Reviews - Bun_2294

frst , let us consider the fact that for the first time ever, as a species, an entirely playable and full version of the HL 2 Beta CCcampaign is in our reach . half-life 2 beta Minimalist mod is a COMPLETE RECREATION of hl2s original storyline , that follows HL2 Early Geography and 1999-tto 2001 story for an accurate and fulfil experience bn, while retaining a modest and minimalist .

10/10 )))

Minions is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy film, serving as a spin-off prequel to the Despicable Me franchise. Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures, it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, written by Brian Lynch, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy. The film stars the voices of Coffin (as the Minions, including: Kevin, Stuart, and Bob), Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, and Jennifer Saunders, with the narration provided by Geoffrey Rush. It was first foreshadowed in the end credits of Despicable Me 2 (2013), where Kevin, Stuart, and Bob, three of the Minions and the film's main characters, are seen auditioning for the film.

Minions had its premiere on June 11, 2015, in Leicester Square, London, and went into general release in the United States on July 10, 2015. Critical response was mixed: some critics praised the comedic aspects of the film and the vocal performances of Bullock and Hamm, while also saying they felt that the title characters were not able to carry the film on their own, and that the villains were flatly characterized. The film has grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide (outgrossing each of the Despicable Me films), making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2015, the seventeenth-highest-grossing film of all time, the third-highest-grossing animated film (behind Incredibles 2 and Frozen) and the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film. A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 3, 2020.

Plot
Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from yellow single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history's most despicable masters. After rolling a Tyrannosaurus into a volcano, getting their caveman leader eaten by a cave bear, crushing a Pharaoh under the pyramids for incorrect construction, burning Count Dracula on his birthday party, and accidentally firing a cannon at Napoleon, the Minions are driven into isolation and start a new life in a massive cave. After many years, the Minions become depressed, restless, and unmotivated without a master to serve. To regain their dignity and sense of purpose, Kevin, one fearless Minion, decides to set out to find a new master and asks for help. Stuart, a musically inclined, one-eyed Minion, and Bob, a young and inexperienced but enthusiastic Minion, are recruited.

The trio journey to New York, when the year is 1968. After spending the day attempting to blend in, the Minions end up in a department store for the night, where they discover a hidden commercial broadcast for villains advertising Villain-Con; a convention for villains and supervillains in Orlando. The trio hitchhikes a ride with the Nelson family and impress them with their accidental villainy. At the convention, they see Scarlet Overkill, the first female supervillain, who unexpectedly hires them and takes them to her home in England. They phone the rest of the Minions to get them to join.

Scarlet explains the plan to steal the Imperial State Crown from the Queen of England and promises to reward the Minions if they steal it but kill them if they do not. Her husband, Herb, supplies them with inventions to aid in the heist, but they are nearly caught when they break into the Tower of London, which leads to a chase that ends with Bob accidentally crashing into the Sword in the Stone and pulling it free, removing the Queen from the throne and becoming King Bob. Enraged that somebody else accomplishes her dream of stealing the throne, Scarlet confronts the Minions, so Bob abdicates the throne in her favour. Undeterred because she feels betrayed, Scarlet imprisons the three in a dungeon to be tortured by Herb before her coronation, but they escape with the intention to apologise to Scarlet.

After making their way to Westminster Abbey, Stuart and Bob interrupt the coronation by inadvertently dropping a chandelier on Scarlet, who orders their execution. Dozens of villains chase the three of them during a thunderstorm; Stuart and Bob are caught, while Kevin finds his way into a pub. He sees Scarlet on a television, promising that she will kill Stuart and Bob if Kevin does not show up by dawn. With the villains still searching for him, Kevin sneaks into Scarlet's castle to steal weapons. But right before the villains catch him, Kevin accidentally triggers a machine Herb was building and grows until he is thirty stories tall, destroying the castle. He tramples through London, rescuing his friends and battling Scarlet just as the other Minions turn up in London. Scarlet tries to eradicate them, but Kevin swallows a massive missile she fires at them. Scarlet and Herb attempt to escape with her rocket-dress, but Kevin holds onto it. The missile detonates, causing it to explode. The other Minions stare at the explosion in sadness but Kevin turns out to have survived and shrunk back to his normal size.

This is... okay. I'd like to preface this (messy) review by first saying that, while I played the original Azure Sheep quite some time ago, and I don't really remember any of it - this mod could be an 'accurate' recreation or not, I'm not sure.

The level design could use some work (although the environments themselves look nice for the most part). Combat currently feels quite forced and aimless in some sections, the pacing is a little off, there are a lot of rooms that serve no purpose to the overall progression, along with whole bunch of filler too. Some of the set pieces were nice, but the player direction was pretty weak overall, as was the HECU combat. For some reason they're really dumb in this mod, not sure if it's a fault of the mappers or the default BM NPCs, but fighting them wasn't all that fun. Turrets and headcrabs are a bit overused compared with other enemies, and the mod lacks any proper puzzle or exploratory sections, mainly focusing on combat (which is a big shame). Optimisation was also pretty bad throughout, with a lot of the loading times stretching on for quite a while.
Weapons are a bit of a mixed bag on the whole, the starting pistol absolutely sucks - it feels horrible to use, and most of the time I stuck to the crowbar before I got another weapon (which for some reason uses wooden impact sounds, but whatever). The replacement models for the Glock and MP5 - a Beretta and an M4 - looked pretty poor on the whole. They're way too big, the textures are weird and their animations need a lot of work. If the devs are reading this - please just use the default BM guns.
For some reason the player character speaks (a lot), which was really distracting and stupid (e.g. he says "Nice, ammo!" whenever he runs out of ammo for some reason).

It's a 3-4/10 from me. The only reason I even finished it was because someone said the ending was cool, I guess it is, but definitely not worth playing through the whole mod for.
Best of luck for the future though, I hope the issues are resolved by the time the final release date rolls around.

Absolute garbage, stolen assets galore.

Medicore mod with poor gameplay and optimisation overall. Some of the levels look pretty cool, but the visuals are regrettably let down by awful neon green and puke yellow lighting.
The English translations could use some work, and there are a few questionable design decisions here and there too.

Truly amazing mod. It's astounding to see how far this project has come since 2010. Beautiful levels, great voice acting, and a wonderful pair of developers who are dedicated to making this experience a memorable one.