Movie: Jurassic Park(1993) – My opinion

You know that movie you really loved when you was younger and then you watch it now that you are older and it's not nearly as good as it was. Jurassic Park was one of my favorite movies growing up so it's time too see if it holds up.

During a preview tour of a theme park it suffers a power breakdown that allows is dinosaur exhibits to run free.

The creator of the park, John Hammond(played by Richard Attenborough who is known for his work on The Great Escape, Elizabeth, Rosebud), is a really well written character. You will probably think he's stupid at times but you got to remember that this park was his biggest creation. He also spared no expense as he says during the movie. You will see an character arc where he goes from not wanting to give up on the park to where he understand that he can't save it. He's also a grandfather which gives him a little more to be worried about when everything goes wrong since his grandchildren are in the park. His granddaughter Lex(played by Ariana Richards who is know for her work on Tremors, Space Invaders, Battledogs) is the oldest of his grandchildren. She's a computer-hacker(her words) or nerd(her brother Tims words). She's a good character, especially for a child/teen character. Her brother Tim(played by Joseph Mazzello who is known for his work on G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Social Network, Star Kid) is really interested in dinosaurs and has read Dr. Grants book so you can say he's excited. Again, as a child character he's a very good character. A lot of child-characters have a tendency to become whiny or really annoying but that's not a problem in this movie and that really says something about how good the director(Steven Spielberg who is know for directing Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan) is or how good the script was. The children spend most of their time with Dr. Alan Grant(played by Sam Neill who is known for his work on The Hunt for Red October, Event Horizon, Escape Plan), who is a paleontologist and a fantastic character. His character arc is really good. He starts of as someone who doesn't like children very much but he really step up when the children in the park needs him and he even starts to kinda like them. Everything he explains never feel like its forced upon you or anything like that. A great character and a well written character. He has his girlfriend with him to the park, Dr. Ellie Sattler(played by Laura Dern who is known for her work on The Fault in Our Stars, 99 homes, When the Game Stands Tall), who is a paleobotanist. She has a little less of an character arc but she is a very very good character. She's a strong female character in a monster movie which is really good too see. They even mention the fact that shes a woman in there without making a huge discussion about it. A great strong female character and she's also very well written. With them on the tour of the park is also Dr. Ian Malcolm(played by Jeff Goldblum who is known for his work on Independence Day, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Fly), a mathematician and chaos theorist. This is also a great character. He's in some way the opposite of Dr. Grant and that's really great. You get more than one point of view on what they discuss and that's great for the audience. You either love him or hate him for the way he is and the way he talks and that is just one more thing that makes him a great character. With all these people its really hard to not find someone not to relate too. Most importantly, not one of the characters feels forced in there. Everyone has their place. All around great cast and great characters. You also get some really good supporting actors in Martin Ferrero(who is known for his work on Heat, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Miami Vice(TV-Series)), Bob Peck(who is known for his work on Slipstream, The Opium War, The Black Velvet Gown), Wayne Knight(who is known for his work on Space Jam, The Exes(TV-Series), Seinfeld(TV-Series)), BD Wong(who is known for his work on White Frog, Falling for Grace, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(TV-Series)) and Samuel L. Jackson(who is known for his work on Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained, Kingsman: The Secret Service).

Just to get it out there, i have never read the book so i will not know if anything have been changed. This movie is kinda difficult to put into a genre because it has a lot of things going for it. It's a monster movie and an adventure, it's scary at points and so on. The fact that it pulls it off is a real testament to this movie and how good it is. On paper the plot doesn't seem like much but the execution, the effects, the writing and the explanation of how everything works makes this fantastic. The fact that you see actors run form dinosaurs that looks like they are really there is very impressive and it gets your heart pumping. The pacing of the movie is great and it seem like everything the characters do has a reason behind it. They don't just do things to make situations happen. It starts of with the excitement and aww of seeing real dinosaurs and how they make them. They introduce the characters in a good way in the first act so when the action comes we know who's doing what, why they are doing it and we don't need any more information on the characters so we can focus on the action.

This is a fantastic movie. Once or twice i could see that the effects are a little old but that's only if you look for it. Steven Spielberg shows us once again how to tell a story. Also, a lot of monster movies will often try to make their movie around the monsters and kinda forget about their human characters. This movie has no problem with this. This is a movie i would recommend for everyone to see. There is just too many good things with this movie. If you haven't watch it you should watch it. If it's over a year since the last time you saw it, you should see it again. There's only one thing that annoyances me in the movie and that's with Tim and the gun. I won't spoil it but you'll know what i mean when you see it. A fantastic story, great writing, good dialog from well written characters in a movie that brings dinosaurs back to life. Also a great way to tell us that even though we can do something does that mean we should do something. I have not seen the 3D release of this movie but if it comes around again i would pay a lot to see it in 3D. Fantastic.

TL;DR

Fantastic movie, great direction, good written dialog, great characters. You get excited, scared and impressed by this. Great effects. It holds up great for a movie that was released in 1993. I highly recommend everyone to watch this. Runtime 127 minutes.

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Does Jurassic World hold up to Jurassic Park?

What do you think of the fact that Jurassic World 2 is coming?

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Movie: Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!(2015) – My opinion

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It's that time of year again when The Asylum gives us what they think we want. They are back with the third installment in their Sharknado series and i must say that i don't have huge hopes for this one. The two first Sharknado movies were a struggle to get through and i fear that this one will be the same.

A huge sharknado unleashes sharks from Washington D.C. to Orlando, Florida.

