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John Carpenter might not have made many good decisions lately, but passing on this duff role-playing-game adap was definitely one of them.
Although even at his peak the Halloween man would’ve had his work cut out salvaging a po-faced yet laughable script that sends a squad of 23 rd -century soldiers to stop a machine-made mutant army spewing from the centre of the earth.
Fist-chewing dialogue is partnered in crime by muddy, ugly, Sky Captain-style visuals and editing that screws all sense of who’s slaughtering whom. As in 2001’s Lighthouse, director Simon Hunter hits his set-piece stride now and then (top-billed hardcase Thomas Jane’s tussle with a Matrix-y sado-bot) and there’s enough goring and gashing to shame a bullfight. But for portentousness and bungled ideas, these Chronicles are on a par with Riddick’s.
6 years later, Far Cry New Dawn is getting a 60 FPS update on Xbox Series X and PS5, and the way it was revealed is sending me: "Well… this wasn’t how we planned to announce this"
The Sims 2's long-awaited comeback meets a mixed response on Steam thanks to a barebones port suffering prolific crashes
This indie open-world RPG takes Stardew Valley's fishing and turns it into its main combat system: "This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent"
