I’m going to try to not give away any spoilers, and some of the stuff
that happened in the game was because of some of the choices I made in
the game. So it’s not going to be exactly the same for someone else, but
anyway, here’s the review.
I just finished playing the game, and it was a lot of fun but it’s
way too short. I know it’s only the first episode of a 5-episode game,
but the length of the game still annoyed me.
One of the other annoyances of mine is that some of the puzzles were a
little too easy to figure out, it might just be because I grew up with
point-and-click adventure games but the puzzles just seemed really
simple. There were a few difficult ones, but none that I’d call ‘hard’.
The one last annoyance was that there weren’t as many options as I
would have liked, some parts of the game I wished I could have had
another option to say but nevertheless, the options you’re given are
usually fine.
The rest of the game though was a joy to play, that they allowed you
only a few seconds to pick a choice bugged me the first few minutes, but
as the game went on, I grew to appreciate it as not making so that
players would over-think everything.
The characters felt like real people and most of them were a lot of
fun to talk to, which you got to do quite a bit as it was more about the
characters and how they reacted to the infection than about the
zombies. Occasionally, the characters would do something stupid like not
know that they have to put batteries into a radio to get it to work,
but those moments happened very little.
So at the end, I definitely would recommend this game to anyone who
likes a point-and-click adventure game or even someone who wants to try
one for the first time. Although, if you were hoping that it was going
to be a zombie-shooter game like Left 4 Dead, then you’re going to be
disappointed.
10/29/12
MOVIE REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13)
So I just came back from seeing the Amazing Spider-Man movie, it
definitely lived up to it’s name. It was much more realistic than the
previous three movies, and had much better actors.
The acting was very well done, Andrew Garfield was great as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Emma Stone was perfect as Gwen Stacy. Although, Rhys Ifans as Curt Connors felt a little over the top, but it still was okay.
The writing was brilliant, it had me intrigued from beginning-to-end. It also had Spidey acting just like he is in the comics, even quipping while fighting. The writers took a page out the Dark Knight’s book, and made it so that the city didn’t automatically think Spidey was a hero, which helped make the movie a lot more realistic.
There were only two problems that I had with the movie, one was that the special effects for the Lizard didn’t look that great, and that the 3D was really not as good as I had hoped.
Also there’s a few scenes where go into first-person perspective (ala Mirror’s Edge), when I saw them in the trailer, I thought they would be really tacky. But now seeing them in the movie, it actually made the movie feel more realistic.
A lot of people have been saying that the Spider-Man costume looked awful, I actually thought it looked great and liked it more than the other costume. Also Andrew Garfield looked terrific in the costume, although that could be because I have a bit of a crush on him.
The final verdict? The movie was amazingly awesome, if you haven’t seen it yet, I definitely recommend seeing it.
The acting was very well done, Andrew Garfield was great as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Emma Stone was perfect as Gwen Stacy. Although, Rhys Ifans as Curt Connors felt a little over the top, but it still was okay.
The writing was brilliant, it had me intrigued from beginning-to-end. It also had Spidey acting just like he is in the comics, even quipping while fighting. The writers took a page out the Dark Knight’s book, and made it so that the city didn’t automatically think Spidey was a hero, which helped make the movie a lot more realistic.
There were only two problems that I had with the movie, one was that the special effects for the Lizard didn’t look that great, and that the 3D was really not as good as I had hoped.
Also there’s a few scenes where go into first-person perspective (ala Mirror’s Edge), when I saw them in the trailer, I thought they would be really tacky. But now seeing them in the movie, it actually made the movie feel more realistic.
A lot of people have been saying that the Spider-Man costume looked awful, I actually thought it looked great and liked it more than the other costume. Also Andrew Garfield looked terrific in the costume, although that could be because I have a bit of a crush on him.
