Comments on: Video Games I’ve Spent Countless Hours Playing

By: Benny Bedlam

Benny Bedlam — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:50:00 +0000

@lazybasterd

Haven’t tried Civilization. It might eat up my soul like these other games lol

@Shiki

My horse rarely dies though! I’m very protective of it haha

By: Shiki

Shiki — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:01:59 +0000

Benny I sure wish there were more girls like you whre i live!! I’m sure you understand the loss when a cougar kills your horse while you were picking flowers to get survivalist lvl ?

By: lazybasterd

lazybasterd — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:43:17 +0000

What, no Civilization?!

By: Benny Bedlam

Benny Bedlam — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:42:59 +0000

@Heche

I didn’t take Faendal with me, mostly because Camilla is my wife… so that’s kind of weird haha.

I have so much funny occurrences with my followers. Once, Lydia almost died so I was protecting her. I saved her, but sad thing is I accidentally pressed R1 while celebrating and hit her. She died… oh the irony!!

By: Heche

Heche — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:46:15 +0000

Pffft, Faendal is the way better sidekick to have. You can get him to teach you archery, and then take your money out of his inventory, and level up a bit in the process ^_^

He also seems to be pretty good. He took out a whole group of Forsworn while I was sneaking.

By: Benny Bedlam

Benny Bedlam — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:17:50 +0000

Thanks trashcanman!

Well, that only applies to Mass Effect 2 anyway! Maybe I do make variations from time to time, but it’s mostly just one or two choices but that’s it. For example, I didn’t know that there was a “renegade” kiss scene with Miranda only until my third playthrough lol. Dude, I love Male Shepard and go for Miranda if you will!

Yeah, the mini games are so fun! I think I’ve had most fun with the bounty when you have to tie them up to capture them.

I liked Fable 2 the best.

By: trashcanman

trashcanman — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:05:53 +0000

Madame, you are extremely on point. Except GTA 4 was amazing. It’s pretty crazy that you play Mass Effect the same way every time because I am of two minds. Part of me wants to never play it again so I can remember MY story and hold onto my unique Shepherd’s triumphs and failings as a classic tale like the original Star Wars trilogy, and the other part wants to play the series over and over and try different things every time to uncover every last possibility. So far the first one has one although I have an itch to play through it all again and now I wonder if I want to go full renegade or try to fix my mistakes from the first time. Do I want to go the full count with Liana as femShep (I cheated in 3 and messed that up) this time or give the ess interesting maleShep a go so I can get with Tali? God, I love that franchise.

Currently playing Red Dead. I really am not as impressed with the story and gameplay as everyone else, but I am still almost Skyrim-level addicted to it just because there is so much to do. Fable 3 broke my heart as well. God, what were they thinking? Such a great game and franchise ruined by such stupid and completely unnecessary design choices. Excellent article, Bedlam.

By: Benny Bedlam

Benny Bedlam — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:49:06 +0000

@wevs

Hey man, nice to see you in the comments section of my posts again! Always good to hear your input! I hope the Fable franchise isn’t dead after all the backlash with the last game.

By: wevs

wevs — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:02:04 +0000

Couldn’t agree more on Fable. I’ve played through Fable TLC over 10 times I think, and every time I’ve experienced child-like joy with all the fun quips, innuendos, implications and such. I have practically achieved everything there is to do in the game, but I wouldn’t mind playing again.

By: Benny Bedlam

Benny Bedlam — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:32:05 +0000

What I meant with “this gets old” was the whole stereotype that one can’t play games for so long and be criticized for not having a life which is basically why I wrote this. I understand that people can mistake my name for a guy and that’s never been a problem for me. Don’t worry, J5 no offense taken

Anyway, thanks for the thoughtful comment Postal.

for the other comments:

Hmm, okay I’ll give New Vegas and S.T.A.L.K.E.R a try