Tim Brennan – Google

Ugh! After another Deadwood marathon, I really wanted to like this one!! Timothy Olyphant plays the exact same character in a modern world. My biggest beef is that there’s absolutely no character development or subtlety (unlike Deadwood). It’s like the actors in Deadwood had their scripts written by the makers of Sons of Anarchy. The dialogue and accents are TERRIBLE. Michael Rappaport’s performance is by far the cringiest… and there’s really stiff competition. Boyd is supposed supposed to be a badass but styles his hair like a sporty lesbian who’s going bald. The cliff hangers and plot twists become way too predictable. Every season after the first couple feel like they were written on the fly because they didn’t think they’d get picked up for another season. I’m going to finish watching because I always go down with the ship, but this has been an abusive relationship. Terrible… just terrible… (and I guess they just released a sequel series 😔) Made for people with no attention span.

Hits a sweet spot! (TL: DRStreets of Rage and virtua fighter’s love child) It’s nice to have a game that you can pick up and play. The fighting system is awesome and should set a precedent for upcoming games! It’s simple, but you can’t button mash. It takes some getting used to and the upgrade system is confusing at first, but does a good job of growing with you. It will seem unforgiving at first, but once you start grinding it out, you’ll get the hang of things. The aging system keeps the replay value high. I’m not entirely through the game yet and it’s supposedly short, but I’ve put at least 30 hours into it… I’ll get frustrated and have to set it down and walk away, but will find myself wanting to pick it back up within an hour. The loss of one star is mainly for the camera angles… sometimes you’ll get in the middle of a mob, and if you aren’t paying attention, the angle will switch and you’ll get knocked with some hits that are hard to get over when you’re surrounded. My only other complaint would be the graphics… I’m playing on a ps5, so maybe my expectations were higher, but they seem a tad outdated in the actual gameplay… maybe this is to keep things fluid in the game because everything moves so fast, but runs so smoothly. Definitely pick this one up!! It’s a nice “filler game” to pick up and play or use as a break from games you might be in the middle of where the open worlds and drawn out stories start to feel repetitive.