Simulator games rant

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, currently my last planned blog entry before visiting my family. On and off I been considering if I should write this or not? In more recent years a particular genre title I see in a lot of games is Simulator. You couldn't even believe some of these that actually exists!!! I think that's enough reason to do a rant on em.

I'm sure around 2010s simulator games notably started to show up. You got a lot of them you do expect to be games. Usually the more particular jobs simulator games. A large amount of them being restaurant theme. To clarify I'm only focusing on those with Simulator in the titles. There's a little variety that attempts to be like real life.

I simply love they had to put Simulator in the titles. It kinda comes off like we're that stupid lol. Occasionally you get upgrades that helps makes several aspects a little easier. Either you gotta get as much within a money or slowly finish jobs to get more money. Some of them also offers alternative methods to get money.

Keep in mind, this section focusing on the more realistic, believable simulator games. The real fun begins when I start ranting on the more fun, out there Simulator games. Obviously The Sims series is a famous example that isn't directly called Simulator. At the same time, these games recreate many aspects of real life.

Also expect more indie developers to do similar concept Simulator games. Especially on Steam it's filled with em!!! It's amazing some of the stuff you actually get to do. You actually learn a lot about particular jobs in ways you didn't think was possible. This seems like one of the easiest or among the most tedious genres in gaming.

I say easiest because they usually take time to help you understand what you're doing. Even simulator games you gotta go to make money is friendly enough to help you out. I said tedious because some of them requires surprising levels of perfection. You do have the choice to mostly finish a job or go the extra distance to full complete em?

This also becoming one of those genres. Some developers rush out okay to bad Simulator games. There's also indie developers that truly cares to deliver amazing experiences. You may have to be a little selective which to play. Crime Scene Cleaner which is a simulator game absolutely amazing in what it does.

My best advice to possibly save you money from getting the bad ones. If you have an friend that occasionally plays this style of games. Simply ask them which ones you should play? Also you gotta be more selective about which video game reviewers you wish to trust their opinions on games? Especially the drama in recent years.

The decent reviewers on YouTube usually doesn't tell ya wrong on them. At times they flat out say don't play em which is rare among the more decent reviewers. You know the people that focuses more on decent video games than bad ones. If you played enough of them you can choose to give more of them a try or don't at all?

I know to a degree realism in games turns me off. Some of them makes these jobs worst than they actually are while others somehow makes em a lot of fun. Some of them simply gives you a rather unique perceptive on everything. Maybe you prefer these simulator games or the wackier concept ones instead?

Alright I bet some of ya are dying to know what I gotta say about the more possibly wtf Simulator games right? You can tell some of these exists simply because no one else would do em. Some of which is in all honestly incredibly stupid ideas they just had to do. This goes from weird job simulators to everything else literately!!!

I really do mean everything else you really would be surprise. This or that somehow an actual simulator game you can buy on Steam maybe other platforms. There's a few insult theme simulator games. Not to mention weird animal simulator games. You play as creatures in games capable of truly stupid stuff like Goat Simulator: Remastered.

Some of them cover rather bizarre concepts. Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, yes this is a real game. A black market for body parts being auditioned across an universe or at least an galaxy. There's a few based on homeless people like Bum Simulator. Some of these no way a big name game company doing em.

A lot of them are in smaller game franchises. I guess a lot of people grew up with role playing. In terms of using their imagination. Sometimes dress up to be particular characters. I'm just saying it kinda explains why so many of these simulator games exists!!! You can search them up a couple pages filled with em I'm not kidding!!!

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator series allows you to create ridiculous wars for fun. Eventually people going to run out of jobs to recreate. How fair would any of these gaming services allow these companies to go with the concepts? We even have a few crime theme simulators. I'm talking literately enforcing the law as well as breaking it simulator games.

Indirectly Grand Theft Auto series is a major factor why those simulator games exists. There's even Placid Plastic Duck Simulator. Yes a real game you recreate having these plastic ducks in pools. Either this is among the most creative or uninspired video game genres in existence it's up to you. There's even one called Granny Simulator.

I never said these simulator sticked to realism lol. Snail Simulator, even one of the slowest insects in existence gets an simulator game. The simply fact so many of them exists. Virtually means you could make anything into video games!!! Just like horror games, we barely had any of them when I was a kid.

Now I'm in my 30s there's so many of them!!! I easily could fill up any gaming account with em. I mean wow I guess people secretly wants to control everything!!! At least that's the message I'm getting from these games. Seriously someone made Rock Simulator!!! You literately play as a rock wow how creative!!!

There's even Beer Simulator, a weird clicker simulation game you upgrade beer. Even beer gets it's own weird simulator game. WOW Clock Simulator this has to be the most exciting thing ever (sarcasm). Someone even made Achievement Simulator. It's a weird attempt to recreate achievement hunting games.

Something I been doing for a few decades now. OMG you can't be serious, Mayonnaise Simulator!!! All of a sudden I'm recalling Stephen King out of ideas Family Guy joke. Let's not limit to reality here. Breast Simulator is wtf am I looking at kind of game. Even particular stuff you do in private done in simulator games.

Loading Simulator is recreating retro PC era. You know several basic stuff that used to take forever in the 90s as well as early 2000s. Personally I felt stuff like that is simply better left forgotten. As I'm writing this more wow that's an simulator game shows up. By this point Steam writing my own blog post than myself at this point.

Let's say some of these may not even get release on consoles at all. Steam simply accepts majority of games as well as DLCs as soon as it's sent in. For console game companies they first take time to review what's been sent in. They must get approved to show up on their services or they won't. By now a lot of bad Steam game videos making more sense right?

I'm not directly calling this genre bad by any means. There's several indie developers clearly looking to rip people off. I do know several of them wants people to enjoy their games. A lot of them still in Early Access. Just be cautious for any difficulty including possibly game breaking glitches playing them.

I felt the more I searched Steam. The longer this blog entry going to get. I simply want to make a few things clear. There's so many of them it's ridiculous. Even sticking with the more realistic job theme ones. You got many choices which ones to play. But if you're more like me. You probably enjoy the why is this exists? experience more.

I'm also not trying to say those are boring either. I confess some kinda are while others just works. Then you get to the more ridiculous side. You start to wonder how stupid of a concept can they possibly go? Eventually Steam going to openly state that's too stupid we're not doing it!!! Regardless, it's up to you if you have any interest playing any of these simulator games.

Licensed Mario Kart clones rant

Warning this is going to be a lengthy blog entry. Please take as many breaks as humanly possible. Make sure to hit the breaks just right or you'll be sorry!!!

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, within a week I'll be away seeing family for a few weeks. I been considering a rather fun yet interesting video game rant for a little while. Obviously you got popular games that everyone talks about. Eventually other companies attempt to cash in on it's success. In this case I will be looking at licensed Mario Kart clones you may not know about.

I personally haven't played many of them myself. I have played two Crash racing games as well as some Sonic games to a degree. This felt like something I could have fun with discussing. Majority of them aren't great racing games. Along with Mario Party series among the most copy cats of the Mario franchise. By their logic anyone could be in a kart racing game.

To clarify a few things before I get started. Don't expect either NASCAR or Hot Wheels. Everyone knows those gotten racing games. There's virtually no point directly focusing on em. Especially when I wanted to focus on franchises you possibly didn't know done this. It sorta ruins the entire point of this blog entry altogether had I included them.

South Park Rally

It's hard to believe South Park gotten it's own Mario Kart rip off game. The end of the Acclaim South Park trilogy. The game was on a few platforms as usual for Acclaim Entertainment back in the day. The creators were quite busy focusing on the show which was still quite new on television. They mostly approved the game as well as done voice acting.

They later stated to regret allowing those South Park games to get released. What's crazier is this was more meant for adults on a game console. At the target majority of gamers playing it being kids. Not only this barely felt like the show. They somehow made an Mario Kart style game this bad. I grew up with PS1 version myself.

Looney Tunes: Space Race

Considering Death Battle: Tom Cat vs Wile. E. Coyote coming soon. I had to fix in an racing Looney Tunes game. Obviously this makes a lot of sense to make into a game. You got the right cartoon characters fighting against each other during races. Originally released on Dreamcast then a few years later on PlayStation 2.

This also was a brief period where any game on Dreamcast ported to PS2 didn't do well. I would've love to try this Looney Tunes game out. I felt this simply too fun of a idea. Obviously it has potential among these licensed Mario Kart clones. A lot of games came out in recent years. I can only hope this Looney Tunes game returns one day.

Star Wars: Bombad Racing

Yes even Star Wars one of the most popular movie franchises had to do their own rip off of Mario Kart. Let's be honest you got a lot of rememberable characters. You also have some rather cool vehicles as well as weapons. I do see the appeal of this Star Wars game. Then as soon as you see the game all of that suddenly drops.

I won't sugar coat it I know parts of the franchise lends towards children. But maybe they should've went closer to teens instead. At least there it would've gotten more people's attention. A lot of older Star Wars fans simply going to overlook the game. For me this is a hard pass. Not because I'm not a Star Wars fan either.

Burger King PocketBike Racer

Yes even the famous fast food restaurant Burger King got in on the fun. Obviously they are using bikes instead of karts. But you still notice the similarities in the game play. There's a few sports games similar to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series that's not skateboarding. I won't excuse a game simply changing out the vehicles.

This game was given out to kids at their restaurants. It's no surprise the internet eventually learned this Burger King game existed. Also you play as Burger King whose creepy as hell. You can tell simply looking up pictures or videos it's a cheap knock off of Mario Kart series. You sorta tell how rushed out this licensed game is too.

Super Indie Karts

Hard to believe there exists a crossover indie Mario Kart style game. I'm happy about to see the indie developers support each other like this. There's a few franchises with Toejam & Earl among the most famous. Personally I'm more of a Earl person if anyone asked. This is heavily inspired by Super Mario Kart on SNES.

