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06-10-15 08:09 AM

Games not showing up in profile

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They are for game boy and GBC. Thank you!

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06-10-15 12:02 AM

Games not showing up in profile

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I started noticing that when I played the Game & watch gallery games, they would not show up on my collection page afterward. The same thing happened with mario tennis.

I have the most recent RGR plugin

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04-26-15 12:06 AM

Looking for Spriters for a flash series

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[Hopefully, this is in the right board]

Hello y'all! I'm what you might call a amateur flash animator. I've animated a few Fatality concepts form Mortal Kombat, which can be seen on my deviant art page here, but I want to do something more.

Which brings me to my universe idea, Project M.A.N. It's actually a fan universe based around my online persona, LostTman1093, you can read more about here in the official thread.

ANYWAY, though I can animate, I can't sprite to save my life, you can see that also in the project man thread, I made all those edits.

Long story short, I would like to ask, if there are any spriters on this board, if they would be willing to help me on this project or at least give me pointers on how to become a better spriter myself.

Till next time true believers!

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01-07-15 02:21 PM

Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium -Grapple Sysem

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Disclaimer: I LOVE the Fire Pro Games. The two GBA titles are awesome and Fire Pro Returns is amazing, but this one is kind MEH.

I really enjoy the deep game play of the fire pro games, but this one has me dumbfounded.

I can perform grapples and everything just fine in the GBA and FPR, but in this one I can't do anything. The timing seems very off and the ruthless A.I. Does not help matters. I can barley get one weak strike in before a lock up, and, even if I time it right, my weak grapples do nothing and I get my butt owned.

I really want to enjoy this game, but as if now, I'll stick with the GBA and FPR.

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11-29-14 09:53 PM

Corrupt-A-Wish!

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Granted, but when you receive it, it is broken and you can't get it fixed because all replaceable parts for it have spontaneously combusted.

I wish that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo could all play nice and we have a single super console.

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11-29-14 09:47 PM

What was your first console ?

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I actually had two consoles growing up, the SNES and PS2.

My brother had an N64 ( I would sometimes sneak in his room and play it) but I never played it that often. The first game I remember playing on the SNES was Super Mario World and on the PS2 it was Spider-man and 007: Agent Under Fire.

I actually played the spider-man game so much that the disc stopped working, can't say the same for 007 :p

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11-24-14 07:53 PM

Project M.A.N. : Fan Universe (Made for fan character)

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What's up Vizzed? Long time no see!

I've been rather busy with college, work, and dating life, I won't bore you with the details.

I originally just made the fan character, but it's grown much bigger than that, I wanted to make a world for this character, this is what I've come up with so far.

As my writing (and spiriting!) skills improve this will just get better and better.

I will post everything I do to build this world here, and keep this post updated as I continue to work on it and my fan character.

UNIVERSE BACK-STORY:

Project M.A.N. BioProject M.achine A.ssualt N.anotech was designed to be the ultimate in weaponized cyborgs.

Funded by Hybrid Fury Studios, for their advances in cyborg technology,
Project M.A.N. Was created to take advantage of those studies.

Combined with this project's studies into the paranormal and psychosis control of matter,
Hybrid Fury's cyborgs have reached well beyond their initial capabilities, and their potential.

The project was developed for a phase project basis.
Starting with project A. Assault.

Project A was designed as purely assault based, no psychosis or paranormal aspects, using every form of assault based warfare, hand-to-hand and weapon.
Project A was an overwhelming success, which led to Project M.A.N being fully funded.

Through the many phases, some had better results than others.
Project P, both phases A and B, proved to be out of control and unfruitful.

The current development is Project T. Currently on revision 93.
Project T incorporates everything from the previous projects, minus failures from Project P, into it.
Making Protect T the ultimate weapon.

Character Himself:

Fan Character Inspiration used the "LostTman1093" moniker since 2010. I've always wanted to do a fan character based on it.
But I've always sucked at making my own sprites, so I never had motivation to work on it.

I've had a recent surge in creativity and decided to start a back-story for this character.

Then I decided to give the sprite aspect of it a go, and here are the fruits of my labor and my first attempt at frankenspriting.

I used multiple characters from the Neo Geo pocket fighting games as parts for him, the rest I edited.

