Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, thanks to my brother I'll officially back to playing Dead by Daylight for a few months. It was recently confirmed the next killer will be licensed. I seen a couple of stuff related to it that really limits who possibly could be next. I figured since I'm a huge fan of horror movies as well as one of many admins on The History of Horror group on Facebook to throw out some guesses.
This is not in order to clarify. I will take my time explaining stuff about each character before talking about how it might be them coming to the game soon. At least one is lucky going to be it or the worst case scenario it isn't any of them at all. We don't know much to begin with. I will be naming a couple names often thrown around recently.
1. Pennywise (IT)
Previously, they attempted to get him while IT movies were being made. At the time, they got turned down that led to the creation of The Clown. I know a lot of people won't like there would be two clown characters. Pennywise is more in the same boat as Freddy since they could represent any form of fear they want.
It wouldn't surprise me the man himself Stephen King does the official announcement. He loves to cameo in adaptations of his works. Hell, they might get allowed both mini series & movie look in game as well. Pennywise is just one of those that must be in this game. There is a lot of possibilities they could do with him, it's scary.
2. Candyman (Candyman series)
By now everyone knows a spiritual sequel aka reboot is happening that's just called Candyman. Tony Todd is in that movie, he could reprise his role for this game. Considering, he had stated in an interview that Candyman was his favorite role. Not a lot of people knows he originally from a book by the same man who created what became known as Hellraiser series.
Yes, Clive Barker created two of the scariest horror icons of all time. A lot of people are quickly jumping on the number 4's shape as well as it's goldish appearance. Let's be honest, we do need someone representing insects in this game. I do think Candyman would bring that as well as a hook being a weapon to the game.
3. Pinhead (Hellraiser series)
Pinhead is another huge request by the community to join the roster. It also would bag the question just how powerful is The Entity. This being even got Freddy to kill for it, whose a god like being in the dream world. We are going bigger with a being that represents order in Hell. The real question is how much of Hell would The Entity be able to take to turn that into it's own realm?
Pinhead does have a knife as well as chains they can do exactly what he wants. Thus he likely covers most ranges already being a force within the game. Now going by that number 4 hint. The box has gold color around it's design. In Hellraiser 3, it got transformed into a blade sending him to Hell. Which could represent the sharp look for the number 4 or even his actual knife that's shape somewhat like that.
4. Chucky (Child's Play/Chucky series)
Chucky is another huge request I seen all the time. Chucky is likely getting more movies as well as a show on TV. Of course, there now exists two versions of the character that further bags the question. Which is more likely to show up in their game? Classic Chucky is a serial killer who put his soul into a Good Guy doll that continues to kill people.
The remake Chucky is a robot that learns at a fast rate that's willing to do anything to have Andy for itself. Obviously, either version of the character would fill in evil toys. But remake Chucky is a machine that is rare among the killers in the game itself. I should mention that version of Chucky has two major looks too.
Chucky does a few title cards similar to the number 4 hint. Yes, Chucky himself lacks something gold. Thanks to Cult of Chucky & Child's Play remake in their own right adds a lot of interesting possibilities. I strongly felt either version could be in this game to do the franchise justice honestly. We might even get their voice actor to reprise their roles if we're lucky.
5. The Babadook (The Babadook)
The Babadook is a character in a story. One mom started thinking too deeply about that story seeing things like the character himself. So in this regard, fear would represent imagination since she believed in it too much to cause herself fear in the process. Let's be honest somethings are just normally scarier when you start believing too much into it.
6. The Leprechaun (Leprechaun series)
The Leprechaun does have a pot of gold. Somethings additional gold stuff is included. We do need a magic theme killer in this game. I know most of his movies not counting Leprechaun: Origins it doesn't exist takes place in several states. The big exception being 4 is in space that sorta bring that fear into the game as well.
Just imagine what he might be allowed to do in game. Yes they didn't say they were considering him like the previous five guesses. But there isn't a lot of horror franchises that has something to represent the color gold or have a title with the number 4. Now that would limit these down further for me. I would drop everything just to get this guy as soon as possible I'm not joking.
7. Puppet Master (Puppet Master series)
I am aware a free multiplayer game based on this franchise is coming to Steam. But I just noticed a particular cover for Puppet Master 4 has the number 4 similar enough to the hint. You could be the puppet master commanding these puppets against the survivors would be an unique concept. There also exists a reboot movie in it's own universe does spicing their look up further.
8. Graboid species (Tremors series)
Hear me out before freaking on me over this. Tremor 4 has the number 4 similar to the hint. It also was a prequel movie in a similar time period to Chains of Hate chapter. Even if they don't take those creatures from that movie. There do exist mutations of that species. Just imagine being an Graboid under the ground.
You could be given the option to become a couple Shriekers to attack multiple survivors or I apologize it's the name of the final stage, Assblasters can fly in the air. Thus, with the possible exception of water does cover most of the maps by default. Either form would easily be alerted to the survivor's locations quickly.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Jack Red reviews Streets of Rage 4
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, I couldn't be any happier with how SOR4 turned out. There were several attempts bringing back a few beat em up franchises. A couple of them didn't go far while this one blew everyone away. Considering a lot of years passed in real life since SOR3. The odds up to that point was heavily stacked against it.
Streets of Rage 4 takes place ten years after the previous game. Axel with his friends goes to stop Mr. X's children. Funny enough they are calling themselves Mr. & Mrs. Y I'm not kidding. I take it their grand children will be named Mr. or Mrs. Z lol. Let's be honest, this game is very good in every possible way.
I never thought I was going to say this but it is better than the original Streets of Rage game in my opinion. It does come so close to SOR2 bujt I don't consider that a disappointment. If anything they really went all out with this. The first two games has eight stages while SOR3 had 7 stages. SOR4 pushes you further in 12 stages.
I really liked they changed the boss health bars in this. In many beat em up games you either have to take down several health bars or beat them up until they are defeated or in some cases flashing colors. You get a nice size health bar with a picture of that boss. This does apply to a few times you face two bosses at once.
I also love they give you retro versions of several characters. Now that by itself was mind blowing to me. Now add in retro songs from the first two SOR games. Yeah this is a party I'll never leave. All new characters fits in perfectly bringing their own unique style to the game play. The older characters are greatly updated to help stand the test of time.
This game is out on several platforms. The crazy part is Sega wasn't involved as close as much as the original three games. A new team took such an ambitious project head on. I strongly believed they absolutely nailed it. I might be one of the select few reviewing this that played the only release game that nearly was SOR4.
Fighting Force was originally going to be that game. I have owned it on PlayStation 1 and more recently on Nintendo 64. This was the closest attempt at giving us SOR4 before a long time waiting for the actual game. There was also an attempt on Sega Dreamcast but then new board members chose to cancel the game.
The point is this could've easily been a disaster waiting to happen. Instead we ended up with a game that's really damn good. The soundtrack is absolutely amazing with great sound effects. They do introduce some new game play mechanics with my favorite being throwing a pipe at a short distance. If you remain close by, that pipe goes right back in your hands.
Geez they just got away with ripping off Star Wars lol. They actually given us a new refreshing take especially in how the story is told. It works way better than how SOR3 done that. The controls are perfect, you got some nice surprises. Like a handful of stages has an Bare Knuckle arcade cabinet. You need a taser to attack one of these to do a quick retro boss fight.
The last one gives you Shiva & Mr. X respectively. What do I think about his children? Mr. Y is a psychopath that really doesn't take orders or crap from anyone. His sister Mrs. Y is one of those queen bitch types. You know she has to rule it all getting angry at the very sight of a threat. He uses several weapons while she uses a sword.
I do like we get to fight them separately before the final boss fight where you face both of them. Also you have to deal with a giant robot during this too. I also like the new common enemies you'll face through out the game. The achievements/trophies ended up being way better than I was expecting them to be.
You also have arcade mode where you only get one credit aka continue to finish the game. Boss Rush mode with all the bosses excluding extra retro ones. You can play this with three other people online. The highest for this franchise yet. I also liked you can earn up points to unlock characters. Thus giving you more reasons to keep on playing.
Streets of Rage 4 is really well worth the wait. This game is in all honestly a miracle it ended up being this good. I am still blown how much work that went into this game. It is one of the finest beat em up sequels I ever played. I am proud as a long time fan as well as a huge Sega fan to own this. I strongly, highly, deeply recommend this game to everyone especially to fellow beat em up fans.
Streets of Rage 4 takes place ten years after the previous game. Axel with his friends goes to stop Mr. X's children. Funny enough they are calling themselves Mr. & Mrs. Y I'm not kidding. I take it their grand children will be named Mr. or Mrs. Z lol. Let's be honest, this game is very good in every possible way.
I never thought I was going to say this but it is better than the original Streets of Rage game in my opinion. It does come so close to SOR2 bujt I don't consider that a disappointment. If anything they really went all out with this. The first two games has eight stages while SOR3 had 7 stages. SOR4 pushes you further in 12 stages.
I really liked they changed the boss health bars in this. In many beat em up games you either have to take down several health bars or beat them up until they are defeated or in some cases flashing colors. You get a nice size health bar with a picture of that boss. This does apply to a few times you face two bosses at once.
