Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley (2010) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I finally finished a game I had trouble finishing on and off. I had it a few times with the most recent through Xbox Series X. It was among a handful of games by Twisted Pixel Games for Xbox Live Arcade line up. Today I'm going to be reviewing Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley.

Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley (2010)

I am reviewing the Xbox 360 version to clarify. This is similar to Comix Zone where the actual levels are within comic books as well as a few manga volumes. It's one of those comedic, self aware games too. At times the 4th wall kept getting broken. I do like they somehow mixed actual digitalized people into the game.

You might be surprise to know there's some variety within the game play. You get a few shooter style game play with quick time events as well as beat em up sections. If that doesn't sound strange yet don't worry we're getting there. You play as Captain Smiley who has a talking star on his chest named you guess it Star.

You start in a failing comic book series. Which led to the character forced to star in other comic series. You can only imagine the fun the developers had with that idea. This is more ambitious than you expect it to be. You got a hub world you interact with the other characters. One of them also acts as your upgrade system as well as buying bonus content.

Achievements unlocked rewards you trophies further confirming in game you gotten em. There's a few mini games you could play in the hub. There's a couple levels that will remind people of the 90s. In terms of it's difficulty which quickly brought me back to that era. I will confess this is not balanced well in it's difficulty.

It's not NES Battletoads level bad either. Beat em up sections actually easier than Comix Zone. Some of the shooter sections are a little too unforgiving at times. Yes I have rage quit this game a few times over that. Especially in the first manga section. Just last night I finally gotten past that level. You also can buy these specials with a rather bizarre animation.

You see digitalized hands banging on the screen. Then this bearded guy shows up ready to head butt the screen breaking it lol. I also liked some sections you get to beat up Star to a degree. Yes there's a counter for doing this in the game. The story of the game is eventually your series gets rebooted. Such a bizarre ending I actually wondered two major things.

1. What the hell is going on?

2. Is the game over?

I can confirm the game is over when you see this. You see an FMV cutscene of a kid reading the reboot 1st issue at a playground. Suddenly you get this wacky, over the top developers are rich cutscene. It's almost like they were literately on drugs lol. There's also challenges if you wanna do em. I think by far my favorite character is Star.

The duo sorta reminds me of Banjo and Kazooie. Captain Smiley is notably more like Banjo whose the nicer of the two. Whose also the main character you're playing as. Star is more like Kazooie saying whatever he wants. I simply respect the creativity that went into this. I would say it's currently an underrated classic as well as overall an overlooked comical action game.

Especially having Chris Sabat voicing Star was comedy genius!!! One of the biggest voice actors in anime history no less. You can tell the story doesn't quite take itself seriously. Captain Smiley simply wanted his own series again. He nearly quit over the manga volumes. Then again who could've blame him otherwise?

It's a very cuteness overblown ridiculousness. It's more meant for the female audience which kept getting mentioned. We even had a few ladies in buses attacking you. Not to mention, in some sections you ride this horse that can fly. Let's put it this way I rather replay the anime level in Gex 3. These were actually among my least favorite levels.

Mostly due to how truly unbalanced in the difficulty some sections are. Thankfully this doesn't do the lives system. Check points is questionable at times. Unless you know from experience you got em or not. You might die thinking you'll continue close to where you die. Most of the time, you have to restart that section of the level again.

This quickly gets old as well as frustrating. The music has some decent songs I'll say. I actually prefer the sound effects over em. This plays amazingly well on Xbox Series X. The hub world I just wish you do slightly more. Mostly you explore with not much to actually do. I will give some credit they attempted the concept.

I felt the bizarre humor is among the game's strongest aspects. I also liked they do change the game play to a degree at times. It does help to prevent this becoming repetitive and boring. Repetitive it still is regardless I just meant the kind of repetitiveness that turns you off. Maybe not resuming to possibly finish the game.

Obviously it has some notable flaws. For what it is I did find some enjoyment in it. I'm not quite sure how to go about recommending it either. If you enjoy 16-bit era level difficulty this is for you. Personally I prefer Saints Row IV way more than this!!! I also respect the ambitious concept of traveling through comics.

Which in a sense makes it better than Comix Zone. But in it's defense Comix Zone notably has better music. Not only that I even felt with it's famous difficulty. It was surprisingly better balanced than this!!! I also preferred the final boss as well. Comic Jumper is a strange game that kinda sticks with you. There isn't many actual upgrades either.

You earn money with later levels being a huge amount. You are virtually guarantee to max out well before then. There isn't much depth into that sadly. Also even with those max upgrades the game is very unforgiving at times. I will say this though you might enjoy some of the characters. Either in characters or within the hub world.

What I mean by in characters is a lot of them has different roles within these comics you explore. They act notably different from the actual people in the hub world. This is actually an aspect I do respect they done. Comic Jumper is a game that's an unique hybrid of a bizarre adventure. It is best to go into this without any expectations.

Comic Jumper also among a handful of games I gotten added to the voting section of GOG as well. I could see the right people truly enjoying this game. Obviously there's better similar style comical games out there. Just for the fact you play as a character going through a few comic series is rather cool. Overall it's more of a strange gem than anything else.

It may not be balanced in that way as well. The humor does work to a degree. If you're new to it altogether. The change in genres may keep your interest. You also get a game that knows exactly what it is. It's a different kind of a superhero game. Comic Jumper is just one of those rare experiences within video games you may not experience again.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Death Battle blog review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, it's not often I do requests on here. For a few months I been reading a particular Death Battle blog series. I could argue how this is better than the actual web show. This was requested by Keyblade_Sora. Whose a writer for this for this Death Battle blog series. We talked through discord for a few months.

