Saturday, 18 February 2017
New Lion King remake annocment
So as I said before, the Lion King is one of the Disney movies that getting a live action remake and it's being directed by Jon Favreau who directed the first two Iron Man movies and the live action Jungle Book movie last year. I've already talked a lot about the live action Disney remakes last year and I told you all about what ones are being made and I said that one of them is the Lion King which might be out in 2018 or 2019. And I said that this was my most anticipated of all the remakes I mentioned. And today, Jon mentioned more info about it. Really big stuff actually. The main two things that were mentioned were that Donald Glover is going to be playing the adult Simba and James Earl Jones is returning to play Mufasa. That really excites me. Especially the whole thing about James Earl Jones as Mufasa again. The last time we saw he do this role was in the Lion Guard: Return of the Roar. They replaced him for the show for some reason. But the guy who does him in the show is still good as I said before. And so having James return to do the role again is fantastic. I already mentioned before about how James himself is a fantastic and amazing actor and this is beyond exciting to me. And because of this news, I've become even more excited for this and I can't wait for more information to come out and for the movie itself to come out too. So yeah, that's the annocment that was made. Thank you all for reading and please comment below to tell me what you think of this news and are you excited for this movie to come out too?
New Kingdom Hearts 3 screenshot
So just today there a new screenshot released for Kingdom Hearts 3, which has made me super excited for it. This is the picture.
It looks like it's Sora on Mount Olympus fighting a huge Heartless. This leads me to think that maybe for the whole Olympus world you have to go through the world to get to the very top of it for the first part of the game and fighting enemies like other Heartless and the Rock Titan as we saw before and then this is the last boss of Olympus. It also looks like Sora is in a Drive form and his Keyblade is a shield and so maybe this is the new form called Guard Form. And maybe Zeus gives Sora the new clothes and Drive Forms and Keyblade and ability and maybe the new look too and then you have to fight this giant Heartless. That's just a quick thought I had when I saw this. And so, that's that. Thank you all for reading and please comment to tell me what you think of this picture and tell me what you think might happen at this point of the game.
It looks like it's Sora on Mount Olympus fighting a huge Heartless. This leads me to think that maybe for the whole Olympus world you have to go through the world to get to the very top of it for the first part of the game and fighting enemies like other Heartless and the Rock Titan as we saw before and then this is the last boss of Olympus. It also looks like Sora is in a Drive form and his Keyblade is a shield and so maybe this is the new form called Guard Form. And maybe Zeus gives Sora the new clothes and Drive Forms and Keyblade and ability and maybe the new look too and then you have to fight this giant Heartless. That's just a quick thought I had when I saw this. And so, that's that. Thank you all for reading and please comment to tell me what you think of this picture and tell me what you think might happen at this point of the game.
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
7 Ron Clements and John Musker Disney Classics ranked
With Moana coming to DVD really soon and I already have it ordered, I thought it would be a good idea to look back at the history of the directors of this and rank the 7 movies they've made and I am of course talking about John Musker and Ron Clements. I've said this already about how they're my favourite Disney directors and so far they've made 7 Disney Classics including Moana and so I thought it would be a great idea to rank all 7 and I can't wait to see what these two do next. And there's a slight possibility you're going to disagree with some of the choices in the way I put them, but these are just my opinion and the way I like these movies. Also, I don't hate any of these movies. I love all but one of them. But I still really like the other one too. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
7. Treasure Planet:
Starting us off at the bottom of the list is Treasure Planet. A very different and kinda unique sorta Disney Classic. I did a review on this a few years ago and everything I said then is still true now. I really find this movie underrated a little. It seems really unique like I said and the crew, especially Ron and John, all really seemed to be committed to this. While it does have some problems, I still find this movie really enjoyable.
6. The Great Mouse Detective:
Now we get into the really good Disney movies. The Great Mouse Detective is a really fun movie. All around, it's a super fun movie and really good character driven movie too. This was Ron and John's first real movie together and they totally pulled it off. And with this being the first animated movie with computer effects in it, they knew what they were doing when they incorporated it into this. And Basil and Ratigan are really good heroes and villains here.
5. Hercules:
At number 5, we have one of my most nostalgic movies ever, Hercules. I remember absolutely loving this movie and watching it a lot when I was younger and even now it's still a really enjoyable movie with really likeable and enjoyable characters and a cool villain with Hades. And there's also really funny scenes too. Especially with Phil who's really hilarious. And the rest of the characters are also likeable and funny and the story is really well told with very unique kind of animation.
4. The Little Mermaid:
Next up is the movie that started the original Disney Renaissance in 1989, the Little Mermaid. This was such a ground-breaking movie when it came out and the directing by Ron and John here is absolutely amazing. And if you watch the two of them in interviews for this movie, they even said that this was one of their favourite projects they worked on and it shows. A strong movie held together by mostly strong characters and fantastic animation and songs make me put this movie at number 4.
3. Aladdin:
Having a big success with the Little Mermaid four years before this, Ron and John managed to turn out another enjoyable, funny and really likeable movie. This was a movie everyone went to see when it came out and it's totally easy to see why. It's fantastic and it has Robin Williams as the Genie, of course it's going to be amazing. The animation and colours are really nice here and it was great to follow these characters and see what they're doing. And Aladdin and Jasmine are also really good leads for it and everything with Jafar is awesome. just a really solid and really enjoyable Disney movie.
