ajneeago96

Okay, so I have conflicting feeling for this show. Despite Kevin Spacey and his controversy, I thought he was a tour de force with his portrayal as Frank Underwood. The conniving, gaslighting, manipulative character he played so well could very well be because that's who he was/still probably is in real life, but damn was it something so addicting to watch. Throughout this series, the politics and betrayal he endured/did was grade A drama, and I was all for it. Robin Wright played her part perfectly too, playing his equally as bad wife who eventually stands her ground and betrays him at the greatest level. I thought throughout the series, we were gonna see probably one of the best finales ever to be seen on television, but because of Spacey getting canned from the show, they decided to put out one of the most empty and unforgiving seasons I've ever seen. Don't get me wrong, the beginning of this final season was decent and I liked where it was going, especially with Michael Kelly's character, but the last 2 episodes ruin everything this show worked to hard to get. Especially the very last scene ( so mind numbing and dumb) I literally couldn't believe they'd end the show like that. Despite this very unseasoned last season, I thought the show was good and would recommend to people who love corruption dramas.

Watching this live was highly disappointing. By time the second to last fight started, the buffering of Netflix live prohibited me from watching, and was forced to watch the rest the next day after I already getting spoiled on who won the fight. It was subpar to say the least, although the 2 fights before Jake and Mike were actually good, especially the fight with the two woman. The main event lacked sadly, but at least Jake Paul gave Mike Tyson the respect he rightfully deserved. Now I definitely want to see Tyson beat Logan's a** for sure. In all, I don't regret watching it but was definitely let down by this final fight.

Game of the Year Edition: I've watched the lord of the rings movies awhile ago and definitely need to rewatch them, but I knew enough lore to understand what and when this game was set. When I first started this game, it was probably around Christmas of 2022. I put a lot of time into it, probably getting about halfway complete with the main campaign before I took a hiatus for about 8 months, and eventually came back to complete the main campaign. I definitely dug the story and missions, but really had me invested was this nemesis mechanic where enemies remember you, and depending on if you defeated them or they defeated you, their rank across the orc hierarchy would reflect that. There were a few that kept on killing me over and over, and each time they'd come back stronger than previous, but what really was interesting were the ones that you defeated, and they'd make a surprise cameo with some cybernetic/prosthetic arm, leg, head, ect. It was funny sometimes but also sometimes a nuisance, but I really dug this mechanic and gave the game more depth. After beating the base game campaign, I played the beasts dlc and found the story somewhat interesting, but dug the monster-possession mechanics to be the main reason why I liked it. Taking control of these giant beasts called Graugs were so much fun, and the missions in this dlc was loads of fun. The last dlc, The Bright Lord was a prequel set 3000 years before the main campaign, playing as Celebrimbor instead of Tailon was refreshing, and the story was really cool. It was interesting to see how much of a threat he was to Sauron but the ending was sad and pretty brutal.

In all, even though some of these achievements were pretty tough to get, I managed to get all of them excepts the ones tied to the challenge levels that didn't really seem to add much to the game. I did the first 2 but felt pretty bored with them and decided to just skip the rest. But I will say, the base game and both dlcs were definitely worth it and I'd fully recommend it to people who wanna play a game with awesome combat and a cool lord of the rings story.