I think he turned out rather well.

Character Bio [Current Draft 0.01]

===================================
-----------Project M.A.N---------------------
-------Dr. Mogul Monthly Report--------------
--------Subject T.ermination-----------------
------------Model 10------------------------
-----------Revision 93-----------------------
-------Star Date 30.01.3568-----------------
===================================

[Log Entry 01.2300]
All diagnostics ran as expected.
Mild fluctuations in A.I. Core levels.
Preformed physical trials well.
Preformed poorly in cognitive tests.
Adjustments made to A.I Core for more proficient cognitive results.

[Log Entry 01.0500]
Cognitive functions increased.
Subject has shown milestones of increase in academic trials.
Subject has masters degree level of knowledge in almost every area of academic study.
This could prove to be dangerous.
Will conduct adjustments to keep knowledge in check.

[Log Entry 01.0900]
Adjustments proved successful, but still wary.
When asking subject questions to answer from non-suppressed knowledge, results as expected.
When asking subject questions to answer suppressed knowledge, results were mostly as expected except in warfare and combat categories.
Subject has shown incredible interest in warfare, martial arts, sword combat, and psychosis warfare.
Psychosis warfare seems to be left over from the second phase of Subject P.
Subject did not seem to be to fond of weapons and weapon warfare, seems aspects from Subject W were repressed.
Ran physical trails again, subject set new records in all categories.
Ran weapon trails, subject preformed well but results were far below Subject W.

[Log Entry 01.1200]
Ran final diagnostics.
Shut subject down so A.I. core could process today's trails.

SPRITES:
Profile Pic- Two Variations, one with name plate and one without:

Neo Geo PocketStance:

I'm always annoyed by old fighting games because when the fighter turns they just mirror the sprite. This isn't a big problem in most games but in games such as UMK3 when unmasked sub-zero would turn, his scar would change eyes.....really?

As you may have noticed, my character also has a scar, so when he would turn, the scar would appear on his other eye as well. I wanted a legit reason why it would. So, I decided to make the scar artificial something the character himself chooses to have appear on his face, a digital scar.

When He turns the on board sensors that control the look of his face (located in the mask) scan the visible part of his face and place the scar there. I think it's kind a cool

Crouch:

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Stance:

I copied the basic stance myself and the rest is custom. I know the head is a bit wonky, I'll work on it.

That's all I have so far!

What's up Vizzed? Long time no see!

I've been rather busy with college, work, and dating life, I won't bore you with the details.

I originally just made the fan character, but it's grown much bigger than that, I wanted to make a world for this character, this is what I've come up with so far.

As my writing (and spiriting!) skills improve this will just get better and better.

I will post everything I do to build this world here, and keep this post updated as I continue to work on it and my fan character.

UNIVERSE BACK-STORY:

Project M.A.N. BioProject M.achine A.ssualt N.anotech was designed to be the ultimate in weaponized cyborgs.

Funded by Hybrid Fury Studios, for their advances in cyborg technology,
Project M.A.N. Was created to take advantage of those studies.

Combined with this project's studies into the paranormal and psychosis control of matter,
Hybrid Fury's cyborgs have reached well beyond their initial capabilities, and their potential.

The project was developed for a phase project basis.
Starting with project A. Assault.

Project A was designed as purely assault based, no psychosis or paranormal aspects, using every form of assault based warfare, hand-to-hand and weapon.
Project A was an overwhelming success, which led to Project M.A.N being fully funded.

Through the many phases, some had better results than others.
Project P, both phases A and B, proved to be out of control and unfruitful.

The current development is Project T. Currently on revision 93.
Project T incorporates everything from the previous projects, minus failures from Project P, into it.
Making Protect T the ultimate weapon.

Character Himself:

Fan Character Inspiration used the "LostTman1093" moniker since 2010. I've always wanted to do a fan character based on it.
But I've always sucked at making my own sprites, so I never had motivation to work on it.

I've had a recent surge in creativity and decided to start a back-story for this character.

Then I decided to give the sprite aspect of it a go, and here are the fruits of my labor and my first attempt at frankenspriting.

I used multiple characters from the Neo Geo pocket fighting games as parts for him, the rest I edited.