2. The Princess and the Frog:
When I was putting this together, I was kinda thinking about these last three and where to put them. I'm talking about the Little Mermaid, Aladdin and this. I was thinking about it for a while but then I decided to do it this way. I really love these movies, but I guess I would put them this way for now. But yeah, I've already talked about this movie a lot and how I absolutely love it. I think it's fantastic and one of the most entertaining Disney movies ever. The characters, performances, songs and story are all amazing and really well put together. I actually think this is kinda underrated and not given the praise it deserves in my opinion. I absolutely love this movie.
1. Moana:
This is what I meant at the beginning when I said you would most likely disagree with me. But I can't help it. I love Moana. It's the most recent Disney Classic and it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best animated movies in a while. Not as good as Zootropolis, but still, really fantastic. I'm not even 100% certain how I would rank all the movies in the new Disney Renaissance, but whatever. The cast is amazing, especially the main two. This was Auli'i Cravalho's first movie ever and she was amazing perfect. Maybe one of the best Disney voice cast I've heard in a while and maybe ever. And Dwayne Johnson kills it as Maui. They were fantastic and I loved these two together. The animation is amazing too as to be expected from Disney nowadays. Like I said before, even though in real life I hate water, but the animation on the water here is just phenomenal. The songs are also some of the best I think I may have ever heard from Disney. I cannot stop listening to these amazing songs. They are so amazing. Especially How Far I'll Go. I already said that in my review, but I love almost every song here.
They're almost all amazing. Except for Shiny. That song is good, just not great. And the people behind this were all happy with this too.
And there was actually an after credit scene and it is so hilarious. Watch this.
That is awesome. I actually think I liked this movie more than a lot of other people because a lot of people said it was good, just not an absolute amazing masterpiece, but I think it is and it's still my third favourite movie of last year. And like I said, I love these characters and this story. I really do and I can't wait to get this and put it with my other Disney Classics. And everyone, those are the 7 Ron Clements and John Musker Disney Classics ranked. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think and tell me how you'd rank them.
7. Treasure Planet:
Starting us off at the bottom of the list is Treasure Planet. A very different and kinda unique sorta Disney Classic. I did a review on this a few years ago and everything I said then is still true now. I really find this movie underrated a little. It seems really unique like I said and the crew, especially Ron and John, all really seemed to be committed to this. While it does have some problems, I still find this movie really enjoyable.
6. The Great Mouse Detective:
Now we get into the really good Disney movies. The Great Mouse Detective is a really fun movie. All around, it's a super fun movie and really good character driven movie too. This was Ron and John's first real movie together and they totally pulled it off. And with this being the first animated movie with computer effects in it, they knew what they were doing when they incorporated it into this. And Basil and Ratigan are really good heroes and villains here.
5. Hercules:
At number 5, we have one of my most nostalgic movies ever, Hercules. I remember absolutely loving this movie and watching it a lot when I was younger and even now it's still a really enjoyable movie with really likeable and enjoyable characters and a cool villain with Hades. And there's also really funny scenes too. Especially with Phil who's really hilarious. And the rest of the characters are also likeable and funny and the story is really well told with very unique kind of animation.
4. The Little Mermaid:
Next up is the movie that started the original Disney Renaissance in 1989, the Little Mermaid. This was such a ground-breaking movie when it came out and the directing by Ron and John here is absolutely amazing. And if you watch the two of them in interviews for this movie, they even said that this was one of their favourite projects they worked on and it shows. A strong movie held together by mostly strong characters and fantastic animation and songs make me put this movie at number 4.
3. Aladdin:
Having a big success with the Little Mermaid four years before this, Ron and John managed to turn out another enjoyable, funny and really likeable movie. This was a movie everyone went to see when it came out and it's totally easy to see why. It's fantastic and it has Robin Williams as the Genie, of course it's going to be amazing. The animation and colours are really nice here and it was great to follow these characters and see what they're doing. And Aladdin and Jasmine are also really good leads for it and everything with Jafar is awesome. just a really solid and really enjoyable Disney movie.
2. The Princess and the Frog:
When I was putting this together, I was kinda thinking about these last three and where to put them. I'm talking about the Little Mermaid, Aladdin and this. I was thinking about it for a while but then I decided to do it this way. I really love these movies, but I guess I would put them this way for now. But yeah, I've already talked about this movie a lot and how I absolutely love it. I think it's fantastic and one of the most entertaining Disney movies ever. The characters, performances, songs and story are all amazing and really well put together. I actually think this is kinda underrated and not given the praise it deserves in my opinion. I absolutely love this movie.
1. Moana:
This is what I meant at the beginning when I said you would most likely disagree with me. But I can't help it. I love Moana. It's the most recent Disney Classic and it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best animated movies in a while. Not as good as Zootropolis, but still, really fantastic. I'm not even 100% certain how I would rank all the movies in the new Disney Renaissance, but whatever. The cast is amazing, especially the main two. This was Auli'i Cravalho's first movie ever and she was amazing perfect. Maybe one of the best Disney voice cast I've heard in a while and maybe ever. And Dwayne Johnson kills it as Maui. They were fantastic and I loved these two together. The animation is amazing too as to be expected from Disney nowadays. Like I said before, even though in real life I hate water, but the animation on the water here is just phenomenal. The songs are also some of the best I think I may have ever heard from Disney. I cannot stop listening to these amazing songs. They are so amazing. Especially How Far I'll Go. I already said that in my review, but I love almost every song here.
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
So now we've come to the last Kingdom Hearts review before 0.2 and that is Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. Next to Kingdom Hearts 2, this is another one of the most perfect things ever. This was my favourite Kingdom Hearts game for a while but then I thought about it more and Kingdom Hearts 2 is my favourite but this is still a really incredible and perfect game. What's the story? Firstly like every Kingdom Hearts game, there's an amazing opening, but this one is actually a little different to all the other ones we saw before.
