Gentlemen if you have me as a 3DS friend you may want to get ready to remove me. I've spent all of 5 hours playing with my 3DS in 2012 and that isn't likely to change any time soon. I've spent more time taking pictures with it than playing games on it and I think a reality has set in that I no longer have a lifestyle that really makes handheld gaming a viable way to spend time. When I worked out of a home office it was perfect for killing small bits of time (or large ones during companywide conference calls). Now that I'm in an office those opportunities are long gone. And it's not that I don't really want to play the games that are available because there's several I'm really interested in like Kid Icarus and RE:Revelations. But when I get home, the idea of staring at a small screen just doesn't appeal to me after I've already spent 8 hours staring at another computer screen from 2 feet away.
The only time I've really spent considerable time with it was during Easter weekend when I was stuck with the in-laws and that's not going to happen often enough to make me think I'll be playing it anytime soon. So as of 5 minutes ago it went up on Craigslist to see if I can trade it for something equally good that I can use. I'm loathe to just take it to Gamestop for credit since I've got around 15 eShop games on it, and those won't count for anything as a trade-in. I'll make a note of it to everyone if I do indeed go through with it, but I wanted to post something about it now. You know, just in case you guys get a 3-D penis picture from me via Swapnotes a week from now. Just want you to know it wasn't me.
So are you playing anything these days? I have not heard you talk about a Wii game for a while, I know your 360 is in stasis.
Sweet. What games?
How did I manage to end up with the only flimsy DS? Finding it in a rubbish bin may have helped I suppose. And I did manage to fix a completely snapped off screen with bluetac so I suppose that's something.
Dark Souls, Portal 2, SSF4 (my old copy got a wicked scratch on it so I needed a replacement), Disgaea 3, and Bulletstorm (originally I only rented it but I want to get back to it again). Plus he's throwing in enough cash so that I can get something else or save it for dinner or date night.
Was it an original or a Lite? I know the Lite had problems with the hinges, but my original red brick took a serious beating over the course of many years before it finally died.
Not bad taste there. I cannot wait to hear your Saints Row impressions too. Looks like Yoda is doing a cast with me tonight, so you are free this weekend (the times you were available would have been early morning Saturday my time, so I blanched at the idea. Yep blanched.
Original.
Blanched? Is that some kind of Golden Girls insult?
And I hate to disappoint but I'm not loving Saints Row. I love the complete over the top scenarios, but the gameplay itself isn't wowing me. Sandbox games are very hit or miss with me though. I also accidnetally gave my character a horribly annoying voice so I know thats not helping things. I'm going to put it away for a while and come back to it. I see potential, but need to be in a different state of mind to enjoy it.
Yeah, I don't reccommend it to all. I can see how it might miss, partidularly if you did not play the second one or are not a fan of the genre (as I am).
I do think... think... you can change the voice though.
I was playing Fire Emblem Sacred Stones on the 3DS and Path of Radiance on the Wii before Italy. Then the disruption to the house stopped all that so I haven't played a game in almost 2 months.