Sentences with phrase «set story point»

The overworld lacks any real ability to explore it, so many quest chains are arbitrarily locked off until you reach a set story point and the dungeons and bosses are so predictable, that you know exactly what is going to happen as you as you enter the first door or reach the first chest.

Not exact matches

The story points to Care - A-Van, a mobile clinic, which recently set up shop in a parking lot among BMWs and Teslas to battle this epidemic of advanced aging in Silicon Valley.

Whichever story structure you select, make sure it serves your objective and delivers the point you set out to make.

I have also read many a story by people who have set out to disprove or show their point tht God does not exist, only to find Him:)

but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!

Take away those unprovable points of magic and you are left with a mildly entertaining set of stories, where the older the stories, the less credible they are even as a historical record.

When we recognize the original point as that of the contrast between the handful of seed and the bushels of harvest, and when we set the parable finally in the context of the proclamation of God acting as king in the experience of men confronted by the message and ministry of Jesus, what is the significance of a story about a Palestinian peasant who sows handfuls of seed and, despite all the agricultural vicissitudes of that time and place, gathers in bushels of harvest?

And before the meat and dairy industries descend upon COP23 to broadcast their «feed the world» narrative, let's set the story straight: their emissions could lead us to a point of no return.

He sets the tone and the fact that the whole team's passing accuracy of just 75 percent was down by over 10 points from the previous Premier League game against Swansea tells a stark story.

Part of his job is to inject some drama and make it interesting, while also pointing out how a good striker (Conor) could take advantage, thereby setting up the story for the next fight

And before the meat and dairy industries descend upon COP23 to broadcast their «feed the world» narrative, let's set the story straight: their emissions could lead us to a point of no return.

State of Affairs is another generic Washington D.C. - set thriller drawing on current events for story points (terrorist threats, hostage - taking, global unrest) in a way that feels opportunistic and, frankly, insensitive considering the real - world tragedies that are showing up in the news.

The strength undoubtedly lies within Extraction Point, as the story and setting is completely terrifying throughout.

Setting out to tell the story of Jesus» last days from the point of view of the only woman among the apostles is the brave and interesting aim of Garth Davis» «Mary Magdalene.»

Wells treats his story like it's a set of bullet points about the perniciousness of stockholder - driven business decisions, never letting a single «the upper - middle class has it tough, too» or «our families are the real wealth» moment slip past him.

Throughout the story, we're often only told of seemingly vital plot points through second hand accounts, characters tend to change their outlooks without reason merely to fit in the story's trajectory and our main antagonist is a cookie - cutter villain who simply confronts Hope with little reason other than he's on set to be a contemptible dude.

The Deadline story says it's an «untitled film set in the art world,» but that's all we have at this point.

Drums lacks a smooth linear structure and critics are all too happy to point out that it feels more like a disjointed series of strung - together set pieces than a solid story.

Some of the high points (most notably the set - piece with the deranged performance artist) give the story an adrenalin rush which the filmmakers can't sustain.

Knock Knock tries so hard to be a story of strong females that set out to prove a point that all men are pigs and give into their fantasies.

Technical artists set up the lighting to draw the audience's eye to story points and to create the correct mood in a scene.

Without the game's two selling points — the mental thrill of tactical work paid off by the visceral enjoyment of combat gameplay — viewers are left with a sub-Tolkien setting and a poor, rather clichéd story.

GTA 5 was set to receive story DLC at one point, but that never materialized.

Po's underdog antics are amusing, but the story doesn't really have a point other than the typical «you can achieve whatever you set your mind to / American dream» type shtick.

That theme is set into motion when Bogue first attacks the Church and remains a key point of the story as the main characters help rebuild it.

Financing came together through Great Point Media, which was attracted to the story in part by the success of another movie also with a post-apocalyptic setting.

Case in point: yesterday's story on Matt Damon walking away from his untitled directorial debut, which had been co-written by the Academy Award - winning writer («Good Will Hunting») and his pal John Krasinski, whom he hit it off with while filming «The Adjustment Bureau» in which Damon co-starred with Krasinski's wife, Emily Blunt (Krasinski is also set to appear in the upcoming film).

And while the story has more than enough momentum by this point to carry you along regardless, it still serves as a reminder of how unfocused the series had become before Sanderson set things to rights.