I also love they give you retro versions of several characters. Now that by itself was mind blowing to me. Now add in retro songs from the first two SOR games. Yeah this is a party I'll never leave. All new characters fits in perfectly bringing their own unique style to the game play. The older characters are greatly updated to help stand the test of time.
This game is out on several platforms. The crazy part is Sega wasn't involved as close as much as the original three games. A new team took such an ambitious project head on. I strongly believed they absolutely nailed it. I might be one of the select few reviewing this that played the only release game that nearly was SOR4.
Fighting Force was originally going to be that game. I have owned it on PlayStation 1 and more recently on Nintendo 64. This was the closest attempt at giving us SOR4 before a long time waiting for the actual game. There was also an attempt on Sega Dreamcast but then new board members chose to cancel the game.
The point is this could've easily been a disaster waiting to happen. Instead we ended up with a game that's really damn good. The soundtrack is absolutely amazing with great sound effects. They do introduce some new game play mechanics with my favorite being throwing a pipe at a short distance. If you remain close by, that pipe goes right back in your hands.
Geez they just got away with ripping off Star Wars lol. They actually given us a new refreshing take especially in how the story is told. It works way better than how SOR3 done that. The controls are perfect, you got some nice surprises. Like a handful of stages has an Bare Knuckle arcade cabinet. You need a taser to attack one of these to do a quick retro boss fight.
The last one gives you Shiva & Mr. X respectively. What do I think about his children? Mr. Y is a psychopath that really doesn't take orders or crap from anyone. His sister Mrs. Y is one of those queen bitch types. You know she has to rule it all getting angry at the very sight of a threat. He uses several weapons while she uses a sword.
I do like we get to fight them separately before the final boss fight where you face both of them. Also you have to deal with a giant robot during this too. I also like the new common enemies you'll face through out the game. The achievements/trophies ended up being way better than I was expecting them to be.
You also have arcade mode where you only get one credit aka continue to finish the game. Boss Rush mode with all the bosses excluding extra retro ones. You can play this with three other people online. The highest for this franchise yet. I also liked you can earn up points to unlock characters. Thus giving you more reasons to keep on playing.
Streets of Rage 4 is really well worth the wait. This game is in all honestly a miracle it ended up being this good. I am still blown how much work that went into this game. It is one of the finest beat em up sequels I ever played. I am proud as a long time fan as well as a huge Sega fan to own this. I strongly, highly, deeply recommend this game to everyone especially to fellow beat em up fans.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Jack Red reviews River City Ransom (Xbox One)
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, yes I now own Streets of Rage 4. I am taking more time with it before I give you my thoughts on the game. Right now is a game I didn't think would come to Xbox One or PS4 for that matter. River City Ransom is ported from NES. I swear there's so many NES games on Xbox One with so little of SMS games, where's the love guys?
Anyway this game is going to be a rather mixed to talk about. I didn't own or play this prior to getting it recently. I will say the actual game is intact. I always want more beat em up games for my consoles or pc. Of course, I had to go for this but it's not worth five bucks long story. I do not regret my purchase however though.
River City Ransom is in a weird franchise that's mostly centered on Renegade & River City series. It also has Super Dodge Ball in the same series. You play as either Alex or Ryan or both of them with another player. You must fight several gangs to getting Ryan's girlfriend back from Simon. This game does give you information to a degree.
The most critical comes from the bosses themselves. Unfortunately, you have to defeat every boss unless you know a loop hole to beat the game. There are speed runners on this game that doesn't face every boss. unlike most beat em up games, this isn't split up into stages. This is more of you exploring around.
Which technically makes this a precursor to Shenmue and Yazkua series respectively. Despite the fact, Sega wasn't even involved with the making of this game. It is more of this team attempted such a concept that some teams later attempted themselves in their own way. Therefore, it is possible without this there wouldn't be Shenmue thus Yakuza.
River City Ransom does alter the clothes of your enemies' clothes at random. You go to parts of the game with enemies, sometimes it goes from gray to yellow. You can also buy things by going into stores. Now this was more common during the 90s in several arcade games. I could name several Capcom arcade classics done it.
You can increase your stats by eating particular stuff. A good number of it affects several stats at once. I believe the highest I seen most of them goes is 63. Only two particular stats with one being your stamina goes higher. You can move amazingly fast in this game with the right stuff. I highly recommend you use a map off a device to find the bosses.
There are several weapons that isn't unusual for this genre of games. You also can use the other playable character as a weapon. Now that's thinking outside the box lol. Some bosses will respawn but has more money than their goons making it great for farming money from them. You actually can use one of those locations to get three achievements/trophies done in this game I'm not kidding.
The audio is surprisingly solid that's aging well. You can play two different visual versions of the same game. But it won't allow you to use save game from one version to another. I played games that allowed such a thing so there's no excuse for that. This lacks new stuff altogether, you can customize the controls.
The default controls is well questionable at best. Most achievements/trophies for this can be done outside the actual game isn't right. Sadly, the same company responsible for this also done the same treatment to several classics as well. Keep in mind, this is a recent port of a classic game. It came out a few weeks ago, I got it a day after SOR4 came out.
Honestly Doom 64 gotten a much better port than this. It kinda felt like they wanted to just give us the games nothing more than that. There was a time this would've been alright but not anymore. Not to mention, SNK has a lot of classics on many platforms that does many things better in comparison. Also every achievement/trophy in this is worth an 100 gamer score.
If you know what you're doing that's an easy 1000 gamer score you can pick up. The AI among the goons does vary at times. I actually got strong enough to one shot two bosses in the same area in record time. There is a lot of places to buy stuff in. I actually liked you get the option to smile as free. This could've been flirting in game or just to make the lady's day who really knows.
I had to die to get around an obstacle I couldn't get around, no I wasn't glitching the game. I missed a few bosses prior to where I was stuck at. The goal is to get inside the other high school. You got five bosses waiting for you inside. You also can buy shoes & similar stuff as well. River City Ransom doesn't have an in game map neither does much to help you on you way to finish it.
This means you might have to write all the bosses as well as their locations down then look on a map you're using. I should mention the secret shop is inside a tunnel against a particular part of the wall. You have to spend a lot of money but it does help level your stats up a lot. Sometimes, weapons can be thrown against something or someone might hit into you like a soccer ball.
The actual ending is more or less meant as a joke. There is a lot of bosses in this game. I do like you have to use your head while playing it. I do recommend build up your stats since you'll need it later. The actual in game achievements quickly become a joke after using a trick to farm money. Honestly, despite the flaws it has, this game is a true classic on that console.
I would say it is unique yet refreshing. I thought I seen it all, yeah SOR4 also proved me wrong there too. This game is interesting in how you may go about getting further. I didn't rely on weapons as much as some people would. It is kinda annoying as I was fighting I kept by accident grabbing em. You do get mostly get moves to help you in combat.
River City Ransom is a nice length beat em up game that has replayability in a way a lot of similar games doesn't have. You can easily fall out in some areas with a few being death. Yes the stores do look similar to each other for the most part. Although, a couple do have their own particular look to help you find em easier.
Like Sushi place actually says Sushi on it. I also liked you buy the moves but two of them are present in most locations. You also need to read them first before they activate. Otherwise, you are just moving around like normal. I also like your health bar can get surprisingly long in this game. I should also mention there are passwords you can use.
You can't use em or reset for three achievements/trophies. But knowing it is there would help for future runs. I would say for the game itself I do recommend. Sadly, this port isn't doing such a game justice. I played several games given more respect than this. River City Ransom is so much of a different beast from the genre, you can't know how I feel until you play it for yourselves.
Update: Unlock all achievements isn't actually that. No it turned out to be just change your background. Why isn't it named that instead of unlock every achievement? A real unlock every achievement involves doing the other achievements thus unlocked following the last one you needed to do.
I am still happy to own this game but to screw up a name for an achievement like that. It makes me wonder even the team porting these NES classics is checking their achievements/trophies before releasing em. This is just sad, all those games deserve a lot more respect than that company owning them does for some of it's own franchises.
Anyway this game is going to be a rather mixed to talk about. I didn't own or play this prior to getting it recently. I will say the actual game is intact. I always want more beat em up games for my consoles or pc. Of course, I had to go for this but it's not worth five bucks long story. I do not regret my purchase however though.
River City Ransom is in a weird franchise that's mostly centered on Renegade & River City series. It also has Super Dodge Ball in the same series. You play as either Alex or Ryan or both of them with another player. You must fight several gangs to getting Ryan's girlfriend back from Simon. This game does give you information to a degree.
The most critical comes from the bosses themselves. Unfortunately, you have to defeat every boss unless you know a loop hole to beat the game. There are speed runners on this game that doesn't face every boss. unlike most beat em up games, this isn't split up into stages. This is more of you exploring around.
Which technically makes this a precursor to Shenmue and Yazkua series respectively. Despite the fact, Sega wasn't even involved with the making of this game. It is more of this team attempted such a concept that some teams later attempted themselves in their own way. Therefore, it is possible without this there wouldn't be Shenmue thus Yakuza.
River City Ransom does alter the clothes of your enemies' clothes at random. You go to parts of the game with enemies, sometimes it goes from gray to yellow. You can also buy things by going into stores. Now this was more common during the 90s in several arcade games. I could name several Capcom arcade classics done it.