It picks up where the secret ending of Re:Coded left off, with Sora and Riku going to the Mysterious Tower to do the Mark of Mastery exam. But unlike the way Terra and Aqua did, they have to do it a different way. They sorta go back in time in their dreams. I don't know entirely. It's a tiny bot hard to explain. But anyway, they go back in time and the objective of the game is to complete the worlds you're in and they have to find and unlock seven sleeping keyholes which will apparently grant them new powers. And so they do but something is going on. Yen Sid, King Mickey, Donald and Goofy are all worried because they feel like Xehanort is up to something. And there is something going on. Especially with Sora. The further he goes, the more he's starting to feel really weird. And the reason for that is because Xehanort wants him for something. And, I'm going to stop there. There are a lot of really important things to know about in the story and I'll get to that in a second, but first, let's go over the many good things in this. Firstly, the graphics in this are the best since Kingdom Hearts 2. I know all the Kingdom Hearts game kinda look the same, but here, I think it just looks a tiny bit different. Not a lot different, just a little. And the gameplay is also fantastic. This is also the best gameplay in Kingdom Hearts game since Kingdom Hearts 2. Not as good, but still, really impressive. I love the gameplay here. I think it's fantastic. I also really love the worlds they have here. All the new Disney ones they introduced were awesome, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pinocchio, Tron Legacy, Fantasia and the Three Musketeers. I think they're all awesome. And even though I don't really like the Ton Legacy movie, I do really like this game's world of it. And seeing the interactions between Sora and Riku and all these characters is fanatastic like always. Speaking of which, you get to play as Sora and Riku here. They're in different locations and you do this thing called Drop where the character falls asleep and then you play as the other character and play their side of the story. I thought that was really fun. And of course the characters are still amazing and so is the cast. They're amazing like always. I said this about Max Charles as Kion and I'm saying it again, I'm never not gonna like Haley Joel Osment as Sora. And the same goes to David Gallagher as Riku. Both of these actors are still amazing and I still love them. And this is the Kingdom Hearts game that made me absolutely adore Riku. I already loved him in Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 2, but here, I love him more than I ever have. And the fact that this was a 3DS game opened a lot of possibilities like the graphics like I said a second ago. The graphics look just like Kingdom Hearts 1, Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2 and Birth By Sleep in the way it looks. I mean in 358/2 Days and Re:Coded, the were a little restricted and some things looked a little weird and since they were both just regular DS games, they didn't look that great. They looked good, just not absolutely amazing. But here, they look amazing. And remember what I was saying about the gameplay, this game introduced something that got rid of the problem that some of the other games had and that was the platforming. This game introduced Flowmotion which is this thing where you can jump and dash towards a wall and this pink energy would go around Sora and Riku and you can jump as many times as you wanted by dashing to different walls. It's kinda hard to explain exactly what happens, but it was amazing and it's even returning in Kingdom Hearts 3. We saw it in the trailer we got in 2015 and I love that because it was amazing and perfect here. It was an amazing idea. And you don't even have to do anything. You just have it at the very beginning. And many twists that occur here are incredible. And, I'm sorry but I have to show you the ending because it's really important to know what happens. Here it is. So apparently Xehanort is coming back like Yen Sid said and he wants Sora as a vessel for his heart. I don't know if you'll get it all from this but I'm gonna try my best. Here's the big ending.
I'm sorry if that seemed really long, but like I said, if you want to know the full thing, it's important to know all of that. And remember when Xehanort said there's going to a time when the lights and darknesses fight? He's obviously talking about Kingdom Hearts 3. That scene is a setup for the ending of Kingdom Hearts 3 I bet. And it's really awesome to see that Kairi is going to be in Keyblade training too. Spoiler alert, but she actually got a Keyblade from Riku near the end of Kingdom Hearts 2, but I already said that in my Birth By Sleep review. And apparently, at the end of 0.2, Yen Sid actually sends Kairi and Lea to Radiant Garden, A.K.A Hollow Bastion, to train with Merlin and the three fairies. That was awesome. And in case anyone is wondering why Axel is alive, it's because of something Yen Sid said during the secret ending of Re:Coded. It's because whenever a person has vanished and their Nobody is around, if their Nobody is destroyed, that person will return to normal. Which means almost all of the original Organisation XIII members are back to normal. In fact, the whole original Organisation XIII thing was Xehanort's plan as well. According to Xigbar, the reason Xemnas and Xehanort formed the original Organisation XIII was so they could apparently "round up a bunch of empty husks, hook them up to Kingdom Hearts and fill them with the exact same heart and mind." Which means they used the Organisation member so they could turn them all into more Xehanorts. And apparently all of the original Organisation members actually did have hearts but Xemnas and Xigbar lied to them saying they didn't. Like I said, this can be really confusing if you don't know the full thing, but yeah, that's what the plan was. And I like that idea. That is an amazing and brilliant move of writing from Tetsuya Nomora. But now that the original Organisation is gone and back to what they were, Xehanort made a new one of different versions of himself from different times. In fact, one version of himself is constantly showing up around Sora and Riku and talking to them and you get to fight him at the end as Riku. And speaking of Sora, now I get to talk about the full thing with him. I might have said this already in my Birth By Sleep review, but still, so he wasn't really chosen by the Keyblade. Riku was. Remember when Terra performed the ceremony on Riku to get a Keyblade, well the night Riku gave into the darkness was also the night he was supposed to get it, but since he gave into the darkness and the Keyblade knew Sora's heart was stronger and with the people in his heart, it went to him instead. The Keyblade didn't choose him but he got it because Riku gave into the darkness. Yeah, I just thought you should know that. This is also the only Kingdom Hearts game I've finished 100%. And the secret boss is also awesome. It's Julius. I've never heard of him before this, but yeah, you fight him in Traverse Town and if you beat him, you get the Ultima Weapon Keyblade. Speaking of bosses, all of them are great here, maybe Spellican is a little annoying, but I still really like it. And the best part is that when you finish the game, you can go back and fight the last boss of any world whenever you want. And I really like the Dream Eaters here. The Dream Eaters are these animal like things that help you and they're also your enemy this time instead of Heartless or Nobodies or Unversed. There are those that are on your side and there are those who are you're enemies and you always have to fight them. I'm also so good on this game I haven't died in ages. This game also showed maybe my favourite Keyblade in the entire series, the Unbound Key.