Currently finished Season 3 recently.

He often send me match blogs his team does. I do miss the good old days of Death Battle prediction blogs of this quality. Don't expect virtually covering everything in terms of categories. Each having a list of stuff included. Although they do make sure to mention stuff on those lines. I actually spend a couple hours reading a lot of these entries.

I enjoyed majority of the ones I came across. As far I'm aware there isn't a bad entry among them. Occasionally he reveals these bias fan comments that's comedy gold. Let's say we got some real winners in here!!! They do their variation on Wiz and Boomstick. It's better than some of these web show knock off characters lol.

I felt the jokes are more notably funnier as well. They actually understand Bleach as well as Chainsaw Man unlike the web show. Just like that show they go over stuff regarding all the characters. Then they prepare the written scenario fights that's incredibly detailed. To a degree you almost can vision some of this action in your head.

A lot of these matches I honestly never heard of until I gotten linked their respective blogs. Let's put it this way it's a rather interesting line up. You know the ones you see several DB fans make videos about. At the same time, all of them simply makes sense. They took the proper time to do the research. It's much more accurate than the web show.

It's much more balanced than Mugen. Seriously some of these characters are stupidly broken in that lol. They also don't plan on doing any Marvel vs DC matches either. Honestly I been so sick of the actual show doing those. I don't mind if characters from either goes against characters outside those franchises. They come up with truly amazing points on stuff.

They done a fight for desertfox088. I already requested a particular match up I always wanted for a long time. These are a little lengthy blog entries. They do differ in length to a degree. Some matches just requires more critical points to be made. Not to mention, some of these matches are very complex. They don't leave any stones left unturned.

They sure keep everything interesting with each entry in a season being it's own theme. They do take requests that may or may not become future entries. They prefer using more Otaku characters. We are talking video games as well as anime. Both has plenty of truly amazing characters. Just reading one of these felt like a huge breath of fresh air.

Sure they do some matches you expect from time to time. Despite that, they are virtually giving you gold with these amazingly written DB blogs. When I did discuss a lot of matches with Keyblade_Sora. Nine out of ten times we instantly agrees who wins. I even confessed to a lot of characters I didn't know at all.

They do cover these characters even further than the web show. To the point before the next section you have a great idea what they're capable of. I know most actual DB fans aren't readers. I felt if some of them gave this DB blog series a try. It'll be like kids in a candy store. I don't have much to criticize despite pointed out an issue with Kaguya vs Temari.

I was quite nice to say to Keyblade_Sora. This originally written by a different team member. To me this didn't quite give you a solid reason for the encounter. It almost sorta came off like they just meet then fight that's it. I do like they changed it to being an fight both characters agrees to do. I still won't take any credit though.

I do think this DB blog series could truly become the stuff of legends. Personally I actually think they're already there. I'm often show stuff for a lot of characters. Obviously if I know em it won't take long for me to read em. A character I don't know I usually read a bit slower. There's some rather interesting characters they cover including a lot not even on the web show at all!!!

I also felt you simply learn more from reading about em than simply watching videos. Sure you might understand faster actually seeing what they could do. But reading about em ends up giving you much more critical information. This team is truly amazing at what they do. They really aren't bias towards anyone.

It's tricky to not be bias during prediction videos and blogs. Especially when your favorite characters loses. I just wish more DB fans listen to what others say rather than "No you're wrong!!!" Of course I got a few favorite entries I recommend reading. Some of which I really would love to see myself. I will pick matches from Seasons 2 to 3.

1. The Grinch vs Jack Skellington
2. Makima vs Kenjaku
3. Itachi Uchiha vs Byakuya Kuchiki
4. Spike Spiegel vs Revy
5. Master Chief vs Doom Slayer (their version)
6. Nemesis vs Subject Delta
7. Denji vs Rick Taylor
8. Hellboy vs Nero

Eventually I'll slowly read the entries I haven't before. I do appreciate the work that goes into these DB blog entries. They are being quite creative with the theme. I know some might view this as, "Oh they think they can do Death Battle better than the actual team I'll love to see them try!!!" It's way better than Cartoon Fight Club.

The actual web show spiritually following Celebrity Deathmatch. They do respect the characters for the most part. I'm not sure how they choose matches outside people requesting em. I'm sure whatever that process is simply better than most DB knock off shows. I know I got little room to talk since I'm assisted with Fan War in a couple episodes.

I rather have something to explain something really complex than a rather incomplete rushed explanation. Some of these verdicts might even convince you why they won. Sadly nothing cares bias people in versus debates. I do think they will continue onto some rather amazing DB blogs soon. I also felt they are going to blow a lot of people's minds if they haven't already.

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Sigil II (2023 Doom mod) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, suddenly I got some unfinished business with Doom + Doom II. Earlier this month, Sigil II was added to the campaigns on the main menu. Although you still can play it through it's mod support. I actually knew slightly more about this before it's release than Sigil 1. I'm just happy it's finally on that main menu where it belongs.

Sigil II (2023)

Just like Sigil 1, John Romero personally made a set of levels for the original Doom. In this particular case it was his way of tying into Doom's 30th anniversary. This would be spiritually Episode 6 for the original Doom. Also like Sigil 1, Doom 2 stuff not presented. I'm talking enemies, weapons and power ups from that game.

