Update of an update. The first draft is finished and I got my wish of "remembering a feeling" and have slowly been reminded of the age old adage of "be careful what you wish for"
Just to give a little bit of an update, I finally got working on the story. I overcame some of the issues I had by changing the format to a narrative poem which is something I've never done before and has made working on it much more enjoyable. I am almost finished with the first draft and already have a few ideas on where I want to refine it, so yay me!
It's all good and I thank you for the helpful advice. I have no problem talking writing either so feel free to chat me up if you want to vent or talk shop.
Yeah, this sort of thing can definitely be difficult when there is a long period of time separating yourself from the initial feelings that inspired the idea. I'd personally just say to write it anyways. Writer's block will always be around, and you just have to shoulder through it. Will what you write turn out crap? Quite possibly, but the hardest part can sometimes be just getting out that initial draft. After getting those ideas out on paper, reading over it again, working on the revision process ... sometimes just that process can help bring those emotions and whatnot back into focus that you are trying to tap into. Or maybe it won't. And if it doesn't, you can always table that draft and come back to it another day when you are possibly feeling it more. I've just always thought that if you want a story to be written, it's never going to happen unless you are the one that just pushes through that block to get it out. All that being said, I've been in the same place myself. Sometimes no matter what, I just am not in a place in my life to be able to write the piece I want to. Still, I think it's always good to have some bit of writing from the idea to go back to because no matter how crappy it turns out, there's generally at least one little golden nugget there I could use in the future. And I know you said you didn't want advice and I'm sorry. I didn't intend on actually typing something out this long. It's been quite a while since I've talked writing with people. I miss it.
I think this has been helping me.
I know the feels Maybe this will help
Well, good luck with your thing! Writer's block is horrible - I have it all the time, actually. I feel it usually goes away after some time regardless of how much time I spend actively fighting it. Hope it leaves you soon.
I forgot to mention in my comment that I agree with the fact that I didn't expect much from Flower. I'm also bad with playing games on my PC. I get too distracted on my computer too easily and just end up never playing anything. If Cloud is anything like the other three, it should be worth experiencing though.
You know, I just never get around to playing games on my PC. I use it so much for work or searching the web that I just never feel like gaming on it. Still, I might have to check the game out. I agree that Journey is probably the better game but Flower just surprised me more cause I didn't expect as much from it.
Have you tried Cloud at all? It was the first game they did if I remember right, but I think it's PC only. It's free to download. That one has always intrigued me just because I like these three a lot, but I keep forgetting to try playing it. Flower is probably my favorite of the three despite thinking that Journey is the better game overall. There was just something nice about getting back to the dorms after class or going home after work and being able to relax while playing Flower. It's also fun to just kind of craft the story of Flower in your head as you play along.
Kanno - just wait, there's some pretty hilarious Renegade dialogue in the second one, if you know where to find it
@Quinter: I had to push myself to finish the third for the sake of having finished the trilogy. Just made things worse
I actually really liked RenShep's dialogue better in ME1 over ME2 so far. Partially because ME2 RenShep can't decide if he likes or mistrusts Cerberus. He also just got funnier dialogue in ME1 *Murders a room full of mercs, walks into a storage room where two obviously scared workers are trying to defend it with pistols* Worker: We'll shoot man! RenShep: I just killed like 40 guys to get in here, what chance do you really think you have? Worker: You're right, we're not payed enough for this *runs away* Also, as I mentioned with the Pro section, the way the dialogue tree works, I was able to make a Ren Shep I could live with. There are more than enough dialogue options to max out one of the Karma sides and still enough over to nearly max out the other so my RenShep wasn't the total xenphobic, alien hating pro-human asshole the game wants him to be. He just didn't mind killing people to get the job done and really didn't get along with the council or his superiors. I went Paragon with most of my conversations with the crew barring Wrex and Garrus who seem to like RenShep better than "Heart-on-his-sleeves" ParaShep. I have noticed that people who don't like the Krogan tend to be people who skipped the first game, and I must say that Wrex is like a 100x better than Grunt in terms of being an endearing character, and making you feel bad for the Krogans. He sells their conflict to you pretty well whereas the info you get in ME2 makes me see why players wouldn't be invested in it as much. The trilogy does come with most of the DLC, though I think the Arrival is not included but the Shadow Broker one is along with Zaeed and Kasumi, whom I've already recruited and did their loyalty missions.
I loved ME1, and thought ME2 was great. But for every improvement made, their were two disappointments. Then ME3 came along, and I was utterly disappointed. I couldn't even finish that unplayable cack.
Most people who play maleshep don't like KaidAn and I never knew why cause i always played femshep. Well I decided to play maeshep once and I realized why. His dialogue with maleshep is so limited. I got why people thought he was whiny and boring. They just dont' go into his story as much as a maleshep. Renegade in the first game is really inconsistent You're just being a jerk to be a jerk. The dialogue isn't that well written. It gets better in 2 but a lot better in 3. I agree about the liara love ness. It was always weird for me. If you can, i dunno if the trilogy comes with it but definitely play the DLC for 2. One's DLC doesn't matter but 2's does. Like Liar of the Shadow Broker is my favorite DLC of any game ever. And then the urm one that comes before 3. I dunno why it's DLC because it explains why you're on trial at the very beginning of 3. If you don't play it you'll be a little confused. And it goes a bit more into the whole political blah again. I read the first novel. The prequel about anderson and Saren and how Saren ended up finding stuff. That was interesting. He was a dick but he was an efficient dick. It's cool cause Kaylee Sanders is like the main character in that novel besides anderson and she appears in the third game. So if you kept up with the lore other than just the games it's kinda a "OH HAY" moment. It's an easy read if you wanna try it. It tells you how Anderson was almost the first human spectre. Check it out if you want!
From a gameplay standpoint, I can say I'm disappointed in ME2 already because it just seems like they went out of their way to wipe out or dumb down most of the RPG elements, which I happened to like in the first game. Planet exploration has also had the few redeeming quirks about it removed and left with the tedious stuff, though I do appreciate the map now telling me what missions are available in each galaxy. Renegade is pretty fun, and I especially liked its unique mission in the first game which was pretty funny, cause even RenShep realizes it's all a setup to exploit his personality quirks: Shepard: I really don't think its a good idea to send me into negotiations meeting. Admiral Hackett: You're the perfect person for this job... Shepard: Right... cause I have the greatest track record on those...
I haven't played ME1 and actually went straight into ME2. (OOPS!) now I don't think I will play ME1 until I've done ME3, because I love my custom femshep, once I'm finished with this one, I think I'll play through the whole trilogy with another femshep and maybe play as a renegade... but I like Paragon too much. My Shep is badass though! I also love Quarians, like you, I think Salarians, Volus and Batarians are my least favourite. I'm also not that big on the Krogans.
It's too bad they smurfed up so badly with ME3. The first game was excellent, and the second offered some interesting new places in the galaxy, but I didn't like the direction they headed into, which culminated in ME3 being a fully generic TPS piece of trout.
I don't own BG2