The movie starts of with Fin(played by Ian Ziering who is known for his work on Domino, Lava Storm, Beverly Hills 90210(TV-Series)) going to get an award from the president for his heroics in the earlier movies. The first good thing is that there is no Tara Reid in sight(if you haven't read my Sharknado 1 or Sharknado 2 opinions let me just say that her acting is the worst thing in these movies). 8 minutes into the movie we get our first sharknado. This is actually a good move by the filmmakers since we already know enough about the sharknados from the two earlier movies there is no reason to make us wait for the action. They put us right in there and i like it. This sharknado does significant damage to Washington D.C. but Fin and the president works together to survive and the sharknado ends on it's own. Fin's thoughts go out to April(played by Tara Reid who is known for her work on American Pie, Van Wilder, Alone in the Dark) who he has remarried(dammit Fin). She's at Universal Orlando with her daughter Claudia(played by Ryan Newman who is known for her work on Zoom, Lover Learning, See Dad Run(TV-Series)) and her mother May(played by Bo Derek who is known for her work on Tommy Boy, The Master of Disguise, Malibu's Most Wanted) so Fin decides to go there right away. On his way to Florida Fin encounters another sharknado but is rescued by a familiar face. Nova(played by Cassie Scerbo who is known for her work on Not Today, Bering Sea Beast, Teen Spirit) is back. She has partnered up with Lucas(played by Frankie Muniz who is known for his work on Racing Strips, Agent Cody Banks, Malcolm in the Middle(TV-Series)) and they use their time tracking storms. Fin hitches a ride from them but a sharknado form in Orlando before they arrive and they get detoured. They get themselves to a military airport where Fin has a friend that lets him and Nova borrow a fighter jet to try to stop the sharknado. While they are taking off Lucas dies from the sharks tossed from the sharkando. Another sharknado forms and hits Daytona where the Daytona 500 is underway and the sharknado kill several people and some drivers. Fin and Nova tries to blow up the sharknado but it does next to nothing. Up until now this has been kinda standard, at least in sharknado terms, but now is the time the movie finds out it has another gear. Fin figured out that several storms will soon combine into a Sharkicane that will destroy the entire East Coast. Fin the decides that he need help from his estranged father, former NASA colonel Gil Shepard(played by David Hasselhoff who is known for his work on Eurotrip, Anaconda 3: Offspring, Baywatch(TV-Series)) to destroy the storm from space. That's the most insane plan i have ever heard. You got to give the makers credit for creativity. Also, to get Hasselhoff in this is just fantastic. So Gil, Fin, Nova and April reach NASA headquarters and finds out that the only solution is to use a top-secret spacecraft to drop tanks of fuel into the storm, destroying it from orbit. At this time in the movie i'm actually entertained and laughing like crazy. Anyway, the plan fails to stop the sharkicane but Gil has a plan b. Gil says he can deploy a Reagan-era Star Wars satellite from outer space. Oh, i almost forgot, the pregnant wife of Fin, April, is also there. Why, because the makers wanted her there, i don't know. But it can't be good to go into space pregnant. Anyway, they get instructions on how to use the weapon but something goes wrong and Gil must sacrifice himself in order to deploy the top-secret laser weapon. He gets stranded in space but he says its ok, it's where he wants to be(Awww, no Hasselhoff for a sequel). So this must be the end. The laser destroys the storm and how much more over the top can it become? Well, when you use a laser beam to destroy sharknados the sharks gets propelled into space. So the space shuttle is attacked by sharks and while Fin is fighting them off with an energy-beam chainsaw he and April gets eaten by two separate sharks. So this is a good thing because the sharks fall towards earth and since they are on the inside they are safe when they enter the atmosphere. Fin gets out and looks for April, he hears her saw-arm spinning up. A shark gets cut open and Fin are handed a baby through the shark. That right, she gave birth inside the shark. She is also fine by the way. Fin calls the baby Gil after his father who we now see is on the moon. Fragments from the shuttle come falling down and it looks like it's going to hit April aaaaaaand it's done. End credits. We get to see there that the public will decide with hash-tags if April will survive or die. Oh my god what a crazy movie.

When looking at the characters Fin is still the best one, not that that's very hard in this movie. All characters come out as kinda flat with more or less no development. Fin is always trying to do the right thing no matter what. Aprils character are still the most annoying one. I wonder if i'm the only one who means that. I guess ill find out now that they are doing the hash-tag survey if shes going to live or not. Their daughter Claudia does very little throughout the whole movie. She gets some action at the end of the movie but are more or less just reading of some lines and then stand in the background. Aprils mother May is extremely annoying. I don't know if she was written that way so we get an explanation on why April is so annoying but if that's the case i'm very impressed. This is another character that doesn't do anything useful throughout the movie. Completely useless character in my opinion. Lucas was an unnecessary character. He did do something and had a couple of lines but he had next to no impact on the story. Luckily the makers saw that he became useless so the removed him. Gil is an alright character i guess, at least in this movie. He helps to save the world and he sacrifices himself. Good on you Hasselhoff. I still think that Tara Reid shows us the weakest acting in the movie but i will say that Bo Derek is a damn close second. Ian Zierings acting is decent but very cheesy at times and Frankie Muniz comes of as whiny. All in all, it just what a sharknado movie demands.

While sharknado 2 did nothing new Sharknado 3 actually do. We get the Sharkicane. They go into space. They take the formula and just run with it and the movie is better because of it. I had really big laughs at times, which is more than i can say about the two predecessors. This one is also filled with cameos and its actually kinda fun to see them all. You get cameos of Penn & Teller, Lou Ferrigno, Jerry Springer, Grant Imahara, Chris Jericho, George R.R. Martin, Jedward and many many more. And its so great to see David Hasselhoff in a movie. This fits him so good. Another smart thing is that the movie is only 88 minutes long. Had it been any longer it would get boring really quick. Don't get me wrong now, this is still a bad movie. The story is over the top stupid, the special effects still looks like something i could do ten years ago and some of the acting is so bad that you are sure they are acting bad. The thing is it's not as bad as the two before it. Its more over the top and its more fun. So i think that what i'm saying is that if you like bad movies(as some people do) and want to watch sharknado you can skip the two first and go straight to this one. This is still only for the ones with special interests. Its fun but its not enough to make it worth your time, but they did announce Sharkando 4 so maybe next time.

TL;DR

Ok start, insane climax. Its really fun but that's not enough. Bad effects, bad acting, dull characters. Its way over the top but still not worth your time. It has some new ideas, some insane plans to stop the sharknados, but its still not enough. This is the best of the Sharknado movies but it's still to bad to recommend. I recommend to stay away from this one unless you really want to throw away 88 minutes.

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Is it really necessary with a Sharknado 4?

Do you want April to live or die?

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Movie: Run All Night(2015) – My opinion

A new movie with Liam Neeson who is going to run all night, sure, can't be worse than Taken 3.

An aged hitman for the mob must save his estranged son from the mob he works for when the estranged son sees something he shouldn't.

Liam Neeson(known for his work on Taken, Schindler's List, Batman Begins) plays our hitman Jimmy Conlon. You can say he's kinda like the other characters Liam has played lately, the old man who can kill you with one arm. This also means that he hasn't much of an arc since he already know how to kill and so on. He does have some nice moments with both his son and his old boss that shows us who he really is. He just want his son to be alright which is something a lot of people can releate too. With all that said i must admit that Liam is really good in these kind of roles. You really feel like he can do all the things his character does. Without Liam in this role i believe that the character would not have worked very well. He's trying to help his son Mike Conlon(played by Joel Kinnaman who is known for his work on Safe House, RoboCop, The Killing(TV-Series)) who saw a murder committed by the mobs boss son which in turn means that the mob is coming for him. I really like the character of Mike. He doesn't have contact with his father anymore but when the mob comes for him his father steps up to help him. The scenes between Jimmy and Mike are really good. You get the sense that they are actually father and son. Joel plays the part as the son perfectly. You also want him to survive. The movie gives you a lot of reasons to want him to survive. He helps kids without fathers and he has a family and kids and a kid on the way. It sounds like that's a little much but its actually not, it works very well. The mob boss Shawn Maguire(played by Ed Harris who are known for his work on The Abyss, The Rock, A History of Violence) is what he sounds like. He's a mob boss through and through. As earlier mentioned he has some great moments with Jimmy but he's like what you think of when you hear the words mob boss. This is another character that is saved by the actor playing him. Without Ed playing this character he would most likely be very forgettable. They also have some great actors in the supporting roles like Common(known for his work on Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Smokin' Aces), Bruce McGill(known for his work on Law Abiding Citizen, Collateral, MacGyver(TV-Series)) and Vincent D'Onofrio(known for his work on Full Metal Jacket, Men In Black, Daredevil(Netflix-Series)).

