Sunday, December 26, 2021

Jack Red reviews Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, during my huge Christmas Steam purchase. I decided to get Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!. This originally was a game on mobile devices. You play as an headless Kamikaze to reach Serious Sam in every stage to blow up on him.

There's forty stages between the desert & the jungle. It doesn't change that much but it kinda works. Serious Sam is the only boss character this time around. Hazards are worse than frogs & bombs. You can kick as well as jump during the stages. You can change out heads which is kinda interesting the option even in there.

Serious Sam himself has a couple lines in game. The game is very forgiving constantly getting you opportunity to collect more extra lifes. Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! is already dirt cheap as well. There's not much to say on this short game. You kinda wish there's a little more to spike up the game.

Update: Be-Rad Entertainment commented on my playthrough video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRowN2kPtSo

Top 8 2021 Games I Played

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, I am doing a blog version of my recent list. I got some interesting games to talk about. This year I gotten games across two platforms for a truly epic finale. You could even say this is even better than my last year's list, you likely are right. So let's get right into it folks, keep in mind this is strictly my opinion alone.

8. Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol (Xbox One)

7. Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! (Steam)

6. Charlie: The Legend (Steam)

5. The Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe (Xbox One)

4. UnMetal (Steam)

3. Horror Legends (Steam)

2. Resident Evil: Village (Xbox One)

1. Castlevania Advance Collection (Xbox One)

I will do things a little differently since I don't want this to be longer than necessary neither ruin possible future reviews. I'm going to quickly talk about each one starting from the bottom game working my way up to the best.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol

This to me felt notably off with a strange placement of extra content. Also the emulation wasn't perfect while lacking some newer options to make it way more enjoyable experience. I will even say this is far from what it should be.

Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!

This originally was an app game that got remastered in a way for it's rerelease on Steam. It is a very straight forward game that's easy to memorize how it works. Although, most of it will repeat you still kinda have a good time playing it.

Charlie: The Legend

This is a case even with one person working on the game. It simply needed a little more to help stand out from it's competition. I will confirm it is a decent multiplayer game that's currently flying underneath people's radars.

The Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe

Last year, the PC version made the list. This year, it's Xbox One port did. I already talked a great deal about this amazing compilation. To me, it's the definitive AVGN video game you need to play. Easily one of the funniest games I ever played.

UnMetal

UnMetal is a parody/tribute of Metal Gear. Amazingly it is it's own experience with the story as well as the characters. They took the bread crumbs yet molded something truly unique with it. UnMetal in all honestly one of the greatest indie games I ever played period.

Horror Legends

To be honest, I bought this a few years ago while the game was still in beta. Earlier this year, it got an full release on Steam. This is one of my favorite horror multiplayer games I ever played. Honestly, more people need to check this one out.

Resident Evil: Village

A truly amazing entry in the franchise, Resident Evil: Village is a must play. I can't even criticize it much since not all the content is there with what we already have being done so well. This game is easily an competitor for game of the year awards.

Castlevania Advance Collection

A compilation of four Castlevania games. It is a huge improvement over Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Three of the finest entries I ever played. I felt this the entire compilation has the very best ratio how one should be done.

Jack Red reviews UnMetal (2021)

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, I'm a huge Metal Gear fan. It deeply upsets me Hideo Kojima got treated so poorly by Konami during the development of Metal Gear Solid V. I started to lose hope I may never get another decent Metal Gear experience ever again. Then came this parody/tribute game of that franchise called UnMetal.

UnMetal follows Jesse Fox attempting to escape from General X. They took a major risk by making it very similar to classic Metal Gear game play with an increase amount of humor. Surprisingly, it was well balanced in that regard. Honestly, one of the absolute funniest games I ever played. It is more like Metal Gear 1 and 2 from MSX computer than anything else.

At the same time, it wasn't a rip off of what was previously done. Instead it very much was it's own thing, very surprised to see that. There's no question a handful of these characters are parodies of Metal Gear characters. Like Jesse Fox is parodying Solid Snake with younger versions of Big Boss. Colonel Harris is a parody of Colonel Campbell, well you get the picture.

There's some crazy scenarios including a couple you get to choose. Yes you heard correctly there's multiple decisions in this game. Very few of them requires additional stuff in order to correctly solve those puzzles. It's mind blowing how funny this game turned out to be. You got a few bosses you would never face in any Metal Gear games.

Such as an giant eel, an samurai and an nuclear submarine. Like Metal Gear, you got to use your wits to get far. Even one particular boss fight is set up through the conversation. I actually found out about this game through a streamer named Smokaloke's Metal Gear marathon early on. I also bought a lot of stuff in the purchase including this game's soundtrack too.

I just checked twitter, I got a reply from the voice actor behind Jesse Fox. UnMetal is a game with it's own levels of complexity. You got some interesting boss fights with surprising decent voice acting as well. Drill Sergeant is easily one of my favorite characters. For free on Steam version you can download a voice pack with voices from famous streamers including Smokaloke.

UnMetal is broken up into ten chapters. Yes there's a chapter selection to allow you replay the game how you want. You also get some surprises you won't see coming on the way. This comes incredibly close of actually being an Metal Gear game. Actually way more than I ever expected. UnMetal is a love letter to those who love Metal Gear series.

You can save in bath rooms or an empty toilet you carry in your inventory don't ask lol. There's also some game play mechanics in their own sections as well. Like in one chapter you can pilot an submarine while another has a boat with an machine gun. The visuals are truly amazing stuff as well. This game is a huge surprise in and of itself.

UnMetal has plenty of rememberable moments people will be talking about for years to come. I really hope they make an sequel in the future. You get some clever puzzles you wouldn't regularly get in Metal Gear series. Like the wires puzzle or navigate an labyrinth. I'm not going lie even with directions getting through the labyrinth is a real pain.

I am really glad I took a chance on this game. It's witty, silly at times and it does try being serious all at once. UnMetal is easily one of the most impressive indie games I ever played. This concept was a huge challenge, I'm very blown away how damn good the actual game was. Overall, it is a very strong recommendation especially if you're a Metal Gear fan to check this one out.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Death Battle Fight Prediction: Yhwach (Bleach) vs Kaguya (Naruto)

 Special thanks goes to KamiZephyr on DeviantArt for making a great coverage blog on these two characters. Which clearly saved me a lot of time as well as space on this following prediction blog.

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, today I'm going to do essentially an expanded take on my new prediction. I am not going to sugar coat this, a lot of people aren't going to enjoy this. Personally, I'm hoping enough people can prevent this from even happening on their show. Regardless, this is strictly my opinion of the fight.

Yhwach

Yhwach is the son of the Soul King as well as the source of all quincy powers. He started an thousand years war that eventually got the attention of their mortal enemies, the soul reapers. Yhwach later absorbed two gods to become even more of a deity.

Kaguya

Kaguya is an alien came to Earth, precursor to every Chakra technique in history. She is worshipped by people while feared by others. Her bloodline eventually evolved into the Uchiha clan. Kaguya also was the first person to be the host of ten tailed beast.


Powers and Abilities

Regularly I take the time to fill this in. Thankfully someone else really took the time doing that to a much greater degree.

https://www.deviantart.com/kamizephyr/art/Prelude-Kaguya-VS-Yhwach-758193876


Advantages

Yhwach

+Way more powers potentially

+Capable of shaping every plain of existence means he always have battlefield advantage

+More broken regeneration

+Superior eyes to instantly see everything from every possible angle at once

+Already previously sealed an spiritual being capable of destroying the world

+Capable of stealing powers even if they don't have pieces of his soul

+Likely can withstand Kaguya's technique to disrupt chakra path ways

+Due to his unique bloodline, Kaguya can't copy his techniques

+He can teleport in any plain of existence he wants

+If he dies while affected by an illusion will instantly break through it

+He can instantly revive himself by altering the future

+He also can instantly have weapons broken with his future power as well

+Easily can consume Kaguya

+Through his if that power is an ally, it can't harm him in any possible way

+Superior barriers

+Superior strategist in comparison

+Potentially faster

+Through altering the future power, he can set up traps

+Capable of casting Kirchenlied: Sankt Zwinger that can destroy anyone inside

+Can prevent paralysis through using Ransotengai

+His future power can alter blocked attacks into successful blows

+In the soul society guaranteed to have enough energy for quincy techniques

+Superior senses

+Majority of techniques requires less energy in comparison

+Potentially has more counters in comparison

+Through The Fear can make Kaguya more vulnerable


Kaguya

+More elemental powers

+More energy sources

+A lot more energy in comparison

+Capable of absorbing energy

+It's possible for illusions to work on Yhwach

+More powerful

+Possibly older

+More sight theme powers

+Capable of controlling what's inside the dimensions

+Could manipulate Yhwach's spiritual pressure to a degree

+She can create clones

+More likely to create barriers

+Creating seals


Disadvantages

Yhwach

-A longer period of storing his powers

-If Jugram dies while having The Almighty gets rig of that ability from Yhwach

-A weapon made from Still Silver can disrupt his powers

-Prefers using his own powers in comparison to those from his servants

-Possibly younger, although not by much

-It is possible for a difficult battle to get him tired


Kaguya

-A lot less powers

-She can't copy Yhwach's techniques

-Yhwach has a method to possibly seal the ten tailed beast

-The god trees can be destroyed

-The Infinite Tsukuyomi will not work on Yhwach for multiple reasons

-She can't get around his god sight

-She also can't get around his future power either

-Yhwach altering every plain of existence means he always has the battlefield advantage

-Likely get burnt beyond ashes if Yamamoto's zanpakuto gets used

-If she gets caught by his consume ability, it's game over

-Virtually no counter against if that power is an ally, it can't harm him ability

-Yhwach has experience with techniques meant to disrupt his powers

-Even if his powers are disrupted, he can rapidly get them back at a much faster rate

-Likely won't have any weapon capable of disrupting his powers

-Very likely won't know his unique power connection with Jugram either

-Also likely doesn't have proper counters for majority of quincy powers Yhwach has

-Isn't as much of a strategist as Yhwach

-Vulnerable having her powers stolen

-The ten tailed beast will attempt stealing control when Kaguya is notably low on chakra

-More arrogant in comparison

-Illusions can't work if they are directly used on Yhwach after his god sight activated

-Likely get caught by surprise from traps set up from altering the future power

-Likely get torn apart from being inside Kirchenlied: Sankt Zwinger

-Yhwach can use Ransotengai to prevent paralysis

-His future power can alter blocked attacks to successful blows

-In the soul society, Yhwach has limitless access to reishi for quincy techniques

-Not as good overall senses

-Requires her third eye to travel through dimensions

-It's very difficult to seal Yhwach

-Yhwach has plenty of ways to get around Kaguya's barriers

-Has more energy usage techniques

-Lacks as many potential counters in comparison

-Yhwach has counters for methods to exploit memories as well as emotions

-Likely vulnerable to The Fear if Yhwach uses it


The link above also covers their weaknesses as well so I'm going straight into the verdict section.