I think he turned out rather well.

Character Bio [Current Draft 0.01]
===================================
-----------Project M.A.N---------------------
-------Dr. Mogul Monthly Report--------------
--------Subject T.ermination-----------------
------------Model 10------------------------
-----------Revision 93-----------------------
-------Star Date 30.01.3568-----------------
===================================
[Log Entry 01.2300]
All diagnostics ran as expected.
Mild fluctuations in A.I. Core levels.
Preformed physical trials well.
Preformed poorly in cognitive tests.
Adjustments made to A.I Core for more proficient cognitive results.

[Log Entry 01.0500]
Cognitive functions increased.
Subject has shown milestones of increase in academic trials.
Subject has masters degree level of knowledge in almost every area of academic study.
This could prove to be dangerous.
Will conduct adjustments to keep knowledge in check.

[Log Entry 01.0900]
Adjustments proved successful, but still wary.
When asking subject questions to answer from non-suppressed knowledge, results as expected.
When asking subject questions to answer suppressed knowledge, results were mostly as expected except in warfare and combat categories.
Subject has shown incredible interest in warfare, martial arts, sword combat, and psychosis warfare.
Psychosis warfare seems to be left over from the second phase of Subject P.
Subject did not seem to be to fond of weapons and weapon warfare, seems aspects from Subject W were repressed.
Ran physical trails again, subject set new records in all categories.
Ran weapon trails, subject preformed well but results were far below Subject W.

[Log Entry 01.1200]
Ran final diagnostics.
Shut subject down so A.I. core could process today's trails.

SPRITES:
Profile Pic- Two Variations, one with name plate and one without:

Neo Geo PocketStance:

I'm always annoyed by old fighting games because when the fighter turns they just mirror the sprite. This isn't a big problem in most games but in games such as UMK3 when unmasked sub-zero would turn, his scar would change eyes.....really?

As you may have noticed, my character also has a scar, so when he would turn, the scar would appear on his other eye as well. I wanted a legit reason why it would. So, I decided to make the scar artificial something the character himself chooses to have appear on his face, a digital scar.

When He turns the on board sensors that control the look of his face (located in the mask) scan the visible part of his face and place the scar there. I think it's kind a cool

Crouch:

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
Stance:

I copied the basic stance myself and the rest is custom. I know the head is a bit wonky, I'll work on it.

That's all I have so far!

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10-21-13 11:09 PM

What if AVP: Alien vs Predator was good?

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Sup! I haven't been active lately because I've been busy with school. Never take 18 credit hours....
Anyway! I wanted to share this "editorial" I posted on my [name of social networking site withheld do to copyright claim] a while back, hope you enjoy it!

I'm not going to review every individual movie in both franchises just give my thoughts on the crossover film not including it's sequel.

MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE MOVIES DISCUSSED.

I go all out for these folks, no holds barred. I'm awesome like that.

EXPERIENCE WITH FRANCHISE:

?I'm a huge fan of the Alien franchise....most of it. Alien and Aliens are some of the best sci-fi movies ever made and two of my favorite sci-fi movies.
???
Alien 3, depends on what version you're talking about. The original/theatrical cut of Alien 3 is a horrid mess of sci-fi story-telling and only worth watching to compare it to the superior cut. The Assembly cut or in common vernacular, the director's cut of Alien 3 is far better than the regular version and a good watch but not anything special when compared to the first two, at least it moves the story forward.
Alien Resurrection is, excuse my French, utter s***. It is poorly written, directed, and executed. The movie does nothing to move the story forward, the plot is a jumbled mess and plays out like a SyFy channel movie, the ending is ludicrous, and overall it just doesn't feel like an aliens movie. I will say the acting by Winona Ryder, Sigourney Weaver, and Ron Perlman is superb and is really the only entertaining part of the movie.

???My experience with the Predator franchise is a bit jaded, I'm not a huge fan, but I know enough about the mythos from the movies and comics to have a, what I would say, valid opinion. I have seen parts of Predator 2, from what I saw I liked, Predators, a great suspense movie, and of course the Schwarzenegger classic. Skimmed a few predator solo comics and read a decent amount of AVP comics. I enjoy the predator mythos, just not as much as the Alien mythos, my bias on whose side I root for showing yet?

