Sentences with phrase «disappointed by the story»

But the narrative has always been a focal point, which is why I'm simultaneously encouraged and disappointed by the story in Ground Zeroes.

Despite the fact that I absolutely loved Street Fighter V, even I was disappointed by the Story Mode, and with plenty other fighting games arriving since, it quickly slid into irrelevance.

If you were disappointed by the story and lack of side content in Earthlock: Festival of Magic, or if you never played the original and love classic turn - based JRPGs, Earthlock is definitely an RPG to keep in mind.

It's a visually beautiful game, but I was really disappointed by the story.

Indeed, many gamers and reviewers were disappointed by the story of Red Faction, but understood that the game hinged on a single feature: destructible environments as created using the Geo - Mod technology.

Not exact matches

In June, Imagination Technologies put itself up for sale after it lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by its biggest customer Apple, in a disappointing end to a once - great European tech success story.

William Blair analysts led by Ralph Schackart noted that «this quarter was a different story» than Yelp's last earnings report, when the company's guidance disappointed Wall Street's expectations and its stock fell 15 % over the following days.

Solis Doyle said she was «disappointed» by Clinton's response to the story and added that she believes Clinton agrees that she didn't punish Strider appropriately.

As a result, we find ourselves trapped in a cultural ecosystem that is constantly disappointed and overwhelmed by stories that are momentary.

It has been a completely different story under Mark Hughes who, despite his best efforts in retaining the team's resilient qualities, has a fight on his hands just to keep the Cottagers in the Premiership judging by how disappointing the first half of the season went.

Labour's disappointing result is the fourth tier story of the Eastleigh by - election.

«I think we're all saddened, alarmed, frustrated, at some level angry, disappointed, by some of the allegations» outlined in the Newsday story, Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory (D - Amityville) said at the committee meeting.

Tory MPs who have been to the seat - and many have - return with stories of a divided Conservative Association - unhappy at the estimated # 200,000 cost of the by - election campaign and disappointed that their MP is no longer set to be Home Secretary.

We lie to ourselves, tell ourselves stories why we can't, live by our excuses, continue to act in a way that makes us feel guilty, ashamed and disappointed in ourselves.

Others are disappointed by these sites, as their story did not end up being quite a bit of a win.

By the time the film reaches its climax, you aren't that intrigued, and you really just don't care about it, which is disappointing, because with its story, it should have been a lot more tense.

I too felt disappointed by the lack of the story because it made Defenders» 24 missions feel more like separate, individual missions that shared no relation with each other.

Toy Story 2 got 163 in 1999, but Rotten Tomatoes notes that Lady Bird's total will probably just keep going up from here as the movie expands out of limited release — unless it inexplicably starts getting pulled down by contrarian critics who are disappointed in its lack of Hank Hill or Lady Bird Johnson.

It's not as poignant or as rich as the comic book treatment, so those expecting a faithful adaptation will be disappointed, but it does benefit by being an isolated story that is easy for even the most casual of Superman fans to follow (indeed, it doesn't really fall under any current Superman project continuity).

It isn't a good film by any conventional stretch, but doesn't disappoint because, given the type of story that it is, it could have been far worse.

This disposable, forgettable, and all - around disappointing film will make those familiar with its true story origin irked by the squandered potential depicted on the screen.

I was expecting more from this film (after watching the engaging trailer, and knowing the screenplay is by Nick Hornby), so I got a little disappointed... It is a very decent film, the acting is flawless (Saoirse Ronan can definitely carry a film), the colours, the sets and locations, the costumes are all beautiful and the story does grab your attention... and then it ends: when it seemed the real drama would happen.

Went to see this movie, disappointing to say the least, what could have been a great story was butchered by the script and could not be resurrected by the director.

The middle story has a brilliant introduction but the tension created therein is slightly dampened by the fact that it becomes the most overtly comic part of the film, which for me was a little disappointing, but in general these are compelling mini-arcs that successfully complement the wide whole.

Fans of The Big Sick who were disappointed by its Golden Globes snubs will feel somewhat vindicated, as Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's real - life love story turned romantic comedy picked up two acting nods — for outstanding cast in a motion picture, and a separate nomination for Holly Hunter in the outstanding supporting actress category.

Friday the 13th retained its title of Most Disappointing Game of All Time by announcing that the single - player mode won't actually have a story.

Either that or people were disappointed that The Homesman wasn't the feminist Western they were expecting — it is a feminist Western, but despite Swank's strong work and the theme of women mistreated by men, this is still a story about Briggs, and the hardness of the West.