Although you can use cheats like all weapons to use the super shotgun. I had a difficult time liking Sigil 1. Mostly due to how strict everything was. It was very secretive to the point I constantly had to look up videos to get a little further. I didn't do that as close as much in Sigil II. These are some crazy huge maps with a lot of enemies.

The maps is notably better than Sigil 1. The boss fight at the end is truly intense. I won't give much away since I played through this on Hurt Me Plenty. I will confirm you may struggle more than you realize. Also like Sigil 1, the episode set up very similar to the original Doom. Eight main maps with one secret map you could find if you know how to.

You can tell Romero spent hours making sure everything works just right. I been to a few of his streams while he's working on this Doom mod. This is also very ambush theme meaning don't rush often. If you save often you may wanna wait a little before doing so. You might accidentally save to end up in between a lot of enemies.

Also like Sigil 1, you got to shoot switches that appears as an demonic eye. Clearly Romero liked Sauron to a degree. These also among the most complex maps within the main campaigns. It's difficult to explain properly until you experience it yourself. You really gotta pay extra attention to the environment.

Not only that, you also get some great music as well. I also would recommend if you're playing without codes to play easier difficulties than Hurt Me Plenty. Higher than that guarantees running into Cyberdemons. This also has the shortest end game message by far. It doesn't even half the screen like most of them filling it up with texts.

You will witness some creative within the map designs. Considering this was designed by an original Doom team member. You can expect it lives up to his reputation here. Sigil II is a great follow up to his previous spiritual Doom episode mod. I may heard he's working on another Doom mod called Hellion. There's no word what the status of this Doom II mod is right now.

When that comes out will be for Doom II. It doesn't matter since the first two Doom games works with every Doom mod in existence. Very true with the newest version. Sigil II was somewhat unexpected what it brings to the table in a good way. This may not be the best campaign within Doom + Doom II. It's better than a lot of Doom mods out of respect.

I will say I'll recommend it if you want an challenge. It's technically more fair than The Plutonia Experiment. This is better than Extreme Rise of the Triad. It's notably better balance with better designed levels. Considering a few members of that team made the difficult expansion. I can compare the two to a degree.

It's not often you wanna move fast. It's mostly moving slow with caution while being ready to shoot anything. Right up to the end it's that level of intensity. If some enemy placements doesn't take you out. Possibly getting lost within levels suddenly desperate what to do likely will lol. My other recommending through modding is get Brutal Doom with that WAD file.

To me anything Doom with Brutal Doom is like the greatest FPS experience ever!!! I could respect people not wanting to do that. Sigil II will throw some huge curve balls at ya. Don't worry there's plenty of demons to take out. Some of the later maps has over an hundred enemies. Just don't expect Legacy of Rust level of madness here.

Sigil II does sorta feel like an continuation of the original Doom before Doom II in a way. Some could argue Legacy of Rust in the actual Doom canon taken both Sigil mods' place. You also can expect some backtracking to a degree. Otherwise if you're willing to play it. You may enjoy this anniversary Doom mod that's amazing in what it does pull off.

My reaction to Death Battle: Master Chief vs Doom Slayer

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I actually got two somewhat Doom related blog entries today. I been cleaning up my place for a week with some gaming on the side. Until today none of that was Doom related. A few hours before the new Death Battle episode I started Sigil 2 on Hurt Me Plenty. I will be reviewing that later on as well.

I think I made it crystal clear I really didn't like the original episode back in 2011. I never expected a rematch would take a little over thirteen years to happen. A notable portion of my life waiting for this. It kinda felt like a dream to me. Now it's official Doom Slayer wins. I can say everything about the newer version way better.

It's not even close this is how it's meant to be. Much like the most recent version of Goku vs Superman episode. Despite being among the biggest stomps they ever done. They still delivered in giving us an fight animation that's fantastic. The difficult part was trying to keep things from going too one sided. Considering Doom Slayer is multiversal with Master Chief not even being universal.

Plus many critical advantages Doom Slayer had. The actual portrayal of both characters is way better. Originally Doomguy was done so poorly. Now he's exactly like he is in the newer Doom games here. Master Chief further showcasing his tactical mind. Cortana being involve was critical. Which was a weird thing to miss in the original episode.

The break down on both characters was beautifully, accurately done. Some can criticize some of the crazy numbers all they want. The fight song is among my favorites in the season by far. The verdict was a massive improvement from the original episode. Originally I felt the episode was too rushed it seemed.

Lacking some critical information that should've been in there. Thank god that isn't an issue in the newer version. I didn't want this for the newer fight animation like many people did. Although I really enjoyed it over the crappy original version. I always believed even back then Doomguy should've won. When I found out they are actually doing this rematch I was quite happy.

There's a lot of moments in the fight I loved. I will reveal the very moments that quickly stick with me. We gotten two iconic poses late into the fight. Master Chief quickly does his famous Halo 2 pose. You know on Halo 2 cover pose. They ended the fight animation in a rather awesome recreation of the original Doom cover.

There's also an grenade bounced off Doom Slayer then exploded afterwards. Indirectly a reference how he died in the original version I'm sure. Which I strongly question won't kill him back then. He fires a rocket to speed dash to quickly grabbed it. Then threw the rocket at Master Chief I loved that!!!

Now that's how you showcase Doom Slayer's true speed. I also loved the brief break from the fight. Both of them took on demons. This was a particular moment I'm happy for. I may not be an Halo fan anymore. I do still have some respect for Master Chief. Also he killed a few demons so that's something.