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???Now onto my main focus, AVP. More specifically the first film adaption AVP: Alien vs Predator. I want to make it it clear, I actually enjoyed the movie. I'll Admit, it's not that good of a movie from a fans viewpoint, but as a movie it is a fun watch for general sci-fi fans. Nothing mind-boggling but decent popcorn entertainment. From a fan's perspective, this movie is a taint on not only the mythos but of respect to both respective franchises.

???There are good things about the movie that maybe with a bit more expanding could make for a decent remake, but the damage was done, the movie just has too many faults to be considered part of either of these franchises.
I will tackle this film in three parts, the good, the ugly, and the How it could be fixed.

???1. The White-Knuckle, Heart-Wrenching (too far?) Good:
???The overall CONCEPT of the story is actually really intriguing. The Predators helping ancient civilizations (the Aztecs are the race in the film) build their pyramids as temples to the Predators as their gods. Aliens being the ritual right-of-passage hunt for the youngblood predators to become true predators. The dynamics between the two alien races is all really interesting and if executed well would make for a cool film, but as done in AVP....not so much. Acting is good, for the most part. The lead, Alexa "Lex", is a really strong, independent female lead. This is actually a good thing, as it is a tribute to Ellen Ripley in the Alien movies. Mr. Weylaid as a good presence, you really don't trust him, which is good because his company causes major problems for the crews in the alien franchise....in a couple decades, I'm getting to that. The suit work by the actors for the races is awesome. Stunts of this caliber is well done for guys in rubber suits, I'm glad the director chose the practical effect route instead of all CGI, it gives the film a gritty realistic feeling. The actors who play the crew leaves a lot to be desired, granted they all die in the end but it leaves you feeling like you should've cared more about them, but you don't.

???Special effects are well-done. All the parts of the Predator armor work as the should and look cool, the alien costumes are convincing, and the blood effect are nice. Some of the predator stuff could be worked on though, the cloaking effect is really, really bad. For the most part the effects do a good job of immersing you into the world of the film. The Queen Alien is just as badass as ever, though her death was kinda stupid. Overall, it's a decent film romp with good acting and effects, but that only carries a sci-fi movie so far. The core of the film, the fact that it's both an alien and predator film, is so far removed from the other films that it hurts the movie well beyond the fact that it's watchable. AVP dismisses and just out right ignores key aspects of both franchise's lore and passions that it is downright infuriating to fans of both

?????2. The Alien/Human Hybrid (seriously, WTF?!?!) From Alien Resurrection Ugly:
???Now for what makes AVP: Alien vs Predator a bad, I mean REALLY bad, movie. It's total disrespect to the lore and spirit of the two franchises it crossover, that's not even going into the comic book it's adapting. First off the rating, PG-13. PG-13 are you kidding me?!? All of the previous movies, including the recently released Prometheus, are all rated R. These are adult R-rated sci-fi horror films and you make their big debut movie together PG-13? I'm not saying that makes the movie bad, I'm just saying it hurts the film in more ways then just trying to broaden the audience. You've taking two franchise made for adults who watch horror movies and made a movie that teenagers can watch. There is an unrated version that adds in horrible CGI blood splatter but that's not the issue. The issue is that the director KNEW he was making a PG-13 movie and intended it to be PG-13. From the documentary on the making of the film and from other fan sources that have interviews with the director, the director is a fan of both Alien and Predator. So, He obviously knew that these are R-rated franchises with avid fans of each who were expecting something on the same level as the other films, which He knew he wasn't making. Sources state that during production, when asked about the rating of the movie, the director was pretty hush-hush. Making the movie PG-13 is disrespectful to not only the two series but also to the fans more than anything. It is not the movie's fault, just bad decisions by the crew working on the film.