I'm not sure if it is my favourite because I have so many favourites, but it's one my top 5 favourite Keyblades. It's so strong and powerful. This game also introduced characters from the World Ends With You game. I've never heard of it before this, but the characters from it here are awesome. And I love everything about this game. I absolutely love it. It's right up there with Kingdom Hearts 2. I like Kingdom Hearts 2 a little more, but still, I still love this game and everything in it. It is another perfect game that I have no problem with what so ever like Kingdom Hearts 2. So yeah, definetly play this if you haven't already. Same for all the Kingdom Hearts games. And so everyone, those were all the Kingdom Hearts games reviewed. the reason I was doing reviews for all of them was because Kingdom Hearts 2.8 has come out and I'm getting it in a couple of days and when it does, I'm going to do a review for 0.2. I can't wait for that and I'm still waiting patiently for Kingdom Hearts 3, or at least for some other new announcement for it. I heard that there's supposed to be one this Christmas and I hope that that's true and if so, I cannot wait. So yeah, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you thought of this review or tell me if you've played the Kingdom Hearts games and if so, what do you think of them and I would highly recommend them if you haven't. This series is still the best thing ever to me.
I'm not sure if it is my favourite because I have so many favourites, but it's one my top 5 favourite Keyblades. It's so strong and powerful. This game also introduced characters from the World Ends With You game. I've never heard of it before this, but the characters from it here are awesome. And I love everything about this game. I absolutely love it. It's right up there with Kingdom Hearts 2. I like Kingdom Hearts 2 a little more, but still, I still love this game and everything in it. It is another perfect game that I have no problem with what so ever like Kingdom Hearts 2. So yeah, definetly play this if you haven't already. Same for all the Kingdom Hearts games. And so everyone, those were all the Kingdom Hearts games reviewed. the reason I was doing reviews for all of them was because Kingdom Hearts 2.8 has come out and I'm getting it in a couple of days and when it does, I'm going to do a review for 0.2. I can't wait for that and I'm still waiting patiently for Kingdom Hearts 3, or at least for some other new announcement for it. I heard that there's supposed to be one this Christmas and I hope that that's true and if so, I cannot wait. So yeah, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you thought of this review or tell me if you've played the Kingdom Hearts games and if so, what do you think of them and I would highly recommend them if you haven't. This series is still the best thing ever to me.
Sunday, 12 February 2017
Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded
Now we've come to a kinda underrated Kingdom Hearts game, Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded. This was the second DS Kingdom Hearts game and was a tiny bit split when it came out. And by split, I don't mean in ways that made people say it was bad, they all said it was good, but they were just split on a couple of things in the game that made them either like or dislike the gameplay in it. But, before I get to that though, let's talk about the story. What's the story? It, of course, opens with one of those awesome opening scenes again.
It's set after Kingdom Hearts 2 and after the scene where everyone returns to where they belong. But before the after credit scene at the end of that game. That scene took place a year after the main game and this is what happens before that scene and something is going on in Jiminy's journal. Yeah, just in case I didn't say it, Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio was with Sora, Donald and Goofy in Kingdom Hearts 1, Chain of Memories and 2 and he always stays in Sora's hood. But now that he's back at Disney Castle, he's looking at his journal and in one of his journals and he's seeing a mysterious message he never wrote into it that says "Their hurting will be mending when you return to the end." He shows King Mickey along with Donald, Goofy, Chip and Dale. They suggest using a special machine to scan the journal but then something happens. Some kind of block like things appears inside it that machine. They're not sure what's going on but then they get the idea to find someone already in the journal and have them explore the different worlds and repair the data and so they choose Sora. And the whole game is basically going to a few worlds inside the computer as Data Sora and trying to fix the data of Jiminy's journal while also realising a lot more things as well like finding a Data Riku who's actually the journal itself. That may sound weird, but play the game yourself to know what I mean. So let's go over the few problems I have with the game first because, remember when I did my ranking of all the Kingdom Hearts games, I put this game at number 6 and one of the reasons why is because there are some problems. So, let's go over those. Firstly, and probably the biggest problem in this is that the platforming is so bad. I mean, really, really bad. Especially in the System Sector parts and you have to go everywhere and there are these huge walls everywhere and you have to do specific objectives and wages to get out.
And some of these Heartless are so unfair with how strong they are like the Eliminator from the System Sectors as well.