I loved the reminder of this fight takes place in Hell. I do question to a degree how two particular weapons cancel each other. Especially considering BFG-9000 can kill demons as powerful as Cyberdemon in a few shots. What I really wanted to feel with Spawn vs Ghost Rider I do feel here. To me it felt well worth waiting this long for them to redo that match up.

This was the true definitive version in every possible way. Virtually nothing left behind unless you count some questionable canon stuff on either side. Personally that's a small issue since Doom Slayer just way too much for him to handle. You can tell they really took their sweet time with this. A quick reminder for Doom fans regarding May.

Not only there's a new Doom game coming out. Doom Slayer with Revenant also dlc skaters in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4. Which might've lied about career mode yes I'm onto you guys at Activision Blizzard. What a great way to tie in that stuff. Eventually I could see either character coming back in a more fair fight.

Among the obvious stomp episodes this is easily among my favorite of them. I don't have much to directly criticize otherwise. This was a good recreation of both franchises. I also liked the same voice actor that's done Sweet Tooth voices Doom Slayer. This also among my favorite rematch episodes as well.

Let's be put it this way everything was done just right. I have little to no major questions left to ask. Most rematch episodes I'm fine with. The only exception being Cloud vs Link I have major issues with. I would say it rivals the new version of Goku vs Superman. They absolutely knock this episode out the park or should I say plain of existence here?

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Mullet Madjack and Crime Scene Cleaner (2025 Xbox versions) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, thanks to Game Pass. I was able to play some actual new games. I always wanted to do this style of a video game review blog. Usually I do mostly one style with a lot of games that's similar. But today let's change things up with two vastly different indie games. You could even say these are polar opposites of each other in many ways.

This is rather ambitious to do. Also kinda fun the more I'm thinking about it. Two great indie games I been enjoying during this month. I actually found both of them quite refreshing for their respective genres. I didn't imagine I would end up having this much fun with both of them either. You just don't know until you play either of these games yourself.

A quick message to DesertFox088, sadly Mullet Madjack isn't on PS consoles. You do have Steam you might enjoy this game. I do actually think you'll enjoy Crime Scene Cleaner more for a few great reasons. Indie games kept getting me excited in recent years. These were games I'm glad I took a chance on. Easily a strong recommend to play both of these amazing indie games.

Mullet Madjack (2025)

Mullet Madjack plays heavily into 90s anime style. You play as a moderator that's live streaming an princess. She's more of a famous streamer with a huge follower count than that. You are getting a strict time limit to get through the levels. Thankfully you can easily add seconds back to that time limit. This forces the player to quickly adapt to situations on the fly.

Usually this style games turns me off. Somehow this actually gotten more very into the experience. You also get a choice of three or four upgrades. You do need to unlock the fourth slot as an upgrade you always have. Every ten floors is a boss fight that isn't being live streamed. You aren't on a timer with notably more health than normal.

Don't expect the bosses going to be that easy either. Some can be rather cheap at times. You also pick up many weapons you can quickly execute enemies with. I simply love kicking off platforms or firing at them to get em shocked. You also get a few similar swords that surprisingly can be thrown. The upgrades can differ in quality but mostly decent stuff.

The audio as a whole is fantastic!!! The sound effects really does it's job here. The levels thankfully aren't that long. Some are slightly longer but that's it. There's a good variety of robots you'll face. You also can do randomized or fixed levels design. Personally some achievements is better with fixed levels.

Randomized does repeat to a degree. Somehow it remains incredibly fun to keep playing the levels. You get such a weird, mess up story. I will confirm the ending isn't where you're expecting it to be. I didn't expect Mullet Madjack to be this much fun!!! The character himself says voice overs with some parodying Duke Nukem.

One of my personal favorite lines is this. "I kick ass and make lollipops!!!" You even can take enemies out during an execution with an manga volume I'm not kidding. You force this into their mouth as you're finishing that. This is obviously an Arcade style FPS game. You can quickly go through vents that acts as short cuts.

Very true when you're desperate low on time. You gotta kill an enemy or you fail. Speaking of failure, die just once on any floor sets. You start that floor set up from the beginning. Thankfully one great upgrade is you decide which upgrade you get to keep. Most firearms can go up to level 3 that truly gets ridiculous.

This is more like Wolfenstein 3D but minus the secrets with more easier to memorize floor designs. There's a few modes with some being unlockables. Achievement/trophy hunting wise it's so much fun!!! You might need to look a few up. Despite that you will get a lot of them in a few hours. Mullet Madjack is a game I can't believe works this incredibly well.

The overall pace felt like people speedrunning 90s FPS games. But that's how you are suppose to play this. Despite that it actually ends up being so much fun. Even if you die a lot you just don't wanna give up. You may feel lucky to get to the next set of floors. Partly it depends on which upgrades you taken. Other times you may not realize some stuff that could've helped a lot.

Let's take this situation for an example. There was this huge jump from an speed wall running thing that's meant to help get you across a huge gap. I kept falling a little short of that. Until I realize I could actually air dash. There's also an double jump upgrade. Excluding that, this air dash guarantees I made it across every time.

Some upgrades doesn't work how you expect them to as well. Very essentially I mention this since a handful were a little unexpected. Some upgrades plays into soda that acts as an health item. Suddenly I wanna see Franky from One Piece in this!!! At random among getting sodas, something cool may happen.

