I started thinking about games that I need to play and then I realized that I suck at completing games. I think the most recent game that I’ve actually finished was Okami.

How long ago was that? A while ago.

I’ve beaten Oblivion and Shivering Isles [if you can ever beat those games] but I didn’t have the balls to beat Drake’s Fortune.

Well, in my defense of that one, Drake’s is like a movie that you get to interact with occasionally. The husband was playing Drake’s on his own save and I was watching him play and it just didn’t make any sense for me to “watch the movie” again. At least I got to see the ending of the game. [And it was cool, too.]

Remember Kingdom Hearts? The first Kingdom Hearts.

Yeah, haven’t beaten it.

#2 came out before I had beaten #1 and I just moved onto the second game. Now, #3 is due out…wait. Does anyone know when? If you know, will you let me know?

Kingdom Hearts 3 is kind of like Loch Ness or Bigfoot – everyone has heard of it or knows a cousin’s, uncle’s, brother who knows about it, but no one has actually seen it first hand.

One game that I can proudly say that I have beaten is the Lion King game for Sega Genesis.

Do you remember that game? It was sweet!

I’m not being sarcastic. I ruled that game and Scar was my bitch!

For those of you who still haven’t bested Scar, you have to make him jump over you and off of the cliff’s edge. Please refer to the picture on the left of your screen.

I beat Psychonauts, too. Can’t forget that awesome game.

It really does rock, but is often forgotten. You can either buy it at the Amazon link that I posted, or you can usually find it in the bargain bin at your favorite game store. I think we picked our copy up for maybe $5. Best $5 I’ve spent in a while.

I guess I should explain why I don’t “beat” games. It’s not that they get too difficult or that I’m a big gaming baby. Honestly, I have the attention span of a fruit fly. [That's not very long] There are tons of games that hold my interest until the middle and then fall flat on their faces. So, for me to actually finish a game really says something for the game.

Take Assassin’s Creed.

Loved the concept. Loved the graphics. The fact that the cut-scenes were interactive made me happy. And, I guess it was kind of fun to shove my blade into a guy’s neck. BUT, after a while, it got really old to do the same thing over and over.

Pickpocket a bad guy. Check. Eavesdrop on a bad guy. Check. Interrogate beat the crap out of a guy. Check.

After the third time of doing all of that stuff I just wanted to puke. But, I trudged on. I wanted to love Assassin’s Creed. In the end, I got to the final “boss” and all of the sword fighting and it just got old and I was finally tired of the game. I’ll go back and beat the damn thing so I don’t loose my street cred, but it will be a while.

Now that I’ve written all of this, I kind of want to dust off the first Kingdom Hearts and just start over.

Maybe this time I’ll actually finish it.

Post from: EveryJoe