What's my favorite video game franchises among Top 10 Best Selling Video Game Franchises?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, eventually I was going to talk about this. To be quite honest, my thoughts on it isn't that interesting. Top 10 Best Selling Video Game Franchises as of right now. Well not many of them I'm a huge fan of. For me, a lot of the other franchises not in the top 10 was way better. I will say I do have a favorite among these franchises.

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First I will show the list then reveal which one I'm a fan of. These may not be what you are expecting. Some of these even makes you question why people love them so much. Not to disrespect them but more out of sheer curiosity. I previously stated these may not be the games for you. Everyone does have different taste so maybe you might be a fan of all ten franchises or you aren't a fan of any at all.

10. The Sims

9. Lego

8. Wii series

7. Minecraft

6. FIFA

5. Grand Theft Auto

4. Call of Duty

3. Pokemon

2. Tetris

1. Mario

Honestly this list would appeal more to my wife than myself. She is a huge fan of The Sims & Minecraft. Is anyone even surprised Tetris is that high up on the list? Mario constantly stayed the best selling video game franchise. A lot of my favorites aren't that high. Although, a handful of them are notably higher than expected.

Call of Duty kept releasing games as well as dlcs at a rate. I quickly chose to drop the franchise. Pokemon kept releasing two or more versions of their games. They also kept releasing remakes of their older Pokemon games. Obviously, it's going to become confusing to follow. Especially when there isn't much actual changes between the versions.

Grand Theft Auto gets lucky with the sells. But it mostly gotten here because of GTA Online. Yeah I'm finally speaking out against it so what? An multiplayer online GTA game that rips people off wow oh okay Rockstar. Obviously, I loss my respect for the franchise. Even Call of Duty has more respect from me in comparison just not by much.

I don't even need to take time to picking an favorite. I already gotten out roughly half these franchises. Which only leaves The Sims, Lego, Wii, FIFA and Tetris. I do like the sport soccer but I don't think I would enjoy playing it in video games unless it's done a certain way. Wii is mostly exclusive to Nintendo Wii, a great game console.

Hell you also can exercise & play games at the same time was a cool concept back in the day. Most of them are sports games. Unless you are heavily into sports, you may not enjoy them for long. They are far from being terrible by any means. I never gotten into Minecraft, it simply wasn't my thing period. The Sims is more of a few people I know thing.

Yes I been around a handful of the games myself. I do get why so many enjoy the franchise. But geez the amount of dlcs you gotta pay for is absolutely ridiculous. Honestly, it's becoming easier to get into but harder to keep up with all the new stuff coming. So it virtually is borderline getting into as well as not for me.

Yes you can do some weird stuff in those as well. Obviously we only have two franchises left to discuss. Tetris is the most famous puzzle game in the entire game. It even got the world record of being the most ported video game in history. Tetris also had some crossover games as well. I fully get why Tetris is here believe it or not.

Tetris actually has an interesting effect on the brain to help those playing it to make better decisions. On the surface it doesn't appear to be much. Then the game starts you suddenly gotta keep on going. Tetris is nearly on every platform you could possibly name making it guarantee in some form. You are going to play it, a huge plus in my book.

Tetris simply works best when it's not altered much. Yes you are likely going to have a fun time. The one franchise on that list I'm a huge fan of is Lego. Yeah Lego gotten so high on this list. It's not because it's one of the most popular toys in the entire world either. Although, a lot of people who grew up with them have such nostalgia.

Let's be honest, those license games by TT Games are a very huge reason why they're selling so well. You could even say fan service in most cases. You get a lot of your favorite franchises with some changes. You get to explore a good amount of their world or universe. You also get a lot of characters as well as weapons, vehicles and collectibles.

I played just enough of them to tell you it's one of my favorites. The main reason I don't often say it actually is should be quite obvious. Most of the time I'm going to be talking about their license video games. Therefore in my mind, those games are more for other franchises than just Lego franchise. If that makes any sense, you'll tell me.

These games are virtually packed with content. Some of which will keep you busy for a long time no joke. Free Mode is absolutely amazing stuff. Easily one of my absolute favorite modes in a video game hands down. Free Mode is basically you can replay the levels again. However you are allowed to switch out characters.

Which means, this time you can fully explore the level. You can go for the 100% completion process more directly. There's plenty of surprises you will miss during your first runs. Honestly, I highly recommend playing these games. Obviously, some are better than others. As previously stated, everyone has different taste.

Not only that, most of them are surprisingly on multiple platforms. In other words, for the most part you have no excuse not playing these. Yes, the campaign will take a few hours to complete. It never seems to be too long, some levels do feel notably longer than expected. I also love the insane level of creativity.

Yes, a lot of these games has a lot of dlcs. Thankfully, they do often go on sell making it easier to get what you need. You also can play a lot of them with a friend or family member since they have an coop feature. A feature The Simpsons Game ripped off lol. You also can use cheats you either have unlocked or use passwords to get.

These are mostly achievement/trophy friendly games. It doesn't mean they are giving them away that away. You might even be surprised how much you gotta do to get any of them to an 100% completion. I done so with a handful of them with the craziest being Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 on Xbox One. Now that one took hours to get the process done but mostly a fun time.

Honestly, there's something for everyone in these games. I'm not that surprised it gotten so high to begin with. Even without these amazing Lego games, eventually it would be up that high. Obviously, it would've taken longer without them. For license game standards, I say these are absolutely must play games.

Hell I'm going to say those license Lego games are better than Grand Theft Auto series. Yes shots literately fired, moving on you are in total control. You get so much nostalgia you are mind blown. If it doesn't happen with one, eventually it's going to happen. For some odd reason, they sure love Star Wars lol.

Some of them has an open world game play, which adds so much more to the overall experience. Some of these games are surprisingly amazing at what they do. Lego did a great job giving TT games these great franchises to work with. I do predict less than five years, Lego will be right under GTA franchise on that list.

Explaining my selection of villains for someone else's picture concept

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, A few days ago I came across a particular picture concept I had. Very quickly, I got to work on my villains team. Don't worry, I'm going to link the picture in question down below. Within the description of that picture whoever made it asked. Pick an villain from an anime, an cartoon, Marvel, DC and an video game you want as a team.

The first thing I'm going to do is tell you all I didn't select the villains this person selected. I wanted to be more creative, I guess also more chaotic at the same time with my choices. Well you could even argue I may went a little too chaotic lol. I will break down my entire process what led to me choosing these five particular villains.

