Gaming Reviews - Idle Games

Hello, and welcome back to another gaming reviews post. I realised in my last one that all of the games I chose were very positive, and I didn't say that they aren't all going to be like that. I hope you are having the best week so far. I am just going to jump right into this. 

Knock - This game is okay. I mostly installed it because I wanted the achievements. Sometimes, I like to play click games when I am watching a show, so I have a game up on one screen and a movie or series on the other. This was not a game I could do while watching anything because every click made a knock sound, and yes, that's the name of the game, but I expected the button in the bottom left corner to turn off all sound, not just background sound. I am not a quitter, though, so I had to get all of the achievements before uninstalling the game. There was a creepy dude who popped up at the end after getting all the achievements, and the screen went black. I thought my pc was crashing; it might have had sound, but I had my speakers muted. If I were to go back in time knowing what I know, I probably wouldn't play this again, but hey, an extra 11 achievements towards my 5000 goal for this year, I will take it. 2.5/5

Firestone Idle Clicker - This game, I didn't have high hopes going into it, but I was pleasantly surprised with how many people are happy to answer your questions starting out. Even if you think it's a stupid question to ask, ask it. You never know, someone else may have been wanting to ask it too. The mods are wonderful. I did come into contact with some less-than-friendly people; more often than not, the mods catch it before you do. Join a fellowship (fs) and a guild, level up your characters, fight battles with both your characters and war machines, play cards at the tavern, and more.  I started this game one day after a friend tried it, and I must say it's a pretty good find. It reminds me of DND (Dungeons and Dragons), but it's fully online, and a lot less effort goes into it. I don't think there is a storyline, but I have had a great time meeting new people. Beware of the people adding you as friends and immediately asking for your Discord; they are a bit of a problem, but other than that its a great game. It's also on mobile too! 4.5/5

Burger - A free game on Steam where you just click to make a burger, 21 achievements to get for those achievement hunters. Since it is their 2nd anniversary, they brought in a second burger, so you may be able to complete it more quickly. I am still a little ways off, but I kind of forget about this game sometimes. Feed the cat, don't click B on a controller (Xbox), and don't click your scroll wheel or your right click (I can't remember if it's both, but just be on the safe side). If you do click one of these buttons, you might reset all your clicks. I did this no less than 3 times. If you are forgetful like me, maybe don't play or write a note because so much of my hard work (Just clicking) went to waste. Other than that, I like this game its kind of nice to sometimes have the crickets chirping in the background, but you can mute it in the top right corner. 4.5/5

Banana - 76 Achievements to get from clicking on one single banana. You can change the skin of your banana. Around Christmas, they have an Advent calendar where you can get some extra skins. You can trade up 10 skins of the same rarity for something else, just like Bongo Cat, if you have tried that game. It's pretty simple, but I don't understand the drops, and I will need to commit to this one more often if I want to 100% it. 3.5/5

I believe all of these games are free on Steam if you want to try them out for yourself, and there may be some content from these games already on my channel or popping up soon if you would like to see some visuals. Thank you so much for reading. I hope you found something you would like to try, and I will be back the week after next with another gaming review. 

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

 

I do not hide the fact that I have always preferred the Tobey Maguire Spiderman more than the Andrew Garfield Spiderman. Firstly, Andrew Garfield has felt more like a presidential name then an actor. But also, Andrew has just always come off as a messier version to me and as a kid I also hated the idea of changing up something that already worked so well, why do things have to be remade? They can get changed and grow but to completely replace it? Why was that necessary? Why does it continue to be necessary? We have made a third Spiderman! Atleast the latest guy recognizes the original two in the form of the multiverse theory... But that isn't how or why this movie should or is rated the way I have done so. I put this movie as a 2.5 out of 5 stars because while it has it's moments, it just overall does not seem as fast paced or action filled as some of the other super hero movies I have watched thus far in this binge. It has a lot of moments where you ask yourself why we are witnessing things and why the characters handle it the way they do. For instance, he almost immediately tells Gwen that he is Spiderman; why are we revealing our secret identity like that? Not to mention he goes and tells the police chief, not that he had too much of a choice but he could've handled it better in the moment. And then there is the matter of how he handles his Uncle's passing. I do appreciate that he is more proactive in the matter than the Tobey version BUT did he really need to go on such a big spree of catching every single bad guy in the city and then try inserting himself into the investigation with Gwen's dad? There had to have been a better and stealthier way of handling all of that. 

