Sentences with phrase «good about the predecessors»

With all - new weapons, stages and modes to enjoy, a new story mode to play through, and brilliant new mechanics to get to grips with, Splatoon 2 takes everything good about its predecessor's experience and manages to improve it tenfold.

Everything good about the predecessors, minus the obviously technological design.

Not exact matches

Subject to constant comparisons to predecessors Breaking Bad and Weeds, Good Girls attempts to ask similar questions about morality, deceit and greed, but fails to interest us beyond the shallow circumstances of the characters, ultimately diminishing its value.

The pagan temptation,» as the philosopher Thomas Molnar described it, is hardly new — the Church has been fighting paganism since the time of Christ — but what is new is its aggressive resurgence, its seduction of so many Christians, and the warnings Pope Francis has issued against it.The Pope's scorching words against paganism have not been well - received by many, but Francis has gone right on assailing it, particularly in areas that pagans care about most: the environment and sex.Francis has been a bold and eloquent defender of the environment, and understands that protecting the environment is not a recent fad, but a long - standing Catholic principle, highlighted by many of Francis's predecessors.

Times writer Matt Bai had asked him some good ones (we now know that Paterson is a Mets fan, that he likes both Hillary and Barack, and that his first reaction upon hearing about his predecessor's sex scandal was to pray, both for Spitzer and himself).

The team points out that the period of intermarriage overlaps with a time of huge social upheavals in India, including the collapse of the ancient Indus civilization — which thrived on the Indian subcontinent between about 2600 B.C.E. and 1900 B.C.E. — as well as large - scale population movements and the rise of the Vedic religion, the predecessor of modern Hinduism.

High School Musical 3's well - worn mise en abyme is that, like its predecessors, it's a musical about putting on a musical.

Well, it's official: the Road to Hell is pretty much paved over... the Strause Brothers... expressed their [good] intention to return to the dark, scary tone of 1979's Alien, yet Requiem is just about as bad as its 2004 predecessor.

A massive improvement over its bland predecessor in just about every way, «Ouija: Origin of Evil» focuses more on creating a creepy atmosphere rather than the usual gore or cheap jump scares, and it works pretty well for the most part.

In an attempt to spice things up, director John Madden shoehorns in the splendor of an Indian wedding plus a few new faces, but the result is a sequel so lifeless and uninspired that it threatens to retroactively sour any good feelings you might have had about its predecessor.

Bigger levels to explore, more abilities for Mos to utilize, better visuals and impeccable design make this a platformer that exceeds its predecessor in just about every way.

The best part about this cinematic universe is that the success is not slowing down and instead each new release ends up doing better than its predecessor.

To its makers, the most troubling thing about Chipwrecked would have to be its box office performance, which was quite good, but not nearly as good as its blockbuster predecessors.

Variety Amber Heard donates her entire divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to charity Pajiba... she also apparently passed on receiving residuals from his movies Monkey See funny talk about the new Ben - Hur and the long shadow of its 1959 Best Picture predecessor Kenneth in the (212) alerts us to a new webseries on Woody Allen movies.

Jeff Goldblum's queasily eloquent performance as a genetically modified scientist, along with that of Geena Davis as a charmed journalist who becomes worried about him, elevate this remake well above its hokey»50s predecessor.

We'll see about that this spring, but in the meantime the film's immediate predecessor, The Winter Soldier, already stands as one of the best MCU movies.

If you are having doubts about the sequel, we advise you that you give it a chance before you turn your back, sequels can be better then their predecessors.

I'm not one to rave about a sequel simply because it's better than its lame predecessor, but Wrath of the

With each film in this particular franchise they progressively get better and outdo everything about its predecessor.

Green Room, about a traveling hardcore band caught in a life - and - death standoff with white supremacists, is even better, even bloodier, even more grimly amusing than its predecessor.

The problem with reboots and remakes of great movie franchises is that, about 90 percent of the time, they get caught up in paying homage to their predecessors, recalling the original's most iconic scenes and doing them half as well.

Perhaps the best thing I can say about Riptide is that that it contains no analog to the «shaman escort» mission, and is therefore many degrees less terrible than its predecessor.

One would like to know more about how this happened to a rather successful principal, one who had been doing better than his predecessors.

By using well - established procedures to review the flawed policies of its predecessor, by showing respect for the rulings of the Supreme Court, and by speaking forthrightly about the connection between policy and enforcement, OCR could distance itself from some of the ugliest features of the Trump administration.

With about 1,500 hp and a 0 - 62 mph acceleration time under 2.5 seconds, the new Chiron will be lighter and more responsive and handle better than its predecessor, talents of particular importance to Bugatti lover, owner, and senior keeper of the brand Ferdinand Piëch.