They're supposed to look like the Defenders Heartless and this thing is way to strong. Sure you can beat it and it doesn't kill you instantly, but still. And you also lose too much SP. Another problem I have is the levelling up. Wow, I've had this game ever since it came and I've played it a lot and I'm only on level 35. The amount of experience you have to get and the amount of Heartless you have to fight is so ridiculous. And a lot of the objectives in the worlds here are also hard to figure out on your own. Especially in Wonderland. And now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff. The story, of course being part of the Kingdom Hearts story, is going to be fantastic, the fighting, while some isn't great, some is and it's a lot of fun when it is. The twists as well are really good, especially when you realise that what's going on is that the real King Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Jiminy are actually in the journal itself too. And the Zero/One Keyblade is one of my favourite Keyblades in the whole series. It's also cool to see these different worlds in a different way. And when I say that I mean because in each world, there are many different objectives and ways you have to do the thing in the worlds like when you have to catch Iago in time in Agrabah or when you have to do different kinda round like things in Olympus Coliseum because it looks different with the round which are called layers and it's cool to go through these different ones. And it's also cool to have Hercules and Cloud as partners for that. And I really like a lot of these bosses and I really like the Score Attack options where you can go back and fight the bosses. I especially like the Data Roxas fight. I already said that that's my favourite fight in this whole game. The voice cast is still amazing and the whole tie-in to the ending of Kingdom Hearts 2 is also great. Watch. You may not get it if you haven't played the games, but still watch this.
I know all of that may seem confusing if you haven't played the games and the people that Data Naminé was talking about were Roxas, Axel, the real Naminé, Xion, Ven, Aqua and Terra. And that secret ending is beyond awesome. It's a tie-in to Dream Drop Distance and it made a lot of people really excited when they saw it then. Especially when they understood that Yen Sid was talking about Sora and Riku doing the Mark of Mastery exam which is what Aqua and Terra did in Birth By Sleep. That is awesome. And even with all those problems I mentioned before, I kinda find this game to be a little underrated. It's kinda hard to explain. So overall, I think that this game, while flawed, is still really enjoyable and another one I really like and love some parts. And, that's my review for Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded. Thank you all for reading and please go play this if you haven't already and please comment down below to tell me what you thought of this review and forward to my final Kingdom Hearts review next, Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance and then 0.2.
And some of these Heartless are so unfair with how strong they are like the Eliminator from the System Sectors as well.
They're supposed to look like the Defenders Heartless and this thing is way to strong. Sure you can beat it and it doesn't kill you instantly, but still. And you also lose too much SP. Another problem I have is the levelling up. Wow, I've had this game ever since it came and I've played it a lot and I'm only on level 35. The amount of experience you have to get and the amount of Heartless you have to fight is so ridiculous. And a lot of the objectives in the worlds here are also hard to figure out on your own. Especially in Wonderland. And now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff. The story, of course being part of the Kingdom Hearts story, is going to be fantastic, the fighting, while some isn't great, some is and it's a lot of fun when it is. The twists as well are really good, especially when you realise that what's going on is that the real King Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Jiminy are actually in the journal itself too. And the Zero/One Keyblade is one of my favourite Keyblades in the whole series. It's also cool to see these different worlds in a different way. And when I say that I mean because in each world, there are many different objectives and ways you have to do the thing in the worlds like when you have to catch Iago in time in Agrabah or when you have to do different kinda round like things in Olympus Coliseum because it looks different with the round which are called layers and it's cool to go through these different ones. And it's also cool to have Hercules and Cloud as partners for that. And I really like a lot of these bosses and I really like the Score Attack options where you can go back and fight the bosses. I especially like the Data Roxas fight. I already said that that's my favourite fight in this whole game. The voice cast is still amazing and the whole tie-in to the ending of Kingdom Hearts 2 is also great. Watch. You may not get it if you haven't played the games, but still watch this.
Saturday, 11 February 2017
Avengers: Infinity War first look
Well, that just happened. So a few hours ago Marvel released a video of what Infinity War is going to be like and some of the crew behind it talking about it too. This has made me a lot more excited for the movie. Which is really saying something because Infinity War is my most anticipated movie of all time and so the more information we get, the more I'm of course going to get a lot more excited. It looks really cool and the actors seem really excited too. And so, here it is and I hope you all enjoy.
Friday, 10 February 2017
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
Now we've come to one of the biggest turning points in the whole Kingdom Hearts series, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. This is easily one of the biggest changes in the whole story. And when I say that, I mean this game added so many things that added so much to the story and had us asking so many things. It was also a really interesting game. Especially since it was a prequel to the whole series. It was exploring the lives of three characters in the time Sora, Riku and Kairi were still just little kids. And so, before I get into the really big stuff, let's go over the story. What's the story? Actually, the opening of this game kinda tells us the story already. And speaking of the opening, this game's opening is again, really awesome.
And the story is about three people, Ventus (or Ven for short), Aqua and Terra who are students to a man named Eraqus. On the day of Aqua and Terra's Mark of Mastery exam a man named Xehanort interrupts the exam which causes Terra to show the darkness inside him. And this causes him to lose the exam while Aqua is named a Keyblade master. And this kinda creates a divide between the three friends. And to make things worse, it seem Xehanort and a mysterious masked guy are trying to break the friends apart and make them leave and they succeed. Terra goes to find Xehanort and fight the darkness inside himself. Ven leaves to find Terra and warn him about something the masked guy told him. And Aqua leaves to not only find Ven and bring him back, but also to help Terra and defeat these creatures which are not called Heartless, they're called the Unversed. And the game is split into three parts where you play as one of the three characters and play their stories. Ven's, Aqua's and Terra's. And, yeah, that's where I'm going to stop again. So, what do I think of this game and do I think it's as good as say the Kingdom Hearts 2? No, it's not, but still, it's another really solid game. I did a ranking of all the Kingdom Hearts games a while back and I still standby where I put this on that list. And a lot of the good things in this are the characters and the gameplay. Firstly the gameplay. The combat in this game feels a lot more improved than in 358/2 Days. Not as much as Kingdom Hearts 2, but still, really well done here. And the action, especially against the giant Unversed, is awesome. The final fights, and even the final fights against the Disney villains, were also really cool. Especially when you're fighting Captain Hook and Maleficent. Those fights were awesome. The story as well is cool when you were going around and meeting the many different Disney characters. And that brings us to the best part which is of course the characters. They're not the best in the whole series, but the ones that stand out, stand out really fantastically. My favourite one out of all of them is probably Ven. He's just so likeable and sympathetic. And apparently he doesn't remember his past before he went to train with Eraqus. And this is what he looks like.
