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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Review

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A refreshing game filled with old and new touches  Over the years of gaming's history, I think it's really easy to suggest that the RPG (Role Playing Game) genre really is a hard type of game to consume and engross in. While in Japan and other Asian countries people are used to playing long and stretched out games such as these, in the West it's a hard sell for games such as 'Final Fantasy' and the 'Tales of...' series due to the fact that we are very much used to hard-core sellers such as 'Call Of Duty', FIFA that really don't make us sit through a long ordeal and that it takes forever to do something. I personally think our mind set (Western audiences) when it comes to gaming is that everything should be instant and fast paced and we don't have to 'explore' a game such as 'Call Of Duty' or 'FIFA' in great depth. Don't get me wrong there are rare occasions when a certain RPG may appeal to the masses a...

Never Let Me Go Review

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A good example of a Beautiful and well thought-out Adaptation When we look at modern cinema in this day and age, most often or not we do see films that have been originated from lot's of different sources whether it's from a high-selling book/graphic novel or a highly acclaimed T.V series and then obviously film-makers turn these opportunities into Adaptations. For me at least, when it comes to an Adaptation, I will always be a bit topsy-turvy depending on what the film/adaptation is. A good example of this would be my experience watching Michael Bay's 'Transformers' series which at first glance when I saw the teaser trailer for the first film back in 2007, I was genuinely excited due to the fact that the 'Transformers' franchise was something I grew up with back in the 90's. However when it came to actually watching the feature, it was just a massive disappointment due to the fact that Michael Bay pretty much sexed up a franchise that a lot...

Drive Review

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A thrill ride of Style, Sound, Romance and emotion. There are only a few films in history that overall in every instance covers a lot of the cinematic spectrum in every frame in a near enough perfect state. I can tell you glad that 'Drive' a film directed by Nicholas Winding Refn suits this statement to the up-most with it's style, sound and visual quality alone. The main plot summary is essentially Ryan Gosling play's this mysterious man who is simply referred to as 'Driver' throughout the entirety of the film, who has multiple jobs being a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver in which he has a specific work ethos in that you tell him all the information such as the name of the street and the time, he'll be there for 5 minuets. You get the job done in those 5 minuets, he's your man. In the aftermath of the heist, 'Driver' falls in love with his neighbour, Irene (Carey Mulligan) whose husband is in prison and...