch. Now, the seat of the couch is MAYBE a foot and a half up from the floor. And my living room floor is carpeted. So explain to me how this happened:

Seriously, I don't know about my relationship with electronics sometimes.

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Video Game Adventures - Kirby Mass Attack!

I am seriously super excited about this early Valentines/Birthday my boyfriend gave me today! I hadn't even seen this game before, but I was still super excited about it. I mean it's Kirby! Just from looking at the booklet inside the game case for Kirby Mass Attack, I was squeeing, haha!

So far I have only beating the first level, which is really just a "Welcome to the game, here's how you play it" level. Even after that I am still really psyched about playing through this game... usually a good sign for me. I'm hope that this doesn't take me a year to get through though, like some other games. It's not that the games are difficult, it's just my short-ish attention span's fault.

I think it's pretty interesting that the game is mostly touchscreen based. Not a lot of the Nintendo DS games I've owned in the past have been, so it ill be cool to switch things up a bit.

Here's an E3 Trailer for Kirby Mass Attack:

Doesn't it look like fun? Well, at least I find it amusing, haha. I'm just hoping this doesn't distract me too much from finishing LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7. But I have to admit Kirby games are a little more fitting for my attention span, so I don't know...

Anyways, we'll see. You'll most like know what comes of this, because it's pretty much a sure thing that every time I actually finish a game I will be verbally happy-dancing on this blog, haha. So until next time!

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