Many thanks to the WB team for supplying a copy of this product for a review, my opinions are my own.
The Flash is back with a new season and the twists and turns continue to gain speed as the Flash travels through time... mind... and cosmic entity. Is the seventh season enough to keep up with my attention span? Lace-up those shoes and let's go!
Story: In season 7, Flash is powering up big time with new heightened mental capabilities, and faster speeds... but is it enough to take on this season's baddies in awesome fashion? Yes, but... I want to see them do more with the fight scenes in this show.
Having speed is great, but... hmmm (I'm just gonna say it) Barry gets his a** kicked... a lot. All that speed and he still hasn't been given improved fighting abilities? Come on! By the way, if he's a... Speedster along with other Speedsters... I continue scratching my head as to why some of their fights are at standard speeds. We can see it at a standard speed but add some effects as if they're fighting faster... show the flashes and have the world around them moving at a slower pace. I can't be the only one who thought about this.
I won't say it never occurred because it happened at times to represent how much faster or slower the hero was vs the antagonist, but... I think they should've stuck with it to make it more cohesive. It didn't have to be those close-up dodges and stuff but if they wanted to kill it... those could've been increased a little as well. Also, someone should have put Barry up on some improved fighting skills by now (yes... I'm ranting a little), add in some martial arts training or even some friggin boxing or something so we can see his growth in that department too. I was tempted to nickname him asphalt because that's just how often I saw him laying on the ground.
Speaking of antagonists, you can expect to see the Flash pick up where he left off in season 6's cliffhanger versus the Mirror Monarch. If it isn't one thing it's another, because that fight ends up causing all hell to break loose by unleashing more threats on Central City. (Dun Dun Duuuuunnnnn)
They kept things interesting in between the Flash taking on villains like... Abra Kadabra, Psych, Godspeed, etc. One of which was Season 7's Episode 6 "The One with the Nineties", which was... quite entertaining. Cisco & Chester travel back to 1998 (which I myself declared as one of the best years of my life at that time... I kid you not), but they came to realize that there was a threat causing them to live the same day over... and over... and... you get the idea.
Get ready for some twists and turns in this season that will change things for season 8. I don't want to give any spoilers, but it's time to say farewell to some familiar faces, time for someone to experience prison life, time for a new Speedster, and an overall ending that could make the emotional people among us shed a tear. So expect action-packed episodes all the way through, based on previous seasons... I can understand why this is the #1 Series on the CW. By the way, the finale includes lightning sabers in the main fight of episode 18, which is sure to make some of you... geek. Episode 18 also leaves a threat on the table which could come back to haunt Flash.
Overall, I think they rounded it out well, and I'm curious to see how they move forward from here.
Visuals: Visually the show continues to look good, you get a solid mix of closeup, medium closeup, medium, medium full shot, full shot, and even other angles like bird's eye view + low angle shots. The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season delivered on the story, action, and... visuals.
Audio: The audio is pretty good, I enjoyed the sound effects and the theme music didn't require me to turn it down a notch. I don't know why... but one of my favorite sounds were the airy voices singing as Reverse Flash buried the timeless Wells. It was creep, but... cool and reminded me of Vampire Hunter D. The audio is 1080p DTS-HD Master Audio.
DTS-HD Master Audio:This is the top dog of DTS audio formats, and can be thought of as DTS’s equivalent to Dolby’s TrueHD. Master Audio provides up to 7.1 channels of uncompressed surround-sound audio. -Home Theater For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Price:The Flash: The Complete Seventh Season dashes in on Blu-Ray + Digital for $44.98 SRP & DVD for $39.99 SRP. Ofcourse you can get them both at our links and save on the highspeed action which includes 18 episodes + the following exclusive extras:
Special Features:
Deleted Scenes (Exclusive to Blu-ray and DVD)
Gag Reel (Exclusive to Blu-ray and DVD)
The Journey Ends: Carlos and Tom
Never Alone: Heroes and Allies
2020 DC FanDome: The Flash (Watchverse)
Good season, I just want to see that added depth when it comes to the fighting. It wasn't bad, but... I want to see Barry hold his own with his fist (at least) because I think it would add more to the show.