?Secondly, continuity. I'm going to ignore the fact that Prometheus says that the Weyland-Yutani corporation was founded in 2012 as this movie was made before Prometheus and had no way of knowing that Ridley Scott would reboot his own continuity. I will instead focus in the continuity already established in the franchises prior to AVP. AVP takes place in 2004 not a big problem when dealing with the Predator canon as both Predator movies took place in the 80's, the problem comes when the Alien canon comes into play. The first Alien movie takes place in 2122, and Ripley is on a mining ship that traces a distress signal to a crashed ship on a unknown planet, then in Aliens which takes place in 2179, we find out that Weyland-Yutani is wanting to capture the Xenomorphs (Alien) and use them as biological weapons and Weyland-Yutani did not know about the xenomorphs until Ripley's little encounter. Unless you go by AVP in which Weyland-Yutani knew about the xenomorphs in 2004 because the predators had been hunting them on earth for centuries. This creates huge plot wholes in the Alien continuity. If Weyland-Yutani knew about the Aliens way before the Nostromo (the ship in Alien) catastrophe, why didn't they try to find them earlier? Maybe the technology wasn't there yet or whatever but then how come they say Ripley is crazy and take away her space license when she talks about her experience with the Alien? It just doesn't add up. There are many more continuity errors but if I listed them all we would be here all day, so I'm not going to waste your time (even more than I already have, see I'm nice).

???3. How to Fix the Movie's Problems and Actually Make it Good ?(in terms of series lore):

CONTINUITY:

???Keep all the stuff with the Aztecs (or any other ancient civilizations for that matter) and the Predators, that's actually really good and taken from the comics. But change the stuff that interferes with the Alien series canon. Make it fit better, use the official timeline established by Prometheus and comics. Have Mr. Weyland play an integral part in the story, His company plays a key role in the Alien series give Him some impact in the Predator mythos as well.

???Use different species from both alien races. The Aliens are xenomorphs, they take on attributes from their host, use these as more variety for the Predators to kill. Take some from more than those shown in the movies (but please, PLEASE for the love of all that is decent in sci-fi. STAY AWAY FROM THE HYBRID FROM RESERECTION) but take also from the comics and games. Aliens can take on many forms, use them. Same for the Predators. The games and comics shows different classes of Predators, have them be part of the hunt and those elites from Predators (the movie)? Yeah, bring those back.

???Lastly, make the humans important. I know the whole premise is to see these two races fight, but the humans need to be important to the overall story. Have a strong lead, they don't necessarily have to be female, but they have to likable and actually make us think the humans have a chance against the alien races. Use weapons from both franchises, I doubt a small band of Predators could stand up to a company of Colonial Marines with smart-guns.

STAY TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL FILMS:

???To truly be part of the overall series AVP needs to be rated-R. It will allow for it to be better fitted into both franchises. Make sure that the established mythos is at the forefront. Expand upon ideas already in both of the series, do not add and do not take away from either, what's there is already good enough, if it aint broke don't fix it. The feel of the original movies needs to be there, Alien 1 and Predator 1 played more like survival/slasher movies with a sci-fi horror feel, keep that. Both of the alien races need to be feared. These creatures are much more vicious than our own; they are not to be jacked-around with. THEY WILL KILL YOU. They need to have that air about them, which would make for a really good survival movie.

Ending Transmission....(In Conclusion):

I hope you found this long (like really long and boring man, seriously) post enjoyable, I doubt anyone really cares about my opinion on a very small sci-fi franchise, but I'm a nerd and I love this stuff

. These are just my simple thoughts and I hope you all found this interesting.
Though I've pointed out all the flaws with this movie at least it's better than....

TO BE CONTINED? (Probably not.....)

Sup! I haven't been active lately because I've been busy with school. Never take 18 credit hours....
Anyway! I wanted to share this "editorial" I posted on my [name of social networking site withheld do to copyright claim] a while back, hope you enjoy it!

I'm not going to review every individual movie in both franchises just give my thoughts on the crossover film not including it's sequel.

MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE MOVIES DISCUSSED.

I go all out for these folks, no holds barred. I'm awesome like that.

EXPERIENCE WITH FRANCHISE:

?I'm a huge fan of the Alien franchise....most of it. Alien and Aliens are some of the best sci-fi movies ever made and two of my favorite sci-fi movies.
???
Alien 3, depends on what version you're talking about. The original/theatrical cut of Alien 3 is a horrid mess of sci-fi story-telling and only worth watching to compare it to the superior cut. The Assembly cut or in common vernacular, the director's cut of Alien 3 is far better than the regular version and a good watch but not anything special when compared to the first two, at least it moves the story forward.
Alien Resurrection is, excuse my French, utter s***. It is poorly written, directed, and executed. The movie does nothing to move the story forward, the plot is a jumbled mess and plays out like a SyFy channel movie, the ending is ludicrous, and overall it just doesn't feel like an aliens movie. I will say the acting by Winona Ryder, Sigourney Weaver, and Ron Perlman is superb and is really the only entertaining part of the movie.

