Sentences with phrase «battles against characters»

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In War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy gives us the character Andrei Bolkonsky, a prince and soldier who nearly dies in battle against Napoleon.

The battle against «demon rum» became increasingly intense as the century progressed and many a Protestant minister came to believe that the chief test of a man's character was to be found in whether or not he drank spirituous liquors and that the cause of Christianity rose or fell with the fortunes of the temperance movement.

We target parents, guardians, brothers and sisters, and caregivers who are the primary characters in the battle against attachment disorder.

The former Labour comms chief has written a new novel — My Name Is — in which the lead character, a teenage girl, battles against a descent into alcoholism.

Powerful Alliance characters arrived, and the tide of battle turned against us.

Along the way, players experience the heat of gunfights and battles, meet a host of unique characters, struggle against the harshness of one of the world's last remaining wildernesses, and ultimately pick their own precarious path through an epic story about the death of the Wild West and the gunslingers that inhabited it.

Rather than a cohesive narrative, Avengers: Infinity War resembles the penultimate sequence of every Marvel Studios production that has come before, an exhausting series of ultimately futile action scenes that endlessly proclaim the goodness and importance of the supposedly heroic characters as they engage in battle against an all - powerful foe.

The initial battle of Vision and Scarlet Witch against the Black Order is rougher than I'd seen either of those characters endure before with great long angles and impact.

As you can imagine all of these little character driven stories revolve around the simple issues of sex, booze, relationships, having a good time and battling against the establishment.

The premise of the plot is very interesting as the previously establishment - orientated characters become revolutionaries and battle against the system they until then saw as sacrosanct, but the family friendly script lacks teeth and it soon degenerates into the usual CGI spaceship battles and running around with laser guns.

The same is true for battles, which — you guessed it — let you pick whatever characters you'd like (including your own original creations) and set them up against each other either in offline or online modes.

For the most part, the Russo brothers and Marvel Studios delivered on their promise to bring the disparate corners of film franchise together for a battle against Thanos, all while staying true to the characters who made the MCU so popular.

An amiable, minor crowd - pleaser, Battle Of The Sexes plays out as a pair of character studies: King, the reserved but powerfully motivated champion butting up against the insidious sexism of sports and media while coming to terms with her own sexuality; Riggs, the middle - aged compulsive gambler and clown playing the part of an exaggerated chauvinist pig for attention and publicity.

The all - new modes include a Versus Mode, where you can go head - to - head along with Quest Mode, where players customize a party of their favorite characters to take across fields and into dungeons for music - based battles against series bosses and Classic Battle Mode from the first game.

You'll be able to team up with A.I. allies and go against A.I. bots in a 10 - vs - 10 battle, or control a Hero character and go up against a lot of foes.

Numerous battle sequences occur with characters fighting against each other in spaceships or hand - to - hand combat.

The character that you spent with during the story missions is the exact character that you take into battle against other players.

The new version of the character is a Vegas stage magician, who gets roped (kind of) into a battle against a vampire (Colin Farrell) by a high school kid, played by Anton Yelchin.

It's a gigantic brawl between the forces of Marvel and the forces of Capcom, with 56 characters to pit against each other in 3 - on - 3 battles.

While Brad may be in a constant battle against himself, an internal battle White reveals through near constant voiceover narration — a tricky device best - suited to the first - person novel and not a cinematic character study — White repeatedly opts for the mundane observation, the banal realization.

The movie's main concern is the characters» subversive battle against deranged prejudice, using the best available tools to fight oppression: Giving a voice to the voiceless and revealing the humanity of those who have been methodically painted otherwise by bigots in positions of power and influence.

The character lives in a dystopian world where the Church rules over the last remnants of humanity left after a centuries - long war against the vampires - a battle which is anything but over.

As Thanos smiles and stares out over a sunrise, at peace with his devastating decision to commit mass slaughter in order to prevent the galaxy's resources from being used up via overpopulation, it's difficult not to wonder how Marvel would resurrect some of these characters, not to mention have them battle back against the despotic conqueror.

This time Roth's character has however been injected by super-soldier juice and is well on his way to becoming The Abomination, an over-sized monster against which the Hulk faces off in a no - holds barred epic battle at the movie's climax.

The character fits with the helmer's stated desire for continuity and preference to pit Bruce Wayne against «realistic» villains, as opposed to cartoonish nemeses such as Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, whom Batman battled in Joel Schumacher's 1997 misfire «Batman and Robin.»

Roam the lands of Skyrim and battle against awakened dragons, draugr, and all manner of enemies while working your way through immersive quests and a deep character advancement system.

The arcade mode feels a bit short, only offering five battles against random opponents, though the final boss characters can give you a run for your money.

You'll be able to battle against and with some well - known characters from Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

Over the course of the downloadable content, players can gradually accrue followers — allied, AI - controlled characters — who will help them in a battle against a tough boss character.

Veteran action - RPG players well schooled in the mechanics of their favorite genre face a bit an un-learning curve in Monster Hunter, because the usual tactics of leveling a character and squaring off against an enemy for a frantic battle to the death will not be rewarded for long.

Players create a team of three characters for others to face - off against in computer controlled battles, complete with a comical fast - forward feature.