Explore and evolve or go extinct in the out-of-this-world survival adventure game for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation®4
AMSTERDAM & SANTIAGO, Chile — Sept. 30, 2021 — Indie developer ACE Team and Good Shepherd Entertainment have officially launched The Eternal Cylinder. This one-in-a-galaxy survival adventure game featuring a gargantuan rolling cylinder of death is available now on PC via the Epic Games Store, Xbox One, and PlayStation®4 for $29.99, but PC players can grab the game for 10% off now through October 18.
The Eternal Cylinder gives you a herd of adorably strange creatures called Trebhums to control on a surreal alien world where all life must face the threat of... the Cylinder, a gargantuan rolling structure of ancient origin which crushes everything in its path! In this massive world with real-time environmental destruction, you’ll discover exotic landscapes, deadly predators, and organic exploration puzzles and challenges.
Your Trebhums start at the bottom of the food chain but can eat a variety of flora and fauna to evolve with dozens of new attributes and abilities to overcome obstacles and escape danger. These mutations stack, allowing your herd to grow with a range of emergent skill combos and creature designs for different gameplay opportunities.
Key Features:
Explore an Unforgettable Alien World: Traverse a gorgeous world populated with never-before-seen vistas and species around every corner.
Unique Mutation System: Your Trebhums start at the bottom of the food chain, but can eat various foods to mutate and unlock new powers. Experiment to find new gameplay possibilities! There are over 50 unique mutations to find.
Four Diverse Biomes to Discover: Explore multiple dynamic ecosystems, each with their own dedicated features and creatures to reveal, from tiny beings to skyscraper-sized leviathans.
Develop a Herd of Cute Creatures: Find and rescue more of your brethren to expand your family even further, and switch between them at any time.
Story-driven Exploration: Experience a deep and engrossing story with themes of family and heritage as you explore this sprawling alien world. Discover a vast array of challenging puzzles to solve and overcome.
Special PlayStation®4 and Xbox One physical retail editionsof The Eternal Cylinder will be available starting November 19 and can be pre-ordered now. These versions include an exclusive 28-page Survivor's Handbook, which details valuable survival tips and provides insights into the game's many strange creatures.
Shout out to Nacon & KT Racing for the copy of WRC 10 for this review, my opinions are my own.
WRC 10 builds on the previous installments with a 50th Anniversary mode, which is great, but... is it burning rubber for all the right reasons? Let's jump in the driver's seat and find out. Skkrrrttttt!!!!!!!!!
Features:
This year the career mode pulls up with a livery editor in the passenger seat, so you can design your own cars and team. You know it's on for the racing game fanatics out there. Multiple fans have purchased the game after we had the opportunity to discuss it, the review wasn't even done yet, so... this mode is sure to put a smile on their faces to finally have the feature available in... WRC.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the championship, WRC 10 is offering the brand-new Anniversary edition which allows you to relive the most intense moments from 1973 to today. WRC 10's History Mode puts your driving talents to the test through 19 historical events that require you to adapt to racing conditions of each time period. So you can expect different experiences because the cars of today aren't built like the ones a decade ago (duh of the day) and... the decade before that... and... you get the idea.
The never before seen content for WRC includes:
4 New 2021 rallies: Estonia, Croatia, Belgium, and Spain
6 Historical rallies that include Acropolis, San Remo, Germany, and Argentina
120 Special stages
52 Official teams from the 2021 season: WRC - Junior WRC
20 Legendary cars from Alpine, Audio, Lancia, Subaru, Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota + More!
The WRC 10 UI is different from WRC 9... which stood out to me immediately. I liked the WRC 9 UI, but... I don't have a problem with the one in WRC 10, it's functional. You're able to go to different categories in order to access the different modes and options.
WRC Mode
Life
Online Events
Daily Challenge - Take part in this daily challenge and try to reach the top of the leaderboard. The conditions vary which keeps the challenges fresh, and you can go here to improve your badge level.