I personally loved when indie developed attempt to recreate retro like this. I actually wanna play this myself. It's currently an Early Access game. You may expect some technical difficulties if any shows up. Otherwise they usually listen to people testing out their games. This gotten onto Steam in 2015 a long time now.

Just pointing out more recently there's an indie Toejam & Earl game. It's directly inspired by the original game that actor Macaulay Culkin supported.

Nicktoon racing games

I easily could've done a handful of their franchises doing this concept. Why not give you all of them at once? This is a licensed Mario Kart clone series. Nickelodeon also done this towards Super Smash Brothers series as well. So many of their shows including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are featured. I know that's a lot to take in right?

Who doesn't love the idea racing as some of your favorite cartoon characters? I don't know how well any of them has done off hand. It's a good way for older Nickelodeon fans to notice. I grew up with a lot of these cartoon shows myself. Obviously this has potential to be a game series. Maybe I wish they would've made it more of their own thing instead of ripping off Mario Kart series.

Disney racing games

There's a few Mickey Mouse racing games by Rare. You know the famous company responsible for some of the greatest Nintendo games in existence. There's also Disney Speedstorm a free to play kart racing game on multiple platforms. Yes even Disney the famous animation company got in on this too.

I should also point out Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour as well. Once again you get to race as some of your favorite cartoon characters. They pulled from a lot of their franchises making it a little overwhelming. Even Pirates of the Caribbean an live action movie series got in. I guess Disney will do anything for money!!!

Cartoon Network racing games

This is getting old by now another cartoon network making a few licensed Mario Kart style racing games. I also grew up heavily around a lot of these cartoon shows. Cartoon Network Racing directly ripped off Mario Kart Double Dash. For those that doesn't know this Mario Kart game allows two people in a kart.

They work together to win races. It's more of a team racing game than Team Sonic Racing. Oddly not as many franchises as Disney or Nickelodeon presented. I guess they couldn't put in the money to get more characters. Why kinda explains their current situation lol. Regardless I would play either of these racing games if given the chance.

DreamWorks racing games

Even the famous animation company got in on the fun. This is a more recent Mario Kart style racing game on most platforms. I could've just given you a Shrek racing game. Obviously I had to go much bigger here. Some of your favorite franchises are presented here. This already has a lot of potential to be a fun racing game.

Sadly stuff like this is often rushed a bit resulting in not favorable reviews. Considering this is among the more recent games I'm talking about today that's sad. DreamWorks has a few racing games. I can't say if any are worth checking out since I never played em. They sure don't look great though. To me they easily scream rip off!!!

Charinko Hero

This was exclusive to Japan like many great things. You play as a lot of characters from a few franchises. Mostly Kamen Rider series and Ultra series respectively. This was on GameCube by the same company responsible for the first Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers game on Sega Genesis. This by itself already screams the obvious.

Two franchises widely known for heroes fighting monsters with some destruction involve. Why do this is beyond me? I rather have a different style crossover game you fight against each other. More like War of the Monsters or King of the Monsters series or Godzilla series for that matter. This is for sure among the weirdest licensed Mario Kart clones that I know of.

Crazy Frog Arcade Racer

Somehow this even gotten it's own Mario Kart clone game. I'm not familiar with Crazy Frog myself. I just looked it up to find out it's a weird music style animation character. Often used in songs that goes viral perfect for Tik Tok. This seems like the most random among all the Mario Kart clones I'm covering.

It's almost they had kids that couldn't stop talking about Crazy Frog. They simply had to make an racing game based on em. How do you transform something like this into a racing game? I even seen characters that normally don't work in fighting games somehow do before. I am almost at a loss of words.

The Smurfs racing games

OMG even The Smurfs had to get in on this too. I recalled watching returns of this classic cartoon in the early days of Cartoon Network. They are tiny blue people that's often terrorized by a human man and his dog. This also bags a huge question how exactly could this work as a racing game let alone a few of them?

The Smurfs wasn't like many classic cartoon series that had a lot of stuff to work with. Let's be Inspector Gadget I wouldn't even need to ask questions how that could work here. Somehow more Smurfs racing games kept showing up when at least don't expect em. I rather have a lot of coal in my socking.

LEGO racing games

There's a few racing LEGO games. This is excluding sections within their other games including licensed ones with racing sections. I simply wanna focus directly on racing focus licensed LEGO games. Even one of the biggest toy brands in the world done this as well. It's more than bricks for those not familiar with other stuff you get with em.

I am directly focusing on their racing games not directly based on any licensed franchises. I felt this helps it stand out more. It's not difficult to see how this could work in a game or two. The insane level of creativity with the simple Mario Kart style game play. It simply appeals to people of all ages. It's more normal than Crazy Frog Arcade Racer lol.

M&M's Kart Racing

Yes even the famous candy brand done this too. It really sucks places stopped selling white chocolate M&M's especially the peanut ones. Obviously we are using the commercial characters. Which by itself limits what could be done with em. It just seems like a weird licensed game idea to do. Even going by some classic commercials it's doomed to fail.

Why would you wanna play as candy racing in a game? Then again why any of this for that matter? I also notice barely any of these M&M's games does anything with M&M's Minis!!! Obviously this was another famous cheap knock off. There was no real way this was going to work. It's such an insult to a popular candy brand.

Hello Kitty racing games

Yes even Hello Kitty done this as well. It's a popular brand of cute stuff aimed towards the female audience. You would be surprise how all over the place this franchise is now. It shouldn't even be a surprise they got a few Mario Kart style racing games. In a weird way I do see why they made these. I'm not that familiar with the brand myself.

Thus I don't know if it had enough to justify doing these licensed racing games or not. To me it just seems weird they jumped on that track ripping off Mario Kart series. Especially when they're making enough money not needing to do that. Even as a cat person to a degree this is weird. Somehow Garfield getting racing games making more sense.

Warped Kart Racers

Here's a rather unexpected licensed Mario Kart clone. This is actually a mobile game likely discontinued. You have Family Guy, American Dad!, King of the Hill and Solar Opposites respectively. Four popular cartoon shows that has plenty of stuff to work with. It's just weird something like this gotten release in a rather unexpected way.

Especially considering those cartoon shows. I know some people that would love to play this. Even for a mobile game I mean come on why not? I'm just surprised The Simpsons didn't get in. My favorite out of these shows is American Dad! by far. It's almost like they were too scared to go bigger with the concept.

Digimon Racing

Yes even the famous toy brand gotten it's turn at the wheel. I recalled watching the first three seasons of Digimon a long time ago. I could never expect this Digimon game to exist!!! In a weird way I do see why they had to do this. You got plenty of rememberable creatures. Not to mention some iconic locations.

Bandai now Namco Bandai haven't been kind with the franchise though. I know people quickly jump on calling this an Pokemon rip off. I strongly felt Digimon differs itself enough from that. I would've enjoyed this back in the day too. They even threw in their own twist to the concept. Just weird it's only on Game Boy Advance.

Angry Birds Racing

Angry Birds in what used to be a hit mobile game series before company became selfish pricks. They even jumped in on the fun. Personally this bags too many questions with not enough answers. In majority of Angry Birds games you slingshot birds to take out the pigs. Despite the variety of what birds can do.

It doesn't give enough to work for a kart racing game. This also gotten discontinued I'm glad I didn't play this. By default this sounds like a horrible idea. I rather play a vastly different game altogether. There's virtually no possible way this could work. This simply doomed to fail even before released. I hate to say this franchise going to die out soon due to greed.

Conclusion

Difficult to believe all of this possibly more exists right? Somehow Mario Kart franchise became such an easy cash grab opportunity for many franchises. Obviously I do recommend playing actual Mario Kart games. I also recommend playing Sonic & Sega All-Stas Racing series as well as two versions of Crash Team Racing.

All of those are simply way better than majority of these licensed crap. I don't even wanna entertain the idea what else could possibly do this. It's ridiculous there's already more of these than the actual Mario Kart series. Maybe it's a good thing to be a bit selective which games to play. Why torture yourself playing some of these?

I know YouTubers kept focusing on variations of this topic. Sometimes including original games that's ripping off Mario Kart series as well. I guess time is money for some of these games. Some of these were a bit tough to swallow. It's much easier to not care at all I'll even support that. It's just sad success of a particular Mario spin off series led to this!!!

A lot of them aren't even on Nintendo consoles either. At times there's on as many platforms as possible. Which makes it harder to avoid em. Especially you're about to buy a game or two. Let's go with the digital buying route for this. All of a sudden, one of those clone games shows up. You suddenly get turn off by it.

In all honestly that's how some of these licensed games making me feel. I'm better off with Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled through Game Pass. Which I been playing a lot of recently. Some of them are even harder to accept they exist over those ripping off Mario Party series. Obviously parts of both is worst than you could possibly imagine!!!

You could buy enough of them to kick off starting a new console. Assuming you have the money to do so. A lot of them aren't cheap either. By now you see why I been wanting to do this particular video game rant. It just writes itself at this point. I simply choose a few games. Then looking for more online quickly led to such a long lineup of games to rant on.

At the same time, I don't really gain much by doing this either. I'm just glad I get to vent out how I felt about all of this. The current direction of games is going to possibly led to it's end. They are focusing on too many wrong things to fix it in time. Indirectly licensed games play somewhat into that. End of the day simply living under a rock not knowing any of these is a life worth living!!!

Death Battle Fight Prediction: Tom Cat (Tom & Jerry) vs Wile E. Coyote (Looney Tunes)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I been waiting since late 2023 for the next Death Battle episode. I actually sent in money while voting for matches within Death Battle's Tournament of Champions. The one match up I kept supporting right up to the end was Tom Cat vs Wile E. Coyote. I am quite hyped it's finally happening in a month.

