Hello? Anyone out there? *crickets* Well, I haven’t had much to talk about lately when it comes to games. I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood but wanted to make a larger Assassin’s Creed post later. Other than that, I’ve just been playing Mass Effect 3 multiplayer.

I’ve learned that I play best with characters that I can spam powers with. For example…

Human Sentinel is my favorite and best class right now. I like that I can quickly set up my own biotic explosions, and I spam the hell out of Throw.

I play Human Vanguard occasionally. Even though I charge into troublesome spots sometimes, I tend to score well with this class too.

I know I’m not that great with Engineer, but I think it’s so fun. I’m not a fan of the Quarian one, but I like the Salarian one, and the Human and Geth ones are my favorites.

I like staying on Hunter Mode on the Geth, even though it makes me squishy. (I make sure I have my shield regen turret nearby.) The view was weird at first, but it’s pretty cool to be able to see through walls, smoke, and stealth.

I also play Drell Adept occasionally, but I try not to because… I believe Reave can drive a person insane. (Will they ever fix this bug?)

The Asari Adept is on my wishlist. I unlocked her in the demo but still haven’t been able to get her in the real game. I want her sooo bad D= I also wouldn’t mind getting the new Asari Justicar.

What about you guys? Which classes are your favorites?

This post is overdue, especially since Mass Effect 3 releases next week. (ZOMG SO SOON.) This is because I’ve been busy playing the co-op part of the demo over and over. In other words, the ME3 co-op is addicting.

I had doubts about adding co-op to the ME series, but it’s pretty great so far. I hope there will be more modes when it comes out because it does get a little repetitive. The format in the demo is in waves of enemies, and a few waves have special objectives attached to it (kill targets, hack computer, etc). You’re not playing as any of the story’s main characters, just generic versions.

I definitely had to adjust my play style which took me a while to get used to. I play the single player more like a RPG than a shooter. I pop up the HUD often and figure out who should do what. That doesn’t work in multiplayer since it doesn’t pause. I eventually adjusted to playing it mostly like a shooter, and I’ve stopped popping up the HUD completely, using the number keys for my skills instead.

I’ve been playing a human character the most because I haven’t been that lucky in unlocking alien characters (unlike my husband who almost has all of them). I’ve only gotten a Turian Sentinel and an Asari Adept so far. I’m glad Veteran packs are easier to get at Silver and Gold, but most of my unlocks have been for weapons I don’t use >.<

We’ve been playing the PC version, and it seems like the demo was built more for consoles. It’s annoying that there’s no text chat in the game lobby. I’m also still not a fan of being on Origin. I know it’s new and all, but it’s definitely lacking some nice things Steam has. Even the chat boxes are formatted in an annoying way.

We’re having a lot of fun playing co-op though, and this is only the demo. I’m super excited for the real thing to come out. I’m just hoping that I don’t play it so much that I get tired of it by the time it releases XD;;

So, I played the Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning demo to get extra items for Mass Effect 3. It’s hard to judge a game by its demo since… well, it’s just a demo, and in Amalur’s case, you’re also starting from the lowest level, so it’s hard to see its potential. Here are my thoughts anyway. (I kind of forgot to take screenshots and only have a few from the beginning)

In Kingdom of Amalur, a war is raging on between the Tuatha and mortal beings. Your character died but happened to be the first success in an experiment for immortality. In other words, you wake up from the dead. You start with an escape sequence, and then get put into a more open world where you can explore, complete quests, and whatnot.

- It’s an action RPG with the usual elements – armor, experience, abilities, etc. There are different playable races and your usual class systems: brute, rogue, and magic type. When you level up, you can spend points on talent trees.

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