You actually can slip or shoot at soda machines. I think my favorite soda theme upgrade is at random for a short period of time. You get two of the same guns you can fire is pretty sick. My second favorite soda upgrade is soda grenades I'm not kidding. Suddenly enemies could get blown up by soda is hilarious.

Don't tell Kenan and Kel about this. Where's my orange soda at? LOL anyway you can tell this game doesn't quite take itself seriously. You could even say it's self aware it's an video game by some of the dialogue. Some of these surprises starts to freak you out a little bit. This really felt like a true recreation of the 90s in a nut shell.

They even given you a bonus for nut shots. There's even a joke upgrade bonus for that. There's a funny joke weapon being your hand does the gun gestures lol. Following Chapter 8, the rest of it plays incredibly different. Somehow all of this works amazingly well. The driving level ends up being my favorite section in the entire game.

Mullet Madjack is just the right level of ridiculousness in an anime inspired 90s FPS game. This instantly felt like a party I never wanted to leave. This already on GOG, well consider that moved notably higher on my list. I didn't have many real issues with everything considered. The closest issue is why hide the ending like that?

I will confirm how to get the ending. The true ending you have to do well enough in Endless Mode. Yes a variation of the game that's an endurance that slowly reduces your timer. If you do good enough when you die. You'll be awarded a few things including the true ending. This really caught me off guard.

Crime Scene Cleaner (2025)

Crime Scene Cleaner you play as a cleaner that does these messy clean up jobs. Some levels has a lot of bodies laying around. There's a lot of trash you can pick up to quickly bag em up. You also get other equipment expected of a cleaner. There's an upgrade system that may limit your choice to a degree. I still found it a decent upgrade experience.

Mullet Madjack was notably a much faster, unrealistic game. This is the more realistic, slower pace game. At the same time, there's plenty of surprises you can find within the levels. I actually took extra time to finish every level with an 100% completion. Most levels takes you a few hours at best to fully clean up.

There's a story that does get interesting to a degree. The cleaner's daughter in the hospital while you play as her dad trying to raise enough money to save her. This led to suddenly doing clean up jobs for an criminal boss named Big Jim. The closest thing I played to this was Viscera Cleanup Detail series. This is strikingly similar to that series.

I'm not going to call it a rip off. Obviously simulator games will be similar to a degree. I actually felt in a few ways Crime Scene Cleaner done several things better. You can mop up messes mostly blood off places. You play trash as well as bodies onto your truck or into this thing in a few levels. You do get a good variety of locations to explore.

I will confirm the last few levels will truly test your determination. You get to clean up a party that went too wild. Among them was Big Jim's daughter that directly asks for your help through an email. Achievement/trophy hunting wise it's the best game for that experience. You really can take your time going for those during your playthrough.

You got to adapt on the fly in some locations. Especially when you might be forced to get messy before finding an water source you can use. Some of their locations is notably spread out more than you expect. I didn't notice the music that much but I'm sure I'll like parts of the soundtrack if I heard em. I did have some notable issues including a weird item placing glitch.

Let's say I remove a correctly placed object from it's slot. Then I place it back into the same spot. For some weird reason the amount of objects increases. Among the trash you also need to pick up bullets. These can be easy to miss or in some placements trickier to grab. You do get an upgrade to increase trash bags into a bigger one a few times.

There's surprisingly no real fall damage meaning you just live if you fall from high up. Despite those it's still a very realistic game. You have to manual clean your bucket when it's too bloody. If you change it when there's too much blood. Usually a notable bloody mess happens. I figured out a nice trick to prevent this from happening.

You also need to use an sponge. After you clean your mop as well as your sponge. Quickly refill the bucket you'll be fine. If you want tipping the buckets achievement/trophy ignore this tip lol. Some secrets are surprisingly well hidden. You might be more surprised how you get inside a few locations. I didn't even mention your main hub area yet.

Your main hub is your home which I personally liked a lot. You can pet your dog for two achievements/trophies. You also can go into the rooms including the basement. Speaking of the basement, there's a wall with a collection of cassettes. Filling up that collection is another achievement/trophy.

You also can replay levels while not needing to fully replay em for those is a huge plus. Sadly if you're going for the big money achievement, you have to replay em for that. Which I surprisingly didn't do to get the achievement with three other achievements. Among finishing the final level of the game. I mostly played without any guides.

I will confess a handful of stuff mostly achievements related I did look up. Otherwise I was figuring some stuff out faster while others. Well, "It's right there the entire time!!! thing does get a bit annoying. You will need to really pay attention to everything. This greatly helps you to properly the game better. Just take your time for a rather decent experience.

The voice acting is surprisingly decent as well. The graphics looks absolutely amazing!!! The controls takes a little getting use to. You don't wanna rush in this game. The worst the rushing, the bigger the mess going to be. You can easily break stuff adding to the trash amount. Thankfully you can throw trash bags as well as bodies a notable distance.

Crime Scene Cleaner is a game that works incredibly well. It's realistic but in a way that doesn't turn me off. You actually felt like you're the one cleaning up these messes up. I will confirm the ending is a little predictable but in a way you might not see coming. I should also mention a partly discontinued achievement/trophy.

You grab a toaster then throw it into a bathtub thankfully no bodies for the most part with no water. They also hide in some clever pop culture references. Sure you have to go a little out your way to find em. The levels are all a nice size that doesn't feel too small. A handful might feel a little too big for some though.