I took a lot of time since that announcement it's happening to look into both these legendary cartoon characters. This should be among the most creative fights they ever done!!! Neither having a main canon means anything getting considered. Ridiculousness please these two give that a new definition. I couldn't be any happier about being among a few thousand people that made this a reality!!!

Verdict

Wile E. Coyote

This shouldn't be a huge surprise I got a lot to explain. Considering both of them are capable of toon force making even the impossible seem like child's play. I don't think stats going to matter that much in the long run. I know some still wanna argue particular stats one or the other has over each other. Sadly toon force simply cancels that making it a rather pointless argument.

They both debut in the 1940s with Tom coming nearly a decade before Coyote. Yet neither has any main canons across all the different versions. Which forces the Death Battle team to consider everything. This by itself could make it surprisingly complex or flat out confusing. Both has a rather long lists for their arsenal they could be given.

It's safe to say majority of those simply cancel each other out. We also can agree at times especially in Wile's case, toon force can back fire on em. Both of them are surprisingly smart cartoon characters as well. This is going to be a ridiculous test of endurance. They both can really take punishment from other characters.

Of course both has some weird advantages over each other. Tom is more of a main character within his roster of cartoon characters while Wile occasionally acts as a supporting character. He does have plenty of his own cartoon shorts too. In scaling this means Tom doesn't require directly scaling to other character. In vice versa, Coyote will be likely be compared to many Looney Tunes characters.

Which does help in scaling despite how broken both their toon force usage is. Tom in canon has to die nine times to stay dead. This concept does exist in Looney Tunes through Sylvester the Cat. Who also by pure confidence debut in the 1940s. A lot of Tom & Jerry stories takes place inside locations. In comparison majority of Wile's stories takes place around the mountains outside.

This is also a weird take on cat vs dog. Which brings me to an advantage that shouldn't be a surprise. Tom has a notable history not doing well against dogs like Spike. I did look up coyotes they do count as canines. Tom could invent stuff to a degree while Wile simply order stuff from Acme. I think a lot of us can agree both could use each other weapons to a degree.

I still could argue Wile being slightly smarter. It's also easy to give the experience advantage to Tom. Simply because he came first logic. He likely appeared in more things than Coyote. Personally I rather run with that instead. It's also true Tom has to deal with Jerry whose surprisingly clever himself. I still gotta give credit to Coyote trying to run after the Road Runner.

Whose among the fastest Looney Tunes characters. This by itself if stats mattered would've given Coyote the speed advantage. People also forget there's a few times he's caught the Road Runner. Same with Tom getting Jerry by surprise. It's a more frustrating debate whose truly the more broken character?

Coyote could be given an anti-toon gun. I know what some people going to say. "Tom isn't from that universe, the gun shouldn't work on him." You also gotta realize Death Battle takes place in a neutral shared universe. There's proof with Gojo vs Makima being a great example of this. They added in a particular situation to better tie in the characters.

Considering that logic it's heavily implied in this version of the fight. Wile getting that gun could be a game changer. Sure it can be countered if Tom figures out laughter can bring back his toon force. Both easily survived getting sent from planet to planet back. Oddly enough in reverse order that involved the same two planets being Earth and Mars.

I also know a lot of people are expecting this to end in a draw. They countered so much even bagging the question can either cartoon character actually die? Surprisingly yes in both cases funny enough. Both once gotten blown up to become star constellations. There was a time enough explosives blew up an house took out Tom.

Let's be honest stuff like this is rather inconsistent with both characters. Although it will take a long time both of them can get tired. Not only that eventually we'll get to parts of their arsenal they lack a counter for. Which is inevitably going to happen. This by itself could easily determines who wins this fight.

There's also the question who can survive the more ridiculous situations? This is easily where Coyote scaling to other characters wins em that argument. I will confess both of them are pretty ridiculous. Tom just isn't as close as ridiculous as some of the Looney Tunes characters in comparison. Especially the feats in classic cartoon shorts as well as comic shorts.

Yosemite Sam took on Marvin the Martian that involved an black hole against the sun before. There's virtually nothing like that in anything Tom & Jerry. There was a brief period Coyote took on Bugs Bunny. In my opinion the most ridiculous Looney Tunes character of them all!!! Bugs has a few ridiculous versions including Animator Bugs.

Where Bugs can draw and erase stuff from existence with ease. He also can manipulate reality as well as fate with ease. All of that simply doesn't exist in Tom's multiverse. We even had Duck Dodger aka Daffy Duck take on Marvin the Martian. Which led to mostly destroyed an planet with powerful weapons.

Obviously both easily tanked planet level destruction in such a short period of time. This by itself also isn't in anything Tom ever been in either. Even Tiny Toons has some rather ridiculous feats from younger cartoon characters. Which does involve I kid you not resetting the universe!!! We even had a few times the animation became too much to cause the actual cartoon shorts to break.

I know a lot of people are dead focus on whose the more broken character. I am quite confessed it is Wile E. Coyote. You also gotta realize in majority of his chase theme stories. He's in a constant state of hunger while that's rare in Tom's case. After all, there's times Tom is treated as a pet. This also means Coyote more willing attack as well.

Both of them are rather creative in what they do. I just don't think after a point Tom can keep up with Coyote. Acme seems to have something for everything. Yes their inventions often back fires on Coyote. There are some rare occasions they worked. Sadly some of those examples led to no longer having the Road Runner shortly afterwards.

A good example of this is when he cloned himself a few times. Keep in mind, the Road Runner is ridiculously faster than Tom in comparison. All of them equal the same level of intelligence. This by itself could be game changing. There's also a chance their robots could be used. Coyote's robot once caught the Road Runner as well.

I don't think that robot cat in the futuristic cartoon shorts going to help much. At one point, he turned on Tom to start controlling him. Which also happened to Jerry by his own mouse robot. Some could argue ways Jerry is more broken than the Road Runner. I will give some credit Jerry is notably smarter than that bird.

At the same time, this bird instantly does ridiculous stuff not really thinking at all in comparison. It's very obvious the Road Runner thinks exactly like a real life bird. Obviously Jerry is essentially a smaller rodent version of Tom yes I said that. In both their multiverses, they occasionally chase other animals.

Which also is true with Sylvester the Cat chasing Tweety. Look I can't help he was introduced between these two legendary cartoon characters. Tom likely get confused by some of Acme's inventions. I don't think he's as clever as Bugs. Whom secretly manipulated Coyote through a particular invention before. Coyote can get access to some truly ridiculous stuff from Acme.

The assumption is Tom easily can use anything from Acme. After awhile you start to notice some of those inventions are rather complex. Even some of the more simpler titled inventions. Some also could make the argument parts of Tom's powers involves his imagination. I don't have a solid counter against that.

The problem with that logic is you just never know which Acme invention about to be used. Therefore Tom would have to instantly know what's about to happen to possibly counter it. There are plenty of times both of them gotten over confident to getting the bad end of the stick. There's no way Tom going to quickly figure out some of those inventions in time.

Not a lot of people knows this next fact. It's very common knowledge Tom has some fighting skills. In some rare occasions Coyote himself shown some impressive fighting skills. There's also the fact in majority of Tom's fighting scenes he's wielding weapons. Coyote can fight well without any of them. This might also come as a huge surprise.

Tom is more used getting beaten up in comparison. Which is kinda amusing considering his opponent from a particular cartoon franchise known for that lol. Coyote also has the advantage being in more locations outside. At times as a pet, Tom gets in trouble. Which usually leads to him getting smacked by his owners.

All of a sudden being a more indoors cartoon character works against em. This by itself is a major difference between the two cartoon characters. Coyote was never a pet in any of his stories. Therefore he simply can do what he wants while at times Tom had to bend to others to life at places. This is another major reason Tom going to lose this fight.

 Tom also more used to dealing with smaller animals. When he deals with bigger ones like a baby elephant whose disguised as a giant mouse. Well it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that didn't go well. Obviously, the Road Runner much bigger than Jerry in size. This is critical because majority what Coyote could do actually doesn't require altering the scope much to happen.

In comparison, Tom would more likely freak out trying to quickly alter that against Coyote. Wile being slightly taller has little to nothing going for this either. If you get them enough time to figure something out. They could better their chances to a degree. This is virtually the cartoon variation of that concept with both of them being strategists.

It's safe to say Coyote is notably more ambitious. He also could've learned some tricks from the other Looney Tunes characters to trick Tom. Let's be honest, at times Jerry does that to him. In turn Coyote possibly do the same. Even going against Bugs Bunny, he once caught him in a bag before. People also forget that's another common trait of those characters.

They often play such trickery against each other. It's not as commonly used within Tom & Jerry. Tom also struggled against a rival cat to a degree. Which could be used as a possible idea how this cartoon fight could go. Butch Cat shows up at times usually annoying Tom. There's some rare occasions the two cats worked together to end up back firing instead.

Surprisingly not a lot of people discussing this fight brings this cartoon cat character up. Obviously Butch isn't that smart compared to Wile. But he does rival Tom's tendency to a degree. Which is critical since we also can argue how Coyote surpasses that. Wile simply wants to eat this speedster bird. In comparison Tom's goals could differ to a degree.

Tom is thrown into more notable situations since he's more of a main cartoon character. Despite that, Coyote still held his own with the rest of them. All of a sudden Tom being a main character doesn't actually mean much. Wile has proven to be more creative with a greater level of endurance. He puts it all on the line to eat a huge bird.

This eventually means Tom's determination going to run out first. Especially when he realizes how badly Coyote wants to win. It's even safer to assume he's willing to cross lines Tom wouldn't. Ultimately this is exactly where all of this comes down to. In a few critical areas Coyote could go a little further than Tom.

