Sentences with phrase «few games of the series»

Their play in the final few games of this series will be dissected, but the injury to John Gibson was likely the start of their undoing.

Not exact matches

After a few months playing, things were starting to click and I was starting to have good results, a few of the players in the game suggested I go to the World Series of Poker in Vegas.

These two teams were separated by only one point during the regular season, and the difference between them has been razor thin over the last few seasons, with Montreal holding a slight edge of 12 - 10 in the previous 22 games in this head - to - head series.

The Dodgers took a few uppercuts to the chin in Game 2, in the form of four home runs from an Astros offense that was mostly dormant since the start of the American League Championship Series.

(You can imagine few scenarios in which any of these teams peel a game off of the Rockets or Warriors, but roughly zero in which the series are actually competitive.)

Unders are now 21 -14-7 since 2005 in these series - clinching games and we've highlighted potential factors before: In addition to teams possibly being more focused and defensive - minded, referees historically call fewer penalties in Game 7 of a series, which on average results in fewer power plays and goals.

A series of excellent saves in the last few games have done wonders for his confidence, and he looks a completely different player.

In the series A History of the LOOGY, published in 2005, Hardball Times writer Steve Treder defined a «hard - core LOOGY» as a lefthanded relief pitcher who appears in at least 20 games in a season and averages less than one inning and fewer than 0.2 saves per game.

«So once we realised that, we figured that we could just spend a few bob on buying the rights to this old sixties card game, let their imaginations do most of the work, and siphon the rest of the massive budget off into a series of untraceable offshore bank accounts.

A Top 2 spot is huge for a few reasons: 1) Those 2 teams essentially get a Bye to the Elite 8 of All Sports Series, 2) they also get to play each other in an Opening Round Hoops game where the Winner gets to pick their side of the bracket for the Remainder of the Playoffs.

There was the shocking six - run seventh inning in Game 1 of the 2014 NLDS, the three - run home run to Matt Adams in Game 4 of that same series, walking the bases loaded in Game 1 of the 2015 NLDS, then the three - run seventh inning of Game 4 of the 2016 NLDS, to name a few.

I don't know referees by name, but during the Blackhawks series a few years ago and watching one of players get dragged down during a breakaway in overtime with no call, then seeing Seth Jones thrown in the box for tripping when he didn't make contact with Seabrook and ultimately losing the game was one of the most barf - inducing moments in my life of sports fandom.

Missouri is the six seed through a complicated series of tie breakers but will be favored in their opening round game as they've already beaten both squads (although their win over the Gators was only by a few points).

Why the public loves Houston: The World Series champs have yet to receive fewer than 64 % of bets in a game this season regardless of who's on the bump, so it should come as no surprise to see bettors attacking a Verlander start, even at -165.

Football Manager and the FIFA series have become regular pastimes of the game's real - life professionals in the last few seasons and many enjoy using their own avatar on the virtual pitches.

A few months ago, long before the Times «bombshells» exploded, Governor Paterson received five free tickets to a World Series game at Yankee Stadium, courtesy of the Yankees.

Luckily for us, Jeff's team won the last game of the semi-final series last Sunday and he had a few extra days off.

Your past does not matter, kids or no kids ok Some of my favorite games are the Final Fantasy Series, The Resident Evil Series, just to name a few.

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

It's easy to be skeptical of LEGO Rock Band as a quick cash grab, but Traveller's Tales» trademark LEGO silliness blended with a few interesting new mechanics from Harmonix elevates the game to a level fans of both series shouldn't brush off.

It's just another layer of Metal Gear Solid: just as the franchise itself is about the blend of humanity and technology, the blurred lines between where Hideo Kojima ends and Metal Gear Solid begins create a thoroughly unique experience that very few video game series can match.

The adaptation of the long - running and occasionally beloved video game series has been filming for a few months now, but details of any kind have been shaky at best.

All of this led to a finale offering few interesting ideas, just Kojima leaning heavily on your happy memories of the previous games in the series.

For those of you who frequently read Plus XP, you will know that a few weeks back I had done a preview post on this very game, saying how much I did like the original manga series and the concept of the Dynasty Warriors game style being translated into a next - gen beat «em up would be just damn right awesome.

The irony in the loss of Season Mode is that such an emphasis for the series has been put on providing the ability for games to be played faster in the past few years.

While Pokémon has evolved (yes, pun intended) into other genres like puzzle games (like my personal favorite, Pokémon Puzzle League), card games, the wildly - popular Pokémon GO on mobile, and even photography simulators (I still hold Pokémon Snap dear to my heart), few games in the series have gone to the lengths of Detective Pikachu to turn the world of Pokémon on its head.

