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David McK (3372 KP) rated Assassin's Creed (2016) in Movies

Jun 9, 2019 (Updated Jan 18, 2020)  
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Assassin's Creed (2016)
2016 | Action
5
5.8 (33 Ratings)
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What. On. Earth.

Another (IMO) failed attempt to bring a video game - in this case, Ubisofts long-running Assassin's Creeds series - to the big screen.

For those not in the know (anyone?), those games sees the player taking the part of a character reliving the memories of one of their ancestors through a device known as the animus, with a whole alt-past mysticism behind it all, and with a centuries-long war between the Templars (the bad guys, in all bit one game) and the Assassin's bubbling along in the background.

And, right there's, is why I think most of these video-game-to-movies adaptations fail: in the game, you're (as the player) are an active participant whereas in the movie theatre you're passive.

It probably also doesn't help that the film seems largely based on one of the more universally-disliked portions of the source material (i.e. the present day parts, which have more or less been completely dropped in the games that came out after this film) rather than the more-interesting past! On the plus side, however, at least they went for a new period of history to visit instead of something already covered by the games.
  
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Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
2015 | Action/Adventure
Addition of superpowers (0 more)
Total Mayhem
Remember when this series was a GTA clone, telling a semi series crime story? Some people say that Saints Row has jumped the shark at this point, but I still have fun with these games. If you are looking for a deeper, more serious open world crime game, then you can go play GTA or Mafia, but if you want mindless fun and crass humour and plenty of random violence, then you should pick this one up. It's essentially more of Saints Row 3, but with added superpowers and aliens. It also works as a satirical parody on modern video games and pokes fun at its peers with a wink and a nod.
  
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Stormi (105 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Call of Duty WWII in Video Games

Apr 20, 2018  
Call of Duty WWII
Call of Duty WWII
2017 | Shooter
Ok...I'm a girl and I guess it is just amazing when females play video games. I always get friend requests while I'm playing and the guys are like "hey, you are pretty good!"

Duh! I'm a girl and I can play too! LOL!

That being said.....I love this game. I have been a COD junkie for a long long time. I have played all the games and my favorite time of year is NOV. When the new game comes out each year. This game was and is awesome. It had a few glitch issues when it first came out, but I took a break for a while (oops, a few months went by, because well, LIFE) and when I came back the gameplay is so much better. Less glitches, great new weapons, new gear. This game is one of my favorites of the COD games.
  
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Megs (27 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Nov 19, 2019  
Ready Player One
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.9 (161 Ratings)
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Brilliant book
I'm only half way through this book and I am really enjoying it I couldn't wait any longer to write my review. I was expecting it to be exactly like the movie, but it's so much better I love all the references to the different movies,music,authors and video games which are my favourite things to do in my spare time .Brilliant book a must read only wish I'd read it before I'd seen the movie!!