The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

I kinda like this 

What is it about?
Based on a true story during WWII. Winston Churchill send a group of covert ops specialist to stop the SS troops 

The Good

The action is spot on great

Its more a comedy than action which I thought it was great
Henry Cavill gets to be full British

The Bad
I don' think they have budget for lighting. The night scene were too dar. A lot of the movie takes place at night. No idea why 

The Ugly

Too bad this movie flop. I hope to see a sequel 

After Credits: No 

Verdict: A nice popcorn movie. Fun and Simple. Must watch for me

Week 39 - H1 is at university orientation

This week H1 is going to university. So this whole week will be a H1 free week. I miss her but H2 is here and its the only child for a while so that fun. Other than that nothing to subtaintal. I finished Astro Bot and that is awesome 

Sept 22

• Had some mexican food and H1 left her phone at the restaurant just before we want to see her to university. This is her third time doing this everytime we ate mexican food.
• Arrive at her uni and her room was at the 2nd floor. She is sharing a room with another person. We found out that it was another girl taking diploma and also same IG background as her.
• So H1 will be living in the dorm for a week. She forgot her stuff and wife's student came down and we gave the stuff to them.
• I manage to give my Green Day spot to wife students.

Sept 23

• H1 is not enjoying uni life. The people are too local in her opinion. Food is not great either.
• Father in law came to send H2 to school.

Sept 24

• Went for the appeal of Perkeso. Wife was having anxiety so not sure we got it
• Had a big breakfast
• Cook some pasta
• Mom came. It's been a while since I saw her
• H1 wants to change course from computer science to engineering. Honestly I love it since I was trying to push her to do engineering before

Sept 25

• Me and wife had to rush to the university to change her course. Since she already is register for computer science.
• Took her out of her orientation. Brought her some pasta and ice lemon tea
• It rained so heavy that my shoes are wet
• Mama cook fried rice for tonight

Sept 26

• Mama left for her hometown
• I service my car yesterday. Did a good 4km walking around the mall. Need to change my tyres as well
• Had some nasi lemak for lunch at the bakery
• Pick up wife and friend for lunch at the same bakery. I just ate a couple slice of pizza because I was still full
• H1 didn't had dinner because she had to do some activities. So I ordered some food for her to be delivered

Sept 27

• H1 came back from uni. She went in her room from 4pm and never left
• H2 had oreintation for her school. She had a bonfire at night. That was cool
• I had to change my tyres. That cost around $500

Sept 28

• Wife had to work. She had to be a judge at another university
• Went to eat some fried chicken today and it was amazing.
• After that we went to IKEA. Did some shopping

Next week I will be figuring out my schedule since all the girls H1, H2 and wife are busy with class and work. So I need ot be extra busy juggling work and house

Interview with a Vampire Season 2

The story concludes 

Where we left off: The story continues with the Vampire Louie and now we found out tha the has been living with the Vampire Armand. 

This season: They travel from Ukraine Russia and ended up in Paris 

The episodes: Every episode is enjoyable. I like it when they are in Paris. Seeing every character was flesh out quite well

Ending: Every thread was close. There are some questions and there is a season 3. But I am not sure where does this goes since this chapter is now close 

Astro Bot

This is a love letter to Playstation 

Game no: 531
Genre: Platformer
Platform: PS5
Release Date: 2024

What can I say about Astro Bot that no one else can say. I can say that this is a fun game. This game hits all the right notes spanning 30 years of PlayStation history and finally I can say that it's been a long while where a game can make me smile to play from start to finish. So lets begin my Astro Bot review. We all know that this game is going to be great since the first time I played Astro Bot is from the preloaded PS5 game Astro's playroom. This time Team Asobi manage to do the same game but made it 10 times bigger. 

The game premise is simple. You have to save 300 of your robot freinds scattered throughtout the galaxy and you need to travel to each planet in the specific galaxy to rescue them. At the end of the level. The number of bots your rescued will unlocked the boss for that galaxy and once you beat them you have a specfic VIP bot (more on that later) that will unlock the specific planet with that bot gameplay. Since I am not sure when you will read this so I can share with you the VIP bots that come with their own unique gameplay is Ape Escape(PS1 classic), God of War (plays excatly like the actual game), Uncharted (my favoruite), Loco Roco (I miss this game) and Horizon Zero Dawn (I have to play this game one day). The VIP bots provide some variety into an already polish gameplay. 

Astro comes with a lot of special items to aid him in his quest. Items like the Chicken and Dog which provides vertical and horizontal boost. The Frog hands which acts like boxing gloves, the rock outfit which gives shielding against rocks and heat. There are also enviornmental items like the mouse that makes Astro sink and a sponge that makes Astro suck a lot of water. Each of them provides a unique gameplay and I wish that they could make more stages like this. Sometimes it is just one stage and then you can't use the powerup again. I think that a miss oppurtunity. There are also some stages that requires the gyro controls from the DualSense. I can say that this game uses all the features of the DualSense controllers.