So overall, I give the movie a 2.5 because it is not a poorly made movie, it just has some holes that I think could use some more/thicker plot armor is all.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Aww, he is so cute and innocent in this intro. I do not remember any of this...
• Wait. In The Amazing Spider-Man, it's his dad who gives him the powers?
• I will admit, Peter does come off cooler in this movie rather than just a total nerd.
• Why does he pretend to be somebody else to get in? Why doesn't he just say he wants a tour or something?
• Why does this Peter have Gwen Stacey instead of MJ? Also, was Gwen smart in the other Spider-Man series? I thought she was a model?
• So much for staying with the group...
• As smart as he came off, talking to the guy and using the genes to heal somebody, shouldn't he know not to touch something he doesn't know anything about? Especially something in a lab that is likely an experiment?
• Why do people need to fuck with others just because they fall asleep in a public place?
• That meatloaf looks dry as a bone, not yummy.
• First of all, why did it hurt to pull the thread out of his neck? Secondly, why was there spider silk thread coming out of his neck? It's not like the spider crawled up inside of him.
• He stole the files? Oh nevermind, they are his dad's files.
• So he both does and doesn't have control over his powers yet, why?
• I swear, if he forgets about Aunt Mae, that's messed up.
• But it's just a computer rendition, which doesn't mean it will actually work for sure.
• How dare he what? Uncle Ben has been there raising you for your parents since you were a child!
• Why would the store owner expect the kid to help him stop a crook? Call the cops dude.
• Wasn't she just telling the crook to stop, and now she's calling Peter crazy?
• Is OSCORP sending him stuff or is he buying it?
• I will say, this version of the Spiderman is much more proactive with finding the guy who hurt Uncle Ben than the Original Spiderman.
• Couldn't even remember to get the eggs, what a shame.
• If they want human trials, why doesn't the scientist just do it on himself, since he seems to be missing a hand?
• Oh, he does use it on himself...
• Now here's a good question: while the serum worked and regrew the body part, will it regrow any body part from then on and be a permanent change in the genome, or is it just temporary?
• Was the OG Gwen Stacey the Police Chief's daughter? I thought she was the newspaper person.
• I just realized who he sounds like, Milo from Atlantis.
• How come in the first Spider-Man, the bad guys were Green Goblin, Doc Ock, and Sandman; but this origin story of Spider-Man has the bad guy as a lizard? Makes me think of the bad guy in the DC universe that they use in Suicide Squad...
• I mean atleast Peter tried to let the cops know instead of taking it on himself.
• I love that Gwen got to know right away that he was Spiderman but MJ didn't get to know until like the 3rd movie.
• Also, Gwen's dad looks like the Green Goblin from the original series.
• It's crazy that just breathing in the fumes turned them into the Green Lizard Men army.
• Not Spiderman yelling at Gwen on the phone in a very public environment and almost cursing in the process...
• Not them taking out the guy trying to save them all.
• Also, nice booty shot lol
• They unmasked him, and he started kicking booty again.
• Kind of crazy that in this one he straight up just lets the chief know who he is; isn't his identity supposed to be a secret?
• I wonder why he didn't try killing Gwen.
• Is Peter gonna let Aunt Mae know who he is so she stops worrying ... never mind, she won't stop worrying.
• Gotta love the crane workers saying screw this evac, we gotta help him save the city!
• Why was there so much liquid nitrogen up there? There is no way lizard man got it all up there by himself just now.
• I thought the antidote was going to get used on Lizard Man, not the kaboom.
• Although I guess launching it works better because everyone he turned into lizard men will change back too.
• I sure hope that big pillar didn't hurt anyone on the ground.
• Y'know, how come all these movies can make mutants with science experiments, but we haven't had any IRL?
• Did Peter at least tell Gwen why he can't see her anymore? ... If I would've waited just a second longer, I would know the answer is no.
• Why is he friends with that jerk now??
• Who the heck is this green goblin sounding voice that Lizard Man is talking to in his jail cell???

