Posted April 15, 2016
I absolutely adored Dungeon Siege, and I think "screensaver" is a perfect description of the game. It pretty much plays itself, but damn, was it fun for a long, long time. It's not often I find games that I play over and over, but that was one of them. I enjoyed Torchlight, but found TL2 much better. A bit repetitive, but good click-things-make-them-explode fun. I've adored Shadowrun Returns and Dragonfall, but have yet to give Hong Kong an earnest go. I honestly don't remember if I played the original years ago. I knew I'd heard of it, but that's all I remember. :)
A nothing-planned day is quite nice sometimes indeed. It's rainy out, which makes for a sleepy pup, so I'm planning on taking my favorite headphones into the living room and listening to some records that way. What's odd is that, as obsessed as I get with music and with audio quality, I've only listened to my good headphones with my portable audio player and with my pc, and I've only heard most of my records through the speakers I've had with most of this stereo setup since 1995. I have no clue why it hasn't occurred to me sooner to take my headphones out there and have some focused listening sessions instead of floorspeaker dance parties, especially considering one of the speakers has a tear in it and I can't turn it too loud without nasty buzzing sounds as a result.
Wait, I guess that means I *do* have a plan now. Well that just takes the fun right out of things. ;)
I enjoyed both Torchlight games. I can't really pick a favourite. It isn't a big difference, but I preferred the general atmosphere and art style of the first game, and that it was set in just one small town. Plus, I liked the gem-crafting more. But, the second game had more interesting classes and skills, and multiplayer. They were both good in their own way.
I meant Shadowrun Returns and Dragonfall. They are absolutely wonderful little games. I love the setting. Like you, I haven't gotten around to Hong Kong yet. I just finished Dragonfall about a month ago, and wanted to take a little break before the next one so I wouldn't burn out. I'd hate to get bored with it due to a Shadowrun overdose™.
Hopefully it sounds great, and you have plenty of fun :-) I have not been into records that much, but I generally prefer headphones over speakers. It feels like the sound is being pumped directly into my brain, which can't be healthy, but is really fun ;-)