In the context of the other air - cooled cars, the 993 had a whiff of the 991 about it, having apparently traded the fine tactility and «connectedness» exhibited by the best of its predecessors for prettier looks and greater all - round dynamic polish.

The customers feedback about the transmission on Arteon's predecessor was not that good.

Overall, the new Regal is also about 200 pounds lighter than its predecessor, and with the 2.0 - liter it should offer up better fuel economy as well.

The Mercedes - backed company is about to unveil an all - new version of its Smart Fortwo microcar that keeps its predecessor's best - loved characteristics — including the all - important 2.69 m overall length — but adds big - car features that even Smart lovers never thought they'd see.

It's a good - looking car, no doubt about it, but its predecessor still sets the visual benchmark — this is merely paying homage.

Honda says it offers best - in - class legroom in the back — it's up about 2 inches over its predecessor.

With even more grace, athleticism and sharpness about its design, clear advances in terms of performance as well as efficiency, and improvements in the driving comfort, functionality and innovative equipment features it offers, the BMW 2 Series Convertible takes the qualities displayed by its predecessor to a new level.

You can see the Tegra 2 - powered X2 easily besting its predecessor's score of just under 1,250 with nearly 2,500 in Quadrant — that is just about twice the...

The screen is 50 % better, has twice as much battery life as its predecessor, is about 20 % smaller and has faster page turns.

While the bottom - up investor, like the Fund and predecessor investment vehicles, will be wrong about almost a certain percentage of investments over the long term, most of the investments ought to work out «good enough» regardless of what happens in the general market.

These efforts are opposed by the American parent clubs of the Golden Retriever and Poodle, which view Goldendoodles and similar hybrids as genetic gambles that create expensive designer mutts bred primarily to deceive the buying public into thinking that there is something «better» about them than their purebred predecessors.

That's the paradox that I have to talk about with this game: We tell the history of video games as a series of leaps from one novelty to another; how, then, can we find a proper place for a game that was exceptional simply because it did everything its predecessors did, only better?

There's no doubt about it, in a direct comparison Borderlands 2 is a flat out better game than its predecessor.

If there's one reason that can be said about why EA's Star Wars Battlefront II isn't as good as its predecessor, it's because the game falls victim to its own restrictions and harsh padding.

Many have talked about how hard the game (and its predecessor) is and how that is a good thing.

If you're curious about the predecessor to BioShock or just want to check out an exciting shooter from a team that made them best, you won't be disappointed.

The new game is overall getting good reviews, however, the same can't be said about most of its predecessors.

You've probably hummed and hawed about buying Super Street Fighter IV, you most likely own its predecessor just regular Street Fighter IV, what need do you have to buy the sequel... well stop kidding yourself now — Super Street Fighter IV feels like an entirely new game, and not just a basic update.

Well, let me begin by running down a shortlist of some positives about this game — Compared to Mario 64, the controls were refined, and the camera wasn't nearly as awful as it was in its N64 predecessor.

Suddenly, SEGA vowed to win back fans» trust by maintaining quality over scheduling and the launch of Fire & Ice was subsequently delayed by a whole year, with promises made about incorporating fan feedback into what would become a better and faster - paced game than its predecessor.

Beeler Gallery's new Director of Exhibitions Jo - ey Tang will speak with his predecessors Dr. Natalie Marsh (Director and Chief Curator of the Gund Gallery, Kenyon College), Michael Goodson (Senior Curator, Wexner Center for the Arts) and James Voorhies (Dean of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts), as well as Assistant Director of Exhibitions and former Interim Director of Exhibitions Ian Ruffino about the unique role of galleries within an art school context, the evolution of Beeler Gallery, and what it means to «take over» a space from a predecessor.

Slow Design, much like its gastronomic predecessor, is all about pulling back on the reins and taking time to do things well, do them responsibly, and do them in a way that allows the designer, the artisan and the end user to derive pleasure from it.

The plaintiff employee, Mr. Arnone, had worked with the defendant company, Best Theratronics Ltd., and its predecessor for about 31 years when he was terminated without cause on November 26, 2012.

So far, the Korea - based tech giant has kept the Gear S3 well under wraps and not much is known about the upcoming smartwatch, except that it is rumored to retain the design and rotary bezel of its predecessor, but will be available in three versions, the Gear S3 Classic, Gear S3 Frontier, and Gear S3 Explorer.

Some reviews took on the almost begrudging tone you see with modern iPhone reviews, in which the reviewer knows that the new device is better than its direct predecessor, and can't therefore award it a lower mark, but struggles to get too excited about it.