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - The Avengers (2012)

 

This movie is a solid piece in the collection of hero movies! The action is pretty well continuous, and you don't have much time to sit and wonder why you are watching something that may not be important to the storyline. There is also the plus side that, generally speaking, you do not need to worry about watching other movies beforehand to fully understand the premise of this movie. In fact, I almost wonder if having watched the movies that come before fills me with more questions than answers sometimes. Although it is truly hard to know since I have already watched the movies from before. 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!!

• Who is that voice?
• Joint Dark Energy Mission? Why are we messing with dark energy? Doesn't that name kind of scream bad idea? Or is that just a bad juju kind of feeling?
• Is the tesseract the cube they collected from the water when they went looking for Captain America? Why are they only testing now? 70 years after it was retrieved...
• Why are we calling it a she?
• Gamma radiation? Why isn't it green instead of blue?
• Excuse me, but that green arrow-looking guy is not the Hulk! Where are either of the guys from the two different movies??
• Also, who is this girl dressed in all black? That is not our red headed russian beauty we have grown to love from Iron Man.
• Oh! That's how Loki gets out of his eternal space slumber!
• We thought that boomerrang-looking thing was a spear? It isn't long enough in my book.
• Did Loki just take over control of Hulk? And that security guy?
• Free from freedom? No comment.
• Wish we could've had more of an origin story for SHIELD and their logo and who had the idea... although I guess that is where their show comes into play huh?
• Is the lady in black the girl from Thor? No... she doesn't have a sweet enough personality from what I can tell. Not to mention how would she go from a scientist studying the bridge to a super-secret spy? I can imagine her helping work on the tesseract but not handling a pew pew and doing flips like a gymnast.
• How are we explaining this event to the people?
• Where do the helicopter blades go when they break off from hitting the ground like that?
• How the heck did our redheaded beauty end up being held captive in Russia??
• How can we know exactly where she is but not be extracting her? Although I guess if she is there on purpose and they know she can get herself out that may be why.
• Ah yes, the agonizing screams and beatings that are hold music, very nice.
• OH! HE ISN'T THE HULK! HE IS GREEN ARROW! Why haven't we watched any Green Arrow origin stuff yet then? 
• OH! That's right, the Green Arrow is DC, not marvel; the guy I am thinking of is Hawkeye... but don't we end up making Hawkeye a girl in purple later on? Regardless, WHERE IS HIS ORIGIN STORY?!?
• So wait, Hulk is part of SHIELD but doesn't know he is part of SHIELD?
• I don't know if I have ever seen Black Widow get teary eyed... I could be wrong though.
• Why does the door for this room full of monitors look like a vault door?
• What do you mean the Avengers initiative was turned down already? When was it even proposed?
• How many punching bags do you think he had already gone through in this session?
• What if somebody posed themselves to take a shot at Tony as he was on top of the building getting changed out of his suit?
• I don't remember, has Tony always had Stark Tower? 
• The answer to that is no.
• "His first name is Agent." lol
• Is Loki not actually on Earth, or did he just transport while sitting down?
• Wait, are we exposed to Thanos this early on? Is that grey-skinned, multi-fingered, masked being Thanos?
• How did Banner and Capt. meet?
• Where do the planes go when it goes underwater?
• OH ITS NOT A SUB ITS A PLANE
• Crazy
• How is it determined if the female officer wears pants or a skirt? Because I see both within that command deck area.
• Why did Capt. give him $10?
• How does a spectrometer on the roof help look for gamma rays? I thought it needed an amount of the substance under some type of pressure to determine the elements? What kind of spectrometer are we asking them to put on the roof?
• How can you call it a match if it's only 69%?
• Did Loki go out and buy a suit to blend in or did he wave his hand to change clothes?
• Speaking of Loki in a suit, he really does make me think of Rumplestiltskin.