???My experience with the Predator franchise is a bit jaded, I'm not a huge fan, but I know enough about the mythos from the movies and comics to have a, what I would say, valid opinion. I have seen parts of Predator 2, from what I saw I liked, Predators, a great suspense movie, and of course the Schwarzenegger classic. Skimmed a few predator solo comics and read a decent amount of AVP comics. I enjoy the predator mythos, just not as much as the Alien mythos, my bias on whose side I root for showing yet?

THE BLOOD/OOZE ACID COATED MEAT AND POTATOES:

???Now onto my main focus, AVP. More specifically the first film adaption AVP: Alien vs Predator. I want to make it it clear, I actually enjoyed the movie. I'll Admit, it's not that good of a movie from a fans viewpoint, but as a movie it is a fun watch for general sci-fi fans. Nothing mind-boggling but decent popcorn entertainment. From a fan's perspective, this movie is a taint on not only the mythos but of respect to both respective franchises.

???There are good things about the movie that maybe with a bit more expanding could make for a decent remake, but the damage was done, the movie just has too many faults to be considered part of either of these franchises.
I will tackle this film in three parts, the good, the ugly, and the How it could be fixed.

???1. The White-Knuckle, Heart-Wrenching (too far?) Good:
???The overall CONCEPT of the story is actually really intriguing. The Predators helping ancient civilizations (the Aztecs are the race in the film) build their pyramids as temples to the Predators as their gods. Aliens being the ritual right-of-passage hunt for the youngblood predators to become true predators. The dynamics between the two alien races is all really interesting and if executed well would make for a cool film, but as done in AVP....not so much. Acting is good, for the most part. The lead, Alexa "Lex", is a really strong, independent female lead. This is actually a good thing, as it is a tribute to Ellen Ripley in the Alien movies. Mr. Weylaid as a good presence, you really don't trust him, which is good because his company causes major problems for the crews in the alien franchise....in a couple decades, I'm getting to that. The suit work by the actors for the races is awesome. Stunts of this caliber is well done for guys in rubber suits, I'm glad the director chose the practical effect route instead of all CGI, it gives the film a gritty realistic feeling. The actors who play the crew leaves a lot to be desired, granted they all die in the end but it leaves you feeling like you should've cared more about them, but you don't.

???Special effects are well-done. All the parts of the Predator armor work as the should and look cool, the alien costumes are convincing, and the blood effect are nice. Some of the predator stuff could be worked on though, the cloaking effect is really, really bad. For the most part the effects do a good job of immersing you into the world of the film. The Queen Alien is just as badass as ever, though her death was kinda stupid. Overall, it's a decent film romp with good acting and effects, but that only carries a sci-fi movie so far. The core of the film, the fact that it's both an alien and predator film, is so far removed from the other films that it hurts the movie well beyond the fact that it's watchable. AVP dismisses and just out right ignores key aspects of both franchise's lore and passions that it is downright infuriating to fans of both

?????2. The Alien/Human Hybrid (seriously, WTF?!?!) From Alien Resurrection Ugly:
???Now for what makes AVP: Alien vs Predator a bad, I mean REALLY bad, movie. It's total disrespect to the lore and spirit of the two franchises it crossover, that's not even going into the comic book it's adapting. First off the rating, PG-13. PG-13 are you kidding me?!? All of the previous movies, including the recently released Prometheus, are all rated R. These are adult R-rated sci-fi horror films and you make their big debut movie together PG-13? I'm not saying that makes the movie bad, I'm just saying it hurts the film in more ways then just trying to broaden the audience. You've taking two franchise made for adults who watch horror movies and made a movie that teenagers can watch. There is an unrated version that adds in horrible CGI blood splatter but that's not the issue. The issue is that the director KNEW he was making a PG-13 movie and intended it to be PG-13. From the documentary on the making of the film and from other fan sources that have interviews with the director, the director is a fan of both Alien and Predator. So, He obviously knew that these are R-rated franchises with avid fans of each who were expecting something on the same level as the other films, which He knew he wasn't making. Sources state that during production, when asked about the rating of the movie, the director was pretty hush-hush. Making the movie PG-13 is disrespectful to not only the two series but also to the fans more than anything. It is not the movie's fault, just bad decisions by the crew working on the film.