Weekly Challenge - Give your best on the Monte Carlo stages.
Special Challenge - No special events are available at the time of this review.
News Feed
Unavailable at the time of this review.
Solo
Career: Your career allows you to start in Junior WRC (Unlimited Tryouts) or WRC3 (3 Tryouts). Junior WRC limits you to one car (all participants use the same FWD car), no need to test in order to join the WRC Junior Championship. WRC3 allows you to take part in the WRC3 championship choosing from several 4WD cars, but it's less forgiving and you're taking on the pros. In WRC3 you have to impress recruiters first.
I haven't taken on the WRC3 yet, but going the Junior WRC route, you can select a contact where you decide to utilize a crew or a team.
You get 3 save options for your different careers (which can be deleted at any time if you want to start over).
Quick Play
2021 Special Stages: 12 Different locations that allow you to decide on the time of day, weather, car category (Junior WRC - Legends + Bonus cars + New liveries), etc.
Anniversary: 7 Different locations that allow you to decide on the time of day, weather, car category (Junior WRC - Legends + Bonus cars + New liveries), etc.
Extras: Unavailable at the time of this review.
Season
The season allows you to enjoy rallies without crew management.
Livery Editor
New livery: Customize a car
Livery collection: Access your custom cars
Sticker editor: Create stickers
Sticker collection: Access customer stickers
Multiplayer
Clubs: Gives you the option to create a club and join up to 3 others.
Online Multiplayer: In this mode, you can compete against players from all over the world. Find or create online games by choosing the category, rally, special stage, vehicle, and weather conditions.
Leaderboards: You can view the current championship, driver, and manufacturer standings here.
Co-Driver
Co-Driver Quick Game: Join an event as a driver and co-driver crew
Find Co-Driver Lobby: Join a game to play a special stage as a driver and co-driver crew
Create Co-Driver Lobby: Create a game where a driver and co-driver crew attempts to win a special stage
Split Screen: You can play with a friend on the same screen. You are free to choose the rally, stage, cars, and weather conditions.
Skill development
Challenges: In this mode, you must accept a challenge with a car selected for you.
Test area: Drive freely to improve your driving skills and adjust your car's set-up in real-time.
Training: Perform training exercises on a closed track.
50th Anniversary Mode: At the time of this review... this mode was unavailable to me.
Rally Sweden 2004: The Last Nordic Bastion
Rally New Zealand 2007: A Boxer Behind the Wheel
Rally Sweden 2011: Co-Drivers Can Drive Too
Rally Catalunya 2018: The Boss is Back
Rally Catalunya 2019: Combo Breaker
Drivercard
The driver card is... freaking extensive. Up top, it shows you your level and the XP needed to reach the next level, along with your SN and all that good stuff. To the upper right, you get to see where your skills are the strongest. Mine is primarily versatility, which may stem from me not allowing myself to remain stuck for too long, or if I'm facing backward I'll floor it in reverse and spin to get back on the right track.
My Coach: This area basically gives you suggestions on how to improve, so I'll show the current suggestions I have from my coach. You're able to click on these suggestions to jump right in.
Overall: Try the Skoda Fabio Rally2. You can learn a lot from getting out of your comfort zone.
Offline: It might be time to try TRAINING A2 in Training mode. The track is ideal for focusing on a specific skill.
Online: Looks like you've accepted 16.667% of Weekly Challenge events. Consider doing more Challenge events; they are great practice!
My Rewards Room: This section shows you the rewards for each rally.
My Driving History: This shows all the stats from (you guessed it)... your driving history.
Showroom: Shows off the recent car you selected and gives you the option to take pictures, view the car in different camera filters, go into Livery editor to edit, etc.
Options: Another duh of the day
Gameplay Settings: In this settings area you can Configure ABS, TCS, Starting assist, change the transmission, switch the damage effects, change the speed units, etc. There is a section for the co-driver too that allows you to turn on color-blind mode, change the driver's voice, gender, timing, and Immersive voice.
You also have a H.U.D. that allows you to add or remove things like the Speedometer, Timer, Progress bar, etc.
