First Reaction: Doctor Who The Snowmen

 

 

I apoligize for ranting so much but....what the hell is going on?

Pokemon retrospective part 1.Kanto/Gen 1

 

 

The first of a series of videos of me giving my current and past thoughts on the pokemon generations

VLOG TIME!! Civ 5,DMC,And Mr.Torgue 26/11/2012

 

Just my thoughts on a few things.......got nothing else there..if you're waiting for a punchline you aint getting one

VLOG TIME!! The Snowmen and Civ 5 20/11/2012

 

 

Just as a note the Civ 5 Series won't be starting for about a week maybe less.Until I can get the hang of A new kind of series anyway.

ISWT Review: The Next Doctor

 

 

Holy crap I finally got off my ass and did this.Jeez even I didn't think I would.Anyways where were we? Oh yes the doctor blanked donna's memory and was incredibly depressed but in terms of outside of the series things were beginning to stir.After the false regeneration in the stolen earth people knew the end of the tenth's era was coming but no one knew when.And of course when the name of that years christmas special was announced to be the next doctor people went nuts.Now we all know that he didn't regenerate in this episode but what did happen and who did david morrissey play if not the doctor?Well let's start with the actual doctor here.

 

The Tenth Doctor(David Tennant)

 

While it's kinda odd that the doctor is business as usual after his rather depressing end of series 4(something I really hope doesn't get repeated during this years special) it really is business as usual for david though.Great performance as usual and I'm not really sure what else to say.It was just one episode so.....onto to the other doctor?

 

 

The Doctor? (David Morrissey)

 

David morrissey steals the show here.He's absolutly fantastic to the point where I honestly kinda wish he would be the next doctor.....Uh no offence matt smith.He's fascinating to watch and his character arc as we learn why he thinks he's the doctor as well as how he does is a tad predictable but very entertaining because of his impressive performance.I seriously started trying to find other things he's in after this because,and I know I sound like a broken record at this point but he is very good and his story is fantastic.A reason to watch this alone.

 

Mercy Hartigan(Dervla Kirwan)

 

She is a blast to watch,maybe not as much a Mr.Morrissey but very good.Her Interaction with the cybermen is great and as a villain she's very good at what she does.Seeming very sinister while being kind of understandable.Someone who was underappreciated and treated as less then a person and when the cybermen came a stompin' she decided to work with them to destroy those who had done her wrong.She's great as a character and her acting is quite good.Nice stuff

 

 

 

The Cybermen

 

This is where things get weird.There were alot of elements here that were either just introduced and came out of nowhere like the cyber shades(or as I like to call them big lipped aligator moments on legs) or the built oddly quickly cyberking.They do their job well and the stuff they do with miss hartigan is great but just alot of odd random moments really.Not bad just not great considering.Cybermen really do need a lead character to be with them like the daleks have davros.Mercy or lumic would have done well but both got more of a commuppance

 

 

Now because this is a one episode review it's tricky to really go into as long of a review as I usually do but I'll just give my basic opinion.This really is one of the best christmas specials so far and sans a few coming up one of the best period.I'd say third all in all next to end of time and christmas carol.the acting of both David morrissey and Dervla kirwin is excellent and the plot of the two doctors is genius.There are some missteps like the Morrissey's companion who doesn't get enough time to really know her even if she does have a very epic moment where she punches out mercy.Also her name is rosita and that was...well funny enough.Though as I said it's a very fun watch and is really a blast sans a few minor missteps.It's definatly worth a watch.

 

Anyways It appears that the doctor will appear next in the planet of the dead and as shall I.Till then.

 



Horror and my thoughts on it

Well it's Halloween and....I forgot to plan anything for it.....well....crap.And it sucks too cause halloween is one of my favorite days of the year.Just everything about it makes me smile.The horror movie marathons,the horror emphasis and well.....many other horror elements.Can you see why I love the Resident Evil games? I LOVE HORROR! But really what is horror.Is it slasher movies with gore or intense and slow to build ghost movies liek paranormal activity? To me it's moreso the latter but I don't dismiss the former as just mindless viloence either.

There is a certain sense of fun and an odd sense of satisfaction watching the manipulative psychiatrist in Friday the 13th part 7 get weedwhacked in the sternum.It's oddly therapeutic watching someone being a massive jerk only to get slaughtered near the end of it.Yeah it's predictable as hell but at the same time it's satisfying.But not scary.Maybe nightmare on elm street....the first one.....but past that most common slasher flicks are predictable as hell especially the 80's ones with the closest things these days being the saw movies.I've never seen a saw movie but I've seen clips and whatnot and know the general concept and it seems okay in terms of concept and plot but really it Involves alot of slaughter and it's very close to the older movies like friday the 13th sans one important thing.The joy of seeing a cliche douchebag get thrown into a combine.

 

 

To me the older movies were about fun and when you take just the gore side of it and not the satisfaction and cheese it just makes it uncomfortable and preechy.It takes the fun out of the idea to me.Slasher movies are to me meant to be cheesy and fun and when you try to give it a more serious mood and try to make the gore an unsettling factor instead of part of the cheese it ceases to be fun and starts being just a guy saying "Look that guy has his guts hanging out.Scary huh?"What I'm trying to say is out of all the styles of horror I just don't get gross out or gore horror on it's own.

Not that gross out humor can't be done well.

 

 

Having disturbing images meant to unsettle people can work but it has to be something way out there.Simpel gore can't do it at least not to me.Now John Carpenter's"The thing" is the way to do gross out right.Give a good atomosphere of horror and keep the focus on it while providing unsettling images.The first time I saw the thing I vomited out of sheer intensity of the mutations the thing went through and seeing a human head grow legs and arms and spikes in gory detail is genius.The name of the game is abstract.Now it has limits but the thing is a work of art and I suggest any readers watch it.Not the prequel a few years ago I hear that's crap.So slashers are fun if not scary,and for the most part unless abstract while making sense gore just doesn't jive with me.What about the aforementioned Paranormal activity style?

I call it that because I can't think of a proper name by the way.

 

This style focusing on reality and alot of them using the "Found footage style" made popular from the blair witch project can either be genius like blair witch,and paranormal activity one( and from what I hear 2 and 3 while four seems pretty crap) or it can be massive failure like the movie quarantine(Which by the way if you haven't seen the spoony one's vlog review of that go watch it now it's hilarious).It's very hit or miss to say the least.The main issue with them being a focus on reality and if you aren't careful you get alot of very stupid characters and bad plot decisions.Not to mention if it is found footage things can easily go very awry with how it's found and edited or why it's being shot in the first place.Alot of people found mica in the first paranormal activity really obnoxious and unrealistic because he wouldn't stop filming to the point of pissing his wife right the hell off.I personally have no real issue since I think it's addressed well myself but it can be a problem.