My villains team

1. Blackbeard from One Piece

2. Aku from Samurai Jack

3. Dr. Doom from Marvel

4. The Batman Who Laughs from DC

5. Dracula from Castlevania

Blackbeard from One Piece

I'm sure a lot of people when they read this are going to have huge reactions to my selection. Obviously, just one of them is scary enough. I actually felt this is a scary potential team if they work together could take on anyone. Honestly, a rough fracture what they bring to the table is enough to make people back off. We are virtually talking armies under their command.

Blackbeard is one of the Four Emperors. The World Government doesn't want to risk having an war with Emperor Blackbeard. Not to mention, his crew widely known for stealing devil fruit powers. Which does involve killing the previous users in the process. He held his own against some big named characters. He also known as the first person to wield two devil fruit powers.

A feat previously thought to be impossible to do. Keep in mind, this still isn't explained in the manga series. Eventually, we will get an answer a lot of people are dying to know. His original devil fruit is essentially darkness. Yes he may lack the usual Logia type devil fruit advantage of becoming darkness fully.

In it's place, he does have some scary stuff like manipulating his own gravity as well as negating other devil fruit powers through touch. Blackbeard also proven to be a skilled strategist in his own right. Currently has several ships with a few thousands of pirates under his command. Yeah I really wasn't kidding about the World Government didn't wanna risk an war with him.

2. Aku from Samurai Jack

Aku is the ultimate evil in his universe. He predates many things except the three gods that previously tried to kill him. Aku has a long list of abilities that makes him a God to many people. He has done several unpleasant things to the universe especially to his nemesis, Samurai Jack. Aku has a very strict method to be harm even killed through a particular sword created by the three gods.

Aku can shape shift with the usual limitations. He does have the power to send others through time. He even can split himself enough to make an army of himself no lie. Virtually, Aku can do anything he wants. There isn't even an limit to his powers. Only making contact with a certain sword prevents his regeneration to a degree.

Aku by himself conquered the universe over time. Of course, there's plenty of people that helps Aku in some way. Yes this includes those he's forced to do his bidding. Aku held his own many times against Samurai Jack. He really does live up to the title of the ultimate evil for the most part. He can take out countries by himself if left unchecked.

Aku is clever with his own coward side. Not only that, he also previously manipulated Samurai Jack while disguised as a woman. If Aku demands it, things are going to happen. No matter how truly ugly it actually is. Aku also never used time portals himself. He also couldn't warn his past self of Samurai Jack coming back to the past to finish him for good.

3. Dr. Doom from Marvel comics

Dr. Doom may not look like it but when you look into the actual character. This guy is very unique to what he brings to the table. He is a ruler of his own country. Usually most characters are either technology or magic among them. Dr. Doom actually does both of them perfectly. He actually rivals the likes of Dr. Strange & Iron Man in their respective fields.

Dr. Doom also has several centuries worth of experience under his belt. His armor is surprisingly durable, he even survived an blast from the Power gem. He is the most recurring enemy to the superhero team, The Fantastic Four. Especially to their leader, Mister Fantastic for several reasons. Dr. Doom isn't afraid to take on anyone pun very intended!!!

He also has a particular device that allows him to steal insane power from ridiculously powerful beings. Which does include The Beyonder whose stated to have enough destroy power. I quote "to destroy the entire multiverse." An multiverse is an infinite amount of several universes for those that didn't know. There do exist some insanely powerful versions of Dr. Doom.

He also makes Doombots that are programmed to think they are the real Doom. Obviously, those fail in comparison to the real Doom. He also can travel to other universes himself. He once had two different universes' Infinity Gauntlets. Sadly neither were in their original universes making them useless. Dr. Doom is a force the Avengers take very seriously.

4. The Batman Who Laughs from DC comics

The Batman Who Laughs originally came from an dark universe within it's own multiverse. There's more related confusion coming up. The Joker was at his worst doing some nightmare fuel stuff one night. This forced Batman into another fight with his nemesis that had an unexpectedly ending. Batman ended up breaking The Joker's neck while gas Joker hid inside his mouth came out to infect Batman.

No this isn't Joker's Laughing Gas it's much worst than that. This gas was essentially altering Batman to becoming the perfect chaotic mixture of himself and his nemesis, The Joker. Batman ends up killing all the heroes including the Justice League as well as the Bat family. Some deaths are so horrific I can't even discuss em.

The Batman Who Laughs has a device that allows him to travel to other universes. He even led his own team of evil Batmen characters. Essentially, his own twisted, dark Justice League at it's core. he also killed several universes' Batman as well. Batman Who Laughs has a few vicious Robins that act like angry dogs towards people.

His level of evil rivals such comic book villains as The Violator, Judge Death, Carnage and a few more. He still has the usual Batman traits making him essentially the worst person imaginable. He does have his own gadgets as well as maintains his black belt fighting skills. Adding in The Joker's DNA makes him incredibly difficult to predict.

5. Dracula from Castlevania

I felt I should make it more clear I'm going to be talking about the original game timeline Dracula. I'm not here to discuss some non canon versions neither to discuss the Netflix show version. Most of them are essentially their own takes on the same character with very notable changes. Dracula is the lord of darkness & nemesis to the Belmont clan.

He commands a huge variety of supernatural beings including his right hand man, Death. Yes even the Grim Reaper himself is a servant to this vampire. Dracula has centuries worth of experience. Although, it takes an century to return with his full power. Even being a notable fracture of it, Dracula still proven to be a threat.

Dracula also has an unusual castle or castles as in the case of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. These are also a part of his power as well as a spell that always makes it night wherever the castle is. Dracula can even fuse with Death if he needs to. As shown with his descendant Soma, Dracula also can use traits from his souls.

Basically, if one soul allows him to attack with greater force. Dracula potentially could use that soul to better his chances. Some souls can also allow him to manipulate even time to a degree. Not an ability he regularly uses but it's worth noting he can use it. Dracula has some of the usual vampire weaknesses. He has been defeated by those not of the Belmont Clan a few times.

Overall

Blackbeard has thousands of pirates under his command. Dr. Doom has an entire county under his that could be used in some situations. Aku ruled the universe allowing more crazy possibilities to happen. Dracula has an unconfirmed amount of beings. He can open portals including to the Chaos Realm. Although through different methods, two of them can travel through other universes.

We already went beyond what one universe could handle. So it's a question how much of the multiverse can handle a team like this? There's also so many abilities making it very difficult for the heroes to strategize against. Aku is lucky for having a strict method to being harm even killed by. This is a team that really covering all their bases.