The story of the movie is not a new thing. Jimmy needs to help his son survive when the mob comes for him. There are elements of some forced exposition but nothing that makes the movie bad. For me its the relationship between Jimmy and Mike that saves this movie for me. Jimmy even tries to keep his son from killing anyone. He doesn't want that for his son at just that little thing does wonders for the chemistry between the two. The one think i really dislike is that they show a part for later in the movie in the start. Some movie can do this without problems but they are very few. There are no reason in this one too do that. Now i know something that's going to happen later in the movie and are more or less just waiting for that. Everything else about this movie is good enough. The acting is good, the action is good, the story is ok. Having said all that i must say that this is not a movie for anyone, its for the action fan or the Neeson fan. Its not enough here to keep people without the special interest for action entertained. Liam Neeson looks great in this one, a lot better than in Taken 3. I don't know if its because of the editing or just that Liam was more interested in this project but it works very well. Joel Kinnaman shows that he really can act. I believe that he has a huge future in front of himself in Hollywood. With a runtime of 114 minutes it's a little long but nothing to get a fuzzy about. The climax is worth the wait anyway.

The movie is good enough to watch if you haven't got anything else to watch or are looking for just a movie to put on. I would recommend to watch it though if you are a fan of actionfilms or a huge Liam Neeson fan. It has it's problems but it works regardless. Good movie, intense action, great fun.

TL;DR

Good movie, great fun, intense action. Liam Neeson and Joel Kinnaman are great in their roles. Great chemistry between actors. Recommended for actionfans. Runtime of 114 minutes.

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What is you favorite Joel Kinnaman role?

What franchise would you like to see Liam Neeson in?

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Movie: 7 Seconds(2005) – My opinion

After the incredible bad experience of watching Game of Death i decided to give Wesley Snipes another chance. 7 seconds was my choice this time, wish me luck.

An experienced thief accidentally steals a Van Gogh which results in that his partner gets kidnapped forcing him to make a rescue plan.

Wesley Snipes(who is known for his work on Blade, Passanger 57, Demolition Man) is our master thief Jack Tulliver. Tulliver is a really boring character. No character-arc or anything like that. What you see is what you get off him. Snipes is ok in the role, it's just that the role is not good. His co-star this time around is Tamzin Outhwaite(who is known for her work on EastEnders(TV-Series), Paradox(TV Mini-Series), New Tricks(TV-Series)) in the role as Sgt. Kelly Anders. The one and only thing that makes her stand out from everyone else is that she is British, that's all. I mean shes just as boring as Tulliver. The rest of the cast suffers from the same too. Too boring, really bland and a lot of bad writing.

The reason the movie is called 7 seconds is because at one time in the movie, in the start, there is a timer sat to 7 seconds and it is never referenced again. They didn't need to call it that because of that timer. It feels really weird, especially since they never do something like it again, its just that one time. The story is predictable all the way through. You know someone on Tullivers side is sharing information with the enemy since they knew where and how to find them and it's really not that hard to guess who it is. Some weird editing but nothing that breaks the movie. Every action moment is mediocre too. There's really nothing to get from this movie, i have no idea how it got green-light.

Of all the straight-to-dvd Wesley Snipes movies i have watched i think this might be the worst. What it does is things you have seen before and its not done good. It's sloppy written and a boring story. This was the longest 96 minutes of my life. Unless you need something to fall asleep to i would not recommend this movie. On second thought don't use it for that either.

TL;DR

Bad bad movie. Bad writing, boring characters, 96 minutes of boredom, i recommend staying away from this one.

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What is you favorite bad movie?

What is, in your opinion, Wesley Snipes worst movie?

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Movie: Game of Death(2010) – My opinion

I was bored one evening and looking through Netflix to find something to watch and then i saw him, Wesley Snipes on the cover of a movie and i thought to myself, this could be interesting.

Secret Ops agent Marcus is sent to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and they who are financing him.

In our lead as the Secret Ops agent Marcus we have Wesley Snipes(who is known for his work on Blade, Passanger 57, Demolition Man). Snipes doesn't really look like he cares about what he's doing here. It feel like he's there just for a payday and that's really not a good way to play a character. His character is more or less what i wrote earlier. He's a trained agent who knows how to fight and shoot. He has no character-arc or growth. So Marcus's assignment is to gather intel on Frank Smith(played by Robert Davi who is known for his work on Predator 2, James Bond: Licence to Kill, Die Hard), who is an arms dealer, and John Redvale(played by Quinn Duffy who is known for his work on The Corporate Ladder, Playback, The Nutty Professor), who is an hedge fund manager. Marcus gets himself hired as Frank Smith's bodyguard and goes with him to the Redvale building where Frank Smith is going to get $100,000,000 in cash. The car with Marcus and Frank Smith gets attacked by unknown men. Marcus's mentor Dietrich and several other CIA agents are in a helicopter above as backup but the other agents kill Dietrich and starts a plot to steal the $100,000,000. Marcus and Frank Smith survives the attack but a new problem presents in the heat of the battle with Frank Smith is having a Heart Attack. Marcus drives to a hospital with the agents, Floria(played by Zoë Bell who is known for her work on Death Proof, Bitch Slap, Django Unchained) and Zander(played by Gary Daniels who is known for his work on Tekken, The Expendables, The Mark), and their team hot on their heels.

As you might have understood by reading what i wrote over this is not a groundbreaking story in anyway. It doesn't try anything more than what it says on the box and it's kinda predictable. So here you have a predictable story with very flat and boring dialog and characters without any development, all this makes for a very boring movie. The pacing of the movie get really broken because of the editing of the movie with some unnecessary flashbacks and some very weird fades here and there. The whole movie is literally in a flashback which means that you know Marcus is going to be fine. I don't know if it would have made the movie better if he died but not knowing is important when you are watching a movie like this. They removed all suspense with showing us that he will be ok at the end. So how is the action? It's kinda ok. It's sometimes slow and awkward but it's not the worst i have seen but it's far from enough too save this 98 minute train wreck.

So just to get this out there, i have nothing against Wesley Snipes. I even like some of the movies he's been in but this is not one of them. It lacks imagination, good editing and a real script. Some of the actors feels like they don't even wanna be there. That with the lack of tension and bad pacing makes this a movie you really don't need to see.

TL;DR

Bad dialog, ok action, weak story with no surprises. The pacing is off and that's impressive since it's only 98 minutes long. No need to watch this.

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Is there really a place for this kind of straight-to-DVD movies still?

What is your favorite Wesley Snipes role?

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Game: Batman: Arkham Knight(2015) – My opinion

First of, I'm sorry for the lack of posts on my blog lately but real life stuff came up and i had to deal with that. Also, this game has taken up some of my time. Thank you for your patience.

Finally Rocksteady is back to finish of their fantastic Arkham-series so let's check out how their latest game hold up.

It's one year after the events of Arkham City and the death of the Joker. On Halloween night Scarecrow threatens Gotham city with his new and more powerful toxin. He has also planted bombs all over Gotham and forced an evacuation of the city's six million civilians. The only one left in Gotham is the Police, the criminals and Batman.