• The answer? He just changes his clothes however he likes...
• His "spear" is much longer and more staff-like now.
• Why did everyone just stop screaming and kneel down? Did he cast a spell on them?
• I thought they wanted to change Capt. uniform?
• Capt. is like, oh yeah, baby, I finally have somebody to go full strength on.
• Why is Stark's last name, as is Banner's, but Capt. is first name? Technically, title, not even first name. Is it a respect thing?
• How did Thor get back to Earth? Did they fix the bridge? Why hasn't he gone to see his girl?
• "We need a plan of attack! - I have a plan. Attack."
• Bifrost? What's that?
• I love that Thor does not care what evil things Loki has done; he just wants his brother back.
• How can his suit handle holding 400% of its power capacity?
• Would we consider Capt.'s shield as stronger than Thor's hammer since it made a big gong noise instead of crumbling?
• How has Loki heard of Hulk?
• Sure, claim him as your brother until it means that you are also crazy, then mention that he is adopted.
• Stark is a nerd.
• Why does the reactor only last a year? Doesn't the one in his chest last him the rest of his life?
• What contact has Earth had with Thor since his movie? Why do they know to protect the girl for him so that he wants to help them?
• How does Loki know so much about all of them? Does he have an inside source?
• Why do villains always just spill their plans?
• Do you think Loki thought he was hitting on Black Widow?
• If all of these Avengers are against weapons of mass destruction, why does SHIELD keep recruiting them for tasks they will be against? There has to be another option.
• I still don't fully understand, why did Loki want Hulk?
• Not Hulk literally breaking through the ground trying to pick up Thor's hammer.
• OF COURSE THE TARGET IS ANGRY!
• They are going to be so mad when they realize it's Hawkeye who is doing this to them.
• Ooo, Thor managed to crack the glass.
• I don't Loki's double ability.
• Stark's suit got messed up.
• I'm not gonna lie, tossing the bloody cards at them like that makes it seem like it's their fault that Colson died but they were literally doing everything they could to help save the ship and everyone on it.
• Thor did not look like himself walking though that field initially.
• Is Hawkeye back to being himself now? Maybe we should have him restrained just in case...
• Why has nobody bothered trying to find Thor or Hulk yet? Like Stark could go flying around finding them.
• That's manipulation! Using the cards to make them wanna become the Avengers.
• Why did we need to use Stark tower? Is it the highest point or something? Or is it because of his green energy?
• Why DID Stark take off his armor to go into his tower? Wouldn't it have been smarter to leave it on in case of a fight?
• Oh, that's right, he has all the gadgets that can make him have a suit and any point in time. I wonder how it senses that he is in danger, though.
• How come in some scenes, Thor's outfit looks Navy Blue in color but then in other scenes it looks grey and black.
• Why was Hulk's tranformation early so hard for him and so long but then he goes and purposefully changes to fight the aliens and he does it within seconds seemlessly?
• Why is Capt in charge? Because he was the first by age?
• What kind of arrows is he shooting?
• The alien weapons kind of make me think of the Mandalorian weapons...
• The fact that there is no sign of the military sending big booms to help with this is kind of crazy tbh.
• Oops, may have scratched the Stark Tower sign just a little lol
• I love Hulk's reaction to Loki saying he won't be bullied. Like sir, you are a ragdoll.
• Director Fury really putting his life on the line going against the Board to stop a nuclear pew pew from taking out the civilians.
• Kind of smart of Stark to guide the pew pew into the portal.
• What does the military do with all the alien tech after this battle is done and over? Do they melt it down to use themselves, drop it into the sea, like what happens?
• Not Hulk saving Stark just to toss him off to the side when they land xD
• It's crazy how the world can love and appreciate things/people and the governing agencies are against it because it means they are essentially useless.
• I still can't believe we get introduced to Thanos so early on in the series and I never knew it!
• They really went out for Swarma...crazy.