Both supernaturally and technology wise. Dr. Doom could work with Batman Who Laughs for some unpleasant surprises. The Batman Who Laughs would be the best fighter with to no powers among them. Aku can split himself up enough to make an army if they needed him to. No matter what, they always have the numbers on their side.

Dracula also has a spell to have with his most fatal weakness. We still don't know if being close to the actual sun if the spell still works or fails. Dracula can manipulate the dead that also plays to their numbers advantage. Dr. Doom could bring in a couple Doombots. The other Batmen characters might show up to help The Batman Who Laughs.

Other people involved with Aku might show up like gangsters too. Only if they felt Aku was going to lose. They still want to be criminals after all. Two of them can open portals to bring in the numbers doesn't help things either. It also doesn't help Death usually defeated by holy weapons. Otherwise, they can't do much to the Grim Reaper.

Dracula also has transformation, yes it differs on the amount of forms. Mostly we see Dracula have two forms. On some occasions, Dracula has more than two forms. Dracula could have the advantage if the heroes were inside his castle. Considering the castle is a part of his power, he could alter it to a degree to limit their options.

Blackbeard still has the weakness of water mostly seawater. He also can be weakened by anything made with seastone. Both of these could become fatal weaknesses. Thankfully, he's among the strongest pirates. Not to mention, two of the scariest devil fruit powers in existence. Both of them do allow him to control any battlefield he's fighting on.

He can use his original devil fruit to force someone come to his hand while get prepare to use the other hand. All of a sudden, you are at the mercy of both his devil fruits. Yes, both those powers could handle their own against a lot of people. His former captain's devil fruit gives the user the power of earthquakes.

This essentially makes him a bigger threat to weaker planets if he uses too much of that power. Dr. Doom has plenty of experience taking on powerhouse characters too. He isn't afraid facing superhero teams by himself either. Aku could send Dracula back in time to prevent getting defeated while he had full power to better his team's chances too.

I felt this team would cover up their weaknesses well. Sadly, the only real flaw is what eventually occurs to most villains teams. Some of them are going to get greedy then attempt to steal what all of them worked hard to get. Let's be honest, The Batman Who Laughs is the least likely to do this. But the same can't be said for the other four members.

Virtually as long they stick together. I don't think there's many teams that could take them down. Even if we created the hero variation made of their main enemies to take em on. Personally, I don't think that team would be as successful in comparison. Now that speaks volumes how truly terrifying this team can be.

Some of them also have ways to keep an eye on things to get prepare for whatever coming their way. Let's be honest, this team is going to be close to impossible to surprise attack. There's already a lot of factors that playing against the heroes. You could even label this team the Multiverse Doomsday Eliminators.

Yes I know not the best name shut up lol. This is a team that has plenty of ways to stay on top. No matter how ridiculous the situation is. I strongly felt this team would be simply too much to most of them in their own right. I should also mention, Dracula can summon meteorites too. Virtually physically, mentally, spiritually or all of them is all covered in some way.

Obviously Dr. Doom, Aku & Dracula covers all three with ease. Two of those is The Batman Who Laughs with Blackbeard covers minus spiritually. Yes he is an Haki user using his willpower. But this isn't the same as stealing someone's soul or flat out corrupting them at their core. You don't wanna be found sleeping within their radius either.

Blackbeard's crew would cover the sea while the other four members covers everything else. Sometimes, Aku may step in but otherwise mostly Blackbeard's crew keeping an eye out for threats. They aren't regular pirates either making them much worst for anyone who runs into them. All these crazy devil fruit powers makes even the thought of escaping seem like an impossibility.

I hope by now you fully see why I quickly chosen these five particular villains to be in my own villains team. I also felt a certain someone on Facebook would be very surprise I wrote all of this out. Honestly, I had a blast with even picking out the team. I had even more fun writing all of this. To better explain why such an chaotic team?

The answer is quite simple, too normal of a villains team. Most hero teams can easily take them down. However a team like this where it's close to impossible to predict all the insane situations. Not to mention have more ground covered than you originally expected. Virtually makes them the single biggest threat of an entire multiverse if left unchecked.

Puppet Master: The Game (beta) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, you knew eventually I had to talk about Puppet Master: The Game. Right now it's in beta but I was able to get all the achievements currently in the game at this time. I did promise those on discord, I'll come back. Don't worry this will be a pleasant review. This might even be the best thing with the franchise's name on it in years honestly.

Before I start my review, yes I'm aware of a new Puppet Master movie called Puppet Master: Furnace Leech Woman coming out. Of course I'm curious to check it out since it's own follow up to Puppet Master 2. The third spin off film in the franchise. I also quickly wanna say Demonic Toys: Jack Attack happening, Jack Attack was my favorite among those characters.

I kinda understand why Fullmoon Productions is going this sudden change in direction. They are trying to make easier to get movies out. By also increase the story to particular characters in the process. Kinda like what Warner Brothers Animation doing with the animated Mortal Kombat movies. I should also point out some characters from Subspecies is in Horror Legends, another game by the same team.

Puppet Master: The Game (2023)

Yes there's several horror movie franchises going the online multiplayer route. Technically speaking, this beta was around even longer than Friday the 13th: The Game. Although, more recently Fullmoon made this game officially. A little weird I know but licensing is a frustrating process. Currently there's three human characters with seven puppets you can play as.

I don't wanna confirmed what's possibly coming to the game in the near future. I don't wanna ruin the surprises especially for Puppet Master fans. There's currently two maps for single player portion. Of course, there's multiplayer with it's own rules. Don't worry I'm going to be covering both aspects shortly. Puppet Master: The Game is currently free to play on Steam with no paid dlcs.

Single player mode you only play as the puppets. You have three objectives you must complete while having three lifes. Thankfully you can get healed by finding the formula hidden in the vents. You only have two enemies you'll run into. Mostly you will face the agent character, also a playable character. You also can take on totems as in those characters from both Puppet Master 4 and 5 respectively.

They are protecting the pyramid on the board. The same board from those Puppet Master movies. You have to destroy ten raven statues. Some of them are well hidden I say. After those are all destroyed, simply return to the trunk to win the match. When you die with lifes available you can switch out to another puppet character.

You also can collect five files, mostly all the stuff I just explained. Plus you got to finish em as a particular puppet character. They made every attack from the puppets not only accurate but fun to use as well. This game is going to give games like Evil Dead: The Game a run for it's money. You have to weaken the agent enough to trigger the killing animations.