 

 

But when PA(paranormal activity for short) style horror is good it's amazing.Look up a scene from The first PA involving a ouiji board and it's a genius scene.It has both the actual horror and pretty good horror but I gotta say when I first saw the end part of it I was giddy.It was such a cool horror moment and so clever it's one of if not my favorite moments in horror.Seriously look it up on youtube.

 

But really that's all I can think of for this little rant.It's just something I thought of for halloween since I've been distracted lately.Horror is capable of great good and great fail in the right or wrong hands.Like I said I personally reccomend Paranormal activity 1 or The original john carpenters thing.or for the more slasher fan the nightmare on elm street movies or my favorite in the Friday the 13th series part 7.(It has been a while so I may need to rewatch for a clearer opinion) that being said have a happy halloween everyone and expect a review of borderlands 2....soonish

Doctor who series 7 (as of now) Review

 

 

And finally I got off my ass to do this.I shudder to think of how long it'll take for me to release "The next doctor" review

ISWT Review: Resident Evil 6



 

 

If you've seen my kind of first reaction video to RE6 You'd know I rather enjoy the latest entry in the series.But Was I exaggerating just making it so soon after beating it? Well a little.I admit that after a while of thinking on it I've lessened my opinion but not by much.I'll go into detail in a bit but there is one thing I want to get out of the way.This is not a review in terms of something people should read to determine whether they want the game or not.Since completing the game I've read a number of reviews and message boards and people should not take reviews into consideration.This game is very unique in that alot of people hate this game to points of calling betrayal and some people have said it's the best game in the franchise.This is a game where you can only trust your own opinion and looking one way or another for what other people think can just influence your opinion in a good or bad way.I reccomend if you're not certain waiting until a price drop and just trying it.That is the last I'll mention of the controversy here.Rant Over


Now this game is very interesting in that it's the first time since 2 that there has been multiple stories.
the first being a very loose happening at the same time style stories for claire redfield and leon kennedy.This time It's a bit more complicated.There are four stories this time with different themes to each one of them....sort of.

Leon and Helena

Ah leon.Star of both RE 2 and 4 and the movie degeneration and I'll be damned if he acts anywhere near close to similar in any of them.This was a pretty decent storyline all in all and without spoiling it had the best final boss of any of the stories sans kind of one but I'll get to that later.The story itself is good but has a habit of perhaps being a bit too seriously.I love Resident evil games for the cheesy lines and over the top action.And Believe me it has the latter as for the former.....well not really sans maybe a few minor parts.This applies to the entire game not just this story.The cheese is a bit down sans jake's story and again I'll get to that later but it's an issue I have.It's not the horror loss that bugs me.In fact I've never found any of the games scary at all so to me that never really changed for me.it's the lack of cheese in this game that kinda bugs me and looses some of the charm and this is the best way to see it.I love the bosses and enemies in this story but the characters seem too serious and it just takes me out a bit.

Leon does crack a joke or two but not much and helena's story tries to be sad but it doesn't work all that well.Not to mention I really think both helena and piers in chris' story should have been older characters.The character pool in the RE games is a bit too big for my liking as of now.It easily could have been claire for leon and sheva for chris or jill for either really.I think it could have easily made the stories a bit more interesting.Especially when chris and leon meet up.Having claire against her brother would have worked for what they were doing I think.But maybe that's just me.

The story of this scenario also has a massive flaw;The main villain.In 4 Saddler was awesome,Wesker was a must in 5 and birkin was a force to be reckoned with and 2.I can't even remember what simmons looks like off the top of my head.I know that's kind of a spoiler but It's really not a very good twist either.Simmons is so tacked on it takes alot of threat and greatness off of him.That being said the final boss form of him is amazing and it kind of saves the villain role but just a bit.Also I think he currently holds the record for "Resident evil boss with the most forms" with I think a whopping six! technically seven but one of them isn't really a form.

But that aside how are the zombies? This being the first game in three games to actually use zombies after 4 and 5 used ganados and majini(parasite infected people to basically act as smart zombie) and they do return as J'avo but I'll get that to later.But the zombies are quite good in that they behave like zombies and even if some of them have axes in hand or even a gun that just randomly goes off they still behave like zombies....sans one facepalm inducing moment.During the third chapter of leon's campaign You clearly see one turning a crank.I can understand a zombie holding an axe or even having a gun stuck in it's hand that goes off but I facepalmed HARD when I saw that.ZOMBIES DON'T TURN CRANKS!.....but aside from that facepalm they are good.The varied forms are well done too without seeming to rip off things like left 4 dead.The shrieker was clever,the skinless zombies are I think the C-virus version of lickers sans the tounge,and the whoppers and pretty good as well.Also the first real boss you fight,A B.O.W. that shoots C-virus gas that turns people into zombies is damn creepy.

When all Is said and done leon's campaign is one of the better ones.Good atomosphere and enemies but has a real issue with the main enemy and some of the story is a bit off when you think about it.It's enjoyable nonetheless

Chris and piers

One thing I want to mention is one of the bigger problems that people mention with chris' scenario but applies to the series from 4 more or less.J'avo,majini and ganado's are NOT zombies.They are more or less infected innocents or enhanced or mutated soldiers.NOT ZOMBIES.Anyone who says that 4 ruined the series because of the enemy JJ that has a chaingun and because zombies using guns is herecy.They are not zombies and it never effected my opinion of the series because I knew they weren't zombies.Alright second rant over.

Piers is by a long shot the most pointless characters in the game.Seriously say what you want about helena but one new characters I can dig even if it should have been an older character but piers is just pointless.If it was sheva alot of things would work better like chris' depression and having an old comrade come back from a previous game like sheva or jill would have been alot better then a character who has a very little uniqueness appearance or attitude wise.

You know I do like this game but I am doing alot of bitching here.This is what I get for playing sonic adventure 2 and having to go through the emerald hunt missions.

Seriously these stages can burn in hell.It's one of the reasons I absolutly HATE the dreamcast era of sonic games including Sonic adventure 1 and 2.Rant over for the thrid time.....I think I need a drink.....Wait I don't drink......FUCK!

The whole story is mostly just chris going after Ada after she killed his unit of soldiers and it does build up the plot for ada but you figure out what's going on pretty quickly no matter what story you're playing.but I'll get to that with ada's campaign.It's decent enough and I will say that chris wanting his revenge and getting so angry is surprisingly good but there is one thing that bugs me.Chris gets amnesia which is ironic cause I forgot he had it.Seriously there is no reason for him to have it and it adds nothing.In fact it's just kind of silly since as I said it serves no purpose.


