Well. I'm writing this to get my thoughts down, and because writing it under my AARs would be like me hijacking my own thread. If that's possible?
I am at this very moment taking a break from studying. I have re-written a chapter for the Tin Isles, and I think it's looking ok. Certainly better than what I had originally written. Having fleshed out minor characters means that I'm going to be changing the chapters that I pre-wrote and even dividing them up to a certain extent, which is actually pretty enjoyable. Its a way for me to see how my writing has become... fuller.. in a short amount of time. Since I did not really start writing with a clear plan it's been nice to come back and add in the sense of purpose that I've been developing as my story itself has developed.
That being said I am having a harder time with my Shogun 2 piece, although that is probably because I just don't have the time to coordinate two campaigns' worth of story right now. It wouldn't be doing the story justice. Aaand I'm also a little distracted by Attila.
After the disappointment of Rome 2 I was skeptical of Attila but after watching a few Let's Plays I decided to buy the game and give it a shot and I am very glad I did. The game is just solidly better in my opinion. Yes it's not perfect but it is good. I played a bit as the Saxons, got my arse handed to me as the Ostrogoths when some Romans (I believe it was 5 or 6 legions) decided to chase me for 1,000 miles and finally end my horde (a bit ridiculous and one of my few complaints about the game). And I'm waiting for the DLC to be cheaper. Let's face it, I'm on a budget and $9 for a couple factions isn't worth it in my eyes. Maybe $2-3 but oh well.
Another "problem" I have is that I feel almost compelled to write about these games. I just love the sense of history from recording all of the events in my games, and I've been like this with many games: Rome (1), Medieval II (especially IB2), Mount and Blade (+mods), Shogun 2, Empire, Skyrim and now Attila. I have to say that Skyrim was a hassle though, at least until I got a journal-writing mod. I think Skyrim AARs are impressive, probably because the game constantly provides so much material all the time. Literally every moment can be written about. I just couldn't get into writing about Rome 2 because I didn't really care about what happened to the people, the generals and dynasties, but with the return of family trees in Atilla I'm interested again. Or maybe it's just the time period. I did play Barbarian invasion a lot more than Vanilla Rome. When I record the events I can look at the individual histories. This general did that, that legion participated in those engagements, and so on. Which brings me to my next statement.
I'm probably going to end up writing about Attila. Like there's a 97.8% chance that I'll be posting about it. There's a 100% chance that I'll write about at least something since, well, I already have. Lately the late- and post- Roman time frame have just been incredibly interesting to me.
And now I will be returning to the sad world of studying. I may or may not post an AAR update tonight. Calix meus inebrians