Padd Solutions

     The fall season for 2011 releases has begun and it's started off with a bang. Looking forward to this gaming season I made a list of games that I planned on getting day one, Amazon.com pre-order and all, and also a separate list with games I would just be looking forward to making room for as things slow down near the tail end of Q4. As I made these lists, one thing became very clear; I was going to be playing a lot of RPG's.

     As we barrel into the end of the year, the one thing that seems very consistent is the RPG element. In what I can only call a slap to the face of industry insiders who say "The single-player experience is dead.", this fall and winter release season sees not one, not two, not three but FOUR major Triple-A titles coming out that are focused around RPG gameplay. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (which I'm currently playing through), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Dark Souls and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Albeit Skyward Sword is more of an action RPG with light RPG elements, it is an RPG nonetheless.

     Once it hit me that I wanted every single one of these games and then some, my brain decided to bring to my attention my massive gaming backlog. After it had it's way with my lack of responsibility, it then directed my attention to the fact that I have a lot of unfinished RPG titles already sitting in said backlog. So it is with this in mind that I begin my massive quest. My unfinished backlog beckons me to beat it into submission and I will grant its wish.

     How this will go down is I will do a mini or normal review on each game in this list as I complete each one, depending on how much I have to say about each game. I will follow the order to a T and I will finish every single one of these games as they are listed and subsequently released (main storylines only, I'm not requiring 100% completion of each of these games [although I'll probably go back and do just that with many of them.])

     So, without further adeu, THE LIST.
-the list will be updated with links to each review as they are finished-

1. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - In Progress
2. Fallout 3
3. Mass Effect 2
4. Deus Ex (The original)
5. The Witcher
6. The Witcher 2
7. Vampires: Masquerade - Bloodlines
8. Final Fantasy 8
9. Xenogears
10. Demon Souls

     To be completed as they release;

1. Dark Souls
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3. The LoZ: Skyward Sword

     To anybody reading this, since I know the userbase of Gearbolt at the moment includes only the editors, I'd like to say this: Wish me luck. You do not know me, but I am like you. I am but a man. If you are a woman, I am but a woman with a penis, so I am like you. Pray for me.

Thank you.