I do like the scenario if it is a little dull.not much going on sans a snake boss that greatly resembles the snake from the first game and the final boss who comes out of nowhere and has no real meaning to the plot if it does make sense in that it's a massive BOW and I get that they'd make one but it has no real bearing and it kind of looks like zombie squidward from spongebob.All in all the worst campaign but enjoyable nonetheless.

Jake and sherry

And considering this has the most varied gameplay it's about time I finally brought it up.The gameplay is a more varied and expanded version of the combat.It's the same but you can manuver alot better.It's a little odd at first but both that and a slight speed boost do help out the gameplay all in all.Now one thing I hear alot is the inventory sucks.Now while I will admit 4 and 5 had better inventories I don't think it's bad.I do think 5 had a better system then 6 but again it's okay.People have said that it's so hard and what have you to add herbs as pills from the menu cause it's in real time.Despite the fact that It takes maybe a second to mix herbs.and you can press R2 and square(PS3) to add any herbs to it without using a menu which you can also just add in a menu because you can move while you have the menu up.Maybe it's just me and if that is the case then the menu's can be a problem but I never had an issue.


There are a few other things I wanna bring up with gameplay including Melee.Melee is amped up in this game and jake in particular is quite good at it.It's actually a nice add on and I do enjoy it compared to the knife swipe from 4 or 5.But Jake of course being wesker's son is a monster with melee.Most characters have a knife,he punches and is incredible.In fact the final boss of his campaign who spoilers is ustanik you fight unarmed and it's awesome.Seriously It's a really cool fight.And then you get to something odd since after that is the final form of his boss is a QTE fest and while I don't hate QTE's it is a bit much in the game as a whole.Not terrible but a bit much nonetheless


But back to the actual story.Jake mueller is the son of wesker......sit back down it's better then it sounds.He's a merc who has blood that has an antibody for the c-virus.His partner is the little girl from RE2 Sherry birkin and I do have to admit It's good to see her again.Though It's odd since she seems older then I'd expect.If you do the math it is right but still it feels odd.Maybe that's just me but anyway.She wants to get his blood to make a cure and on the way they encounter what I can only describe as the bastard son of nemesis and robocop named ustanik.He's basically nemesis all over again but it does work quite well and is done well.

All in all I do love this campaign and it's toe to toe with leon's for me sans a few odd parts.But it's quite good nonetheless.

And then there is ada.After you beat the three campaigns you unlock ada's campaign to learn all of the behind the scene's moments and the obvious truth behind the fake ada and this is where three other aspects come in.The vehicle sections,the puzzles,and horror.The vehicle sections that are in I believe all of the campaigns sans leon's and they are semi-pointless but all fun really.I do like all of the sans maybe ada's helicopter section in a boss fight.They're a little out of place but fun nonetheless.As for the puzzles.....well they are okay and better then the...one they had in 5 but they are painfully simple for the most part.Ada's are kind of similar except they have some issues namely they don't explain fully.One puzzle is making a dead body fall on a switch and the answer is having to move the switch and you really don't know that you can.Things like that and some annoying aspects are why this is bearly the second worst campaign.Only really kept ahead because of some unique sections,some decent puzzles and what I can only describe as the scariest thing in resident evil history.No really.


I do want to point something out.I have never seen the RE series as pure horror.It's always been action with horror as flavouring and nothing more.Even the classics seemed more like an action movie that had horror enemies you shot at.I've never found it scary in any game sans maybe a few bits here and there and even then only a little.I say this so you can understand where I'm coming from when I say the more action orientation doesn't affect me since I never saw it as horror.But I will say that while this game is kinda scary at times as I mentioned earlier It has the most freaky thing I've ever seen in an RE.At one point you face off against a BOW in ada's campaign that turns into a mass of grey sludge forces you into an oil tanker style ship.She starts leaking out of the walls and making hands and faces in the walls and it's messed up.It's really creepy.

All in all ada's campaign is okay better then chris' but only by a leaky wall face.

So let's recap for a second.Decent horror,good controls and gameplay,very good graphics,story is decent enough and hell the characters are all likable and unlikable where they should be.The villain is kind of a let down but has a pretty decent pay off in the final boss fight.But there is a touch more to it.namely the other modes Mercenaries and agent hunt.Mercs is the same as in 5 but a bit smaller unfortunatly with only three stages.For those who don't know it's a time and score attack mode to kill the most enemies in combo and is generally fun.Agent hunt on the other hand is interesting.In agent hunt you take the role of a zombie or j'avo and try to take out a human player in the middle of a campaign.If you've played Demon or dark souls you get the idea.However it has one thing over it namely the fact that you can turn it off in the menus and still have the rest of the online features going.It's a generally enjoyable mode but kind of dull after a bit.Good for a laugh though.

So all in all how is the game? Good.I enjoy it at least.Maybe not as much as 4 or code veronica but it's good.All in all I still say worth full price but as I said this is just my opinion.Do NOT judge this by reviews and pay whatever you'd be willng to pay for it out of interest alone.If you want to pay full do so or wait until it goes down.The game is so opinion based it's not even funny so I suggest if you're interested to take your own opinion and no one else's due to how split the opinions are and you're just as likely to agree or disagree with any given opinion.

Jeez that was complicated.I'm going back to doing games that are either loved or hated and not both at once.It's too hard to explain.


Alright you got me here.

 

 

When Black and white 2 were announced I was very skeptical since it really didn't seem very different from the original two games and at the time I stand by that however it did change quite a bit and considering it's being considered as one of the best games in the series I do owe it an apology however....

 

 

 

 

What the hell did they do to elesa?! Seriously her design in this game is terrible compared to the original and do not get me started on sabrina being an actor in the poke star studios and having her terrible design from HGSS.



Vlog Review of Resident evil 6

 

So as a resident evil fan and someone whose favorite game in the series is Code veronica,Is this game any good?

First Reaction: Doctor Who The Angels take manhattan

And They are outta there! Seriously though I wept like a baby. 

The Power of three Reaction*SPOILERS*

 

My reaction to the episode named after a generally bad pun made near the end.

A Town called mercy Review

 

Round 3.....also sorry for the clicking noise in the background.This one took alot longer and I did not feel like Doing another take.



Vlog review of Dinosaurs on a spaceship*SPOILERS*

 

Well Episode one was pretty good but how well does Episode 2 fare?

