mjmjr25 wrote:yr a great writer man. Just read the half-life 2 one. You should put some instructions on the first page tho - "click a letter for game reviews" is all you need.
thank you, Mike. Appreciate that you took the time to check it out. I assume you clicked on H to see what I said about Hearthstone? I'll get to it at some point!
I'd suggest putting all your reviews into a published book - when you have enough that is, but they are all the appropriate length for the current gen of reader looking reviews.
Something I've considered is compiling them once I hit some certain arbitrary number of them completed - publishing them in a print-on-demand book. And then each year doing a revised edition that includes everything that's been added since.
SpoonyBard wrote:The new sites great and all - But where's Diz & Bird?
In my heart and in my ears, bud. I was listening to Dolphy's Out To Lunch over the weekend. Actually I meant to mention to you that I think the 2016 jazz album I've listened to the most this year has been Bill Frisell's When You Wish Upon A Star. Really good, relaxing stuff.
CRTGAMER wrote:Maybe remove the large letters and just list all the game titles alphabetized right on the first page? This will save blindly opening a subfolder with cropped pictures only to find reviews of games one might not have interest in. You could later on add a small "icon" of one of the screenshots for each game title text listed.
I like it the way I have it. It encourages exploration, I think. Maybe.
Though they'd all fit fine on the front page now, the more I expand the more I think it would feel too messy to have all the games listed on the front page. I don't know.
What does everyone else think?
(Also if you didn't notice, if you hover your mouse over each picture it will tell you which game it is.)
Reprise wrote:I like your write up on Mass Effect 2. It sounds like your experiences are exactly what mine were a few years back. I also really struggled to get into Mass Effect and I also tried Mass Effect 2, as it is nearly always named as the best in the series by fans, but I also stalled at about 4 hours in. I wasn't a fan of how RPG-lite it was, with the focus being more on shooting and action. I also didn't really care much for the story and Shepard.
I have to say though, that did change in the last year or two for me. I gave the first Mass Effect another chance and after a while, I found myself engrossed in the game and I couldn't put it down. I ended up playing through the whole trilogy and just completed them all last year.
So maybe Mass Effect isn't for you, but I'd recommend giving it another go at some point if you have the time. Start with the first one and play the trilogy how it was intended to be played.
Yeah, I don't feel like I hate the series. But it's just not clicking with me now. Who knows, maybe it will in a year or two. I'm sure if I keep going down this PC Gamer list I'll be forced to play ME3 or try the original again anyway haha.