The final verdict? The movie was amazingly awesome, if you haven’t seen it yet, I definitely recommend seeing it.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13)
I just came back from watching The Dark Knight Rises, it was a
good movie; however it was not a good Batman movie. Also after the
realistic Begins and Knight, I was ready for yet another realistic
Batman film. I felt a little disappointed as I left the theater, it felt
as if someone had told Christopher Nolan that he was making a comic
book movie and he had decided to make it a bit more light-hearted than
the others.
Christian Bale was great as Batman as usual, but as Bruce Wayne, it seemed as if he was getting tired of the role. Angelina Jolie as Catwoman was wonderful, however they didn’t really use her character that well, and compared to the other Catwomen, she didn’t have the same pizaz as Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns.
Tom Hardy as Bane, on the other hand was not as good, I could hardly understand what he was saying. Part of it was because of the mask and part of it was because of the heavy Russian accent that he had. Then there’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, I know he’s a great actor but with some of the lines that he had to say felt very wooden.
The action was very well-done but there wasn’t really that much fighting till the last act, most of the time, Bane would just crush someone’s face or twist their head around 180 degrees. The final fight scene between Bane and Batman was awesome; however it felt like it ended way too soon.
Also, I have to mention the new armor/costume for Batman. It looked horrible compared to the other suits; the suit from The Dark Knight was all black and actually looked like an actually crime-fighting suit. This time, it is much lighter in color, looking very blue and the cowl looked like it was too small for Christian Bale’s face.
One of the things that I like about Nolan’s Batman movies was that the police were corrupt, however in this film, you were actually cheering on the police a few times. There was one scene where the police start chasing Batman and I was expecting more scenes like that in the movie, but it was only that one scene.
The reason I say that it’s a good movie but not a good Batman movie is because Batman’s hardly in it. Halfway through it, I almost forgot that it was a Batman film and not about Blake in a city taken over by terrorists. Also it felt like they were trying to wrap up too much stuff up and were no longer focused on the story.
My verdict? It was a good movie, but if you’re expecting another amazing movie like The Dark Knight, you’re probably going to be very disappointed. There were quite a lot of problems that I had with the movie, and left the movie with quite a few plot holes that will never get filled.
As much as I’d love to give it a higher score, I give it a 4/10.
Christian Bale was great as Batman as usual, but as Bruce Wayne, it seemed as if he was getting tired of the role. Angelina Jolie as Catwoman was wonderful, however they didn’t really use her character that well, and compared to the other Catwomen, she didn’t have the same pizaz as Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns.
Tom Hardy as Bane, on the other hand was not as good, I could hardly understand what he was saying. Part of it was because of the mask and part of it was because of the heavy Russian accent that he had. Then there’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, I know he’s a great actor but with some of the lines that he had to say felt very wooden.
The action was very well-done but there wasn’t really that much fighting till the last act, most of the time, Bane would just crush someone’s face or twist their head around 180 degrees. The final fight scene between Bane and Batman was awesome; however it felt like it ended way too soon.
Also, I have to mention the new armor/costume for Batman. It looked horrible compared to the other suits; the suit from The Dark Knight was all black and actually looked like an actually crime-fighting suit. This time, it is much lighter in color, looking very blue and the cowl looked like it was too small for Christian Bale’s face.
One of the things that I like about Nolan’s Batman movies was that the police were corrupt, however in this film, you were actually cheering on the police a few times. There was one scene where the police start chasing Batman and I was expecting more scenes like that in the movie, but it was only that one scene.
The reason I say that it’s a good movie but not a good Batman movie is because Batman’s hardly in it. Halfway through it, I almost forgot that it was a Batman film and not about Blake in a city taken over by terrorists. Also it felt like they were trying to wrap up too much stuff up and were no longer focused on the story.
My verdict? It was a good movie, but if you’re expecting another amazing movie like The Dark Knight, you’re probably going to be very disappointed. There were quite a lot of problems that I had with the movie, and left the movie with quite a few plot holes that will never get filled.
As much as I’d love to give it a higher score, I give it a 4/10.