After it was revealed that only a few games in the Fire Emblem series were going to appear, I became worried that this crossover game might not be able to represent the IP as well as Hyrule Warriors did for The Legend of Zelda.

In fact, it's probably not even worth the few dollars to rent unless you're a diehard fan of the series who must play every game, whether good or bad.

Over the past few years, the Dark Witch series has proven itself as a capable collection of 2D action games.

The game was a turning point for the Donkey Kong series, reintroducing it (alongside the 1994 Game Boy game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff titgame was a turning point for the Donkey Kong series, reintroducing it (alongside the 1994 Game Boy game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff titGame Boy game released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff titgame released a few months prior) after a nearly decade - long hiatus and cementing Donkey Kong as a franchise in its ownright introducing Donkey Kong's modern design as well as his supporting cast and enemies, musical cues, and gameplay mechanics that would form the basis of most following Donkey Kong games as well as Donkey Kong's appearances in Mario spinoff titles.

Unlike the last few installments in the series, where the player became a resident of their town, the player is now the mayor of the town (which in the previous games was Tortimer).

This Mario party is probably not going to be in a top 5 or top 10 video that's for sure I mean sure it's got a few down falls but hey this is what we got for the tenth installment in the series so we might as well deal with it until Mario party 11 comes in the meantime let's just hope that this game will get dlc cause at this point Mario party 10 has almost the least amount of work compared to Mario party 9 and Mario party island tour so here's what I feel should've been in this game

While the first few Monster Hunter games were released on consoles, and the most recent entry was also available on the Nintendo Wii U, the potential of the series was always limited by the nature of handheld hardware.

After this game, the series branched out, with one further installment in the Freedom series on PSP, which was never localized, and a few mainline sequels for Nintendo systems, two of which have seen English versions.

While Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite presented a two - on - two design that was a throwback to Capcom's earliest «Versus series» games, Dragon Ball FighterZ owes a fair few of its mechanics to Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Gran Turismo Sport has finally been released a few weeks ago, but the game hasn't been as well received as other entries of the series at launch.

Even though the story in the final version of the game is pretty much unfinished, it seems like series creator Hideo Kojima already had a clear idea on the Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain themes a few years ago, as revealed in a new interview with the MGSV novel author Kanji Yano.

Tekken 7, the latest entry in the series released on PC and consoles earlier this year, is not only one of the best fighting games released in recent years, but also one of the few high - profile ones to feature guest characters, with Street Fighter's Akuma being included in the roster at launch and Fatal Fury, King of Fighters» Geese Howard coming soon.

Sonic the Hedgehog may still be one of the single biggest names in video gaming history, but fans who have grown up alongside Sega's blue speedster have found that too few of the newer Sonic games have been able to capture the series» original charm.

A series of aggressive patches over the past few weeks have fixed most of the crashing issues, and the framerate has seen noticeable improvements, reaching a point where the game is wholly playable.

There are also a few new screenshots with the interface and you can tell the game is obviously inspired by the Ghosts n» Goblins series of games.

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The game's barebones content and poorly - executed controls were the epitome of what the long - running Nintendo series had become over the last few years: a shiny but vapid shell of its former self.

It happened a few years back, between Bethesda Softworks, developers of the Elder Scrolls series and current Fallout rightsholders, and Interplay Entertainment, publishers of all Fallout games released before 2008.

None of these manage to hit the soaring heights of the series at its best, but years after their original releases and unshackled from initial expectations, all four games are capable of a few pleasant surprises.

The toy line launched in 2000 and within a few years made way for several series of books, comics, games, and movies, all aimed at lending the toys a storyline in the form of a saga.

Owing to the quality of the last few games in the series that have made the transition to the smaller screen, and an abundance of awesome new features and characters, it was enough to get the iOS fighting game community on our forums excitedly anticipating what this sequel may have in store for us.

The events of this movie take place a few days before the first game in the Resident Evil series and its last few scenes (with Alice waking up in a zombie filled Raccoon City) take place during the second game.

I've reviewed a fair few Monster Hunter games in my time, and I've always been able to see the brilliance but never quite able to grasp it and enjoy it as much as the hardcore fans of the series.

The new pinnacle of stealth gaming, Kojima's triumphal addition to the longest - running most cherished action - adventure stealth video game series is out in a few days, but leaks about the in - game content have already started to emerge online as some retailers have broken the street date and early copies of the game have made their ways into the hands of starved gamers.