The reason I'm showing him to all of you is kind of a spoiler but I just want to tell anyway. So the reason is because he looks like Roxas. And the reason he looks like Roxas is because at the end of this game, there's a secret ending after the secret story where Sora talks to Ven as a little boy and he allows him to stay in his heart after it vanishes from destroying the X-Blade. If you want to know what I'm talking about go play the game for yourself. Anyway, so remember in Kingdom Hearts 1 when Sora sacrificed himself for Kairi by releasing his heart? Well, when he did that, he also kinda released Ven's heart and by releasing his own and Ven's heart at once, that's what caused Roxas to look like Ven. Sorry for making that sound kinda confusing, but like I said, play the game to know what I'm talking about. Anyway, yeah, Ven's my favourite character in this game. But the others are great too like Aqua, Terra, all of those. And it was cool to finally see the main villain of this entire series with Xehanort. We never really knew who he was originally, but here, we do and we know what his goal is. And he's a fantastic and very devious and cunning villain. And Aqua's story is also great when we see her go through all of this and then at the end, she's the only one of the three of them who isn't really corrupted by Xehanort. That's kinda strange, but I think that's the best way to say it. But's it kinda sad during the secret ending when she falls into darkness to save Terra. In fact, that whole thing with her being in the Realm of Darkness is exactly what 0.2 in 2.8 is going to be centred around. And the whole thing with Terra is also really good. I'm not entirely sure what people think of him, but I think my brother said he didn't like him because of what happens in the end of this game, but I personally do like him. And like I was saying a second ago, this game is during the time Sora, Riku and Kairi were still kids and so seeing them again is awesome to me.
And by the way, remember in that scene there when Kairi touched Aqua's Keyblade? Apparently when that happened, Aqua accidently performed Keyblade ceremony on her and that's what allows Kairi to wield a Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts 2. Kind of a spoiler there, but yeah, Kairi actually has a Keyblade, which is really cool. And, get this, remember when I said Ven's heart was inside Sora. Well, this is how.
And that's actually the reason why Sora can wield the Keyblade too. I'll explain more about it when we get to Dream Drop Distance. But yeah, seeing those three again is really awesome. And you get to see them in all of the new character's stories near the end except Ven. But that comes in at the end. And speaking of the end, this game's ending is so dark. This game's ending isn't even a happy one. I'll just say it. So Ven loses his heart because he destroyed the X-Blade which was made of his heart which causes his body to be sleeping and that's what it's been doing this whole time. Aqua get's trapped in the Realm of Darkness trying to save Terra in the secret ending and Terra gets his body stolen by Xehanort. And Aqua's been in the Realm of Darkness, in regards to when 0.2 picks up, for about ten years. That's beyond scary if you ask me. And remember when I said Ven's body was asleep. Well it's actually at the Land of Departure, which is what their home was called, but Aqua used Eraqus's Keyblade to turn the land into Castle Oblivion. That's really cool. Now we know where Castle Oblivion came from. And the reason the Organisation members were in the castle in Chain of Memories was because Xemnas wanted to find Ven's body. That's pretty cool with the way they tied that together. And everything in this game that has a bit of a tie in to the others, while you might think it's forced, I think is awesome and really helps push the story forward, especially with what will be coming up soon. The music in this game is also fantastic again. My favourite in the whole game is probably Ven's theme. Listen to some of these.
And the direction is also really good here. Tetsuya Nomura is my favourite director because of this game series. He's directed every single Kingdom Hearts game and he's amazing. He totally knows what he's doing when he works on these games and this is no exception. And it always amazing me how awesome and cool the action in these games always seemed really creative. And the action in this is awesome. Especially when you fill up the gauge above your command attack board and you get even more power for a final attack. Now, as much as I do really love this game like all the others, it's not perfect. If I had to nit-pick some things, some of the bosses are kinda unfair, especially the secret bosses. I know they're supposed to be kinda hard, but come on, this is just insane. Especially the Mysterious Figure at the Land of Departure. I've never been able to beat him. He's probably the hardest fight in the whole series in my opinion. And the whole scene with all of them at the beginning is also great and when they all say that thing in their heads, I love it. When they say "That would be the last night we ever spent beneath the same stars." And that secret ending is beyond awesome. Look.
So overall, this is another amazing Kingdom Hearts game. And I can't wait to see how 0.2 continues it. And everyone, that's my review of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Look forward to my review of Kingdom Hearts: Recoded coming up next. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you thought of this review.
