14 DAY TRIAL // Andrei Dumitrescu: This week has been a great one for the strategy lovers of the world because on Tuesday they were able to get access to the Rajas of India for Crusader Kings II while two days later the Hannibal at the Gates campaign was delivered for Total War: Rome II.
The problem with having access to two great titles at the same time is that I never actually know which ones I want to spend my free time with.
I have played a bunch of Total War: Rome II before, mainly to evaluate the changes of patch 10, and I do believe that most of my weekend will be spent trying to find the resources that Hannibal and his Carthage faction needs to take out the powerful Roman threat.
Rajas of India includes some intriguing elements of its own, but I will probably wait for the most popular mods to be upgraded before I fully commit to it.
Andrei Dobra: My weekend will probably be spent with Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, as I really want to continue my journey in the expansion's special adventure mode. I already completed Act 5 and, while it was pretty good, the adventure bounties and Nephalem rifts are much more fun. I also want to continue progressing with my crusader character as his abilities are a lot of fun and he can throw down with the best of them on almost all difficulties.
When I won't be crawling my way through dungeons in Diablo 3, I'll probably head into Mercenary Kings, the side scrolling shooter that reminds me of one of my childhood's favorite games , Metal Slug. The new title has shaped up really well after a great Kickstarter campaign so I'm eager to see how the finished product handles on PC.
Radu Haulica: I love a good story, and I love it when a single person tells it, so that is comes out nice and neat from start to finish. What I don't love is what JJ Abrams does, and he should be burned at the stake for the garbage he spews into this world.
Man has always regarded mystery as something interesting, but that is only because it allows you to find out new stuff about the world. What man is also good at doing is obscuring drivel in such a way that it resembles mystery on the surface and thus becomes appealing, as can be seen in so many areas of our world.
That is the reason why I will dedicate some of my time scrounging through online forums for some explanation for what went down in BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2.
I liked the game very much; it's very atmospheric and a fitting end to the series, but it feels kind of like Prometheus, where the movie sucks but if you read enough speculation online, it will start making at least some sense.
I try to keep an open mind in these matters and not judge, but I still can't understand why someone would wish not to understand something because there is nothing to understand. Not understanding something because it's too complicated or because I don't know enough math makes sense, but having the same reaction when there might be nothing to understand is simply puerile.