You can increase your stats by eating particular stuff. A good number of it affects several stats at once. I believe the highest I seen most of them goes is 63. Only two particular stats with one being your stamina goes higher. You can move amazingly fast in this game with the right stuff. I highly recommend you use a map off a device to find the bosses.
There are several weapons that isn't unusual for this genre of games. You also can use the other playable character as a weapon. Now that's thinking outside the box lol. Some bosses will respawn but has more money than their goons making it great for farming money from them. You actually can use one of those locations to get three achievements/trophies done in this game I'm not kidding.
The audio is surprisingly solid that's aging well. You can play two different visual versions of the same game. But it won't allow you to use save game from one version to another. I played games that allowed such a thing so there's no excuse for that. This lacks new stuff altogether, you can customize the controls.
The default controls is well questionable at best. Most achievements/trophies for this can be done outside the actual game isn't right. Sadly, the same company responsible for this also done the same treatment to several classics as well. Keep in mind, this is a recent port of a classic game. It came out a few weeks ago, I got it a day after SOR4 came out.
Honestly Doom 64 gotten a much better port than this. It kinda felt like they wanted to just give us the games nothing more than that. There was a time this would've been alright but not anymore. Not to mention, SNK has a lot of classics on many platforms that does many things better in comparison. Also every achievement/trophy in this is worth an 100 gamer score.
If you know what you're doing that's an easy 1000 gamer score you can pick up. The AI among the goons does vary at times. I actually got strong enough to one shot two bosses in the same area in record time. There is a lot of places to buy stuff in. I actually liked you get the option to smile as free. This could've been flirting in game or just to make the lady's day who really knows.
I had to die to get around an obstacle I couldn't get around, no I wasn't glitching the game. I missed a few bosses prior to where I was stuck at. The goal is to get inside the other high school. You got five bosses waiting for you inside. You also can buy shoes & similar stuff as well. River City Ransom doesn't have an in game map neither does much to help you on you way to finish it.
This means you might have to write all the bosses as well as their locations down then look on a map you're using. I should mention the secret shop is inside a tunnel against a particular part of the wall. You have to spend a lot of money but it does help level your stats up a lot. Sometimes, weapons can be thrown against something or someone might hit into you like a soccer ball.
The actual ending is more or less meant as a joke. There is a lot of bosses in this game. I do like you have to use your head while playing it. I do recommend build up your stats since you'll need it later. The actual in game achievements quickly become a joke after using a trick to farm money. Honestly, despite the flaws it has, this game is a true classic on that console.
I would say it is unique yet refreshing. I thought I seen it all, yeah SOR4 also proved me wrong there too. This game is interesting in how you may go about getting further. I didn't rely on weapons as much as some people would. It is kinda annoying as I was fighting I kept by accident grabbing em. You do get mostly get moves to help you in combat.
River City Ransom is a nice length beat em up game that has replayability in a way a lot of similar games doesn't have. You can easily fall out in some areas with a few being death. Yes the stores do look similar to each other for the most part. Although, a couple do have their own particular look to help you find em easier.
Like Sushi place actually says Sushi on it. I also liked you buy the moves but two of them are present in most locations. You also need to read them first before they activate. Otherwise, you are just moving around like normal. I also like your health bar can get surprisingly long in this game. I should also mention there are passwords you can use.
You can't use em or reset for three achievements/trophies. But knowing it is there would help for future runs. I would say for the game itself I do recommend. Sadly, this port isn't doing such a game justice. I played several games given more respect than this. River City Ransom is so much of a different beast from the genre, you can't know how I feel until you play it for yourselves.
Update: Unlock all achievements isn't actually that. No it turned out to be just change your background. Why isn't it named that instead of unlock every achievement? A real unlock every achievement involves doing the other achievements thus unlocked following the last one you needed to do.
I am still happy to own this game but to screw up a name for an achievement like that. It makes me wonder even the team porting these NES classics is checking their achievements/trophies before releasing em. This is just sad, all those games deserve a lot more respect than that company owning them does for some of it's own franchises.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Some Mega Man boss videos
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, I came back to YouTube with a different goal in mind. I will only upload what I'm actually proud of gaming wise. I figured Mega Man series that I'm still new to might help. I took a lot of weeks to getting gold medals on most boss challenges. I am linking my playlist so you can see what I have done so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LqnMVylQM&list=PL8vGuhRohK-IChIB5j2cKTJlh4O8EFv_N
Devil robot bosses is from Mega Man 8 to 10 (3 bosses)
More Mega Man boss fights is from Mega Man 7 to 10 (7 bosses)
Wily Machine Challenges is from Mega Man 1-6 (6 bosses)
Boss fights that isn't Dr. Wily or Robot Masters is from Mega Man 1-6 (7 bosses)
Sub-Boss Rush and Boss Rush is from Mega Man 7 to 10 (47 bosses)
Dr. Wily Forever Challenge is from Mega Man 1-6 (6 bosses)
Six Robot Master challenges is from Mega Man 1-6 (46 bosses)
All Robot Rush challenge is from Mega Man 1-6 (46 bosses)
I figured to bring those videos to my readers. I am a bigger Mega Man X fan though. I will say it was a lot of fun to do these challenges. All Robot Rush in particular took so many attempts to get done on gold. I hope anyone that watchers it enjoys the show. I hope eventually the last boss fights might be done in the near future.
I might as well give one more announcement that's unrelated to Mega Man series. This Thursday, it's been twenty six years since the last Streets of Rage game. I am proud to say as soon as possible I'm getting it. I will be wearing my Streets of Rage hat during a first playthrough. I am very happy about what's revealed about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6LqnMVylQM&list=PL8vGuhRohK-IChIB5j2cKTJlh4O8EFv_N
Devil robot bosses is from Mega Man 8 to 10 (3 bosses)
More Mega Man boss fights is from Mega Man 7 to 10 (7 bosses)
Wily Machine Challenges is from Mega Man 1-6 (6 bosses)
Boss fights that isn't Dr. Wily or Robot Masters is from Mega Man 1-6 (7 bosses)
Sub-Boss Rush and Boss Rush is from Mega Man 7 to 10 (47 bosses)
Dr. Wily Forever Challenge is from Mega Man 1-6 (6 bosses)
Six Robot Master challenges is from Mega Man 1-6 (46 bosses)
All Robot Rush challenge is from Mega Man 1-6 (46 bosses)
I figured to bring those videos to my readers. I am a bigger Mega Man X fan though. I will say it was a lot of fun to do these challenges. All Robot Rush in particular took so many attempts to get done on gold. I hope anyone that watchers it enjoys the show. I hope eventually the last boss fights might be done in the near future.
I might as well give one more announcement that's unrelated to Mega Man series. This Thursday, it's been twenty six years since the last Streets of Rage game. I am proud to say as soon as possible I'm getting it. I will be wearing my Streets of Rage hat during a first playthrough. I am very happy about what's revealed about it.
Jack Red reviews Lego Marvel Collection
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, I was so happy they lowered Lego Marvel Collection enough for me to get it. I do like Lego games even if it wasn't my favorite toy. Trust be told it was K'NEX long story. Maybe one day, I'll talk about it. Right now, I got three Lego Marvel video games to review. Prior to this, I did own Lego Marvel Super Heroes without dlcs.
I knew about the spin off movie game as well as it's sequel for a few years now. This deal doesn't just give you those three games. No it actually gives you every dlc for all three games as well. Yeah I got to fully experience it myself. Now I didn't get 100% completion on the first two games yet. Recently, I got that on Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 with dlcs included.
I am a huge Marvel fan since child hood. I was beyond excited to play these. I got to be honest this was better than I expected. I will go as far to say which game may get called the worst here isn't that bad of a game even with it's flaws. I hope you enjoy as I dive straight in such a crazy trip. All three of these are now among my favorite Lego games.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016)
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017)
Lego Marvel Collection (2019)
Now these games are strikingly similar. I will make it clear which one I talk about during this long review. Two of these games are mostly original stories for the most part. Lego Marvel's Avengers is a movie game. Now a regular movie game usually covers one movie. One of many exceptions to this is Lego Marvel's Avengers.
You get to play as many super heroes, super villains and even supporting characters. A good number of them are actually playable in all three games I'm not kidding. All three games does have a hub world with Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2's being the most interesting. I will be honest, most of the hub for Lego Marvel's Avengers is pulled from Lego Marvel Super Heroes with some changes.
Otherwise, you could confuse the two that's how similar they are. Thank god this isn't a problem for the last game. They do reference many things especially some moments from the comics themselves. There's a lot of boss fights with Lego Marvel's Avengers even with dlcs seems to have the fewest. There is some great writing as well as voice acting.
Well it's hard for me to say that on Lego Marvel's Avengers since a large amount of the dialogue is pulled from the movies. There still some new voice acting in the game. There's a lot of super powers you can use especially during roaming the hub world as well as replaying level on free play. I said it once and I'll said it again, playing these games on free play is such a great experience.
I should mention since I got this digitally. I did look up how this collection was done on discs for two versions. On Xbox One, this would be on two discs while PS4 has all three games on one disc. Some of the level's layouts do show some limitations during free play. Mostly in Lego Marvel's Avengers, a handful of times one of my characters got changed to a pre selected character during a section.