The reason I'm showing him to all of you is kind of a spoiler but I just want to tell anyway. So the reason is because he looks like Roxas. And the reason he looks like Roxas is because at the end of this game, there's a secret ending after the secret story where Sora talks to Ven as a little boy and he allows him to stay in his heart after it vanishes from destroying the X-Blade. If you want to know what I'm talking about go play the game for yourself. Anyway, so remember in Kingdom Hearts 1 when Sora sacrificed himself for Kairi by releasing his heart? Well, when he did that, he also kinda released Ven's heart and by releasing his own and Ven's heart at once, that's what caused Roxas to look like Ven. Sorry for making that sound kinda confusing, but like I said, play the game to know what I'm talking about. Anyway, yeah, Ven's my favourite character in this game. But the others are great too like Aqua, Terra, all of those. And it was cool to finally see the main villain of this entire series with Xehanort. We never really knew who he was originally, but here, we do and we know what his goal is. And he's a fantastic and very devious and cunning villain. And Aqua's story is also great when we see her go through all of this and then at the end, she's the only one of the three of them who isn't really corrupted by Xehanort. That's kinda strange, but I think that's the best way to say it. But's it kinda sad during the secret ending when she falls into darkness to save Terra. In fact, that whole thing with her being in the Realm of Darkness is exactly what 0.2 in 2.8 is going to be centred around. And the whole thing with Terra is also really good. I'm not entirely sure what people think of him, but I think my brother said he didn't like him because of what happens in the end of this game, but I personally do like him. And like I was saying a second ago, this game is during the time Sora, Riku and Kairi were still kids and so seeing them again is awesome to me.
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
So after the amazingness of Kingdom Heats 2, Square Enix had to make a follow up that was just as good. I mean, I'm talking about a follow up to Kingdom Hearts 2. The video game sequel that was praised by everyone and even won a ton of awards like best video game of the year, best video game sequel and best video game story. And did this game succeed in being a good follow up? Uh... sorta. Is it as good as Kingdom Hearts 2? No. Is it as good as the first Kingdom Hearts? No. But's still another great Kingdom Hearts game... kinda. To be honest, this is probably the lowest of all the Kingdom Hearts games because it does have a fair amount of problems. I hate to say that, but yeah, this game does have noticeable flaws. But, before I talk about that, let's go over the story first. What's the story? Again, there's another amazing opening that shows the Organisation and some info about them all.
It takes place during the time Sora was asleep inside the pod to get his memories fixed. While that's going on, the story really focuses on Roxas, Sora's Nobody. And it follows him through one year of being around and being with the Organisation. The story is about him going around doing missions. But also introducing a new member to the Organisation as number XIV and her name is Xion. Though something is going on with her. At first she always has her hood up and you don't see what she looks like but then one day she does take her hood down and she looks like Kairi except with black hair instead of red. She's also getting strange flashes in her head about Sora. No one except a fair few know what's going on. Roxas and Axel befriend her and they start hanging out, but as more days pass, more things are revealed and more things are jeopardizing their connections. And the missions they're doing are to mainly collect hearts for Kingdom Hearts, which is what they're after if you know what went on in Kingdom Hearts 2. And, apparently, the reason these things are happening to Xion is because some of Sora's memories are inside of her when his memories were scattered. And, I'm going to stop there. So first off, I'm going to go over some of those flaws I mentioned about a second ago. First off, everything in this game is a mission. And some of them are really good and some of them are really bad. I would say the worst kind of missions here are the recon ones where you have to do a lot of things and remember a bunch of things and gather a lot of information and other things like that and answer a lot of questions from other characters. And that can be either very difficult and really annoying. I'm not the only one saying that. Some other people say the same thing. We all agree on the same thing there. I would say though that that really only happens at the beginning of the game in Twilight Town and it does happen in other worlds throughout the game, but it's mostly in the beginning. Another is some of the bosses. Some of the bosses here are some of the most despised in the series. For example there's Leechgrave which is the most despised because it's so strong and hard to beat and unfair.
I have beaten it a lot since I first did, but that's really because I'm on a high level and that kinda helps, but it is definetly a really unfair boss. Another is Ruler of the Sky, which is the longest to beat in the whole series because he flies around all the time and you can barely hit him at all.
And by the time he stops flying, you can only hit him so little because he sends so many attacks at you. And the worst one in my opinion is Dustflyer.
I hate this thing. He so strong and he has so much health. You can barely attack him and he has so many strong attacks that can kill you really fast. And that meteor attack he has always annoys me. Another problem I have is some of the gameplay. Sometimes it can be good and cool and fun to use, especially the Limit attack. But then it can get kinda wonky and weird and hard to use. A lot of the Heartless are also very stupid and hard. Especially the Emerald Serenade Heartless, which does nothing, and I mean nothing but fly around and you can only hit him twice before he gets away from you again really fast and he usually has so much health. You will have to spend so much time on this Heartless. And especially when there's a ton of them. There's not a lot of them at once, but when it's there and you have it fight it in a big place like Wonderland where it can go everywhere and you can barely catch it, is beyond annoying. Also there were a few issues in the plot that either didn't need to be there or didn't make any sense. And some of the character's motivations aren't very good either. But, with all those problems out of the way, let's get to the good stuff. While I said that some of the gameplay isn't great, most of it is and most of the bosses are really good. Especially against Xion and Riku at the end. That was amazing. Speaking of the ending, it was cool to see Roxas with the Oblivion and Oathkeeper Keyblades and using them for a few seconds. And the story is mostly really interesting and very creative. And when you're able to go back to the missions previously, it's great to go and collect all the things you weren't able to before and complete it the whole way. The worlds are well are great too. While they are from Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, they're still good and a lot of things you have to do at these worlds are pretty interesting. Especially the part with the don't get spotted parts where you can't let yourself be seen by a character from that world. And the whole dynamic with a lot of the characters is pretty good too. Especially during the ending when Roxas is being torn apart with having to face the truth of what's going on with Xion. And I like how there is a real friendship between him, Xion and Axel. I think the three of them work well with each other. And the whole thing with Roxas also having to look for her for a few days is cool too. And the characters themselves, while not at the best here, are still good. Roxas, while a bit too naïve, is pretty good. Xion is a nice new edition and pretty sympathetic. And Axel is of course always great. You all already saw what he did in Kingdom Hearts 2 with wanting to see Roxas again and here it's shown really well why. I also like the conflict that Xion is in because she has a choice of going back to Sora and having the memories in her be given back to him. It seems very interesting and I thought it worked. Especially the scene with her and Riku on Destiny Island talking about it.
