jamey robinson

While I found the movie to be one of more visually pleasing 3D anime that I've watched in a long time. This movie had absolutely no discernible plot that I could make out. The opening felt as if it was setting up for an intriguing story and then it all sort of fell to the wayside as the audience is pulled from an exciting, magical story into a mostly mundane one that completely ignores plot points that don't really become revealed until the very last moments of the film. The characters origins and history with one another are mostly left up to the imagination and never properly explained. I was scratching my head at this one for the majority of the movie. Had it established some linear sequence of events that had a definite plot destination and pay off from that early set up, then I would have thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Not far into the game yet, but I already see some drastic setbacks in the gameplay that I enjoyed in Odyssey. The combat feels somewhat clunkier than previous titles and I am SORELY missing the ability to tag enemies with your bird. That was one of the key components in being able to overcome challenges and devise strategies for assassinations in Odyssey. This game seems to focus more on going straight up warrior style by running in with axes and swords a'blazin' and tearing things up. Not my preferred style of play. Hopefully, a few more hours in will give me more insight to craft a better, more informed review.

While it was a fairly enjoyable romp back into the BL world. I felt that there was SO much more that could have been done with this DLC. The quantity and quality of DLC's for BL3 has been on a steep decline since Love, Guns and Tentacles. What really should have been a much deeper dive into fleshing out one of the series more popular characters fell a bit flat. The side quests were overly simple and there was a definitive itch that didn't quite get scratched in regards to the character's past. There were some truly heart string tugging moments that I really loved between Krieg and Maya. Still, there was SO much more that this DLC could have done to really stick the landing with fans of BL2 who just wanted to get to know their favorite poop train conductor.