I think the star of these games are the VIP bots. We need to resque 300 of them and out of the 300 there are 140 VIP bots from PlayStation history. Some are well known based on what they are wearing (Solid Snake or Crash Bandicoot) to the obsurce ones (Vib Ribbon and Incredible Crisis) to the who are these people again (No idea??). They don't tell us who are these characters since by rescuing them you'll get a short description on what they were famous for rather than thier name. The bots play a role in advancing the gameplay since the hub world needs a certain number of bots in order to go to the next galaxy. The PS5 is also a character in this game in where you need to rescue the parts scrattered throughout the galaxy. Overall you can see me smiling everytime I got something that reminds me of my past gaming history 

After beating the game there are a lot of secrets to get such as portals to the lost galaxy (shorter versions of the actual stages), puzzle pieces and the best part challenge levels. Challenge levels are basically hardcore challenges of platforming where you have only one chance to get from start to finish without dying. The challenges range from easy to extremely hard. If you mange to beat them all you will be treated to the Master Level Challenge which is by far the most awesome challenge of all (It took me 1 hour to get through). Other than that there are 8 bit stages and glass floor stages. The game really just wants to you play more of it 

After finish the 20 hour game you are left with a satisfied conclusion to a very special game. It doesn't overextend its welcome but I wish it had more. I hope that this game sells a lot and team Asobi can make something else using Astro Bot as the star. So far I can say this is my number 1 game of the year and I will give this an S-Rank 

Week 38 - H1 went to prom

 So this week I finally got my computer running. H1 is going to prom

Sept 15
• Bought a SSD for the PC. Finally the PC is running back to normal again.
• H1 went to her friends house to finish the prom decorations
• Me, wife and H2 went to a wedding. The wedding was H2 teacher. The food was good but there was a lot of kuih. I think I ate a lot
• Went to MIL house. She has her husband family there. I really couldn't wait to get out. Ever since the incident I kinda of hate my mother in law. I don't hate her but I hate what she has become. Someone who is being used. But you know what I am just going to keep quiet after tomorrow

Sept 16

• The girls went out with thier aunt shopping
• We went to see wife's friend. Had a good time catching up but it was a buzzkill snice she brought her husband andf her husband wants to rush it.

Sept 17
• Lazy day. Still a public holiday
• It rained most of the the time
• Made some fried glass noodles. It was good.
• Pick up maid

Sept 18
• Dad in law came down.

Sept 19
• H1 had her first driving lesson.

Sept 20
• Run errands for H1 for the prom thing. We book a hotel for her for tomorrow so that she could stay late and hang out with her friends. This could be the last time they are going to be together
• Wife was not feeling great today. She is always is in constant pain. I really sometimes am sad and I don't know what to do.
• Talked to my friend today and I realise something, in this friendship they don't bring anything in the table. It's always a transaction meaning that they need company and I provide it. So going forward I really should temper my expectatoins more knowing that we are never going to reach the same point in our life. It's okay. It was my mistake of thinking that. After this I would just lower my expectatoins and then just enjoy their company

Sept 21
• H1 packed her bag to get ready to go to uni tomorrow
• Send H1 to the hotel so she can get ready for porm
• Realxing saturday
• Was annoyed at best friend so really now it seals the deal that moving forward I think I should really temper my expectations

Overall it has been a good week. Next week H1 won't be here since she has to go for orientation so it will just me, wife and H2. It is going to be a busy week. But the good news is that I've done my quota for class and now it is just doing extra classes for extra money 

Trap

This is a marketing stunt for her daughter

What is it about?
A serial killer is in the stadium and he is trap by the police and needs to figure out a way to get out 

The Good
The first 1 hour where he is trap in the staidum is amazing. 
We really don't know what happens next 
The person who plays the daughter is not bad 

The Bad
The movie should have ended in the first hour. It became absurd after that which I call shenanigants on 
Really the daughter of M night can't reaklly act that well
Since it is PG movie so all the scene are more kid friendly
There are multiple way tot end the movie but I think the movie drag on for way tooo long. 

The Ugly
The biggest star in the world and she travels everywhere without an entourage
Josh Hartnett is a great serial killer but as a normal person probably needs some work 

After Credit: Yes 

Verdict: Watch the first hour and then close the movie. Good enough for that 

FBI season 6

The weakest among the bunch \

Bad of the week: As usual ther eis a bad of the week but we start the season with a death of an agent and that will send Tiffany into a long arc trying to find him 

Maggie: Maggie it seems has a kid now due to a friend dying. Among the 4 I think I like Maggie the least because she is super serious all the time 

Bombs: This season I think it is mostly bombs. I think 5 episodes are about explosive 

Ending: It ends wihtout a cliffhanger. Which is good. This season overall FBI trilogy has been a good watch. 

