Sentences with phrase «as standalone»

Although The Endless works just fine as a standalone film, looking at it in the wider context of Benson and Moorhead's work highlights another, more meta theme: the desire to return to an earlier, simpler period in one's life, and relive those glory days forever.»

Fire Emblem Fates comes in three versions, two of which are purchaseable as standalone games: Birthright and Conquest.

There's no denying the fact that I'm a proud Hunger Games fan and have been one far before the film came into the picture, but, as a film critic, I owe it to the feature film version to assess it as a standalone entity.

Only die - hard series fans will find any of this distracting, as the film works just as well as a standalone spy adventure as it does an entry in Bond canon, delivering most of the goods anyone might expect while also offering a handful of new twists to keep it from being just another entertaining - but - forgettable entry.

It will be released as a free expansion for players who already own Don't Starve, or as a standalone download for purchase.

It launched last month as a standalone game on PC and now we've got a date for the PlayStation 4 version.

Coming as a standalone DLC pack, The Clockwork City consists of a new explorable area, story and «fast - paced» Trial expected to put up a challenge for your usual rag - tag teammates.

Comrades will also be offered as a standalone product this summer.

There is no detailed explanation of Batman or Robin, and yet the film still works as a standalone film.

Dead Rising 3's «The Last Agent» pack is available for $ 9.99 as a standalone purchase or as part of the game's Season Pass.

Along with longtime producing and writing partner Grant Heslov, Clooney took the Coen Brothers» post-Blood Simple, proto - Fargo script and married a classic Coen Brothers» plot involving greedy, inept criminals, cosmic comeuppance, and film noir homage to a woefully misguided, badly underwritten, running racial subplot that could have been safely deleted altogether or rewritten as a standalone film.

If you want to have a horror movie, though, you're better off keeping it as a standalone work.

Set after the events of Uncharted 4, and originally planned as DLC, The Lost Legacy is now being offered as a standalone title.

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will be offered as a standalone purchase on Xbox One and PC later this week, Microsoft has confirmed.

It's her Oscar - nominated debut as a standalone director, but not her first rodeo: on top of the starring roles she took in Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha (2012) and Mistress America (2015), she wrote those films with him, and collaborated early in her career on several shoestring productions by Joe Swanberg.

Sony will also release the Glacier White PS4 Pro as a standalone system in the US and Canada, sans Destiny 2.

What's extra, there are actually whispers that this Battle Royale mode may just make its method onto the Switch as a standalone liberate.

As a standalone piece, separate from the Alien franchise, this film could have met with applause from fans of somber science fiction, instead of the sneers of those who love the characters and direction as delivered through Aliens.

Taking True Grit as a standalone feature without any remake rumblings or Coen brothers expectations, it is a good film.

It's as - yet unknown, but as it's set prior to 1977's original film, A New Hope, we can surmise Han and his crew will be taking on the early days of the Empire in some form — and as a standalone film, it doesn't really have to connect to the other films in the way Rogue One chose to.

But at thirty seconds, this clip features enough footage to count as a standalone teaser.

Otherwise I'd give the film 3 stars as it is still entertaining, looks amazing, and the songs are still wonderful for newcomers, but as a standalone film it doesn't pack the emotional punch that it should, due to slightly off - putting CGI characters, unnecessary new songs and a lack of spark between Belle and the Beast.

We've seen a few video games hit the market that probably should have just stayed as a standalone title.

Beta House, as a standalone film, isn't much more than a completely raunchy regurgitation of story elements found in other frat comedies, such as Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds.

It may seem like an outspoken follow - up to his cult debut, but «Snatch» works just fine as a standalone film.

As in Iron Man 2, there's a sense that Dawn of Justice (as that subtitle implies) is a bridging device, a platform to launch a bigger cinematic universe, and as such it might work better when viewed as part of a 10 - film collection than it does as a standalone.

It introduced the world of the film while also working as a standalone story.

It doesn't exactly hew 100 % to the continuity established by the preceding three films, but as a standalone film for casual fins, it holds up relatively well, thanks in no small part to Perkins» performance.

As a standalone film, Marvel's latest superhero instalment is a mess.

As usual, this Game of the Year edition includes the main game plus all the DLCs announced for it, in the case of Bloodborne it will include the DLC «Bloodborne: The Old Hunters `, announced at Sony's Tokyo Game Show conference in September, that will be available worldwide on November 24th as a standalone DLC.

That being said, I don't think the film works as a standalone film.

As a standalone work, it is one of the best films of the year.

Naughty Bear would have been a great $ 15 Summer of Arcade game, but as a standalone retail title, I can't recommend a purchase until this hits the $ 20 bargain bin and even then your standards, or at least your expectations had better be low.

Serving up more of the same but without the surprise element of the first, Deadpool 2 is going to be another box - office smash and introduces us to one of the Marvel universes most exciting new characters in the form of Cable but there's the feeling that this franchise as a standalone entity has already spent a fair portion of its blood - soaked and pop - culture infused fuel tickets.

Taken as a standalone, minus the weight of its source material, Mockingjay Part 2 draws all of the threads of story together to a satisfying conclusion.

True but that shot is still not technically new maybe as a standalone photo yes, but the image captured from the trailer has been making rounds for quite some time.

We get to revisit favorite games with Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry releasing as a standalone game, and Rayman Legends coming out on next gen consoles.

While this film may not be all that engaging as a standalone story, it does feel like a suitable entry point into the shared monster movie universe that Universal Studios has planned.

It would be misleading to imply Uncharted 4 holds up entirely as a standalone experience.

Previously released as single player DLC for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Freedom Cry will be re-launched by Ubisoft this week as a standalone adventure.

The game also comes as a standalone title or with an included amiibo.

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I usually try to review remakes (or prequels or sequels, for that matter) on their own merit as standalone films, but it's impossible for me to do so with Disney's live - action remake of its 1991 animated take on Beauty and the Beast.

The Legendary Edition of the game will be available both as a standalone purchase and as an expansion for existing Blood Bowl 2 owners.

Exclusive characters from this handheld port of the game, like Toon Link and Tetra, will be made transferable to the original Wii U version, but so far there has been no confirmation of them being made available as standalone DLC.

It has been confirmed that owners of the Wii U game will be able to transfer the new Wind Waker characters over from the 3DS version, but developer Omega Force hasn't revealed how this will be done, or if they will be available as standalone DLC packs for those who don't want to buy the game again on the handheld.

Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, the prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, is launching as a standalone title because creator Hideo Kojima is impatient to release it — as well as give...

1st expansion and can be played as a standalone.

As a standalone film, The Phantom Menace probably won't appeal to kids raised on rapid editing and epic explosions, nor does it work as an introduction to the Star Wars universe.

As a standalone game, however, it's a merely decent dungeon crawler and the figure - scanning gimmick might actually present some redundancy and irritation for older gamers.