Video (Gamer) Romeo (Not)
Jun. 8th, 2004 01:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaWhy do they not make video games for the demographic that includes me?
Probably because there are only six people in it. :(
Blizzard still hasn't released a patch for the weird error between Warcraft III and OS X. Apparently it only happens on some machines, but ours is definitely one of them. Periodically, the screen freezes, although the sound continues. It doesn't do it in the same place each time, either (originally, I thought it did it right before cut scenes, and it does seem more likely to do it then, but it's happened in other places, too). This is making me grumpy.
So, since I couldn't play Warcraft III, I've been trying to finish StarCraft. This is an exercise in frustration as much as fun, though. I like (and am good at) resource management and general strategy, but I suck at real-time combat and single-unit tactics. And the last Zerg level is really nothing but combat. *sigh*
At least there's a backstory. The vast majority of the games out there seems to be variations on Random First-Person Shooter XIV, with little to no worldbuilding or backstory. I wouldn't mind trying to run a roleplaying game in the StarCraft universe. The only shooter I can think of for which I'd even consider the idea is Halo, and, well, that's Bungie.
I really enjoyed Master of Orion II. I want more games like that. Unfortunately, it appears that Masters of Orion III isn't. I wouldn't mind having another shot at StarCon II, but that was never released for Mac, and I'd need a college student to play through the combat for me for the first third of the game, until my tech level gets high enough for me to manage combat without getting myself killed.)
*sigh* I find that I'm playing through individual levels of Majesty without getting much out of them. (It's a swords-and-sorcery sim game, for those who have never heard of it.) That has the resource management, but not the strategy. If I could cross Majesty and Warcraft II, I'd have something pretty close to my perfect game. But no one's going to write that.
Back to working on my GURPS stuff . . .
Probably because there are only six people in it. :(
Blizzard still hasn't released a patch for the weird error between Warcraft III and OS X. Apparently it only happens on some machines, but ours is definitely one of them. Periodically, the screen freezes, although the sound continues. It doesn't do it in the same place each time, either (originally, I thought it did it right before cut scenes, and it does seem more likely to do it then, but it's happened in other places, too). This is making me grumpy.
So, since I couldn't play Warcraft III, I've been trying to finish StarCraft. This is an exercise in frustration as much as fun, though. I like (and am good at) resource management and general strategy, but I suck at real-time combat and single-unit tactics. And the last Zerg level is really nothing but combat. *sigh*
At least there's a backstory. The vast majority of the games out there seems to be variations on Random First-Person Shooter XIV, with little to no worldbuilding or backstory. I wouldn't mind trying to run a roleplaying game in the StarCraft universe. The only shooter I can think of for which I'd even consider the idea is Halo, and, well, that's Bungie.
I really enjoyed Master of Orion II. I want more games like that. Unfortunately, it appears that Masters of Orion III isn't. I wouldn't mind having another shot at StarCon II, but that was never released for Mac, and I'd need a college student to play through the combat for me for the first third of the game, until my tech level gets high enough for me to manage combat without getting myself killed.)
*sigh* I find that I'm playing through individual levels of Majesty without getting much out of them. (It's a swords-and-sorcery sim game, for those who have never heard of it.) That has the resource management, but not the strategy. If I could cross Majesty and Warcraft II, I'd have something pretty close to my perfect game. But no one's going to write that.
Back to working on my GURPS stuff . . .
