I've been on a heavy PC kick lately for some inexplicable reason, and after the gaming wonders of this past holiday season there's a Bioware-shaped hole in my heart where Dragon Age Origins used to be. I've therefore decided to go on an expedition into the dark, mysterious caverns of Shoppesville Plus this weekend to try and find copies of the last two Bioware games that for one reason or another, I never got the chance to play - Neverwinter Nights 2 and Jade Empire: Special Edition.
I actually had a copy of NWN2 back in the day, being a huge, HUGE fan of the first game, however my video card at the time wasn't quite up to snuff (I had an inno3D GeForce 6 series, and was getting a slideshow-level framerate of 6) and, defeated, I eventually gave it away to somebody who could make better use of it. When my PC finally got upgraded to something a little more decent, I had moved on to better things (like my at-the-time shiny new PS3!) and poor NWN2 was left to rot in the sad pit of obscurity. In fact, you could say that my frustration at not being able to play NWN2 despite having it in my hands contributed greatly to my stepping away from PC gaming - I was THAT pissed off.
Jade Empire on the other hand I was all set to play on my friend's modded Xbox back in the day. How could I resist? The game's basically a combination of two things I love dearly - Bioware RPG's and motherfucking Kung Fu! Sadly, said friend had to move out into the far-flung reaches of the South (far flung = bandang Batangas na) so I lost my access to his Jade Empire Playing Machi-- er, I mean, his Xbox 1. So once again, I was SOL.
Still though, I wonder where this strange need to play PC games again is coming from? Hindi naman ako nagretoke ng PC recently.
Is my gut telling me that it's time to upgrade my PC again in preparation for Diablo III? *dun dun dunnnn*
Holy shit! Looks like it's time to donate part of my salary to Papa Nvidia. My mouse finger is getting twitchy.
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