Not exact matches
A new reading scheme has been launched for boys (
Times, January 7th 2009) with books emphasising
action, adventure, and a team of young people
battling against danger.
We should have been in this
battle a long
time ago and so this is a call to
action.
In Tuesday night NBA
action, the Pacers beat the Heat in a
battle of the two best teams in the Eastern Conference, and the Brooklyn Nets have won two straight games for the first
time all season.
Yandle is a two -
time NHL All Star whose
actions on the ice speak far louder than his words, similar to Sting while
battling the NWO.
«Furthermore, the
timing of this fictional and imaginary report is to halt or frustrate the sale of Tucano jets to Nigeria, at a
time the Nigerian Government has reached advanced stages in
actions over the contract with the United States Government for the purchase of 10 Tucano jets to assist the military
battle terrorism in the country.
And this has further fueled fears that Dalung is merely acting out the script of Giwa, who unfortunately is not recognised by FIFA and CAS, prompting any
action taken at the planned January 20 meeting to run contrary to FIFA rules and may therefore provoke sanctions to be meted out to Nigeria at a
time that the national teams will be
battling on all fronts for AFCON qualification, Rio Games and the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign.
At this point in
time, only those who love to
battle friends in local
action need apply.
Hallows is still packed with wonderful moments, solid
action, well -
timed character humor, multiple romances, and a
battle for the fate of the world.
There were several great actors, good visual, alot of
action and yet no script??? The jokes all fell super flat, there was so much unneccasary
battling (I suppose to cover up the lack of script writing) and it felt more like a daredevil remake with Matt Damon playing DD this
time.
Dragon Ball Z
Battle of Z will let players form teams with up to four characters to participate in group melee
action, take on massive boss
battles, or challenge other players around the world for brawls featuring up to eight characters on screen at the same
time.
Their
battle takes place inside Budd's trailer home, which is pretty much demolished in the process, and provides a contrast to the elegant nightclub setting of the fight with O - Ren Ishii; it ends in a squishy way that would be unsettling in another kind of movie, but here all the
action is so ironically heightened that we may cringe and laugh at the same
time.
Wesley Snipes is
battling bad guys in the air again, this
time with parachutes, in this
action - packed suspense thriller.
Battle in real
time: The Linear Motion
Battle System puts the emphasis on
action as you attack your enemies without the use of menus.
Staying true to the franchise's signature gampelay style of blending stealth, thievery, exploration, and combat, Sly Cooper: Thieves in
Time will take players on a thrilling journey around the world filled with epic boss
battles,
action - packed missions, engaging puzzle elements, new stealth moves and much more.
After years of promising a kick ass
action flick, its
time to finally unleash
Battle: Los Angeles, the latest movie from South African director Jonathan Liebesman, who started in horror but has transitioned into pure
action.
TV becomes the locus of spectacles, «
battles royale» whose moral implications the films don't have
time to expire (which isn't necessarily a bad thing, as the
action and the objects in the film can «preach» better).
Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge -
action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same
time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye,
battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the
battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the
battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online
battle modes.
Developed by Bits of Magic Released 1990 Also For Amiga, FM Towns, Genesis, PC - 98 Genre
Action, Strategy Perspective 3rd - Person Perspective, Isometric, Top - Down Theme Historical
Battle (specific / exact), Real -
Time Description Starting as a young Roman legionnaire in 275BC, your job is to conquer the known world through force or diplomacy, fighting on land and sea.
MPAA Rated: PG - 13 for intense
battle sequences, disaster - related
action and brief sexual content Running
Time: 98 min.
With playable characters from the original title along with never before seen characters joining the
battle, fans can enjoy seeing whole line - ups of their favorite One Piece characters springing to
action, including Eneru for the first
time ever on PS3.
Language: English Genre:
Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Doug Liman Actors: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Plot: On an alien battlefield - the war is finally coming to an end - but for one soldier, the war never ends as he is caught in a
time loop reliving the same
battle over and over again.
Perhaps the biggest change this
time around is the
battle and navigations system, leaning more towards reactive,
action gameplay as opposed to the classic, turn - based JRPG model.
Unlike some
action movies that obscure much of the goods with shadows and shakycam, you can see everything in the «Pacific Rim»
battles... and they go on for a good amount of
time.
Director / Screenwriter (and part -
time comic book writer) Joss Whedon's love for comics is apparent right from the start with an opening act that would be the climax in many
action films and carries through to one of the more spectacular final
battle scenes you're likely to see for years to come.
As
battles can get quite hectic, the game features a pause system which allows players to pause the
action at any
time to issue orders, change weapon sets and so on.
Another positive of «The
Battle of the Five Armies» is that the film wastes no
time in getting right into the
action.
After the dust in between each
action sequence does finally settle, there is more
time to dissect the themes at play with the most engaging being the presence of the rookie Bilbo amongst the
battle hardened dwarfs.
Gameplay-wise, Bard's Tale is a top - down
action RPG with a somewhat basic real
time battle system.