Transformers: War for Cybertron takes players to the final moments of the grand civil war that will determine the survival of the entire Transformers race. Fans will be able to explore the Transformers war - ravaged home planet in full 3D environments for the first time, armed with a diverse arsenal of high - tech weaponry and the ability to convert instantly from robot to vehicle form at any time as they engage in heart - pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, third - person action shooter. Complete with several multiplayer modes,  Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in / drop out online co-op, and also create their own Transformers character for competitive head - to - head multiplayer modes, choosing among four distinct character classes, personalizing their characterâ $ ™ s look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities. Additionally, the game introduces Escalation, a four - player online co-op mode that allows gamers to fight together as their favorite Autobots or Decepticons against increasing waves of enemies utilizing strong teamwork to survive.

Over the course of ten years and 18 films, Marvel Studios has slowly built up its cinematic universe, putting vast amounts of time, money, and effort into introducing and developing its plethora of characters, all of which has been leading up to the point where they would finally come together to do battle against the most dangerous foe any of them has ever come across.

Each character will have a collection of «Battle Arts», which are attacks to unleash against their opponents.

Features Include: — Fight as 25 Street Fighter characters (three new characters and six more coming as free updates)-- Higher resolution graphics and wide screen support — Intuitive virtual pad controls allow players to execute full move sets including Unique Attacks, Special Moves, Focus Attacks, Super Combos and Ultra Combos — Take your game to the next level with a MFi controller like the Gamevice — Battle head - to - head against players from around the world via Wi - Fi — Single player «arcade» and multiplayer modes — Unleash super moves with a tap of the «SP» button — Four levels of difficulty

You'll be able to see on the screen which enemies around the map your current character will fare well against in battle, and who puts you at a disadvantage.

The film is the seventh in the franchise and sees the characters from the original X-Men films joining forces with the younger versions of themselves to battle against time and save the future.

The game is co-developed by Arc System Works, a well known name in anime fighters, and pits characters from the Dragon Ball universe against each other in epic battles.

The film could never feature a giant battle against an army of aliens... or really an army of any kind, but it succeeded by focusing on character — which made it uproariously funny thanks to the sheer awesomeness of its titular hero, but also unique within the genre.

They battle against various characters, including the power hungry Roderick, played by Stanley Tucci and also the gargantuan giant, General Fallon, played by Bill Nighy.

Outside of the story modes, you can expect your standard Arcade mode, Practice, which of course just training, and Treasure Battle, a marathon game - type where you face off against AI players to rank up and earn rare gear to equip your characters with.

Mario steps onto the court in classy tennis garb for intense rallies against a variety of characters in full - blown tennis battles.

The characters in The Realm of Hungry Spirits, while permanently connected to one another, battle tooth and nail over just about everything: women against machismo, family against family.

The second battle against Princess Cologne as well will remind fans of such other manga as Zatch Bell and Hyde & Closer, with the character designs and themes of the bad guys.

In order to advance, players battle in turn - based, head - to - head «match - three» style puzzle games in one of three distinct gameplay modes: Single - player allows gamers to battle against the computer AI as they embark on over 150 challenging quests, Instant Action allows gamers to jump in and immediately play continuous battles to level - up characters without participating in quests, and Multiplayer allows gamers to battle live opponents via wireless connectivity.

Sadly this lack of any intelligence shows up in the boss battles too; epic fights against Wolverine or Gambit should be a deadly dance of death, but in reality both characters have just a few simple moves at their disposal and have a rather peculiar tendency to attack absolutely nothing, leaving the locked in an attack animation where you can happily batter them black and blue.

- Dragon Ball Fusions gets a third update on December 7 - a special quest that will be added - players go investigate a distortion in the space - time continuum, and quickly find out it's caused by Goku Black - trying to get control of all dimensions in order to annihilate mankind - quest includes a series of online challenges - offers special rewards to get - get something simply by participating (such as new characters) Challenge # 1 (December 7th to December 13th)- Challenge: battle against Goku Black (deal as much damage as possible)- Participation reward: Super Saiyan Trunks (Super)- Rank reward: Light Sword (a new special move for Super Saiyan Trunks (Super)-RRB-- Clear reward: new title (Mother's Spirit) Challenge # 2 (December 14th to December 20th)- Challenge: battle against Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta (defeat him as many times as possible)- Participation reward: Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta - Rank reward: Final Kamehameha (a new special move for Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta)- Clear reward: new title (Savior) Challenge 3 (December 21st to December 27th)- Challenge: battle against Fusion Zamasu (defeat him as fast as possible)- Participation reward: Fusion Zamasu - Rank reward: Holy Wrath (unlock a new special move for Fusion Zamasu)- Clear reward: new title (The One Who Felled God)

Bordeu also saw fit to tease us with the knowledge that they have two boss battles working, one involving shooting parachuting «things,» while the other is all about «fighting against heavy characters using bashing weapons.»

Fortnite isn't just an online game; there is also story mode where you battle against progressively harder AI characters, and use micro-transactions to buy your way to glory; but online is truly where the magic happens with this game.

The video goes on to show the three factions that will do battles against each other, as well as the tag team function which is different for each character type.