?Secondly, continuity. I'm going to ignore the fact that Prometheus says that the Weyland-Yutani corporation was founded in 2012 as this movie was made before Prometheus and had no way of knowing that Ridley Scott would reboot his own continuity. I will instead focus in the continuity already established in the franchises prior to AVP. AVP takes place in 2004 not a big problem when dealing with the Predator canon as both Predator movies took place in the 80's, the problem comes when the Alien canon comes into play. The first Alien movie takes place in 2122, and Ripley is on a mining ship that traces a distress signal to a crashed ship on a unknown planet, then in Aliens which takes place in 2179, we find out that Weyland-Yutani is wanting to capture the Xenomorphs (Alien) and use them as biological weapons and Weyland-Yutani did not know about the xenomorphs until Ripley's little encounter. Unless you go by AVP in which Weyland-Yutani knew about the xenomorphs in 2004 because the predators had been hunting them on earth for centuries. This creates huge plot wholes in the Alien continuity. If Weyland-Yutani knew about the Aliens way before the Nostromo (the ship in Alien) catastrophe, why didn't they try to find them earlier? Maybe the technology wasn't there yet or whatever but then how come they say Ripley is crazy and take away her space license when she talks about her experience with the Alien? It just doesn't add up. There are many more continuity errors but if I listed them all we would be here all day, so I'm not going to waste your time (even more than I already have, see I'm nice).

???3. How to Fix the Movie's Problems and Actually Make it Good ?(in terms of series lore):

CONTINUITY:

???Keep all the stuff with the Aztecs (or any other ancient civilizations for that matter) and the Predators, that's actually really good and taken from the comics. But change the stuff that interferes with the Alien series canon. Make it fit better, use the official timeline established by Prometheus and comics. Have Mr. Weyland play an integral part in the story, His company plays a key role in the Alien series give Him some impact in the Predator mythos as well.

???Use different species from both alien races. The Aliens are xenomorphs, they take on attributes from their host, use these as more variety for the Predators to kill. Take some from more than those shown in the movies (but please, PLEASE for the love of all that is decent in sci-fi. STAY AWAY FROM THE HYBRID FROM RESERECTION) but take also from the comics and games. Aliens can take on many forms, use them. Same for the Predators. The games and comics shows different classes of Predators, have them be part of the hunt and those elites from Predators (the movie)? Yeah, bring those back.

???Lastly, make the humans important. I know the whole premise is to see these two races fight, but the humans need to be important to the overall story. Have a strong lead, they don't necessarily have to be female, but they have to likable and actually make us think the humans have a chance against the alien races. Use weapons from both franchises, I doubt a small band of Predators could stand up to a company of Colonial Marines with smart-guns.

STAY TRUE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL FILMS:

???To truly be part of the overall series AVP needs to be rated-R. It will allow for it to be better fitted into both franchises. Make sure that the established mythos is at the forefront. Expand upon ideas already in both of the series, do not add and do not take away from either, what's there is already good enough, if it aint broke don't fix it. The feel of the original movies needs to be there, Alien 1 and Predator 1 played more like survival/slasher movies with a sci-fi horror feel, keep that. Both of the alien races need to be feared. These creatures are much more vicious than our own; they are not to be jacked-around with. THEY WILL KILL YOU. They need to have that air about them, which would make for a really good survival movie.

Ending Transmission....(In Conclusion):

I hope you found this long (like really long and boring man, seriously) post enjoyable, I doubt anyone really cares about my opinion on a very small sci-fi franchise, but I'm a nerd and I love this stuff

. These are just my simple thoughts and I hope you all found this interesting.
Though I've pointed out all the flaws with this movie at least it's better than....

TO BE CONTINED? (Probably not.....)