My favorite among them is surprisingly Jester. Yeah I do like most of them but Jester steals the show. He has this mallet, he's about to smack the agent in the face. At the last minute decides to hit em in the balls then whacks him in the face afterwards. Now that's funny to me, I'm glad he does that in the game. They also have different outfits as well as different color sets for their main weapons.

Multiplayer portion, you can be on either side. If you play as an human character you'll need to collect three particular items. Then you have to activate the elevator to come to the floor. After thirty seconds, you can use it to escape. I never said that's going to be easy though. If you are one of the players as the puppets, you only have one goal.

Just one, eliminate the human player. The puppets gets as many opportunities. As long the human haven't escaped yet, they keep coming back. However for the human player, if they die the match is over. Humans have a different heal method that's more automatically. Despite that, the puppets can be quite overwhelming at times.

Achievements wise, I felt those are well selected. Yes the famous Puppet Master theme is in the game too. The actual look and feel of the game matches perfectly with the movies. You can open or shut doors on both sides making matches interesting to watch. As previously stated, the puppets can use the vents to have other possible angles to surprise attack the human player.

Human players have limited ammo while the puppets never fully runs out. Yes some of them do have to reload before using again but the actual animations aren't long at all. Hell playing as Six Shooter, it's so satisfying to hear his reloading animation. I strongly felt this game when it's out of beta going to be a popular horror multiplayer game.

Puppet Master: The Game already has people not familiar with the franchise. I can't say you would enjoy the movies unless that's your thing truthfully. What I can say is you gotta play this game. No really, the controls take a little time getting use to. There's actual depth in things that makes it easier to keep coming back for more.

Unless Dead by Daylight aka the money sucking vampire deity. I don't think October Games is going to get that greedy. If anything, I willingly bought the paid dlcs for Horror Legends. Those were money well spent in comparison. These guys truly knows how to make decent horror multiplayer games. They also more directly about their communities as well.

Yes there's some improvements that's going to happen eventually. I will say in it's current state, this game is easily one of the most fun games of this style I ever played. They absolutely nailed everything down perfectly. It may be in beta state but for a game in beta state it's mind blowing greatness. Honestly, if you haven't seen the movies you're likely going to enjoy playing this game.

If this game makes you wanna check out the movies. I just hope you enjoy em to the best of your ability. Puppet Master is almost as old as Child's Play/Chucky franchise. Yet Puppet Master gets a decent license game first is already mind blowing in and of itself. I felt the future for this game will be brighter than Last Year: The Nightmare since that already got shut down no surprise.

I do need to confirm some modders are working on a possible loop hole to get Last Year back online soon. If you are a fan of that game you may wanna go check that out soon. There's even a recent trailer as proof. I just wish Hide or Die would've gotten that since I wanna play that game myself. Sadly the opportunity already passed me.

Two more Mortal Kombat movies review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, nearly two years ago. I reviewed some Mortal Kombat movies. In particular among those was Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. Well I'm back with the two newer entries in the same animated MK movie series. As a huge MK fan, of course eventually I had to talk about these.

Before I go into the actual reviews, yes I'm aware another animated MK movie in the same series is coming out this year. Eventually I'll get to watch it then review the film in similar fashion.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)

This directly continues the story in Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge. The movie changes the main character from Scorpion to Liu Kang. We all knew this was going to happen, it works well for the movie. They borrow stuff from MKII, MK3, MK4 and MKX respectively. They reveal more of Liu Kang's past. Some brutal deaths, well it's Mortal Kombat that's obvious.

It's like you know in John Wick movies, a lot of people are going to die. We all already accepted the fact. Yes Scorpion is still in the movie. A lot of characters done way better than in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. You could argue parts of this being better than the newer live action MK movie as well. The story is told well enough with some notable parts that doesn't quite come together.

For me to explain what I mean, I would have to spoil the big surprise early. Which I don't plan on doing, I will say this is one of the better MK movies hands down. I liked how Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero started continued spiritually with these movies. Honestly, this was the way to go while the team works on more MK games as well as dlcs.

Yes I'm well aware Mortal Kombat 12 is coming out this year. I personally can't wait to play it myself soon. There's some painful moments to watch, there's no sugar coating that. I felt they did a good job with the overall ratio of things. It easily could've been ruined in record time. Obviously, this has some changes to make it more of it's own thing.

Which I can respect since they are the ones telling these stories not us. Mortal Kombat always had interesting aspects in it's concepts including the story telling. Yes, a lot of us came to watch all these brutal finishers. I would be lying to say I didn't either because you bet I enjoyed the level of gore this movie has. There's some fan service for sure here.

There's two main plots going on that eventually comes together. In other words, Liu Kang ends up having two decisive battles in a row with the later being more unexpected in a few ways. If anyone in MK universe worthy enough to be called their own Doomslayer, it's Liu Kang. I would say check this movie out if you're a fan of the series.

Yes they do a follow up tournament as well. Not long after it's conclusion is Shinnok using the power of the One Being to unmake everything. Keep in mind, Raiden not only gave up his god powers. He also got killed during the tournament. The Elder Gods became Liu Kang into a god just like in MK11. They even had Liu Kang used his dragon form against Shinnok.

Compared to how poorly that concept was done in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. They didn't have to give that redemption. But in a way, I'm sorta glad they did. This is why I say they pulled from MK4 because in the original MK timeline, MK4 happened after MK3. In the more recent time line, MK4 was virtually replaced by MKX.

Both MK4 and MKX were about Shinnok trying to conquer while attempted to bring back the One Being in some way. Obviously, this meant Hell itself was going to be unleashed on everything. Shinnok is the devil in MK canon, its true he wasn't the original devil in the time lines. The point is this god out of his mind.

He actually wanna unmake everything with virtually no consideration at all. Yes they did bring in the controversial Lin Kuei decision as well. You know the one where the Grand Master forcing it's own members to become cyborg ninjas. Although, they surprisingly changed the reason for doing so. Originally in all confirmed game timelines, it was making the clan soulless.

Thus, the clan wouldn't be affected by Shao Kahn's soulnado. In this movie's timeline, they did it to become "superior ninjas" I'm not joking. Yeah it kinda ruined the point but still works for the movie. I felt this was a good follow up in it's own right. Even considering, a lot of popular characters being used way better than a certain MK movie.