Vlog review Of Asylum of the Daleks *Spoilers*

 

I SPEAK!!...Yeah I decided to dust off my mic for the reaction to the 8 month return of doctor who.What was it like? Spoilers.....Not a river reference there are spoilers.

Doctor who Series 7 Theories and thoughts.

 

 

With the episode Asylum of the daleks starting series 7 within a week I kinda want to do kind of what I think is going to happen and what I think of what's been released so far.So let's get started with the leading man himself.The Doctor.

 

 

First off let's talk about what happened so far with number 11.He's gone through some changes since the regenerations from the tenth being more like a kid on the outside with the wise old man peaking through every now and then.Though he still does feel the consequences of the time war causing him to be very protective and between that and his growing anger the scenes of the exploded daleks with the doctor asking who do you think killed them there is a very big break coming.Now dealing with the daleks can cause alot of massive problems.Series 1 they nearly wiped out earth in three different ways.Series 4 they nearly wiped out everything literally.So the first episode starring the daleks is a big bit of pressure and because of how the trailers are leading it's believed that this season is going to be a snapping point for the doctor and possibly the height of his character arc in terms of time war backlash.

 

Now that being said I'm half and half on the idea that in the first episode he breaks his "no kill" Policy which is partially echoed by something amy said about him being alone too long something that was partially shown in the runaway bride when he went into that odd trance after dooming the racnoss.That and him saying that there are lives on his conscience "Because of my mercy" to quote him.It makes me think that davros when he exposed the true soul of the time lord to paraphrase him may have had a much bigger influence on him then we thought.That and I think that the events of waters of mars may have had an effect as well now that I think of it.

 

I'm not certain if this will change the doctor in any way since the anger seems completly built into the eleventh but if that is the case and he does break the no kill policy that's jumping the shark a bit since that's something the doctor has had in all of his incarnations and if this doesn't have massive reprecussions then it's gonna be insanely hard to top that.Now as for one of the bigger themes let's talk about daleks and as well the other big villain the master.

Yes I do think the master will return this season but whether he'll be played by john simm is a crap shoot.but how would he come back? He was sent back to the time war quickly losing energy from his revival.Well I do think that he survived somehow.Whether he regenerated or just absorbed rassilon using some kind of time lord tech and it healed him or something like that.the point is I do think that him being reintroduced into the time war will have some consequences and I think it's possible that the finale may actulally be a second time war between a returning davros and the daleks against the master now ruling the time lords.So where's my proof of this? Well It's minor thing but one line the doctor says in the trailers caught me by surprise.

"Today I honor the victims first.HIS,THE MASTER'S,the daleks,everyone who died because of my mercy"

While HIS I do think applies to the enemy from the town called mercy episode it could be davros though far more likely the cyborg cowboy.But why did he say THE MASTER'S? The eleventh has never mentioned the master before so I think he's coming back and will be back in the first episode along with another returning force.Davros.

Now how would Davros return then? He was in the dalek ship when it exploded right? Well first of all they didn't show his death for that exact reason but there is another one.In the asylum of the daleks trailers they showed what is potentially dalek caan.The dalek that was in the ship with davros when it was destroyed.Now it's possible it's not caan but It's also the first time I can think of I've seen a dalek outside of it's shell since caan.So yes I do think that both davros and the master are coming back and will restart the time war.It's a long shot but I'll take it.

And yes this does potentially kill my Master controlling the silence but one I do think that's another possibility but I also have another theory for them.Namely the reason why they controlled earth and who madame kovarian is.Yes I'm stretching this but I do think she's the Rani.Since her fate is up in the air it's a possibility and it lends creedence to the idea that the silence are mutated creatures with The Rani being a mad scientist.Plus she has taken planets for experiment subjects before at least according to the wiki I found.It's a weak theory and I don't think we'll even see the silence this season but there's just a few coincidences that I can't miss.

So what else is there? The odds of a multi doctor reunion.Small damn near 0% I'd say.It just seems unlikely with hows things are going.What about companions? More likely at the very least.I wouldn't say a sure thing but closer anyway.What about the new companion? I have no clue.Other then she's either a time traveler or is from victorian times since that's when the episode she debuts in takes place.Though I am happy to say it looks like madame vastra will return for that which I do like.

That's really all I got right now.All I can say other then this is I'm bouncing off the walls waiting for the premiere.

Time is NOT a wibbly wobbly timey wimey ball of stuff.

What Can I say? Doctor Insano got it right.

ISWT Review: Alice Madness returns

I wish I could sit here and tell you all about how much I love the original books by lewis carroll but I can't.In fact I had to look up who wrote it.I wish I could say that the disney movie was a massive inspiration to me as a child,but I have yet to actually see it to my recollection.I wish I could say that after the tim burton movie I felt completly ripped off......alright that one is actually true but nonetheless I've never had a massive connection to the alice in wonderland franchise but for some reason I've always loved the characters and places of this series and I really do think it's genius.I know that sounds odd but I love the setting,the characters and yet for some reason I never really set out to look up stuff or watch the movies or read the books even though I love the characters.Even being a huge batman fan the villain mad hatter was always kind of just there.Like I knew he was obsessed with alice in wonderland and I thought it was cool but it never really attached myself to him like I did scarecrow or even riddler.

Why did they make a rabid wonderland fanboy a villain anyway?

Where was I? Oh yes,I've always known about a game made years ago called "American mcgee's alice" and that people loved it for it's creepy atomosphere and very deranged approach to the fairy tale.And after recently playing it I will say that it's certainly got those two things but I will say due to the very......rough controls I'm not a huge fan.It's not bad by any means just kind of hard to control being a bit archaic or old in control style.Not helping it was made for the PC and I've been playing the ps3 port but again I'm getting sidetracked.But a few years ago a sequel was finally released.I just recently got to playing it and I've got to say I really enjoy this game but let me explain.

The main story of the two games is that years after the second book through the looking glass alice is placed in a mental asylum after her family dies in a fire and she survives,and once again is sent to wonderland which has become alot more warped and chaotic due to her mental damage.She had to confront the red queen to cure her mental damage.It makes more sense if you just play the first game trust me on this.

Wrong red queen.....Oh shit why'd I remind myself of this stupid movie



Years afterwards Alice liddel (yes she does in fact have a last name) is out of the asylum and trying to make a living for herself as well as forget the deaths of her family that have still been bothering her even after the events of the first game.And of course she travels back to wonderland to discover that a train has been going around wonderland causing massive damage and releasing creatures known as ruin.I have to say while maybe simple the plot is pretty good for what it is.There are a few odd parts like how between the second and third worlds for some reason she really wants to find her old stuffed rabbit and goes to her old therapist from the asylum to get it back.I'm not really sure why is the issue.But one thing I do like is how if you find memories(Read collectables) that give some hints at what is causing all of this.It's a fairly obvious near the 4th world via a flashback you get there but a pretty good twist that honestly gets pretty dark.It's a bit morbid but handled well.