Verdict

Yhwach


I highly suggest you take breaks reading this. The following verdict is going to be quite long. I'm going to try fully explaining my argument why Yhwach easily wins this fight.


Clearly this was meant for which manga series had the more terrifying final antagonist. But the more I personally looked into it, the more obvious who the victor going to be. I'm not going to lie, Kaguya in her own right is an impressive being. I personally not a fan of either character, in fact I heavily disliked Yhwach a lot more.

I am well aware it states Kaguya is immortal or is she? Other members of her race can be killed. Those with the tailed beasts do have notable regeneration abilities. Especially those possessing either Kurama aka the nine tailed fox or the ten tailed beast. However regeneration requires chakra in order to work. So a difficult prolong battle would work against both characters.

Of course this isn't even close to one of many problems Kaguya will have in this fight. Yhwach previously stated Yamamoto's zanpakuto while it's in bankai state. The nine tailed fox, the ten tailed beast and Yamamoto's zanpakuto are all stated in their respective canons. Capable of destroying the world.

Yhwach can easily use his zanpakuto to instantly burnt Kaguya beyond ashes even without attacking. His flames are equal to that of the sun means even Kaguya's hottest fire theme techniques are useless. This also means her coldest techniques are doomed to fail as well. It is possible that Kaguya potentially knows every chakra theme technique in history.

Sadly in the long run, none of it even matters. Don't worry I'm going to fully break it down. Before you throw flaming arrows as well as pitch forks, you Naruto fans really need to hear me out on this. Yhwach constantly held his own against the strongest Bleach characters by himself. It heavily applies Yhwach possibly beyond Kaguya's level in combat.

Kaguya also uses the god trees as a source of energy. However it is possible to destroy them. Even if she absorbed them with the ten tailed beast into herself. It doesn't change the fact, Yhwach has so many powers she can't actually counter. I'll start with his own powers, yes there's a huge surprise relating to this.

Kaguya does have more eye theme techniques. The only reason Aizen was even able to hypnotize Yhwach in the first place simply because they previously talked before his god sight activated. This allowed Aizen to have his powers worked on him. It also means with his god sight activated, it's virtually impossible to hypnotize him otherwise.

His god sight actually allows him to know everything in every possible angle at once. This means he already knows every possible technique she's going to do. Which allows him to always be several steps ahead in combat like he constantly done to Ichigo. Obviously surprise attacks are completely off the table here.

If that wasn't bad enough, Yhwach also has if that power is his ally, it can't harm him. It also has an special ability to even making those attacks completely incapable of harming him in any possible way. Abilities like this are game changers in combat. He also can steal abilities even from those who doesn't have pieces of his soul.

Yhwach also can consume Kaguya thus ending the fight. He could summon eyeball creatures to over whelm her. These things can also act as a powerful shield for Yhwach. He also is capable of making an massive city size barrier as well. Yhwach through absorbing, his father the Soul King can alter every plain of existence at once.

In this case means Yhwach will always have the battlefield advantage. Considering Death Battle universe is a neutral universe. This is very bad news for Kaguya. Yhwach also has the ability to alter the future I'm not kidding. Yes this does include those he died in. He can instantly revive himself on the spot.

The same power also allows him to break targeted weapons to instantly break among usage. He can even make his attacks that got blocked changed into successful blows I'm not kidding. He also can set up traps as well making this a rather unfair ability to go up against. Yes he can play mind games while using this ability as well as predicting his opponent's moves.

Kaguya can several types of dimensions sure. As previously stated, Yhwach can alter every plain of existence. He also can instantly travel through dimensions through using his Shadow ability. Yhwach also has a power spell capable of tearing anyone inside apart as well. Kaguya will struggle using her paralysis techniques because of Yhwach's Ransotengai.

Kaguya also doesn't have many techniques to disrupt Yhwach's powers. She wouldn't have access to a weapon made out of Still Silver. Very likely she wouldn't even know about his power connection with Jugram. Jugram gets majority of Yhwach's powers while he asleep. Which means during this process if Jugram dies with those powers, they're gone for good.

The problem with that is Jugram also a capable fighter in his own right. Kaguya can do impressive regeneration while Yhwach let's be honest has very broken regeneration in comparison. One time Ichigo slashed him, within a very short period of time he healed instantly afterwards. This even bags the question how to even kill him in the first place?

It took a well shot Still Silver arrow from Uryu to disrupt his powers during the final battle. However due to his powers, the rate they'll return is very fast compared to the rest of the quincies. Believe it or not, we still haven't even talked about the one thing likely missed in most people's arguments related to this particular versus debate.

It is very critical we even discussion literately the fine print itself. Yhwach done several rituals with people where they drank his blood to get powers while shortened their own life spans. When an quincy dies, their piece of his soul returns to him. Not only he becomes more powerful with a longer life span. He also regain abilities from them as well making him even more broken he already is.

Now if you go to the link above it does quickly cover most quincy powers. Just minus both Uryu and his father since Yhwach didn't take their powers. Even if he did take Uryu's powers, he would've gain more control over this fight. Although it doesn't even matter since he already has exactly what he needs to win.

In the soul society, reishi is everywhere meaning he'll always have additional energy for his more traditional quincy powers. Kaguya can manipulate enemy chakra sadly Yhwach defeated Ichibe who can manipulate the true names, the metaphysical representations of among other things including sentient beings.

This allowed Ichibe to grants himself power over those he targets with his power. This includes Name Curse the ability to lose their voice required to use those powers. Basically he had to fight a broken character virtually limiting his potential. Until his god sight kicked in to ultimately win the fight. I highly doubt Kaguya ever faced anyone like Ichibe in comparison.

Sadly her methods to completely destroy Yhwach's body is virtually useless. Yes she can completely do this but as previously stated Yhwach altering the future makes this a waste of time as well as energy. Kaguya can create clones while through using Gremmy's powers so can Yhwach to quickly even the odds.

This very power could potentially do all the other powers combined with much more insane possibilities. Like when Gremmy temporary opened an section of space itself on Kenpachi. Hell he also could use the same power to create an asteroid capable of destroying the seireitei within impact. Keep in mind, this is a very large building filled with thousands of soul reapers.

On foot, it takes roughly 40 days to get from one side to the other. They never fully confirmed the actual size of that building. So there isn't much to go on for comparison purposes. What we do know is whatever Gremmy creates very true to what he believes it to be. Which meant it actually would've destroyed the seireitei.

Yes there was a barrier but the quincies were smart enough to have a few ways to bypass that problem. They secretly kept an eye on soul reapers for years without them even knowing it. Kaguya doesn't have counters for the following abilities I'm going to name from other quincies. I'll even explain why as well to the best of my abilities no pun intended.

The Balance from Jugram allows the user to control fortune and misfortune in his sphere of influence. He can give himself the good fortune while redirecting the misfortune onto his enemies. Yes this does include tanking damage to only give it to his opponents on a notably worse degree. The Deathdealing from Askin can control the Lethal Dose of anything he ingests or touches.

This also allows the user among ingesting blood can poison someone with their own blood. He also can give himself immunity to any type of attack if he can survive it. Thus two abilities right there preventing attacks from potentially killing Yhwach off. The Fear from As Nodt can allow the user to find fear within memories to exploit.

He also can instill fear into others through his Heilig Pfeil. The Glutton from Liltotto can consume opponents including memories and powers. The Heat from Bazz-B is another fire alternate to instantly kill people a few ways. Now that's two methods of fire Yhwach has that's very fatal among contact. The Jail from Quilge can trap people who aren't quincy inside a reishi prison even after death.

It also prevents dimensional travel greatly limiting Kaguya's options. The Love from Pepe can manipulate others into obeying his every command. The Miracle from Gerard allows the user to turn damage including lethal into size and strength. This also greatly limits a lot of Kaguya's options in comparison.

The Overkill from Driscoll allows the user the more he kills, the more powerful he becomes. The Power from Meninas can control how much strength she has. Which does include increasing her muscle mass. The Question from Berenice allows the user to cause opponent to question & doubt themselves.

Of course, this is a weird ability that involves Kaguya to listen for it to work. I don't think this one would go far but it's still worth mentioning. The Roar from Jerome can use Weaponize Sound in powerful roars. The Superstar from Mask de Masculine requires cheering. This allows the user to become more powerful, increasing physical stats as well as regeneration.

The Underbelly from NaNaNa can allow the user to sense the flow of reishi in an opponent's body. Which would technically apply to chakra in this particular case. Further limiting Kaguya's options to even attempt escaping Yhwach. It also allows the user to directly target weak points to rending the enemy immobile.

The Wind from Nianzol has some similarities to some stuff Kaguya has. However one of it's abilities makes it impossible to hit the user normally. The X Axis from Lille allows the user to fire shots capable of pierce everything in the direction it's aimed at. It can pierces the space without affecting durability. He also can fire a massive beam of light with the properties just larger.

