Virtua Racing (Genesis)

The Best 3D game for Genesis, maybe one of the only good ones
The original Forza...

VIRTUA RACING

GAMEPLAY
Virtua is a racing simulator, akin to Gran Turismo or Forza.  It's realistic, it's hard to control, it's plain awesome.  OK, so by today's standards Virtua is laughable, But it does include crashes.

Step 1.  Pick a Course-Beginner, Medium, Hard.
Step. 2 Race, it's that simple.

After the pit crew gives you gas and back's off.  You take off and essentially begin a check-point race.  The # place your in when time run's out is where you'll finish at.  If your like me, and you stink at 90s games, then you probably won't make it past here the first few times.

GRAPHICS

Again pretty laughable by 2014 standards (which are too high in my opinion).  While the 3D polygons look pretty bad, you can still tell what's going on.  Another thing to realize, is that when this came out, the tech to make polygons was expensive...Really expensive.  This game may look cheap...but the cartridge retailed at $100 US Dollars, $50 over the standard price.  The arcade version is better (I've heard, haven't ever played), but we're talking about the Sega Genesis version.

CONCLUSION
Like racers? Like Retro? Love the Genesis?  Then Virtua Racing is for you!!!
What I really love about this game, is that it is a great example of what the Genesis can do.  The graphics, and game play might not hold up well when compared to newer games 20 years later.  But it's still a ton of fun.
8.5 out of 10

DETAILS
Released 1994 (1992 in the Arcade)
Rated E by the ESRB
Developed by Sega AM R&D #2
Published by Sega
For Genesis, Saturn, 32x, Arcade, and PS2
This review is for the Genesis Version ONLY
   

P.S. Don't take advice on how to play V.R. from me

  

Arrow (Season 1)

My Name, is not Oliver Queen...

But Arrow's is...


PLOT
Arrow is the story of Millionare Playboy Oliver Queen, who was stranded for five years on an island, with one goal...survive.  While on that island, he bumps into a group of mercenaries, who torture him, escaping, he joins forces with Slade Wilson with the goal of getting of the island.

5 year's later...
Oliver is rescued by a fishing boat.  He returns to Starling City, with a Bow, a Hood, and a mission to take down the cities corrupt.  

QUALITY
The acting can be extremeley wobbly at times, which makes some characters feel...flat or 2D.  The special effects are great...for TV, but aren't bad (don't think the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie", they're better than that for sure).  It took me a while to warm up to Oliver played by Steven Amell, but after the first...6 episode's he became awesome.  The female characters are limited to His mom(a lying jerkface), his sister Thea(an jerk druggy for 10 episodes), his freind Felicity(a funny, yet blonde stereotype), and his former girlfriend Laural that he cheated on(she's to forgiving).  Male Characters include Diggle(his security agent, who become's partner in stopping crime), Det. Lance(Laural's dad who hate's him), his best friend Tommy(clueless), and Mr. Merlyn...Tommy's Dad(The Villain).  
An interesting line-up, eh?

CONTENT
Arrow has it all...
*Frequent Language
*Violence....Arrow is one of the few Heroes that kills people
*Occasional Sensual Scene....Oliver has a relationship with 3 women over the course of 8 months\23 episodes
*Frightning\Intense Scenes...People aren't who we thought they were, sucide is shown, mild torture, and the "undertaking* that happen's in the final episode is on par with The Dark Knight Rises level of destruction\chaos.

CONCLUSION
It's....ENJOYABLE, that's something most TV show's aren't.  I'm reviewing this because...It's a great comic book film, in it's own right.  If you haven't been watching it, go watch, be happy.  It has it's flaw's, but they're outweighed by pure awesomeness.  With the upcoming Flash TV series...I wonder if this contnuity, will in fact be a part of the 2017 Justice League movie, I know I want it to be.  It doesn't seem like connecting this to the Man of Steel Universe would be that hard, I mean Marvel is doing it with Agent's of S.H.E.I.L.D./Agent Carter, right?  The series really begins to pick up around halfway through the season, so persevere through.  

7 out of 10
This is not the rating for the show as a whole, just the first season.  After I finish Season 2, I'll also review it.  Please share your thought's with me below!!!