so... I've been gone for a while.
Understatement of the year, I know, but hear me out: I've been at an all time low with writing both here and elsewhere. It's not just the blog. However... I still haven't been blogging.
The thing is, I don't know what it is I want out of this blog. I know I had the review thing going, but I don't think that's a gig I want to keep up, at least not the way I'm doing it now. It's too monotonous. But I don't want to get rid of this blog for reasons, because I've convinced myself that there is something I can use it for. But I don't know what that is just yet.
So I guess that means we're in a transitional period. But there's still something I want to do.
I'm going to keep these relatively short due for both of our sakes. I mentioned in my last post that I had gotten both LEGO Batman 3 and Disney Infinity. I finished both of those games last month, and I didn't want to leave you guys hanging.
So LEGO first: LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham came out last November for all platforms. In it, Batman and Robin's adventures take them beyond earth and to outer space, where they, the Justice League, and the Lantern Corps end up teaming up with a bunch of villains to battle the evil Brainiac. I thought this game was really fun. The cast has been expanded, the controls have improved drastically, and the worlds and levels are more diverse. My only complaint is that there weren't nearly enough female characters (only two playable during the main game), and that I thought it was really weird to call this LEGO Batman when the story doesn't center around him like the first two did. Also, it was a little heavy on the fanservice, but since it came out during the 75th anniversary year of Batman's publishing, I can let it slide. Overall, I had a lot of fun with this one, and would definitely recommend it, especially if you found the previous game a little frustrating like I did.
Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes also came out last year, in September (Disney Infinity 1.0 came out a year earlier). For this game you buy separate play sets that determine which world and adventures you have. I had the Avengers play set that came prepackaged with the 2.0 re-release. The story of this, like most Avengers media post-MCU phase 1, pits the eponymous team against Loki, who is trying to take over New York City with the help of the Frost Giants. The team has to work to take him down before he rebuilds the Casket of Ancient Winters and freezes the whole city. I thought this game was fun as well, if a little repetitive. The controls are a little off to me, but I'm willing to attribute that to me being so used to playing LEGO games and still adjusting to a new game. The New York of this world feels bigger than it actually is due to the scale (another thing throwing me off because I came from LEGO). I am still upset about the lack of female figures for this (only Black Widow and Gamora for Marvel, and they can't even play on the same sets together), but this play set, at least, had three more girls show up in the game itself, evening out the cast. Since the other Avengers besides the one you play as don't show up except for cut scenes, because e I was playing as Nat it was basically four female characters and Nick Fury. In the end I also recommend this one, because once I got used to the controls it was pretty fun - and its a LOT less frustrating than the Guardians of the Galaxy play set, which I'm working through at the moment.
And there you have it. I don't know when the next time I'll post on this blog will be - hopefully sooner than later, though. I've got some thinking to do.
