Sentences with phrase «by classics of the genre»

99Vidas is a side - scrolling Beat»em up inspired by the classics of the genre of the late 1980s and 1990s, such as Double Dragon, Final Fight, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage, featuring hand - drawn sprites and sound samples to emulate the look and feel of the 16 - bit era.

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The only rock Christian songs I really like include many by U2, «Spirit in the Sky» by Norman Greenbaum, and «One Toke Over the Line» by Brewer and Shipley, None of these groups were part of the Christian music genre, but their songs are classics.

The game is based on the novel of the same name by award - winning author, Christopher Brookmyre, and sees the player take on the role of protagonist Heather Quinn as she negotiates a variety of levels, all of which reference classic games and genres of years gone by.

War, the Game is a title that all strategy lovers should try out at least once in order to see how smaller teams can innovate by taking the classic concepts of the genre and turning them into something new.

By focusing on the core themes of exploration and high - intensity combat while treating you to lush graphics and multiplane complexity, Shadow Complex is an excellent current - generation take on a classic gaming genre.

The Sting is one of director's George Roy Hill's best films and it remains a classic of the genre due to the fact that it's simple, yet has a very well written script and is supported by a great cast.

At only ninety minutes, it feels like director West, the helmer of genre classic CON AIR (and the pretty fun second EXPENDABLES movie) was shackled by the budget.

The fact that «Scary Movie 4,» like its predecessor, is directed by David Zucker is rather depressing, given that Zucker helmed classics in the parody genre, including «Top Secret,» two of the three «Naked Gun» films, and the granddaddy of them all, «Airplane!»

The highly - anticipated project will feature worlds crafted by the artists behind the genre's most beloved classics, plus a dream soundtrack created in collaboration with legendary composers David Wise (Donkey Kong Country series), Steve Burke (Kameo: Elements of Power) and Grant Kirkhope (Banjo - Kazooie series).

By mixing in action - RPG gameplay and a classic JRPG storyline, Dragon Quest Builders gives those who might be overwhelmed by the limitless potential of virtual crafting and creation a (often literal) blueprint to find joy in the genrBy mixing in action - RPG gameplay and a classic JRPG storyline, Dragon Quest Builders gives those who might be overwhelmed by the limitless potential of virtual crafting and creation a (often literal) blueprint to find joy in the genrby the limitless potential of virtual crafting and creation a (often literal) blueprint to find joy in the genre.

It is perfectly watchable, but by no means a classic of the genre.

It's a classic film, not a masterpiece by any means, but the elements of mystery, romance, and humor are so strong in all departments, there's few in its class as far as this genre goes.

Reeves had action classics in his filmography with Point Break, Speed and The Matrix, but this was by far the most definitive entry of his in the genre.

Factory's «Roger Corman's Cult Classics» line of drive - in classics and exploitation items presents a pair of standouts that are both superb examples of their respective genres and early works by major American film Classics» line of drive - in classics and exploitation items presents a pair of standouts that are both superb examples of their respective genres and early works by major American film classics and exploitation items presents a pair of standouts that are both superb examples of their respective genres and early works by major American film artists.

Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Battle Chasers: Nightwar — Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the console genre greats, featuring deep dungeon diving and turn - based combat presented in classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.

When I first properly developed a love of the genre, I was spoilt by the wealth of classic and new titles being released by Hong Kong Legends, a DVD label that started in 1999 which specialised in Hong Kong action movies.

Who would have thought that a game inspired by the classic 8 - bit side scrolling genre can still find a place in the 21st century of gaming.

While earlier Kaurismäki films like Shadows In Paradise and The Man Without A Past were deadpan, blue - collar subversions of melodramatic plot points and classic film genres, this is pure self - commentary, best appreciated by fans.

An American Werewolf in London is one of those flicks oft - referenced by filmmakers when describing a perfect marriage of genres (and a classic soundtrack).

Film noir was always a cynical and dark (thematically and literally) genre, but 1949 saw the end of the first wave of classic noir films being replaced by the far rawer and more violent wave of B - grade noirs by the likes of directors such as Joseph H Lewis, Robert Aldrich and Samuel Fuller.

It's got all the classic trappings of an adult - skewing thriller success, but that genre has fallen by the wayside in recent years.

An exemplary example of not only the courtroom drama but the murder mystery thriller sets of sub genres, Gregory Hoblit's 1996 classic Primal Fear is a movie that to this day stands the test of time thanks to an anchoring turn by the once A listing Richard Gere and the firecracker debut by the ever young Edward Norton in his freakishly good role of troubled, murder accused youth Aaron Stampler.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG - 13 for action, violence and brief sensuality) Mash - up of the horror and romance genres yielding a parody of the Jane Austen classic in which a headstrong heroine (Lily James) finds herself being courted by an aristocrat (Sam Neill) raised from the dead during a zombie outbreak.

Adding a slick contempo sheen to the Texas Chain Saw Massacre template (thereby ignoring the grimy, low - budget look that made that 1974 classic so disturbing), this finds two college - age siblings (well - played by Gina Philips and Justin Long), stranded in the middle of Nowhere, USA, stopping to investigate when they spot a menacing figure dropping bodies down a pipe (their reasons for not calling the police are witless even beyond the low - ebb demands of the slasher genre).

But even as we are appreciating what is successful, starting with the impeccable work of Irons, Rampling and Schoenaerts, it's hard not to notice that the level of intensity, intelligence and involvement here does not reach the level of classic all - in spy movies like the Bourne films or Tomas Alfredson's «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy» and Anton Corbijn's «A Most Wanted Man,» both based on novels by the genre's master, John le Carré.