Controls: This allows you to change the options for the connected peripherals, whether it's your keyboard, controller, and things like a racing wheel.
Audio: Audio settings
Video: Graphics settings
Credits: Who made the game go vroom vroom
Data: This is where you go to erase all your data (there should be a migrate mode so owners of previous installments can transfer their data).
Quit: Third duh of the day.
Visuals:
Visually, hmmm... I think WRC 10 looks damn good... but it's also safe to say it hasn't gained much ground over WRC 9 in the looks department. You can compare the visuals in the Safari Kenya rally to see some of the biggest visual enhancements, but I still can't say it's major-major. It's all good though, visually... a big leap isn't going to happen all the time, and that's why there need to be other areas where you can truly see ground gained (in terms of features).
WRC 10 PC Requirements:
Video Card Minimum:Nvidia GeForce GTX 650, 1 Go | AMD Radeon HD 7770, 1 Go Pixel Shader 5.0 Vertex Shader 5.0 Dedicated Video RAM 1024 MB
CPU Minimum: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-4350
RAM: Minimum: 4GB
OS Minimum: Windows 10
Gameplay:
Why talk about the gameplay when you can check it out for yourself? Press play!
The gameplay feels great as always, and for newcomers... the more you play, the more you will get a feel of the tracks and begin to adapt your racing style to get from start to finish. Driving on the different tracks you will get adjusted to the different terrain. Like everyone else, my goal is to get from start to finish in record-breaking time, but... I try to keep a steady pace without losing control of my vehicle.
I still have a lot of ground to cover before I get on the level of an eSports competitor, but... I'm pretty sure I can do it if I put in the time and got nice and comfortable with a racing wheel. Speaking of eSports, this is a video from the (WRC 10) Live WRC eSports Final 2021:
Before I jump into the pricing, I definitely have a standing suggestion that I would like to see in WRC. I want to see some fantasy tracks. Say what you will, but I wouldn't mind a fantasy track or something for a change of scenery sometimes. I hope to see it one of these days.
Price: Price-wise... WRC 10 rolls in at $49.99 on the PS5, $39.99 for PS4 & Xbox One, $49.99 on PC, and eventually the game will be released on the Nintendo Switch. They should consider offering up a racing wheel bundle one of these days or a discount if you purchase both the game and the official peripheral.
Endless waves of enemies threaten your king. Assemble your army from over 100 unique fighters, each with its own strengths and abilities. Empower your defenses with auras and spells, and change the tides of battle by unleashing powerful mercenary attacks. How many waves can you last before your defenses collapse and your king falls? Outwit and break your opponents before they break you.
Choose your playstyle
Build defensively to hold the line against swarms of enemies, play offensively to smash through your opponents' fighters, or prioritize economy to scale into the late game and become an unbreakable juggernaut. Every game requires adaptation, but play to your strengths to achieve victory.
Master your legions
Choose from 8 unique legions and over 100 fighters. Select fighters from each legion for 12 million possible combinations. Some fighters secure you strategic advantages in the early game. Others facilitate powerful late game synergies.
Highlights
Infinite replayability. No two games are the same.
Finely tuned game balance to ensure strategic variety and competitive fairness.
2v2 and 4v4 matchmaking. Party as 1-8 players.
Single-player and cooperative campaign. Play vs. AI modes.
Weekly challenges to hone your skills and compete for top score.
Elo ranking system, leaderboards, and community / official tournaments.
Global servers for cross-region multiplayer.
No pay to win.
History
Legion TD 2 is the sequel to the 2nd most popular Warcraft 3 mod of all time, Legion TD. Also known as Squadron TD in Starcraft 2. The top 5 most played Warcraft 3 mods are DotA, Legion TD, Wintermaul, Footmen Frenzy, and Life of a Peasant. Legion TD is proud to hold the silver medal. Team
Legion TD 2 is made by a team of 4 friends: Lisk, Jules, Curing, and Dani. Lisk and Jules have been best friends for over 25 years and have been playing and designing games together since they were kids. Lisk is the original creator of the Warcraft 3 mod Legion TD.