The Yourself from both Royd and Lloyd Loyd can mimic someone. Royd is more about their memories and knowledge. His brother Lloyd mimics their powers as well as appearance. Which means Yhwach could suddenly look like and act like Kaguya to throw her off. Neither brother's mimic ability is flawless but it does come surprisingly close.

The Zombie from Giselle can allow the user to turn others into corpses with her blood. She can control the dead including the previously-killed corpses. Mayuri had to alter some of her zombies to create a possible loop hole to kill her off. This is due to the fact none of the living actually capable of killing her.

This ability alone is incredibly unfair in comparison. I felt I wanted as long as I needed to prove an point. Yhwach vs Kaguya is a surprisingly one sided fight. Even if Kaguya had the stats in her favor. It still wouldn't change the fact, Yhwach has plenty of ways to come right back in this fight. Yhwach is simply too op as well as a very broken character.

Some of Kaguya's similar techniques could cancel a handful of Yhwach's out. Even those are that similar are even more op in favor of Yhwach especially in fire's case. To sum it up Yhwach has a lot more broken powers, skilled enough to constantly held up against stronger beings and greatly limit Kaguya's options.

Now even if Yhwach doesn't use Yamamoto's zanpakuto and additional abilities from deceased quincies. The Almighty with additional god powers he absorbed virtually guarantees Yhwach victory regardless of the possibilities. Kaguya doesn't have any solid methods to keep Yhwach's powers away long enough to kill him in time.

After all, Uryu stepping in a few ways is the only reason Ichigo ended up even killing Yhwach off for good. Including all the powers Yhwach has can virtually prevents Kaguya from escaping altogether. You can even say there's no real hiding place Yhwach can't find. If Yhwach took out the god trees before she absorbs them prevents her from getting a notable power boost.

Yhwach could release Yamamoto's zanpakuto in order to trap the ten tailed beast if he really wanted to. Including additional abilities from gods he absorbed does allow him to be the perfect person for the job. Yhwach himself could simply alter the future in the event of getting killed off by Yamamoto's zanpakuto while Kaguya doesn't have many counters for that.

The Zero Division is stated to have their total power far surpasses the power of all the 13 Divisions together. Keep in mind, it is only five former soul reaper captains. Now that's truthfully impressive considering Yhwach defeated their leader, Ichibe in combat. In comparison, Kaguya did struggle against Naruto and Sasuke mostly due to how both of them reminds her of her children.

Otherwise she would've went even harder on them to possibly win rather than the outcome that happened. Yhwach himself in the end did throw away his own people. In that regard, he'll do whatever he needs to do to achieve his goal no matter how crazy it is. Kaguya has no real way to kill Yhwach off for good.

I didn't even mention Yhwach has proven to fight well without an weapon. Which makes him even more dangerous in combat. Kaguya can't even seal him away for a lot of reasons stated here. I highly doubt Death Battle would allow an fight to end with one of them getting seal away. Clearly still alive, no they want to give us a more clear whose going to win after killing the other person scenario.

In the long run, Kaguya can only do so much to delay the inevitable. Sure she mastered most chakra techniques. But Yhwach could still figure them out at a fast pace. Prolong usages of big techniques will eventually led to her own downfall. Not to mention, Kaguya started the arrogance still presented in the Uchiha clan.

Even some key figures in Naruto states that some techniques can't be copied from those of an unique bloodline. This would actually include Yhwach since he is the son of the Soul King. He also the very source of every quincy powers. Therefore Kaguya herself is incapable even copying his techniques. She also has no counter for Yhwach directly stealing her powers or consuming her a few ways.

Kaguya is stronger as well as more skilled in Madara Uchiha. Sadly, Yhwach virtually has an answer for everything Kaguya can do in every possible situation. Kaguya could travel through creating rips in space-time as well as dimensions she has control over. Yhwach having the ability to alter every plain of existence alone makes this an small issue for him.

To be fair, Kaguya does have her methods to see memories as well as emotions on those she used them on. Yhwach simply has more methods of doing the same as well as more direct counters for those powers. Which meant Kaguya actually wouldn't get far from doing that. Thus even further limiting her options, let's be honest she's doomed to fail here no matter what she does folks.

Winner: Yhwach (Bleach)

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Death Battle Fight Prediction: Saitama (One Punch Man) vs Popeye (Popeye the Sailor Moon)

I figured to make my last Death Battle prediction with additional information I gotten not long ago.

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, consider this more of an extended take on Saitama vs Popeye prediction blog. I was deeply disappointed we didn't get Galactus vs Unicron. Instead we get a match that's ridiculous not even close to being balanced. I can't technically call it a stomp but I know a lot of people see it that way.

Saitama

Once a civilian, he chose to take direct action. He came up with his regular exercise route. No one expected him to become this insanely strong guy. Widely known to one shot most villains he faces. Saitama is someone under class where he should be neither properly receive respect from other heroes. He is meant to be truly invincible regardless what's thrown at him.

Popeye

Popeye was a sailor for most his life. He often gets into trouble with people especially Bluto. He is a classic comic strip character with a few shows as well as a live action movie. Popeye is more of a comical broken character capable of doing anything he wants. You could even say the neutral universe Death Battle is on can't even survive the insane levels of force.


Powers and Abilities

Saitama

+Superhuman strength

+Superhuman leap

+Shockwave Generation

+Superhuman speed

+Superhuman durability

+Superhuman stamina

+Superhuman agility

+Superhuman reflexes

+Superhuman senses

+Afterimage Creation

+Supernatural Dexterity

+Invulnerability

+Enhanced Lung Capacity

+Vacuum Adaptation

Temperature Resistance

+Pain Suppression

+Proficient Hand to Hand Combatant

+Improvisation

+Superhuman Accuracy

+Keen Perception

+Strong Teeth

+Intimidation

+Indomitable Will

+Non-Physical Interaction


Popeye (without spinach)

+Early superhuman strength

+Superhuman speed (comical purpose)

+Superhuman durability (he can get hurt)

+Early superhuman stamina

+Early superhuman reflexes

+Superhuman senses


Popeye (with spinach)

+Superhuman strength

+Superhuman speed

+Superhuman durability

+Superhuman stamina

-Superhuman agility

+Superhuman reflexes

-Superhuman hearing

+Superhuman senses

+Reality warping (comical purpose)

+Invisibility (he did it once to beat up the ghosts)

+Transformation (comical purpose)

+4th wall breaking

+Summon more spinach (believe it or not includes a god)

+Body Manipulation

+Flight

+Resistance to Harm

+Adaptive

+Flame Breath

+Healing

+Invulnerability

+Wind Bursts

+Toon Force

+Size Manipulation

+Age Manipulation

+Resistance to Fire Manipulation

+Attack Reflection

+BFR (Possibly can knock characters out of animation frames)

+Clairvoyance

+Magic (Creation, Animal Manipulation and Explosion Manipulation)

+Sound Manipulation

+Fusionism

+Clothing Manipulation

+Magnetism Manipulation

+Fire Manipulation

+Limited Duplication

+Non-Physical Interaction

+Resistance to Existence Erasure

+Minor resistance to Freezing

+Lightning Manipulation

+Resistance to Mind Manipulation

+Hypnosis

+Dimensional Travel

+Creation

+Transmutation

+Deconstruction

+Weapon Mastery

+Immortality

+Regeneration


Advantages

Saitama

+Due to his regular exercise, he will remain insanely broken

+With spinach, Saitama trumps in stats

+Regularly fights stronger enemies on a daily basis

+Very likely going to caught on to Popeye's one weakness

+No known limit

+He can eat Popeye's spinach to become more op

+Smarter


Popeye

+Superior stats

+A lot more abilities

+A lot more overall experience

+Has defeated more powerful beings from his old comic strips

+Very likely get more spinach

+More confirmed training

+More likely throw Saitama off with his powers


Disadvantages

Saitama

-Despite his stats being very good, still falls short to Popeye

-Not as experienced

-More likely to not take any fight seriously

-Has no counter to a lot of stuff Popeye can do

-Still requires oxygen

-Likely get thrown off by Popeye's powers


Popeye

-His power up has a short time limit

-Saitama very likely can prevent him from eating more spinach

-Without spinach he won't last long

-It is possible to prevent him from getting more spinach

-Saitama could eat spinach to become more broken

-Not as bright

-Saitama likely can counter or tank most his abilities

-Heavily depended on spinach in situations


Weaknesses

Regularly I take time to explain both characters here. But considering that's going to be a major factor in my argument. I decided to move all that into the verdict section, trust me it's critical information. I will confirm both of them are insanely powerful beings.

Verdict

Saitama


I am not going to lie, this was very tricky to determine who actually would win this fight. I'll even break it down before I start my argument. Both of them are insanely broken characters in different ways. Saitama was meant to be the invincible super hero while Popeye was allowed to do anything. Obviously for comical purposes, he can do some truly ridiculous stuff.

Both are ridiculous durability, mind blowing strength and beyond light speed. Saitama can't counter a lot of Popeye's powers. However Saitama very likely can easily handle them. At their core, they are heroes capable of the impossible even logic doesn't no longer apply to them. Surprisingly they have some abilities in common.

This is one of those fights we have to ignore stats. Kinda like the case of Reverse Flash vs Gokua Black. But for a different reason, Popeye has tanked some impressive stuff over the years. Including a few occasions he got erased from existence. Clearly durability wise, Popeye trumps. Raw power surprisingly also goes to Popeye for defeating an eighth dimensional being as well as God.

Yes you heard me correctly, God now both of those alone trumps anything Saitama has ever defeated. Speed wise, it is surprisingly close with oddly enough both characters having a similar moon feat. Both of them through different means went from the moon back to Earth in a very small amount of time. Popeye was slightly faster in comparison.

