Sentences with phrase «few story beats»
It often feels that a few story beats are missing, meant to flesh out these characters - for instance, a character you briefly met once turns out to be crazy and gets in Frank's way later on, only the second time we meet them.
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Long story short, the check engine light on my beat up old Camry is going to be ignored for a few more months.
A few years down the line and this will just be another mythical story in the McGregor legend... and if he beats the odds and mounts a successful comeback?
Until the last minute of the first half we actually had the better chances, but the Ox failed to beat Ter Stegen from a few yards and that is just a replay of our story in 2016 so far.
In fact, the first half of «Mississippi Grind» almost plays out as an unofficial remake of the 1974 film, sharing more than a few character traits and story beats in common.
A few core story beats aren't fully realized and there are
A few core story beats aren't fully realized and there are some awkward moments of truth and fiction balancing but, nevertheless, the movie delivers a brutal and exceptionally honest look at the Bondurant Boys and their fascinating (not to mention dangerous) bootlegging days.
Took about 12 hours to beat the main story with a few side quest.
Almost all the loyalty and therefore romance missions in Mass Effect Andromeda are gated by critical path progress, so while you should make sure you check in with your squaddies for flirt opportunities between major story beats, don't worry if you're not getting anywhere with your favourite after a few priority ops.
Even with the majority of the story being uninspired, there are a few interesting beats.
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The problem is that these moments are rather few in what might have worked better as a character study, as the story at its core is not particularly new or interesting, and plods along to a predictable beat to its ultimate conclusion that feels too long in coming.
From here you can access the story missions (of which there are very few) and after you beat the game there is a set of extra missions that focus on the Justice League characters.
A few more voiced interludes would have added some weight and some heft to the otherwise anemic story beats within the game.
The first few episodes of Preacher cover superhero story beats that should be as tired as Captain America after fighting his way through 10 movies, always being righteously right.
The Imitation Game — the story of Alan Turing, the man who beat the Germans» Enigma Machine during WWII (essentially by designing and building a computer) and then had to submit to chemical castration after being convicted of homosexuality (one of over 49,000) when it was still a crime and, within a few years, committed suicide.
The story hits many of the beats you expect it to, but it has a few surprises too.
If anything, however, Carpenter might think it's more of a homage that plays tribute to a classic 80's story with fantastical elements and impossible odds that are beaten by a lone warrior with the help of a few select friends.
While there are a few twists and turns, and a handful of aggressively lengthy cutscenes, plot is decidedly not the focus of Xenoblade Chronicles X. Rather than forcing you through a set of linear plot beats, the game lets you decide when to take on any given story progression mission for the chapter you're on.
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Surely to be underrated work, Diane Lane and Elle Fanning provide the story with the few emotional beats that work.
Playing this game is rarely less than a great time, but a few janky bits and story beats keep it down from that elusive perfect score.
From Conor McGregor having only just been arrested and charged after he literally beat up a bus, to our roundup of 2018's best April Fools» jokes, this week's selection of hilarious reader comments saw our loyal readership rise up in true form to lambaste the aforementioned stories, as well as a few others.
What they are attempting to do is entirely admirable, and at times they succeed throughout the 3 - hour runtime, especially near the end with a few wonderful sequences and story beats that hit home with a sledgehammer made of feels, finally getting me emotionally engaged in a way that the opening hour couldn't.
This meant that I got annoyed by the story beats and just skipped a few messages to experience the world.
Again, these are some of the best parts of Golf Story that can go by too quickly if you rush particularly because the game is pretty easy difficulty-wise, with hardly ever more than a few tries at side quests (some notwithstanding), and a pliable AI that really wants you to beat them in match play.
Playing this game is rarely less than a great time, but a few janky bits and story beats keep it down from that elusive perfect score.
There are a few interesting story beats, but nothing to sustain it as well as Ninja Theory's last game, Enslaved, which was carried by characters created out of the collaboration among Ninja Theory's artists, the writers, and the voice actors (the chemistry between Andy Serkis and Lindsey Shaw was as electric as anything in an Uncharted game).
This game is pretty good, at least it was still difficult with sometimes trying to scrape together a few darts to beat those nasty funny - colored velociraptors, the story is ok too, I think it's better than the sequel (s)
Fortunately, there are more than a few unintentionally hilarious moments scattered about, as the typically po - faced yet preposterous franchise hauls itself between story beats now all - too - familiar to COD players.
There are very few games quite like The Stanley Parable.The game is a part exploration of story, games, and choice, and part try not to have a mental breakdown as you try to figure out if you can even beat the game at all.
Though with some effort you should be able to beat it within a few hours, the fact that each playthrough will be completely different and that you can play with different characters with their own stories and abilities will help with the replayability.
I think the reason is because (our marketing people believe that) games with no multiplayer / online are seen as having no replay value once you've beaten the story mode; and since people are buying a lot fewer games these days than a few years back, there's a deathly fear of trying to sell a game that has less than the maximum amount of value packed into it.
I pick up a Wii U just to play Smash and new Zelda and that's it, I play them beat it in a few days and I'm done and I have a brick on my desk because there are no appealing games to me, I'm older now and as much as I like Mario I would like a Mario game to throw something new like actually stories instead of the same old hey princess is captured again now go collect fucking stars.....
So, I beat the game, got sad a few times, mentally retooled a few fanfic ideas to accommodate the ending, and then dove back in using Premium Adventure Mode, the series» free - roaming open world mode that unlocks after you finish the story the first time.