Rob Moreno

Pacing is all over the place, too much screen time in some areas and not enough in others, progression of the plot seems to take so long. Second half of film... what? I get it, x amount of time to live might as well have some fun but what the. One protagonist is cheating on his wife. The other is making out with high school kids from the lords of dog town. It just felt so unnecessary. Also other countries just barely doing anything to stop the comet, the United nations gets one clip of screen time for 3 seconds where they say they'll find their own solution.... I get it, the film is capturing the potential realistic outcome of how these events would unfold and picks fun at it, but does it feel a little too tongue in cheek? Hmm the more I write this review the more it feels like I'm reviewing 2006 watchmen. I'm all for films that don't always end with a victory or success, but it's such an overload of these characters emotions that two live televized lash outs and one public lash out is all they could come up with to progress the plot and give power to the protagonist. Idk you don't think that these astronomers or their colleagues would have some other connections in the black sector or with other international scientists?

Not familiar with the Stephen King book. For myself it's weird to be introduced to Harper first, with what feels like a decent amount of screen time, and then suddenly he's either nowhere to be seen or no longer wants to have conversations at all. Maybe this is something in the book but it's strange to be introduced and connected to a character only for their traits and charisma to change and to feel more distant as the film goes on. I actually enjoyed Sadie and Sawyer, you understand how both are dealing with their families passing, you're able to see both sides of the creature from the perspective of a teen and a child. However this film like many suffers from characters not revealing what's actually happening to...I guess progress the plot which is completely dumb. On another positive note I thought the character design for the creature itself was excellent, creepy movements, humanoid yet someone spider like motion, it was pretty cool! Now granted there are some very similar traits to stranger things (dark webbing along the walls, like c'mon we could have done something different here). The climax is...eh idk I'll take it for what it is I mean it is Sadies primary objective to find that connection to ground herself it just feels Mary sue that it occurs in the end. Has it's flaws but still worth a watch

Just not really sure what the game is anymore. I've played fifa religiously since 14, but somehow things keep getting worse. I could go on about a number of things but the main part of the gameplay that is a bit frustrating is you're discouraged more than you are rewarded for tactical play. The game I thought was trying to move away from the hold down sprint counter attack goals, but it's prevalent more than ever. My favorite fifa is fifa 15, the reason why is that when I played seasons I most likely was facing either real Madrid or Barca. Can be boring but here's what made it great. Madrid at the time had the height and the speed, Barca while shorter had some of the best passing from end to end. You were able to string some really awesome passes to create opportunities to combat the pace and height of Madrid and it played great... Fast forward to fifa 23, if you make more than three passes in your opponents half, the fifa gods will scold you into doing a horrible pass (fifa how does the passing keep getting worse each year) or you'll have a strange touch where you are fighting for control of the ball. Hell even the spacing and the way defense is played in this game, as a defender you're better off just standing still because inevitablly the ball will reach your feet. You have the perfect amount of space to prevent the run, but also the perfect amount to stop any passes or progress. Which is a fun challenge but gets stale due to ping pong ball aka fifa 14 in that regard. But I really wish there was a way you could feel the momentum buildup in a string of passes. Sadly if you're playing pro clubs or seasons, you're going to face a tall speedy player who will call for ball on counter attack, sprint and score...I guess people find that fun, but if this is the future of the franchise I'm personally going to step away from buying it. And it's a sad monopoly, at least pes at one point was better than this arcade button spam fest, but sadly even PES has fallen. We will sadly never get the football game we deserve.

The gameplay can be fun but online turns to a 3pt contest....every..game... Defense drops to the driving man so much that the kickout is always wide open. My team... microtransacation fest, they drop new cards twice a week and people keep digging into their wallets to grab them. My team is what I play most the online is not enjoyable at all. So many cards are broken where they're practically dunking from the 3pt line. Oh and if you think you can obtain these cards through challenges or grinding be prepared to put over 100+ hours easily each week just to maybe obtain 2 of a series of 7-9 cards that just dropped. Oh and you need those high valued ones to get xp to reach max level during the season. So yes the incentive to dig out your credit card is prominent more than it's ever been in a 2K game. The online just feels so clunky too the delay between when you hold down to shoot to the actual frames showing up on screen are so tough to time. Its never been this bad. I usually just stick to the single player modes as the flow of the game does actually feel quite nice when it's balanced. If you want to own this game purely for the albeit not as engaging Jordan moments and to just play one on one against your buddies offline I would say it does have the splashes of enjoyment and the flow of the game has progressed positively compared to previous 2Ks. If you want to play it strictly for the online portion I have a feeling you're really not going to have the most enjoyable experience. Buying packs is a scam, the spinning wheel or vault after a win is a scam you'll never get those 90+ rated players because it will run the same animations over and over making you feel like you were so close. You'll be playing hundreds upon hundreds of games in a single week just to scrounge up enough coins to purchase a player you need to complete an XP challenge or because you want them. You'll never get more than 300 coins for a triple threat or clutch time win...some of these necessary players cost over 100k+ coins just to obtain them...do you see where I'm coming from here? There's no incentive to grind and the experience online doesn't really give you any drive to want to grind.

Been playing since Halo CE, this is strictly for the MP and not the campaign. It's lacking content, weapon balance is an issue, and we still run into the problem like Halo 4 where there are a decent amount of power weapons that are one hits. The map design....I don't understand it. You're missing the point of why a lot of people played the early halo's and that was due to excellent map design and weapon layout. The evolution of the mechanics as to how a player moves throughout the map alters the map design to a point where it just feels off all the time. It doesn't have to be symmetrical but at the same time theres too many harsh corners in some areas as well as too many open fields on other maps. Game modes, why did we not have a list of game modes to choose from right when the game launched, why did I have to play games like holding hard points, CTF, or oddball when I just wanted a slayer playlist. Big team battle, something they did right a far as map design, the layout is structured to create these initial spots of battle and map control directing the flow of player movement into the heat of battle well done. But the game mode of getting the batteries or cell's is sooooo boring even as just an idea it sounds boring, and when you experience it over and over you're basically just grappling or flying into a cell, picking it up, and avoiding any and all combat, it fails as a game mode. Customization....how did we get this so wrong where players have to unlock color schemes instead of choosing them right off the bat to customize how their character wants to look? why did we make that so difficult when it didn't need to be. Armour layouts, some are cool but most are boring, heck even in Halo 3 there were some really cool armour customizations to make your spartan look super cool, and I just don't feel like a powerful beast of a character with these sets. I can go on and dive deeper into these things but in summary they just kept missing the mark with these games from a MP perspective. You needed to bring in competitive players to test out your maps and mechanics to give you a better idea of how the game would feel. Right now it still feels rather linear. I'll give credit it does feel nice when weapon balance works, there's nothing like hitting all headshots on a pistol and out shooting your opponent, or finding a way to evade an enemy to turn the tides of a fight. But it still needs some time in the oven to get it perfect. The game has all the foundations to be great, and with continuous updates it will be. But at launch and a few months after it's not....