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RE: [Video Game Review] Endless Space 2: Penumbra
This game sounds very interesting. I’m tempted because I have a fondness for space games that stems from a very old game named Fragile Allegiance.
But currently, my Love is Path of Exile. I’m way too comfortable saying that. Like spending too much of my own money on a free game. But I want to support them. I hope you find the time to review this game too. I’d love to hear your opinion. Also, @mattclarke plans to have a PoE hardcore race early March. So if ARPG is your style, you should look into it. :)
Appreciated your thoughts on holger’s post, and I enjoy your style of writing.
I've played a bit of Path of Exile, though I was probably ruined for good in the action RPG field from original exposure to Diablo and Diablo II; very little can compete with that experience, unfortunately. When I get that particular itch, these days I end up playing Torchlight 2 because I really like the visuals and the action style is very flexible.
For my MMO experience, I've accidentally been sucked into Elite: Dangerous for the last month or so, and really been enjoying it. You can have a fine solo experience, get involved with groups/squadrons and socialize, or just play with a handful of friends, the last being my preferred style, if I'm not going it alone. Playing "pretty pretty dress up" with spaceships is apparently perfectly okay with me.
If I'm going for a fantasy MMO, Guild Wars 2 has been my go to for over six years now. I got seriously burned out on World of Warcraft, played an absolute pile of the original GW, and have been pretty happy with GW2 and its more active MMO combat.
I'm so swamped with games right now, it's not even funny. I still need to play Astroneer now that it's left early access and had a 1.0 release, and I have no idea when that's going to happen. Plus anything else that comes down the pipe my editor wants me to write about.
Yes, it's a terrible life.
Thank you for your appreciation and I hope that I can keep cranking out stuff that at least amuses you.
There’s just too many games for any one person, let alone having to write about it. I only do so to keep dialogue on the game with friends. It keeps me wanting to play, and it’s just more enjoyable being able to focus on one system’s mechanics. I’m sorry PoE didn’t grab you, but I’ve had many people compare PoE with Diablo and they definitely think PoE is the more advanced game, so maybe you didn’t give it enough of a shot. :)
Although, I was immediately intrigued as soon as I logged on. It’s an amazing offering for free.
So I only vaguely remember better Diablo, I don’t think it was as complicated as PoE. But I’m a PoE fan, so my opinion will be skewed. ;)
I’ll certainly look out for more of your gaming posts.
I really need to get back into writing about tabletop gaming and wargaming from theory to examples, it's just that when someone offered to pay me real money somewhere in there to write about strategy games, those got bumped to the priority list.
Look back through the things I've done if you're curious. There are some interesting things in there, here and again.