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Destiny (2014)
Released half a game
Now if you have not played a first person shooter in the last ten years then you will disagree with my rating.
The game its self is a solid well balanced shooter, with the type of convoluted leveling system reminiscent of some MMORPGs. The visuals are stunning, the music is great in the sense that you have to concentrate to notice its there otherwise its setting the mood and doing it well. For me that's where the greatness ends, because this is where it gets dull.
Its the future, you can be revived from death after an annoyingly unknown amount of time, teleportation seems to be easier than sneezing for Ghosts yet some how there are only 8 types of weapon. Space ships have liquid fuel. Hover bikes don't come with miniguns mounted on the front as standard. Level by luck. No shields. No armored robotic suit. Yet its the future after a technological golden age.
These thing might be considered as pet peeves but having played older and better games I would expect contextual realism. This seems to have none. Its still a good shooter.
My main concern is the story. Borderlands had little story and explained more than destiny. Fallout was a good story with good side quests. Destiny cheats by outsourcing there story to the Bungie website. No gaining knowledge by meeting NPCs and finding snippets of audio and video logs, NOOOOOOOOO. Why bother when you the paying gamer have to goon line and study the, what could have been, rich lore of destiny. Still a good shooter.
So they give you an RPG with the RPG elements left in a jar of formaldehyde to view separately from your gaming experience. S suspect that the call of duty games have more lines of dialog then destiny. A good shooter.
All tar cast, that apparently did very little. I've heard Claudia Black in the dragon age games and mass effect games and think she's great. Now she's a shop keeper. Peter D. ha got the worst rap out of everything. He did as he was asked. What was asked was what he delivered. Good shooter.
At the end of it all Bungie created an addictive game with great elements that keep you wanting to shoot the 40 or so different enemies for hours, but I have played better games made by less prestigious companies with smaller budgets and not felt like I was been taken for a ride. The Zelda games had more story than this. Shooter.
Archer (2009)
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I started my cynicism with Ren and Stimpy, Log was my Favourite, and even in single digits I understood.
I have gone on to watch just about every animated comedy series to some degree including around half the stuff you can think of off the top of your head. If it were top trumps, Archer and every character in it would win hands down, with the exception of Woodhouse. You will know why. It covers so many genres sometimes in one episode that you are left wondering what happened thorough, of course, the tears of laughter. I can see why some person may have given this show 7 stars or below, but I would disagree with them and suggest a sense of humour transplant. I'd know the guy to ask as well.
In short, it has only one flaw, there is not enough Archer.