You also get objectives you can complete. If you fully want an 100% completion. You have to do them all which takes hours to do. At the same time, it's so satisfying you worked so hard for that. This game simply felt like I could relax while playing it. Despite how ridiculous some of these levels are. Crime Scene Cleaner is an fantastic cleaning simulator game.

Monday, April 21, 2025

My thoughts on Elbaph Arc in One Piece

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I figured to give my current thoughts on Elbaph Arc in One Piece manga. Originally I was going to wait doing this. I highly doubt any of the notable One Piece YouTubers going to check any of my One Piece blogs out. I actually got so much to say with a high risk of major spoilers coming out.

Current One Piece chapter is Chapter 1146

I know it's an challenge I'll try very hard to not directly spoil much of this current arc. I will confirm this is way more interesting than I originally thought. This blog post could've been a lot shorter as well as not emotion packed as it was for me. I simply wanted to give my current thoughts on this current arc. Obviously many people's views likely differ a little or a lot from my own that's fine.

Directly following the insanity that is Egghead Arc. We knew during a couple chapters exactly where the crew going next. Let's just say some of their expectations regarding the location isn't what they thought it would be. This also is among many locations not allied with the World Government. This is where most of the giants comes from.

Of course I'm talking about Elbaph aka Elbaf. The giants helped saved the crew from the Five Elders. You also know more of the lore in some areas going to get revealed to a degree. Don't go in thinking it's just another recreation of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk it's not that at all. There is a notable Norse mythology influence that I really enjoyed.

Originally I thought this was going to be a smaller, somewhat important arc. We are talking about about little to no actual combat. Just stuff to help move the plot forward. I really didn't expect a lot of stuff that happened. I can confirm one of two final wars I predicted is currently under way. I actually felt the World Government going to make a difficult situation.

Which should lead to the conclusion of this arc. There's already some great surprises to keep things rather interesting. Some of it may raise some great questions. Just not sure when the author may deliver the very answers a lot of people seeking right now. I simply love most locations the crew goes to ends up being so different to the point of actually being unique.

I can tell you this island isn't disappointing. Things are finally getting heat up the way you want em to. I am possibly expecting some truly huge bombs to get drop. To clarify, some reveals the world going to be very surprise about. Considering the amazing work this author does. You can safely say there's a lot of those left in him.

Arcs like this is exactly how One Piece differs from most Shonen stories. Most of them are rather faster pace with some story maybe roughly barely any at all. Yes Dragon Ball Z to up I'm looking at you. One Piece always been more of the story above everything else. Otherwise why care so much for anything happening in the first place?

I might be one of the few people to think of that in this light who really knows. One Piece does everything so amazingly well. The length is very notable I get that. At the same time, this author isn't losing steam like most of the manga authors. In fact, he kept improving as time went on. I strongly felt by the end of this story virtually nothing ever going to top it.

I'm not worried about the author getting rushed out for a few great reasons. Although, indirectly that's why manga companies rather have authors do a few years within their manga stories. Also they felt doing that they may get more money from newer authors or previous ones with newer series. None of them ever going to come close to this author.

He is a true visionary that's deeply inspired by his own creation. Which does explain why his story still going today. I have some experience reading some rather long manga series. Mostly the Big 3 being One Piece, Naruto and Bleach respectively. I can't say most mangas even came close to One Piece. Even over one thousand one hundred chapters it's a really great story.

Obviously One Piece is currently my favorite of the Big 3. Which just saved me writing an blog entry on that. One Piece always done well with so many characters. Especially during wars it's amazing how well the story goes with so much action going on. You can expect that for this current arc we're in. The longer this story becoming, the more I just wanna get into the franchise.

It's like giving kids a lot of candy for Halloween. Then they start eating with people given them. Some of us just can't help ourselves to read more One Piece chapters recently. I can understand people are becoming burnt out from doing that. Thankfully there's a few other manga series I'm currently reading on the side.

Black Clover, Berserk and Chainsaw Man respectively. All of which currently within their final arcs. I been considering to dive further into the Seinen Big 3. Before I can explain what exactly makes up that trio. What's the difference between Shonen and Seinen? Shonen is more meant for an younger audience. Of course kids reading stuff like Chainsaw Man sure oh okay lol.

They are more meant to be lighter stories with not so much of the more mature aspects. Which is deeply represented in the older audience of genre for Seinen. Also Shonen is more directly about combat as well as some goals to improve themselves. Seinen is more realistic that has a stronger focus on story telling.

You might get some action but everything ultimately makes more sense long term. Most Shonen stories is weekly while most Seinen stories being monthly. Basically weekly at best the authors gets out three chapters an month compared to just one chapter in the same period. Thus, monthly manga authors has much more time to complete their chapters before submitting em in.

Now we gotten that out the way what makes up the Seinen Big 3? Berserk, Vagabound and Vinland Saga respectively. I'm already deep into Berserk myself. I absolutely loved that story for so many reasons. I have an friend that told me stuff about the other two series in that trio. I bring all of this up because One Piece does have some rather serious topics that comes up to a degree.

It's not quite Seinen especially compared to the Dark Trio. Which barely labeled as Shonen at all with some of the stuff within those stories. One Piece has a greater focus on the story. One Piece also has some rather mess up moments as well. One Piece is virtually the perfect younger variation of Seinen in a nut shell.