You know the one right? Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is just so bad!!! Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is one of the best MK movies to date. By now the original Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins is becoming more forgotten. Which is a good thing because that's also not a great MK movie either.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022)

I am going to start what might be considered controversial. So far this easily became my favorite among the animated MK movies. Yeah no joke this one was a roller coaster from the beginning up to the end. This one largely pulled from MK11 including the big twist. This one follows an older Sub-Zero that's no longer an Lin Kuei member as well as lack of clan which gets explained later on.

Unexpectedly, he ends up training Kenshi through out the movie. The movie greatly reminds me of Rurouni Kenshin franchise. I'll even compare the two right now. Kenshin Himura aka Hitokiri Battosai the Man Slayer was the top assassin of his era. He used to kill people up to a point he left that life behind.

Which also can be considered a possible inspiration for characters like John Wick. Sub-Zero was among the best of his clan back in the day. Of course, ninjas were no strangers to killing people. After a tragedy, Sub-Zero vowed to never use his powers again. We get to see how Kenshi loss his sight in a brutal deception by Shang Tsung.

Kenshi starts out as this cocky fighter until he got defeated badly by Tremor. Yes Tremor as in the Earth manipulating ninja is in the movie. The main antagonist is Kano now being called King Kano. King Kano wants to take over everywhere with virtually no regard at all. This movie actually shows you why Sonya hates him so much.

Yes there's an unexplained huge time gap from the previous movies to this one. Stuff like that gets explained later on. Sub-Zero puts up with some unpleasantness until he decides to finally fight back. Yes Scorpion returns as well very excited for that. Scorpion always been my favorite MK character since child hood.

Some of the most brutal kills by far are in this movie. I'm actually going to give out an fair warning. If you have a weak stomach, I highly suggest you don't want this MK movie. Animated or not, they really don't hold back on the gore. I felt the story telling was at it's best. At least to me it was told nearly perfectly including the big twist.

In MK11's Story Mode including the dlc expansion portion. We were introduced to a certain crown. This crown can allow people in a particular location alter the course of things. Well, surprisingly in this time line Kano claimed the crown. Virtually everything that occurs in this movie for the most part was his doing.

Yes all of it because he wanted to become king of everything. The final battle between Sub-Zero & King Kano was one of the most interesting to date. This movie shows you how truly Sub-Zero could be if he doesn't hold back. After destroying that location, Sub-Zero agrees to go to Netherrealm with Scorpion because he broken his vow.

Before leaving, he officially made Kenshi the new leader of the Lin Kuei clan. I liked he passed the torch to him. I also liked Tremor had this magma appearance as well. I felt the movie as a whole actually was the best MK movie I ever seen in all honestly. I know I'm praising the hell out of this movie pun very intended.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind felt like what Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero should've been. Now I know that game was a prequel with the other brother being Sub-Zero. If you are an Sub-Zero fan, you're very likely going to be proud of this movie. Honestly, you really can not go wrong with this MK movie.

My thoughts on Saints Row reboot update

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, due to technical difficulties I can't make a video on today's topic. Earlier today, the team responsible for the new Saints Row game. You know the one getting bashed by people. Well they confirmed the roadmap plan they have from April up to August. In a way me doing things this way would give people a much better idea than if I would've done this in a video.

Link to see the full roadmap of the stuff getting added into the game down below...

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I will start on April which isn't much to begin with. They are doing an crossover free cosmetic pack based on Dead Island 2. For those that doesn't know, publisher company Deep Silver also done Dead Island series. For Saints Row series, it was from 2013 to present. Considering both franchises has zombies, it kinda makes sense to do this crossover.

Personally, if Capcom didn't buried Dead Rising series. Another comical sandbox game series, I felt crossing that over with Saints Row would've been way better. I can only judge Dead Island: Retro Revenge. My wife is actually into Dead Island series. She's more of a causal gamer between us. It doesn't mean she doesn't have her favorites either.

We are moving onto May with some interesting stuff to talk about. The free stuff will be a new district. They are adding more of the actual map you can explore. Yes this could make some technical issues worst as well. They also going to overhaul the combat. I just hope it's being done better than Dead Rising 4. The team made a similar statement that turned out to be not be true.

There's also Photo Mode, already a feature done in a few Dead Rising games. Come on, why don't you two just crossover already!!! Of course, they had to put more at the end of that. I guess we will see what else we're possibly getting. The major dlc you have to buy is The Heist and The Hazardous. I still need to buy Expansion Pass despite the official description made that to sound like a cheap discount on them.

In other words, it's not an actual Season Pass purchase. Where everything included will come straight to you on launch day. It doesn't have to be all the same day with several possible release dates for particular stuff. Hell fighting games do that all the time, it's really getting quite frustrating to keep up. The description for this sounds interesting.

They are adding more Story Missions, yes please. It may actually be better than the campaign we previously were given. Events I'm wondering if that might include more Ventures or Side Ventures to do. We do need more of a variety there guys. Cosmetics well we all expected more of that was coming. It has a chance to being a little better than where it currently stands at customization.

We go straight to July since they didn't list anything for June whatsoever. Free side mentions New Features, keep in mind it doesn't give you much to go on. So we don't know if we are talking about being able to see your stats or email people through your cell phone. We might even get a feature exclusively for online coop to better track the whereabouts of other players.

Improvements once again little to no information to go on. I would think they might be revamping some aspects of the game play. In particular it could likely be quick dial for homies or different ways to use weapons. For example, you could fire an shotgun similar to an terminator would be very sick. If you have Expansion Pass, there's a new solo mode.

If I had to take a guess what this mode could be. Considering a lot of stuff you do involved killing a lot of enemies. This one mode could be an greater amount of enemies to come after you in ways. Kinda like Gears series' Horde Mode respectively. Then again we virtually know so little what to expect here. What I do know is it already looks like my kind of fun.

Finally we get to the month of August. Which so happens to be my wife's birthday month as well as our wedding anniversary. Free stuff we have another new distinct getting added into the game. Jeez how big are they going to make this map? I know GTA Online's map is notably better than GTA V's map. Supposedly the biggest game map belongs to Minecraft, one of my wife's favorite games.

I'm more of a Garry's Mod kind of guy myself. New Features with Improvements, same boat as last time. They could give us a new method to be given your vehicles. For example, an aircraft drops vehicles inside a giant crate that breaks after it hits the ground. They also could have with some aspects of the driving to be improve somewhat.

