First ImpressionsThe game clearly have a liking for new players. if you have never played, now is a good time to start. Yes, there are many very good players, but matchmaking puts you in lobbies with those of your skill. I have been playing the game for over a year. I started when Fortnite Mobile came out on iPhone in March 2018. It was fun because I was paired with other mobile players, who have a huge disadvantage against players on PC or Console. The game has taken some turns, for better and for worse. I liked the game the most from early May 2018-mid July 2018 (Season 4). It had very many fun features, like Hop Rocks, the Double Pump, and the Jetpack. My thoughts nowBack in early January, they added a mode called "Pop-up Cup", which allowed players to compete for points. Features of this cup were different of those from the regular game modes. For instance, there was a feature called "Siphon," which granted you 50 total health/shield per kill you were credited for. It also dropped 50 of each material: wood, brick, and metal. Also, materials earned from farming were boosted by 40%. After being asked to add it into the regular game modes, Epic Games (the creators of Fortnite) added it. Everyone was happy with it. The game was so much fun to play. Although it did cause problems in Squads and Duos, it was so much fun in Solos. A few weeks back, they took it out, as they believed it added too much competition to the game. I disagree with this, as there was still the same amount of competition in this mode as there was in the competitive mode. Epic has been known to listen to their community and make decisions based off of what the community asked for. Even though the community has been begging for the return of these glorious features, Epic has not listened, and everyone is mad. I do believe that this is a mistake on Epic Games' behalf, as there would be no Fortnite without the community. Out of 10?I would give it a solid 5. Season 4 was a 9. Season 5, with the removal of the double pump (carrying two pump shotguns and switching between them every time you shot to get past shotgun delay), began the decline of the game. It just feels like since Season 5, they have made a way of ruining every season of the game. Season 5, as I said earlier, was ruined by the removal of the double pump. Season 6 was ruined by this game mode that replaced the regular called Fortnitemares, which had zombies that would gang up and attack you if you came within 50 meters of their "crystal." Season 7 was ruined by a game mode like Fortnitemares called Ice Storm, but Ice Storm had less zombies attacking you at once. And finally, Season 8 was ruined by the removal of Siphon and the Pop-up Cup features. The reason it maintains a 5 is because the game is still fun. I give it a 5 because it has the potential to be much more fun.
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OverviewPokémon Crystal is an RPG that came out for the GameBoy Color in 2001 in North America. The player is playing as a 10 year old boy or girl who has been asked by Professors Elm and Oak to go on a journey to complete the pokédex of 251 pokémon and to fight off the evil Team Rocket from reforming and taking over the world. Your goal is to defeat all 8 gyms, the Elite 4, and the Champion to become the Champion of Johto and Kanto. PlotYou start in your house. You are sent to get a pokémon from Professor Elm lab, as most 10-year-olds are. You can choose between the grass starter (Chikorita), the fire starter (Cyndaquil), or the water starter (Totodile). You then travel to Mr. Pokémon's house to deliver a parsel given to you by Professor Elm. At Mr. Pokémon's house, you receive an egg from Pokémon. You will also receive a pokédex from Professor Oak. He will ask you to catch every single pokémon possible to catch. Once you do this, you return to Professor Elm's lab to deliver the news to him about the egg. You then advance to the next route, where you are given pokéballs. After that, you can start challenging the gyms. But, an unknown person steals a pokémon from Elm's lab and comes to Violet City with you to fight you. Depending on what you picked, the stranger's pokémon will have a type that is super effective against your's (if you chose fire, he would have water; if you chose water, he would have grass; if you chose grass, he would have fire). Once you defeat him, you learn his name and can proceed to the Pokémon Center to heal your pokémon and head on to the first gym. The first gym is a flying-type gym, and the leader is named Faulkner. Every time you defeat a gym leader, you earn a gym badge. Along the way, you will battle Team Rocket, an evil organization that uses and exploits pokémon to their own advantages. They were disbanded a few years back, and are trying to reach out to their old leader, Giovanni, using the Goldenrod City Radio Tower. They will try to stop you getting to the Pokémon League, and try to annihilate everyone who gets in their way. Getting through all 8 gyms, you reach the Pokémon League and fight the Elite 4, a club of strong, high class trainers that love pokémon. After you beat the Elite 4, you will face Lance, the champion of Johto. Defeating the champion means you become the champion. My thoughts?I enjoyed it a lot. I enjoyed playing it, the storyline, the challenge of getting to the end, and the overall feel of the game (music, controls, etc.). I thought the game was very well thought out, along with its counterparts, Gold and Silver. Points of RNG when it comes to battle are pretty annoying though, but it wouldn't be a battle if there weren't a challenge to overcome, even if it was luck. I do love the RNG out of battle though. There are chances of encountering certain pokémon, or even encountering an alternately colored pokémon (a.k.a. a Shiny Pokémon). For example, the pokémon Rattata is normally purple, but it's shiny is green. The odds of this happening is a 1/8192 chance from random encounters. There is a special animation (called a sparkle) that occurs when one of these is found/used. Probably the best idea that Game Freak (creators of the Pokémon games) has ever had, in my opinion. Overall rating: 9.5/10.