You usually play the levels, collect a few different stuff and explore what you can. A huge amount amount of what you need to do will give you gold bricks. Trust me, there's a lot of them in these games. I should mention, in all three games you need to rescue Stan Lee a lot. Yes the man himself is in desperate need of being rescue RIP Stan Lee.
If you collect all minikits for a particular level unlocks comics you can read in game. Now that's a nice touch with a few major changes. Originally you had to go to Deadpool's room that so happens to be on the same ship S. H. I. E. L. D. owns. You also go there in Lego Marvel's Avengers to go into a portal leading to another room.
By that point, it no longer is Deadpool's room. In Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, you have to go the Avengers Mansion. You have to deal with Gwenpool whose kinda annoying. Oh yeah, she narrates through out her bonus missions as well as all dlc levels too. Also, you aren't going for red bricks this time.
No, they decided to make the cheat bricks into pink bricks. I guess to help tie in Gwenpool who really knows or cares. I loved how replayable all three these games are. You need to play dlc levels to fully get every dlc characters in the games. The campaign itself takes a few hours to complete. But going the full distance of 100% completion is a totally different beast.
Lego Marvel's Avengers could've been more exciting than it actually was. I will be honest to say a handful of bonus levels based on particular Marvel movies are among my favorites. These levels pretty much covers the entire movie from start to finish but done in a fast forward direction. Lego Marvel's Avengers doesn't hold back in most categories though.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 gives you a lot more to go. It's virtually like taking their early Lego games now times the full experience roughly by four. Yeah it took me hours to get that 100% completion. Sometimes, a character I really likes is in these games gets me by surprise. Like when I found out Ghost Rider was in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.
You should already know the basics how to play a Lego game. For those that don't you have to break somethings or an event occurs causing something to break anyway. You need to repair or build stuff to get far in these games. This is exactly why free mode comes in handily. You can play as any character you have unlocked.
I also like you can skip cut scenes most of the time. I should mention in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 does have eleven hidden boss fights. Sadly, you don't get a secret level among fully doing everything. You go to the trophy to activate a particular fountain then there you go. There really is so much to do to keep you busy for possibly months.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 does need to fix up some of it's mechanics though. Like some of the races are more strict on timing while others are more strict about missing an ring. Some characters gets multiple outfits or versions of themselves in game. I won't fully spoil the plot to both Lego Marvel Super Heroes games.
Lego Marvel's Avengers took the plot of the first two Avengers movie. For me since I played Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Which covered four movies in several levels a bit disappointment. Especially when I ended up enjoying the bonus levels based on other Marvel movies more. It is weird that two of these games got Black Panther dlcs.
I loved they took a direct part from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 movie in a dlc level. Which is surprisingly in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. You also get a good map but a few changes would've made using it a lot better. Overall, I do recommend playing all three Lego Marvel games. I would say as of right now Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 being my favorite out of the three.
Even if Lego Marvel's Avengers isn't as good. There are still some good things about that game. They did make some great jokes during the cut scenes that in some degree funnier than those movies' jokes. Other than that, some characters do look better than how they did in Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Personally, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 had some of their best Lego look by far.
I knew about the spin off movie game as well as it's sequel for a few years now. This deal doesn't just give you those three games. No it actually gives you every dlc for all three games as well. Yeah I got to fully experience it myself. Now I didn't get 100% completion on the first two games yet. Recently, I got that on Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 with dlcs included.
I am a huge Marvel fan since child hood. I was beyond excited to play these. I got to be honest this was better than I expected. I will go as far to say which game may get called the worst here isn't that bad of a game even with it's flaws. I hope you enjoy as I dive straight in such a crazy trip. All three of these are now among my favorite Lego games.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016)
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017)
Lego Marvel Collection (2019)
Now these games are strikingly similar. I will make it clear which one I talk about during this long review. Two of these games are mostly original stories for the most part. Lego Marvel's Avengers is a movie game. Now a regular movie game usually covers one movie. One of many exceptions to this is Lego Marvel's Avengers.
You get to play as many super heroes, super villains and even supporting characters. A good number of them are actually playable in all three games I'm not kidding. All three games does have a hub world with Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2's being the most interesting. I will be honest, most of the hub for Lego Marvel's Avengers is pulled from Lego Marvel Super Heroes with some changes.
Otherwise, you could confuse the two that's how similar they are. Thank god this isn't a problem for the last game. They do reference many things especially some moments from the comics themselves. There's a lot of boss fights with Lego Marvel's Avengers even with dlcs seems to have the fewest. There is some great writing as well as voice acting.
Well it's hard for me to say that on Lego Marvel's Avengers since a large amount of the dialogue is pulled from the movies. There still some new voice acting in the game. There's a lot of super powers you can use especially during roaming the hub world as well as replaying level on free play. I said it once and I'll said it again, playing these games on free play is such a great experience.
I should mention since I got this digitally. I did look up how this collection was done on discs for two versions. On Xbox One, this would be on two discs while PS4 has all three games on one disc. Some of the level's layouts do show some limitations during free play. Mostly in Lego Marvel's Avengers, a handful of times one of my characters got changed to a pre selected character during a section.
You usually play the levels, collect a few different stuff and explore what you can. A huge amount amount of what you need to do will give you gold bricks. Trust me, there's a lot of them in these games. I should mention, in all three games you need to rescue Stan Lee a lot. Yes the man himself is in desperate need of being rescue RIP Stan Lee.
If you collect all minikits for a particular level unlocks comics you can read in game. Now that's a nice touch with a few major changes. Originally you had to go to Deadpool's room that so happens to be on the same ship S. H. I. E. L. D. owns. You also go there in Lego Marvel's Avengers to go into a portal leading to another room.
By that point, it no longer is Deadpool's room. In Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, you have to go the Avengers Mansion. You have to deal with Gwenpool whose kinda annoying. Oh yeah, she narrates through out her bonus missions as well as all dlc levels too. Also, you aren't going for red bricks this time.
No, they decided to make the cheat bricks into pink bricks. I guess to help tie in Gwenpool who really knows or cares. I loved how replayable all three these games are. You need to play dlc levels to fully get every dlc characters in the games. The campaign itself takes a few hours to complete. But going the full distance of 100% completion is a totally different beast.
Lego Marvel's Avengers could've been more exciting than it actually was. I will be honest to say a handful of bonus levels based on particular Marvel movies are among my favorites. These levels pretty much covers the entire movie from start to finish but done in a fast forward direction. Lego Marvel's Avengers doesn't hold back in most categories though.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 gives you a lot more to go. It's virtually like taking their early Lego games now times the full experience roughly by four. Yeah it took me hours to get that 100% completion. Sometimes, a character I really likes is in these games gets me by surprise. Like when I found out Ghost Rider was in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2.
You should already know the basics how to play a Lego game. For those that don't you have to break somethings or an event occurs causing something to break anyway. You need to repair or build stuff to get far in these games. This is exactly why free mode comes in handily. You can play as any character you have unlocked.
I also like you can skip cut scenes most of the time. I should mention in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 does have eleven hidden boss fights. Sadly, you don't get a secret level among fully doing everything. You go to the trophy to activate a particular fountain then there you go. There really is so much to do to keep you busy for possibly months.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 does need to fix up some of it's mechanics though. Like some of the races are more strict on timing while others are more strict about missing an ring. Some characters gets multiple outfits or versions of themselves in game. I won't fully spoil the plot to both Lego Marvel Super Heroes games.
Lego Marvel's Avengers took the plot of the first two Avengers movie. For me since I played Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Which covered four movies in several levels a bit disappointment. Especially when I ended up enjoying the bonus levels based on other Marvel movies more. It is weird that two of these games got Black Panther dlcs.
I loved they took a direct part from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 movie in a dlc level. Which is surprisingly in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. You also get a good map but a few changes would've made using it a lot better. Overall, I do recommend playing all three Lego Marvel games. I would say as of right now Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 being my favorite out of the three.
Even if Lego Marvel's Avengers isn't as good. There are still some good things about that game. They did make some great jokes during the cut scenes that in some degree funnier than those movies' jokes. Other than that, some characters do look better than how they did in Lego Marvel Super Heroes. Personally, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 had some of their best Lego look by far.
Jack Red presents Doom Review Madness (two games and two movie reviews)
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, sadly I got to wait later to play Doom Eternal. But thankfully, I got more into this franchise. I recently took advantage of a few great game deals. What I got was two Doom games I didn't own on Xbox One, don't worry I'm reviewing both of them here. I also got Lego Marvel Collection for a great price.
Spoiler alert, that also getting it's own review coming soon. I am a huge Doom fan for a long time now. I think after officially doing these I only have Sigil and Doom Eternal to review. I got Sigil on Xbox One ports of the first two Doom games. Sooner or later, it will be done. I also want to review both Doom movies within the same blog entry since all of this is well Doom.
1. Doom 64 (1997 on Nintendo 64 and 2020 for several platforms)
Sadly I don't own this on an actual Nintendo 64. But I do own the newer version that's the same price for the first two Doom games on several services. In my case, it was only five bucks. Doom 64 is technically the true Doom 3 that follows the events of Doom 2. Final Doom is now considered non canon for those wondering since there is virtually no mention of those events at all.