They also could give us actual smaller businesses to own. A major issue a lot of players didn't like. The new system of your crime organization replaced that feature. I think by having both of them not only increases more money to earn at one time. It also could allow the player to buy stuff they need much cheaper as well.

We might even be given more designs we can customize anything with. Which I greatly would love to see happen. Can you imagine driving an truck that looks like the sun or flying an aircraft that's constantly changing colors? Hell give me more skeleton or clown theme stuff I'll be fine. Yes I'm twisted that way sue me lol.

Expansion Pass adds in more Story Missions. Again there's a couple of options they could do with that. I didn't say this earlier because I felt it would work a little bit better here instead. You aren't done with Marshall, an family affair rises. All of a sudden, they are after the Saints for killing or fired Atticus Marshall.

After long, the developers doesn't make us have to fully replay the entire campaign I'm fine. Obviously, Myra with some of her friends is going to need the Saints again. There's a lot of crazy possibilities they could do with this. Regardless, as long the game play is fun to play. Story matters somewhat but screwing both of them up is a tough pill to swallow.

They are adding in enemies, I highly wish this could've came a little sooner than it actually is. Maybe that's just me on that folks. We don't know much to know if these enemies are even together or enemies towards each other or a mix of both. This is likely going to add in a few boss fights. Cosmetics once again, yes please add more stuff into the game.

Honestly, I want slightly more cosmetic stuff over a handful of these other things. The bigger stuff like new districts and story missions, I'm very excited about. It's rare they add more to the actual map in this series. DLC story missions is very common though. I don't think they are going to top How the Saints Saved Christmas though.

I do have some ideas where these new districts could be on the map. Considering they are being able within those respective locations. I think one district going to be added from the top while the other being added to the bottom. Hell like some Fallout games like Point Lookout. They might make you access it differently that leads to it's own map.

Which would be greatly appraised if that ended up being the case. I am thinking they might bring in parts of the state California. Kinda like GTA Online brought in more of the state Nevada. The map it already a huge size. Yes technically they did part of this through some story missions in Saints Row IV. Therefore, they likely know how they are going about expanding the map or general scale of things.

Saints Row reboot might move up a rank or two if they do all of these on their roadmap. Honestly, they do need to fix the perks that barely affect the game play. So I do think that's going to be revamp to make better usage out of our perks. Obviously more collectibles are going to be added into the game. The game already has a huge amount of them to begin with.

Achievements/trophies wise, this could become one of the hardest Saints Row games to get all of them in. If people are feeling it like in some YouTube videos. They are likely going to beg for mercy with these too. Saints Row reboot is already in an questionable spot. I am hoping Volition doesn't get close down along with their servers.

I actually wanna fully see everything they're going to bring into the game. There's already a couple DLCs I previously bought. As a huge Saints Row fan, ultimately I want what's best for the game in question. I felt if they don't rush things they could nearly come close of turning half way through an 360.

There's no question, they are going to test more than your skills. They also going to test your willpower to see if you can fully go the distance they expect some going to go. I do plan on playing out my heart to getting every DLC achievement that's going to be added in. There's no surprise, I'm willingly coming back to finish what I started with this game.

Another notable thing I should mention is please don't over whelm me like some Assassin's Creed games do. If you played stuff like Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag then you already know. Exactly what I am talking about!!! I don't need the world to be more big than what's actually fun neither do I need my methods of traveling suddenly becomes slower.

I strongly hope with increased resources. The team is going to give us some truly amazing stuff to play with. I actually would've say this could be one of my favorites yet. Considering my favorite video game is Saints Row IV: Re-Elected, it's difficult to say. What I will confirm is for the bigger stuff, you will need to commit to hours among hours to get them fully done or you aren't going to last long.

Why Capcom should skip RE5 to remake RE6 instead?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, we're a few days away from the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake. I felt if Capcom wants to give us something some fans may want. I'll quickly throw two ideas right out the gate. The fans doesn't want Resident Evil 5 to get remade. More of them rather have Resident Evil 6 get that treatment instead.

To clarify, Resident Evil 6 isn't a good Resident Evil game. More recently, the game became more of an alright RE game. Let's be honest, RE6 has major problems. Despite things ends up selling surprisingly well. I won't be surprise the demand isn't far behind remaking Dino Crisis or Resident Evil Code: Veronica X respectively.

First off, everyone strongly agrees the actual story. Which got broken up into four campaigns was simply way too going on. A large amount of that craziness getting removed would greatly improve the remake's chances of being better than the original game. Another problem is they were a little too focus on multiplayer over the single player portions.

Not including The Mercenaries/The Mercenaries: No Mercy. RE6 has too many multiplayer modes. Agent Hunt mode strongly not needed please get rid of it. There were a few concepts just wasn't well executed. Like Predator, an team takes on Ustanak or Onslaught. Onslaught with a few changes would've been the mode to play.

Another major problem is there's too little horror elements. There's also way too much action even excluding the cutscenes. Resident Evil was always meant to be an horror franchise. RE6 was so much of an action game, you almost barely recognize it as an RE game. The boss fights weren't particular done well either.

It also doesn't help they allow some characters to do things in another duo's story. Which meant a handful of boss fights got shared. Some boss fights kept dragging on, which didn't help things further. Honestly, RE6 would need a large portion removed. RE3 Remake suffered from the exact opposite problem. They took too much away when they didn't even need to.

RE6 almost felt like RE tried to be Devil May Cry, another Capcom franchise. Hell I could compare Jake Muller to Dante, it would make perfect sense. Last I checked, RE6 never was intended to being an Devil May Cry game. At one point, RE4 got scrapped. What they had actually became the original Devil May Cry game.

RE6 is still somewhat better than DMC2 though. Another major change is either greatly improve the skills system or remove it altogether. Both would notably affect the game play in some way. Originally getting skill points took a lot longer from the previous two RE games. Removing it could allow us to upgrade weapons similar to Village.

They could use this to keep things balanced. Another major change is removing two particular guns system. They don't need to improve the inventory. They should make it a little easier to switch between sections of your inventory. Seriously, limiting the player down to two weapons by default isn't a good idea.

I strongly felt removing it would notably help RE6 Remake's chances. Not only that, they could recreate several important moments while making them more horror direction. Of course, they have to choose what to keep within the game. The original four campaigns were notably a little too long. Thus, doing all four of them mostly felt players wasted their time rather than having fun.

Hell they easily could select particular sections from the original game timeline wise. Which also removes confusion on when everything happens. Yes there's a mode in RE6 you can rewatch the cutscenes. However they set it up like an timeline making things rather confusing for the players. Obviously simplifying this down would improve their chances at making a decent remake.

