10lives, A Realistic Way To Review Videogames

As mentioned earlier, I decided to revisit many of the old Blizzard games since they announced Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2. I set some goals and tried my best to accomplish them and this is just an update on those goals.

First and foremost.

1) Getting ranked in team games on Wc3. This wasn’t too hard since the patch reset. I only had to play around 30 games to do so, but I have a 50%+ winning record, so that makes me happy none-the-less. Here is a pic of this accomplishment

My warcraft rank

2) My second accomplishment was to revisit Diablo 2. It took a little bit to reorient myself to this game. It’s really interesting to realize how much games have improved in terms of user interface as well as graphics (both full motion video and sprite graphics.) Creating games and finding a good group of people is actually kind of hard I realize if you have never played this game. Luckily most of it came back and I was able to level up my Meteorb Sorc to 30 quickly and finish the game on normal. I may play more and try to rock out some better gear but for a revisit, this game was fun. I really hope Diablo 3 stays true to it’s roots while streamlining the game with the many modern advances in terms of interface and accessibility games today have taken on.

With the entire new Blizzard Line-up coming out, between Diablo 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and Starcraft 2, I’ve decided to replay and open my accounts in all 3.

My goals?

1) Get ranked in Random Team Games in Warcraft 3

2) Play Diablo 2 again, beat it online and get at least one character to level 50.

3) Play through both story modes in Wc3 and Starcraft.

Bonus) I may try some battle.net in starcraft, but since it’s THE RTS and I will most likely get stomped on, I may decide to just play story on this one. We’ll see.

Let’s see if I can accomplish all of this without losing all my free time. Wish me luck :)