Sentences with phrase «centuries old battle»

Fire Emblem Fates smartly revises a quarter - century old battle system and offers ever more reasons to care about your little chess pieces, but neither version does enough to welcome new players.

Not exact matches

Sounds like you're fighting the same old battles that we in the old - line mainstream churches have fought for centuries!

Why, you have the god given right to believe in talking snakes, knowledge and eternal life giving fruit, centuries old people, a flood that required at least a pair of every animal to be stuffed on a boat that was not viable, a tower, god was afraid would reach all the way to heaven, a zombie messiah, unicorns, satyrs, and a leviathan god does battle with.

And the 83 - year - old, facing what many see as an uphill battle, was left to reflect, in a wide - ranging interview, on what could be an unceremonious end to a nearly half - century - long political career.

Modern mathematical techniques — similar to those used to analyse social - networking websites — have allowed academics to shed new light on a centuries old debate surrounding the Viking age in Ireland and the famous battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Richard and his best friend Julian (Ewen Bremner) help the group recreate centuries - old battles with all the realism their limited finances can muster, but Richard's wife Cath (Jessica Hynes) has lost her patience with him spending so much time with the Broadswords and so little time around the house.

It's the same - old, same - old of charging into battle from half a century ago.

WINTER»S TALE is set in a mythic New York City and spans more than a century, with the fantasy story filled with miracles, crossed destinies, and the age - old battle between good and evil.

To capture elements of the battles and storms at sea, despite the replica vessels at his command (Surprise was a replica of HMS Rose, bought by 20th Century Fox after filming, it now resides at the Maritime Museum in San Diego; Acheron was constructed for the film from digital scans of the USS Constitution, the oldest floating commissioned vessel in the world), it was necessary for Weir to engage with a greater degree of VFX than he was used to previously.

«Wonder Woman: Grace & Power» (6:48) admires Wonder Woman's fight moves and centuries - old battle attire.

Synopsis: Set in a mythical New York City and spanning more than a century, WINTER»S TALE is about miracles, crossed destinies and the age - old battle between good and evil.

In this would - be utopia, a group of hackers takes on a centuries - old mystic society, and battles for control over humanity's fate.

That's because — let's face it — people don't play these particular games for the back story about how the Knights Templar and the Assassin Brotherhood have been in a centuries - old battle, between the most extreme philosophy of order and the most permissive extent of freedom.

In addition to the Acropolis and Olympia, you'll also visit ancient Corinth, dating back to the 8th century BC and the place where St. Paul preached; the ruins in Mycenae, dating from 1,350 to 1,200 BC and described by Homer; the amazingly well - preserved, 2,300 - year - old open - air theater in Epidaurus; and Thermopylae, where the battle between the Greeks and Persians took place in 480 BC.In ancient Greece, people traveled to Delphi to seek the wisdom from the Oracle.

Small hand nets lay scattered around as the fishermen fought a centuries - old battle with local sea birds as to who would win the spoils of the day.

History fans will enjoy the battle sites of the century - long «border warsâ $; a trip to Graaff - Reinet, South Africa's fourth oldest town with more national monuments than any other city in South Africa; and an expedition to Barkley East to see exceptional examples of ancient San rock art.

As you've probably experienced by now, after playing the Pre-Alpha build of the game, Battle Princess Madelyn is a 21st Century homage to old - school classics such as the beloved Ghouls... Read more

Just outside D.C., there's an iconic battle underway, pitting the dirty old 20th century vs. the clean, green urban 21st century.