They also need to not rush RE6 Remake out. There's some signs in the original game's campaigns that aren't fixed. Which also became a missed opportunity for RE3 Remake. Honestly, RE6 Remake could be one of the finest RE games with the right team making it. I also think they should consider changing out the weapons for better ones.

I'm not trying to be rude but some of the stronger guns isn't that great. Which brings me up to another interesting point. They also have enemies that mutates into several other creatures. For example, they could gain legs like an grasshopper or become more of a spider like creature. I felt removed limited it down or remove it entirely.

I felt both options would've greatly help RE6 Remake's chances. The fans doesn't wanna play a guessing game what enemies could become during the game play. At the same time, they also don't wanna have to deal with it either. There's more of a line that's okay with the bosses. They should revamp that concept for a handful of bosses that has a few forms.

If they can't do that then just simply remove those forms out of the remake please Capcom!!! RE6 is a game that really needed to be filtered out. However this still has a high chance of failing. Not because the original game's reputation. No because Capcom might consider adding more content on top of those problems rather than doing many suggested solutions like in my own blog entry.

Capcom been busy selling out Resident Evil. Especially when they really don't need to I mean at all!!! Another notable issue being removing DMC style save system. I know some people won't like this because it does directly make some achievements/trophies harder. Yes it does but it also allows people to cheat the harder difficulties much easier.

Which is something Capcom doesn't want in their recent RE games. The Mercenaries should return, it's up to them. Even if it doesn't return in the remake version. I would love to see something more directly connecting Albert Wesker to Jake somewhere in the game. All we basically know about this is his dad had an one night stand then left.

RE6 virtually is a game they have many possible ways to improve a remake. Another notable problem is it had too many difficulty levels. The highest difficulty being No Hope doesn't even get it's own achievement/trophy in most versions. A mode that's more unforgiving than Professional difficulty. I felt RE6 had no real business pushing the players this damn hard.

I felt just three difficulties feels about right. It is likely going to be more than difficulties. Don't give us way too many difficulties. Otherwise, you are turning a lot of people off on RE6 Remake in record time. Even Professional difficulty is slightly more unforgiving than the same difficulty in RE5. So even right there, the game needed to be balanced out more properly difficulty wise.

I'm sure I'm not the only Resident Evil fan thinking RE5 doesn't need an remake. RE6 would be a much better choice to be remade. It had plenty of major issues that turned a lot of people off. Hell, Capcom you have an opportunity to make RE6 in some form a fan favorite. If we can't get Code: Veronica X or Dino Crisis remakes, this would be the next best thing.

What are my Favorite Game Compilations?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, you could consider this an follow up to My Favorite Game is.... The same basic concept except I'm directly pointing out my favorite game compilations. It's no secret, they became a nice alternative to over priced, newer video games. You are getting your money's worth with most not even having dlcs for the most part is a rather nice touch.

It's very difficult to just pick one from a few game companies while others mostly has that one going for them. Obviously, you get to see more directly what exactly my taste in video games is. Honestly, I been wanting to write this for awhile now. There's so much ground I could cover with this topic alone. I figured some of you might be curious hearing what some of my absolute favorite game compilations are.

Today I'll only cover three game companies that's notably present in my life. But all three their names are famous around the world. Despite major mistakes over time of course. Of course, if you have your own favorite game compilations even they're not from these companies. Please feel free to comment & tell me about them pleasantly.

Sega

I played a couple Sega compilations over the years. I kept coming back to two particular Sega compilations that stand the test of time. Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection & Sonic Mega Collection respectively. I will praise Sega Genesis Classics for several reasons. But presentation with unlockables wise, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection was more of a pleasant surprise to us Sega fans.

Also Sonic Mega Collection Plus didn't properly recreate the audio as well. Yes it has two games depending on regions you might have in the original version as well as half the Game Gear Sonic games. They even changed the extra content to a degree. I think most of us agrees the original GameCube version was the best version.

Honestly, trying to decide which one is better rather tricky. Obviously, both nails the Sonic games. Most versions of Sega Genesis Classics lacks Sonic 3 & Knuckles, a major reason it doesn't end up here. Yes they were represented in halves within Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. At least, Sonic 3 was mostly presented in that compilation for every versions.

Both have unlockables but Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection has more interesting hidden games you can play. Most of them are Arcade classics with two hidden games directly pulled from Sega Master System. One of a very few game compilations you can play the entire original Phantasy Star series. Also video interviews were done well for it's time.

I also prefer the game selection screen because parts of it represented the actual game console. I do love both games opening including theme songs. I just slightly preferred Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Yes all the lock-on games are in Sonic Mega Collection. Which means you can play Sonic 3 a few ways. You can do save states that help improve your chances beating games.

Yes Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection is widely known for being one of the easiest games to get every achievement in. Sonic Mega Collection is an Sonic compilation with it's own surprises in it's Museum Mode. Obviously, if you're a huge Sonic fan you may be leading towards that more. You also get Flicky & Ristar with interesting connections to the franchise.

Which you get by default in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. You have to do a more annoying method to unlock both those games in Sonic Mega Collection. There's no question, both nails the controls perfectly. It's just difficult to compare an Sonic compilation to an Sega Genesis compilation. Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection represents the system those games originate on way better.

Best Sega compilation is Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

Capcom

I played a lot of Capcom compilations as well. I quickly kept coming back to two particular game compilations. Devil May Cry HD Collection & Capcom Fighting Collection respectively. I felt some people might quickly jump on me since I previously preordered Capcom Fighting Collection. Trust me when I say this is a close one folks.

They offer a lot of the same things. Such as displaying artwork, listening to all games' soundtracks and showing off credits. Obviously, both of them are fighting theme in some way. Capcom Fighting Games is filled with fighting games while Devil May Cry series is more of this unique hack & slash style. Personally removing DMC2 would've made that compilation way better.

Hell it worked for Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection. DMC1 should've been given a bigger screen resolution. Keep in mind, the one change in the more recent version of the compilation. Believe it or not turned out to be the option to go back to the game selection screen. Yeah, originally you couldn't do that.

Which partly makes the newer version the best version for something so small. This isn't even an issue for Capcom Fighting Collection. Also they made plenty of great changes making that an truly unique experience. It has options that quickly wins the entire argument. Even achievement/trophy hunting is better in Capcom Fighting Collection.