Doom 64 is like a perfect mixture of classic Doom & Quake. Yes that includes the traps as well as the puzzles. I felt this game was a bit kinder with them. Although a handful of them do come off being cheap. Speaking of cheap, the final boss shows absolutely no mercy. She constantly sends out fires as well as even faster homing projectile than anything within the entire series.
It doesn't help she stays close by a huge health item. Now throw in a ridiculous amount of demons to really wear down your ammo. I kinda felt The Icon of Sins in Doom 2 was more fair than this. Yes it's true trying to land a shot on him is worse. At the same time, you sorta get a little more help. Also it doesn't actually attack you directly.
When you get close of killing it, chances of a Cyber Demon showing up are high. So I felt the difficulty spike is more leveled here compared to the Mother Demon. Who can even send projectiles after you hiding between walls yes I'm not kidding. It is virtually impossible most of the time to outrun these projectiles too.
The actual audio puts you in the mood in a rather interesting way. Everything in this game looks absolutely amazing even by Doom standards. There was originally the same number of levels as Doom 2 not counting the expansions. The newer version added the lost levels increasing the amount to forty levels.
Oh hell by now the internet already knows this. Doomguy in the newer Doom games is in fact the classic Doomguy. There is a loose connection to tie things together. In my mind, I kinda knew before it was confirmed officially. I felt most levels are well designed for the most part. You also can get the Unimaker, you still need to find three pieces to complete it.
This weapon is the most effective against the final boss yes that does include the legendary BFG itself. Doom 64 is a true sequel that had some interesting ideas. I am well aware this is a rather mixed reception game. Which means you either love it or hate it, honestly I loved it. Doom 64 also allows passwords including the cheat menu code.
The achievements/trophies if you cheat can be done in a surprisingly fast way. The only reason I chose to do so is because I already knew I was going to do a full no cheat playthrough following it. Yes that does include the lost levels too. Midway made this game under the supervise of ID Software. This game almost was a port of the original Doom on the console.
Thank god it is it's own Doom game. I kinda felt the look of some enemies are among my favorites by far. Yes I felt the same way about the weapons too. Doom 64 is a solid, underrated experience that more people needs to play. This game is aging well enough despite going a long time without getting a port until recently.
2. Doom (2016)
I originally wanted to do this during when I was playing games through Game Pass. Honestly, wow this game blew my mind in a great way. This blows away the same team's Wolfenstein games I played. I absolutely love everything about this game. There isn't many new enemies but all of them works.
The weapons are done just right for this kind of experience. What's better is you can not only upgrade em. You also can switch between weapon mods that greatly effects how a particular weapon works too. There is also an upgrade system you find chips from dead space marines. You can increase one of three categories.
Either increasing your overall health, armor or ammo. I also like you can find small Doomguy figures as collectibles. Not only that, if you look closely enough you can find these out of place levers. Then you got to search nearby for parts of a classic Doom level. Yeah you can actually replay classic Doom levels with some stuff from this game is in itself mind blowing.
I really love how they handle the chainsaw this time. Usually it is a melee weapon that does damage while putting you at risk. They made it an instant kill weapon for some enemies. Some of them you need to weaken down first before using the chainsaw. Now you do need to find gas for the chainsaw. Which brings me to another point, along with the BFG, both aren't present on your weapon wheel.
Instead, within the controls a particular button represents em. Honestly I kinda liked they did that since I didn't like losing it in Doom 3 games. The killing animations are absolutely brutal. There is no question in my mind that Brutal Doom mod was a major impression for this. In a way this comes off a Doomguy doing his own Mortal Kombat game lol.
I believe this is a long game I would say a hour or two longer at best then Doom 3. To clarify, many levels within Doom 3 aren't long to begin with. Some of them can be a bit tedious. I actually had an easier time in Doom 3 figuring what to do or where to go. Now yes I am aware about Doom 2016's map.
Let's be honest, a few key changes would've made it the perfect map. I still say it works in a few ways. Doom 2016 is a truly solid game that deserves all the attention it received. I felt this is hands down one of the absolute best Doom games I ever played. Personally not to piss anyone off, there's just something about Doom II: Hell on Earth I love so much.
3. Doom (2005)
Doom is loosely based on Doom 3. They took the sarge concept from that using The Rock. Maybe not one of his best movies but he has done worse than this. I kinda liked right up to the end, we didn't know which person was Doomguy. Now yes, a few major changes does derail the actual purpose of this.
In the games, Doomguy had to take on demons from Hell. Sometimes being force to go there to stop an invasion from happening. But here, the monsters are a result of mutated martians that's selects a person's DNA to infect. They reference John Carmack whose a major reason as a deceased scientist. Without question, the best scene in the movie was a full recreation of classic Doom in a short scene.
I felt some of the actors were well picked for this movie. They also introduced an experimental mixture that could make you superhuman. Our Doomguy of this movie was saved from dying because of it. The story might not seem like it's obvious at first. Well oh okay compared to what's coming next, the story does stand out in a weird way.
Doom movie is sorta in the middle of video game movies for me, I got plenty reasons to like it as well as dislike it to a degree. I will say this out of respect, this movie didn't hold back from the concept they did use. I also got to respect them for using Pinky. I know from some Doom games, it was simply called Demon until 2016 game.
4. Doom: Annihilation (2019)
To clarify this isn't a good movie. Yes the story ends up being very predictable. This was a low budget movie that got rushed out. Although it does show, they actually took more direct things from the games. Yeah the one thing I didn't expect to see. Like an exploding barrel or the famous BFG meme or even the different colored key cards.
Yes, the demons are from Hell in this movie. I can argue at least they didn't move away from that. Even The Rock from the previous Doom movie spoke against the very movie. ID Software wasn't happy about that statement. I watched this abomination through Netflix. Now that's two bad video game movies with Annihilation in the title.
I actually can say this is better than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation by miles. Despite that movie had a bigger budget, personally it's a legendary piece of crap that shouldn't exist. This movie did make one major change that I kinda liked. They made the character a woman this time around. Honestly when she starts taking charge, I figured she had to be it's take on Doomguy.
I guess for this review, I'll call her Doomchick why the hell not lol. She ends up being one of a handful characters worth talking about. I should mention Dr. Betruger is in this movie. He's a scientist that became a powerful demon in Hell. Not much changed from that, except they played him out like a total dick.
Especially when he starts speaking not pleasant truths about some of them. Keep in mind, he didn't talk to most of them during the movie. We had zombies & imps for the most part. I mean come on, in the last Doom movie. We got Sarge as well as a Pinky minus the zombies of course. The ending is more or less maybe expect another movie to follow.
The previous Doom movie got to theaters while this was more of a direct to video release. A huge number of those are small budget, rushed and you can tell sometimes what's not present. Sometimes, they have it to indirectly remake a movie despite having a title of a sequel. Yes this is a real concept that to me is absolutely criminal.
Doom: Annihilation is surprisingly a better Doom movie. Yeah the previous Doom movie had a better cast as well as usage of special effects. But they actually pulled more direct things from these games. Yes I should mention, they used a deceased scientist to reference John Carmack. Oh ok we already had it done like that once why not try something else damn it.
I also liked how Hell looks in the movie, trust me it looks better than you're expecting. The main portal you'll see in this movie looks like crap. It is difficult to describe to the point I would have to rip off The Nerd himself to do it justice. Let's put it this way, it looks like smooth human waste that's sorta reddish that isn't fully together on a few areas.
Doomchick does get some bad ass moments in this movie. She once dated the scientist among her squad. Trust me, on and off you will be hearing about it. One particular lady could've been a stripper before this movie. On an unrelated note, a stripper played in The Return of the Living Dead movie. To me, she just looks like one I apologize in advance if she isn't a stripper.
Honestly now I think about it, this movie kinda reminds me of another not bad space theme horror movie called Leprechaun 4: In Space. Except I actually could bring up a few scenes I actually liked. My favorite line was from the captain after the scientist said something to make his squad felt more uneasy.
Overall, this low budget Doom movie is closer in several ways to the source material. How the squad operates is more accurate than the previous Doom movie. I can actually say Dr. Betruger does more villain stuff than Sarge. Speaking of him, was I the only one laughing at that face before he got blown up lol.
Spoiler alert, that also getting it's own review coming soon. I am a huge Doom fan for a long time now. I think after officially doing these I only have Sigil and Doom Eternal to review. I got Sigil on Xbox One ports of the first two Doom games. Sooner or later, it will be done. I also want to review both Doom movies within the same blog entry since all of this is well Doom.
1. Doom 64 (1997 on Nintendo 64 and 2020 for several platforms)
Sadly I don't own this on an actual Nintendo 64. But I do own the newer version that's the same price for the first two Doom games on several services. In my case, it was only five bucks. Doom 64 is technically the true Doom 3 that follows the events of Doom 2. Final Doom is now considered non canon for those wondering since there is virtually no mention of those events at all.
Doom 64 is like a perfect mixture of classic Doom & Quake. Yes that includes the traps as well as the puzzles. I felt this game was a bit kinder with them. Although a handful of them do come off being cheap. Speaking of cheap, the final boss shows absolutely no mercy. She constantly sends out fires as well as even faster homing projectile than anything within the entire series.
It doesn't help she stays close by a huge health item. Now throw in a ridiculous amount of demons to really wear down your ammo. I kinda felt The Icon of Sins in Doom 2 was more fair than this. Yes it's true trying to land a shot on him is worse. At the same time, you sorta get a little more help. Also it doesn't actually attack you directly.