Star Wars Rogue Squadron

Games are better when you are young 

Genre: Action 
Platform: Nintendo 64
Release Date: 1998

I remember playing this game when I was young on my pc. It was the best game I've played since you get to play as ships from the Star Wars univere. But revisiting this game again for the Nintendo 64 made me realise that this game actually sucks. The controls are stiff. Controlling the ships are a chore and the most important thing is that it is very hard to get a good score. I also got less than 20% on accurancy. So frustrating. But the good thing is that this game has cheats. So after typing the cheat code for everything. I did most of the stages awnd it was fun. I can't say that flying in a star fighter is not fun. Just everything else sucks about it. Overall I give this game a B-Rank 

Ghost of Tshushima Return to Iki Island

The DLC that gives some backstory about Jin's past 

Game no: 530
Genre: Action 
Platform: PS5
Release Date: 2021

This game was part of the Director's Cut version. But in order to access it you need to play until chapter 2 of the game which is around 20 hours. So I think it was great for me to get through the game for the first rather than play it again. If you want to see my review of the game you can check my previous review but as for this game there are a couple things that I want to touch on 

In this game, Jin found that there are a group of Mongols that are camp on Iki island that are dangerous than the normal Mongols since they have the ability to make the other Mongols go crazy. Jin has to go there and stop them but when he arrived he found out that his clan was the cause for the island demise. So this game is more about redemption for the other inhabitants of the island. Other than that he needs to face the fact that he has to work through his demons of the death of his father. It makes this game a more personal experince 

The island is 1/5 smaller than the main game. You can finish the game in around 5 hours with another 4 hours if you want to complete it. Gameplay is the same as before. There are two different things is that now your horse has an attack where he will ram people. Other than that combat has been more strategic where you need to attack the shaman first before attacking the rest of the mongols since the shaman gives them a boost in strengh. There are also a new move witht he grappling hook which I like. There is also a travelsal stage with using the hook which is also great. Oh and there are cats you can pet.

Overall the DLC did what it was supposed to do. It tells a story that helps complete the whole package of Jin. The gameplay is the same so there nothing to special about that and it ends at the right time. Overall this has been a great experince of the original game and as well as the DLC. But it is more or less the same so I will give this game an S-Rank as well 

Week 37 - My computer is busted

This week has been quite a week. Good things happen as well as bad things. The most main thing is that my torrent pc is damage. I got a hard disk but due to my download pc is 10 years old so it doesn't like the new hard disk. So I will buy one more hard disk and if doesn't work I need to start plan B

 Sept 8

• Rest today in the evening • Wife glasses were broken so we went to fix it • Date night with wife at a sushi restaurant

Sept 9
• Exercise bike is here
• H1 found a prom dress. Very beautiful
• H2 first day of school and she got the class with all the quiet kids. Yay

Sept 10
• I did 1 hour cycle and it wa super tiring. So tomorrow I am going to cut it down 30 mins in the morning and 30 mins at night.

Sept 12
• Woke up this morning with download computer not working. It turns out that the hard disk is dead. Can't do anything about it. Everything was lost.
• Had to buy a new hdd. There were out of 10TB. So I had to get the 8TB version. Wasn't ideal but I had no choice
• H1 went on a date with her friend.

Sept 13
• The PC is acting up right now. It is slower than usual. I do not know what to do. I really don't want to spend money on a new pc. That's 5k down the drain.

Sept 14
• H1 had to be involved in a prom comittee
• We took H1 out to get some clothes for school
• I did some troubleshooting on the hard disk and it turns out that my motherboard is not accepting of the new hard disk. So I transfer the new hard disk from my pc to the kids pc and then I need to buy a new hard disk for my pc.
• H1 came to me and ask if can she has a boyfriend. Well it has started. The journey towards life for her.

This is a long weekend for us. 4 days off and it means that everyone is going out for holiday. We are probably just going to stay close by. H1 just declared that she wanted to boyfriend. That is a milestone in her life. Hopefully she will learn from it.

Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut

This is one of the best games I've played 

Game no: 529
Genre: Action 
Platform: PS5
Release Date: 2021

This is going to be one fo my long widing post about a game I played. This is my second game of the year that is consider current gen. Ghost of Tsushima is a game that came out in 2020 for the PS4 which is close tot he PS4 end of life. The game was considered a masterpiece and I can tell you that there is a lot of things that I have never seen in a game before that this game do very well. This is going to be a two part review. A review of the main game and the review of the DLC (Iki Island). 