Popeye does have some ridiculous powers making it very difficult for anyone to prepare against. Popeye also has more confirmed experience which does include training. Which is something Saitama doesn't necessary have. As you can see I had plenty of reasons to go with Popeye. So the big question is why am I not doing that?

As much as I loved Popeye, a long time fan myself. This fight ultimately came down to one critical flaw. Popeye requires spinach to even be on Saitama's level. Saitama himself got that way through regular exercising. Which means he's going to remain as an insanely broken character regardless what happens.

It is possible for notably weaker characters to prevent him from getting spinach. One time Bluto was determined to keep Popeye away from spinach, yes folks this actually happened in a cartoon. Not to mention, Saitama very likely will take him out as soon as he has the chance. This is a fight, the character with the most advantages actually going to lose.

Not only that, mostly Popeye fights regular people as well as animals. Of course, there's exceptions like two beings created by a guy rubbing an magic lamb. Saitama usually fights way more stronger opponents in comparison. Which means in theory he could possibly hold his own against that eight dimensional being or Popeye's God.

Also considering Saitama can outdo a blast meant to destroy an entire planet in a single punch. This meant Saitama could easily tank stuff Popeye throws at him as well as counter his strongest efforts. A lot of people don't even realize Popeye's additional broken powers aka toon force has a time limit. Which is not a position you want to be in against a guy like Saitama.

This fight is kinda similar to Green Lantern vs Ben 10 in a way. There's plenty of proof Popeye without spinach is still human. He can get sick or harm badly while that's no longer an issue with Saitama. Yes Saitama still requires oxygen in space but defeating a powerful monster inside a black hole. Which is surprisingly something Popeye himself haven't done.

This fight alone would easily out last Popeye's power up from spinach. He had to constantly hold his breath while fighting against this monster. It means Saitama possibly handle the worst punishment Popeye can dish out. Let's be honest, the animators would be too afraid to piss off Saitama. Another way to look at this is Popeye has to be powered up to do massive damage while Saitama doesn't even need to try for the same result.

Of course, when he gets serious more raw power gets dish out against whoever he's facing. Now I know a lot of Popeye fans are going to look at me like I'm insane. Let me finish my point here before you start with your comments. Another interesting point is other Popeye characters briefly gotten similar powers from eating spinach.

Which means if Saitama eats Popeye's spinach, it likely act as an additional boost to his already insane powers while gaining a lot more ridiculous powers. As stated before, this is a temporary power increase. However unless Popeye quickly find some spinach, this fight will be over in an instant. I do believe this fight won't end with either being able to one shot each other.

Popeye did once affect the star constellations which took a lot of force to achieve. It actually trumps Saitama's destroying a planet busting attack. Both have ridiculous durability that further plays into neither can instant with a punch. Although it technically be more possible for Saitama to do so. If Popeye doesn't even know he's coming then gets destroyed with a punch.

I know death is a funny topic with Popeye. You got to realize he only survived stuff like getting erased because he ate spinach prior. Otherwise he would've gotten erased as well. Most advantages both fighters have ends up being countered or not mattering enough among a closer look. A major reason why I said stats ultimately doesn't matter here.

After all this is a fight to the death. We have to look at which flaw would be just enough for one of them to win. Otherwise, this could end up like Chuck Norris vs Segata Sanshiro. I highly doubt it because of Popeye heavily depends on spinach. Either his time limit runs out or Saitama prevents him from getting anymore spinach.

Popeye won't be able to keep his additional powers. Which also made him difficult for Saitama to properly strategize against. I strongly felt Death Battle is going to make this a very rememberable fight. Of course, one side is going to be really upset. Both these characters are treated in a sense, no one can beat em in a versus debate.

Among the closer look, I simply can not ignore Popeye has a flaw that Saitama is going to capitalize on. I am very happy we're getting Popeye, I really wish it wasn't against Saitama of all people. We all can agree these two are legendary in their own right. However that notable character flaw is going to be very difference to determine this epic possibly broken fight to the death.

Winner is Saitama (One Punch Man)

Monday, December 6, 2021

Jack Red reviews F Is for Family (2015-2021)

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, I know it's been a while since I wrote any blogs on here. To be honest, things been very busy on my end. Thankfully I can do another show review for the road. F Is for Family is an animated sitcom on Netflix. I can't wait to dive right into the review but first a warning.

I am not going to lie this show can be racist as well as sexist at times. Also possibly could offend other people's regions as well. I figured to tell you out right rather than you go right into the show. Then you get offended one or a few ways afterwards. Imagine Family Guy without the out of place jokes that's more directly offensive.

F Is for Family centers on the Murphy family in the 1970s. Later on will make this time period of the show more clear. You may not fully realize it until then honestly. Frank is a dad really trying to help his family but things kept going wrong causing him being mostly angry. Sue can be a bit of a selfish bitch at times, not as much as another lady on the show though.

Up to the end of Season 4, there were three kids. Now there's four of them with the newest being an baby. The show does answer some important questions about many things relating to the family. Some characters like Rosie goes through major differences. Not only that, there are some surprisingly funny moments in such a serious show.

I would say Frank is the most human among his family. It is a real shame this show got canned despite being allowed one last season. I'm not going to sugar coat, this show really has balls. Some of the mess stuff they done is like wow that wouldn't allow this much of it on TV. Like one man got blown up that also led to his uncle's death.

F Is for Family doesn't shy away at being offensive at all. Some characters are just plain mess up in general. I didn't expect the show to be well written as well as remaining constant. Yes I know it ended on five seasons. But some of them kept going much longer to eventually start showing not being as great.

Vic ends up being one of my favorite characters on the show. I actually remembered how I got into this show. I went over my brother's place a few years ago, they were watching a few episodes. I'm surprised I actually wanted more of it myself. This show doesn't hide from possible real issues you may face in the world.

I would even say out of all the animated sitcoms I watched, it's the most realistic among them. Yes even more than King of the Hill at times. F Is for Family is a show I was very upset about it's cancelation. I don't think it was due to low rankings. I actually think it's because of COVID hit some of them hard.

Three of them got episodes dedicated to them including a voice over. It is also possible some of the racist jokes in Season 5 could've led to that as well. It partly plays on politics not as much as American Dad though. Honestly, this show did a great job not holding back. Some character's passing isn't made clear like a war veteran killed by his ex wife.

I still say shows like Big Mouth is generally much funnier. Humor isn't as a major part of the experience. It is more of how some characters do whatever they can to get what they want. Even it also leads to some bad things. Like Frank hired an stuntman who caused him to be demoted with no Christmas bonus.

Keep in mind, no one else even tried pitching an idea to save the air port from going under. You kinda felt bad for Kevin's accident. But later in the show, he is too much about himself I'm sorry. I know he does care about his dad at times. Is it necessary to music your song at your grandpa's funeral. Then again only Frank later found out his dad did have a music request for his own funeral.

Bill is going down a mixed path, so is his sister. They don't fully realize how rough it is to maintain things with other problems with their work. I felt unsatisfied with the final episode because only Frank got the short end of the stick. The voice acting is done incredibly well. I will deeply miss such an awesome show from Netflix in years to come.

F Is for Family was something a little unexcepted to me. It played more heavily on real problems parents could face in the world. Not only that, a few gore scenes you won't even see coming the first time watching. Even the amount of it is beyond what you might be use to seeing in similar shows. Well maybe not in South Park's case.

This show remained interesting since episode 1. Which is rare among those shows to do. F Is for Family is a show in a way the world needs. There are a few surprises on the way. I think Frank quickly steals the show. The emotional stuff really hits home at times. I liked they took risks while making the show their own.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Jack Red reviews Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol compilation

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red or XboxClown89, today I'll review one game from my past I speak highly of. I also got to talk about the sequel to that as well. Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a classic that must be played close to or on Halloween. Don't worry you will know how I feel about Ghoul Patrol soon enough. Sadly this will be a mixed review for many reasons.

I actually want to talk about the actual compilation package before the actual games included. I do kinda liked the picture chosen for it. I just prefer it showcase more of the monsters or a little of Ghoul Patrol. After all this is a two game compilation but other than the titles on the cover. How you would know what Ghoul Patrol looks like prior if you never played it or even seen anything of it?

This isn't even my big issue with the compilation. How they chosen to display the extras is kinda strange. There is a section you can mostly view sprite animations from both games. It also involves one interview video for ZAMN. I could excuse that one video but it's just weird you have to move down to see stuff like this.

I will say achievement wise mostly solid good job. Sadly a handful of passwords either got switched or doesn't work. The switch part is more notable in Ghoul Patrol's portion. One boss password gave me a different boss level instead of the original boss level it gave you in the original game. Another boss password gives you a regular level now.

I should point out they don't seem to fully have the ZAMN theme song. Last I checked this didn't have any licensed songs. I don't understand why such an iconic song to the genre isn't present how it should be. Some options are altered to be done through the emulator. I would say password system is kinda better. Choosing your character would be better for Ghoul Patrol's case but not for ZAMN however.

This surprisingly doesn't have the rewind feature. Which is being used more in game compilations in the last few years. Save state feature is back to how it used to be. But hey it still works so that's not an issue. I did get some notable lag through the emulation at times. When you look how they went about some of the options, it just comes off like a cash grab.

It is almost like let's give em ZAMN then rip em off. Yes emulating the random item factor for ZAMN is a bit off as well. This also affects reaching some bonus levels as well. Now I will start reviewing the games included. Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a parody run and gun game where you rescue people from all kind of creatures.

I am not going to sugar coat this, ZAMN will get notably more difficult as it goes on. The first couple stages aren't even a fraction how challenging it truly gets. Some enemies like Merman, Red Ants, Werewolves, Frankenstein's Monster and Chainsaw Maniacs can be annoying. Of course, Vampires are the most annoying enemy of all.