When you get close of killing it, chances of a Cyber Demon showing up are high. So I felt the difficulty spike is more leveled here compared to the Mother Demon. Who can even send projectiles after you hiding between walls yes I'm not kidding. It is virtually impossible most of the time to outrun these projectiles too.
The actual audio puts you in the mood in a rather interesting way. Everything in this game looks absolutely amazing even by Doom standards. There was originally the same number of levels as Doom 2 not counting the expansions. The newer version added the lost levels increasing the amount to forty levels.
Oh hell by now the internet already knows this. Doomguy in the newer Doom games is in fact the classic Doomguy. There is a loose connection to tie things together. In my mind, I kinda knew before it was confirmed officially. I felt most levels are well designed for the most part. You also can get the Unimaker, you still need to find three pieces to complete it.
This weapon is the most effective against the final boss yes that does include the legendary BFG itself. Doom 64 is a true sequel that had some interesting ideas. I am well aware this is a rather mixed reception game. Which means you either love it or hate it, honestly I loved it. Doom 64 also allows passwords including the cheat menu code.
The achievements/trophies if you cheat can be done in a surprisingly fast way. The only reason I chose to do so is because I already knew I was going to do a full no cheat playthrough following it. Yes that does include the lost levels too. Midway made this game under the supervise of ID Software. This game almost was a port of the original Doom on the console.
Thank god it is it's own Doom game. I kinda felt the look of some enemies are among my favorites by far. Yes I felt the same way about the weapons too. Doom 64 is a solid, underrated experience that more people needs to play. This game is aging well enough despite going a long time without getting a port until recently.
2. Doom (2016)
I originally wanted to do this during when I was playing games through Game Pass. Honestly, wow this game blew my mind in a great way. This blows away the same team's Wolfenstein games I played. I absolutely love everything about this game. There isn't many new enemies but all of them works.
The weapons are done just right for this kind of experience. What's better is you can not only upgrade em. You also can switch between weapon mods that greatly effects how a particular weapon works too. There is also an upgrade system you find chips from dead space marines. You can increase one of three categories.
Either increasing your overall health, armor or ammo. I also like you can find small Doomguy figures as collectibles. Not only that, if you look closely enough you can find these out of place levers. Then you got to search nearby for parts of a classic Doom level. Yeah you can actually replay classic Doom levels with some stuff from this game is in itself mind blowing.
I really love how they handle the chainsaw this time. Usually it is a melee weapon that does damage while putting you at risk. They made it an instant kill weapon for some enemies. Some of them you need to weaken down first before using the chainsaw. Now you do need to find gas for the chainsaw. Which brings me to another point, along with the BFG, both aren't present on your weapon wheel.
Instead, within the controls a particular button represents em. Honestly I kinda liked they did that since I didn't like losing it in Doom 3 games. The killing animations are absolutely brutal. There is no question in my mind that Brutal Doom mod was a major impression for this. In a way this comes off a Doomguy doing his own Mortal Kombat game lol.
I believe this is a long game I would say a hour or two longer at best then Doom 3. To clarify, many levels within Doom 3 aren't long to begin with. Some of them can be a bit tedious. I actually had an easier time in Doom 3 figuring what to do or where to go. Now yes I am aware about Doom 2016's map.
Let's be honest, a few key changes would've made it the perfect map. I still say it works in a few ways. Doom 2016 is a truly solid game that deserves all the attention it received. I felt this is hands down one of the absolute best Doom games I ever played. Personally not to piss anyone off, there's just something about Doom II: Hell on Earth I love so much.
3. Doom (2005)
Doom is loosely based on Doom 3. They took the sarge concept from that using The Rock. Maybe not one of his best movies but he has done worse than this. I kinda liked right up to the end, we didn't know which person was Doomguy. Now yes, a few major changes does derail the actual purpose of this.
In the games, Doomguy had to take on demons from Hell. Sometimes being force to go there to stop an invasion from happening. But here, the monsters are a result of mutated martians that's selects a person's DNA to infect. They reference John Carmack whose a major reason as a deceased scientist. Without question, the best scene in the movie was a full recreation of classic Doom in a short scene.
I felt some of the actors were well picked for this movie. They also introduced an experimental mixture that could make you superhuman. Our Doomguy of this movie was saved from dying because of it. The story might not seem like it's obvious at first. Well oh okay compared to what's coming next, the story does stand out in a weird way.
Doom movie is sorta in the middle of video game movies for me, I got plenty reasons to like it as well as dislike it to a degree. I will say this out of respect, this movie didn't hold back from the concept they did use. I also got to respect them for using Pinky. I know from some Doom games, it was simply called Demon until 2016 game.
4. Doom: Annihilation (2019)
To clarify this isn't a good movie. Yes the story ends up being very predictable. This was a low budget movie that got rushed out. Although it does show, they actually took more direct things from the games. Yeah the one thing I didn't expect to see. Like an exploding barrel or the famous BFG meme or even the different colored key cards.
Yes, the demons are from Hell in this movie. I can argue at least they didn't move away from that. Even The Rock from the previous Doom movie spoke against the very movie. ID Software wasn't happy about that statement. I watched this abomination through Netflix. Now that's two bad video game movies with Annihilation in the title.
I actually can say this is better than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation by miles. Despite that movie had a bigger budget, personally it's a legendary piece of crap that shouldn't exist. This movie did make one major change that I kinda liked. They made the character a woman this time around. Honestly when she starts taking charge, I figured she had to be it's take on Doomguy.
I guess for this review, I'll call her Doomchick why the hell not lol. She ends up being one of a handful characters worth talking about. I should mention Dr. Betruger is in this movie. He's a scientist that became a powerful demon in Hell. Not much changed from that, except they played him out like a total dick.
Especially when he starts speaking not pleasant truths about some of them. Keep in mind, he didn't talk to most of them during the movie. We had zombies & imps for the most part. I mean come on, in the last Doom movie. We got Sarge as well as a Pinky minus the zombies of course. The ending is more or less maybe expect another movie to follow.
The previous Doom movie got to theaters while this was more of a direct to video release. A huge number of those are small budget, rushed and you can tell sometimes what's not present. Sometimes, they have it to indirectly remake a movie despite having a title of a sequel. Yes this is a real concept that to me is absolutely criminal.
Doom: Annihilation is surprisingly a better Doom movie. Yeah the previous Doom movie had a better cast as well as usage of special effects. But they actually pulled more direct things from these games. Yes I should mention, they used a deceased scientist to reference John Carmack. Oh ok we already had it done like that once why not try something else damn it.
I also liked how Hell looks in the movie, trust me it looks better than you're expecting. The main portal you'll see in this movie looks like crap. It is difficult to describe to the point I would have to rip off The Nerd himself to do it justice. Let's put it this way, it looks like smooth human waste that's sorta reddish that isn't fully together on a few areas.
Doomchick does get some bad ass moments in this movie. She once dated the scientist among her squad. Trust me, on and off you will be hearing about it. One particular lady could've been a stripper before this movie. On an unrelated note, a stripper played in The Return of the Living Dead movie. To me, she just looks like one I apologize in advance if she isn't a stripper.
Honestly now I think about it, this movie kinda reminds me of another not bad space theme horror movie called Leprechaun 4: In Space. Except I actually could bring up a few scenes I actually liked. My favorite line was from the captain after the scientist said something to make his squad felt more uneasy.
Overall, this low budget Doom movie is closer in several ways to the source material. How the squad operates is more accurate than the previous Doom movie. I can actually say Dr. Betruger does more villain stuff than Sarge. Speaking of him, was I the only one laughing at that face before he got blown up lol.
Monday, April 6, 2020
Death Battle Fight Prediction: Cable (Marvel) vs. Booster Gold (DC)
By the way, yes this will be the next episode of Death Battle. Just in case you were wondering if I was trolling or not.
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, despite being disappointed that Goro vs. Machamp happened. I am very happy about the next episode of their show. I know by now we had enough of Marvel vs. DC fights. However this is one of the exceptions that I actually want to watch. Time travel is the name of the game here with two legendary time travelers facing each other to the death.
Nathan Christopher Charles Summer aka Cable
Nathan was a soldier from a distant future. He is also an descendant of Cyclops from the X-Men. His goal to save the world from threats like the mutant Apocalypse. He has several decades worth of combat experience prior to time travel. I should mention, he had to deal with an unusual virus that could kill him if left unchecked.
Michael Jon Carter aka Booster Gold
Johnny Cage I mean Michael Jon Carter was a no body from the 25th century. He decided to make himself worth something by traveling through time. This led to him becoming one of many to protect time from all kind of threats. Sadly, most doesn't even realize the stuff he has done. Booster Gold is still not to be taken lightly.