So the story is pretty good how about the graphics.Well I think let's player helloween 4545 said it best.You could take a snapshot of any scene in the game and make it an awesome desktop wallpaper.The game is incredible looking and it adds so much to the style and the overall presentation.Going from beautiful in the first part to dark and sinister in the second to a steampunk factory all in the same chapter.The game is both beautiful and disturbing.In fact later on in the game there is an area that goes from creepy to "Oh god my eyes,my eyes.The goggles they do nothing!" Levels of horror.To give you an idea I've played through all of "Dante's inferno" a game in which you travel through hell and the final area of madness returns out freaks me by a landslide.

First off this is not I repeat NOT the creepy part of the final stage and second yes this does look like someone took the doctor who episode "Night terrors" and gave it crystal meth.

Now the gameplay is where fans start getting divided by this game.While most of the people I've heard talk about this game will generally say that the atomosphere is just slightly less impressive then the original (Something I do disagree with.I find this game is slightly more atomospheric then the original) most fans of the first game will immediatly turn on the gameplay saying it's bland or "Just another beat 'em up" I can't fully disagree in the sense that the gameplay is more generic then the first game.However this is a case of uniqueness vs playability.While the original has more unique gameplay to itself and some interesting platforming situations but my god it is stiff.That combined with the decent combat at best and it's only okay in terms of gameplay.While madness returns has basic combat that could be found in any given beat 'em up this gen and the same with platforming.However the gameplay feels so much less stiff and the combat is so much less hit or miss that it just feels alot better.So it's uniqueness at the cost of fluid gameplay or solid feeling gameplay at the cost of originality.It's a debate but to me I enjoy madness returns more in terms of base gameplay

One of the major differences though is the use of mini games and this is another point of fracture for the fanbase and this one I'm more or less agreeing with.Anywhere from a weird shooter segments with the mock turtles new boat or the really terrible slider puzzles that haunt a couple of levels.Some like the shooter segement are mandatory but you can actually skip the slider puzzles and the melody guitar hero style rhythm parts and all I can think of is "Why did this need to be here?" this is probably the weakest point of the game and it just serves no purpose all in all.It feels very forced though two of these I will defend.namely the slide sections cause those are actually quite fun and the giant segments in queensland which again are quite fine.

One other thing is that the 3rd level for it's enemies,and iffy level design all in all can drag quite a lot compared to the varied second level and very fun fourth level.It's a minor thing but even then I prefer it to the veil of tears level in the original.

Finally the collectables are ripe and are everywhere between the pig snouts,bottles of.....I have no idea but for some reason I assume piss,Memories,and radula rooms which you get heart pieces from and yes you get four you get another heart added to your total.

So in the end how is it? Well the style is out in full and the graphics are amazing but you may have issues with the gameplay being fairly bland and the constant minigames that are few and far between for actually good ones.But all in all I say at least rent it for the story and style.This game can easily be a good playthrough but just know what you're getting into with the gameplay.It's far from bad just not anything special.



In Sane We Trust Review Persona 4

With the upcoming releases of the persona 4 remake on the vita and the Fighting game Persona 4 Arena I figured it would be a good time to put my opinion out there on the 2008 RPG by Atlus.But It kinda started long before that so go with me on this.Years and years ago a friend of mine mentioned an RPG with a weird concept and an even weirder cameo.A game Called Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne.

This game is a damn masterpiece.The music is gorgeous and the story is incredibly thought provoking.It's also the game that introduced me to the Four horseman mithos which I've become as weird as it sounds Intrigued by.That topped with A cameo from Dante of devil may cry fame and you've got a winner but that's for another time.But I had never heard of the game company Atlus at the time.Suffice it to say I had their name ingraved in my mind for further notice.And then a few years later I hear of another game from them called persona 3 and once again I was blown away.The gameplay crossed with the social link system was once again a winner and you could tell they really sunk alot of money into the production and it paid off cause persoan 3 was a huge success.And alongside a remake called Persona 3 FES they started immediate work on persona 4 to capitalize on the success and while on the surface it may appear to just be a clone they shoved out to make money it was alot more then just that.They took the amazing system from persona 3 and alot of (Not quite as but alot of) The depth of Nocturne,Put them in a blender and it came out glorious.

For those who don't know Shin megami tensei is a series made by the aforementioned Atlus that all have a similar system.Namely the demons and a similar Pokemon-esque demon collection system.The system is simple but very effective in that you fuse demons you get in combat into bigger stronger ones.the combat being very simplistic trying to figure out what the enemy demons are weak against and usually exploiting the crap out of it get more damage out of it and if you do an attack that the enemy is weak against you'll usually (game depending) get another turn as well making you want to carry a variety of demons or personas (Again game depending) to use this effectivly.Trust me though it's not as easy as it sounds most SMT titles are ball breakers at some point in it.Still haven't beaten Lucifer in nocturne.

Ya Giant Blue bastard.

Yeah one thing you have to get used to is the demons/personas are from every culture and mithos from bhuddism to Christian.lemme put it this way my personas from the end of persona 4 were. Satan and beelzebub and yes apparently they are different.(I'm not exactly a religion scholar) along with Odin and the chinese dragon Kohryu.It's pretty badass having these huge mythological beings at your beck and call and really It is pretty badass telling the God Asura what to do.But I'm getting sort of off track.

Using the basic persona system of using multiple persona's that change your characters stats works well in persona 4 but here's the thing.The gameplay is the weakest part of persona 4.Now Don't take that as a bad thing in fact It's a great sign as the fusion system is rewarding and general combat is satisfying learning what enemies weak points are and exploiting them in a very strategical manor.It's more that though.The story,Characters,Soundtrack,and Style are so good that It's hard to really put even the best combat system on par.

The story takes place in the Foggy town of inaba where mysterious murders are taking place with victims ending up hung on roofs with no definate cause of death.Suffice it to say something like this has the whole town buzzing and just after the arrival of a new school student.You play said school student coming to inaba after his parents go off on some kind of trip.Which is admittedly a bit uncreative but at least his parents didn't just die of CPPS or Cliche Plot point syndrome.Nonetheless they've Left you with your uncle and cousin.I have to say one of the best parts of the game is Dojima and nanako the aforementioned uncle and cousin respectivly since they give the game a very warm feel that really does get you into the tone and locale very quickly giving a very real home kind of feel.