Vampires takes a lot of patience. They can be tricky to hit at times. They will constantly stalk you even further than most enemies. Sometimes they can go after a survivor you can't reach in time. Some bosses can be frustrating as well like Giant Baby and Snakenoids. Thankfully, some bosses you don't have to fight much or at all in the case of Martin's Mothership.

You get to face Dr. Tongue twice, trust me they will make you rage. Both times are challenging with the final boss being very cruel. You got two phases this time with a lot that can go wrong. I actually liked the stage designs for the most part. Overall, ZAMN is a great but flawed game. It can be frustrating to quickly switch weapons or items while on the move or attacking.

Thank god this isn't a problem in any of the Dead Rising games. Which still remains the closest thing I ever played to ZAMN. The music is very solid as well as the sound effects. I should point out Konami's name got removed since they aren't going to remain as publishers for this compilation. I do want to clear a popular misunderstanding very quickly.

A lot of people just remember the Konami logo to this game thinking it's a Konami game. Back in the day, they just were the original company to publish the game on the market nothing more. LucasArts Games were the actual company to made the game. I been trying to hold off from this point, let's discuss Ghoul Patrol oh god help me!!!

Ghoul Patrol has a weird development story. Originally a game lost in development. Rather than canned it, they chose to quickly rework it. Then labeled the game as an sequel to ZAMN. Yes folks this actually happened confirmed by one of the team's top guys years ago. You still play as Zeke and Julie from ZAMN.

One weird presentation problem is Julie matches up perfectly while Zeke doesn't. In cut scenes, he is a boy with brown hair not wearing 3D glasses. But Zeke has blonde hair with 3D glasses. Which the character in game play has. I should mention one cool thing about ZAMN is every level has a cool horror movie title.

A lot of them are direct horror movie references. Sadly none of those are present in Ghoul Patrol. Unlike ZAMN, there's more of a story this time around. Yet I can't help to shake how original (sarcasm) this plot is. It is oddly similar to that of Evil Dead series. Both involves young people who opens up an evil book to read a particular part out loud.

In turn releases ancient evil on the world. Our heroes has to take that evil down. Considering parts of Ash vs Evil Dead as well as most of Army of Darkness involved time travel. Ghoul Patrol goes between a few time periods including a Medieval era. It's amazing this team didn't get sue for this. Not to mention, there's a couple Evil Dead games as well as Ash in Dead by Daylight.

ZAMN having little to go on for it's story actually worked in it's favor. Sure both games has a good variety of enemies. I do like transforming into a purple beast at times in ZAMN. One surprisingly cool thing Ghoul Patrol does is allow you to transform into the Grim Reaper I'm not kidding. You can't slide or jump while in this form.

Which means if you go down the wrong area, you have to wait to transform back. Most platforming in Ghoul Patrol is horribly done as well. I do think ZAMN could've had the slide move at times. Ghoul Patrol has a more serious arsenal than the more comical ZAMN offers. Ghoul Patrol doesn't have any hidden levels either.

There's a couple of those in ZAMN though. I felt ZAMN's levels worked way better. Speaking of the bosses, unlike ZAMN you do have to face all of them. But unlike ZAMN, all people you can rescue is automatically placed away prior to the boss fights. Which means when you defeat a boss, all of them appears ready to be rescued.

Most of them are repetitive as well as boring, I seem to like Robot boss though. The final boss kinda sucks in comparison to Dr. Tongue's. The sound track is alright but the sound effects aren't great. I just felt in more ways than one ZAMN had more variety. You kinda expect the sequel to push the envelope to go further but nope it doesn't.

Ghoul Patrol just felt like a game that isn't a sequel to ZAMN at all. Yes you can rescue up to ten people. But when you rescue the last people, the exit shows up. In ZAMN, almost anywhere the exit will appear. Sadly in a particular set spot in Ghoul Patrol's case. Not many enemies shared between both games as well.

I actually felt those you rescue look more interesting as well as their animations. Which is the opposite for ZAMN. Honestly, I'm not a fan of Ghoul Patrol I rather play Blood II: The Chosen over this. Ghoul Patrol to me isn't worthy enough to be ZAMN's sequel. I can't recommend this game but I do highly recommend ZAMN.

I also can not recommend this compilation. I played Castlevania Advance Collection that nailed everything way better in comparison. It's a real shame because for years I wanted to revisit ZAMN yet I got left with this? Personally, ZAMN by itself is a game you need to play. But do me a favor do not play Ghoul Platrol please?

Monday, October 25, 2021

I explain how to get the completions for GBA Castlevania trilogy in Castlevania Advance Collection

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, today I will reveal how you can get an 100% completion in both Castlevania: Circle of the Moon and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Also how to get an 200% completion in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. You will be amaze what's actually involved with these.

For Aria of Sorrow, Chaos Realm doesn't actually have a map. The small square in the middle top is representing it. Otherwise there's no point to fully explore that place since none of that applies to your overall map completion. I figured to let you know just in case anyone wondered. Also please take your time exploring each castle within these games.

For both Circle of the Moon and Harmony of Dissonance, there's upgrade items placed around the map. Stuff that increases your health, how many hearts and magic you can hold. There's none of those found in Aria of Sorrow. You don't need all the cards, furnitures and souls to get these. You have to beat every boss including those for the best ending.

You also need to fully explore the entire map. Keep in mind, you are doing double that in Harmony of Dissonance. Both Circle of the Moon and Aria of Sorrow has more breakable walls leading to hidden rooms. In Circle of the Moon, you have to fully do Battle Arena for the completion. These processes will take a few hours at best to do.

In order to get to some locations, you will need additional abilities as you play the games. You also don't need to reach level 99 for this. Along with that, you don't need to kill every single enemy once either. You do need to collect some stuff for both Harmony of Dissonance & Aria of Sorrow that's more important.

Harmony of Dissonance

1. MK's Bracelet

2. All six pieces of Dracula

Aria of Sorrow

1. All three required souls

Both games has a set up on your character you'll need to use while defeating a particular boss. For Maxim, you'll need to use both JB and MK Bracelets together. Also it does matter which castle you do this. Make sure you use em on Maxim at Castle B for the true ending. For Aria of Sorrow, you need to use the following three souls together while defeating Graham.

1. Flame Demon

2. Succubus

3. Giant Bat

This will unlock an additional boss fight with Julius Belmont. Following that, you'll go into the Chaos realm to find Chaos entity. By this point, you only can get the best ending now. These maps are huge, packed with enemies and some surprises. I do recommend grinding up levels when needed to help you out in more ways than one.

I hope this was clear enough what you need to do. Doing Harmony of Dissonance can be a little confusing at times. Circle of the Moon by default can be more challenging than expected. Even Hard Mode for Aria of Sorrow wasn't that challenging in comparison. I also recommend use another smaller device to look up a decent map online to help you out.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Jack Red reviews Castlevania Advance Collection

 Update: On October 12, 2021 I gotten the final achievement for this game.

On October 24, 2021 I finally gotten all GBA Castlevania games' completions in game. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is virtually double that at 200% completion.

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, it took me nearly a week to fully play all four Castlevania games included in Castlevania Advance Collection. Ever since Castlevania Anniversary Collection's release, a lot of people thought they were going to make GBA or DS compilation. We recently gotten Castlevania Advance Collection, all three games plus Castlevania Dracula X.

I actually want to start with Dracula X first. A lot of people were mixed because some thought this was going to be a port of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. Instead they pulled TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist on them. Personally I rather play that over Dracula X. You play as Richter Belmont on your journey to slay Dracula.

This game doesn't tell you, there's two people you can save. Which will affect the ending as well as some bosses getting replaced as well. Sadly, Dracula X is widely known for it's difficulty. The game as a whole felt like a major step backwards for the franchise. Especially if you played Super Castlevania IV, there's no debate which SNES Castlevania game is better.

Thank god for save states because some parts especially Dracula's boss fight is a nightmare to play through. I do need to point out the key needed to rescue both characters also a joke sub weapon too. I will say the soundtrack at least is the best part of the game. It just felt like a few changes then we would've had a decent game.

Now considering all three GBA Castlevania games are similar in many ways. Unless I specify state one of them, most of what I have to say is for all three games. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon follows Nathan, an vampire killer who isn't an Belmont. Although Dracula himself is in this game. Yet in different ways he's sorta there in the other two GBA games.

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Maxim made contact with pieces of Dracula. Which caused a merge to start between two souls. Which is exactly why you have two similar castles with differences. It's almost like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Except neither castle is inverted this time. Also you have more areas to switch between both castles.

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Soma is revealed to be an descendant of Dracula himself. Which was an interesting point twist, even threw an Belmont off. All three GBA games have massive maps, it will take hours to fully explore the castle or just enough to finish em. I do need to point out, Harmony of Dissonance has the most bosses between the three games.

Yes some of them are alternate versions like Minotaur or Legion for that matter. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon was actually made by a different team from the Symphony of the Night team. Although they did made both Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow. There's a lot of content to keep you busy.

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon uses cards that can make combination of attacks. This concept was revamped into the souls systems for Aria of Sorrow. Circle of the Moon also has alternate versions of the game after you beat it a few times. You start a new state with that code as your name, there you go.

Which is also how you play as Maxim in Harmony of Dissonance and Julius in Aria of Sorrow's case. They took so much from Symphony of the Night. Honestly I'm impressed all three of them were very decent games. Death is in all four games here, which reminds me of a surprise I prepared prior to writing my own review.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8vGuhRohK-IxmAqHmhx7FBqe_wLXh5AS

Yes you can change the controls to suits your game play style. There's more options emulator wise that makes you feel like a collector or given respect by Konami. There's no surprise delays in getting your saves going unlike at times in Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Also there's more actual achievements/trophies this time around too.

I felt M2 knocked this out the park like they usual do in their work to port classic games. There's no question by default, Dracula X had it's own problems. Even if it didn't have those, the other three games are way better in comparison too. I felt parts of things are done better between the three GBA games.