Tom's only real counter to an anti-toon gun is laughter. It's also possible by late into this fight. Tom be highly afraid of Coyote to laughter normally. There's also the chance this suddenly cause insanity for him as well. Let's be honest Looney Tunes characters are quite crazy to begin with. It's easy to see how all of this madness be simply too much for Tom to accept.

Especially when the more ridiculous stuff he could do. In some ways gets countered in ways he didn't even know was coming. Now going back to Acme inventions back firing. Coyote possibly could get the crazy idea of causing an invention to back fire on purpose or rig it for Tom to use as a trap. Both options being a strong possibility here.

Now I know I'm really putting a lot of thought into something this ridiculous. The simple fact is people including myself made this cartoon fight happen on the web show. A lot of people are expecting a draw. Well I really don't think this going to end in a draw like Scooby-Doo vs Courage. I do believe for a lot of reasons I stated Wile E. Coyote going to win this cartoon fight.

Winner: Wile E. Coyote (Looney Tunes)

The 90s cartoon shows The Simpsons started era

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I previously discussed a forgotten era of The Simpsons. Three failed cartoon shows all canceled in one season. Which came next surprised the world. A couple decent cartoon shows from the 90s. Most of these shows somehow still airing today or on the verge of coming back again.

This was another forgotten era of The Simpsons caused. Within a decade the world finally understood what The Simpsons done to become an successful cartoon show. Inevitably I had to talk about this. Six rememberable cartoon shows that people still talks about today. Well most of them I don't know if anyone still talks about The Critic honestly.

Simply due to their successes many more cartoon shows came. All of those shows has The Simpsons to thank. I also liked all of these particular cartoon shows are mostly vastly different from The Simpsons. A lot of us can agree Family Guy has strong similarities to The Simpsons. I personally wanted to talk about each of these cartoon shows.

I figured the best order to do this in. Simply start with the first one to aired on television. I'll keep going until I reached the final show on the list. I highly doubt most people that reads this knows the order off hand that well. It kinda helps to make it harder to predict which cartoon show I'll discuss next. Anyway I can't wait to dive straight into this!!!

Beavis and Butt-Head

This is a rather interesting cartoon show to talk about. You have two rebellious, stupid teenagers. They get into all kind of situations. They also do these music video rants that's usually entertaining. This has the shortest stories as well as the shortest overall episode length. Originally an MTV show now airing through Paramount+.

It's one of those famous cartoon shows that's gotten canceled a few times. Officially in it's third run going onto Comedy Central channel. You know the same channel as South Park that'll be interesting. In a way you could relate to these characters. Don't expect much intelligence from this. This is heavily playing off stupidity of teens.

This show was successful enough to get a few movies as well as a couple video games. Yes there's stories that takes place in high school. At times, they also do stories at home or many locations. Not to mention their fast food job I wouldn't buy anything from those two. Of course they also play off horny teens to a degree.

Let's be honest MTV usually didn't air stuff like this on their channels. I still enjoyed their match in Celebrity Deathmatch. Somehow this duo kept coming back when you don't expect it. I remembered used to looking forward to watch more of this show growing up. I also had the Sega Genesis game which can be brutal at times.

Our journey starts from 1993 to 1999. Just the debut years of each cartoon shows I'm going to discuss. Obviously if I taken extra time to add in more runs. Some of the readers could've gotten confused from that. I figured this was the best, simple way of doing things. I hope you enjoy this unique perceptive of that Simpsons era.

The Critic

I partly remembered this cartoon show. It did only last one season. The high light I felt was the crossover episode with The Simpsons. The main actor has a notable connection to The Simpsons. It's a parody of shows that used to review movies. Which was a rather creative idea for a show. If you think about it some of those are making fun of bad movies.

Just imagine something like this further makes front of all that. It's a show if you seen parts of it. Somehow it just sticks with you. It might not be the greatest thing ever. What it does do well already blew those three failed cartoon shows away. You get witty humor with some of the jokes going over your head.

I felt it should be watched to a degree. You don't have to do every episode. Which wouldn't take long anyway. There's also webisodes in early 2000s. I guess that technically would count as a second run. The Critic is quite true to it's name. It's hard to say why the short original run. Either it was put on the wrong channel or maybe the concept too ahead of it's time.

In a weird way some similar shows you wouldn't expect. Possibly follow a similar concept in some way. A huge example being The Nostalgia Critic. I confessed he really decline in recent years. The Angry Video Game Nerd that's more towards video games could've been somewhat inspired as well. It is possible inspired or that The Critic possibly led to a similar concept becoming successful later on.

King of the Hill

Right out the gate I know there's a famous misconception about who started two or more successful cartoon shows. Either you heard Matt Groening or Seth MacFarlane. The truth is before both of them done that. There was Mike Judge with King of the Hill. It's hard to say which made him truly famous this or Beavis and Butt-Head.

King of the Hill was essentially the perfect recreation of an live action sitcom show. Although it's much more serious than most similar style shows. There are occasionally some rememberable funny moments. At times there are lessons the show teaching people. At one point used to be the second longest running animated sitcom show.

I also gotta mention the upcoming reboot show. This show was surprisingly creative in a unique way. Even when things gotten out of control. It never gotten truly ridiculous like many similar shows. There's a great balance to everything with a surprising level of relating to. I do see some people quickly finding this show boring.

Let me tell you stick around long enough. You understand how Adult Swim gotten allowed to aired episodes Fox didn't. This was a huge deal for a show that was canceled. Deep down this show meant a lot to people. I personally felt it's worth checking out. Not for the humor but rather a unique perceptive of real life that's entertaining.

South Park

Believe it or not, the only show on this list still in it's original run. South Park is currently the second longest running animated sitcom behind The Simpsons. Of course, it had a movie as well as a couple South Park games. Don't worry the creators making sure future South Park games don't suck. They actually made stuff out of cardboard boxes for this show.

It heavily plays off of people's overactions as well as judging others too quickly. South Park in particular started the famous going over the top mature adult sitcom trend. I won't sugar coat it this show is quite disgusting. It's difficult to describe it's somewhat bizarre humor. It's strangely between funny or flat out mess up.

South Park does focus on a lot of characters. Back when I was watching the show. It heavily focused on four kids that goes through some rather strange situations. Let's be honest, South Park isn't a show you go in thinking. No it's a show you go in hoping to laugh your butts off. It's amazing this show still airing episodes.

Sure it's notably reduced amount of episodes in recent years. Largely due to a rather unique streaming situation they're in. But also the creators wanted to keep their show more consistent. They even do such out there concepts that somehow works for the show. It's a surprisingly creative cartoon show that deserves some respect.

Family Guy

I knew eventually I had to talk about Family Guy. Possibly The Simpsons' biggest rival as well as the famous both ripping each other off thing. Family Guy is over the top offensive adult sitcom show. A weird true fact is DVD sells led to the show getting back on television twice. It's very obvious The Simpsons was a major inspiration to this show.

It's essentially Macfarlane's variation of The Simpsons. Personally I'm more into American Dad! myself. I wasn't crazy for The Cleveland Show myself. Family Guy heavily plays off these cut away gags. There's some truly disgusting moments as well. Obviously this show isn't for everyone. Family Guy is basically the dark side of The Simpsons in a nut shell.

The earlier seasons are notably harder to predict. Not to mention much funnier than the newer seasons. There's a lot of singing as well. Like The Simpsons, some of the voice actors voiced a lot of characters. Parts of the concept came from two particular cartoon shorts Macfarlane made before Family Guy. There was a time Family Guy was witty about it's humor.

Even I notice the family went from people you could've related to. In newer seasons becoming truly horrible people. Some of my favorite cartoon characters ever are from this show. Obviously this was a huge inspiration to me. I simply felt hopefully soon it gets canceled for good please. I will say this though for the seasons I respect more those always stick with me.

Futurama

Here's a show eventually I wanna fully review on here. One of my personal favorite animated sitcom shows ever!!! Futurama also follows under a few runs situation. Essentially Matt Groening's variation of The Jetsons. You got a space delivery company that goes through all kind of situations. Some of which you would only see in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episodes.

Some of my absolute favorite cartoon characters especially Bender are from this show. Not every run of the show was a home run. I will say I do enjoy most of the episodes. I can't wait for the upcoming season. I love we get to see many planets. There's a famous crossover episode with The Simpsons. Futurama is surprisingly ambitious as well as witty at times.

You have a show that goes around an universe. One of the nastiest versions of Santa Claus I ever seen. Several concepts are done so vastly different from those of the real world. Not simply because the show takes place in the 3000s. But because you start to wonder from anything futuristic or time travel theme. Anything from those possibly get invented in real life.

They even made binging shows a ridiculous concept no joke. Futurama is much more than The Simpsons to stand on it's own two legs!!! I'm deeply inspired by this show for a long time. I would even dare to say the most unique creation Matt Groening ever created!!! Although I do also enjoy Disenchantment as well.

Ranking Main Resident Evil series (1996-present)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I been wanting to do this particular ranking for a long time. Resident Evil always been one of my personal favorite video game franchises. Inevitably I had to do this ranking of the main entries. Even the worst among em isn't that bad. It's a surprisingly decent lineup of Capcom games that's becoming timeless classics.

I do wanna point a few things out. I do plan to give a few quick reasons for my ranking. None of this is based on anyone else's opinions except my own. I know not every RE fan going to agree with this. Well you are welcome to present your own ranking down below. Just don't be nasty about it please. Honestly I'm quite excited to dive once again in the nightmare we know as Resident Evil series.