What's different?In the games, the birds were flung using a slingshot by the player into green pigs to defeat them. It didn't really having a story line. In the movie, the birds spoke English, and there was an action story line. The pigs came in and stole the eggs, and the birds came up with a plan to get them back. What's similar?There don't seem to be a lot of things similar in the games and the movie. The only things were the goal of retrieving the eggs that were stolen and some of the characters involved in both sides. How well did they match the game?In my opinion, they did the best with what they had to work with. The game was only a level-style game where you passed levels in different stages, and you did that by controlling birds. That's all the game was. It'd be impossible to make it a good movie and have it follow the games precisely. ImprovementThey needed to include the slingshot. That is one of the main mechanics of the game is the slingshot. The birds didn't have any way of activating the slingshot, so the director could have included a machine of some sort that they used to sling them. My opinion compared to everyone else'sI went deeper into this movie, and found that my opinion of it being an OK movie was what others mostly felt about it as well. On IMDb, it scored a 6.3/10, meaning that it could be worse. It earned a 44% like rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where 152 reviews decided whether it was fresh (good) or rotten (bad), and 44% of the reviews were good. It earned a 43% on Metacritic, where the reviews were either really good or really bad. It was either "The movie is underrated" or "The movie was super bad." In Summary
What is Papers, Please?Papers, Please is a game made by Lucas Pope. It is about a character (you) who was picked by the Arstotska October Labor Lottery to work as border patrol. Your job is to allow or deny people access to Arstotska based on the information they give you. GameplayYou start out with only passports. As the game goes on, it gets more complicated. At the end of the game, you have about 10 documents to sort through and find discrepancies. If you let someone through who has a discrepancy, you get a citation. You get two citations as a warning, but after that, you are fined for each discrepancy after that. You are paid after each day of work. Fines are taken out of your paycheck. You must feed your family and have heat. If you ever run out of money, you lose. But, there is a group in the game that tries to bribe you to let their people in. If you are caught with bribes, you lose. Once the game ends, you get a password to the "endless modes," where you can go until you get a citation or you could go until you reach a certain amount of correct entrants. What do I get from it?Yes, I know. It is a silly game. There is, for example, a man who will never come in with the right stuff. He will always try to bribe you, or convince you to let him in. That's a silly thought. But, this does let the player see how hard it is to be a member of border patrol on any country. There are certain instances where people's papers are not right, but they have to come in "for a funeral," or "to see [their] son for the first time in 40 years." Because it's a game, we don't feel bad. In real life, if this were to ever happen, we would feel bad, because you just kept a mother from seeing her son. Is it a good game?Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. One Million times yes. It is an amazing game. The gameplay is amazing, the educational part opens eyes to the difficulty of this occupation. It is $9.99, and I suggest that you get it. The aspect of being able to step into the shoes of one of these workers, to see how hard it is to deny access to ones who need to see family, is eye-opening.
What was the game?Pokémon Alpha Sapphire is a remake by Game Freak of the game Pokémon Sapphire, which is a main game in the Pokémon series. It is supposed to almost replicate the game, but has some differences to fit with the audience now. What does the game consist of?The game consists of a story line that travels around a region/country called Hoenn. It followed a specific order of routes that you go through to get to specific cities. In some cities, you would challenge the gym in that city to try to earn a badge. To finish the game, you'd have to get eight badges. After you earn eight badges, you go to the Pokémon League, where you will fight four incredibly strong trainers in a row. After you beat all four, you will face the champion. This is the same as all other Pokémon games. How is Pokémon Alpha Sapphire different from other Pokémon games?Although Pokémon Alpha Sapphire is very similar to the other Pokémon games, it is also very different. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire included a thing called Mega Evolution. Mega Evolution occurs when a "mega stone" (different for each pokémon) is given to a pokémon, and a "key stone" is given to a trainer, and the mega stone reacts with the key stone. This causes the fully-evolved pokémon to temporarily evolve into a more powerful version of itself. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire also includes unique gameplay experiences, and different types of ways to hunt for different types of pokémon. Did I enjoy it?I enjoyed it a lot. I loved its gameplay, its "random-number-generator" aspect, and its decision-making aspect. Me being a Pokémon fan, I have already enjoyed other games, like Pokémon Sun, Pokémon X, Pokémon Gold, etc. But, Pokémon Alpha Sapphire is my favorite out of all that I've played.
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AuthorI am Chance Gildart. I am a Junior in Digital Design and Animation II at DSA. Categories
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