Obdurate
Bio: I have a twitter: https://twitter.com/flickmetictyler
I even occasionally tweet.
Here's a big long empty space to symbolize the void in my soul.
Anything 51 and up is a recommendation, meaning you aren't wasting your time seeing it. Anything between 51-79 ranges from mediocre to very good. Anything 80+ is what I call a "Great Movie" and it's a must-see and is awesome to various degrees. Anything that's a 50 is something that I'm a fence sitter on (meaning I'm too useless to actually be able to make up my god damn mind) so it could go either way. 49 and under means you should avoid. Under 10 means I was probably raped by the movie or, at the very least, fondled. Despite the effort I've put into explaining my rating system, numbers are fairly often chosen at random (well, maybe my gut feeling) so I might actually like a movie I rated 75 more than an 85, I just really can't be bothered to go back and constantly re-do my ratings.
I even occasionally tweet.
Here's a big long empty space to symbolize the void in my soul.
Anything 51 and up is a recommendation, meaning you aren't wasting your time seeing it. Anything between 51-79 ranges from mediocre to very good. Anything 80+ is what I call a "Great Movie" and it's a must-see and is awesome to various degrees. Anything that's a 50 is something that I'm a fence sitter on (meaning I'm too useless to actually be able to make up my god damn mind) so it could go either way. 49 and under means you should avoid. Under 10 means I was probably raped by the movie or, at the very least, fondled. Despite the effort I've put into explaining my rating system, numbers are fairly often chosen at random (well, maybe my gut feeling) so I might actually like a movie I rated 75 more than an 85, I just really can't be bothered to go back and constantly re-do my ratings.
Recent Ratings
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| 60 19% | Visions of Mana (2024) - Rated 10 Sep 2024
"It's okay across the board, from the action to the music (though there is some good stuff in there) to the story to the visuals. It just doesn't feel magical. Also, it should have been multiplayer."
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| 70 34% | V Rising (2022) - Rated 28 Aug 2024
"It's good but I'm not in love. Being able to alter the game settings pretty extensively definitely helps, because if it was the standard settings I would have had less fun. I wish there was actual levelling, not just gear levelling, because me and my brother ended up being way too samey. But the castle construction is satisfying and the combat, gameplay loop is as well."
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| 40 7% | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019) - Rated 28 Aug 2024
"Maybe the first one was like this too and I've just become more bothered over time, but this game does everything it can to get in your way. Bad UI/menus, way too much distance between objectives. This is why Ubisoft has become kind of boring. When you actually get to infiltrate places, it's kinda fun, but it's not enough. I got bored really quick. Why can't things just be non-open world tactical shooters?"
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| 45 10% | Demon's Souls (2020) - Rated 20 Aug 2024
"I try these games knowing that they aren't for me because I don't like hard games, and don't enjoy the Souls formula for difficulty. I went back to this one because it was free and I actually rented the OG version back in the day so there's some nostalgia. Despite my rating, I know this isn't a bad game. It's beautiful and gives the fans what they want. I just don't enjoy it."
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| 80 60% | X Invader (2024) - Rated 14 Aug 2024 |
| 85 74% | Unicorn Overlord (2024) - Rated 14 Aug 2024
"There's a bit of Ogre Battle in this, in terms of unit formations and the battles, and that's what I wanted. The progress loop is satisfying. There's depth to the character customization though I didn't really use most of it. Game's beautiful too. Takes a while to expand your units fully, which I'm not a fan of, and promotion is lacking. The story and characters are shit and there's way too much talking."
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| 70 34% | Bat Boy (2023) - Rated 12 Aug 2024 |
| 100 99% | Earth Defense Force 6 (2022) - Rated 08 Aug 2024
"I dig the improvements they finally made with the classes. This is EDF. It has pacing issues because they just kinda throw shit at you, but EDF has always been like that. There's a surprisingly interesting story, which has never happened before, but of course it's told in a cheesy way. But what matters in EDF is that there's lots of guns and hordes upon hordes of enemies to destroy. If you like EDF, you'll love this. If you don't, this won't convert you."
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| 75 45% | Atlas Wept (2024) - Rated 22 Jul 2024
"We started with Earthbound influencing many indie RPGs to Undertale, at least in the way combat functions, and I'm completely fine with that. I enjoy the mini games in the combat. The story is interesting, and has a lot more going on than you might expect when you look at it... because frankly, the monster designs are fine but the rest of the pixel art is uninspired. Some of the music bops but some of it is repetitive loops that irritate a bit. I like this, don't LOVE it."
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| 75 45% | Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (2000) - Rated 21 Jul 2024 |