That's only for actresses) THR talks to the director of Book of Life - though disappointed by the lack of an Oscar nomination, he cherishes stories from fans about how it effected their families Towleroad arts teacher in Texas does «Uptown Funk» with students.

- Bob [DISAPPOINTED] Beautiful but oh so empty, the latest picture from Park Chan - Wook is a superbly constructed con - artist film that is weighed down by its «dirty - old - man» central story involving a secret society of pornographic literature.

The Silver Surfer is a nice story direction, still popular, born famously from the «Fantastic Four» comic book, although Surfer fans will probably be very disappointed by the depiction of Galactus (looking nothing like his comic counterpart, and not nearly as impossible to defeat).

The Lie (Director: Joshua Leonard; Screenwriters: Jeff Feuerzeig, Joshua Leonard, Mark Webber and Jess Weixler, based on the short story by T. Coraghessan Boyle)-- A man overwhelmed and disappointed with life tells a lie to avoid going to work... what could possibly go wrong?

The lack of a Blu - ray edition disappoints, but this lightweight DVD still warrants a rental for those fond of the cast or intrigued by the story.

Though even Jennifer's attacks are tame: I prefer the tense story twists of horror over gore effects, but even I was slightly disappointed by the fairly tame kill scenes and dead body effects displayed here.

But, this all changes when Harris meets Sara (Victoria Tennant), a British journalist who is in town doing a story on L.A. Harris is immediately captivated by her, but hes disappointed to learn that she is also in L.A. to see someone.

Rated of 5 by Ann Brown A Perfect View Beautifully written and hauntingly moving; this story of the life of Christina Olson, the model of the famous Andrew Wyeth painting, Christina's World, will not disappoint and more likely cause you to explore further the amazing artist and his work.

On December 20th, Forbes quoted a statement made by FBR Capital analyst David Hilal: «While the anticipation and launch of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system has been one of the most talked about technology stories of 2012, we believe initial adoption of the OS and sales of Microsoft's first tablet have been disappointing.»

Determined as she may be, however, her efforts to stand firm are marred by a story that pits her against genre - trope odds to disappointing result.

It's disappointing when the media turns a positive story into a warning that it may not be repeated again during this current time period when in reality anyone can save significant amounts of money by living within their means — which is an answer not many people would like because its too «simple» and requires a lifetime of dedication

I AM disappointed by the horror stories that have come to be associated with the American pit bull terriers, a breed of dog commonly known as the pit bull.

The main thing that disappoints me about this story is that as good as the current iteration of the game is, this was always intended by the dev as something of a 1.0 version rather than a final release.

Whilst there is a freshly remastered version of Darksiders available on the Xbox One in the form of the Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, those that have yet to finish the original on Xbox 360 won't be disappointed by a return to this month's arrival and should definitely check out the story of War when it arrives on April 1

At times it's disappointing to see what, at the time, felt like monumental choices barely effect your story in Mass Effect 3, but this is offset by when you do encounter moments where you stop and think «well, this just wouldn't have been the same if I hadn't done this and that back then.»

Whilst there is a freshly remastered version of Darksiders available on the Xbox One in the form of the Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, those that have yet to finish the original on Xbox 360 won't be disappointed by a return to this month's arrival and should definitely check out the story of War when it arrives on April 1st.

Some fans may be disappointed by the Locke - to - Chief ratio of gameplay, which is heavily weighted towards Locke, and others may take issue with how the story wraps - up (again, I'm being vague here to avoid spoilers), but both of these drawbacks have story - based reasoning behind them that make the decisions hard to criticize.

Whilst the powers allowed players to have some fun, ultimately, we were disappointed by just how brief the experience was, how very few meaningful side quests actually existed and how poorly the story was handled, in particular the good vs evil mechanic and the development of other supporting characters.

For gamers who were disappointed to how the game ended you have a chance to truly finish the story by unlocking a hidden mission.

Disappointed by the direction a story takes?

I suppose the lack of pre-showings may be seen as a good thing to those fans who wish to experience the game in full without any prior knowledge of the story line, however personally I am a little disappointed by this news.

Nintendo declined to comment when contacted by Eurogamer for this story, but boss Satoru Iwata addressed the lack of third - party support for Wii U in a recent investor Q&A session that followed the news that the console had sold a disappointing 3.45 million units worldwide since it launched in November 2012.

It's not perfect by any means (Loading times are a little much, some Frame drops in intense battles) but for me it is, especially now when games are so focused on Hollywood movie story telling, saturated with FPSs, and disappointing hype (* cough * No Mans Sky, Destiny * cough * to name a few) I just want a game that is fun to play, and Recore is just that.