One Piece is constantly setting up many twists. Some of which you likely didn't even knew were coming. One Piece can get rather serious without warning. There's plenty of moments good and bad that always stick with ya. This is deeply being showcased in the current arc we're in. I simply love how incredibly deep One Piece gets with things.

It's like that one friend that surprisingly sums up things in a way that's perfect. I do think we're approaching the other final war that's fated to happen in the near future. Yes we're in the Final Saga however it's made up of several arcs. All of that together is essentially the ending portion of the story. One Piece always went bigger than it's competition why stop now?

You probably tell how much this story means to me. I been looking forward to reading One Piece for a long time. Possibly if I recalled a few years after I graduated from high school a long time now. I knew I was going to love One Piece as soon as I started watching the anime version. The original anime version since there's a remake anime show on the way.

I do think some rather huge surprises will be showing up soon. Some of which is going to determine where the crew going next. My theory where that could be is Blackbeard's main territory. If you think about it, three captains all drew straws. Luffy ended up going to Egghead. By now you may already know the chaos that happened.

The craziest destination with Luffy coming out on top making his Emperor status a rather fitting one. This current location was from Kid's straw. Which means if we're lining them up. In truth, Luffy will be facing Emperor Blackbeard following this arc. Unless something important comes up first. If I'm right on the money that's going to be the actual final arc for the story.

One Piece is much more than it first appears to be. No one expected a story this great. This current arc going to be such an emotional roller coaster. Maybe right up to it's conclusion I guess we will see. I been absolutely enjoying this story for years. I strongly felt the chaos we're currently going through. We may get a surprisingly lighter ending that's satisfying enough to make most people happy.

I don't expect their current enemies to lose by normal means. We don't even know if they can do much to prevent em from causing further harm or not. What we do know is the World Government has some rather mess up individuals within it. I am expecting the enemies to be forced to go back to the holy land. I'm just glad it won't end like Goku Black Arc or I would've been upset.

We may get a few complete fights on the way during the arc it's difficult to say for sure. I didn't expect this level of excitement from it though. This author really knows what he's doing with the story. One Piece already the single best selling comic book franchise in the world. Yes even more so than both DC and Marvel's best selling comic book franchises.

One Piece is a story that always improving itself to some degree. You always get more reasons to care for a lot of characters. At the same time why you heavily dislike the villains. The author knows how to bring out such raw emotions within people just like the author of Chainsaw Man as well. One Piece is possibly more filled with creativity than The Simpsons which is really saying a lot I know.

So many arcs that all had notable different factors with some going through some rather cool themes. Which does include the current arc as well. One Piece is going to be the stuff of legends when it's finished. Just imagine the entire story in one ridiculously huge manga volume like a giant book. You know those books that has the rules for pirates within many pirate theme franchises.

One Piece itself is treasure to the right people that simply can't get enough of it. The franchise always brought such joy as well as a major blast of inspiration among many other things. I'm so happy the author continued writing this story. Who cares the story ends up going two to three thousand chapters long?

I'll continue reading it until the story is finished or I die. One Piece is something truly amazing at it's core. You are constantly observing such an unique world. We get to watch the crew travel around the world literately. They always finds a way through some rather difficult situations. Despite all the unpleasant stuff, the crew still ends up being rather very kind people.

I felt there's still plenty of life left in this story. I'm expecting roughly five to six years for the story to possibly end at this point. Right now that depends on how much more of this current arc we got left. For all we know it could be fewer or more years. The only person to know for sure is the author himself. I really can't wait to see how this arc going to end in the near future.

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Why Chainsaw Man my favorite among the Dark Trio?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I been considering to write this following topic for awhile now. I know I made it clear Chainsaw Man my favorite among the Dark Trio. I still felt I should go into some details why that is. Honestly, there will be some spoilers for all three series. Everyone's ranking on them may differ to a degree no need to get ugly over it people.

Jujutsu Kaisen I confessed was somewhat decent until late into Shibuya Arc. The following arc started to notably bring it down in a terrible way. Some truly amazingly bad decisions led to such a lackluster conclusion. Too many concepts introduced then dropped afterwards. Not to mention, some of the characters gotten screwed over badly to the point.

I actually loss a lot of respect for the author. A few months before the final arc ended I really was done with the story. The final battle is virtually the author recreating Madara Uchiha taking on everyone concept. Plus some rather annoying bs stuff went his way that doesn't even make sense!!! There also was another final battle separate from this with just two characters fighting the entire time.

Not even once this lady whose Sukuna's ally goes to save him during the final battle. Culling Game Arc is where everything ultimately went straight into the trash. There was little to nothing I liked. My favorite fight within the final two arcs was a joke fight!!! Considering that was meant to be an tournament arc. We don't even know who won it all.

Which made two arcs featuring it suddenly a huge waste of time!!! Jujutsu Kaisen is such a major letdown. I still can't believe this is the most successful out of the Dark Trio in terms of sales. We don't even know what Yuji's Domain Expansion actually is either. The final chapter is mostly a huge waste of time.

Yes there also was an epilogue to further conclude things. Which was somewhat better but it also was kinda meh too. The highlight of it was Nobara confronting her mother. Something she didn't even wanna do in the first place suddenly happens here why? I really could go on about how terrible Jujutsu Kaisen truly is.

For me it deserves to be on the bottom spot. In nearly every possible way the story ruins itself. The author clearly dislikes his own popular characters. You even can see the difference within later chapters having rather inconsistent artwork. If they don't write the final two arcs in the upcoming anime. I strongly felt JJK fans going to be really disappointed as well as angry towards the author.

