Minecraft and other game updates (It's been a while)

So, I've been engrossed in Rift for about 2 months now, got a character up to 50, got him geared and did the first raid.  I had about 300 server firsts (I'm in the top ten in the world for server firsts according to a guildie of mine) and I'm already bored with the game... I'm not blaming the game, it's new they haven't had the chance to throw in too much end game content or anything so I'm probably gonna unsubscribe and join again at a later time.

In the mean time I've been looking for new games to play and I'm gonna try to get this blog started again.  I've been through Half Life 2, Half-life 2: Episode 1, and I'm waiting to do episode 2 after they release episode 3 because I like my cliffhangers to be there by choice or else I'll go mad.  Other than that I've played some Bulletstorm, some Crysis 2, some Dragon age 2, I got Nvidia 3D (along with a new graphics card) and some Two Worlds 2.  I'll give a quick review on each during this but what's getting me to get back into my blog is Minecraft.

So, here's a small review for the games I've played recently just to get you guys caught up.

Bulletstorm: Best way to describe this one is a first person Gears of War meets Devil May Cry.  Bulletstorm is a first person shooter that gives you points (which you can spend to upgrade your gear and such) depending on how you kill people by doing things such as kicking them into spikes, pulling them into you or other objects, headshots and all that good stuff.  It's pretty entertaining but with all I've been up to I haven't really had a chance to finish it.

Crysis 2: I liked the first Crysis and Crysis 2 is even better.  It takes place in N.Y. (Manhattan I believe) and there's an alien outbreak.  Once again I haven't finished the game yet but you can basically play it any way you want.  You can make it into a ninja sneak up and kill everything and try not to get caught, or you can try to take off stealth, put on your armor and make the game into a whole run and gun game.  Graphics are awesome on the PC but on xbox and ps3 I hear it looks like Half life 2.  Just remember if you like the controller but you want good graphics, you can use your xbox 360 controller to play the game on your PC.

Dragon age 2: If you like story games then this one is great, it's like any other Bioware game, build relationships with people and it has an awesome story but the game play is kinda linear and boxed in.  You basically have 3 environments to explore for now and I kinda got bored and decided to stop playing for a bit, not that I don't want to continue the stories awesome but lately I've been looking for an action packed game, which brought me to crysis and bulletstorm.

Nvidia 3D: It's not a game exactly but hell, it makes the experience so much better.  Well, for most games anyway.  This little guy is easy to install, easy to use and seems to be before it's time (like nothing I've seen before) it makes games that weren't meant to be 3D and turns them into awesome 3D adventures.  It's a bit pricey escpecially if you don't already have an Nvidia graphics card (it won't work with any other brand) but I feel it was worth it, I can watch 3D movies (Not movies that weren't shot in 3D though.) and I can play almost any semi recent game in 3D.  Best ones I've played so far, Half Life 2 and Crysis 2.  Dragon Age isn't that bad but it gave me a headache because they characters overlap and it was the same thing with bulletstorm.  (You can kinda see a shadow of the people you're playing on the screen)

Two Worlds 2: It feels kinda like the first one, I had a hard time starting off, it's confusing but it's beautiful.  Maybe I was just tired, I haven't picked it up since the first time, I didn't have my new graphics card installed and the game had artifacts all over the place which was a probable cause for why I found it so confusing, I might pick this up in the future again but right now I got enough exciting things to do.

So, I guess I'll move onto the main dish.  Minecraft.  This game is tiny, yet huge.  There's no story (yet) but you start off in a block world, almost like lego's except a lot of the game defies basic concepts of gravity. It's a simple game that even some older computers (I'm talking 15 20 years old) should be able to handle.  It has simple graphics and yet it has outstanding environments.  These maps are all randomly generated on the spot and allows you to explore a new world every time you start a new game.  The game has no point right now, just to build and if you're not playing on peaceful mode, survive.  At nightfall (20 minutes after you start a new game) zombies, skeleton archerers, spiders and other monsters come out and attack you, it kinda feels like a horror game, but it's cute at the same time.  So, basically you have 20 minutes to build a shelter.  For newbies I'd suggest a cave in a mountain side, or just a big hole in the ground and place a roof over head.  Of course, you'll need lighting and a bunch of other stuff or else you're gonna be stuck in the dark and one of the zombies or skeletons may spawn right near you if you don't have a light source.  However you're in luck, there's a huge community for this game already with extended tutorials on surviving your first night, making gardens, hunting, mining, and everything in between.  The wiki can tell you how to build everything and youtube has some pretty awesome tutorials on everything else.

Anyway, I'm getting myself hyped up from the game, I may take some screenshots and link them on here if anyone is interested.  Feel free to comment about anything I might have missed of if you have a game you'd like me to review.  Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Happy gaming!