9. Resident Evil 6

Let's be honest no one in the entire world going to be surprise this is the worst among em. The most direct way to sum up all of it's failures is it's too much. You have a lot of these events directly connected. Some sections are altered versions what other campaigns goes through. Which isn't really saying much. There's barely any notable modes outside The Mercenaries.

This felt like a major step backwards. Simply too much action with too little horror. You could even argue how this isn't a proper RE game. The bosses are mostly repetitive that gets boring fast. Even the unlockables just aren't that exciting. There's some good songs I'll give it that. I can't shake Jake Muller being similar to DMC's Dante.

Shop feature suffers from the points system. Sure you can reload a few sections to grind up points. But I felt I easily could do way more doing the same in RE5!!! Obviously both Ada and Leon had the best campaigns. I simply recommend don't torture yourself playing Chris' campaign. I rather play a decent DMC game than this!!!

8. Resident Evil 0

I wanna say despite being ranked so low. I personally found more enjoyment in this than RE6. I was one of the select people that never minded swapping between characters. I also didn't care much about the notable lack of inventory boxes either. I know for some people this felt like a let down from Resident Evil 1 Remake.

For a prequel that goes into RE1 it's not bad. They dive deeper into the lore with Umbrella. We actually get to see what happened to the other S.T.A.R.S. team as well. I always enjoyed Leech Hunter a lot. I'm aware some dislike Wesker Mode. I simply love this version of the game more. The bosses are alright at best but still more rememberable than those of RE6.

Another major reason this gotten higher was the voice cast. In particular I loved Wesker's voice in this RE game a lot. Swapping between characters is more helpful than you expect. But I know some rather have questionable AI partners more. RE0 is a rather underrated RE game that deserves more respect. It's more RE than Silent Hill: Origins was to SH series.

7. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

I know some might not like this. For what it's worth I absolutely loved RE7 a lot. Some of the additional stuff made the game a little bit of a mess. There's plenty of notable fun to be had with this RE game. My favorite RE7 campaign by far is End of Zoe. I do respect they chosen to do an main RE game in FPS style.

This felt like a proper return to form for the franchise. I do wish there was a little more of a variety among the enemies. The puzzles I just wished were a little trickier to solve. It's a great entry point if you're new to the franchise. Resident Evil 7 is a truly fantastic game. It does have some flaws but notably better than the bottom two RE games.

Some people simply doesn't understand. Some stuff right at your face much scarier than doing it in third person mode. Not exactly the horror 3D effect either. Just wow oh okay stop it!!! There's a little of a learning curve to a degree. Honestly some of these characters are rememberable. Joe Baker in particular being my favorite new character.

6. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Considering I couldn't properly connect with this RE game. I will give this game a lot of credit it deserves. The story ended up being a great one. A huge variety of enemies to keep things interesting. Some unique mechanics despite either using a good guide or trying your luck to figure out. Such as making ammo eventually enhanced variation.

I wasn't a fan of it's mini game personally. It's surprisingly easy to die in this game. Some puzzles are very frustrating to solve. The game is notably shorter than the first two RE games. Nemesis stalking you at times makes situations worst. I know that's a huge part of the concept they're going for. Personally for what originally going to be an spin off RE game suddenly transformed into a main entry it's great.

I know I already confirmed I'm a bigger fan of Silent Hill 3. I can say this doesn't even felt rushed at all. Even if it did, just not as rushed as Silent Hill HD Collection on Xbox 360 lol. I did try to enjoy RE3 to similar degree other RE fans have. In all honestly this just isn't my RE experience. Even some of the spin offs like Code: Veronica X or both Revelations games way better to me.

5. Resident Evil

We wouldn't even be here right now if it weren't for the original Resident Evil. I confess I do prefer it's remake more. I do felt in some aspects the original version is a little better in. This cut scene going into the main menu once scared me a long time ago. The ratio of puzzles felt slightly more balanced as well. You get two characters with notable changes in their campaigns.

It's obviously easier to memorize the maps than it's remake version. At the same time, it's quite impressive what they pulled off. At one point this was originally going to be a remake of a licensed Famicom horror game called Sweet Home. Honestly, despite a few versions that change stuff to a degree.

You simply can't go wrong with this. Just avoid Director's Cut DualShock Edition lol. Unless you want the famous bad soundtrack version. Then by all means endure that suffering. It also has a good variety of enemies. This truly nailed the survival horror experience. This RE game is a must play at least once in your life.

4. Resident Evil Village

This might be another controversial pick. I personally deeply enjoyed this RE game. Sure you easily could argue it's more of an Castlevania game than an actual RE one. This felt like a more modernize of Resident Evil 4 before it's remake. To me this was a huge step up from RE7. I simply liked the characters more.

Duke being your merchant in the original campaign just stands out. I love all the major locations you get to explore. This was a rather unique take on the concept. I simply wished Capcom didn't rush the conclusion to the Winters Family story arc with Shadows of Rose DLC. In all honestly, this game was truly impressive in every sense of the word.

People stopped caring it's not directly called RE8. They later added in third person mode. Mostly for Shadows of Rose that worked well. I do question it's usage for Ethan's campaign though. Some of my favorite bosses to date. A fantastic soundtrack with truly amazing sound effects. This RE game is worthy of it's Game of the Year awards it won.

3. Resident Evil 5

I always really enjoyed Resident Evil 5 myself. I would even say there's no bad sections at all. Although I really wish the ending portions were done very differently. This is the perfect co-op RE experience. Even playing by yourself you work with an AI partner to get through the game. There's no merchant but a sick shop feature.

Every single mode is truly a lot of fun. You get some awesome outfits as well. The unlockables are very well done. A great selection of enemies including the bosses. Resident Evil 5 made some great improvements over RE4. Obviously with high expectations this RE game really delivered. I am not kidding this is still one of the greatest Capcom games I ever played!!!

I wanted to say for my top 2 Resident Evil games. This was a rather difficult decision to make. Both easily could've been the best in many ways. I simply love both of these more than the rest of these. Even right now I'm still in the process of deciding which RE game I like just a little more. Both meant so much to me making this so hard!!!

2. Resident Evil 4

This particular Resident Evil 4 is still among my most played through Capcom games to date. I do agree it's remake somehow superior. But even this classic version is a damn great game!!! Resident Evil 4 was a dramatically change from the previous entries. Just like Dino Crisis 2, this ended up being an incredibly fun, unique experience.

The merchant is among my favorite characters. Majority of them really stands out. The weapons are among the most fun in the franchise. A great variety of enemies including the bosses. Some of which are in Separate Ways. The Mercenaries is a fun mini game that's a must play. Among the best voice acting in the series as well.

Replay value is really through the roof here. Sometimes less is more when comparing the newer RE games. This game further made Leon a household name. This won several Game of the Year awards. Hands down the Wii version is the best I ever played!!! Even with some issues you are having too much to fun to care.

1. Resident Evil 2

I kept coming back to a few reasons why I ranked RE2 higher than RE4. Resident Evil 2 was the very RE game I became an life long fan of the franchise for. Sure some of the mini games are alright at best. Extreme Battle mode is a lot of fun though. Not only you get two playable characters. You also get two versions of their campaigns as well.

A crazy total of four campaigns you can play. Which was rather impressive Capcom pulled this off. Yes some versions requires two discs to swap between. Somehow an N64 cartridge contained all those scenarios. I do respect it's GameCube port to a degree. Even the version on GOG is quite amazing. You get some truly rememberable characters.

Some awesome secrets including a few spots you actually shoot the camera. The soundtrack is still among my personal favorites for an Capcom game. The sound effects alone is a major reason why I love this so much!!! You get a lot of great stuff for a two disc RE game. Obviously it's a huge step up from the original in many ways.

Some great puzzles with truly rememberable locations to explore. A huge variety of enemies including the bosses. Some fantastic weapons including the hidden ones. Resident Evil 2 really went the distance. Especially considering what we almost gotten before scrapped. They had to start over to end up giving us this master piece is truly impressive stuff.

Remembering Xbox Live Arcade era 2005-2024

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, there's a particular Xbox exclusive digital distribution service I always respected. This was a major factor why I sticked with Xbox consoles for a long time. Originally for the original Xbox console. Xbox Live Arcade or XBLA for short also on Xbox 360 as well.

I decided to go back to the past a little bit. I get to experience nostalgia through the one service Microsoft had I really appreciated. This eventually helped made me a better game that I am today. It's safe to say I learned so much about myself from so many of them I owned. This is why it's so personal for me to finally discuss such an amazing Xbox service.

This will be more directly about so many games I had from this service on Xbox 360. Officially a little over seven hundred games with plenty of surprises. This is possibly where my current game buying style originated from. I got plenty of great memories from these digital games. When Xbox store for Xbox 360 consoles gotten taken down it also marked the end of that service as well.

For me quite a sad day that was. Majority of them costing from 5 to 20 dollars. I know some might see that as low budget games. I can assure you these were some truly fantastic video games. Some of them were well worth being 20 dollars easily. Even several 5 dollar games were a lot of fun. For many years they had a limit of gamer score being 200 gamer score with twelve achievements.

Eventually they removed that limit. Don't expect any of these to possibly give you an 1000 gamer score. The highest I recall seeing for a few games was 400 gamer score allowing much more achievements. Among the first of those to do that was the famous XBLA port of Perfect Dark. I previously discussed how much I love this game!!!

The true definitive version of the N64 classic it's a must have. It's obviously better within Rare Replay with a mostly solid lineup of games. In several ways notably improved the game. By now most of the world knows about that port. I'll throw out a few interesting ports you might not know about. All of the following ports already delisted.

X-Men Arcade was an amazing XBLA port. You can play with five other people online. Yeah the experience can notably differ being somewhat mixed. Among the easiest achievement lineups I ever done. You get both the US and Japanese version of the same game. Which didn't offer that many differences but still nice to have the option.