As a character Batman is still Batman. He sounds like Batman and he talks like Batman. He has a little more on his mind after the death of the Joker but he's still the Batman you know. It's really great to hear Kevin Conroy as Batman again. If you don't know he did the voice for Batman in Batman: The Animated Series and in both Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. He did not do Batman: Origins so it's really good to have him back. Batman is of course aided by police commissioner James Gordon (voiced by Jonathan Banks who is known for his work on Horrible Bosses 2, Identity Theft, Breaking Bad(TV-Show)) and Gordon's daughter Barbara aka Oracle (voiced by Ashley Greene who is known for her work on Urge, Burying the Ex, Twilight). Through side-missions you will also meet characters like Robin (voiced by Matthew Mercer who is known for his work on games like Dead or Alive 5, Infamous: Second Son, Mortal Kombat), Nightwing (voiced by Scott Porter who is known for his work on The To Do List, Prom Night, Dear John) and Catwoman (voiced by Grey DeLisle who is known for her work on games like Mortal Kombat X, Destiny, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon ). Both James and Barbara Gordon is great, they add to the story and gives Batman someone to talk to at occasion. It's great to see Robin and Nightwing again but they are more there to tell you what to do in a side-mission. They do help you fight and that's great but they feel like they are just there for one purpose. Batman does have some nice conversations with Catwoman. They are kind of building on the special relationship between Batman and Catwoman and it works very well. You will also get a helping hand from both Alfred Pennyworth and Lucius Fox. But anywhere Batman is there are going to be some villains and this time we meet some great ones. We get to meet Penguin (voiced by Nolan North who is known for his work on games like the Assassins Creed series, Dota 2, Uncharted series ), Two-Face (voiced by Troy Baker who is known for his work on games like Far Cry 4, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfighter, The Last of Us), Harley Quinn (voiced by Tara Strong who is known for her work on games like Mortal Kombat X, Guild Wars 2, Lollipop Chainsaw), The Riddler (voiced by Wally Wingert who is know for his work on games like Command & Conquer: Renegade, Dragon Age: Origins, Star Wars: Starfighter) and of course Scarecrow (voiced by John Noble who is known for his work on The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, Sleepy Hollow(TV-Series), Fringe(TV-Series) ) just to mention a few. Most of these are also side-mission based. They all play their part great but some may feel a little like filler. The Riddler stands out somewhat since he will talk a lot to you throughout the game. This comes as no surprise since he did this in the other Arkham games too, and yes, he still wants you to find green questionmarks all over the city. The one of them that really stands out is Scarecrow. You feel like he really could go toe to toe with Batman. Fantastic voice acting helps to make him as scary as he's suppose to be. He may not be as good as the iconic Joker but he's not far from it. The last one i want to bring up is of course the Arkham Knight. This character was made specifically for the game by Rocksteady, DC Comics, comic-book writer Geoff Johns and DC co-publisher and comic artist Jim Lee. The Arkham Knight is described as a militarized version of Batman. He's an okay villain. I must admit i was hoping for something better but it could be a lot worse.

The story of the game is good, just like the others in the series. They have also managed to make the side-missions interesting enough to make you wanna do them. A lot of games drop the ball on that one. It's a little to predictable at times but it's still a great experience. One thing they did really good was to give us something more to think about than just punching. It's a little more inside the mind sort of, as you might expect knowing some of the villains. You got your fighting and counter systems from earlier game only made better. You also get the stealth-sections. The side-missions are good for the most part. Some people says that this is the best of the games in the Arkham Series but in my opinion I think Arkham City is better. To sum up, the story is great but a little to predictable.

As Batman you also get gadgets. You get your batarangs, line-launcher, explosive gel and so on. All the gadgets feel great to use, nothing bad there. You also get points each time you do something, like a side-mission for instance, which you use to level up you suit, batmobil or gadgets. The new thing that people are split on is the batmobile. Some really hate it. I have also read that some mean that the batmobile is to much in the game. I have to say that i mean that the batmobile is awesome. Yes, it may be used a little to much but not so much that you will hate it. The reason that i really like it is that it give the game a new feel. Some of us have played the three Arkham games before this so not having to do the same thing again is great. It's fantastic. I'm 95% finished with the whole game(including side-missions(I'm missing some riddler trophies)) after 26 hours. I'm not really sure how long the main story is but i would estimate that it's probably around 7 – 9 hours. I'm not sure about that so if your really wondering about that you might want to try to Google it.

I played this game on the PC. Most of you know of the problems with the game. Yes i had problems with the game. Insane fps drops, which is kinda weird because i have a GTX 970. I know they have fixed some issues but it's not fully fixed. So if you are thinking about playing it on PC i would recommend that you wait until you hear that they have fixed it. It is a really good game and i recommend that everyone play it but as i said, if you are going to play it on PC, wait a little while.

TL;DR

A really great game with a great story, still has problems on PC but it's being worked on, a little predictable, batmobile is awesome, fantastic music, great villains, great voice-actors, I recommend this for everyone.

My question for you:

Thinking of the problems on the PC version, does it make you say that you will never buy it or are you OK with waiting?

Does this make you rethink preordering games?

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Game: E3 Sony conference – My opinion

The time has come to Sony, they have the momentum of the last two E3s where they was the best conference. Can they keep the good news coming?

Sony opens their conference in a huge way with showing off what have been MIA for a couple of years, The Last Guardian. Not only do they show it to us, they gave us gameplay. This was probably the moment a lot of people had been looking forward too. Personally i don't think i want to play it but I'm only one man. It looks like the rest of the world wants it so starting with showing off something everyone has been waiting for and showing gameplay was a fantastic way to start of their E3 conference. They also said that it's coming in 2016.

Next Guerrilla Games came out and announced their new game Horizon Zero Dawn. First thing that they did right was to give us gameplay. Giving gameplay give us so much more than just an cinematic. It's going to be an action role-playing game set in the future, about 1000 years in the future. The world is dominated by robotic creatures. You need to hunt these robots for resources that you need to survive. They also have promised that there will not be loading screens in the game. This game came like a total surprise on me and it looks great. I think a lot of people got excited by this. Again, smart to show gameplay. The game looks beautiful. The only thing i don't like is the Zero Dawn part of the name.

Now they showed us Hitman. I'm really excited for a new Hitman. I still remember playing the first one and having a great time. Hopeful it's a little more stealthier than the last one in the series. While it's great to see Agent 47 again this was just a cinematic so i really don't know how anything works or how it looks. Hopes are high.

Next they show us Street Fighter 5, the next game in the fantastic fighting series. They show us a montage of move by different characters. Everything feels really familiar. I don't know what they have done for this one but what i can say is that the game look fantastic, very crisp graphics. Another thing to remember is that Street Fighter 5 is not coming to Xbox One. Looks great and it's the best fighting game out there in my opinion.

Next up Hello Games comes to the stage to show off some more of their highly anticipated game No Man's Sky. I understand why people are hyped for this game but I'm not. I don't know why I'm not hyped for it. Maybe it's the graphics or the fact that it's so huge that you can't 100% it. I don't know. But again, they showed us gameplay and that's great. I think a lot of people was pleased with what they saw. No release date yet but it's better that they do it right than fast.

Now they showed off a game called Dreams. I have no idea what this game is, even after i just saw it. It looks crazy but i don't get what the draw of the game is. I'll have to wait for more information on the game before i can even talk about it.

