Spider-man Review
January 11, 2018 I’ve been in a bit of a slump when it comes to reviews, so I’m going to revert back to my old style of positives and negatives. The “too long; didn’t read” is that Spider-man is a good super hero game, probably the best Spider-man game of all time, but certain design quirks and lackluster DLC keeps it from being as good as something like Arkham Asylum or Arkham City. That being said, let’s dive in. Liked Web swinging: the web swinging is definitely great and you can do a lot with it, thanks in part to a few additional movement options that weren’t available in earlier Spider-man titles. The ability to quick turn, zip to launch points, or simply pull yourself forward to maintain speed/altitude makes the web swinging feel amazing, but it does feel a little more floaty compared to how the great web swinging…
Daredevil Season 3 Review
January 11th, 2019 This season of Daredevil is one of those amazing moments in media where you realize why previous entries in the franchise haven’t been quite up to the level you’ve been expecting. Daredevil season 1 was an excellent Netflix series that only lost steam at the very end, with great characters and action scenes that held it all together from start to finish. The rest of the Marvel Netflix shows have ranged from good to terrible, but all have been missing… something. Finally, with this newest showing of Daredevil, we have our answer about what the other series have lacked. The key is “purpose,” a feeling like the show is actually going places and doesn’t spin its wheels for several episodes because there isn’t enough story to make up thirteen hours. Daredevil season 3 has exactly that: a purpose, a driving force, and a pace that rarely feels…
Star Wars Rise of Skywalker Rant/Review
December 21st, 2019 THIS IS FULL OF SPOILERS. It takes a lot to land a huge, overarching storyline, particularly one that’s been going on for over a decade. Avengers Infinity War and Endgame somehow managed to pull it off and deliver an enjoyable finale, which was especially impressive when you consider that it had to also contend with a roster of over twenty characters. Unfortunately, Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker fails to meet the same standard, ignoring logic, rules of storytelling, and things that have been established before in favor of pushing out a story that they hope won’t upset as many people as Last Jedi did. So yeah, I didn’t love this movie. What follows is my traditional three part review “list” but rather than “Loved, Neutral, and Hated” like I normally do I’m instead going to do “Good Things, Problems, and Nitpicks”. Because I had a LOT…