You also can say the same about The Simpsons Arcade. I talked a lot about this particular Simpsons game on here. A slightly harder achievement lineup from X-Men Arcade. You can play with three other people. There's more notable differences between the two versions. Personally I'm a bigger fan of the Japanese version myself.

Indirectly because I'm an Otaku people like me love that stuff. But also because there's slightly more Simpsons characters that cameos. You also get more weapons you can use through out the stages. This was a truly solid port of a classic licensed beat em up game. I actually played through it seven times in a row when I first gotten the game no lie.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was the PS1 version ported. A surprisingly decent achievement lineup with a few that's frustrating to get. They didn't alter much of the game. This version seems to load faster possibly much quicker on Xbox Series X. It's amazing they pulled off such an ambitious Castlevania game like this!!!

I also need to clarify this doesn't have Maria as a playable character. This does lack the newer sections added from Sega Saturn version. Not to mention this features the original voice cast. The one version Xbox version had over. Castlevania: Requiem: Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood version.

Sure we may lack Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as well as those exclusives. The Xbox version also plays smoother as well. Now I missed my opportunity playing that PS4 exclusive compilation. I'm mostly going by videos while comparing the two in my head. Also the Xbox version is much smaller in size meaning you can play the game much faster in comparison.

Crazy Taxi was always a fun time. Yes they had to replace several songs due to copy rights. This is still a faithful port of the Dreamcast version. Which itself was a port of the Arcade version. One of the rare cases being a port of a port actually not a bad thing. This is perfect for simply driving around not having to think much.

There's two main maps with an mini game section. You get to choose between four drivers. They also had to alter a few locations due to copy rights. Although you still can tell what they were suppose to be. When some versions of it gotten delisted more recently it truthfully made me sad. Crazy Taxi is like a party on wheels you just wanna keep partying!!!

Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara now that's a great compilation game. Both Capcom Arcade Dungeons & Dragons games in one package. You get a lot of challenges within both of them. Not to mention using in game points to unlock some cool content. Two truly fantastic licensed beat em up games that should come back.

Earthworm Jim HD is an enhanced port of the classic Genesis game. Sure some stages can be rather unforgiving at times. There's still a surprisingly decent run & gun platformer. Still among the weirdest mascot games I ever played!!! Not a lot of people knows about this port. To me this was the best version I played by far.

Guardian Heroes is loosely connected to Gunstar Heroes. This is more of an unique hack & slash beat em up game. You can play with 11 other people which was ridiculous at the time. There's so many characters with a lot of paths you can go. Considering this was an Sega Saturn game it's amazing!!!

Shinobi is a port of the classic Arcade game. You play as Joe Musashi rescuing people while avoiding hazards & quickly take out enemies. Yes this is one hit deaths but thankfully up to the final section. You get infinite continues you have no excuse to give up. This is a decent port I highly recommend.

SoulCalibur II HD Online is the most definitive version. You get two of three guest characters with online thrown in. For it's time this port blew my mind. I actually across two accounts gotten every achievement in it. Easily one of the greatest fighting games I ever played!!! This version truly delivers in every possible way.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 later done by the same team for Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection. Personally this was the best UMK3 port they done. The two major down sides are not as great achievements to go for. Also lacking the first two MK games. Despite that, it actually does everything from the later port way better.

Wolfenstein 3D is possibly the one Xbox game I gotten every achievement in. More than Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and Gunstar Heroes it's XBLA port across a few accounts. This was an fantastic port of the classic FPS game. You get every level excluding Spear of Destiny. The achievement lineup is near perfection as well.

It's quite amazing how well this port plays. It's almost like playing the same game on your computer. Just notably better controls since it originally was an DOS game. This is just as great as the first two Doom games' XBLA ports. This was before several stuff gotten censored more recently like the medic symbol.

Honestly I used to often look forward to buying games when I was younger. Still going to school with a lot of them always sticked with me since. Even Comic Jumper which I reviewed more recently was among that legacy. It was quite true to it's name. You were buying more truly well made games.

If they had any DLCs it's usually dirt cheap. Majority of them lack DLCs altogether. Duke Nukem 3D's XBLA port to me was way better than the more recent 20th Anniversary Edition. The famous rewind feature originally in XBLA port. I personally felt the game plays a little better as well. Then again I also could say that about Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition on Steam.

My passion for Doom series originated from those Doom ports. I simply can not get enough Doom!!! Doom 2's XBLA port introduced one of my favorite expansion campaigns ever!!! Doom 2: No Rest for the Living is so much fun to replay. I'm glad this campaign kept back in the newer versions since then.

DuckTales Remastered is my favorite version of the classic NES platformer. Look I get why some simply prefer the classic version I do. It's difficult to compete with the original cast reprising their roles. They done a great job modernizing everything while keeping it familiar for older fans. Not to mention using in game points to unlock some nice content.

Once in a while you get a few that isn't great. It was quite rare to find any XBLA games being terrible. I still respect games like Rocket Knight. A lot of these are great games many people would enjoy. It even took Microsoft a long time to make something that rivaled it's legacy. Game Pass possibly was made possible due to it's success.

There also was a time before recently. Microsoft had a separate digital service for indie developers. Now all of that is combined today. I strongly felt XBLA is exactly what led to stuff like this happening in a good way. A lot of these games you can still buy since they shut down that service. It's just amazing Xbox Series X can play older Xbox console games so well.

Xbox Live Arcade felt like the true definitive way to go for a long time. These always within a small budget packs a lot of punch. Majority of them being quite small means you don't have to wait long. Especially true on Xbox Series X. I could easily install all my XBLA games with plenty of space left.

For the most part I was quite satisfied with my purchases. A lot of these ports went beyond easily exploding expectations. Hopefully by now you can see why I was so sad when Xbox 360 store gotten shut down. I always respected Microsoft for that service. It truthfully felt like my own personal Arcade.

Every game I added kept making it better. It was truly amazing how well they pulled this off. Some of the finest ports to games I ever played!!! Even games that debut on the service hit the ground swinging. Xbox Live Arcade was a truly unforgettable experience indeed. It may be a distant memory for me now.

I'm just glad a lot of those games can still be bought. They were literately giving you gold!!! They were so good you didn't want to buy the more expensive, bigger games. At least that's who I felt for a long time. In all honestly, thank you Microsoft for this now discontinued service. It really meant so much to me for a long time.

My thoughts on Capcom Fighting Collection 2

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, this Friday will be the newest entry of Capcom Fighting Collection series. This will be a direct follow up to the first Capcom Fighting Collection. We're getting eight fighting games no alternative style games this time around. I'm mostly excited for the lineup I figured to give my thoughts on the upcoming Capcom Fighting Collection game.

I'm not sure when I'm getting this compilation game. I will confirm it's going to be among my next purchases. Don't worry in due time I'll play this as well. I'm also keeping an eye out for Swords & Souls Legacy Collection on Steam as well. I did play these flash games online. It's another huge compilation game on my list this year.

Along with the previous entry and Gex Trilogy. This was among my most wanted compilation game of the year. I actually been around half these games prior. I'll start discussing those before getting to the other half I haven't played before. The one game I was hoping not return sadly is coming back through this collection.

Capcom Fighting Evolution is undeniably most reviewers choice for worst game in this collection. There's a great video that explains the rough development it had. Personally Capcom should've simply canceled the game. It's a weird crossover Capcom fighting game. Not done like most versus games Capcom developed either.

You get smaller character rosters within a bigger compositive one. Most of which is directly representing a particular Capcom fighting game. Obviously Street Fighter had the most groups by far. It was so rushed out the developers didn't even have time to attempt properly balancing the game. Which is why it's such a broken mess of a game.

The only true high light it has is you can play as two previously unplayable Red Earth boss characters that's it!!! Otherwise you really aren't missing much. Plus there's plenty better Capcom crossover games. Even to a degree as disappointing Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was. I even argue that's way better than this!!!

Plasma Sword is a game I have brief memories of this growing up. I had this 3D weapon based fighting game on Sega Dreamcast. One of two games I had with the character Hayato from that franchise. The other being Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on the same system. I felt some SoulCalibur games is better than this. I will say it's notably better than Mace: The Dark Age though.

Capcom vs SNK 2 I had this amazing crossover fighting game on GameCube. I would play this for hours it's so damn good!!! This was truly amazing stuff with a great roster. A little lesser than Marvel vs. Capcom 2. But hey I'll take it for what it's worth. It's also an three on three fighting game. You can select which fighting set up you want for your characters I'm not expert on that.

I would say one of the absolute best Capcom fighting games I ever played. I didn't expect this to come back considering SNK also was involve. Then again SNK did rerelease their SNK vs Capcom fighting game last year. I was quite happy to see this one come back. It's perfect if you never play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 before.

The one fighting game I had the most memories playing. It's not even close is Power Stone 2. This is more of an ambitious arena style fighting game. The stages are vastly different with several surprises. The bosses are quite large that forces you to adapt on the fly. You can either pick up weapons or get in machines.

Either turrets or vehicles to a degree. You get a lot of characters fighting on screen. Power Stone 2 is absolutely amazing!!! It's among the best 3D Capcom fighting games I ever played!!! Slightly more characters than the previous entry. I am quite hyped this one coming back!!! I can't wait to experience nostalgia playing this again soon.

Now I get to discuss my thoughts on the games I haven't played before. I'll start with the original Power Stone. Mostly what I do know came from an old Dreamcast book covering a lot of games. I knew about the boss characters being hidden characters. I don't know off hand which Power Stone game actually better.

Capcom vs SNK is a little weird due to how you select your characters. At least how some people explain the system to select em. Each character has a point 1-4 that takes up playable characters slots. In other words using only 1 point characters means I can play with four characters within matches. Obviously changing it up differs the amount of characters I could have.

