Sentences with phrase «scale battles as»

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Battles over priorities in a huge governmentwide spending bill are essentially settled, leaving a scaled - back plan for President Donald Trump's border wall and a huge rail project that pits Trump against Capitol Hill's most powerful Democrat as the top issues to be solved.

As I step on the weight scale, I see evidence of losing the ongoing «battle of the bulge.»

Such alternatives may also be barriers to scale up as industrial formats are not yet available, meaning that early adopters and innovators have a harder battle ahead of them.

Now that the MoD seems to have lost the battle with the Treasury over who will pay the # 20bn bill for replacing Trident, many in the military are asking serious questions about whether we actually need it or not - given that every pound spent on Trident, will be a pound not spent on the basic equipment that will be needed to fight the sort of smaller - scale global operations senior officers foresee as the likely role of the military in the next few decades.

As populations scale up, the proportion of people killed in battle scales down, suggesting we're no more or less violent than our forebears who lived in smaller societies.

As someone who is a food addict I know all too well the up and downhill battle with the scale.

I then spent the next, oh, 15 years battling disordered eating patterns and body dysmorphia, as well as obsessing about how the number on the scale corresponded to the amount of approval I received from others.

It's $ 150 million worth of large - scale battles, bacchanalia and overwrought writing — particularly in its rendition of Alexander (Colin Farrell) as a mama - whipped, militarily gifted but emotionally unstable conqueror.

But as the film progresses, this battle - torn young woman becomes the poster child for a full - scale attack on the Empire.

On this scale, soap opera and comedy skit bytes can only go so far, and Infinity War manages a succession of double - page - spread awe that sells the cosmic saga: a marvellous trompe l'oeil shot as a camera move reveals the sorry state of Thanos's rebel adoptive daughter Nebula, the by - now - obligatory mass urban destructions and battles with monster hordes on open planes, and gorgeously imaginative outer - space vistas.

Some very good points in here To be honest, I like seeing huge battles as a climax in blockbusters... but I agree it's pretty cool when films go for a smaller scale ending that's less epic and more personal.

And in the face of alien autopsies and bald - faced rip - offs of Aliens, Battle: Los Angeles takes itself far too seriously — as if this were the first film to contemplate the grand - scale destruction of L.A..

A final mode, which looks as though it will expand as it is updated with more content over the coming weeks and months, is the Challenge Mode, which essentially takes the trials found in Adventure Mode and has you complete them in quick succession during a larger - scale battle.

Still, for all the acclaim it has received, Zhao is well aware that a small - scale film such as «The Rider» — the cast of which consists entirely of non-professional actors, including Jandreau's father, Tim, his sister Lilly and several of his friends — is in a lopsided battle for attention against studio behemoths such as Dwayne Johnson's «Rampage» and the upcoming «Avengers: Infinity War.»

Tintin falters a bit toward the end, spending so much energy on a large - scale fight that the small - scale battle that serves as a climax feels meager by comparison, and then pointedly setting up the sequels to come.

The reasonably - coherent and sensible action scenes interspersed throughout the film are replaced by a full - scale battle, a swirl of mud - brown and grey with the kind of shoddy camerawork and random editing we've come to take as normal from 21st century Hollywood.

Just like that scale model of a Civil War battle, the outcome of The Grand Budapest Hotel is never in doubt — no matter the meticulousness of its simulacra — nor, as a consequence, do the tribulations of his tin soldiers have much emotional heft and attachment.

AGE OF ULTRON is as action heavy as you'd expect from a Marvel universe entry; before the opening credits have rolled there's a preposterously large scale battle to contend with.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 lets players fight as their favorite characters from the Naruto series and features the return of massive scale boss battles, including a fearsome confrontation...

In addition to classic game modes such as Race and Elimination, Micro Machines World Series introduces all new Battle Arenas which allow you to wreak mass destruction on a miniature scale against your friends or AI.

During the many time - based battles, you'll still hack away at enemy creatures, and although you don't see your hunter carve up the monsters your defeat, items such as hides, scales, and bones still manage to find their way into your inventory.

Beyond that, the feature can hit the ground running by presenting the character in any of the classic adventures he's experienced in the comics — be it involving his position as a diplomat and representative of Wakanda on a global scale; doing battle with the various rival tribes that live on the border of his nation; or protecting the country's most valuable resource: Vibranium.

In beach side towns many streets are named after the forces who liberated them and there are markers on the sites of many of the most significant battles, such as the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc and the Pegasus Bridge, and off the coast from Arromanches you can still see the remains of the Mulberry harbour, which was the man made temporary harbour dragged from England that enabled a full scale invasion bypassing the heavily fortified ports.

There is a plethora of things to do while making your way across the vast Chinese countryside such as coming upon small - scale battles that may pop up between your forces and the enemy forces.