Next we got to see Firewatch. The game is set in the Wyoming wilderness. You only form of communication is a walkie-talkie that goes to his supervisor Delilah. While out on a patrol someone ransacks your tower and you will now explore and uncover clues to find out whats going on. It looks like a great game. I will definitively play this when i comes out some time this year. And yes, they showed us gameplay. It looks like a great experience.

Next up is Destiny The Taken King, a expansion to Destiny. First off i don't think they showed us any gameplay and that makes me kinda sad. Also i will probably not play this title. I just don't understand why they haven't put it on PC. It's a perfect fit for Destiny. Anyway, looks like an ok expansion but since i don't play the game i really don't now if they give enough with this. Hopefully for Destiny fans this will be great. It will be released 09.15.15.

Now they showed off a little from Assassins Creed Syndicate. I already talked about Assassins Creed Syndicate in my E3 Ubisoft post so i will not talk about it here.

Next up was World of Final Fantasy. I have no idea what's going on in this game. I have never been very big on Final Fantasy games and i don't think this will be my big Final Fantasy game. I guess there is an audience for this somewhere but it's not where i am. I hope it's going to be a hit though.

Suddenly Sony decide that they did not need a roof anymore since they were going to blow it off. They showed us a cinematic of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. The crowd went crazy, the internet almost broke, pigs where flying. It was crazy. Ok, so i never played Final Fantasy 7 so i had not that reaction but the rest of the people i was with went crazy. We did not get to see much from the game, as i said it was a cinematic. But what they showed looked great and a lot of people recognized the places that they showed off. This was huge of Sony and it was the right thing to do. People have been asking for this for a really long time. Good job Sony.

Devolver Digital got a video showing that they are coming with 4 games to the Playstation 4. These games are Ronin, Eitr, Mother Russia Bleeds and Crossing Souls. The games kinda blended together and that's probably not what you want. There was a lot of fighting and blood but i can't tell you much more than that. It was a quick video but it's great to have more games.

Next up Sony dropped another bomb, and that is that they want to make a Shenmue 3. I thought to myself that this is great but I'm not so sure. They decided to get the people to pay for the development of the game through kickstarter. First off, i don't think that this is right because the game would sell good anyway, why use kickstarter?. Secondly, is this going to be the thing now. Big game makers go to kickstarter instead of doing things the old fashion way. I always thought of kickstarter a place to help indi developer and small people so they might get out their game. I really don't know what to feel about this. What is great about this is that we get Shenmue 3, that again made the roof fly off. I'm excited to follow the development of this one.

Next up they showed a pretty intense part from Batman: Arkham Knight. I think that this part, just a couple of missions are Playstation exclusive. The rest of the platforms will probably get it later though. I really dislike that they do things like this. It's ok with cosmetics and things like that but this is part of the game. Why shouldn't all gamers get to play it? On another hand the gameplay and graphics looked fantastic. I can't wait to play Batman: Arkham Knight. Good it's coming out soon.

Now there is some talking about VR but since i haven't tried Morpheus or any of the other VR devices yet i don't have anything to say about this, except that i really need to try one of them soon.

Next up they are showing us Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. As we saw earlier no one talked about Call of Duty at Microsofts conference. This is the reason why, now it's the Playstation that got a deal with them. So what did they show. Usually we see a little part of the story played in front of us. This time we got a cut-scene, the a 4 player co-op mission that looks like it's in the story. I don't know if it is in the story but it looked like it. And if that wasn't enough they showed us a video montage of the multiplayer. They gave us a lot of what we want to see from a Call of Duty announcement.

Now they bring us more from Disney Infinity. I must admit that i did not pay much attention under this segment. I really don't care about Infinity. A lot of people care about it so check for someone else to tell you about that.

Next up they got DICE onto the stage to talk some more about Star Wars Battlefront. This time they showed off a co-op mode with waves of enemies. The game still looks great and I'm so pumped for this one.

Now they give us the latest game from Naughty Dog, Uncharted 4 A Thief's End. I love all the Uncharted games. The are fantastic and everyone should play them, that's my honest opinion. We got to see a good chunk of gameplay. You can see that almost everything in the world reacts when it's shot. It maybe sound a little weird but it's really impressive when you see it. We get a long car-chase with all the humor and action that the series are known for. It looked really fantastic. I just can't wait. This is a system seller for me. Words do not do this game justice, you need to see the video for yourself.

Sony gives us more or less everything we wanted for the third year in a row. The only thing missing from this conference was anything about Final Fantasy 15. There is a demo out so maybe they feel that that's enough for now. Anyway, a fantastic conference again. What can Microsoft do to get the thunder back from Sony. Microsoft has even given up Call of Duty to them now. A lot of great games and a great pace to the whole conference, almost no time spent on anything but games.

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Game: E3 Ubisoft conference – My opinion

 Ubisoft have had a rough couple of years now so let's see if they can get us excited for Ubisoft games again.

They start of the show with a very good trailer for a sequel of my game of the year of 2014, South Park The Fractured But Whole. I loved South Park The Stick of Truth and i did not expect to see anything of an sequel so fast. They showed us that the boys of South Park are role-playing superhero-characters now instead of role-playing Fantasy-characters and as you can see by the title it still got he same humor. Hopefully they will just improve on the old one and not break the new one. I'm sure it's going to be great though, and what a way to start the show.

Next up we got to see For Honor and yes they showed gameplay. It's not often you get to see Samurais face of against Vikings but if you have wanted to see that this game got it. The best way to describe this game is that it's a better version of Chivalry. This looks superior in every way though. It looks really intense and i can't wait to try it. Who doesn't want to be a viking, you know.

Now they showed us The Crew: Wild Run. I think it's an expansion maybe. Anyway, i don't know how many people who play The Crew, i don't play it, but for all you guys who play it i think this will be great. I don't know how much you have gotten in the way of DLC but this looks like it got some content in it.

Now we get a cinematic trailer for Trials Fusion: Awesome Level Max. I love the Trials games but i hate this cinematic. I don't know how much this cinematic has to do with the game but it's obvious that this is just made too look silly. It got unicorns spitting fire and rainbows and so on. It's like it's trying to me a meme. It felt forced and i think footage of the game would be a lot better.

Next up they showed off Tom Clancy's The Division, maybe the most anticipated game of E3. We have seen a lot of this before but it still looks great. This time they showed us one player screwing over his team and that's kinda refreshing. It's not often we get to see that side of a game. Everyone usually are like «come on guys, work together, together we are strong» and so on. The game is set to release March 8, 2016 and i can't wait. Just remember, never trust me in this game.

Next they showed off the next chapter in their Anno series, Anno 2205. I don't have much to say about this. I don't play Anno games but i have heard that they are great. Are you a fan this is probably awesome. It still looks like Anno though.

Now they are starting to slow down. They are showing us Just Dance 2016 and that's ok. It's a game that some people love and it deserves to be shown off. What i did not need was a Jason Derulo coming on to the stage to sing. This is really not what E3 is about. Show off the game but no concerts please.