On your first day of school (Which gets cancelled due to the first murder by the way) You meet up with local unluckiest kid ever and son of the local family run chain of Junes(Read wal-mart) Yousuke Hanamura and local kung-fu enthusiast and the most unintentionally adorable girl in anime history Chie satonaka.After the second murder of a close friend of yousuke's you all find yourselves looking into the murders and end up oddly enough finding another world inside of a television inside junes,And saying it there almost made me check my "Anime WTF moment" Bingo card.Though it gets a bit stranger as you find it's connected to the murders and houses an unknown creature named teddie who ends up helping everyone out.

Oh also I hope you like puns cause He's filed to the brim with them.

Throughout the Investigation you meet up with other characters like local Inn Heiress and Chie's Best friend (I repeat FRIEND) Yukiko Amagi, A punk who beats up biker gangs by night and knits animals plushies by day and also One of the most Awesome characters in history Kanji tatsumi.A pop Icon Resting in inaba after debating on returning to normal life Rise Kujikawa,and Nicknamed the detective prince Naoto Shirogane.I wouldn't have actually mentioned who you get but in both of the opening cinematics the game has they show all the characters which personally I think it would've been a bit more interesting keeping it a secret but nonetheless.

The characters are a very strong point in the game.The uncle and cousin you live with,the rest of the investigation team,and the social links you complete all have interesting and most importantly are all Easy to like.Alot of people didn't like teddie and I see why but personally I always found his decent writing for his actually good comedic stuff made up for a few bad puns.

The Story is once again pretty damn good and maybe that may be from a bias of mine.I love mystery stories.Love them to death.So maybe the whole murder mystery and the fact that you do actually have to find out who the culprit is to get the good ending just adds to how cool of a mystery it is.But aside from that the plot is pretty good giving alot of twists and turns that makes you think you've found the culprit right before another murder happens or clues lead to another suspect.It's a ride to say the least.

The graphics are one of the maybe not weaker points but they're nothing special.The actual 3D sprite work looks okay but it's nothing to write home about.The Anime stills they use are actually pretty good and the anime cutscenes range from pretty good to looking a bit off.I can't quite put my finger on it but some of them namely ones with alot of charcters actually in the scene can look a little strange but again it's nothing terrible just an off point.

The music on the other hand is absolutly amazing.I've often said that Sonic generations has THE best soundtrack of all time to me and I stand by that but alot of it is Previous tracks slightly or massive mixed not alot of new ones and that is why Persona 4 Has the best original soundtrack to me at least.The quiet tracks are beautiful and the battle music "Reach out for the truth" Is Amazing.I seriously thought I'd be tired of it fairly quickly but honestly I still love it to this day.But that combined with I'll face myself which is off the top of my head my favorite Boss track of any Rpg and it's just a work of damn art.Oh by the way that Bonus disc on the cover at the top of this post.That's a soundtrack disc that COMES WITH THE GAME FREE!!!!.....That's just awesome.

But here's the kicker the Recently released "Persona 4 The golden" Remake for the Ps Vita actually outdoes it at least in battle theme and opening theme.Hell even the animation scene seem better.I mean I cannot think of anything more flat out awesome then the opening animation combined with Shadow world by Shihoka hirata.(the woman singing basically every female vocal in P4)

Okay This is but It's practically cheating really.

But it's a game So how's the gameplay? Well as I said the main concept behind it is basic Rpg with the schtick that enemies have certain elemental weak spot that you can Exploit to usually do more damage and get another turn with that character.Like most SMT games this is the main idea in combat.Use every element you can and see what certain enemies are weak against but this game seems to throw a wrench into the works after a while having enemies with no weakness that take massive damage from certain elements but it doesn't count as a weakness or take very little damage from their weakness and it's a better idea to try something else.Another thing that happens when hit by a weakness is that they fall down and if all enemies are down you can perform an all out attack where all of your teammates strike at once in a cartoony cloud and do massive damage usually killing off the enemies in one swoop.

Also one thing to note is that Physical skills actually use HP and are a bit risky to use while Light and Dark skill (named Hama and Mudo) don't deal damage but have a chance to auto kill anything it hits (anything weak to either is basically an auto kill on contact)

One thing that alot of people would see as a massive problem is the difficulty.Now SMT games have been known to be hard.Fair but hard.But wow the first two areas in particular the bosses are absolute jackasses.There is such a difficulty spike in those two bosses it's absolutly maddening if you're not used to it.Seriously I would not blame someone for looking up a walkthrough or an FAQ.Though For beating them you get one of the best healers in game and a crazy boss killer for the first two fights respectivly.Trust me It's worth it just get through those two and you're gold....well it's still hard just not as bad.The Worst part is easily this spike.

Another aspect of gameplay is fusing and social links.Fusing is pretty enjoyable just trying to get certain moves and planning personas for boss fights.Though I will say that it can get annoying trying to get certain moves on personas that don't inherit certain skills.I know this from experience trying to get Magarudyne on Beelzebub and only succeeding after more time then I'd like to admit.

Social links are realy enjoyable just trying to tetris together your schedule with combat and social links plus the actual stories of the people in the social links are pretty good if potentially a bit depressing with some.But as I've said It's just fun to plan ahead plan when to raise stats like knowledge or courage (Heavily Social link Involved stats that can unlock new social links and/or side jobs) or when to head into combat or  do social links.Again schedule tetris.

One other thing is that there is one more thing that new players may not be a fan of at first and that's that the game is rather talky.Personally this never bothered me but especially since it does take a while to actually get into the action at the beginning of the game some people could easily have issues with this but once you're used to it you'll be fine.

So long story short (beyond too late) What do I think of Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4? Well let me put it this way.There was for the longest time a three way tie between P4,Breath of fire 2,and Final Fantasy 9.While I love the latter two and while FF9 has an amazing gameplay and soundtrack and Breath of fire 2 has a great story and characters,Persona 4 has all of these elements and then some.In my opinion This is just the most quality RPG I've ever played And I cannot reccomend enough that anyone who reads this give this version or the upcoming Vita port a shot.Also as a side note and a sign of how much I love this game,The new banner for this blog actually features a persona.Take-Mikazuchi.Love this game.

I really need to try a game I don't like in one of these.....this may require searching.

Did I ever mention I love my friends?

