A highly extensive yakyuken game made in Flash. Containing over 100 characters at the latest edition spanning many anime, games, Japanese celebrities, and even internet memes, this game will probably keep the strip game fan busy for hours. WWE All Stars will deliver one of the greatest rosters ever assembled in a wrestling-centric videogame. Renowned WWE Legends will align with today's most prominent Superstars, inviting players to generate fantasy matches and ultimately determine the greatest competitors of all time.
The second war against the Cylons is over, and The Twelve Colonies have been destroyed. Now Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galatica and President Laura Roslin lead a ragtag fleet of refugees in a supposed search for the fabled lost thirteenth colony, Earth.
However, the dangers they face are many, which compound an already difficult situation. In addition to the Cylons hunting and attacking the fleet in space and their infiltrator units carrying out sabotage-even as their former unwitting pawn, Gaius Baltar, helps in the hunt for them while hiding both his own guilt and the strange presence that haunts his every thought-the fleet also faces internal political conflict in which the rabble-rousing figure Tom Zarek is merely the loudest dissenting voice, not to mention recurring shortages of food, water, and even oxygen.
In the midst of these trials, however, clues begin to appear to suggest that Adama's bluff about finding Earth might hold more truth than anyone could have guessed. Before I proceed, I'll just add a quick comment for those slating the series without seeing it: please, stop it. Instead, wait and see what the new show is about and give it a chance. Unless of course, you want to miss one of the best dramas currently airing.
BSG is a very human story. Yet unlike Star Trek, they're not resolved by the end of the episode. Here the characters are real people who make mistakes, grow and learn from their errors. Or maybe they don't. The point is that in the new BSG, the impact of the loss of the Colonies is something everybody must deal with, be it on a resource-management level to dealing with the loss of their families. The impact of the Cylon attack - never explored in the original series - is a major emphasis in the show and the viewer genuinely does get the feeling of the 'rag tag fleet.' Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the original series as much as anybody, but it was a product of its time and audience-slot.
The new BSG is a much more adult production, both in terms of the writing and performances and the intended audience. Additionally, the show is very non-sci-fi, but in a good way. Whenever any 'science' turns up, it's integrated in such a way as to have minimal impact on the plot and, unlike Star Trek, it isn't used as a Deus Ex Machina to simply resolve the 'crisis of the week.' In fact, I'd go as far as to say the show is closer to 24 or The West Wing than it is Star Trek or Babylon 5, with the focus being much more on the people and their individual actions, rather than a wide-scale 'space opera.' Performances are all strong, with James Callis being the real star. His tortured performance as the guilt-stricken Baltar are a joy to watch as he flips from near-hysterical lunatic to scheming toad to smooth womaniser. Olmos has the presence to give Adama the air of authority required.
Sackhoff's performance as Starbuck is 'subtly obvious' - she plays the brash, cocky pilot a little too well, something that's explained in later episodes. And Bamber's Apollo is a mix of heroic action and self-doubt which balances well.
Mention must also go to McDonnell's President Roslin who, over the course of the series, has grown in stature and presence in a very subtle manner. Quite simply, Battlestar Galactica is one of the most consistently strong shows I've ever seen. Considering this is only the first of (hopefully) many seasons, it's amazing to see how the show has 'hit the ground running,' with each episode being an improvement on the last. And considering the high standard of the first one, that's quite the achievement. You won't be disappointed.
Description:JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle is a Fighting game published by Bandai Namco Games released on April 29, 2014 for the Sony PlayStation 3. Review by Fikko3107:JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle is an anime fighter based on the popular long-running manga series, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki. The game features at least 3 characters from each of the 8 Parts. (bar Part 8 which only has a single representative) The game’s art style and manga theme replicates the source material’s feel very faithfully; unfortunately, the US release had to rename certain characters or Stands to avoid copyright infringement (The most controversial of which is Jean Pierre Polnareff to Jean Pierre Eiffel). The game’s default Japanese audio however still uses the original names, obviously.The gameplay can be compared to Rival Schools in the vein that special moves uses traditional, Street Fighter-like inputs (albeit the simpler ones such as quarter-circle motions) but it is still a 3D fighter, with sidestepping and all. A unique trait is the “Battle Style”, which have been compared by many to BlazBlue’s Drive system, but more generalized; for instance, Stand Users can call or dismiss their stands, changing their normals as well as enabling/disabling some specials, and Hamon users can charge their super bar, here called the Heat gauge.
Overall, it is, in my opinion at least, a deeper fighter compared to other anime fighters in recent memory, though it is still very firmly a casual not to mention fanservice-laden ( of the geeky kind, I mean.) fighting game for the JoJo fans.Note: No DLC is packaged into this PS3 Backup, which is rather unfortunate since the DLC adds no less than 9 characters to the game’s original 32.