Aria of Sorrow had the best written story as well told the best as well. Harmony of Dissonance had the best merchant. One major problem I had with Symphony of the Night is the merchant only in one spot the entire game. But in this case, he's in a couple spots. Circle of the Moon had a great intro to kick things off.

Yes Harmony of Dissonance can be the most confusing due to how similar both castles are. A few areas didn't matter like Juste's room, I love it guys and where you face Maxim. Like Richter's boss fight, if you have the right stuff equipped. When you win, you'll be treated to an even harder final boss fight.

Aria of Sorrow does this as well. Chaos was an intense final boss. I felt Harmony of Dissonance was the most item friendly out of the three. Also you can get a lot of items. But in Aria of Sorrow, there's a clear limit how many of that item you can have at one time. At first this could be seen as an negative but overtime getting additional stuff.

It quickly becomes nonexistent, Soma gets some sick abilities. Even a greater degree than Alucard in Symphony of the Night. All three of them have amazing soundtrack with great sound effects. Some amazing artwork overall despite playable characters in game wise has no faces. There's no voice overs unlike Symphony of the Night which had that with text dialogue.

Honestly I highly recommend all three of them. I really had a lot of fun playing these games. I would say hands down, Harmony of Dissonance to me was potentially the longest for a good reason. Aria of Sorrow was potentially the shortest overall. Unless you really take the extra time to collect every soul making it the longest Castlevania game of your life.

The controls are decent enough to help keep you going. Yes some stuff you may need to use your head or look up online. There's a lot to remember in these games. I would say Aria of Sorrow had the most interesting overall map with Circle of the Moon being my second favorite. You had these separate floating areas that teleports you to each other.

One of them connects to Clock Tower, where Death is located. Aria of Sorrow seems to help you out the most abilities wise. Circle of the Moon by default is the most challenging in it's own right. Harmony of Dissonance had Dracula Wraith that had the evil soul tried claiming Maxim's soul. I personally liked the concept that someone else could potentially revive him in a way no one expected.

Aria of Sorrow had a more interesting boss selection. Control wise, Aria of Sorrow wins hands down. Also those warps were more limited in Harmony of Dissonance's case. But I loved in Aria of Sorrow, you can actually choose which area you want to warp to. Now I absolutely loved that being in the game.

Honestly, you should play all three of them. But if I had to choose one you should play first or the most, it has to be Aria of Sorrow. To me, it had the best of all worlds. I don't even have a big enough issue to point out. Although from trying to collect all the souls, I done most of my playthrough as a much higher level player than expected.

It doesn't mean you can't lose, Julius himself is clear proof of that. Circle of the Moon does have a great whip spinning animation. It's a shame Harmony of Dissonance didn't keep that. Aria of Sorrow when you change weapons, you see Soma use em even without using souls. Speaking of souls, some of them doesn't even require anything at all to work.

Aria of Sorrow has some impressive visuals as well. If you didn't have Aria of Sorrow, it would be debatable out of Circle of the Moon and Harmony of Dissonance you liked more. I kinda liked Nathan a lot as I was playing. Of course, Juste in his own right was fun too but Soma was easily the most entertaining to me.

Not just from the game play but also from the story. You can tell they really put a lot of thought into that story, it's so beautifully told. Yes it might be a little weird that Japan gets Dracula's castle during a solar eclipse. There's a great variety of creatures with a large amount of them found in all three games.

Surprisingly Circle of the Moon had it's version of the Creature as a regular enemy in the game. But they only appeared in select location following Death's defeat. I should point out, all three of them had Golem bosses too. I would say Aria of Sorrow with Big Golem was easily my favorite golem either.

Speaking of Golems, Aria of Sorrow has a couple variations of golems in the game too. The strangest one is Flesh Golem? From my understanding, an golem is made of rocks or dirt hardened. How can you reanimate dead people in a way that isn't well an zombie? They somehow found a way through this particular golem.

Overall, I could talk hours among hours about these games. But you really getting more than you would expect for just twenty bucks. Five per a game is a great deal already plus additional stuff like information on many things. I would even dare to say this quickly between the previous Anniversary Collection away.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Some Celebrity Deathmatch and Death Battle similarities

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, today I want to discuss some strikingly strong similarities. Celebrity Deathmatch and Death Battle in particular that I think a lot of people will find interesting. Keep in mind, there's plenty of major differences as well. I never was going to call Death Battle out as a rip of Celebrity Deathmatch in the first place.

Let's start with the most two obvious similarities right off the bat. We will kick things off simply with both having the word Death in their titles. Both heavily centered about fights to the death. Alright we also have two guys hosting the shows. One of them is widely known for being crazy, reckless and kinda stupid at times.

The other host is smarter, kinda of a dick and more focus on his job. It's no surprise some people compared the hosts. Keep in mind, Celebrity Deathmatch is mostly using parodies of real life celebrities. The only real life celebrity featured in both shows was Chuck Norris, surprise lol. Death Battle is more about using fictional characters in comparison.

I do need to point out DBX also had Colonel Sanders. He was one the last dead celebrities to get revived through the time machine on the show for Celebrity Deathmatch. Strangely interesting, how both shows parodied one of the biggest fast food names on the planet. Now you can't tell me that isn't finger licking good!!! lol.

Donald Trump was on Celebrity Deathmatch and DBX. Keep in mind, DBX episode was a joke episode. In real life, he was the previous person to had been the President of the United States. But I'm not done, Hilary Clinton also was on both shows as well. People sure love making parodies of these real life people don't they?

Now let's discuss a few fight concepts both shows actually have done. Celebrity Deathmatch done two giant robot fights with bands no lie. The later one was a parody of Gundam. Speaking of Gundam, Death Battle done two fights so far with Gundam models. Two of those fights had Tommy piloting different zords, DBX also done Burning Gundam vs Thunder Megazord as well.

Both shows have done a death race as well. This only occurred once on Celebrity Deathmatch. Death Battle started with oddly enough Sweet Tooth vs The Joker fight. It later gotten X-Wing vs Arwing fight on DBX. Last year, they introduced a new spin off show based on death races. I figured some people think find that interesting to talk about.

Twice Celebrity Deathmatch done someone taking on all comers. For those that doesn't know what that means. These celebrities had to face as many challengers during a match then survive. On DBX, they done Bruce Lee taking on a lot of characters inspired by him. Celebrity Deathmatch also done a few three way fights as well.

Not as often both Death Battle and DBX has a handful of those as well. Of course, I need to mention, a lot of characters return for another fight on both shows. More true on Death Battle side of things considering DBX and Death Race. A handful of Death Battle fights involves time manipulation including the most recent episode, Goku Black vs Reverse Flash.

The closest fight Celebrity Deathmatch has to fit the bill is also one of my least favorites they ever done. Chris Farley vs. Horatio Sanz because Farley kept dying. Referee Mills Lane kept using the time machine to bring him back to life, which led to him doing just one move to win the fight. In other words, they ignored the golden death rule to allow Farley to win like that on purpose.

Both shows has a few team fights as well. We aren't considering Courtney Love's second match because one of her opponents got killed before the match officially begun. Both shows has a witty, dark humor at times. There's also a few fights with creatures. But I want to focus more on monster fights here.

Celebrity Deathmatch done Bigfoot vs The Loch Ness Monster, one of the absolutely shortest fights they ever done. They later done Frankenstein's Monster vs The Wolf Man. They did a few mix up matches with some of the monsters as well like Steve Irwin vs Medusa. We aren't considering Pokemons or Digimons for this.

Both of them are mostly creatures with powers. At the same time, they aren't what people think of what you think monsters. Death Battle has done Godzilla vs Gamera, they're biggest scale monster fight to date. They also had an vampire in a fight as well. In Celebrity Deathmatch's case it was Sarah Michelle Gellar's second match against an vampire.

On Death Battle, they put Dracula from Castlevania series vs Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda series. They also done Dio vs Alucard fight as DBX. However it already got confirmed to also become an full fight on Death Battle, this season we're in right now. Oh wait I still got more to talk about.

I do need to mention Death Battle has done Sabrewulf vs Jon Talbain. A brutal fight between fighting game werewolves. Jon also was in a DBX episode against Terry Bogard. Celebrity Deathmatch even had a small alien character who had a grudge against Nick Diamond. By now a couple alien characters are on Death Battle and it's spin off shows.

Celebrity Deathmatch does have the concept Super Freaks. They are altered people created mostly from deceased celebrities' DNA. The only exception was Potato Khan getting a potato by accident. In Death Battle's case, a handful of times they used characters that aren't that characters. It's a little confusing to explain.

Goku Black is Zamasu was a Supreme Kai in training who switched bodies with Goku to kill all the mortals. Mechagodzilla model they used had the spirit of a previous Godzilla. Indirectly I have to bring up Shadow androids Dr. Robotnik created that were used in Eggman vs Wily episode. Notice two of these aren't the actual characters but rather a doppelganger with similar traits.

Not many fights for Death Battle in general involved a ring. As in a wrestling/boxing ring but the most famous example was Balrog vs TJ Combo. Which was the closest fight they ever had to a particular boxing match Celebrity Deathmatch widely known for. Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield, this was one of their more ambitious fights they done.

Sometimes Celebrity Deathmatch does a quick analyze session on the combatants. Don't take it seriously though since they do hide some jokes in them. Everyone knows both Death Battle and Death Race is heavily centers around that. We also need to bring up the results for Death Battle since they do explain to the best of their ability why a character wins.

Yes at times Death Battle does hides some jokes in there as well. Moving on, there isn't a lot of bigger scale fights on Celebrity Deathmatch. Survivor Battle Royale had the most fighters but a lot of them died before even reaching the ring below thanks to a certain someone. Death Battle has done a few war theme fights across two of their shows.