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07-09-13 08:27 PM

DmC:Devil May Cry review [Spoilers]

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Hey, long time no see eh?

I've been busy with college and what not, won't bore you with the details.

ANYWAY, I'm here to offer my thoughts on DmC: Devil May Cry. I just recently played through and beat the game and thought I'd offer my honest thoughts.

I'd like to preface by saying I am a DMC fan...well of 1-3 at least, 4 just didn't do it for me.

Characters :

Dante : First off, Dante's new look has grown on me. I hated it at first, but I got used to it. Moving on. His characterization in the first half of the game is completely unlikable and his personality is unbearable, but in the later half of the game he gets his s*** straight and actually becomes somewhat likable....somewhat. No, he's not like the classic Dante, nor is he intended to be. This characterization has potential, now if Ninja Theory capitalizes on that potential is yet to be seen,

Kat : I actually liked this character a lot. No, she's not Trish, hell, she's not even Lady, but that's why I like her. She's her own entity and I can respect that. Also, she actually HELPS Dante in the game, something that most side characters nowadays barely do. She IS the the love interest for Dante...it only fails because the writing is sub par in this regard. But for the most part she is very likable.

Mundus : The main antagonist. He's okay. I never really felt like he was a huge threat. He basically controlled the world and you had to stop him. Oh, and He's a demon. I guess that's bad.

Endgame Spoiler :

Spoiler:

virgil : My favorite character in this game. I REALLY liked the characterization here. NT really excelled with this character. When you first meet him he is calm and says he wants to save humanity, then out of the blue does an incredibly cruel act by killing Lilith and Mundus' unborn (unbirthed?) child. Then He just stays cool and collected till the very end, then you find out his true motive. He did it to rule humanity. He wanted to kill Mundus so he could take his place and rule humanity or "free" them has he puts it. It's an unbelievably well done plot twist that NT pulled off masterfully. Although in hindsight, I could see it coming since I've played DMC3 to death

Overall, The characters are radically different, but if you go in with an open mind you can look past the stranger parts.

Story :

Yes, this game has VERY political/ anti-conservative/anti-fox news undertones, that may turn off a few. I for one didn't mind it, I actually found the media's corruption of society actually really interesting, unoriginal, but interesting. The story drags a bit in the middle, but picks up towards the end. Overall I found the story enjoyable albeit even with the weird characterizations of the main cast.

Spoiler:
The Bill O'Reily spoof character in the game I found hilarious, His boss fight is pretty cool as well. Oh, and He's a demon, nice.

Gameplay :

I enjoyed it very much. The whole 30fps controversy is just plain stupid...it doesn't hurt the game at all, if it does it's very insignificant. Yes, it's dumbed down from previous games to make it more accessible and yes it's very easy to achieve an S, SS, or SSS rank without much difficulty, but the combo system is great, This game has the best combing system I've seen in a long while. The amount of variety in chaining hits is almost endless. Plus, it makes you feel like a badass and isn't that the most important thing?

Spoiler:
The devil trigger SUCKS. Instead of turning into an awesome devil-thingy like previous DMCs, Dante just gains white hair and a red coat...poor taste Ninja Theory. Also, it suspends the enemies in midair and allows you to wale on them with airel combos, I used it twice in regular gameplay, and that was just to refill my health. It's only useful in the last boss fight, as you need it to deal the final blow. It also last for like 4 seconds. Not even kidding.

Lasting appeal :

The default difficulties are unlocked from the start with Son of Sparda, Dante must Die, Heaven or Hell, and even Hell and Hell being unlocked after beating the game on higher difficulties. Meaning, you'll be replaying the story frequently.

There is DLC, another story chapter and a costume pack that includes classic Dante.

Overall, You'll replay the game time after time. Oh, and achievements and Trophies are plentiful. If your into that sorta thing.....

I really liked this game, blacksheep of the franchise for sure, but don't let all the hate and fan backlash detract from an overall stellar game. At least give it a rental.

Oh a rating? I don't rate games in my reviews, I just let the review speak for itself.

Peace.

P.S. The name is really, really stupid....DmC: Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry: Devil May Cry....really? Also, the wig joke in the opening level? Poor taste Ninja Theory, poor taste.