SITE NEWS: Hiatus Explanation
I know I haven't posted a review about anything since my Avengers review, and for that I am terribly sorry. I loved writing reviews, but when I started writing the review for The Avengers, I felt something that I never felt before writing a review.
Not even half-way through the review, I became tired of writing it and it started to feel like it was a job. Since I'm not being paid for writing on here, it feeling like a job was not a good thing for me to feel. I started writing these reviews for something fun to do to pass the time, after they began getting tiring to write reviews, I started wondering whether I should shut down the site.
But then, I started writing some more reviews in a different format and started enjoying writing these again. So I'm not closing this down, but the new reviews that are coming out are not going to be written the same as my old ones.
Thanks for reading this and get ready for some reviews!
Not even half-way through the review, I became tired of writing it and it started to feel like it was a job. Since I'm not being paid for writing on here, it feeling like a job was not a good thing for me to feel. I started writing these reviews for something fun to do to pass the time, after they began getting tiring to write reviews, I started wondering whether I should shut down the site.
But then, I started writing some more reviews in a different format and started enjoying writing these again. So I'm not closing this down, but the new reviews that are coming out are not going to be written the same as my old ones.
Thanks for reading this and get ready for some reviews!
5/5/12
MOVIE REVIEW: The Avengers (PG-13)
STORY:
Loki is back and he's creating more havoc on Earth, forcing Nick Fury to create the Avengers to combat the threat.
POSITIVE ELEMENTS:
The heroes are very heroic, risking their lives to protect the civilians of Earth. Tony Stark/Iron Man, the most selfish of the bunch never shies from putting his metal-clad self in danger. Black Widow tries to free Hawkeye from Loki's brainwashing and Thor trying to make his brother stop the warmongering.
SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS:
Loki and Thor are both mentioned as gods throughout the movie, but as we learned from Thor, they not actually gods, they are just aliens from another dimension. At one point, Cap tells the Black Widow that "There's only one God, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that."
SEXUAL CONTENT:
Black Widow and other women are dressed in tight, sometimes low-cut clothing. After the Hulk turns back into Banner, we see him sitting in a debris field, naked. (We see him from the waist up).
VIOLENT CONTENT:
We see people get punched, kicked, thrown, bashed, smashed, clunked, clinked, pounded, kneed, stabbed, shot (with arrows, bullets and ray guns) and vaporized. When we're introduced to Black Widow, she's tied to a chair for the purpose of being interrogated by a Russian general and his goons. A man slaps her across the face, and the general walks toward a table filled with instruments of torture. He says she'll need to deliver a message to someone, then he picks up a pair of pliers and says, "You may have to write it down," suggesting he plans to pull out her tongue. Black Widow promptly turns the tables, beating up and knocking out the majority of her interrogators (mostly while still tied to her chair).
When the Black Widow is questioning Loki, he says that he'll make someone that the Black Widow loves to kill her "slowly, intimately, in every way you fear, then he'll wake up just long enough to see his good work. Then when he screams, I'll split his skull."
PROFANITY:
There are five or six uses each of "h‑‑‑" and "d‑‑n," and one or two each of "a‑‑," "p‑‑‑," "b‑‑ch" and "b‑‑tard."
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS:
Tony offers Loki a drink before pouring himself a glass of whiskey. Tony asks Bruce if he stays under control with the help of "a huge bag of weed."
CONCLUSION:
It is an excellent movie, I'd recommend it to anyone who loves superhero movies. At times, it does get a little grim, but the humor stops it from becoming too grim. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.
Loki is back and he's creating more havoc on Earth, forcing Nick Fury to create the Avengers to combat the threat.
POSITIVE ELEMENTS:
The heroes are very heroic, risking their lives to protect the civilians of Earth. Tony Stark/Iron Man, the most selfish of the bunch never shies from putting his metal-clad self in danger. Black Widow tries to free Hawkeye from Loki's brainwashing and Thor trying to make his brother stop the warmongering.
SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS:
Loki and Thor are both mentioned as gods throughout the movie, but as we learned from Thor, they not actually gods, they are just aliens from another dimension. At one point, Cap tells the Black Widow that "There's only one God, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that."
