Quests

I've recently finished playing KOTOR2. I was very, very cynical about its potential value for fun until I actually picked up the controller and built a character. Then I become hooked, hooked like I am with the nicotene or the sweet lure of coffee in the morning. I still have a job only because there are some very sloppy problems with the actual game itself. The target/combat system is horrible. You can't switch targets whilst on pause and stack your actions. Say you're stuck in the middle of a room full of Sith Assassins, you've gone and set your sites on the droid in the corner. No, you can't change until you actually enter the combat. The camera is a little insane as well. Try running away from an enemy your XBox realllly wants you to continue looking at. Not Easy.

The main reason I did enjoy it was its fundamental questing nature. God it was good. I loved making believe that I was some evil creature trying to save the universe from some other evil creatures. That feeling of wanting a purpose or being special to the grand scheme of things. Reality has yet to shake me from my fantasy of being Tiffany of the Special Quest for I've also started reading The Talisman which also involves a journey for answers. The parallel is entirely coincidental and also probably not unusual. After all, the quest is a massively used plot device so why not?

I'm still hankering for something, reading, tasting and listening to these stories of adventure. Right now I'm trapped with a minor headache from the horrible perfume of death in a boxed office with no windows. People don't say please and thank you to me. They expect me to jump when they want something and boy do they want things. The idea of making a poor choice by lifting my lazy ass off my chair and onto the road is very appealing. Who could I meet? What could I find? What experiences could I bring back?

I just need a mentor, I need someone to give me a problem and present me with a distant solution. Then I'll strap my pack on, hop on an open train carriage and eventually persevere, despite what the world throws at me.

Quest