4 point characters is only one character that's it good day sir!!! I don't get why Capcom set it up like that. Especially considering you have to complete every game as every character achievement/trophy. This is a rather huge monkey wrench for that. By default I already prefer the sequel way more. I do plan to give this a proper try soon.

Project Justice from what I looked into. You also play within teams for the matches. This is more of an 3D fighting game from those I played. This is in a short lived fighting franchise like Darkstalkers. This is actually a sequel to Rival Schools. It's a little weird they included both this and Plasma Sword. Rather than their respective originals for this collection.

Although it could be possible those games coming in a future entry of this compilation series. Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper I didn't come up with the title. Most platforms already gotten the original version across a few compilation games. I know that's going to bag the question why this version? Like Marvel vs. Capcom 2, it was developed on NAOMI hardware that's used for Sega Dreamcast.

This version prevents the infinite combos situation from happening. Just imagine one wrong move you're trapped. The other player can keep an combo going until you lose. Now that's incredibly unfair right? Another major difference is all the console exclusive characters gotten added to the roster. I already liked the original version of Alpha 3 despite not being an SF fan myself.

Going back to the first Capcom Fighting Collection. We had a few alternative versions of a few games included. Hyper Street Fighter II that allows you to play as every Arcade version of a character. You get Night Warriors that's actually an updated version of Darkstalkers 1 not an sequel. Darkstalkers 3 just called Vampire Savior 1 in the compilation.

Well they involved both Japanese exclusive updated versions of that as well. In a sense Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is guilty of this as well. Mostly with Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter being strikingly similar to X-Men vs. Street Fighter. Despite the changes you can't shake how similar the two crossover fighting games are.

Obviously this is one of my big 2025 games by far. I always been so hyped for an Capcom Fighting Collection game. They just doesn't disappoint with my standards kept going higher. I already know I'm going to absolutely love this when I get it eventually. I actually felt this is the most ambitious entry yet. We are getting the most variety in game play by far.

Just looking at the 3D fighting games they are all vastly different from each other. I also could say the same about the 2D fighting games to a degree. Steam is a little funny with compilation games like this. I'm going for the Xbox version myself. Not to mention, a lot of characters to play as. Sure being allow to get teams in for the big completion achievement/trophy helps a lot.

It sure going to take hours to pull that off. I don't think I'm going to get bored much. Maybe playing Capcom Fighting Evolution. I may even start with that to get the worst fully done. Then it can only go up from there. For eight fighting games with a lot of nice content for $39.99. I felt that's a solid deal with any sales making it more sweeter to get.

I do think this is going to be among the best entries to date. Even with the inclusion of Capcom Fighting Evolution. There's also another update coming to that as well as Capcom Fighting Collection 1. Which already came to Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. I felt some of those changes going to spice things up a lot too.

You already getting your money's worth plus a nice update like that. I'm already beyond sold getting it prior. I do hope Capcom makes more of these in the near future. They may not mean as much to me as Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. At the same time, I always welcome more Capcom games.

My thoughts on Children of the Corn movie franchise

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, some of you know I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I knew eventually I had to reveal the one horror movie franchise I can't stand. Well today so happens to be that day!!! For a long time there's a particular horror movie franchise with King's name on it I heavily disliked. I am talking about Children of the Corn series.

Yes I previously reviewed a lot of the movies on here. I think I should just let it all out here. I'm partly due for a huge rant blog entry. What's better than a movie franchise I really don't like? To be fair the original movie was decent. It's safe to say it's the golden standard among em. Keep in mind, King wrote a short story of the same name.

Obviously they didn't have a lot to work with. Considering that this movie actually nailed the story quite well. We're slowly leavy where it's nothing but negatives. Before that, there also exists a short film based on the same short story called Disciples of the Crow. For those not familiar with the story I'll explain it.

Within the story you have this mysterious cult with children that hangs around a corn field. There's barely any adults around implying something weird going on. Personally they should've stopped at two movies. Let's be honest excluding the TV movie remake as well as a reboot film. All the sequels are virtually a rewriting of the same story done differently.

You really can't call Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return a sequel. Despite the original leader returns in the movie. It's more of a weird requel than anything else. From 2 to Genesis were all from Dimension Films. Children of the Corn 2 is essentially the only sequel movie worth watching. It has very loose connections to the first movie.

I actually felt 3 started the notable decline the franchise been in since then. Dimension Films was ran by Bob Weinstein whose Harvey's brother. Harvey was a famous producer that's currently in a jail sentence. Stuff like this lead to Dimensions Films getting shut down. A lot of their movies with Miramax's name currently owned by Paramount Pictures.

The brothers crossed lines to get what they wanted. For some odd reason kept making Children of the Corn movies. Dimension had a famous bad movie label called Dimension Extreme. Virtually every movie released with that label is garbage. Children of the Corn: Genesis to me isn't even an Children of the Corn movie.

Even Hellraiser: Revelations which was another movie in that lineup was more Hellraiser!!! There's no cults at all already a huge red flag. The only child you see in the movie has ridiculous powers. I guess I'll go more below the belt not in that way lol. Even Hellraiser: Inferno to Hellworld the Hellraiser movies originally not Hellraiser at all is more Hellraiser.

Don't even bother try to connect the dots on the canon you won't get far. You can tell they never properly planned to connect em or simply never was in the plans to do so. Children of the Corn: Revelation had the entire cult being ghosts within an apartment building. Partly playing off Children of the Corn IV's leader being dead to later gotten revived.

They all kept changing He Who Walks Behind The Rows. The first two movies shared the same version. Beyond that it's gets rather weird starting with 3. This huge corn monster suppose to their god. They kept changing the appearances as well as what he could do. It's almost like they couldn't decide on which dish to eat at a restaurant?

The last of the original movies is Children of the Corn: Runaway. Lionsgate Films released that after a notable time gap on releasing it. Spoiler alert not the only Children of the Corn movie get that. Children of the Corn had two attempts restarting the franchises. A TV remake that's a similar story to the original movie just not as good.

Children of the Corn (2020 version) which came out almost three years later in the United States. They finally made an Children of the Corn movie with an female leader. I just don't find much enjoyment or anything that scary about this franchise. I'm more interested in Scarecrow horror movies.

I previously reviewed four of them this year. As far as I'm aware they didn't make a lot of money with these movies. I'm even more surprised Stephen King doesn't stop em altogether. In a way these movies becoming a bigger insult to the man as time goes on. Usually there's barely any notable characters across these movies.

You might remember a few kill scenes that's it. Even Prince of Darkness nailed special effects way better. They even had the devil show up late into the movie. I already respect that way more than this!!! Obviously there's plenty of better adaptations based on King's works. Children of the Corn simply never going to be among those.

The concept itself barely gives you much to work with. You need a cult filled with children or it's not an Children of the Corn movie. You also need an corn field even if it's small. King barely has any real involvement with em to begin with. To me, it's just a cheap excuse to quickly make money off of King's name.

The sequel movies felt more like stand alone movies with a similar concept than anything else. Even Pet Sematary Two which was a movie sequel to the book was way better than these!!! Also much closer to the concept of that story as well. I do believe in the right hands a sequel could be done. Let's take a rather unique situation here.

By now most of the world knows about The Shining movie. King publicly dislikes to this day. Director Mike Flanagan whose responsible for Doctor Sleep movie. You know an sequel to The Shining story. He convinced King to allow his movie adaptation of Doctor Sleep to be a sequel to that movie.

What came out of that is an ending King could be happy with. There's another famous example of The Shawshank Redemption. The short story might not be much. But director Frank Darabont transforms it into a truly fantastic movie. He also directed The Green Mile movie as well. Hopefully by now you can see why my standards for a movie franchise with King's name on it.

In all honestly should be way better than this!!! I could see the reason to remake Cujo to a degree. I don't think we need a newer version of Carrie personally. I'm more likely going to watch that Cujo remake than anymore Children of the Corn movies!!! Even to a degree I'll watch a few shark movies than these!!!

I actually can go a little lower than that. Some of you might know Creepshow then later Tales from the Darkside show were created by both Stephen King and the late George A. Romero. yes the same Romero that's given us some fantastic zombie movies. Dawn of the Dead (1978 version) being my favorite among those.

Creepshow 3 as a movie has a weird story. Originally it almost happened with both the creators on board. But they chosen to change it into Tales from the Darkside: The Movie instead. Which now acts as a spiritual successor to the first two Creepshow movies. Taurus Entertainment Company famous for making Day of the Dead 2: Contagium.

A cheap cash in sequel name only movie. They later done Creepshow III, still one of the worst horror movies I ever seen. The two creators weren't involved at all. This was so far off the mark from the first two Creepshow movies. Well that's exactly how I felt from Children of the Corn 3 to up. Also what's the point making these if barely any money being made?

I will give Children of the Corn 2 some respect. It did try to be somewhat of a decent follow up. It also stayed the closest to the concept from the other movies. It's difficult to like something when the franchise doesn't even know what it wants to be. If it were a story within an horror anthology franchise.

I wouldn't have this problem in the first place. Sadly that's not how it was set up. I rather watch The Mist show over this. Everyone agrees The Mist movie which is much closer to the short story way better. Also directed by Darabont, he's a huge Stephen King fan. If it were a much smaller horror movie franchise I wouldn't be this upset about em.

Can you believe there's eleven Children of the Corn movies? In my personal opinion that's too many!!! I'll give The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series a little credit. There's a few time lines within the franchise. You may find a movie or a few of them you like there. The same goes for Halloween series as well.

It's also the longest movie franchise with King's name in history. The average King movie franchise length is three to four movies. I'm sure most of those is way better as well. It simply bags questions why kept making Children of the Corn movies? Even attempting to cash in on em is a horrible idea. Not to mention in some ways kept getting worst as times goes on.

