The Blogtastic Blogfest That Is Getmeoutofthis.net!

So, as I sometimes do, I find myself unfocused, without a game I really feel drawn to playing. I’ve been trying about everything. While iced in, I gave many demos a try. Puzzle Quest Galactrix was better than the flash demo indicated. It’s certainly on my radar now, especially since it has a “space trader” buy high sell low mechanic built into it which sounds like a lot more fun than some of the side quests in Challenge of the Warlords. Defense Grid: The Awakening was a really great tower defense variant, but at 20 dollars, I really can’t justify the purchase. I even tried playing some more Peggle to think about whether or not I wanted to pick up Peggle nights, but dammit, the final boards in that game are kinda hard. I don’t know how you’re supposed to do them without getting lucky.

I feel like the main problem is that everything is coming out in the last two weeks of February. If just one thing would come out this week, I’d be satisfied, but no, it’s all then. Just look at this list: Dragon Quest V, Retro Game Challenge, Street Fighter IV, the aforementioned Puzzle Quest Galactrix… That is a lot of game power. Granted, Retro Game Challenge comes out one week earlier than the rest, but still. And the hits don’t stop in March either. I’m probably picking up The Dark Spire, Steal Princess, and Class of Heroes, and that’s just Atlus titles.
All these great games coming out at once just makes me grumpy. I wish what I wanted was spread out over the year a little better than it tends to be. I mean, Street Fighter and Dragon Quest on the same day is actually fine. I need something to play in between online matches while I’m chatting with people, and something simple like Dragon Quest fits the bill perfectly, but otherwise…
I’m especially disappointed in Atlus. They almost have games of theirs competing with other games of theirs. I mean, isn’t like… that Ys collection and My World My Way coming out on the same day now? And I think Steal Princess and Class of Heroes are on the sameish week as well… Mm, nope, I’m wrong on that one. Steal Princess comes out on my brithday and Class of Heroes is in April… but damn, still.
(I still love you, Atlus. You keep putting out everything you can, and I will buy the vast majority of it.)

But yeah, this is just mostly a post saying “Conform to my schedule, game publishers!” Which is stupid of me. I mean, if I didn’t buy so many games the day they were released, I probably wouldn’t have this problem. Oh well. I know my medium. I know my fun. I’ll chase it however I want, dammit.