{"id":38520,"date":"2017-05-05T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=38520"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T18:49:56","slug":"what-are-you-playing-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=38520","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Playing These Days?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was going to be my first impressions on Diablo III. Yes, 5 years after Diablo III was released I suddenly got the urge to see what the fuss was about. <\/p>\n

It all started when I watched Joseph Anderson’s critique of the expansion<\/a> and I saw how some of the late-game combat worked and how some of the skill trees operated. I started thinking that maybe there was enough complexity to be worth a look. My initial impression of the beta back in 2012 was that Diablo III was very pretty, but hopelessly dull and shallow. Also the “always online single-player” was pretty off putting. It still is. I guess the $20 price tag for the base game made the decision a little easier.<\/p>\n

As I played, my “first impressions” post grew into a mini-review, which grew into a full review, which then expanded into analysis, which made me think that maybe this isn’t the kind of thing I ought to dash out over the space of a day and a half. That’s probably for the best anyway. Making something thoughtful and analytical is usually better than just blurting out the first 1,000 words that come charging out of the atavistic crevices of my brain. But this does leave me without a post for today.<\/p>\n

So let me ask a question that’s pretty much always on my mind: What are you folks playing these days?<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t mean “what mobile game are you using to kill time while waiting for the bus”. I mean what game is really consuming your thoughts and attention in your free time<\/em>? Or if you don’t have enough free time, what game would<\/em> you spend it on if you did? Old stuff? New stuff? AAA stuff? Indies? Platformers? Shooters? Shooters? Visual novels? Is all of the time going into one title or are you splitting your attention between multiple games? There’s a really big world of games out there these days.<\/p>\n

For me:<\/p>\n

Primary: I’ve been playing the new 0.15 update for Factorio<\/a>. It’s a pretty big improvement across the board, but after several hours I’ve only just begun to get a feel for the new content. <\/p>\n

Secondary: I’ve also been playing Diablo III. I can’t decide if this is the best terrible game I’ve ever played, or the worst awesome game I’ve ever played. Nothing is an accident here. Blizzard made exactly the game they wanted to. But the game they wanted to make keeps deviating from the game I expect in strange ways. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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