Sentences with word «engrossing»

This hugely entertaining documentary tells the surprisingly engrossing story of a beloved cable channel in Los Angeles.

Reading a King novel as engrossing as this is a little like backing in a car with parking assist: after a while, you just take your hands off the wheel and the pages practically turn themselves.»

But it appears like both Nintendo and the third - party publishers and developers it's partnered with are working much harder to please gamers looking for more engrossing experiences.

While each entry has tweaked the basic rules of the franchise, one aspect has remained unchained: Bangai - O centers on pushing a unfathomable number of sprites around the screen to create one of the most engrossing experiences in gaming.

Fast Travel Games is a VR Games studio founded by industry veterans located in Stockholm, focusing on high quality games for PSVR, Vive, Rift and Windows MR.. We've just launched the critically acclaimed game Apex Construct and want to continue to build rich games in engrossing game worlds where players like to spend a lot of time.

Their knack for creating games with engrossing stories and

Now firstly, Remedy knows how to tell stories and as far as engrossing tales with a character - centric narrative and suspenseful, often emotional developments goes, Quantum Break is probably their best work yet.

Matchweek 4 of the 2014/15 Barclays Premier League campaign kicks off with the most engrossing of encounters, which, apart from the supporters of both these elite English clubs, will have most football fanatics around the world glued to their TV sets this Saturday afternoon.

Maggie Smith, Clive Owen and their cast mates make for engrossing entertainment.

On its way to a climax that ends every plot strand on an unrealistically upbeat and pat note, Happy Tears loses sight of what made the film so engrossing in the first place.

As humor, history, and adventure weave a series of uncommon experiences, armchair travelers receive a thoroughly engrossing read...

Capcom set out to do something very unique with these games, and it has done a brilliant job crafting an amazingly designed game that is just as capable of engrossing gamers as it is alienating them.

But once readers dive in and allow themselves to become fully immersed in the narratives, they'll be in for one of the most engrossing novels of the summer.

Its fluid action and bustling open world full of character will draw you in, while the deeply engrossing narrative will keep you hooked until the emotionally fuelled finale.

A visually stunning and totally engrossing film captures the life of artist and naturalist John James Audubon, emphasizing his creative genius and lasting legacy as the creator of The Birds of America, a collection of life - size bird prints.

With its flowing, open approach to mission structure, thoroughly engrossing story and gorgeous visuals, this is the kind of game that all others should strive to be.

Intimacy & Desire is an easy - to - read engrossing book written for the general public, based around couples» stories.

I really had to use my brainpower to solve a couple of the cases that I encountered and that's when I knew that I was dealing with a game that was focused on engrossing gameplay and presenting the player with something more than just matching the same colored candy pieces.

What garnered so much attention for Ocarina of Time was the fact that it was the first Zelda title to be released entirely in 3D, with sprawling dungeons filled with puzzles, Side Quests, collectables, and a deeply engrossing storyline that is still considered one of the Franchise's best.

Using dialogue in the most economic fashion possible, writer Leigh Wannell packs the power into engrossing action lines, which sometimes go on for pages.

Though the movie doesn't exactly open with a lot of promise - Hemsworth's character is, for example, first glimpsed seducing a nurse à la James Bond - Rush eventually settles to become a consistently engrossing drama that boasts a handful of genuinely exciting racing sequences (although, by that same token, it's hard not to wish that filmmaker Ron Howard had spent a little more time on the individual races).

In viewing, you'll find a totally engrossing story and reason to examine your life with eyes washed clean.

Mendoza exacerbates the movie's less - than - engrossing atmosphere by employing an almost impossibly off - putting visual sensibility, while the total lack of momentum, coupled with an increasingly incoherent narrative, ensures that the viewer has checked out long before the laughably nonsensical conclusion rolls around.

RBG, Betsy West and Julie Cohen's engrossing documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is clearly meant to praise the 85 - year - old Supreme Court justice, and it does a fine job of it.