SEXUAL CONTENT:
Black Widow and other women are dressed in tight, sometimes low-cut clothing. After the Hulk turns back into Banner, we see him sitting in a debris field, naked. (We see him from the waist up).
VIOLENT CONTENT:
We see people get punched, kicked, thrown, bashed, smashed, clunked, clinked, pounded, kneed, stabbed, shot (with arrows, bullets and ray guns) and vaporized. When we're introduced to Black Widow, she's tied to a chair for the purpose of being interrogated by a Russian general and his goons. A man slaps her across the face, and the general walks toward a table filled with instruments of torture. He says she'll need to deliver a message to someone, then he picks up a pair of pliers and says, "You may have to write it down," suggesting he plans to pull out her tongue. Black Widow promptly turns the tables, beating up and knocking out the majority of her interrogators (mostly while still tied to her chair).
When the Black Widow is questioning Loki, he says that he'll make someone that the Black Widow loves to kill her "slowly, intimately, in every way you fear, then he'll wake up just long enough to see his good work. Then when he screams, I'll split his skull."
PROFANITY:
There are five or six uses each of "h‑‑‑" and "d‑‑n," and one or two each of "a‑‑," "p‑‑‑," "b‑‑ch" and "b‑‑tard."
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS:
Tony offers Loki a drink before pouring himself a glass of whiskey. Tony asks Bruce if he stays under control with the help of "a huge bag of weed."
CONCLUSION:
It is an excellent movie, I'd recommend it to anyone who loves superhero movies. At times, it does get a little grim, but the humor stops it from becoming too grim. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.
4/14/12
MOVIE REVIEW: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (NR)
STORY:
Dr. Horrible is an aspiring villain trying to get into the Evil League of Evil (ELE) and tries to beat his nemesis Captain Hammer, while trying to get up the nerve to ask out Penny; a woman who washes her clothes at the same laundromat as him.
POSITIVE ELEMENTS:
Horrible does not want to kill anyone, although it's because he thinks it isn't very creative. Both Penny and Billy (Horrible's alter-ego) try to give each other good advice. (SPOILER) At the end, Horrible realizes that being a villain isn't all he thought it was.
SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS:
None
SEXUAL CONTENT:
Captain Hammer says that his name isn't because of his fists, it's because of his penis. Later he says that he and Penny had sex, but we don't see it.
VIOLENT CONTENT:
We see Hammer and Horrible fight, but it's shown in a cartoonish way. Hammer slams Horrible's head on the hood of a car several times while he talks to Penny. Horrible mentions that Hammer dislocated his shoulder last week and that he recently threw a car at his head.
PROFANITY:
Horrible says 'balls' once as a expletive, and he says 'damn' twice.
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS:
One of the characters; Moist says that all he can do is make people want to have a shower. Hammer is shown to be a jerk and insults the homeless at one point.
CONCLUSION:
I really enjoyed the movie, it doesn't take it seriously at all. I wish it wasn't only 45 minutes long, I feel like they could have made it a lot longer and the ending was very depressing. Nonetheless, it was a great movie filled with quite a lot of stars, I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Dr. Horrible is an aspiring villain trying to get into the Evil League of Evil (ELE) and tries to beat his nemesis Captain Hammer, while trying to get up the nerve to ask out Penny; a woman who washes her clothes at the same laundromat as him.
POSITIVE ELEMENTS:
Horrible does not want to kill anyone, although it's because he thinks it isn't very creative. Both Penny and Billy (Horrible's alter-ego) try to give each other good advice. (SPOILER) At the end, Horrible realizes that being a villain isn't all he thought it was.
SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS:
None
SEXUAL CONTENT:
Captain Hammer says that his name isn't because of his fists, it's because of his penis. Later he says that he and Penny had sex, but we don't see it.
