nathan ross

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In a nutshell, this game is an unimaginative expanse of never-ending walking through confusing labyrinths that seem to never end. This game is painfully long for a “short” play. It really gives other indies a bad name. So much so, that it has the potential to cause one to reconsider the gamble of buying these types of games in the first place. If you want arthritis, I recommend it, because all you will do is run the fox through never ending caves and fields at ridiculously slow speeds only to solve sub-mediocre puzzles. Directing the fox to each point is the true challenge, but not by because it is a mental exercise. It is downright exhausting. It’s readily apparent that the creators intended this to be a cruel, unfunny joke. 5 minutes in, you’ll quickly discover that the mechanics are rudimentary, frustrating, and ill-conceived. The cherry on top of it all is that there is no tracker, HUD, sub menu, map, nothing—-to see where you are or what you’ve collected or what you should do next. You feel exasperated when you realize all the running you did led you nowhere and you have to go all the way back. It’s enough to cause the most patient gamers to give up. Meanwhile, you can enjoy the terrible lullaby music that will surely put you to sleep in mid play—- that is of course only if you don’t pull out your hair or throw your controller through the wall first. Alas, I won’t even dare trading this in at GameStop. I want to conduct myself as a kind human who wouldn’t dream of duping a fellow gamer or any other poor, unsuspecting fool into spending $25 on this soul drainer. I’ll first smash the disc and bury the remnants in hopes no future generations find this atrocity and waste a part of their life playing this trash.

Don’t let the nostalgia fool you. This game has horrendous programming, timing, and controls. It is lopsided as hell one minute, then incredibly easy the next. The CPU clearly performs combos and blocks that are impossible for a human to do, and performs specials in positions that can’t actually be done or as fast. Conveniently, when you master those shortfalls, you can’t execute the proper move on command. Basically this game is: just sit there with your belt loosed, pants undone, and behold with shock and awe as your health bar is eradicated by over scaled damage levels that are algorithmically impossible to obtain yourself. After you callus your thumbs, get the butt cream out too, because you’ll need it. The game is a controller smasher for sure.

The film is visually stunning! Momoa is organic and genuinely likable as an every man. His style is a great modern take on Aquaman. I must note too that Nicole Kidman is in amazing shape and makes a cool action star. She’s actually an easy favorite from the get go. The camera angles are artsy and utilize wonderful captures with some unique drone shots during fast paced scenes. Action sequences are very engrossing and there are a few good laughs too! Admittedly I didn’t want to watch Aquaman but I am extremely glad I did. Great fun film!