Seeing as this film put so much stock into character, let's dedicate the rest of
this review talking about the characters.
Not exact matches
Like, there's so much stuff in it I don't have space in this
review to
talk about the title
character (whoa, meta).
A.J. Maciejewski (crazyaejay): I love how all the main images for your
Review Roundups include all of the
characters that you
talk about in the article.
I want to try not to
talk about it in every multiplayer
review — and this isn't a comparison, game-wise because they have the same
characters — but LEGO Marvel has the best split - screen mechanic of all time.
Yes, there are the colorful cast of
characters the player encounters along the way, but they all feel underutilized if they aren't eventually used as a «Guns for Hire» partner (we'll
talk about that later in the
review).
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken box office records to rave
reviews... but nobody is
talking about how lacking Han Solo's (Harrison Ford)
character is.
In a recent interview, thriller writer J.C. Hutchins
talked about the times where as he
reviews his work he finds dreary stagnant stretches of dialogue, this is poor form in his action / thriller genre so he then injects the illusion of action by including some physical activity for the
characters to do.
Now, usually I don't ever
talk about a games ending in a
review and for good reason, but in a trilogy like Mass Effect where the lore is so complex, the story so rich and the
characters so believable the ending is incredibly important.
As for the other
characters many
reviews have
talked about them being fully fleshed out and having deep personalities, but frankly I didn't see that.
Although I played a little bit of each
character, I've chosen three to
talk about in this
review for brevity.
We
review Mario Kart 8 in all it's glory,
talk about our favorite kart combinations, thoughts on the
character roster, and our criticism on Battle mode!
I personally hate
reviews that will spend two or three paragraphs
talking about how the game opens up, what issues cause the main
characters to go on their adventures and whatever else spurs the story on.