Sentences with phrase «as ancient heroes»

Combat encounters are thick with tension because the soldiers are rendered as ancient heroes and living gods; the cutthroat business of managing a resource - starved caravan turns the player into a digital Snorri Sturluson, writing the epic of a brave army fighting back the forces of evil.

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It looks like they are going to portray as a ancient action hero with a penchant for mammals, the scratch and sniff cards would be a nice touch.

Just as the Homeric heroes are on intimate speaking terms with the deities of Greece, so in the patriarchal narratives in the ancient worthies of Israel dealt with Yahweh.

So it seems like hero worship, ancient authority and much more are tempting items people keep using even as their religion supposedly changes or disappears.

The heroes of modern - day evangelicalism, from scholars like N.T. Wright to pastors like Rob Bell, are passionately and unapologetically contextual textualists, working diligently with a host of ancient literary and archaeological sources to make sense of biblical texts as they would have been understood in their day.

That wisdom comes of suffering, at least for prophets and tragic heroes, is an ancient truth; but is it wisdom to chase after suffering, as though the evil of the day were insufficient?

Within the first week of my freshman year of college, my Introduction to World Literature class included a reading of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian myth about a hero who is described as 1/3 man and 2/3 god.

Finally, we learn from Robert Langdon, the novel's hero, that the so - called Priory of Sion's aim has been to present «to the world thousands of ancient documents as scientific evidence that the New Testament is false testimony» (451).

Good looking, undoubtably, as a mysterious hero with mysterious powers fights against an ancient evil, but the delivery is a tad watery, and so this should have been first in a series was ultimately dropped.

A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he is chosen as the «Kirin Rider» and must lead Japan's ancient Yokai spirits in their apocalyptic war against the evil monsters.

Welsh actor Luke Evans stars as Vlad III Tepes, a prince of the ancient central European kingdom of Wallachia who becomes a hero when he leads the fight against the Ottoman Turks.

Whether protecting the ancient Hebrew Ark of the Covenant (as seen in the prequel Raiders of the Lost Ark) or uncovering other antique artifacts, the indestructible hero does for dusty old relics and legends what Bill Nye did for science and lab coats.

The gorgeous nostalgia supplied by Sergio Leone's mythic 1968 summation work — in many ways a tombstone for a certain kind of Western hero, of an «ancient race,» as Charles Bronson says — packs a wallop.

Wielding dual crossbows that have been classified as fire weapons, Linkle longs to be like the ancient heroes of Hyrule, and her playstyle demonstrates that.

Play as a hero of the past, command your army in 10v10 battles on ancient battlefields.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 16, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Chandni Chowk to China (Unrated) Action comedy about a humble chef (Akshay Kumar) from Delhi who moves to China after being mistaken by a couple of visitors from the Orient as the reincarnation of an ancient war hero.

No, I am merely the one who happened upon the story, as you might happen upon, say, a cache of letters in the attic of an ancient uncle's country house; and blowing away the dust of decades, and untying the ribbon that binds them, finding within those crumbling pages a tale of passion so tragic, yet so sublime — as to transform, in that instant, the doddering relict in the bath - chair below to a spirited youth with a fiery heart and the blood of a hero racing in his veins!

The 1,600 year - old manuscript only contains fragments of the epic, which tells the tale of the ancient hero Aeneas as he ventures from Troy to Italy and consists of 76 surviving pages, and 50 illustrations.

Being described as an ancient masterpiece of design and innovation reserved for the true hero of Hyrule, the fact that a dirt bike is the ultimate treasure is absolutely hilarious.

Oddworld: New «N» Tasty PS Vita (Three - Way Cross Buy) Explore ancient ruins, dodge carnivorous beasts, and avoid trigger - happy hunting parties as Abe, the original Oddworld hero in this lovingly re-crafted take on PlayStation classic Abe's Oddysee.

Zelda's story for Breath of the Wild is as follows: 10,000 years before the events of the game, the ancient hero — let's call him Backstory Link — defeats the Calamity Ganon with an army of marvellously technological Guardians and Divine Beasts, and the fiend is sealed away by the power of the ancient Princess (Backstory Zelda).

main gimmick is the hero's transformation abilities: As an ancient relic brought to life (yes, really), Knack grows larger whenever he comes into contact with more artefacts while progressing through levels, which allows him to take on more dangerous enemies and use the environment and its objects in new ways.