Next up we are talking about another highly anticipated game, Rainbow Six: Siege. I have talked about the alpha for this game in an earlier post so check out that if you are interested. So first of, one of the actors for the game came to the stage to talk about the game. Yeah, that's kinda cool and all but it's not really what we want. This show is about showing games, tech and advancement in graphics and so on. If you are going to talk to anybody about the game it should be the people making the game, not the actors. They showed off a new level and a new gamemode. A gamemode where you play co-op against AI to complete an objective. This is great, more games should have modes where you can just relax with your friends and shoot some bad guys. This is shaping up to be a great game.

Next up they showed us Trackmania Turbo, and again they showed us gameplay. It's almost like they know that gameplay is what they need to show. Trackmania still looks as fun and crazy as it always has. It's going to be fantastic and frustrating to play and the level editor looks easy to use which means there are going to be a lot of custom made tracks by players. I can't wait.

Now we get what we all knew was coming and that is Assassins Creed Syndicate. I like the era it's set in now but what scares me is the fact that it's Assassins Creed. There are a lot of these games and the last one was really broken. I don't know if i will play it or not but right now I'm not very excited. I feel like they should take a year off and make sure it's a fantastic game instead of releasing one every year where some of the are really broken. I won't buy this until i see some reviews of it. Very skeptical.

Now we are at the last game of the conference. That's always a big reveal and i don't know how it's never leaked. Anyway, we got a really great cinematic with some elements of what looked like gameplay but i can't be sure about that. The game was Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. The game looks fantastic, what we saw off it anyway. I'm a huge fan of the earlier Ghost Recon games to, so this was a really nice surprise. I need to see more of it before i say anything about if I'm going to get it or not but it really looks great. And i know that it's 4 player co-op which is always a big plus in my book.

So that was Ubisofts E3 conference and it wasn't that bad. I think they might be recovering from the last year of problems. The two things that were negative for me was the DLC to Trials. They showed nothing about the game and that's not good enough. Next up was the live performance from Jason Derulo. I don't watch E3 for the music. The big winners from this conference for me was South Park The Fractured But Whole and of course Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. A really solid conference. Good job Ubisoft.

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Game: E3 Electronic Arts conference – My opinion

EA have some of the most anticipated titles on the way. Hopefully they show us what we really want.

They start of with a very short cinematic trailer of the new Mass Effect game. That sounds great but in my opinion it's not. First off, it's a cinematic trailer. I want to see gameplay so i can see how the looks in-game. What is new, what is still there and so on. Secondly we knew that a new Mass Effect was coming so this was reduced to a glorified namedrop. The name, Mass Effect Andromeda, sounds cool enough though. What this might mean is that we get to see more when Gamescom comes around. If they don't have anything for Gamescom i feel like they shouldn't have showed us anything. I don't want hype for a game if it doesn't come for like 2 years. Show us gameplay when you got. Kinda lackluster start to the conference.

Next up we got to see the new Need for Speed simply called Need for Speed. There isn't much to say about this. It looks great and it looks like it's still an arcade racer. I personally love the Need for Speed series since I'm not huge on car simulators. We got to see some gameplay and as i said, it looks great. Nothing to go crazy about but it's nice to know that they are still making Need for Speed.

After that they showed us a good cinematic trailer for Star Wars The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire, an expansion for their MMORPG. I know i said we didn't want cinematics, we wanted gameplay but the only exception is for an MMORPG. The reason for that is that watching an MMORPG played is really boring. Anyway, it's really cool that they keep supporting Star Wars The Old Republic. I'm really excited to see this expansion and to see how their player numbers will react when it comes out. The trailer kinda got me excited to play an MMORPG again.

Next up we got a look at Unravel. The first thing i thought when i saw this was that it was their answer to Nintendos Yoshi's Woolly World but a little darker. After watching their gamplay trailer for a moment i realized that it was a little different. As i said it's darker and it does have a very interesting art style. It's not something that makes me go crazy with joy but i will keep an eye on this one, it might turn into something special.

After that they showed off Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. I already talked about this game in my opinion of Microsofts conference and what i said there still applies so read it there if you are wondering what i mean about this one.

Now we are moving towards the sports-games. EA have always had a lot of the sports-games so this had to be there and they start off with NHL16. What can i say, it's Ice Hockey. It looks beautiful though.

Keeping with the sports we got to see NBA LIVE 16 next. Again, what can i say, it's Basketball and it looks great.

After that we got to hear about what they had for the mobile market. I must admit that i really don't care about my phone as a platform and i did not really pay attention.

And after that they showed us Minions Paradise. This is another mobile game that's based on the characters who appeared in Despicable Me. It looks like a mobile game and it looked like it played like a mobile game. Again, not my cup of tea.

Next up we got to see a video of Pelé and that means we are going to have a look at Fifa16. What happened next was that they got Pelé to come out on stage and have a kind of interview. I don't get why companies do this. Like yeah, it's cool to see him and all that but this is a show for gaming-press and gamers who wants to see what is coming for their consoles and PC's. What games are looking like and what they have done of tech and graphics. I don't feel like this is the place to have this kind of segment. Fifa looks great though.

Next up is one of my most anticipated games, Mirror's Edge Catalyst and it looks fantastic. Some people are saying that it looks too much like the first Mirror's Edge but is that really bad? If you boot up Mirror's Edge today it still looks really good. So bright and beautiful. We got some gameplay and it looks really fluid and in a game like this that's really important. I'm very happy about how it looks. My only complain is that they said that Faith, the main character, can't use guns anymore. I rarely used them in the first game but it's more about that i want the option. It could help you out of tight spots and so on. I think it's a bad idea to remove things like that from games when their predecessor had it. Other than that it looks fantastic.

And we are still not done with sports. Now over to Madden NFL 16. I'm not huge on sports-games, also I'm from Europe so American Football is really not that interesting. Maybe if it was Blitz: The League or something like that. Anyway, Madden is still Madden.

Now, the moment is finally here. They are showing us what Star Wars Battlefront looks like now. I have played the other Star Wars Battlefront games and i loved them. I was a little nervous since it has the core mechanics of Battlefield and the Battlefield series has not had the best treatment over the years. I'm really happy that they showed us gameplay footage. That was really what they needed. A cinematic would not have been enough. They showed us a battle on the planet Hoth(if you don't know about Hoth you should watch Star Wars) and it looked really great in my opinion. There is a lot more than just a pretty level to make a good game but this is a great start. I'm really pleased with how it looks. They have said that we get 12 maps at launch and that online multiplayer supports up to 40 players. Let's just hope that their net code is up to speed this time.

So that's EA at E3. I still don't like the focus on sports-games. I understand that they must have their presence there but we all know what a Fifa game is and looks like. I don't think we need so much talking about it. The same goes for all the sports games. Also, i felt that the segment with Pelé was unnecessary and too long. Stick to the games and tech please. The Mass Effect Andromeda thing felt a little rushed, like they felt that they had to show it whatever state it was in. What saved it for me was Mirror's Edge, the trailer for Star Wars The Old Republic and Star Wars Battlefront. Still a pretty weak conference in my opinion.

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Game: E3 Microsoft conference – My opinion

Next up is Microsoft and Xbox. Hopefully they show us greatness.