So since I've had my piece of crap banner I made In Ms paint up for over a year now on this blog  I figure It was time for a change.A friend of mine Who I'll just call Icy made this new banner and I freaking love her for that.I'll also be tweaking with the yellow to blue ratio on the colors just to see what looks better so expect a few changes coming up.^^

Mass effect 3 Multiplayer Firebase Rio on gold.

For the record I'm not the destroyer I'm the vorcha sentinel Raijin1026.KristianNox recorded the match for His/her channel (Sorry I'm not certain what your gender is mate) Sent a message to me saying the match was up on youtube and I asked if I could put it up.They said yes and here we are.For the record I love the Vorcha Sentinel.As you can tell by the mass amount of flames being thrown around.This was actually my first gold mission and I think I did okay.Recklessness does me well and vorcha are definatly reckless incarnate.Nonetheless check out kristianNox's channel And enjoy the carnage.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KristianNox (KristianNox's Channel)

Doctor who series 4 Review

I have to say while maybe Series 3 had more pleasant surprises series 4 was just how I remembered but yet somehow much better then I remembered.This was a very massive surprise and yet exactly what I expected.It's kind of hard to explain but perhaps I should start with some of the details.Series 4 to my knowledge had alot of rumors of david leaving at the end of the series and as such this series had alot of tension surrounding it in terms of what would happen.Not helping that catherine tate would return for a more permanent companion role and the mid season return of martha for three episodes and the beginning having rose come back for a brief moment.Suffice it to say this series had very high stakes and It feels like a big season.


So high stakes,A possible new doctor,and a bunch of returning companions.This has to be the best season yet right? Well not quite.You see while this season has a lot of great moments it lacks one thing.Consistancy.As we'll see this series has some damn funny moments and episodes but sandwiched between some of the most morose and forboding moments in the series so far.It's a bit jarring sometimes and is really the only thing that keeps this series down cause the rest is pretty golden.For the most part....

10th Doctor (David Tennant)

Most people consider The specials in 2009 part of series 4 however I don't and speaking strictly to that the tenth has a very depressing season.He seems beat right from the start after the events of series 3 and it just doesn't get easier.I heard steven moffat once describe the episode the eleventh hour as the worst day imaginable.Well series 4 has to be the worst month ever.To his credit david still maintains his acting as fantastic as always and he does a damn good job portraying the doctor as just being battered by feelings of just having his companions either basically die or have some of the worst times of their life.While all in all it was good for the doctor I only have two issues;A feeling of not much progress to his development and a very bitter ending that just leaves us feeling bad for him.

Donna Noble (Catherine tate)

Ah Donna.I gotta say this is kind of what I mean by inconsistant.Not her herself but compared to the very gloomy doctor this season she's just a ball of fun.I mean she has by far the funniest scene in doctor who history and you know the one I'm talking about I've used the gif like twenty times recently.She is very fun to watch in the funnier moments and the more serious moments are done very well by miss tate.All in all she's an excellent companion.She's an absolute wonder to watch and her story is one of the more staisfying and yet very bittersweet.It's something to watch for her alone.

And the rest

There is alot to cover here so I'll get started.Rose tyler still played by Billie (Hot) Piper has a bit of development but really it was more to give her character a happy ending which in fairness was pretty okay.Martha jones played by freema agyeman comes back and in both the sontaran two parter and the doctor's daughter And while maybe taking a bit away from donna it's nice to see her in her new job as a full fledged doctor.While little actual development happens for mickey and rose's mom sans mickey coming back to the normal dimension for some reason it's nice for them as well.As for the spinoff  members namely jack and sarah jane they're both fine and as far as I know they're good with they're brought in characters from the respective shows.It is kinda neat too to see everyone in the same situation but different places almost like they're still in their show but experiencing the events.But I'll save that for that part of the review

River song (alex kingston)

It's a much smaller part then she'll play in the seasons to come but I figure I'd mention it anyway.She's pretty good though there are some moments that are a touch off not so much her but her continuity but again I'll get to that again in a later part

And then it comes to the villain and in all honesty I have two for this one.There is one I really enjoy and another I....well I can talk about them alot.Starting off is The first of the two encountered in the season.....The sontarans.

Generally speaking I'm very half and half with these guys.On one side I like the idea of this very war monger style race that's also very honorable and oddly polite.On the other side they look like a smurf crossed with mr. potato head and I could never take them seriously.I know that's kind of the point is that they are underestimated and always win by sheer force and again I like the idea but.....look at him! It looks like he has a massive allergy to whatever he's wearing.In the season they are pretty good in fairness and the concept is great but.......I can't even say the design is bad just....silly to me.

.....As for the other one.....

Davros (Julian bleach)

Oh man.This guy is absolutly amazing.I love how creepy and just unsettling his theme is and man his speech where he just tears into the doctor. and I quote

"The man who abhors violence, never carrying a gun, but this is the truth, Doctor: you take ordinary people and you fashion them into weapons... behold your Children of Time, transformed into murderers. I made the Daleks, Doctor, you made this."

Need I really say more?

And that's when we get into the episodes.After the very melancholy end to the last season (The tenth walking around the tardis after the master's death.) they sent the titanic crashing into the tardis which led to one of the more split christmas episodes

Christmas special: Voyage of the damned

First off this is the first episode using a newish version of the opening and it is pretty awesome.It's alot more dynamic but on to the episode.Again more evil chirstmas robots but these are better then the previous versions but really that's not what's unique about this one.Number one the most obvious one being the fact that it's on the space titanic and that is admittedly unique and the other being that kylie minouge plays the temp companion and in honesty she's not bad.her and david have good chemistry and I almost want to see more of the two but she's a temp companion so her days are numbered.

In all honesty this is a very odd one in that I do like the story and while the characters are a bit one note they're not bad in terms of general like-ability but where it falls is things like the bizzarre villain who is admittedly kind of a decent chuckle but not much more.or the odd moment with the doctor being lifted by the angels in an incredibly silly moment that I think was supposed to be some kind of paralell and it's kind of weird.it's not a bad christmas special but compared to others it's one of the worse ones similar to daivd's first but a bit better if only cause david's in most of this one.Not bad but there is better.

also a small spoiler it doesn't end well and that does start a very morose trend with this series and while the climax benefits from it it makes the series a bit depressing at points not that you could tell from a few episodes like this first one for instance.