VIOLENT CONTENT:
We see Hammer and Horrible fight, but it's shown in a cartoonish way. Hammer slams Horrible's head on the hood of a car several times while he talks to Penny. Horrible mentions that Hammer dislocated his shoulder last week and that he recently threw a car at his head.
PROFANITY:
Horrible says 'balls' once as a expletive, and he says 'damn' twice.
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS:
One of the characters; Moist says that all he can do is make people want to have a shower. Hammer is shown to be a jerk and insults the homeless at one point.
CONCLUSION:
I really enjoyed the movie, it doesn't take it seriously at all. I wish it wasn't only 45 minutes long, I feel like they could have made it a lot longer and the ending was very depressing. Nonetheless, it was a great movie filled with quite a lot of stars, I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
2/2/12
GAME REVIEW: don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story (NR)
Warning: This review has some spoilers about the game, so if you want you can get the game here for free.
STORY:
You play as a teacher named Rook who has just started working at a high school in 2027, but as Rook go along he ends up dealing with teenage drama more than anything school-related.
GAMEPLAY:
It doesn't really have any gameplay, most of the time is spent reading the text that the characters say and occasionally picking your answers.
POSITIVE ELEMENTS:
Charlotte tries to get people to treat Taylor nicer after Taylor apologizes for her bullying, and most of the school is very accepting of the gay couples in the game.
SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS:
Akira mentions and explains what a shinigami is, which is kind of the Japanese Grim Reaper.
SEXUAL CONTENT:
There are about two mentions of blowjobs, and some of the times when Rook is with Arianna (his girlfriend) the wording gets a little... descriptive. And there is a story that you're told about Akira's mother seeing Nolan naked and tells Akira; 'Omedetou' which means 'Congratulations'. There's also a picture of you and your girlfriend kissing.
VIOLENT CONTENT:
On the AmieChat (the game's version of Facebook), Isabella posts "Goodbye World" and then vanishes until she shows up at the end of the story and explains that she just "committed suicide socially". Taylor (who's the bully) threatens Akira about staying away from her boyfriend.
PROFANITY:
There are about 35 uses of f***, about 8 uses of sh**, about 7 uses of b**** and about 15 uses of the slur f**, but usually it's used in a loving way.
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS:
Rook's girlfriend in the game is 17 years old, meanwhile Rook is 40 or so.
CONCLUSION:
If you can get past the profanity in the game, I'd recommend. It's a really fun game, if short as you can be finished in about 2-3 hours. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.
STORY:
You play as a teacher named Rook who has just started working at a high school in 2027, but as Rook go along he ends up dealing with teenage drama more than anything school-related.
GAMEPLAY:
It doesn't really have any gameplay, most of the time is spent reading the text that the characters say and occasionally picking your answers.
POSITIVE ELEMENTS:
Charlotte tries to get people to treat Taylor nicer after Taylor apologizes for her bullying, and most of the school is very accepting of the gay couples in the game.
SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS:
Akira mentions and explains what a shinigami is, which is kind of the Japanese Grim Reaper.
SEXUAL CONTENT:
There are about two mentions of blowjobs, and some of the times when Rook is with Arianna (his girlfriend) the wording gets a little... descriptive. And there is a story that you're told about Akira's mother seeing Nolan naked and tells Akira; 'Omedetou' which means 'Congratulations'. There's also a picture of you and your girlfriend kissing.
VIOLENT CONTENT:
On the AmieChat (the game's version of Facebook), Isabella posts "Goodbye World" and then vanishes until she shows up at the end of the story and explains that she just "committed suicide socially". Taylor (who's the bully) threatens Akira about staying away from her boyfriend.
PROFANITY:
There are about 35 uses of f***, about 8 uses of sh**, about 7 uses of b**** and about 15 uses of the slur f**, but usually it's used in a loving way.
OTHER NEGATIVE ELEMENTS:
Rook's girlfriend in the game is 17 years old, meanwhile Rook is 40 or so.
CONCLUSION:
If you can get past the profanity in the game, I'd recommend. It's a really fun game, if short as you can be finished in about 2-3 hours. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.
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