I rather see The Dark Tower even if it's just one book get adapted in some way. I'm sure there's plenty other Stephen King stories that needs to get adapted. I just don't see the point of making these movies anymore. I strongly felt King should stand up then get em to stop making em. Probably would be among the greatest things he's ever done.

I do have a lot of respect for the man. This movie franchise is simply adding salt to his incredible legacy. I would be over joyed when that happens one day. Children of the Corn quickly stopped working following 2. Maybe people find cults in general scary who really knows. King created much scarier beings than this!!!

For what it's worth just stick with the first two movies. Then pretend the rest of them doesn't exist. Now that's a huge rock worth living under. Maybe watch em if you're drinking something strong. The overall quality or should I say quantity of these movies is rather inconsistent. I could agree a few of them better than Children of the Corn: Genesis.

Let's be honest that's not saying much. I hope they don't make anymore of these movies Even YouTuber Cody Leach called this his least favorite horror movie franchise in a video. Now this guy seen plenty of horror movies. He virtually felt the same as I did towards Children of the Corn franchise.

There may be a small room for redemption. At this present time it's a long shot. At this point they have to aim being better than Children of the Corn 2. Which is simply not possible almost being an impossible task. I really could go on for hours how much I dislike this franchise. The last thing I wanna say is most of these deserves to be buried in the ground!!!

Prince of Darkness (1987) and In The Mouth of Madness (1995) review plus more

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I previously reviewed The Thing (1982 version a few years ago) I recently learned that movie in a rather interesting trilogy by Carpenter that plays on similar aspects. It is known as John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy. Also included are today's two movies I'll be reviewing. Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness respectively.

If you wanna see my review on The Thing I'll link it down below...

https://jackred1989.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-unlucky-thirteen-4-thing-1982-review.html

The big connections are all three movies were directed by John Carpenter. He also made some songs for em as well. All of them are apocalypse theme movies that portrays a different view on humanity. The Thing representing physical and themselves. Prince of Darkness representing spiritual and their faith in God.

In The Mouth of Madness representing mental and yourself. Despite originally being stand alone movies. The director was ultimately inspired by H. P. Lovecraft stories. Which is deeply presented within all three of these movies. It's no wonder why he eventually group these all movies together in an unique trilogy. Not to mention some huge stars as well.

Originally I was going to do this section after the reviews. After waking up this morning close to noon. I realized I should give a very good reason why I'm writing this blog entry. I was very interested among learning about this trilogy of horror movies. Three vastly different apocalypse movies that comes together. I also plan to rank em but feel free to post your own rankings or thoughts of these movies down below.

Prince of Darkness (1987)

You know by the title this movie involves the devil. But it's done in a rather different way than you expect. Donald Pleasance who played Dr. Loomis in a few Halloween movies plays a priest. Personally I felt he was perfect for the role. He also one of the actors within the original James Bond movies to play Blofeld. This priest gets in contact with a professor.

Who agrees to help that convinced his class to assist. Obviously being the devil arriving on Earth apocalypse scenario. You know crazy things going to happen. A lot of people acting weird staying close by the building. I was surprised by Victor Wong's performance in this. There's a couple movies he's famous for.

He previously was in another classic John Carpenter movie, Big Trouble in Little China. He also was in the original Tremors as Walter Chang. Some might remember him for 3 Ninjas series. This movie from what I seen of movies he's in. One of the best movies I seen. There's also a love story thrown into this. Thankfully it's not forced in.

This is a slower pace horror movie. Heavily playing on suspense to a degree. You always have a feeling something bad going to happen. A lot of people trying to figure what's about to happen. One of them gets marked that plays a role later in the movie. I will say the disturbing scenes do stick with you. There's a scene a dead guy delivers a message before breaking down.

His body also covered in beetles it's difficult to watch for some. I just expect more of this in the movie. The possessed either kills or attempts to get others possessed by spitting into their mouths. It's more like hosing down their throats. Which should be a clue what to expect from the devil. In this movie, the devil actually in liquid form.

Eventually the devil finally claims his vessel aka that marked person's body. Originally I thought she was going to give birth to the anti-christ nope. The dead doesn't stay dead during all this madness either. I won't spoil the ending but man it left me unsure about stuff. Somehow it's fitting for this movie. A lot of rememberable characters.

It's way better than End of Days with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Which was a similar concept movie done vastly differently. This is more of Carpenter's typical style of horror. You know the original Halloween style. Where it's a slow pacing horror movie that eventually picks up right at the ending. Not to mention the story telling is amazing as well.

This often gets overlooked among his other movies. I felt you should give this one a try. It's an unique take on the concept. I actually seen stuff I can't say I seen before. The overall acting was truly amazing stuff. Prince of Darkness just simply works in so many ways. I confess it's not my favorite of the trilogy. I will say this though there's some good special effects.

Parts of this is somewhat similar to The Thing. I know I gotta clarify what I meant by that. We don't need an angry mob coming in here with flaming torches lol. Both involves groups that are being targeted. They won't always know who isn't among em until it's too late. The Thing has shape shifting aliens that plays perfectly into paranoia.

Some members of this group becomes possessed. They act very strange almost unhuman like. Not quite animals but more of people that's insane. At the same time, none of the actual traits of insanity you expect to see. They won't hesitate things people out. Especially the group waiting outside for em. Thankfully they move somewhat slow not quite classic zombies slow.

The lore is surprisingly deep here. They do reveal the church kept the secret about the devil hidden. If they had chosen the other option things could've gotten ugly at a faster rate. Some might say they were cowards. But again they didn't want one wrong move then that's the end of humanity. In a way it makes sense why they chosen to kept such a secret hidden for so long.

In The Mouth of Madness (1995)

In my opinion the weirdest of the three movies by far. I know some might be wondering Prince of Darkness had the devil. How can you get weirder than that? Well Carpenter found a rather unexpected way to do just that. John Trent played by Sam Neill who also played Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park series.

Trent is an insurance inspector that's gets tasked to locating a missing horror book author. Already parts of this reminds me of several movies. Secret Window being the one that comes to mind the most. Trent discovers a bizarre method to possibly locate the author. He goes to a town with Sutter's editor to investigate.

The movie doesn't hide something wrong from the start. It heavily plays on mind trickery if you're into that stuff. Some amazing special effects for it's time. The main antagonist is the horror author himself. Sutter Cane is obviously inspired by H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. A fact the movie kept throwing into our faces right up to the ending.

It's kinda difficult to review this movie more without spoilers. To sum up everything Cane's writing started to alter reality to a degree. A lot of fictional stuff he created showed up in the world including people. The town Trent went to go investigate was another creation of his. Trent himself is later revealed to be in the same boat.

What an ambitious take on things right? The main protagonist created by the main antagonist. Just not the way you were expecting though. If you haven't guess the apocalypse theme of the movie yet. This author's writing cause chaos around the world. The most meme part of the movie is the ending. Several aspects led to it being the most meme Carpenter movie to date.

Personally I don't think it's a bad movie. It's just one of those movies either you love it or you don't. A mixed reception film you could enjoy or avoid altogether depending on things. This really felt like a story worthy of H. P. Lovecraft's legacy. You will notice a lot of stuff repeats as well. After a while watching this you start to wonder what's going on?

They do explain how Trent gotten committed to an asylum. To a degree it's like Prince of Darkness where death becomes questionable. We actually see one character die twice in two different ways. Trent does go into madness as the movie goes on. The title of the movie so happens to be a title of a horror novel Cane written.

Sutter Cane played Jurgen Prochnow who also played Judge Griffin in Judge Dredd as well as General Ivan Radek in Air Force One respectively. He truly delivered an amazing performance here. Parts of this movie also heavily reminded me of The Dark Half by Stephen King. For those not familiar with that story.

The author had a deceased twin brother. Out of no where the supernatural happens after the author killed off his most famous protagonist character. The character somehow came into the real world possessing the author's twin brother corpse. He planned to force the author to change his fate to live again.

It's also like Secret Window because this writer suddenly gets confronted by another writer. Accusing him of stealing his story leading to stuff happening. Eventually the writer discovers the two writers are two personalities within one person. Stephen King written some stories somewhat similar to this. King even directly appears in one of the Dark Tower books as well.

This movie makes you question things. What is real as well as these loops you kept noticing among other things. It felt like a huge insanity test fitting for the movie. In The Mouth of Madness is among the weirdest Carpenter movies I ever seen. Which is speaking volumes to Big Trouble in Little China. I would say at least give this Carpenter movie a try to see where it fits with you.

Ranking John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy

3. Prince of Darkness

2. In The Mouth of Madness

1. The Thing

Isn't that much of a surprise I still felt The Thing the best among of em. Not only I personally considered it the greatest horror movie remake I ever seen!!! It's still among the very best horror movies I ever seen as well. Truly amazing in every possible way. In The Mouth of Madness was slightly more of my thing horror movie over Prince of Darkness.

Usually I'm not crazy for psychical horror movies. Somehow this one quickly won me over. It was rather creative with the concept. Obviously ambitious in it's own right. Carpenter should be deeply proud of all three horror movies. He delivered one of the greatest horror movie trilogies I ever gotten into.

Each movie within that trilogy brought major stuff into the group. By In The Mouth of Madness you really couldn't ask for more. All these movies covers so much it's mind blowing. A near perfect trilogy of movies. Even labeling any of them the worst. The worst among em is still a great movie. All of them brings such unique perspective of the apocalypse.

There's no question the lineup is perfect to watch close to or on Halloween. You're guarantee for one hell of a ride. Carpenter delivered awesomeness in ways you couldn't imagine. This is giving me more reasons to respect the director. I highly recommend John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy. You simply aren't living until you watch all three of these movies.