Instead of the series» turn - based
battles, Dragon Quest Builders approaches a real -
time action RPG approach similar to The Legend of Zelda or Secret of Mana.
Of course, since he has no
action hero experience, a super montage is necessary with Pym's estranged daughter, Hope (Evangeline Lilly, «The Hobbit: The
Battle of the Five Armies»), doing the honors and beating the snot out of him at the same
time.
Guardians of Middle - Earth, the latest Multiplayer Online
Battle Arena game to aim for the Xbox Live Arcade scene since Awesomenauts, wastes no
time jumping into the
action.
Transformers: War for Cybertron takes players to the final moments of the grand civil war that will determine the survival of the entire Transformers race. Fans will be able to explore the Transformers war - ravaged home planet in full 3D environments for the first
time, armed with a diverse arsenal of high - tech weaponry and the ability to convert instantly from robot to vehicle form at any
time as they engage in heart - pounding
battles on land and in the air in this gripping, third - person
action shooter. Complete with several multiplayer modes,  Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in / drop out online co-op, and also create their own Transformers character for competitive head - to - head multiplayer modes, choosing among four distinct character classes, personalizing their characterâ $ ™ s look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities. Additionally, the game introduces Escalation, a four - player online co-op mode that allows gamers to fight together as their favorite Autobots or Decepticons against increasing waves of enemies utilizing strong teamwork to survive.
Even graduates of Zoolander's Center for Kids who Can't Read Good would be hard pressed to decipher what the game is telling you during
battle, and with how chaotic the screen can get, there were more
times that I had to take myself out of the
action to determine my next objective than I'd like to admit.
In particular, the
battle system stood out for its more
action - focused take on RPG combat, with
battles playing out in real -
time and special abilities pulled off via directional presses combined with buttons.
«Infinity War» kicks into a particularly exhilarating gear when the
action shifts to Wakanda, where Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther gathers his armies and joins the fight; the genius Dr. Bruce Banner is stunned by the amazing mind of Shuri, and the great warrior Okoye (Danai Gurira) gets one look at the powers of the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) in
battle and exclaims, «What was she doing [back in the lab] all this
time»!
Final Fantasy XII is one of the first FF titles to have real -
time battles, but the game never truly becomes a full - fledged
action / RPG game.
We get the requisite
actions sequences, too — laser - blaster fights (Caine's gun, amusingly, sounds like a barking dog), gravity - defying chases with the help of Caine's gravity boots (He had wings at one
time, but considering that his boots make him fly, that seems a tad showy), ship
battles through Chicago and in space, and plenty of climbing up and jumping across collapsing edifices.
The system employed in World of Final Fantasy is the classic Active
Time Battle system, with player characters and enemies taking turns to execute
actions.
Starring Ron Perlman («Hellboy») and Billy Zane («Titanic») and featuring six -
time WWE champion Dave Bautista and UFC star Kimbo Slice, «The Scorpion King 3:
Battle For Redemption» takes «The Mummy» phenomenon to an all - new level of epic
action and non-stop adventure!
With the universe once again on the line, there is always
time for an Iron Man versus Hulk
battle while the bad guys refuel, dragging this
action flick once again beyond the two hour mark.
Fox has scheduled Kenneth Branagh's Death on the Nile movie adaptation for a theatrical release starting November 8, 2019, while at the same
time shifting the release dates back for Shane Black's sequel / reboot The Predator and Robert Rodriguez's live -
action anime / manga adaptation Alita
Battle Angel.
Blade of the Immortal boasts a fun and familiar plot, bloody
battles, top of the line visuals, a great cast, and one of the best
action directors of all
time - there's little reason to not be hyped for this film.
In reality there are two types of RPG
battle systems, turn based and then there are the real -
time /
action adventure RPG's.
Where last
time we had a horror movie, Cameron's masterpiece is an all - out
action - packed rocket - launcher of a film, with Ripley and pals
battling tooth and nail against a seemingly endless stream of snarling space beasties.
For mainstream viewers, there are big
action sequences, a heady
battle montage, a»40s setting featuring über - Nazis with glowing laser - guns, and plenty of well -
timed one - liners.
Instead of slicing your way through beasts and wyverns in real -
time action a la the usual Monster Hunter style, Monster Hunter Stories features a turn - based
battle system with you and your monster pal at your side against up to three enemies.
Directed by Dick Powell in a deliberate (at
times plodding) manner, the film offers its share war movie
action but the focus is on the
battle of wits, a kind of chess game played with torpedoes and depth charges, with the two captains attempting to outwit the other by anticipating one another's movies.
Beautifully scripted, the
action scenes and miniature effects maintain a startling level of energy, and director Michael Curtiz balanced his camera so every supporting character is never forgotten during the film's multiple
battle scenes within its two hour running
time.
Osprey Lake of the Women's Earth and Climate
Action Network (WECAN) in the United States, where the
battle over the Keystone XL Pipeline and the development of the Alberta Tar Sands is raging, addressed the failure of the COP to deal with the central point of ending fossil fuel extraction: «With the COP taking place in Peru, it is the first
time a UNFCCC meeting was held in an Amazon country.
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