Hey readers as always new week new blog, all around the internet, you can see people opening their heart to the people of Haiti (in case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, Haiti suffered a 7 richter scale earthquake that killed thousands of peopl and devastated the cities) and since this is a gaming site I have a request for you, if you have Halo 3 or Halo 3 ODST jump into any match on wednesday and thursday with a specific emblem (red heart as emblem and a white circle as background, for every 1000 players hthose days Bungie will donate $100 so keep that in mind and share justo ne match with the caring community)

On other news, I've been playing Dragon Age Origins lately, and Mass Effect 2 is around the corner, so this is a great excuse to talk about RPGs and my take on them, that with a little background (yeah I know everytime I use this word I lose one reader)

My gaming history has been related on the first blogs so I'll skip that, my RPG history begins with my cousin playing Final Fantasy VIII on the PSone, I find it to be the most boring game style ever, that stuff of stopping every attack to decide what to do and boost your teammates etc. etc. was a little annoying to me so I had little to no interest in the game, some time passed and I grabbed a copy of Hybrid Heaven (nintendo 64/Konami) the game was a mix between adventure, platform and somewhat of an RPG style but instead of using regular RPG combat the choices you made where different combinations of punches, kicks and throws, the game was average at best, I got to play some RPGs but didn't enjoy them at all games like: Chrono Trigger, Quest 64, Final Fantasy VII none of them appealed to me. I kept my regular gaming RPG free.

and one! and two! and three! keep those muscles up boys!

Some time passed and I got my hands on a Game boy and by mere coincidence the yellow feer was at its best around here so I got to play some Pokemon (Blue version) I trained a pokemon and enjoyed every minute of it, so Pokemon was in my sight it was simple, had changing characters (one problem I have with RPGs is that many times they don't show what yo equip and your character looks the same with different attributes) and well it was famous, sometime passed and I got a Game Boy Advance and Pokemon Fire Red (Game Boy Advance/ Nintendo) I played that game a lot..actually I bought the GBA just for that game, but I plyed nothing more else RPGwise, for some time...

what will he do? beat the crap out of that squirrell

...then the unthinkable happened I decided to get a new console an XBOX actually, and a friend of mine lend me some games to get started included one of my all time favorites (two actually but the other is a completely different genre) as a fan of the series Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (XBOX, PC/Bioware) amazed me not just be cause it had a great stiry but it never felt like a turn based game, and all my character equipped was there to be seen, so I played it two times in a row and had a blast with it, becoming instantly one of my favorite games ever, I played the sequel (made by Obsidian) which was good but not as good as KotOR, still I enjoyed it and kept it as one of my favorite experiences last gen.

so much stuff in the HUD would scare me away if it wasn't a Star Wars game

I had a bit more open mind for games on the time being and I decided to get another RPG, this time another licensed one: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (XBOX,PS2/ EA) the game was turn based RPG but it had a Fantasy setting which got me interested, again equipment was shown on my characters which always helps me to get into a game, I have to be honest the game seemed to difficult to me, I had to replay some fights far too many times I wasn't used to boost allies and use defense spells etc. in the end the game was finished and I felt satisfaction out of it, sometime later, a second Bioware game was released on the XBOX this time it was Jade Empire (XBOX, PC/Bioware) the game had the same formula on the dialogues, but the mythological Chinese setting was perfect to give those Kung Fu fighters life, it had real time combat but with lots turn combat stuff disguised although brilliant the game I felt was too short and needed more locations ( Ihope they release a sequel sometime) I got to try some other RPGs but none of them appealed to me until the next Gen (I missed Morrowind).

get your fist in the air if you want some rock mofos!!!!

This Gen one of my first games was The Elders Scroll IV Oblivion (XBOX360, PS3, PC/Bethesda) which was an incredible experience that kept me going for hours and hours, the real time combat fantasy setting, customizable characters, architecture, different races and all made this one one of the very best games I had played by the time (achieveing a top 5 of my favorite games) I played lots and some more Oblivion, and to me it was unsurpasaable that was until my gf came home with the new Bioware game something called: Mass Effect (Xbox360, PC/Bioware) I didn't knew much about the game at the time, and I wasn't as interested in the premise, so I played it not to sure of what to expect and well...things turned out to be and still be one of my favorite games of all time.

At this point I was more open for new games so I decided to get a JRPG to give it a chance, my game of choice was Lost Odyssey (XBOX360/ Mistwalker) the game as always had this futuristicmagicfantasy setting of a lot of JRPGs and it had character design of the guy that made Slam Dunk (one of the few mangas/animes that I like) the game was ok to me, no equipment shown, turn based combat, swords destroying heavy machinery, don't get me wrong I recon it is a great game and one I would not fail to recommend, but it is not my ****for the most part, the thins I liekd about it are: heavy emotional plot, brilliant writing on a thousand years of dreams and great characters, an anecdote here; I was playing Lost Odyssey when my brother entered the room, just when he entered I was beating a demon and suddenly two boys in my party begin to sing something so ridicule that I diminished on my seat.

only a japanesse developer could make those boobs look so royal

JRPGs are not for me, but again a heavy western RPG was released: Fallout 3 (XBOX360, PS3, PC/Bethesda) I haven't played a game with more soul than this one everything had personality, the capital wasteland, the raiders, the characters all of this made me kept moving and hunting, the 50's art ****used on everything added a soft joke, but nothing that made me fail to get into it great game really, exploration was excellent, combat was although not perfect it had the ingenious VATS system and it had awesome music, something you wouldnt expecto n a post apocalyptic setting. Well this was a good set of RPGs right there, but I got my hands on another one: Dragon Age Origins (XBOX360, PS3, PC/Bioware) what a good game if a favorite of mine this gen? yes it is, how high in my favorite games? time will tell these games grow on me, so if it is good now next time I finish it it will be better to me, I just finihed this game, and had lots of trouble in character building and with gameplauy mechanics, by the end of it I had dominated most things of it, so I started a second playthorugh yesterday, different Origin, and I'm taking my time and enjoying every bit of it, because I have to admit I rushed through some parts of my first playthorugh, comabt wise is a mix between real time combat (think of KotOR) and some Turn based with a mix of strategy, solid solid solid game.

Dont ask me what the hell is going on in the screenshot

So this is it is hard for a RPG to grow in me, but once it does it becomes instant ****c and one of my favorites, I don't Know if Fable is an RPG if so is also one I like a lot, and well the RPG Elements of games like The Legend of zelda, Assassin's Creed, this is it, and well in a week from now I'll get Mass Effect 2, and it might be my favrite game ever o_o