Infantry aren't quite to scale but they are pretty tiny on the screen, and attempting to quickly tell exactly what a unit is amidst a battle is a pain in the backside, especially if you're zoomed out, which as we've already covered you probably will be.

As always, the main focus of the game is to set the player in large - scale battles, hacking through hundreds (sometimes thousands) of enemies at a time.

I dig it as a unique layer of subterfuge that works especially well with Fortnite's simpler visual style, a battle royale scale take on Dark Souls» best Chameleon spell hijinks.

Spanning both of the film eras which existed back then, Battlefront 2 contained all of the popular characters as heroes, and let players engage in large scale battles across all the well known locations.

Meanwhile, online multiplayer could see a team of resistance fighters taking on a group of Nazis in story focused missions within tight 6 vs. 6 battles or much larger scale battles such as 32 vs. 32 battles in broader environments.

Featuring large - scale battles against massive groups of enemies, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja Impact puts players in the middle of epic fights as their favorite NARUTO SHIPPUDEN characters through electrifying single - player and multiplayer modes.

As far as the battles themselves go, they play similarly to what you'd expect out of a Dynasty Warriors battle but on a more bite - sized scalAs far as the battles themselves go, they play similarly to what you'd expect out of a Dynasty Warriors battle but on a more bite - sized scalas the battles themselves go, they play similarly to what you'd expect out of a Dynasty Warriors battle but on a more bite - sized scale.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

The maps in G&G are quite large in scale, and as the battle progresses through the different base objectives, the scenery and action gets crazier and crazier.

Boss battles boom on an epic scale such as taking on ancient Dragons to jumping onto the back of a fighter jet while you take on the armies of heaven... it's just pure fun!

You won't be playing this game for a short amount of time as most of the playthrough is filled with large - scale epic battles.

The show opened with a bang as world premiere gameplay of «Halo 5: Guardians» included the reveal of the all - new massive scale multiplayer mode, Warzone, where up to 24 players battle with friendly and enemy AI characters joining in the fight.

At its core, Infinite Warfare returns to the roots of the franchise where cinematic, immersive storytelling takes center stage as told through an unfolding large - scale war and epic battles that deliver an authentic Call of Duty experience.

As the story, inquisitions, and battles scale exponentially, you'll need to make strategic use of the characters in your party.

The battle arena in Master Battles would pit you up against A.I. controlled bots, with the difficulty scaling as you progress farther up the ladder.

Now as to why I've called you all so quickly: I just realised that there are eight of us Fire Emblem warriors in total — the perfect number for a battle of grand scale.

Each armament can be used for light and heavy attacks alike, and each offers special abilities that can be combined with a versatile, world - bending tool known as the Demon Hand to balance the scales of power when battling Oni.

Unfortunately, the only experiences you really get are from the American side, and as such that's the only side you see the war from, which is a bit of a shame considering how large - scale the actual battles were.

God of War III Remastered will bring epic battles to life with stunning graphics and an elaborate plot that puts Kratos at the center of carnage and destruction as he seeks revenge against the Gods who have betrayed him.Set in the realm of brutal Greek mythology, God of War III Remastered is the critically acclaimed single - player game that allows players to take on the fearless role of the ex-Spartan warrior, Kratos, as he rises from the darkest depths of Hades to scale the very heights of Mt Olympus and seek his bloody revenge on those who have betrayed him.

Fight as DC Comics icons such as Batman, Cyborg, The Flash, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Solomon Grundy, Superman, Wonder Woman, and more in epic battles on a massive scale in a world where the line between good and evil has been blurred.

In terms of multiplayer modes, there are the two that have gotten the most attention — the 40 - player Galactic Assault, which features hero units and vehicles, and the 24 - player Starfighter Assault, which consists of large - scale space battles — as well as Strike, Blast, and Heroes vs. Villains.

While there are smaller Oni to battle, and a few different missions such as wave - based survival modes or «kill this many little mooks» challenges, the vast majority of the game's content revolves around those large scale battles, and given Toukiden «s love of recycling monsters, the hours and hours and hours of content regularly threaten to grate.

What is even more special is that it implements its «realistic 3 - D battle action as seen in the SFX movies» (like it says in its flyer) by using 2D sprite scaling!

In Star Wars Battlefront, players will choose between two factions; The Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire as the taking part in large scale battles set on well know Star Wars Universe locations including the famous ice planet, Hoth, the jungle moon of Endor and Kashyyyk to name a few.

This new mode is a new multiplayer experience that takes the features of Halo 5's Warzone multiplayer such as epic battles, incredible scale and huge maps and puts them in a mode that puts a round of players against the environment in order to create the biggest Halo cooperative experience ever in franchise history.

Combining realm building with large scale battles, players will find themselves managing the needs of their own fiefdom as they marshal increasingly impressive armies.