Sentences with phrase «character portraits»

They are by no means bad, but most of the graphics are just character portraits in front of a background.

The game's story is told mostly through character portraits on - screen talking and interacting with each other.

These levels can be found in secret areas and collecting all the silver in them unlocks a new character portrait.

The story is mostly presented in visual novel style cutscenes with character portraits.

The story, told through character portraits with corresponding dialog, doesn't ever make much of an impact, as the characters are fairly one - note and interesting plot developments are scarce.

There is also a bizarre sexual tension between the two characters, which when combined with the creepy character portraits, makes it seems like they were not originally intended to be siblings.

Start with something simple, such as science - art murals or story character portraits.

Plus: a giant slot machine pops up in the middle of battle and matching character portraits gives you super attacks.

The main tweaks on this front are a new anime opening, some nice art at pivotal story moments, and new character portraits; the latter of which has been a bit controversial.

The cutscenes are now replaced with character portraits that turn into talking heads.

(Unrated) Poignant character portrait of a lonely cleaning lady (Shinobu Terajima) who travels from Tokyo to Southern California to search for the English teacher (Josh Hartnett) she has a crush on.

The anime style art used for character portraits as well as still scenes is also top - quality.

Earlier today, a fresh batch of character portraits for the upcoming Justice League movie was released by Warner Bros..

Some of these improvements include an improved interface, a new world map, new character portraits by Shigenori Soejima, a new difficulty level selection choice and the all new Climax Theater.

The Secret Scripture (PG - 13 for sexuality, profanity and mature themes) Poignant character portrait of a mental patient (Rooney Mara) forced to vacate the psychiatric hospital she's called home for a half - century because it's slated to be flattened by a wrecking ball.

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror — Remastered takes the original game and updates it to run on new operating systems, as well as adding character portraits drawn by legendary English comic book artist Dave Gibbons.

For all its emphasis on customization, it's a bit disappointing to see the game retain the generic character portraits used in earlier installments, especially now that other areas of the presentation, like enemy characters, have been improved.

But that would start to change in the mid-20th century, when psychiatrist Hervey Cleckley published The Mask of Sanity, providing character portraits of psychopaths in his care at Georgia's University Hospital.

Like the other games in the Disgaea series this is a predominantly 2D affair featuring detailed character portraits during cut scenes and dialogue sections, while expressive chibi - style sprites adorn the various battle locations during combat missions.

The game will feature high - definition character and monster illustrations, customizable party creation (with 90 different character portraits, 5 different races and 8 different classes), and sub-class flexibility via special items.

Mark Wahlberg plays a man sprinting down the path of self - destruction in The Gambler, a bitter character portrait set in the seedy world of L.A. underground betting.

The compelling character portrait borders on the claustrophobic in its effort to plumb the depths of Cathleen's tortured soul as she debates whether or not she's meant to enter the order.

Belgravia will also be available on July 5 after all the installments have been released online, but the digital packages will include bonus features like character portraits and period fashions.

The novelty of having a real homeless junkie play a version of herself drives «Heaven Knows What,» a gritty character portrait of heroin - addict life in New York today.

It's a solid character portrait set out West, where cinematographer Joshua James Richards ably captures the harsh beauty of the landscape.

The appealing menu creatively animates frames from the film and character portraits while a western - meets - video game score excerpt plays.

As it did with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Vanity Fair has given us a peek at the characters of Star Wars: The Last Jedi with a series of covers featuring character portraits from celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Even when character portraits did make it into a few games in a pixelated form (such as in the party menus of Final Fantasy IV and VI), they never appeared alongside dialogue bubbles in cutscenes, and they were tweaked a bit from the original watercolors and brought more in line with the sprite art, here's Terra from Final Fantasy VI:

Hidden Achievement launched a Kickstarter for the Pictodon Character Portrait Creator on February 22, 2015.

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So we had this brainstorming session where we came up with the idea of having these classic video game character portraits come in, and that really solidified the whole aesthetic for the game as sort of like a Mad Max, Heavy Metal, post-apocalyptic sci - fi solar system trodding, strange fantasy experience.»

Elle may leave you feeling conflicted or even angry about what it shows — proof that Verhoeven, even working in this restrained stylistic register, has not lost his capacity to shock — but there's no doubt at all about Huppert, whose extraordinarily detailed character portrait makes this difficult to dismiss as just a provocation.

There are certainly issues when it comes to controls and visuals — the game has become kind of a punching bag among the retro scene for its intensely muddy character portraits among other things — but its ambitions are still something to be admired.

As the world picks over the Iraq Inquiry's final report, three fascinating character portraits have emerged.

The back and forth between Elwes and Whannell, and their realizations about their predicament, work as a captivating character portrait of two men fighting for their lives.

Click here to check out Johnson and Dornan's cover shot and first collection of photos, and here for six additional «bonus character portraits.»

Character portraits lack finesse and personality.

But there's nothing despairing here, just a certain sort of joy in witnessing such an honest, messy character portrait.

A fairly straightforward character portrait without any real analysis or message, this biopic succeeds because of the translucent performance by Meryl Streep.

While it starts out as a strong character portrait, it soon morphs into a hard - to - believe sequence of events in which either Cecil or his son is present, Zelig - like, at every single pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.

Yet it's not always clear what Larraín is setting out to do in this handsomely mounted character portrait, other than showcase an elaborately mannered performance by Natalie Portman as the grief - numbed former first lady.

Chapter Two: Scafaria Scores with Sarandon in Earnest Character Portrait Writer - director Lorene Scafaria manages her most...

In fact, the story presentation itself is done in the most lazy and boring manner possible, with dialog being spout off by the same character portraits for each speaker — no emoting — and this going back and forth until they come up with a reason to fight.

It's a matter of record that Jonny Greenwood earned an Oscar nomination for scoring Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread... but a significant piece of music that sets the tone for this moody character portrait is Victor Young's «My Foolish Heart,» played by pianist Oscar Peterson.

Academy Award - winning documentarian Alex Gibney («Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,» «Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer») has quickly evolved as a filmmaker synonymous with rise and fall character portraits.

Between the artsy character portraits, the lush maps, the beautiful battles and the excellent use of 3D, Awakening is by far the best looking game I've seen on the 3DS at this point and perhaps the most visually stunning title in the entire series.

Nasally - endowed Lawford is a tad wobbly as the show's pseudo - journalist / host, but his celebrity status lowers the guard of his subjects, and we get some intriguing firsthand character portraits.

Inventively comedic, its droll moments of melodrama reflect bleak social commentary as well as a successfully mocking character portrait, Marguerite is Giannoli's strongest title to date and an excellent reflection of Ms. Frot's considerable talents.