Not because there's fewer achievements/trophies either. No it's because you will be more challenged in comparison. You have to commit to getting them all from the start. Thankfully you got plenty of stuff to help improve your chances. Also this compilation marked a few firsts as well. Like this is the first port of the Arcade game, Red Earth.

This also was the first time both updated versions of Vampire Savior got released outside Japan. Sure there isn't many notable changes but as a Darkstalkers fan still nice to have. I'm glad they went with Hyper Street Fighter II. This version allows you to play as every version of every character among Arcade versions.

You can tell this compilation was truly fan service. Still a little weird Capcom quickly does another game compilation, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium that has half this compilation's game line up. Roughly a month later but Capcom Fighting Collection is the way to go playing those same games. As much I enjoy Devil May Cry HD Collection, it just falls shorts to Capcom Fighting Collection.

Best Capcom compilation is Capcom Fighting Collection

Konami

I got another close one for everyone. There's no surprise two particular game compilations I'm a huge fan of. Konami had more notable involvement with one of these but didn't ruin things. By now, you should already know which two game compilations I'm going to be comparing today. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection & Castlevania Advance Collection.

A lot of the same stuff going for these two as Capcom. I would even argue this is the toughest one by far. Both greatly represented fan service beautifully in their own way. Castlevania Advance Collection is mostly representing an era of Castlevania series on Game Boy Advance. TMNT is representing the entire original Konami TMNT collection.

Two particular eras I felt was nailed perfectly in their respective game compilations. Obviously Castlevania: Dracula X got the short end of the stick. Originally within the in-game strategy guide for TMNT, that were true with TMNT: Tournament Fighters (Genesis). Late last year, they made some changes that fixed the problem.

There's more notable game play styles in TMNT. They also displayed five platforms to compared to two of them. It's mind blowing the additional stuff TMNT has. I will still give credit for Castlevania Advance Collection creating this awesome animation with the four main characters. Now how awesome is that right?

We get to see Richter, Juste, Nathan and Soma working together. You can tell the team had a lot of fun making this. It's the same team that previously done a few game compilations like Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Yes it's the same one also respectable for Contra Anniversary Collection. Both companies are masters at making game compilations in their own way.

One annoying thing is because of the method they used to get a lot of that extra content into the game. You have to wait a little longer before you can see em better. Which isn't a program in Castlevania Advance Collection. There's no secret Castlevania Advance Collection has more enjoyable achievement/trophy hunting.

Every single achievement/trophy within TMNT is simply beat the games. There's much more you do within Castlevania Advance Collection. Also I felt characters mostly in Advance trilogy are better animated with more cool stuff you could do. Yes those are lengthy games but they're packed with content as well.

All three of them have additional modes you can play as well. Which further helps to keep things refreshing. It doesn't mean TMNT is down for the count. They have additional features to make these games more replayable as well. There's more notable emulator options in Castlevania Advance Collection.

Honestly, I'm really pulling hairs to decide which one is the best Konami compilation I played. Castlevania Advance Collection has some sick animations while TMNT has a better game selection screen. Castlevania has cooler graphics while TMNT does have more awesome soundtracks. Although, Castlevania has more interesting enemy variety as well as the bosses.

TMNT does offer online play for five TMNT games. Castlevania does bounce back with more forgiving game play. I think most of us can agree both of these are way better than Castlevania Anniversary Collection. It really does come down to personal taste. If you are a bigger Castlevania fan, you may enjoy Castlevania Advance Collection more

If you are a bigger TMNT fan, you may enjoy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection more. I can promise you both of them really does their respective franchises justice. I am not kidding they're both very decent game compilations. Even the closest things to call issues aren't real issues at all.

If you are more into having a variety in terms of the amount of platforms as well as game play styles. You are more likely going to enjoy TMNT more. But if you are more into impressive handheld games, you are more likely going to enjoy Castlevania more. I'm actually considering giving this one a tie. After much needed thought, Castlevania Advance Collection.

There's a few things I didn't even mention yet that ended up being the difference for me. For example, one surprising option you can't do in TMNT is create your own playlist. Yes you can select songs from all four games within Castlevania Advance Collection to create your own playlist is a very nice touch. Not only that, the maps are much more than in TMNT 3: Radical Rescue as well.

I am not just saying that because all the maps featured in GBA Castlevania trilogy are notably bigger. No, the way they went about the map screen inevitable leaves to confusion later on. In comparison, the more you explore of the maps. The more of it that becomes a different color to help you find your path. Yes the same problem could occur here as well.

If you look closely on GBA Castlevania trilogy. You can actually see which directions you can enter or exit areas from. I felt in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance it's the trickiest with three different colors excluding the default unexplored color. Sadly none of that is within TMNT 3: Radical Rescue at all. So if you are planning to use the map to get around, you may not know how the map actually presented.

Basically, it lacks marks to letting you know ways into that area. Yes with an feature you can now see where doors, keys and bosses are. Part of that GBA Castlevania trilogy doesn't do is reveal where key items are on the map as well as the bosses. Yet you still get more useful upgrades. Not to mention, all three Castlevania games has an leveling system to help better your chances too.

You actually could find a short area quickly kill enemies then leave the area. Come right back to repeat the process as much as needed to level up your characters. Keep in mind, being under leveled has it's fair share of it's pros and cons. Of course, GBA Castlevania trilogy also has it's secret areas as well. You also have an easier to spot cursor representing your location on the map too.

Another major factor is Castlevania Advance Collection improved on a few issues I had with another compilation. Obviously I'm referring Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Such as having the ability to rewind. Yes TMNT also has that as well. They also made it even easier to access your save states as well.

Nathan has card combinations with some difficult to master. Soma has this awesome souls system that greatly affects the game play. Juste uses spell books that helps improves his chances. Yes all of them have stuff that could be considered as being op, I won't argue that. There's also plenty of locations to save your process in-game within all three GBA Castlevania games as well.

Thus, there's another way to save your process is kinda a game changer here. You also can easily change the region of which version while on game selection screen too. Yes in a few TMNT games like TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES), there's some notable changes. I just felt in a few ways Castlevania Advance Collection to me ended up being the best Konami compilation.

Best Konami compilation is Castlevania Advance Collection

By the way, yes I played Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. I still felt both of these amazing game compilations was better. To be fair, you also can't go wrong with that one either. Keep in mind, Hideo Kojima was still working with Konami at the time of it's release. Honestly, I highly recommend that one as well especially you love Metal Gear franchise.