Games to come

Elder Scrolls Online. It is a thing that is happening, and it is a thing I am excited about.

I really enjoy Skyrim, although most of my gameplay consists of "What does this do? Oh, now I am the Arch-mage of the college and I was a student three days ago. Cool."

But one of the only complaints I'd have is that it feels kind of empty, even though there are things and NPCs everywhere. I've often wished it was a multiplayer game so I could have friends along to help take down a mammoth or whatever.

So now I can! In a few months at least. I hope it's good.

Another game I'm looking forward to SO MUCH that I can't handle it is Dragon Age: Inquisition. I love Dragon Age: Origins. I loved the characters and how you could interact with them, I love the option of choosing my dialogue and it affecting how those characters liked you or didn't like you, I loved how they would interact with each other as you went through the world (Alistair and Morrigan's constant insults of each other were too funny), I enjoyed the story, I just really liked the game.

Dragon Age 2 was not as good, by far, but it wasn't a bad game. It was just disappointing after the excellence of DA:O. It had some things beat in the first, such as less stiff combat animations and an interesting skills tree. But the story was lacking and it definitely lacked companions as interesting as those in DA:O, not to mention much less option for just random interactions with your companions.

But Inquisition has been under development for way longer than DA2 was, so in theory this means it will have avoided the shortfalls of that game while finding again the feeling of saving the world that you had in the first game. Which it should, as the events from your play of DA:O and DA2 should have an effect on the world of Inquisition, just as your events from DA:O changed details in the DA2 world.

Did you choose to help the mages or the templars at the end of DA2? It should affect how the world looks to you at the beginning of Inquisition. Decisions you make in game can have far-reaching consequences, too. Did you choose to save the village or your keep? That'll affect that's going on the rest of the game!

So excited.

The Sims 4 is also out this year, and the one thing making me excited for that (because I already have Sims 3) is this line from the FAQ: "There will be additional fun and social gameplay elements for players who choose to go online (more to come on that later on) [...]"

I am HOPING it means that your Sim can visit with someone else's Sim world, because that would be so fun, seeing if your Sims get along or fight or whatever. So I'm waiting to see what develops there.