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No Man’s Sky Is Finally Done, But Will It Be Fun?

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After years of development the largest game ever made is complete.  The question is will No Man’s Sky be fun?  There has been so much hype surrounding this game that it has been almost inescapable, but all the hype has been pretty much saying it will be good because of how massive it is.  I don’t care about how big it is, I just want a fun space sim to replace Freelancer (I have been waiting a long time).

My fear with this game is that it will be so big that even if I do end up playing on the same server as my friends, will I even ever see them?  The answer seems to be, “Unlikely”.  So we have to hope that flying around and exploring is fun enough without ever talking to or seeing another living soul.  There are rumors that the game’s focus is about finding our way back home to the center of the galaxy, so maybe once you get home the game’s multiplayer opens up because we are all in a much more confined area.  We will see I guess.

Between Elite Dangerous, No Man’s Sky and Star Citizen my hope is that I can stop pining for a game that was and start playing a game that is.  I have been let down in the past with space sims, and it is making me skeptical of all the space sims that are coming out.  That being said, I really want No Man’s Sky to be good, and we only have about thirty more days to find out if it lives up to the hype or not.

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Pneuma: Breath Of Life Is An Enjoyable Stroll

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Thanks to Xbox’s Games with Gold promotion I end up with a lot of games that I never wanted and will probably never play, but every now and then it is fun to start one up and see what it is all about.  That was the case with Pneuma: Breath of Life.  It is a first person puzzle game that all Xbox Live Gold members got for free last November, but I just now decided to give it a try.  It was fine, and it was a relaxing way to spend just under four hours, but not something I would enthusiastically tell people to spend their money on.

Pneuma starts out with you taking control of a being that has just now come in to existence, and since everything seems to react and be focused around him, he decides that he must be a god.  As the puzzles get harder and more devious he starts to question his deity.  I will not spoil his somewhat interesting conclusion.  Though the game seems to think the pay off is more thought provoking than it is.

First person puzzle games are all about two things: good graphics or art, and clever puzzles.  Pneuma does okay on both fronts.  The game’s Greek temple aesthetic works well for a would be deity, but there is nothing groundbreakingly pretty to look at.  As for the puzzles, they start off really easy as you learn the game’s systems, but just when they start to get difficult, the game ends.  I guess there are three hidden puzzles that I didn’t do, so I may go back and give them a shot, but I doubt it.  The game just needed a couple extra chapters to have players truly test their metal.  Puzzle games shouldn’t make players have to go find a challenge.

All in all, I enjoyed my time with Pneuma: Breath of Life, and it gave me 850 Gamer Score for very little effort, but I would have enjoyed it less had I paid money for it.  This game is worth a couple of dollars at most, so if it is on sale for $5 or less and you love puzzle games, I would say it is worth a try.  Though if you really are a puzzle gamer I don’t think Pneuma will present much of a challenge, more of a breezy walk in the park.  Much like walks in the park you shouldn’t have to play a lot for it.

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What Exactly Are The Scorch Trials?

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The Maze Runner was a surprise mid-level hit for Fox in 2014, so it was not surprise that a sequel based on the second Maze Runner book, The Scorch Trials, was green-lit.  What was surprising is how different Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials was from the previous film.  It is pretty much a straight up zombie movie.  It is mildly entertaining, and there is some fun to be had, but it doesn’t go deeper than that.

Now that the Gladers have escaped the maze and WCKD’s clutches they find themselves ‘rescued’ by a new group.  Can this ‘rebel band’ be trusted?  Of course not, so they soon escape only to be chased by zombies in the desert while looking for a real group of rebels to take them in.

I just wrote three short sentences about the plot of The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and I think I may have given away too much.  There really isn’t that much to this movie.  They just run a lot getting chased by either WCKD or zombies (known as Cranks).  They do offer a little more info about what WCKD is up to, but nothing that interesting, and I still have no idea what the title of the film is referring to.  There are no ‘trials’ as far as I could tell.  Tribulations perhaps.  Also after looking at the plot synopsis of the book, don’t expect this movie to be anything like the source material.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is a completely passible way to send a couple of hours.  There is nothing wrong with a family friendly zombie movie, but after the intriguing first movie it is a bit of a let down.  Still it was good enough that I will probably watch the third movie whenever it comes out.  At least they are not splitting Maze Runner: The Death Cure up in two movies like every other YA series’ last book adaptation.

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I Must Have Been Really Good Because Pacific Rim 2 Has A Release Date!

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After all sorts of talk about directors and story it looks like Pacific Rim 2 is fully moving forward because they announced the release date yesterday!  February 23rd, 2018, so if they are going to hit that date they are going to need to start casting and filming soon.  Which means we will soon be flooded with all sorts of giant robot news!  Or more like I will be reading all sorts of giant robot news and then posting it here causing my own mini-flood.

Anyway, I now have plans for February two years from now.  Soooooooooo excited!  Just so you know, I need Pacific Rim 3 too, so you are all going to have to see the movie this time around.  I can’t rely on China’s box-office again to make it happen, so butts in seats people!  You have two years to get ready.