Sentences with phrase «in a fantasy setting like»

The imaginative practices of Dungeons & Dragons, which allowed a group of players to create dramatic stories around a tabletop using dice to resolve combat and certain tasks, immediately spawned successors — both in fantasy settings like Chaosium's 1978 classic RuneQuest, and in all kinds of other fictional worlds.

I would definitely love to see characters from Resident Evil be placed in a fantasy setting like Monster Hunter; it would be interesting to see characters such as Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield hunting down monsters, just as they do with B.O.Ws in Resident Evil.

Not exact matches

I love fantasy books, particularly those set in the world we know, and I also really enjoy reading (and writing) books which are part of a series, because the longer you spend with characters, the more they feel like friends.

MovieMan, In Pan's Labyrinth it didn't bother me, because the Spanish Civil War was approached more like an atypical backdrop for a fantasy movie, unlike in District 9, where the film purports itself to be an allegory by having Johannesburg as the settinIn Pan's Labyrinth it didn't bother me, because the Spanish Civil War was approached more like an atypical backdrop for a fantasy movie, unlike in District 9, where the film purports itself to be an allegory by having Johannesburg as the settinin District 9, where the film purports itself to be an allegory by having Johannesburg as the setting.

The film had great set design and art pieces, but it's not really like a blatantly fantastical fantasy — it is shot and depicted almost like a historical fiction with some bizarre creatures in it.

I believed this to be the way movies naturally were, unaware then that I was poised at the cusp of a decade of filmmaking that would redefine fantasy and science - fiction, setting precedents for the genre with films like Back to the Future and Predator, E.T., and Blade Runner, Near Dark, and Miracle Mile — the well was as deep for flights of fancy in the Eighties as it was for incomparable character - driven paranoia in the Seventies.

The storybook images of stunning landscapes and lavish settings are a visual feast (Tarsem shot the fantasy scenes piecemeal all over the world over the course of four years) and the narrative innocence of wild turns and impossible feats (like traveling from China to New York to Paris on horseback in what seems like a day) is a charge.

I think that for a lot of people, what sticks in their minds about Call Me by Your Name is the sensuousness with which it is shot and its almost fantasy - like setting in a ramshackle villa in Italy — essentially, the beauty and emotion of the film.

Though the scenes of him living in his mother's basement, acting out fantasies on an elaborate set that he had constructed, wear as thin as the fantasy segments and feel more like a running joke that's run out of gas, De Niro is creepily convincing.

Hero Defense is set in a dark fantasy world populated by monsters like vampires, werewolves and zombies... [Read More]

At the time of its release back in the late 90s, all of its contemporaries were focused on modern or futuristic military settings — with a smattering of fantasy properties like the original Warcraft — but there was a distinct lack of historical video games.

It's like a digital version of Dungeons & Dragons, the paper - based role - playing game set in a medieval fantasy world.

The worst part for me is that it seemed like it wanted to be better - it's set in a fantasy version of our world where zombies and vampires and other creatures are real, but nothing really came of it other than a brief interesting snippet about a zombie uprising that

The worst part for me is that it seemed like it wanted to be better - it's set in a fantasy version of our world where zombies and vampires and other creatures are real, but nothing really came of it other than a brief interesting snippet about a zombie uprising that lasted all of five pages.

Oath of Fealty features the interwoven threads and political intrigue like her Vatta's War books, but in a fantasy setting.

Super Plexis is a 16 - bit tribute to classic puzzle fighters like Tetris Attack, the Puzzle League series, and Meteos, set in a fantasy world designed to recapture the sights and sounds of old - school Super Nintendo games.

The game is set in an expansive high - fantasy world where the player coexists with the likes of kings, knights, wizards, ancient species and various other mythical creatures.

Nioh also diverges by choosing an Eastern fantasy setting over a Western one, featuring demon - like yokai in feudal Japan and a host of Japanese weaponry, like samurai swords and chain - hook kusarigama weapons.

We spoke with CEO Martin Wahlund and designer Mats Andersson recently about their upcoming Warhammer: Vermintide 2, which is definitely inspired by Valve's game except in the Warhammer fantasy setting, and we asked them why it was so hard to find games like Left 4 Dead.

It's interesting because Gundam and its real robot setting would've fit right at home in America of the 60s during the space race, but now sci fi taste has become warped into sci - fi fantasy because, like you mentioned, of Star Wars its strong influence.

I get that this is done commonly in fantasy settings but I always liked how Zelda didn't do that.

In Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, he's your everyday silent protagonist in a very fantasy - like settinIn Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, he's your everyday silent protagonist in a very fantasy - like settinin a very fantasy - like setting.

And much like many others of its ilk, it reminds us why we enjoyed these classics back in the day, with its majestic fantasy setting that transports us to another world, and its focus on pure gaming fun, rather than gritty realism, overly complex control schemes, and / or endless narratives riddled with a bombardment of dialogue.

The game is an adorable 2D platformer set in a fantasy kingdom, drawn in pencils like a child's drawing.

Like its predecessors, Skylanders Swap Force is a child - friendly adventure game set in a colourful fantasy world named Skylands.

Elaborating on the video's unusual setting Soda describes «There's something fantasy - like to be in a nature setting — it's almost completely false to me in a lot of ways.

Set - ups like the V - formation in Young Prisoners, the neon palette, and the super-ironic overuse of fantasy prison murals made them feel like they were on a Guy Ritchie sSet - ups like the V - formation in Young Prisoners, the neon palette, and the super-ironic overuse of fantasy prison murals made them feel like they were on a Guy Ritchie setset.

Ni - Oh, a historical fantasy action game, is set in 16th century Japan; in the game, players take on the role of a samurai warrior, who looks a lot like The Witcher's Geralt.