Too open the show they got the game that made Xbox sell in the first place, Halo. More specifically Halo 5: Guardians. This is a safe way to open the show but it was damn good to see Master Chief again in a proper sequel. It looks great and it's probably going to be fantastic. These guys know how to make Halo, even though it's not Bungie doing it anymore. They also showed us what Warzone in Halo 5 looked like.

Next up we got to see Recore, made by Keiji Inafune and the creatores of Metroid Prime. I don't know enough about this game to really know what to say about this. The trailer looked really good and it looks like it might be a very emotional game but other than that i really don't know. All i know is that it's a very talented team that is making it.

After that we got to see a little game called Fallout 4. What is there to say about this. It looks great and the fans of the series seem very happy about what they have seen. The only thing is that it was more or less what we got to see at the Bethesda conference. It looks great and the freedom they are promising sounds awesome.

The next game they showed was Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2. Not a game that is for me but it looks great for what it is with the corny humor. It looked like it sounds. It looked like Garden Warfare but with new maps and some new units.

Forza Motorsport 6 looks stunning as always. Again, not a game-series i play but you can't deny the popularity of the series. Beautiful racing-game, nothing more to say.

Dark Souls 3 was next up and i got mixed feelings about this. Sure there is a huge fan-base for the game and it's a great game-series but are they flooding the market? It's not that long ago that we got Bloodborne and so on. They have to be careful so they don't flood the marked and kill of this genre as we have seen happened with other games. Having said that it looked really beautiful and you it's going to play great. Looking forward to this one.

The Hololens Demo was something everyone was impressed with, except for me. Don't get me wrong, it was extremely cool to see the tech in action and they showed some very impressive things but why Minecraft. Minecraft is probably the easiest game to put it in to. I wonder how graphicintensive games it can play. Can i use it with Civilization 5 or when i do 3D Modeling? I need to see it used on something else than Minecraft. It looks cool but what can it really do.

Next up was one of my most anticipated games, Tom Clancy's The Division. The problem is that it was only a trailer and not a particular good one. It just felt like just another trailer. Obviously Ubisoft wanted the big gameplay demo of for their own conference but they should have gotten a better trailer. It didn't give me anything.

Another game for Ubisoft where you know that the better showing of it will be at the Ubisoft conference but Rainbow Six: Siege looked good. It shows us that they have more than just rescue missions. This was a bomb diffuse mode. The only thing that makes me kinda nervous now we already got something like this and it's called Counter.-Strike.

Gigantic is a game i really don't know enough of to say much. It has an cool art style and it looked like it played good enough but i don’t know anything else about it. That goes for Ashen and Tacoma too. Don't know anything about it but it was good to see.

The sequel to one of my favorite games the last 5 years is Rise Of The Tomb Raider. I cant wait for this game, it looks great. The demo was really not anything special. I would rather have seen some combat than some climbing. I mean come on, it's Tomb Raider, we know there will be climbing and we know from earlier that they the climbing in the game works. Still excited though.

Beyond Eyes is another game that i don't really know enough of to talk really good about but it looks great. Looks kinda different and that's most likely a good thing.

Cuphead, another game i know way to little about but damn the art style is so cool. It looks like a 30's cartoon. Fantastic.

The sci-fi game Ion looked more like Adrift from last year then anything new. I can't say that it excites me but it might be good. We'll just have to wait to see more of it.

Next up was Rare Replay, a collection of 30 Rare games. When i say Rare games it's like Rare the developer, not that they are hard to find. While it's good to see those old classic titles again and jeeeij for nostalgia it's not something they should use a lot of time on on a conference. We who care knows about it and if people are interested they will google what it is. Do not waste time on 20 year old games when we see E3 for new games.

Fable legends looks ok. Not my kinda game but i guess for Fable fans it looks amazing. They didn't really show anything more than a little video. Not that we needed more, if I’m not mistaken they have already showed some earlier.

Sea of Thieves looks ridiculous. It looks fun. It looks like something that you would play for hours and hours. This is yet again something i know way to little about to say that people should buy but it looks great, it looks fun and it doesn't take itself to seriously. Can't wait to see more of this one.

Next up they showed us a little from Gears of War 4. I have always loved this franchise. I have always bought Gears of War on launch-day and i have always had a blast playing them. We didn't get to see much of Gears of War 4 and i think we will have to wait a long time before it comes out. They also showed some of the remastered Gears of War 1. May biggest complain about this is that i think it should be Gears of War 1 – 3 remastered collection. Like they did with Halo. I don't know if one old game remastered is enough to sell. It's still a good game though and i recommend it for sure.

Another thing they talked about was how they had made the Xbox One backwards compatible. That’s great. You can play your Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One but if i understood this correct you put in the xbox 360 disc and then it downloads the game. This means that first of all, you need internet. Secondly it means that you can play only the games that they make backwards compatible, which they said that they had 100 games or so backwards compatible. So, it's cool that it's backwards compatible but i do not agree with how it's done. Some games will probably never be backwards compatible and it's a damn shame.

That's more or less Microsofts conference at E3 and what can i say. It was good. Better than it's been in some time. But kinda predictable and no real surprises. Nothing that really stood out. Well, except for maybe Recore but that's not enough. They had no game that would really sell systems except for maybe Halo 5. Microsofts conference, good but not great.

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Game: Bethesda E3 – My opinion

This year we are kicking off E3 with a company that have never had an conference before. How will it go? Let's find out.

They open their show in just the right way, with the First-person-shooter of all First-person-shooters, namely Doom. I have played all the Doom games, from the first one in 1993 until now and Doom has never looked better. It was gore, bloody and all the weapons you remember are there, all the way from the shotgun till the chainsaw. The lighting, explosions and the demons look great. They also give us a robust map editor so there are going to an insane amount of player made maps in this game. This helps the game to live for a long long time. Can't wait to play both the single player and the multiplayer.

We got to see Battlecry. In my opinion it just looks like some kind of Team Fortess clone. Hopefully i'm wrong but my interest for this game is almost non existing.

Next up we got to see Dishonored 2. Dishonored 1 was a smash hit that no one saw coming, and that made people amped for a sequel and it's finally here. They showed of their character Emily Kaldwin and her powers. We got to see some really cool scenes in a hallway where the hallway changed in a mechanical kind of way. In all honesty, the game looked very impressive and i can't wait too see more.

They talked a little about The elder scrolls online and an Elder scrolls card game. Sorry to say but i got nothing to say about that. I did not like their MMO and I’m not a fan of card games. Sorry.

They have also made an app. A game where you are the man in charge in a fallout shelter. It's a cute little app and it's free but it's only for iOS. Not much to say about it. It's a mobile game.

Now there was only the big one left. Fallout 4 made the internet go crazy when they showed us the trailer a little earlier and now we were going to get some info and some info we got. We actually got a lot of info. They show character creation, building, weapons, dog companion and so on. They really gave the people what they wanted and the crowd loved it. Or so it seemed at least. They gave a lot and that is always great. They even gave us a release date, and not one in two years. It's coming out November 10, 2015. This is going to be one of the most sold games of the year, no doubt in my mind.

So that was Bethesda, their first conference. As a first conference it was fantastic. I don't think they could have had a better first conference than this. As a conference overall it was good. Not fantastic, but good. I would have liked to have seen a little more games but what could that have been? I wonder if they are going to have a conference next year. Solid start to E3.

