Well, DBO sure blew up for a bit there, didn't it? (Destiny)

by someotherguy, Hertfordshire, England, Friday, July 31, 2015, 16:30 (3409 days ago) @ Avateur

First, how about your likes? I'll start.

On Bungie: I first played a Bungie game in 2001. I was too young to have any disposable income, and was deciding which games console I wanted for my Birthday. My mum's friend generously helped me out by showing me the PS2 and Xbox, including Halo. I didn't really understand the plot, but the mechanics gripped me. In the end I got a PS2 though, for Final Fantasy 10. 3 years later, the gaming magazines were abuzz with talk of Halo 2, and I decided I wanted in on the action. I actually owned both Halo and Halo 2 before I owned an xbox, so sure I was that I'd get one eventually. Despite having both, it was weeks (maybe months) before I put Halo down and tried Halo 2. I've been a Bungie fan ever since.

On Destiny: I really like a lot of things about Destiny. I forget how much I like the game sometimes, which is a shame. I could list all the things I like, but it would be a huge (and largely predictable) list, so instead here's some of my more controversial/uncommon likes: Nightfalls, MIDA, the Qodron fight, the Skolas fight (crazy, I know), Titans, the Lore (and actually, I have no issue at all that it's not in-game), Dinklebot, Salvage (Salvage is my definite favourite gametype next to Elimination. I'm actually considering a separate post about my love for Salvage).

In games: I love many things. I love Rayman and Super Meat Boy. I love Spec Ops: The Line. I love weaboo Final Fantasy and Star Ocean. I love Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. I love the cinematic experience of Uncharted 2, even if I think it makes for a pretty bad game. I love Resident Evil, and Viva Piñata, and Animal Crossing, Demon's Souls, and and and and and. I'm really big on both Narrative and Mechanics in games, and I feel that a lack of one can definitely be made up for if the other is strong enough (of course, both is preferable).

In the real world: I'm kind of a media nut. I have a list 500 long of films I need to see. I watch so much TV I used to have a spreadsheet to keep track. I also like spreadsheets, stats and numbers, because I'm a terrible person :p

I also like to read, though I haven't been doing as much lately. Some of my less obvious favourites are Terry Pratchett, Dan Abnett and Kathy Reichs. I listen to too many podcasts to list. Jim Sterling is my Spirit Animal.

So, how about dislikes?

No PoE checkpoints, Cauldron (predictably), Pantheon (even worse than Cauldron. I'm tempted to make a separate post on this as well, but don't want to be told off by the negativity police), the state of the games industry, the cost of living in my area, Football, ketchup (yuck!).

What's your favorite video gaming console or handheld device of all time?

Oh God. All of them? But per generation - PS1, PS2, X360, PS4. Extra special mention for every single Nintendo handheld

Cake or pie?

Pie. I will make an exception for carrot cake. Both lose to Cheesecake which is somehow neither.

Whose posts do you always find yourself clicking on?

Destroyoboy, Ouranje, Bigarm and Commandrcleavage because they're my people (Deeply Flawed Raiders unite!). Fearless Leader Kermit because Kermit. TheeChaos because I play with him a lot; he's okay I guess :p General Battuta because he has insider information, though he has yet to slip up and reveal his secrets. Iconicbanana is my other spirit animal.

But really I read everything. All of it. Forever.