I really like that scene because it explains so much and makes it interesting. And like I said before, the whole scene where Xion dies is really sad. Maybe the saddest moment in the whole series. Watch.
That always gets to me. And I kinda like how we understand what happened during that one year Sora, Donald and Goofy were asleep. I thought it was nice to know what happened. And the storyline of how we get there is mostly good. I actually recently got all the specials in the game and I unlocked Sora as a playable character in the Missions choice where you can play as the Organisation members or Riku or Donald or Goody or King Mickey or Sora and I recently unlocked Sora. That whole Mission thing is also great in my opinion and seeing the whole cinema thing where you can rewatch the cutscenes was really cool and rewatching them while learning other things in the game is also interesting. I actually only really finished it a couple of years ago because I was stuck on one thing and I realised I could do one thing and that helped a lot. So in the end, I really like and enjoy Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. It's not perfect, but it's still another great Kingdom Hearts game if you take away some of the fighting parts. And while there are some other flaws too I'm sure, it doesn't take away the fact that I really enjoy this. And yeah, that's my review of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. Definitely go play it if you haven't and look forward to my next Kingdom Hearts review which will be Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. I'm most likely going to post it tomorrow. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you thought of this.
I have beaten it a lot since I first did, but that's really because I'm on a high level and that kinda helps, but it is definetly a really unfair boss. Another is Ruler of the Sky, which is the longest to beat in the whole series because he flies around all the time and you can barely hit him at all.
And by the time he stops flying, you can only hit him so little because he sends so many attacks at you. And the worst one in my opinion is Dustflyer.
I hate this thing. He so strong and he has so much health. You can barely attack him and he has so many strong attacks that can kill you really fast. And that meteor attack he has always annoys me. Another problem I have is some of the gameplay. Sometimes it can be good and cool and fun to use, especially the Limit attack. But then it can get kinda wonky and weird and hard to use. A lot of the Heartless are also very stupid and hard. Especially the Emerald Serenade Heartless, which does nothing, and I mean nothing but fly around and you can only hit him twice before he gets away from you again really fast and he usually has so much health. You will have to spend so much time on this Heartless. And especially when there's a ton of them. There's not a lot of them at once, but when it's there and you have it fight it in a big place like Wonderland where it can go everywhere and you can barely catch it, is beyond annoying. Also there were a few issues in the plot that either didn't need to be there or didn't make any sense. And some of the character's motivations aren't very good either. But, with all those problems out of the way, let's get to the good stuff. While I said that some of the gameplay isn't great, most of it is and most of the bosses are really good. Especially against Xion and Riku at the end. That was amazing. Speaking of the ending, it was cool to see Roxas with the Oblivion and Oathkeeper Keyblades and using them for a few seconds. And the story is mostly really interesting and very creative. And when you're able to go back to the missions previously, it's great to go and collect all the things you weren't able to before and complete it the whole way. The worlds are well are great too. While they are from Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, they're still good and a lot of things you have to do at these worlds are pretty interesting. Especially the part with the don't get spotted parts where you can't let yourself be seen by a character from that world. And the whole dynamic with a lot of the characters is pretty good too. Especially during the ending when Roxas is being torn apart with having to face the truth of what's going on with Xion. And I like how there is a real friendship between him, Xion and Axel. I think the three of them work well with each other. And the whole thing with Roxas also having to look for her for a few days is cool too. And the characters themselves, while not at the best here, are still good. Roxas, while a bit too naïve, is pretty good. Xion is a nice new edition and pretty sympathetic. And Axel is of course always great. You all already saw what he did in Kingdom Hearts 2 with wanting to see Roxas again and here it's shown really well why. I also like the conflict that Xion is in because she has a choice of going back to Sora and having the memories in her be given back to him. It seems very interesting and I thought it worked. Especially the scene with her and Riku on Destiny Island talking about it.
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
New Iron Fist trailer
So this was released today. A new trailer for Iron Fist. This trailer has gotten me a whole lot more excited for it. It finally shows us the villain of the show and some more of the story. It also shows Claire with Danny. I thought it was awesome to see her again. And honestly, I'm a lot more excited for this show, although, it's starting to remind me a bit of the first Iron Man movie because it shows that a person at the Rand company isn't happy with Danny being back because it looks like he had the company but now that he's back, he wants to kill him to keep it. I think there's going to be two villains because of what we see here. I think the second villain is going to be Gao from Daredevil. I'm about 99% sure about that. But yeah, here's the trailer and I hope you all like it and I can't wait for the first Defenders trailer to come out.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Super Bowl TV Spot
Another thing that was released at the Super Bowl was a extended clip thing for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. This movie is looking better with every new thing that keeps coming out about it and this is making it look so spectacular and hilarious. Which is weird because have you noticed that everything that's going on so far have been getting people really excited but we still don't know anything about the story or villain? I just hope they can keep this up. And yeah, this is what was shown yesterday. Here it is and I hope you all like it.
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