There's not a recognizable human being to care about, the story line is thin to the point of anorexia and much of the off - the - cuff comedy falls flat in the absurdist setting.

The amount of story trying to be told in Deadpool 2 slows the film's pace ever so slightly in the first act, as screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick set the table with a lot of plot points that asked to be explored.

Plot details are still sketchy, but we do know that the story is set at some point during 1960s (mid?)

At this point, Refn is setting up a preposterously fun, if twisted, little story - or so we think.

What has been sold as the first of a very large franchise, Fantastic Beasts delivers a terrific story, not overly - dependent on the Harry Potter series, but that will most likely set up some major plot points in the Potter tales that we aren't aware of yet.

by Walter Chaw John Hough's cult favourite The Watcher in the Woods is a movie about how a camera presents a point - of - view and of how that point - of - view, if it's not attached to a specific identity, can become menacingly voyeuristic; shame that The Watcher in the Woods isn't also about a story with characters in whom you're interested and performances that don't set teeth on edge.

But after nabbing our attention with its introduction of those characters and setting up the central story points, the movie loses momentum.

From a setting and / or atmosphere perspective; the tone of the feel - good story is on - point.

The story is of a group of people with all different skill sets coming together, it's set in a very agrarian pseudo-futuristic middle ages timeline, you spend a lot of time talking to people in towns, all travel is basically on foot between points A and B, and the battle system is very basic and turn - based, with a passive style.

The actors help redeem a script that overexplains everything and treats the story like a set of bullet points about the pernicious habits of publicly traded businesses.

Lewis» writing takes a fantasy world but sets it on a very solid religious and philosophical base, and while the most overt representation of that foundation is here, screenwriters Adamson, Ann Peacock, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely have lessened the substance of the story to the point that the film operates almost exclusively as a visual adaptation.

The project centers on the world of horse - racing and gambling and is set at a racetrack with the story told from multiple points of view.

The film, a New York - set relationship drama, was conceived, shot and screened at TIFF as a two - part, three - hour epic, subtitled «Him» and «Her,» telling the same story from two different points of view (read our review).

Joe Brody's story and the characters were really good, until the monsters showed up, at which point they did little more than drift from set - piece to set - piece, looking lifeless and uninteresting.

There are a set of Power Point resources on, LAN, WAN, Cloud, Network Safety, and an assessment piece where students use Google Sites to create their own web - pages, after drawing a story board for it.

This set of resources and activities is based around an original detective story which is on the power - point.

I often use simple picture books to illustrate literary concepts like point of view (The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka) or setting (The Faithful Friend, by Robert D. San Souci).

An illustrated full color 12 page PDF version of the story that contains the full text, a set of comprehension questions and character analysis and point of view writing prompts for ELA students.

Each escape room has the following contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ ♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions ♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room Reading Comprehension: ♦ Character Traits ♦ Drawing Conclusions ♦ Figurative Language ♦ Genres ♦ Idioms ♦ Informational Text Structures ♦ Literary Devices ♦ Metaphors ♦ Nonfiction Text Features ♦ Point of View ♦ Sequencing ♦ Setting ♦ Similes ♦ Story Elements ♦ Theme Vocabulary: ♦ Antonyms ♦ Commonly Misspelled Words ♦ Context Clues ♦ Multiple Meaning Words ♦ Prefixes ♦ Root Words ♦ Shades of Meaning ♦ Suffixes ♦ Synonyms ♦ Transition Words Grammar: ♦ Adjectives ♦ Adverbs ♦ Apostrophes ♦ Appositives ♦ Collective Nouns ♦ Commas ♦ Contractions ♦ Helping Verbs ♦ Parts of Speech ♦ Plural Nouns ♦ Prepositions ♦ Pronoun Antecedent Agreement ♦ Verbs

Example: In an ELA setting, bring together the Common Core Standards of Persuasive Writing and Speaking and Presentation — tie it to a piece of literature like Romeo and Juliet — and have students write and deliver persuasive soliloquies taking a point of view on the story.

Lipman says that Ahmed's story points to a larger problem with Chicago's public schools, including those set up under the program called Renaissance 2010, which called for the creation of new schools, most of them charter schools.

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