Hell's Paradise is a worthy runner up in my book. Sure some could criticize stuff like majority of the story taking place on an island. Also how many fights goes within the story some may see as being repetitive. Repetitive didn't you guys see the entire final battle with Sukuna? Now that's what I call repetitive.

I strongly felt every character stands out in their own unique way. Which a way to open a story you really can't forget. The ending is among the best I ever seen in an manga series honestly. It's mind blowing a lot of stuff they allowed into the story. It's quite true to it's name right up to the final chapters.

The artwork is easily the best among them. Hell's Paradise I strongly felt is deeply underrated. You got a story that kept getting more interesting as it went on. This was essentially the mid ground in terms how Shonen stories works. Gabimaru only improves when he needs to. Which does save us the reader time to get right back into the action.

This is also the shortest of the Dark Trio at one hundred twenty seven chapters. Some might criticize the length to a degree. I felt somehow the author justified that length. Hell's Paradise suddenly felt relatable to a degree. There's a character or two you could see yourself in. I actually held this story in such high regards.

Considering what the author sent out to do. They had a rough idea how long they planned to take writing it. Which isn't common to do among manga authors. Some are even lucky they either keep on writing stories or get another series picked up by companies. Death Note had a similar set up with two people working on that story.

I would personally say Hell's Paradise to me was better than Death Note. There's some great twists within the story to keep things interesting. Also considering the author attempted at recreating a particular era in Japan through his story. I felt he truly nailed the theme quite well. I don't have many real criticisms towards Hell's Paradise at all.

Chainsaw Man is virtually as anti-Shonen as inhumanly possible. Currently written into two parts similar to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Both parts with Part 2 in it's final arc are quite amazing. Two truly amazing stories with their own main characters. Chainsaw Man is easily the most disturbing, disgusting, darkest, violent among the Dark Trio.

Occasionally you get some light moments. They are often short lived due to rather mess up situations happening afterwards. At times Chainsaw Man gets so dark it's mind blowing they actually allowed any of this into the story. Let's take Gun Devil Arc for an example. We have a section where a lot of names following their demise by that devil.

Keep in mind, this isn't even a top tier devil officially labeled as Primal Fears. We do actually see some of those devils in action. Nearly every single time puts chills down my spine. The characters ends up being more interesting than you originally expect. It's difficult to predict what's actually going to happen in the story.

Some huge twists that actually fooled a lot of people. Chainsaw Man truly goes the extreme mile in every possible way. Just when you thought you seen it all. Then a lot of stuff that happens within the story. Suddenly you begin to freak out over what's going on!!! You know you're in for a great Chainsaw Man chapter.

It's unknown if the author plans to continue the story into Part 3 or end it with Part 2. What we do know is Chainsaw Man recently seventy one chapters away from Jujutsu Kaisen. I don't think the story going to get that long unless Part 3 happens. Chainsaw Man is filled with moments that's virtually nightmare fuel.

Let's put it this way if this were a horror movie. This could actually be a truly terrifying horror movie at that. Speaking of that, there is an Chainsaw Man movie coming in the near future. This story doesn't shy away from what it actually is. You're getting a mess up story with chaotic heroes. Some truly disturbing villains that may keep you up at night among many other things.

If you read this story you should expect to see stuff that's difficult to look at. Chainsaw Man is taking the most risks by far. There's still people criticizing the story to a degree. I might be one of the select few to truly understand it. Don't expect an pleasant ending but also doesn't expect an rushed one either. I do think the current direction of the story going to truly blow people's minds.

It's possible the world still isn't ready for Chainsaw Man. Considering all three of them started their manga series in 2018. You would think some of us was ready for this!!! There's even moments that might get such raw emotions mostly anger to come out. The big difference between how Chainsaw Man does to Jujutsu Kaisen?

Jujutsu Kaisen didn't consider it's readers with the controversial decisions. Which quickly led to such an backlash on them. In comparison, Chainsaw Man actually considered our emotions into everything. Like what happened to Nayuta really gotten under my skin. Of course what happened to Power upset a lot of people too.

These moves as unpleasant as they seem proves we do care about the story as well as the characters within it. They also served a purpose that led to many things as well. Unlike a lot of similar moments in Jujutsu Kaisen that ultimately didn't at all. Chainsaw Man doesn't hide how ugly people truly can be either.

You could argue between Hell's Paradise and Chainsaw Man. Which nailed that aspect better to a degree. The pacing does differ between the two parts. When it suddenly gets faster in Part 2 it does get quite interesting. It's not pacing but it may take a little time getting use to. I am expecting a truly mind blowing ending for Part 2.

In nearly every aspect imaginable Chainsaw Man is very interesting. Especially after learning some of the franchises that inspired the author into writing Chainsaw Man. Somehow everything about it just works so amazingly well. I strongly felt Chainsaw Man deserves to be the top spot among the Dark Trio.

When you think of the Dark Trio. You would expect a truly darker story. You're getting that in a way the other two series just can't compete with. You also expect something widely different from other Shonen series. This is the least Shonen among the three. Either Denji or Asa doesn't do much to improve themselves.

A lot of people dies within the story rather than being saved. We even get destruction rivaling Godzilla franchise I'm not kidding!!! Chainsaw Man is full blown chaos at it's core I absolutely loved that!!! You get a surprisingly decent horror story that's quite refreshing in many ways. I really couldn't praise this more than I already have neither how others had on the internet.