A handful of DBX fights puts a character against 100 of their opponent's characters. Mostly Wolverine facing 100 Barakas or Thor facing 100 Pikachus. Yes, Celebrity Deathmatch has a few deaths done by animals as well. But for the most part, they aren't a fighter in the match themselves. Both shows has some brutal, disgusting ways to kill people off as well.

Of course, I need to mention Beavis vs Butt-head fight for Celebrity Deathmatch. People actually voted for this to happen. But the main reason other than it also was a MTV show why I'm bringing up that particular fight up. It was the only fight to have cartoon characters. Death Battle is mostly done in sprites or 3D animation.

Sometimes in their sprite theme fights, there's additional animated parts. Both shows that had draws that ends in death more than draws where all fighters live. Magic isn't used much on Celebrity Deathmatch. Technology is more notably used on that show. Death Battle has a great usage of both those in comparison.

I know this isn't going to spin people's heads off. I just wanted to get what I felt for years out on the open. Indirectly Death Battle is a spiritual successor to Celebrity Deathmatch. Honestly, both shows do things better than each other. But I will say I do mostly recommend them as well as Death Race.

Come on, Death Battle where's more Death Race episodes? Overall, both shows are mostly solid. DBX and newer version of Celebrity Deathmatch with the German counterpart shows being weak points. I guess I have one more thing to discuss before I end things here. Also because I don't wanna hear, you should've mention it!!!

Celebrity Deathmatch done four particular episodes called Fandemonium. Where the viewers picks their fights and in rare cases adds more to them like Carmen Electra vs Jenny McCarthy. In the newer version, a handful of fights voted by the viewers happened. Like Ashlee Simpson vs Her Old Nose, yes this actually happened folks.

There were times on social media, Death Battle would ask who should face who. They haven't done that in a few years now sadly. Not including that, a few seasons of DBX became voting. Which means the one with the most votes wins the fight. But they also make alternate endings where the other character ends.

In a sense, they did this to prevent people from being bias. Personally I don't think it helps much. But it also cheats the concept because it was meant to be the one with the most votes. So in other words, our votes doesn't actually matter when you really think about it. Yes I noticed how differently the voting for both shows worked.

Honestly, Celebrity Deathmatch is best sticking with the original show. Mostly avoid DBX except for a few episodes. Death Race, hell yes I want more of that. Death Battle has episodes I'm not a huge fan of for one or multiple reasons. Regardless, there's a lot of potential for both of them. I felt Death Battle in some ways will get better but also become worse in other ways.

Jack Red reviews Robot Chicken

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red, truthfully this has been a busy year for me. Which is why I haven't written many blogs as I usually do. But don't worry I will try to start writing more as soon as things stop being so busy around here. For today, I want to talk about one of my absolute favorite shows ever. It recently became the longest running production wise Adult Swim show to date.

I am talking about Robot Chicken, now this is such an amazing show for a lot of great reasons. Easily, one of the most creative shows I have ever seen. Honestly, I don't have many negatives against this show. Most episodes has a couple sketches within a short length episodes. Actually half what you would expect from most cartoons today I'm not kidding.

For most specials, they do go over that length. Some of the funniest jokes are in those or likely the last sketch within an episode. This team uses all kind of animation techniques, sometimes doing more than one per a sketch. Recently, they quickly aired their shortest season, Season 11 all within this particular month. Most seasons has around twenty episodes while this season had 11 episodes not counting the special.

Some stuff you really wish you could unseen. Some sketches goes very quickly while others takes a little longer. The last sketches usually takes the longest to play out. A handful of specials are just one long sketches, two of them as of the most recent Halloween special centers around the Nerd character. No not as in AVGN character, they actually have their own Nerd character.

Franchises like G. I. Joe, He-Man, The Smurfs, The Flintstones, Star Wars, DC comics and Transformers gets reference a lot too. Some jokes will get you by surprise too. Similar to stuff like Celebrity Deathmatch, it largely parodies celebrities, pop culture and a lot of violent deaths. This show really pushes the envelope what they could do.

They love doing "You're canceled joke" during some of the season finale episodes. This show is filled of surprises at every possible turn especially during the specials. Sometimes you just won't know what you're going to get. Keep in mind, a lot of sketches doesn't even make it to Television. You'll have to buy the DVDs to see those missing sketches for yourselves.

Yes there's some sketches that are actually part of the canon that plays out as well. Those won't occur as often as these though. I will say the season finale episodes are some of the finest you'll ever see. The mad scientist does get compared somewhat to Rick from Rick and Morty. Maybe one day I'll review that show don't hold your breath.

Robot Chicken is virtually like the dark side of pop culture. They will do some truly unpleasant stuff to some of your most beloved characters. I will go as far to say this show really does have balls to do some of this sick stuff. Of course, there's other recurring characters like the Humping Robot and this mess up Unicorn character.

Robot Chicken also made a cough gag for a particular episode of The Simpsons. Which is still one of my absolute favorite cough gags ever. This show also has some ties to Family Guy, the two shows themselves are unrelated. Seth Green is one of two creators of Robot Chicken also voices Chris Griffith on Family Guy.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane helped to get Robot Chicken to happen. He does voice a couple of characters, mostly being the voice of Santa Claus and Emperor Palpatine. There was one time Seth Green had to take over the role since MacFarlane at the time wasn't available. Honestly, Robot Chicken is such an ambitious yet unique concept for a show.

They have plenty of obstacles to prevent even an season from happening. Somehow this team comes through with amazing results. I am deeply impressed as well as inspired by this show. I do think this show will stand the test of time before than a lot of animated shows. They do take some major risks with impressive animating techniques.

I know this is late into the review. This show originally was a short lived web series called Sweet J Presents. Some of it's sketches got remade for Robot Chicken. The same thing happened with Rick and Morty true story. This is one of those shows they could go virtually anything you can think of. Yet the fans still think of more stuff even after it's cancellation.

Don't worry it just finished airing Season 11, I'm sure it will get another season. I should point out a few channels including Comedy Central, the same channel known for South Park and Cartoon Network turned it down. Someone at Cartoon Network along with support from MacFarlane helped the show to happened.

I think the real reason Comedy Central turned it out was because they already had South Park. Why would they want both those shows on the same channel? Let's be honest, it would cause confusion as well as either show more likely to get canned sooner. So it was for the best both shows got their respective channels.

Yes I'm well aware South Park is currently the second longest running animated sitcom behind The Simpsons. Robot Chicken to me just has more uniqueness and class in comparison. Yes I just threw South Park under the bus sue me. Honestly, this show has plenty of reasons for most the viewers to wanna rewatch the hell out of it a lot.

For the most part, it's the perfect length to marathon all day. It does plenty to spice things up so you'll never truly get bored even seeing these episodes so many times. It almost like a party you really want to go, you drop everything to be there. Robot Chicken even won two Emmys which is rare among animated shows to have.

I do think this show has a bright future ahead. Honestly, it is that good of a show. Even hearing it got canceled, you'll rage in record time. Like when I found out F is for Family got canned, don't worry that's going to get it's own review too. I also plan to do Big Mouth when the time is right. Robot Chicken is something you can't recreate in any sense of the word.

It is a show that blows every expectation away. Especially during some of the specials. Some of these jokes are really funny, I'm not kidding. Robot Chicken willing to do anything for entertainment purposes. This show has plenty of personality as well as creativity. Sometimes you get really surprised by how some sketches ends.

Monday, August 23, 2021

Why I always look forward to Sonic vs. Dr. Robotnik fights?

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red, by now everyone in the world knows about Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Easily, one of the biggest grossing video game franchises in the entire world. A classic yet unique rivalry of Sonic and Dr. Robotnik. At first, you are thinking how fast this could get old but it never does.

Sonic is younger in most canons, shows humanity his own way and usually rushes into things. Then we have the cold calculated mad scientist. Who is very determine to beat Sonic no matter what it takes. This guy really used everything you possibly could name against him. Sonic is like an impossible force taking on Dr. Robotnik whose more of the immovable object in this concept.

No matter what Sonic does, he always will be a thorn in Sonic's side. Dr. Robotnik is unusual in a couple of ways himself. Not only he's a genius but surprisingly talented in other things. This guy just doesn't give neither does Sonic. Sonic is always look to taking Dr. Robotnik down again. Dr. Robotnik is one ambitious guy in his own right.

These two legends are easily one of the worst to face from Sega multiverse. Sonic has some insane abilities depending on things while Dr. Robotnik has some ridiculous inventions. Honestly, more shows are coming as time goes on. There's still parts of this concept that can be explored, it's getting much bigger.

Like two cartoons as well as a particular comic book series. Sonic fights with the resistance while Dr. Robotnik was the ruler of his world. No matter what happens, these two will always be enemies to each other. Virtually polar opposites of each other in every possible regard imaginable. Honestly, it's such an amazing rivalry that never truly gets old no matter what happens.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Jack Red reviews Celebrity Deathmatch Hits Germany

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red, a while back I reviewed almost everything relating to the show Celebrity Deathmatch. Now it's time to finally end things with the mysterious forgotten German version. Yes you heard that right, there was a short lived version of the show. Actually the first of two related shows to not have the series creator, Eric Fogel involved.

There's notable differences between both versions. They focus more on politics with much shorter fights. We are talking one minute and an half to depending on fights a couple minutes at least. Seven minutes is usually the average amount of time. Some fights have factors that affects the length in some ways so I won't trying to dodge the question here.

I got to be honest, these fights are surprisingly even worse than MTV2 show's I'm not kidding. There's only one host with no referee. Here we get two hosts with mostly on recurring referee. Although, a couple times they did have special guests as referees like Chuck Norris. Honestly, this version was too short for it's own good.

At least, MTV2 show had a more proper length in comparison. Yes a handful of fights from that alone is better than that entire show. I am going to be honest as a huge fan of this show. For years, I looked for ways to watch these fights. Now I have officially I am deeply disappointed. Do yourselves a favor don't go look for these fights at all trust me none of them are worth watching.

