Nick Squires

Of all the movies that Nick Cage has been in, I believe this is the worst…and that’s saying something. The plot is full of holes (it’s actually more holes than plot), the characters’ motivations are nonsensical, and the acting is absolutely terrible. I didn’t know a movie could have acting this bad and still get released. Nick Cage seemed, yet again, to be phoning it in for a quick paycheque…but I guess those overdue tax bills don’t pay themselves. (And those Bavarian castles and T-Rex skulls don’t pay for themselves either.) I love Nick Cage…I’m a big fan of his. But when he got into trouble with the IRS he started taking any role that had a quick, easy paycheque attached to it. I don’t blame him at all, but I also don’t think his reputation as a serious actor will ever recover from all of the slop he’s put out over the past 15 years or so. It’s kinda sad. I don’t know this director, but I assume it’s their first job. I sincerely hope so anyway. That would at least explain some of the terrible (and frankly bizarre) choices they made. It was actually painful to watch this movie. I feel like i probably lost a few IQ points just from watching it. If you can think of ANY other way to waste 94 minutes, I’d recommend doing that instead. 👎👎

It’s a good game, but it gets a bit repetitive. You fight your way through an area, then get to the boss, die to the boss, then grind through that same area as many times as it takes to level up enough to beat the boss. Then rinse and repeat. To some degree, most Action-RPGs are a variation on this theme, but Wukong takes it to another level. That being said, I really enjoyed the game…the graphics are great, the combat is fun and it varies enough to stay interesting throughout the game. I even enjoyed grinding to level up. I guess after playing over 4000 hours of Elden Ring I’ve developed a bit of a taste for the grind. Lol All in all, to me it’s an A-tier game. If Elden Ring hadn’t raised the bar though, it’d be S-tier. Although I’d almost put it in the B or C-tier just because of that damn bell or gong that rings really loudly before the game starts on PS5. What an incredibly stupid idea that was. Hopefully they’ll get rid of it in a patch, like what FromSoft did with that awful flash-bang opening screen at the beginning of Elden Ring.

This game is ok, but just ok. It could’ve been amazing, but they got lazy and made it really repetitive. First impression … The controls are awful..when you turn or aim with the right stick it starts moving way too slowly and then quickly accelerates to moving way too fast, with no option to customize it in the settings. The combat is quite boring and repetitive…and speaking of repetitive, do they really need to make the same tired quips and comments EVERY TIME Antea smashes a barrier with her “Outburst”?! It gets incredibly annoying after the first few dozen times. All in all , like I said at the beginning…this game is just ok. To be honest it seems like it may have been rushed to market for some reason. It almost plays like it’s still in Beta. So many parts of it just seem unfinished, whether it’s ropes standing in midair, attached to nothing, elevators with ropes that aren’t connected to anything or the terrible dialogue and ridiculous plot lines, both of which were almost certainly written by ChatGPT or another A.I. The game definitely feels like it would’ve benefited greatly from a couple more months of polishing before release. Maybe they’ll fix these issues with an update, but I doubt it. They probably won’t bother spending the time or resources to fix a game that doesn’t have in-game purchases or a paid subscription. 🙄 Anyway…great idea for a game. But not the best execution. I kinda want to write a full tear-down review of this game, listing all its faults, but it would end up as a 3000 word article, so I won’t …this is already too long. I’d give it 6.5/10. If you’re gonna buy it, buy it used or on sale. I paid full price and I’m regretting it now. It’s not worth buying new. Now that I’ve played it, I wouldn’t pay any more than $40 for Banishers.