Episode 1: Partners in crime

For a season that can get really depressing at times this first episode is hilarious.I mean do I even need to bring up the gif I've been using.The scenes of the doctor and donna just bearly missing each other are pretty funny and my god when they meet the build up was for a very worthy cause.if it's not the funniest scene in the series it's very close. but other then that there's not much else to say.It's a definate enjoyable watch

And from there on the battle of whether this series would have a more happy or darker tone begins and lemme tell you darker seems to have won in the end

Don't get used to this image ladies and gentlemen there's maybe one more coming this season and then it hits the fan

Episode 2 Fires of pompei

Ah yes This is pretty decent.I honestly don't have that much to say about this one sans the end gets a bit bittersweet if positive all in all still using a bit of the sadder tone with it though.and the other thing well as I said I just recently found out that Karen Gillan was one of the prophets and that's still really cool.other then that though It's a pretty good episode no real complaints

Episode 3 Planet of the ood.

This one I always thought was kind of a sister episode to fires of pompei.The feeling and quality is about the same.Again no real complaints but again not much to say.It's kind of nice seeing the ood again but past that these last two episodes are good but just not much to else to say

Episodes 4 and 5 The sontaran strategem and the poison sky

This one's pretty good.I dig the overall story and it's very nice seeing martha again if only cause I'm a huge fan of her and her development into a medical officer of UNIT is genius.As I said I'm confused how to feel about sontarans but this it is done well showing their intelligence using human paranoia even if as the doctor said himself it was rather cowardly more or less.It's a pretty good two parter though.All in all I can't think of anything too majorly wrong so I give thimbs up.

And from this point on well lemme put it this way

Prepare for ALOT of this.

Episode 6 The Doctor's Daughter

Oh boy very quickly we all know this one is NOT going to end well.I won't say whether it does or not but jeez.It's nice having david in a more anti-violence tone for the first time in a while and hell both Jenny (The titular character) and martha back for round two do well and It's a damn good episode but this is really the start of the depressing streak.There is one or two issues namely the borderline red shirt state of Jenny (again I won't say what happens but it sure screams it at the beginning.) and a very massive confusing bit at the end that I'm sure you could explain with certain things but It just seems off as hell to me.Good episode just be prepared for a damn tense moment

Episode 7 The unicorn and the wasp

Okay we have one more laugh episode before the depressing barrier hits full on.This one is kind of silly but really It's a good silly.Lemme put it this way.Before the opening music plays we see a giant wasp beat someone to death with a lead pipe....Half of you probably just said that's awesome and the other half facepalmed.I think that says it all right there.It`s a fine episode just silly.....very silly.

Annnnnnnnnd we hit the wall.There are a couple of jokes here and there but from this point on each episode has a very dark or morose feel to it.It`s not a bad thing just be prepared and yes I know I went on about how depressing this gets for waaaaaay too long but It`s just a big thing for me.I like more upbeat stuff that takes a dark turn and then gets back from that to at least kind of happy.....That was a terrible job describing it but If you`ve played Persona 4 you know what I mean.

Episodes 8 and 9 Silence of the library and forest of the dead.

This one.....This one is something I`m very torn on.On one side It has the start of a very cool plotline with river song and some decent moments but on the other side it has some plot holes for those namely the fact that she asks if he`s done the crash of the byzantium yet.Uh that`s not eleven river.I know you could make the claim that she thought he was twelve but I don`t know I figure she`d know what the forms she`s met look like or for that matter after asking about the byzantium why did she continue asking she knew it was before 11.I know these questions should be directed more towards the episodes in series 5 and 6 but I can give the benefit of the doubt to them.This two parter also has a lot of silly moments that just break the tension.Suffice it to say

``Hey who turned out the lights``

Need I say more? But that being say there are some good moments especially in part two but It`s a toss up really.A friend of mine loves it so take that as you will.

Episode 10 Midnight

This is me about half way through the episode.....well my reaction I`m not actually a cat.This is one of the freakiest episodes in doctor who history with how insanely tense it gets and how freaky it is.Seriosuly maybe ten minutes in and you have one of,If not the best idea for a horror movie ever.The only reason God complex is scarier is because it`s alot more unnerving and uncomfortable.Now with midnight It`s tense and never stops being so.Seriously this one is amazing and one of the better episodes of the series easily.To give you an idea this was my favorite episode for a very long time.

Episode 11 Left turn

This is a very cool idea for an episode.What would happen if the doctor was not around for any of the stuff that happened? Evidently crap would start falling apart rather badly.Companions dying left and right people dying constantly and hell all of england was practically turned into a 3rd world country.It`s a very unsettling episode definatly continuing the trend of this half of the season.Really nice to see just how much one choice can make

Episode 12 and 13 The stolen earth and Journey`s end

One thing I have to say for the pre moffat era is my god are the finales OUTSTANDING.It`s just bearly below The sound of drums two parter.Davros is amazing in it really showing his genius.not trying to kill the timelord but demoralize him and make him see he hasn`t been helping people but building an army and it`s genius.Arguably moreso then the master when you think of it.The daleks are out in full force in this one and it`s pretty intimidating I mean between the fact that they`re just blowing everything they find up and their theme combined with Davros` theme (A Dark and endless Dalek night and Davros Respectivly) really make them seem like the greatest threat ever and hell they fatally wounded the doctor by the end of part 1.Why did I spoil that? Well....It`s the roughest part of the two parter.He Sends the regenration energy into his severed hand from seasons past and he gets healed without transforming.WHAT THE HELL?!

I`m sorry but that is one of the worst excuses for a cliffhanger I`ve ever heard.And yes I know that the hand turns into another doctor which does help out in the end but that`s just really stupid.I mean Russel T Davies had one of the best episodes this season in Midnight actually writing that gem and then he pulled that one off and it`s the only reason that this isn`t my favorite finale That I`ve seen.It`s just a very off point in a great two parter but it could be worse.I do love this one despite that.Mostly for davros and for the return of basically every companion since series 1.It`s just epic put simply.

Series 4 was a very interesting case.On one side it has great episodes when it gets serious and even then the average episode quality is still pretty good.On par with the average from the previous seasons if not maybe a little above.The problems are some sketchy episodes namely very missed horror attempts in Silence in the library,a massive wall of morose episodes at the end and one of the biggest off ideas of the entire series with the false regen.All in all It`s the most conflicted season of the revived so far.A good season just marred with alot of mistakes small or otherwise.It`s worth a watch even at it`s worst though cause it still provides entertainment for the most part.Not as good as say series 3 but better then series 1 by a hair.But of course there is kind of more to this series.

After this season aired there were a series of specials that aired as a replacement for next years series.I`m not certain why but I think it may have been from david`s desire to leave the series  and continue other things but I`m just guessing.Most people say that the specials are still part of series 4 but I don`t count it myself. I`ll do each on it`s own since they`re independant of each other more or less.But first off is the special the next doct......Wait what? I hope this isn`t another tease.