In fact, none of them even makes much sense at all. The humor is falling very fast with virtually any room to breath. To top it all off, they don't even explain what's properly going on. German or not, there is no official subtitles for this either. This is a horrible alternative counterpart show to an all time classic.

Sunday, August 8, 2021

My thoughts on Back 4 Blood beta campaign side of it

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red or more commonly known in Resident Evil: Resistance community as XboxClown89. Before I even get to today's blog, yes I haven't been writing any blogs for a few months. Truthfully I been more busy than usual. It doesn't mean I didn't have ideas during that period. Thanks to a few friends, I actually got something recent to discuss.

If you are familiar with Left 4 Dead series. The team separated from Valve to make it's spiritual successor, Back 4 Blood. I was hearing great things about this beta, I had to give it a try. Don't expect me to talk about the versus since I used up my key for the campaign. Yes I could get another key before tomorrow. But discussing multiplayer in games isn't my strong suit.

Back 4 Blood has a lot of similarities from Left 4 Dead series. Both involves a group of survivors facing hordes of zombies in many locations. There are zombies that stands out you have to put more effort into killing. Thankfully, there's more unique aspects than ever before. There isn't technically an main menu because it's one of those explore to find those options games.

Yeah just imagine getting there to be like what is this? Trust me, it is refreshing for a game like this. Not only that, more in depth with how it works. You can get cards to better your chances in some way. You actually can improve them by getting more of that card. You also can upgrade your guns from time to time.

Most stages ends just like Left 4 Dead series. This one campaign felt like two maybe three L4D campaigns rolled into one. There's so many zombies, I felt some hordes could have well more zombies. I do want to point out the AI for the survivors is horrible. I had an AI survivor kept leaving outside the safe room.

They don't even open doors, last I checked in Left 4 Dead series AI survivors do. So why not here is beyond me? The game itself looks absolutely amazing. The audio is very good with some great lines. The maps are interesting for the most part. I felt the team is making something worth playing with other people.

You also do have the option if there's an AI survivor after you die to become that character. But if someone joins the game, you'll go back to your old character. I had a lot of fun playing this campaign. Oh yeah to even get an key for this. You'll need to watch any stream giving out keys for an hour. Make sure you have an Warner Bros. Game account.

Also yes they do give you the option which platform you want. This game will be cross over from the start. Something Dead by Daylight didn't have. Honestly, this might be actual competition for them. I do think this alone is going to be fun either watching or playing it. Back 4 Blood to me quickly sold me on it after I got started.

As of right now, it is not just on my list of games I want to get. It is very high up that said list. I do want to play more of this. This is like Left 4 Dead evolved into something truly amazing. Something the world might be ready to see. Back 4 Blood is going to be an amazing game. Honestly, I felt the team is knocking it out the park with this.

Monday, June 21, 2021

Tips on How to get Adept Nemesis achievement/trophy

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red, yesterday I finally bought the new Resident Evil characters. I got lucky with my first match as Nemesis. I recall a lot of people are saying Adept Nemesis is one of the easiest Adept Killer achievements. I am here to tell how truth that actually is. I will say before we get started, I loved how they went about the character here.

You already know my previous advices that applies to every killer. Why kept being a broken record if you already know them by heart at this point. Personally, I recommend attempting this at lower ranks with majority of score as close to being maxed out. Of course having majority being maxed out helps when one survivor escapes because you'll still likely get any Adept Killer achievement/trophy.

Nemesis isn't alone in matches making things kinda interesting. By default there's two AI zombies roaming around the map. They do help point you in the right direction of a survivor. They can actually go right into another attack without delay. However they're not bright making them easy to get pallets dropped.

If a survivor goes into a locker close by while one of the zombies following them. They will lose track of that survivor. Nemesis is one of those 3 tiers killers. But he is also one of the easiest to get to tier 3. You will notice changes to Nemesis' left arm as you go up a tier as well as your tentacle attack increases in range.

Like tier 2 allows Nemesis to break pallets as well as breakable walls with his tentacle attack. Which is faster animation than the usual breaking em animation. Funny enough, Nemesis also can throw punches at survivors. He also can down zombies with both his attacks. It actually helps filling up his tier system. Which means if you go a little while not running into survivors.

You can always see where a zombie is on the map to attack em for more process on his tier system. Nemesis is surprisingly fast for a killer in this game. I should point out his tentacle attack can work around looping. Like Nemesis could destroy a pallet if a survivor isn't going to use it or hit them directly. Yeah Nemesis can use his tentacle to attack above the pallet fast enough to hit an survivor.

Keep in mind, how his tentacle strike works can be a little deceiving. I'm not saying it sucks because it doesn't. Nemesis uses that attack it is possible either by him moving a little to either direction to hit an survivor. This also means an survivor could end up indirectly more in the path of that attack. Both this attack and zombies can infect the survivors.

Unlike The Plague, the vaccine is in short supply. If too many of them are used up, they're gone for reminder of the match. Now suddenly there's more to consider as a survivor going against Nemesis. Nemesis actually has some useful perks. Lethal Pursuer is used at the beginning of a match. It allows the killer for a few seconds see where all the survivors are on the map.

Sometimes knowing where they start can help you out. Hysteria helps slow down injured survivors for a little while. I think everyone can agree Eruption is Nemesis' best perk here. When you down an survivor, every affected generator will explode to start regressing. This by itself can occur often to slow down survivors during an match.

Oh wait there's more Eruption also applies an immediate 6% Progression penalty. Any survivor repairing a generator when it explodes will scream then suffer from incapacitated status for a little while. This by itself makes downing them during that period a bit easier. Now this is what I call a good way to throw survivors off their game.

Survivors can use stuff like Flashlights to blind zombies. Zombies will respawn a lot faster if Nemesis downed them than a survivor. Of course, Nemesis mostly got some great add-ons. Some of which does also affect the zombies too. There's a ridiculous Ultra Rare Offering where every time an generator gets done.

For thirty seconds, the zombies will become ridiculously faster. Now considering this might be used against a group of gen rushers, this is a mixed bag for both sides. Keep in mind, the infected survivors can see the vaccine locations while Nemesis can't. However a good add-on set up can help make the difference here.

Now because this is Nemesis from Resident Evil series. I want to announce an upcoming Nemesis & Jill comparison blogs. I won't spoil much about that but I'm a huge Resident Evil fan. I felt some people might be interested hearing my thoughts on those.

I personally want to say Nemesis quickly become one of my favorite killers in this. One of a very few killers to not be alone when hunting the survivors. I felt the Dead by Daylight team did an amazing job bringing such an monster into their game. Honestly, Nemesis is one of the best licensed killer characters in the game without question.

The following video I had Crossplay enabled.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx0wZsMikuY&t=911s

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Jack Red reviews Resident Evil Village

 Hello everyone I'm Jack Red, I wanted to point out I'm only reviewing the main game for now. I do plan on coming back to talk about The Mercenaries and DLCs. For the present, I already got my hands full of this greatness. I am not going to lie, this game is truly amazing. Easily one of the finest Resident Evil games I have ever had the pleasure of playing.

Resident Evil Village is essentially Resident Evil 8. Although, parts of it's theme is strikingly similar to Van Helsing, Castlevania and a few other things. You play as Ethan Winters, yes the same guy from the main campaign of RE7 to search for his daughter. This does have some strong similarities to RE4 in a lot of ways.

You hunt down the four lords of this village. Which kinda like in Mega Man series, you hunt the main enemy group before taking on their leader. I will try not to spoil too much in my review. I will confirm this is way better than both RE7 and RE3 Remake. I still personally think RE2 Remake is better. But not by much, this game really brought it.

Resident Evil Village has werewolves that are this game's Hunters in a sense. I also liked each major section has their own theme to help differ them from each other. I also loved you can explore most of the time to get more supplies, money and other cool things. Yes, the campaign is notably longer than RE7's. I felt the characters this time around are very rememberable.

Ever since RE4, we finally have a worthy competitor for the best inventory of the series. I absolutely loved how much stuff you can stock up in this. You also get great maps that takes some time to memorize. The boss fights are more amazing stuff this time around. My favorite being Heisenberg's, wow that was insane.

There's a lot of additional stuff to get after you unlock em. Which includes most weapons can become infinite. I really felt everything works beautifully with this game. This is worthy of a main series RE game without question. This is how you made a long RE game yet keeps you going for hours without burning out.

Some would say this is how RE6 should've been done lol. Ethan feels more important to the plot than he previously did. I do like we not only have more puzzles. Some of them are some of the finest more recently as well. Of course, I have to talk about our merchant himself The Duke. This guy when I originally saw him from trailers didn't know what to think of him.

He quickly grew on me like the merchant in RE4. I would even say I might actually like this guy more. He is funny in his own unexpected way. He does have a line referring that merchant too. This feature is beautifully done here. Resident Evil Village is what many would consider to be perfection. This is not only an Resident Evil game but also one you can't confuse with anything else.

This game is in all honesty very good easily around 9.5 where it stands. Keep in mind, I still haven't got to play The Mercenaries with no modes got added through DLCs yet. So you know this game can hold it's own without those. I would even dare to say this game is how you should make a sequel properly. They took what made RE7 a success than added the right touches to make it even better than ever before.

I honestly don't have any real problems with this game. I loved everything about this game. They went out of their way taking major risks yet somehow pulled it off. I am deeply very impressed with their work. Resident Evil Village is likely going to win several Game of the Year awards. I wouldn't be more surprised than it got more than both RE7 and RE2 Remake combined.

Resident Evil Village is something you shouldn't take people's word to wanna try. You should go straight in & enjoy yourself. Trust me, you won't regret it. This game will keep you busy while keeping it unique. This is how you properly updated an classic survivor horror franchise to modern standards. This will blow people away even before they get to press the start button, it's really that damn good.