Sentences with phrase «as a prequel»

This serves as a prequel to the game proper giving a detailed backstory on one of your companions.

This is the perfect time to reveal it, with the last expansion maybe acting as a prequel to the events of the second game.

In the end, in a complete different way, the game is as good as the prequel, but aimed at a different kind of gamer.

It looks just as insane as the prequel series was, and it even has some new cast members joining the fun.

Even though many of them are now older than were the actors in the original TV series during its first run, the series still feels as if intended as prequel.

This version of The Thing is being sold as a prequel.

I did enjoy this book quite a lot and it was fairly well put together, but it just wasn't quite as special as its prequel.

It was a classic on rails shooter that served as a prequel to the original game.

Acting as a prequel to the events of the first game, this one threw a lot of new ideas into the mix.

I feel like this game would have been better as a prequel, think about it.

A follow - up title which served as a prequel of sorts, aptly named Resident Evil 0, was dealt the same fate.

A massive, gorgeous, living and breathing world potentially set as a prequel to John Marston's adventures in the previous game, this is unquestionably the «event» game of the year.

Is it better than the god awful excuse for a sitcom it functions as a prequel for?

Based on the story and themes of the first Red Dead Redemption, as well as the promotional artwork of Red Dead Redemption 2, the game will likely act as a prequel for the original RDR and chronologically will precede it.

If you're not a Star Wars junkie you needn't worry about having to take an entrance exam to follow the narrative, which is positioned as a prequel to George Lucas» groundbreaking 1977 movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (or, as we called it back then, Star Wars).

The first part of this film acts as a prequel with a look into what happened with Ravenna before Snow White came into the picture.

Yes, the lightsaber does appear and get used a few times throughout the second half or so, but nowhere near the same degree as the prequel trilogy which had its Jedi and sith whipping out their weapons at the slightest provocation.

While this is isn't a direct sequel to «The Girl with All the Gifts», it could best be described as prequel as most of the story's action takes place before the events of «Girl».

The Avengers is a brilliant balance of indecipherable against crowd - pleasing, with bouncy fight scenes, one - liners as character development, and the absolute confidence that everyone in the audience has on purpose seen each of the films designed as a prequel to this one.

Though the movie comes on the heels of 2014's similarly themed «Selma» (it could even be viewed as a prequel of sorts, albeit from the other side of the LBJ / MLK partnership), «All the Way» is mainly about the political high - wire act that Johnson performed in order to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed into law.

«Prometheus» Synopsis: Producers are trying their best to keep details under wraps on this project, which began as a prequel to Ridley Scott's «Alien» series.

As prequels go, it's pretty exciting.»

Created by creator Jonathan Steinberg as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island set in 1715, pirate Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew prepare to fight the British Royal Navy over New Providence Island with the help of Eleanor Guthrie (Hannah New), a daughter of

Starting life as a prequel we get a brief glimpse at the main characters when they were very young in the zoo and how Alex got there.

In 2012 director Ridley Scott brought his Alien franchise back to life with Prometheus which posed as a prequel to his 1979 classic.

Beyond Good & Evil 2 was unveiled as a prequel story and a spiritual successor, which was nice.

Soon after, Underworld director Len Wiseman signed on to direct the film, with the storyline envisioned as a prequel to the original game, with an expected 2010 release date.

Details of the plot have been almost nonexistent, but so far, fans know that it was originally planned as a prequel to the sci - fi classic «Alien.»

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment offers the same good platform action as its prequel featuring new stages, new music, new enemies, and new boss fights, and more.

Speaking of which, if there's one reason this one doesn't sting quite as much as others, it would be because of the Xbox Live / PlayStation Network release of Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of this NES game developed as a prequel to the short - lived Bionic Commando revival.

The source revealed the game's status as a prequel after the game's alleged map was posted on the popular gaming forum NeoGAF.

It's just part of why I think it works as well as it does, for as much as prequels have a tendency to take the fun out of their predecessor's central mystery, Prometheus adds layers to the universe that began with the classic Alien.

Creators Paul Pope talks about his graphic novel Battling Boy, due out this summer, as well as the prequel comic The Death of Haggard West, which will released in in July.

Replace acts as a prequel novel to the manga, following the title character Kuroko and his old teammates in their middle school years.

Despite being a sequel nominally, Super Paper Mario features a completely different gameplay style, with nearly as much depth as its prequels.

He can't help himself from following that shot with a deeply curious coda, which uses the movie narrative logic of cliffhangers and sequels to position The Post as prequel to All the President's Men.

Not hilarious but fun as the prequels.

Annabelle doesn't seem to include any of The Conjuring «s cast, though it does include Alfre Woodard, and isn't being hailed as a prequel or sequel.

As Emma on «Bates Motel,» Cooke said she has managed to showcase her acting range in the gritty drama that serves as a prequel inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's «Psycho.»

The new Underworld installment is being touted as the prequel the die - hard fans were demanding.

It's not as dated as the original trilogy nor as CGI looking as the prequels.

Redrafted as a prequel to the storyline in the game, the movie will be directed by Shawn Levy («Night at the Museum») in a starring vehicle for Holland that's said to have come together after studio head Tom Rothman saw the latest «Spider - Man» film, in which the young actor plays the title role.

This is technically the fourth Purge movie, but like other horror series, they're going back to tell the origin as a prequel instead of another sequel.

Insidious: Chapter 3 is being promoted as a prequel despite the fact it only takes place a couple of years before the events of the first two movies.

Rather than repeating himself, writer, co-star and first - time director Leigh Whannell sets this one up as a prequel, and puts the exceedingly bad - ass Lin Shaye front and center.

In what's being marketed as a prequel to the first film, The Huntsman is oddly both a prequel and a sequel to Snow White, yet does not require anyone to have seen that movie.

JJ Abrams was in a bit of a strange position; despite the huge expectation attached to the new Star Wars film, nobody really expected The Force Awakens to measure up to the original trilogy, and barring some catastrophic error of judgement, nobody really believed that it was going to be as bad as the prequels.