Powers and Abilities
Cable
+Telepathy
+Telepathic Illusion
+Telepathic Cloak (Allows him to make himself invisible in people's minds)
+Mind Link
+Telepathic Camouflage
+Mind Control
+Mind Trap
+Mind Possession
+Mind Alteration
+Mental Amnesia (Affects memories within other people's minds)
+Precognition
+Psionic Shield
+Psionic Blasts (Attacks the mind directly)
+Astral Projection
+Mental Detection
+Telekinesis
+Technoactive Manipulation
+Intuitive Aptitude
+Matter Alteration
+Inorganic Disintegration
+Psionic Spikes
+Size Alteration
+Telekinetic Healing
+Force Fields
+Concussive Blasts
+Tactile Telekinesis
+Telekinetic Flight
+Telekinetic Teleportation
+Remote Teleportation
+Time Travel
+Techno-Organic Physiology
+Superhuman Endurance
+Superhuman Speed
+Superhuman Agility
+Superhuman Dexterity
+Cybernetic Eye
+Cybernetic Arm
+Cybernetic Restoration
+Master Combatant
+Gifted Intelligence
Booster Gold
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+Athlete level Agility
+Legion Flight Ring (Allows him to fly)
+Force Field Belt (Creates force fields)
+Power suit (Essentially makes him godlike)
+Time-travel circuitry
+Gauntlets
+Visor devices
+Skilled Combatant
Most of his superhuman stats actually comes from his Power suit.
Advantages
Cable
+More actual experience prior to time traveling
+Being physically older also gives him more experience
+More powers
+Doesn't need technology as much as Booster Gold
+Superior hand to hand combatant
+Superior strategist out of the two
+Much higher potential
+Could fight physically, mentally or spiritually
+Does access powers Booster needs his Power suit to use
+Resistance to mind powers
+Has ways to keep up with faster opponents
+Greater endurance
+Superior technology from the 39th century
+Quickly repair his mechanical parts
+Superior overall sight
+Mechanical arm
Booster Gold
+Superior physically strength
+More time travel experience
+More durable thanks to his Power suit
+Could be given access to his Waverider powers
Disadvantages
Cable
-Must check the virus in check or it'll kill him
-Arrogant to a degree
-Sometimes it's questionable how he time travels true story
-Likely weaker in comparison to his Power suit
-Not as durable
Booster Gold
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-His Power suit holds stuff like time travel function
-Without his suit, he only has an handful of stuff that gives him powers
-His cockiness
-Doesn't have any formal training prior to time travel
-Cable can do what he can do with his powers
-Isn't as clever as Cable
-His technology isn't as advanced in comparison
-Isn't as good in hand to hand combat
-Doesn't have many counters to mental or spiritual attacks
-Heavily relies on his technology
-Takes longer to repair his Power suit
-Cable could prevent him from using his Waverider powers
Weaknesses
Cable
Cable used to check that virus in check. For him, this meant using 20% of his power. Sometimes, he can increase some of his abilities at the cost of possibly killing him. Sometimes, he isn't aware of changes within a time line. He limited his own potential by removing a particular piece of his brain to save himself from becoming too powerful for his body to handle.
Booster Gold
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Booster Gold is often known to be cocky at times like a particular Mortal Kombat character. He heavily relies on technology. Despite his Power suit making him somewhat godlike. There are ways it can be broken. Also, he is more focus preventing time paradoxes that could potentially destroy the universe.
Verdict
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Honestly despite both these time travelers having major flaws. I really could not overlook Booster Gold's biggest problem in this fight. His Power suit does make him a great match for Cable. Except in mental & spiritual since it wasn't designed for those. Although, Booster Gold does have something to help against mental attacks.
Cable on more than one occasion was able to be in everyone on Earth's minds. One of which included White Queen using the Cerebro against him to only fail. Keep in mind, she's one of the most powerful telepathic characters on their planet. Sadly, Booster doesn't have anything in his arsenal to prevent Cable from spiritually attacking him.
Not only that, even if Max Lord was able to manipulate Martian Manhunter whose also skilled in telepathically. He couldn't actually manipulate people into doing what he wanted. But Cable can simply do that with a lot more like altering parts of their brain to limit their potential. He also can remove memories as well as telekinesis that could help against Booster's strength.
Even some of the absolute best telepathic characters doesn't get a good read on him. This is not including making himself seem invisible even in close proximity or mental camouflaging himself to avoid detection. Also there's a more obvious reason for Cable winning than his mental powers. Booster Gold originally came from the 25th century.
Cable came from the 39th century thus very likely will be using far superior technology in comparison. Unlike Booster's time traveling career, Cable got a lot of combat experience prior to that. Let's be direct here, Booster's Power suit can do stuff like time travel as well as making his stats godlike.
Also he needed an artifact to even be able to fly. Unfortunately for him, Cable only needs his powers to do those said things with even more ease. Yes, sometimes it is questionable how he time travels. But considering this is him from the comics, he likely will be using his powers to time travel here. My entire point is Cable could disable or destroy his Power suit in a way he wouldn't know.
After all, Cable is a brilliant strategist that often works with members of the X-Men. Not to mention, he officially is classified as an Omega level mutant. When you are giving that label, it means that mutant potentially can destroy the world. There was a time he evenly fought with the silver surfer on his own.
Let's put this in another way, Booster needs some artifacts but more of his Power suit to stand a chance here. Cable's potential to my own surprise was very high in comparison. There is an statement saying if he never gotten that virus, his powers would've been more ridiculous. Basically, he would've been more on an universal level with some feats to help support this statement.
Cable is even willing to go in with his fists if necessary. This guy will quickly caught on to things at a rate Booster simply can't keep up with. If that isn't convincing enough, Cable also has access to powerful force fields himself. Beings like Onslaught considered him as a potential threat because of that.
Keep in mind, in a story arc, Onslaught killed a lot of super heroes including one half of the Hulk. It took a lot to bring this guy down. I should mention, Cable can manipulate the virus within his body to repair his mechanical parts with ease too. Booster also has a reputation for being cocky. Sadly for him, Cable can make him regret that.
Cable also held his own against some Omega level mutants before. He fought Wolverine for a long period of time, a man who mastered most forms of material arts. No one really knows Wolverine's true age but we do know he's been alive for a few hundred years. Even limiting them down, Cable still comes out on top.
Booster Gold isn't capable of doing something Cable himself can't do. Plus Cable can do much more in comparison as well. Now I know a lot of DB fans will likely say Booster Gold would win because he's from DC, they're too powerful. Here is the thing, in this particular case even if Booster Gold was more powerful because of his Power suit.
Cable isn't far behind in what he can do. He also has some major advantages that I can not ignore either. Booster Gold's work within work is mostly gone not notice by people. Although, he did play some major roles that would've gotten him way more respect than he actually has from other heroes. Cable also can use his powers to transform things into something deadly.
In theory, he could transform his Power suit into something potentially fatal or touch any part of it to cause heat. He also can change the biological of other people like giving an man wings before. I should mention that Cable does have two notable strength feats. I am curious which one is more impressive to Death Battle though.
He used his powers to lift an city he created, it was stated he actually was lifting the weight of an entire city. On one occasion, he lifted & repositioned an space station. Both of those confirms he could handle Booster Gold's strength despite within it being over 100+ ton class. Cable also has the ability to increase his size to that of a giant no I'm not kidding.
This could mean he likely could gain the strength advantage during this fight. I think speed will be a close one. Booster will be more durable until Cable's disables his suit. Then suddenly Cable dramatically changes tactics. Booster won't be able to keep up with him at that point. I could even say the moment that suit stops working, Cable already won this fight.
Of course, we do need to further discuss the possibility of time travel during a fight. There's a lot of problems here. There does exist Waverider Booster Gold whose essentially a time god. Yes that does include stopping time while being immune to similar methods. I feel like if Booster activates this power in time, he likely wins.
However, it is also a strong possibility that Cable by reading his mind would quickly become aware of it. In theory, he could prevent him from even using those powers. He did it to several telepathic characters at once before. Obviously, time paradoxes is something Booster prepares for. Although, there is a chance Cable can quickly become aware of it simply from reading his mind.
Oh wait, I'm not done yet. Regardless if Booster or his robot companion repairs his suit. It still takes longer than Cable manipulating that virus inside his body to repair his mechanical parts. Not to mention, his Cybernetic Eye can gives him superior sight in advance. It also allows him to scan material of many types on the spot.
Therefore, he either will trigger it anyway or do something he isn't expecting. Booster Gold surprisingly has problems that can be expose by Cable. Some of which in multiple possible ways. Strongly I felt this will be an entertaining, close fight for the most part. But Cable simply has more powers, superior prior experience to time travel, superior technology & doesn't require as much to use similar powers.
Winner: Cable
Why does Cable oddly remind of Terminator series lol. If you think about it, he's essentially Kyle Reese that's part terminator with mental powers. OMG, he would become the ultimate terminator. Even Skynet & Legion respectively doesn't want to mess with this man. I would say he could end that war if he was in that universe.
Hi everyone I'm Jack Red, despite being disappointed that Goro vs. Machamp happened. I am very happy about the next episode of their show. I know by now we had enough of Marvel vs. DC fights. However this is one of the exceptions that I actually want to watch. Time travel is the name of the game here with two legendary time travelers facing each other to the death.
Nathan Christopher Charles Summer aka Cable
Nathan was a soldier from a distant future. He is also an descendant of Cyclops from the X-Men. His goal to save the world from threats like the mutant Apocalypse. He has several decades worth of combat experience prior to time travel. I should mention, he had to deal with an unusual virus that could kill him if left unchecked.