Gamers ask more and more from their video games, feeding the need for a deeply engrossing experience with complex character development and outstanding delivery.

In a new promotion Barnes & Noble offers a $ 5 gift card if you buy two or more Nook books from Engrossing Fiction Instant Collection.

Yakuza 6 retains the over the top combat that we've come to expect from this franchise while giving us a deep emotionally engrossing plot filled with memorable new and old characters.

Concerned with fathers and sons, expectations and dreams, ideals and reality, this completely engrossing film gets more involving as it goes on.

- Heidi W. Durrow «An utterly engrossing portrayal of Zelda Fitzgerald and the legendary circles in which she moved.

There's something surprisingly engrossing about watching first person footage and seeing your own arms stretch out in front of you.

The still, sequential style makes for some really tense moments where you're not sure what's going to happen next where, unlike a real comic book, you can't accidentally catch a glimpse of the next few panels.The heavy subject matter and somewhat gruesome elements won't be for everybody but if gritty crime drama is your thing, and you like the aesthetic, it is a very engrossing adventure game.

That the film was allowed to blow out to a hefty 138 minutes is unnecessary, and trimming of chase sequence flab might have allowed for a tighter and more engrossing thriller.

More engrossing work from a gifted practitioner of narrative nonfiction.»

Hans Zimmer once again has his hands in the music department and you'll find the soundtrack very engrossing while not overbearing.

Like many others, Japanese Role Playing Games made up a good portion of my gaming library simply because they offered engrossing stories, charismatic characters and some of the most engaging gameplay ever made possible in a video game.

Elysium: Neill Blomkamp's followup to 2009's District 9 is an improvement in virtually every regard, with Elysium's smart storyline heightened by Matt Damon's stirring performance and a plethora of engrossing action sequences.

While the film is a thoroughly engrossing portrayal of politics in its most rudimentary shape, it is also a rousing representation of the concept of democracy at its best and most potent.

In his thoroughly engrossing debut novel, British writer Andrew Michael Hurley provides a chilling masterclass in gothic suspense.

An unparalleled sense of style, superb turn - based combat, some truly compelling characters and themes and a genuinely engrossing world make Persona 5 not only one of the best JRPGs ever made, but also one of the finest games in years.

If you like James Patterson you'll love Willow Rose.An engrossing mystery from the Queen of Scream.

Critics Consensus: Plagues And Pleasures is a thoroughly engrossing account, both humorous and disheartening, of a once bustling community ravaged by ecological change and human greed.

«Patterson does an excellent job of delineating the very complex politics in the Middle East from all sides, but the result is that the book is more informative than it is pulse - pounding... But the threat Patterson imagines is frighteningly realistic, and the result is a thoroughly engrossing look at a complex and volatile region.»

For those not already versed in the lore of Adolf Hitler «sfinal days, the intimacy, immediacy and bunker - mentality minutia of «Downfall «may make for truly engrossing cinema.

Even the tamest shots become engrossing as they deliver performances layered with gradations of humor and heart.

Atlantis successfully builds upon the mediocre base it's debut year left behind, to become a more engrossing show with a progressive story, plenty of entertainment, and a cast that is really quite admirable.

It's a solid setup that's employed to consistently engrossing effect by director Matthew Saville, as the filmmaker does a superb job of establishing the various characters and setting the familiar yet compelling storyline into motion - with the movie's compulsively watchable vibe heightened by a string of stellar performances.

The result is a satisfying film, just coherent enough, just engrossing enough to cover for the tedious by - the - book slog of even the best Harry Potter films.s

As the story progresses, the film manages to become quite engrossing, but it is a bit disconcerting that it can be so compelling and repugnant at the same time.

Director David O. Russell penned the screenplay based on a novel by Matthew Quick and they created rich, multifaceted characters and a wholly engrossing tale in which these complicated souls interact.