Ghost of Tsushima is the story about a Samurai named Jin Sakai and how has to stop his island from being invaded by Mongols that is lead by the ruthless Kothal Khan. From the moment you start the game and when you ride through the intro screen you are amazed at how beautiful this game look. This I can say it is one of the most beautiful game on the PS5. Everything looks so stunning with the lighting effects and weather. This game has also the option to turn it into black and white or as they call it Kurusawa mode. I didn't like this effect that much since everything looks good while in colour. As for the story this game is a story about redemption and honor. In order to save his island Jin must forgo the teachings of the samurai and become something more. A "Ghost" as they say. I love the story from start to finish.

Now let's talk about gameplay which is going to be the main topic of the discussion. This game plays a lot like any open world game. You have markers and each markers will lead you to a story beat. You settle the story and then get experince points where you use to buy upgrade points. It's basically that in a nutshell. The map is huge with 3 different regions. The maps have settlements that are occupied by mongols and you need to liberate them. Them oment you liberate them you will gain the fast travel to the area. What makes this game unique is that there is not HUD display on screen. Usually with most open world game there is a map where they will show where is your next objective. This game however has a minimal UI system. To find out where you have to go. You just have to swipe up on the controller and  the wind will take you to the direction on where do you want to go. I find that this system makes playing the game very immersive. The villages are the source of you upgrading your weapons, sub weapons and armor. You only have 2 main weapons which is your katana and your smaller knife for assisnations. To upgrade it you must collect
their in game currencies which consist of supplies, bamboo, wood, leather, iron, silk. The numbers are abitiary but a certain amount will nap you the upgrade. Along the journey you will also get a lot of different armor sets. Which its its own unique properties, like more damage better health or stealth. If you can maintain a no hit combo for 7 kills you will unlock like god mode where you can one hit kill 3 people. There aer 4 types of enemies and combat consists of 4 types of stances.  Each  stance is suitable for a particular enemy (sword, shield, staff and brute) and this makes you have to change strategy when confronting with multiple enemies that surround you. The game doesn't have a lock on system but it seems to know where to attack next.I find that amazing. I've played more than 50 hours in and I am not stlll not sure how the combat can be so engaging and still fun. There are also some stealth sections to the game and sometimes you need to be quiet so that you won't be overwhlemed by a horde of enemies 

There is only one thing I don't like about this game that is you can skip a particular cut scene. You have to see it through. I get it that it's to preserve the story but some of the stories I do find a bit too boring a tedious. Other than that are just nitpicks I guess. Your skill tree ends but you will still have more upgrade points to be used. I also forgot there is an online factor in this game but I didn't play it since this game is really outdated and therre is no one playing at the servers and it's kind of a rouge lite mode. Nohting to interesting  Some of clothes suck and the color options also doesn't help. Everything else about this game is a masterpiece. I am glad that I played this game 3 years in after everyone has played this. This game is best experince without anybody giving ideas in yopur head on what the game is supposed to be. 

Overall Ghost of Tsushima is a great game and really this will be my game of the year if a certain robot didn't come thiis year as well (more on that later in the months). Next I will review the DLC. Overall this game is an S-Rank for me.

Week 36 - Bought an exercise machine

Going back to vacation and this week me and wife are starting our 3 week diet. I need to make sure to control her diet and plus I bought a bike. So I have 3 months to see how much we can improve on her. We can do this. Its a long journey but consistency is the key 

Sept 1
• Went to the mall with H2 and wife. There is an independence day sale so wife and H2 bought stuff for themselves
• Pick up maid to clean up the house

Sept 2
• My idiot brother in law wife came back today. So I thought she would stay for at least a week and I was wrong. What makes me more annoying is that my wife is manipulated by her mother in law. I don't like how my wife is always manipulated in doing stuff

Sept 3
• Went shopping for H2 stationary
• The school emailed and said that school will start next week. So yay

Sept 4
• Cooked something new today. Stuffed mushrooms and Spanish in cream cheese
• Brother in law wife came back after a day saying all the nasty stuff to my family. My mom in law just took her back due to the baby.

Sept 5
• Made some pumpkin soup today. It was yummy
• Went to the mall to buy and exercise equipment. I want to get a treadmill but wife’s need are first so I got an incumbent bike. It’s less stress on the joints

Sept 6
• Got my limited edition Astro Bot controller from Sony. Now need to wait for my best friend to get me the game.

Sept 7
• Lazy Saturday. Awesome
• Finish Ghost of Tsushima. Review probably next week.

Next week H2 will actually start school and the routine will finally start back. Other than that I have nothing much waiting on the horizon.