The First Sunday
Aug. 29th, 2004 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_ytStayed up way too late last night playing Invisible War. Since I didn't have earplugs it took me a while to fall asleep. This morning the cafeteria didn't open for brunch, so I just had one of my diet shakes. I'm looking forward to having omelets again, courtesy of the Erdman dorm omelet bar.
I took the train to Philly this afternoon. The high-rises at Penn have been renovated and look much nicer. They don't smell like barf anymore. No, I'm serious, they used to. Ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scifantasy, who actually lives there and just moved in today. I was sort of intending to help him, but he had his stuff all moved up by the time I got there, and I couldn't really have helped unpack - I would have just been underfoot. While I was there, I beat Invisible War, which will help me get over my current obsession with it, and finished the next-to-last chapter of my fanfic, which I must e-mail to Rachel.
I'm going to try and get some actual sleep tonight, despite a lack of earplugs, which I must get tomorrow. On Monday I really have to start working. I have my first class to shop, my first Senior Conference, and the gym to visit to see how I should arrange my workout. I hope I can do independent study weightlifting, which will suit my purposes. If not, I have to find some other PE class and talk to my dean about the fact that I don't have eight credits yet.
I must also go to the Career Office to ask what resources are available for my job search. I hope to get a job in Philly or nearby. Oy, it's going to be a busy year, and I know I'll be freaking out soon. I must make sure to leave off playing on my computer until after a certain time at night, when I've already done a good amount of work. It's not so hard for me to resist playing, but hard for me to stop once I start.
I played my first game with the female character and had her ally herself with JC and Paul Denton in their quest to revive the Helios AI and bring all of humanity to the next stage of evolution. The ending cinematic for that was actually pretty satisfying, since it shows the consequences of the choice (unlike the endings in the original Deus Ex). "The only frontier that has ever existed is the self." Way out. I think I was influenced by the fact that I played the previous game a lot, so how can I help but trust Paul and JC? It was kind of creepy, though, seeing the character I used to play turn up on my infolink. They did a good job of rendering him and Paul. They resemble their selves of old (that is to say, the first game), but are realistically aged. The brothers also sounded the same, since Jay Franke did their voice-acting again. Tracer Tong was the only character from the old game who didn't sound the same. I think they used a different actor for him or something.
Now I'm playing as a male character and being a real bastard. I'm sticking with the WTO (last time I went mostly with the Order) and helping the Illuminati in the end. Next I plan to stick with the Order until I can join the Templars. Next time I'll just do the anarchist thing (which I liked to do in the original) and not let anybody rule the world. One thing I like about this game is that you can pick sides while you're playing, instead of just at the end as in its predecessor. Still, Invisible War falls short of its predecessor in some glaring ways, particularly in the music department. Some of the music was recycled, slightly altered, from the old game (which is fine, it's good music), but it isn't as much of a presence as before. I don't like my music way in the background.
The gameplay isn't quite as innovative as the original (and it's frustrtating in some ways), but the world and the character interactions are still cool, and the game is very compelling. I just hope I can get over the "compelling" bit before it causes trouble with my studies.
I took the train to Philly this afternoon. The high-rises at Penn have been renovated and look much nicer. They don't smell like barf anymore. No, I'm serious, they used to. Ask
scifantasy, who actually lives there and just moved in today. I was sort of intending to help him, but he had his stuff all moved up by the time I got there, and I couldn't really have helped unpack - I would have just been underfoot. While I was there, I beat Invisible War, which will help me get over my current obsession with it, and finished the next-to-last chapter of my fanfic, which I must e-mail to Rachel.I'm going to try and get some actual sleep tonight, despite a lack of earplugs, which I must get tomorrow. On Monday I really have to start working. I have my first class to shop, my first Senior Conference, and the gym to visit to see how I should arrange my workout. I hope I can do independent study weightlifting, which will suit my purposes. If not, I have to find some other PE class and talk to my dean about the fact that I don't have eight credits yet.
I must also go to the Career Office to ask what resources are available for my job search. I hope to get a job in Philly or nearby. Oy, it's going to be a busy year, and I know I'll be freaking out soon. I must make sure to leave off playing on my computer until after a certain time at night, when I've already done a good amount of work. It's not so hard for me to resist playing, but hard for me to stop once I start.
I played my first game with the female character and had her ally herself with JC and Paul Denton in their quest to revive the Helios AI and bring all of humanity to the next stage of evolution. The ending cinematic for that was actually pretty satisfying, since it shows the consequences of the choice (unlike the endings in the original Deus Ex). "The only frontier that has ever existed is the self." Way out. I think I was influenced by the fact that I played the previous game a lot, so how can I help but trust Paul and JC? It was kind of creepy, though, seeing the character I used to play turn up on my infolink. They did a good job of rendering him and Paul. They resemble their selves of old (that is to say, the first game), but are realistically aged. The brothers also sounded the same, since Jay Franke did their voice-acting again. Tracer Tong was the only character from the old game who didn't sound the same. I think they used a different actor for him or something.
Now I'm playing as a male character and being a real bastard. I'm sticking with the WTO (last time I went mostly with the Order) and helping the Illuminati in the end. Next I plan to stick with the Order until I can join the Templars. Next time I'll just do the anarchist thing (which I liked to do in the original) and not let anybody rule the world. One thing I like about this game is that you can pick sides while you're playing, instead of just at the end as in its predecessor. Still, Invisible War falls short of its predecessor in some glaring ways, particularly in the music department. Some of the music was recycled, slightly altered, from the old game (which is fine, it's good music), but it isn't as much of a presence as before. I don't like my music way in the background.
The gameplay isn't quite as innovative as the original (and it's frustrtating in some ways), but the world and the character interactions are still cool, and the game is very compelling. I just hope I can get over the "compelling" bit before it causes trouble with my studies.