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Game: Black Mesa(Steam release 2015) – My Opinion

This is one of those things you have heard about for years. Getting excited for it then forgetting it and gettin excited again and so on. Why i got excited? Because it's total remake of Half-Life, and even though it's a third-party doing it it looks fantastic.

The story is the same as in Half-Life with you taking controll of Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who works at Black Mesa research facility. He is working with an unstable specimen that makes the spectrometer explode and opens a portal between Earth and Xen. Gordon Freeman wakes up after the explosion seeing the destroyed lab. You learn that the communication with the outside has been cut and you need to get it restored. To get up to the surface you got to make your way through the partially destroyed facility, face of against soldiers who is there to cover up the accident and aliens ported from their dimension of Xen.

As a character Gordon Freeman is what you make him out too be. He doesn't talk and there are no cutscenes where he's not controlled by you. That means that everything you do is the only thing Gordon Freeman does. We know only a few things about him, like what he does and his age and so on. This may sound bad but it's really not. The other characters talk enough and they help the plot move forward at times. There's not much more to say about it really, but just know that it works.

I played the original game(Half-Life) when it came out in 1998 and it showed the world that First-person shooter games can have depth. They can show a story and make people think. When it came out in 1998 it got worldwide critical acclaim. It was also the first game made by a little company known as Valve. If you by any chance don't know what Valve has done they made Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Portal and Dota 2. They are also the guys who gave us Steam on the PC. I also must mention Counter-Strike which was born as a mod from Half-Life. I have to say that this game is not 100% finished. They are not done with the last bit of the game, the part known as Xen, but they are working on it. The game plays great. Think about that, this game was made in 1998 and it works great in 2015. Very few games hold up this well. A lot of credit for that must go to the modders though. But the story still works too. The new textures look great and everything feels like its a new release of a new game. If you are like me and have played the original you will probably feel the nostalgia flow too. The guns still feel great, the setpieces look great and the crowbar is still there. I hope people who haven't played Half-Life takes this opportunity and play Black Mesa so they can see where it all came from. The fantastic opening scene where you are on the train going to work is something that was fantastic when it came out and it still is. I don't think it was usual to show credits in the opening before this either. This is a piece of gaminghistory that has been remade to run great on new systems and the only complain i have is that there are too many loadingspots in the game. I'm guessing the have to be there since they are there but they are a little annoying none the less. My advice for anyone on the fence about playing this is to play it. Wait, that's actually my advice for everybody. Play this and think about the fact that this was made in 1998. Yes it has gotten new graphics but the story and the gamemechanics are still the same. Play it now or wait for them to finish Xen and then play it but i must say, you should really play it. It's a great game from a great time of gaming. Never forget where everything starts, and this was the start for the modern first-person shooter.

TL;DR

A fantastic remake of a fantastic game from 1998. The last piece of the game is missing but it will come out when it's ready. A great piece of gaming history. I recommend this for all who love games or just love first-person shooters.

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What game do you want them to remake?

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Movie: The Fifth Element(1997) – My opinion

A 90's sci-fi movie made by Luc Besson. Best news ever.

Set in the future, a cab driver becomes the central figure in search for a cosmic weapon to keep pure evil at bay.

Bruce Willis(known for his work on The Sixth Sense, Armageddon, Die Hard) plays our cab driver and retired special forces major Korben Dallas. His life is nothing special and it looks like he may hate his job to. One day a girl, Leeloo(played by Milla Jovovich who is known for her work on Stone, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Resident Evil), comes crashing through the roof of his cab who asks for his help. He decides, against his better judgment, to help her. She says that she is looking for a priest, Vito Cornelius(played by Ian Holm who is known for his work on Ratatouille, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Alien). Vito Cornelius learns that the 4 stones needed for the cosmic weapons, that they need right now since evil has returned, are hidden on a cruise-liner and soon sets off for it. Before heading there he learns that Korben Dallas had won tickets for the cruise on the radio so the priest pulls Korben Dallas back into this again. So now we got some badguy aliens wanting the stones on the cruise, we got Korben Dallas, we got the Leeloo and the priest Vito Cornelius. As if that wasn't enough we got another one wanting the stones. The one controlling the badguy aliens, Emanuel Zorg(played by Gary Oldman who is known for his work on Leon: The Professional, The Dark Knight, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes). Let the action begin. Let me start of by saying that all of the cast delivers solid performances. This might be a weird thing to say but i think Gary Oldman might be the weakest of them. I don't know if it was his choice or the character was written like that but he has a accent that doesn't really work. Luckily you learn a lot about this character through his actions throughout the movie. Still though, probably the weakest character and the weakest performance. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good performance, but not as good as the rest in this movie. Ian Holms character Vito Cornelius is more of the guy with all the exposition. He keeps the audience informed about what they need to know. It can feel forced at some points but it works well enough. Milla Jovovich is simply delightful in her role. She plays the girl that is in the middle of this plot. She plays scared of everything she sees in the world since she haven't seen the world before, she plays angry when needed and she plays playful when she's mischievous. A fantastic character played in a fantastic way. Bruce Willis plays his character of Korben Dallas the same way he is know to play these kind of action-characters. It's nothing new but he does what he's suppose to do. Korben Dallas is a good enough character too. He has a kinda boring existences and you feel he gets into his element(pun intended) when the bullet starts flying. Good enough character with a solid performance from Bruce Willis. The vision of the future from the director(who is known for directing La Femme Nikita, Leon: The Proffesional, The Family) is also fantastic. One of my all time favorite futures(the look and feel of the world) in movies. Great directing through the whole thing.

This is a great movie and one of the 90's movies you really should watch. It's the classic tale of good versus evil put in a sci-fi setting. They also have a lot of great comedy put in this one. The biggest thing that splits audiences is one very hyper and high-pitched Chris Tucker(who is known for his work on Rush Hour, Silver Linings Playbook, Jackie Brown) in a supporting role as Ruby Rhod. Some find him really funny and one of the great things about this movie while others put him in the same category as Jar Jar Binks. You also get one hell of a beautiful concert-scene which is now very famous. It's beautifully shot with great singing and good editing to a fight-scene in progress. Like with the Chris Tucker character some people hate this scene but there are far more who love it, and in my opinion it's a really great scene. The effects still hold up, the action is exciting and Bruce Willis is good in his role as the hero who didn't ask for this.

If you want a great sci-fi action flick from the 90's to watch you can't go wrong with The Fifth Element. It's a little long with it's run-time of 126 minutes but it's still well worth the watch. This is the movie that really put Milla Jovovich on the map in my opinion. This is before she did all the Resident Evil movies and in this one she actually shows hint of real acting. Like with most sci-fi movies it has some moments that might feel a little weird or out of place. This is not a perfect movie but just let your mind go and enjoy the ride. I recommend it highly for people who like sci-fi.

TL;DR

A great sci-fi movie, a great action movie. Good performances all around. Milla Jovovich delivers a fantastic performance. A little long with a run-time of 126 minutes. This is one of those movies that you think of when you think of the 90's.

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What do you think of this future, is it good or would you like something a little more gritty?

What did you think of Chris Tuckers character?

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