A TRULY MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE ● Join a GUILD and dominate the leaderboards ● Team up with friends, or go head - to - head in the ARENA ● Ride epic MOUNTS like the fabled Pegasus into battle BEGIN A HERO AND BECOME A GOD ● Earn Godly Powers and expand your SKILL TREE ● Unlock the path to Mt. Olympus and the WINGS OF A GOD ● Enlist Centaurs, Phoenixes and Griffons to join you on your quest to godhood CUSTOMIZE YOUR CHARACTER ● Become a legendary WARRIOR, deadly ARCHER, or powerful MAGE ● ENHANCE your strength and appearance with epic weapons and armor ● CRAFT enchanted gear and grow your Might ● COLLECT rare loot drops as you explore Ancient Greece BECOME GREECE \»S GREATEST HERO ● Team up with HERCULES and PERSEUS ● Enter the LABYRINTH and fight the mighty MINOTAUR ● Fight infamous Monsters like MEDUSA and the CYCLOPS ONE GAME — MANY WAYS TO PLAY ● ACTION — Command your Hero in strategic battles ● STRATEGY — BUILD your city and expand your FARM ● ROLE PLAYING — Explore STORY MODE and brave dungeons solo Legacy of Zeus — Begin a Hero, Become a HERO AND BECOME A GOD ● Earn Godly Powers and expand your SKILL TREE ● Unlock the path to Mt. Olympus and the WINGS OF A GOD ● Enlist Centaurs, Phoenixes and Griffons to join you on your quest to godhood CUSTOMIZE YOUR CHARACTER ● Become a legendary WARRIOR, deadly ARCHER, or powerful MAGE ● ENHANCE your strength and appearance with epic weapons and armor ● CRAFT enchanted gear and grow your Might ● COLLECT rare loot drops as you explore Ancient Greece BECOME GREECE \»S GREATEST HERO ● Team up with HERCULES and PERSEUS ● Enter the LABYRINTH and fight the mighty MINOTAUR ● Fight infamous Monsters like MEDUSA and the CYCLOPS ONE GAME — MANY WAYS TO PLAY ● ACTION — Command your Hero in strategic battles ● STRATEGY — BUILD your city and expand your FARM ● ROLE PLAYING — Explore STORY MODE and brave dungeons solo Legacy of Zeus — Begin a Hero, Become a HERO ● Team up with HERCULES and PERSEUS ● Enter the LABYRINTH and fight the mighty MINOTAUR ● Fight infamous Monsters like MEDUSA and the CYCLOPS ONE GAME — MANY WAYS TO PLAY ● ACTION — Command your Hero in strategic battles ● STRATEGY — BUILD your city and expand your FARM ● ROLE PLAYING — Explore STORY MODE and brave dungeons solo Legacy of Zeus — Begin a Hero, Become a Hero in strategic battles ● STRATEGY — BUILD your city and expand your FARM ● ROLE PLAYING — Explore STORY MODE and brave dungeons solo Legacy of Zeus — Begin a Hero, Become a Hero, Become a God!

As today's brand new story trailer reveals, our four heroes find themselves in exotic, unplumbed corners of Egypt, where ancient terror lingers.

Explore ancient ruins, dodge carnivorous beasts and avoid trigger - happy hunting parties as Abe, the original Oddworld hero in this lovingly re-crafted take on PlayStation classic Abe's Oddysee.

This «overview» video will throw you into the heart of the battle where you can discover all the features of Realms of Ancient War, such as the leveling system of the 3 playable heroes, an exciting co-operative mode, and the special incarnation ability that lets you take control of the game's most powerful monsters!

Marvel Omega Heroes offers players hundreds of hours of replayability, and one of the largest roster of playable superheroes, and famous locations from Marvel lore such as the dark allies of Hell's Kitchen to the ancient realm of Asgard.

When protagonist Huang Lee's father dies, our hero must take the family's ancient ceremonial sword heirloom, Yu Jian, to Liberty City and present it to his uncle as part of a time - honored family tradition that dates back to when Huang's father won the sword in a poker game.

But Treyarch isn't content with just setting the Zombies mode on the Titanic in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, there's also some time - traveling maps as well, which we see taking place that involves the four heroes eventually being transported back to ancient Rome.

It makes heroes and villains out of people, it is almost as strong as love and hatred, and it wakes up our most ancient primal instincts we wish we'd never experience.

Gone are the drab battles gamers have come to expect from the series, with the same ancient machines and basic units doing battle time and time again, instead replaced with exciting skirmishes consisting of giant spiders, flying dragons and epic heroes standing their ground as they take down dozens upon dozens of soldiers themselves in a last ditch effort to turn the tide.

BioWare's Mass Effect trilogy is the story of Commander Shepard, a tough - as - nails space - marine hero type who fights to save the galaxy from an unstoppable wave of ancient, sentient machine exterminators known as the Reapers.

Select your Heroes from four unique factions of different timelines and play as the most ancient beings in the universe.

From the very first such royally commissioned manuscripts, the ancient kings were recast as contemporary Islamic rulers, while old heroes were embedded within Iranian culture.

Such a complex analysis of a whole country's history, culture and tradition will be explored by examining artworks and literature in which ancient kings and heroes are used in later contexts as examples of idealism and virtue, or as objects of derision.