: For all of the body parts that Stephen King has torn asunder in his numerous books and film adaptations, it's ironic that two of the most beloved movies ever about male bonding come from his book «Different Seasons» — a «Body» that spawned the CSI Our Gang of «Stand By Me,» and the prison breakout that lay behind «Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,» Wisely shortened to the last three titles by writer - filmmaker Frank Darabont, this 1994 classic of an unbreakable man slowly chiseling his way out of a Maine hellhole over the course of decades stands as not only the most soulful film in an understandably macho prison break genre, but also as a film that many rightfully consider to be one of the best movies ever madBy Me,» and the prison breakout that lay behind «Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,» Wisely shortened to the last three titles by writer - filmmaker Frank Darabont, this 1994 classic of an unbreakable man slowly chiseling his way out of a Maine hellhole over the course of decades stands as not only the most soulful film in an understandably macho prison break genre, but also as a film that many rightfully consider to be one of the best movies ever madby writer - filmmaker Frank Darabont, this 1994 classic of an unbreakable man slowly chiseling his way out of a Maine hellhole over the course of decades stands as not only the most soulful film in an understandably macho prison break genre, but also as a film that many rightfully consider to be one of the best movies ever made.

It employs the genre of the classic British murder mystery, as defined by Agatha Christie: Guests and servants crowd a great country house, and one of them is murdered.

She Done Him Wrong (1933), written by and starring Mae West, doesn't quite fit in the screwball genre of the rest of the films, but it's a classic directed by the underrated Lowell Sherman and featuring a very young Car Grant.

WHY: After taking the festival circuit by storm with their home invasion thriller, «You're Next,» the writer - director duo of Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett seemed poised to deliver another cult classic with this low - budget genre flick.

Gothic horror was in the air, you might say, in those days: Witness the roughly coeval resurgence of the genre at England's Hammer Films, with their muscular and bloody take on classic Universal monsters (Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula), as well as the cycle of gaudily decadent Edgar Allan Poe adaptations helmed by Roger Corman (House of Usher).

Anyway, you're awarded by letting bullets graze you which is reminiscent of a few classics in the genre.

The uncomplicated yet ingeniously knotted plot takes a classic noir murder — a man killing his lover's husband so they can be together — strips away the genre clichés and infuses the film with the introspective moodiness, dynamic camerawork, unadorned location shots, and stylized but emotionally naked performances that would become a hallmark of the New Wave pictures that followed by Francois Truffaut, Jean - Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer and Malle himself.

Some genre purists would certainly take issue with such an obvious effort to create new material by fusing the icons of literary classics, but Sommers» adrenalized upgrading for modern audiences isn't that different from Siodmak's first venture; the former's just over-cranked and way louder (aided by Alan Silvestri's outrageously bombastic score) in a 5.1 mix guaranteed to work out your home's subwoofer.

Here are just a few other great examples, which run the gamut from light - hearted to more serious: The classic book in the «body swap» genre is, of course, Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers.

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia, a travelogue by the American novelist Paul Theroux, is now considered a classic of the genrBy Train Through Asia, a travelogue by the American novelist Paul Theroux, is now considered a classic of the genrby the American novelist Paul Theroux, is now considered a classic of the genre.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the console genre - greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn - based combat presented in classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.

Thimbleweed Park is a new game that cuts to the core of what made classic point & click adventure games so special, and done by the actual people who spawned the genre.

Created by the team behind mobile kart racing classics such as the Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart - series and Konami Krazy Racing, Cracking Sands represents the next step in the evolution of the genre.

The highly - anticipated project will feature environments and characters crafted by the artists behind the genre's most beloved classics, plus a dream soundtrack created in collaboration with legendary composers David Wise (Donkey Kong Country series), Steve Burke (Kameo: Elements of Power) and Grant Kirkhope (Banjo - Kazooie series).

Butcher is a fast - paced 2D shooter and a blood - soaked love letter to the cult classics of the genre, developed by Transhuman Design — the studio behind Soldat and King Arthur's Gold.

More than most genres, atmospheric horror (often just walking simulation with jump scares) is cramming both fists up the industry's blowhole, with thousands upon thousands of ill - conceived half - finished and buggy «games,» choking out would - be classics and keeping them unknown despite great work by dedicated developers.

Everything about the game is exactly what you could have expected about a classic RPG that followed the fundamentals of the genre as laid out by the original Dragon Quest games.

Konami tried to do the mech genre justice with the Zone of the Enders series (also made by Kojima), and even revitalized classics, like they did with Gradius V.

Taking its influences from the classic point & click adventures of old and bringing new things from games developed by Telltale, The Council has the potential to be something familiar but with an original twist and bringing new ideas to the genre.

Inspired by the «Father of the Survival Horror Genre» classic from Atari and H.P. Lovecraft, Alone in the Dark: Illumination ™ reinvents the series» game style into a terrifying, new action - horror experience.

Brazilian developer Joymasher will team up with The Arcade Crew, a new publishing label from DotEmu, to release Blazing Chrome, a side - scrolling shooter with a look and feel inspired by several classics of the genre (such as Contra III: The Alien Wars, Conra: Hard Corps, and Metal Slug):

Eastward comes from tiny three - person Shanghai developer Pixpil, and is inspired by genre classics Mother and The Legend of Zelda, with a 90s anime look.

-- formed by Chrono Trigger (not present on the SNES Classic, sadly), EarthBound and today's title as the shining examples of the genre.

System Shock is a faithful reboot of the genre defining classic from 1994 built by a team of industry veterans.

Lovingly built to be enjoyed by newcomers and genre veterans alike, Danmaku Unlimited 3 is a perfect medley of the best aspects of classic Bullet Hell shooters wrapped up in a modern and approachable package.