So I just spent...No spent isn't the right word. Lost. I just lost two hours to Rogue Legacy. It's an amalgamation of many enjoyable things. Balls difficult, like you'd expect from a Rogue-like. Randomized as well. It has some Castlevania: Symphony of the night thrown in there. A bit of the "One more turn" from Civ. The twist is that your characters have traits, which can get passed down. You get money during your trips in the castle, which you spend to unlock new classes and upgrades after you die. Any money not spent is given to the gatekeeper prior to re-entering, so you're encouraged to spend it. I did end up being a Shinobi, who was near-sighted, and had irritable bowel syndrome. It's just a lot of fun. Highly recommended. Play with a controller if possible.
Quick notes:
Great article on Kotaku about Sid Meier. This quote sums me up too, I asked Meier, who is 59, if he ever thinks about retirement. “I kinda feel like I am retired,” he said, laughing. “I'm doing what I wanna do—I've been retired for a long time. I still love making games, so I've really never thought of that.”
I was had a block of meetings today that was from 2:00pm until almost 7:00pm. To be fair, the last one was supposed to be over at 5:00, but ran over...just a bit. It's all going to be worth it!
I'm working on a variant for Legendary, the Marvel deck building game. Should iron out some problems I have with it.
Amazing stuff. The comments contain some great ones as well. Phew, I could barely catch my breath on some of them. So good.
Nothing too major today, other than Volition being awesome. They brought around a drink cart to offices today to give people refreshment as thanks for working hard on SRIV. When I say drink, I mean DRINK. They had the margarita machine on there. I was in a meeting and was handed a Screwdriver. The game industry is a lot like Camelot (a silly place), except you WANT to go there. Awesome of the studio to do that for everyone.
Quick bits:
This Pathfinder Adventure Path is awesome. Starts with players at level 1, ends with them around 17-18. That's an insane amount of content. If you're playing in my game, don't even think about reading it! I'll know.
I need a dry/wet erase mat. I really wish I'd picked up a set of Tac-Tiles when they existed, but alas. They were these amazing dry erase interlocking tiles that had a grid already on them. They were fantastic. Apparently a company has the rights to them now and is going to do a kickstarter soon, but I need them sooner than that. I'll probably pick up a set anyway.
Rogue Legacy is out tomorrow. Seems cool. Can't wait to give it a spin.
Glad I didn't actually have to use this for real last night/today