Michael Jon Carter aka Booster Gold
Johnny Cage I mean Michael Jon Carter was a no body from the 25th century. He decided to make himself worth something by traveling through time. This led to him becoming one of many to protect time from all kind of threats. Sadly, most doesn't even realize the stuff he has done. Booster Gold is still not to be taken lightly.
Powers and Abilities
Cable
+Telepathy
+Telepathic Illusion
+Telepathic Cloak (Allows him to make himself invisible in people's minds)
+Mind Link
+Telepathic Camouflage
+Mind Control
+Mind Trap
+Mind Possession
+Mind Alteration
+Mental Amnesia (Affects memories within other people's minds)
+Precognition
+Psionic Shield
+Psionic Blasts (Attacks the mind directly)
+Astral Projection
+Mental Detection
+Telekinesis
+Technoactive Manipulation
+Intuitive Aptitude
+Matter Alteration
+Inorganic Disintegration
+Psionic Spikes
+Size Alteration
+Telekinetic Healing
+Force Fields
+Concussive Blasts
+Tactile Telekinesis
+Telekinetic Flight
+Telekinetic Teleportation
+Remote Teleportation
+Time Travel
+Techno-Organic Physiology
+Superhuman Endurance
+Superhuman Speed
+Superhuman Agility
+Superhuman Dexterity
+Cybernetic Eye
+Cybernetic Arm
+Cybernetic Restoration
+Master Combatant
+Gifted Intelligence
Booster Gold
+Athlete level Agility
+Legion Flight Ring (Allows him to fly)
+Force Field Belt (Creates force fields)
+Power suit (Essentially makes him godlike)
+Time-travel circuitry
+Gauntlets
+Visor devices
+Skilled Combatant
Most of his superhuman stats actually comes from his Power suit.
Advantages
Cable
+More actual experience prior to time traveling
+Being physically older also gives him more experience
+More powers
+Doesn't need technology as much as Booster Gold
+Superior hand to hand combatant
+Superior strategist out of the two
+Much higher potential
+Could fight physically, mentally or spiritually
+Does access powers Booster needs his Power suit to use
+Resistance to mind powers
+Has ways to keep up with faster opponents
+Greater endurance
+Superior technology from the 39th century
+Quickly repair his mechanical parts
+Superior overall sight
+Mechanical arm
Booster Gold
+Superior physically strength
+More time travel experience
+More durable thanks to his Power suit
+Could be given access to his Waverider powers
Disadvantages
Cable
-Must check the virus in check or it'll kill him
-Arrogant to a degree
-Sometimes it's questionable how he time travels true story
-Likely weaker in comparison to his Power suit
-Not as durable
Booster Gold
-His Power suit holds stuff like time travel function
-Without his suit, he only has an handful of stuff that gives him powers
-His cockiness
-Doesn't have any formal training prior to time travel
-Cable can do what he can do with his powers
-Isn't as clever as Cable
-His technology isn't as advanced in comparison
-Isn't as good in hand to hand combat
-Doesn't have many counters to mental or spiritual attacks
-Heavily relies on his technology
-Takes longer to repair his Power suit
-Cable could prevent him from using his Waverider powers
Weaknesses
Cable
Cable used to check that virus in check. For him, this meant using 20% of his power. Sometimes, he can increase some of his abilities at the cost of possibly killing him. Sometimes, he isn't aware of changes within a time line. He limited his own potential by removing a particular piece of his brain to save himself from becoming too powerful for his body to handle.
Booster Gold
Booster Gold is often known to be cocky at times like a particular Mortal Kombat character. He heavily relies on technology. Despite his Power suit making him somewhat godlike. There are ways it can be broken. Also, he is more focus preventing time paradoxes that could potentially destroy the universe.
Verdict
Honestly despite both these time travelers having major flaws. I really could not overlook Booster Gold's biggest problem in this fight. His Power suit does make him a great match for Cable. Except in mental & spiritual since it wasn't designed for those. Although, Booster Gold does have something to help against mental attacks.
Cable on more than one occasion was able to be in everyone on Earth's minds. One of which included White Queen using the Cerebro against him to only fail. Keep in mind, she's one of the most powerful telepathic characters on their planet. Sadly, Booster doesn't have anything in his arsenal to prevent Cable from spiritually attacking him.
Not only that, even if Max Lord was able to manipulate Martian Manhunter whose also skilled in telepathically. He couldn't actually manipulate people into doing what he wanted. But Cable can simply do that with a lot more like altering parts of their brain to limit their potential. He also can remove memories as well as telekinesis that could help against Booster's strength.
Even some of the absolute best telepathic characters doesn't get a good read on him. This is not including making himself seem invisible even in close proximity or mental camouflaging himself to avoid detection. Also there's a more obvious reason for Cable winning than his mental powers. Booster Gold originally came from the 25th century.
Cable came from the 39th century thus very likely will be using far superior technology in comparison. Unlike Booster's time traveling career, Cable got a lot of combat experience prior to that. Let's be direct here, Booster's Power suit can do stuff like time travel as well as making his stats godlike.
Also he needed an artifact to even be able to fly. Unfortunately for him, Cable only needs his powers to do those said things with even more ease. Yes, sometimes it is questionable how he time travels. But considering this is him from the comics, he likely will be using his powers to time travel here. My entire point is Cable could disable or destroy his Power suit in a way he wouldn't know.
After all, Cable is a brilliant strategist that often works with members of the X-Men. Not to mention, he officially is classified as an Omega level mutant. When you are giving that label, it means that mutant potentially can destroy the world. There was a time he evenly fought with the silver surfer on his own.
Let's put this in another way, Booster needs some artifacts but more of his Power suit to stand a chance here. Cable's potential to my own surprise was very high in comparison. There is an statement saying if he never gotten that virus, his powers would've been more ridiculous. Basically, he would've been more on an universal level with some feats to help support this statement.
Cable is even willing to go in with his fists if necessary. This guy will quickly caught on to things at a rate Booster simply can't keep up with. If that isn't convincing enough, Cable also has access to powerful force fields himself. Beings like Onslaught considered him as a potential threat because of that.
Keep in mind, in a story arc, Onslaught killed a lot of super heroes including one half of the Hulk. It took a lot to bring this guy down. I should mention, Cable can manipulate the virus within his body to repair his mechanical parts with ease too. Booster also has a reputation for being cocky. Sadly for him, Cable can make him regret that.
Cable also held his own against some Omega level mutants before. He fought Wolverine for a long period of time, a man who mastered most forms of material arts. No one really knows Wolverine's true age but we do know he's been alive for a few hundred years. Even limiting them down, Cable still comes out on top.
Booster Gold isn't capable of doing something Cable himself can't do. Plus Cable can do much more in comparison as well. Now I know a lot of DB fans will likely say Booster Gold would win because he's from DC, they're too powerful. Here is the thing, in this particular case even if Booster Gold was more powerful because of his Power suit.
Cable isn't far behind in what he can do. He also has some major advantages that I can not ignore either. Booster Gold's work within work is mostly gone not notice by people. Although, he did play some major roles that would've gotten him way more respect than he actually has from other heroes. Cable also can use his powers to transform things into something deadly.
In theory, he could transform his Power suit into something potentially fatal or touch any part of it to cause heat. He also can change the biological of other people like giving an man wings before. I should mention that Cable does have two notable strength feats. I am curious which one is more impressive to Death Battle though.
He used his powers to lift an city he created, it was stated he actually was lifting the weight of an entire city. On one occasion, he lifted & repositioned an space station. Both of those confirms he could handle Booster Gold's strength despite within it being over 100+ ton class. Cable also has the ability to increase his size to that of a giant no I'm not kidding.
This could mean he likely could gain the strength advantage during this fight. I think speed will be a close one. Booster will be more durable until Cable's disables his suit. Then suddenly Cable dramatically changes tactics. Booster won't be able to keep up with him at that point. I could even say the moment that suit stops working, Cable already won this fight.
Of course, we do need to further discuss the possibility of time travel during a fight. There's a lot of problems here. There does exist Waverider Booster Gold whose essentially a time god. Yes that does include stopping time while being immune to similar methods. I feel like if Booster activates this power in time, he likely wins.
However, it is also a strong possibility that Cable by reading his mind would quickly become aware of it. In theory, he could prevent him from even using those powers. He did it to several telepathic characters at once before. Obviously, time paradoxes is something Booster prepares for. Although, there is a chance Cable can quickly become aware of it simply from reading his mind.
Oh wait, I'm not done yet. Regardless if Booster or his robot companion repairs his suit. It still takes longer than Cable manipulating that virus inside his body to repair his mechanical parts. Not to mention, his Cybernetic Eye can gives him superior sight in advance. It also allows him to scan material of many types on the spot.
Therefore, he either will trigger it anyway or do something he isn't expecting. Booster Gold surprisingly has problems that can be expose by Cable. Some of which in multiple possible ways. Strongly I felt this will be an entertaining, close fight for the most part. But Cable simply has more powers, superior prior experience to time travel, superior technology & doesn't require as much to use similar powers.
Winner: Cable
Why does Cable oddly remind of Terminator series lol. If you think about it, he's essentially Kyle Reese that's part terminator with mental powers. OMG, he would become the ultimate terminator. Even Skynet & Legion respectively doesn't want to mess with this man. I would say he could end that war if he was in that universe.
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