HALO: Original novel series... is it worth it? All 6 books ranked

 Today I am going to go over all 6 of the original Halo Novels: Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx, Contact Harvest and The Cole Protocol. I will rank and rate each one and rate the full franchise. NOTICE: This post will include some minor spoilers.

6: The Flood by William C. Deitz. (No. 2 in the series)

The Flood is good. I like it as a Halo CE fan. However, it's not as good as the other ones. The reason is while it gives us a huge insight on what everyone else on the Halo is doing while John 117 is doing his thing. But the problem is that when it is on the Master Chief parts, he basically just kills things. there's no method to the madness. and the author quickly runs out of ways to say: "Master Chief kills the Unngoy." It's still pretty good but can't match up to the rest of the novels. Score: 84% 🌠

5: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten. (No. 0 in the series)

This is a pretty good prequel novel for the series. It's also the first one I read. I like the viewpoint from the Marines and the background for Avery and The Prophet of Truth. And this also features one of my favorite characters in the Covenant: DADAB! This novel is worth reading as it gives background on a lot of things like Halo 2 boss Tartarus. It is also noteworthy that this is the actual start of the Human-Covenant war. This book sets the stage for the entire Halo franchise in a way. (Halo 3 was already out at this point.) Score: 91% 🌟

4: First Strike by Eric Nylund (No.3 In the series)

Halo: First Strike connects Halo CE to Halo 2. It is also a good idea rather than seeing the Halo 2 intro and thinking: "So he just flew home in the pelican?" I enjoy stories that star other characters. This novel stars Spartan II Fred and John 117. I was wondering at the end of Fall of Reach: "That's it?! They all just died?" This novel shows the survivors of Reach and also what happened on Reach. The alternate viewpoint from the new Spartan characters, Halsey and the other UNSC personnel make this an even better book. I like Nylund's writing style and can give this one a Score of: 93%🌟  

3: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund (No.4 in the series)

Ghosts of Onyx is really good. As I said before: I like new characters. this is no different. There is almost NO mention of John 117. instead, it stars: Kurt-051, Kelly-087, Dr. Halsey and the Spartan IIIs. This novel goes over the creation of the Spartan III project proposed by ONI officer James Ackerson. (You want to beat the crud out of him later.) The Spartan IIIs were supposedly made for suicide missions. The result is the complete annihilation of Alpha Company and only 2 survivors in Beta Company. You can't help but feel bad when these Spartans die because of an idiot naval officer. The story also gives you some insight on the Forerunners and Covenant. I like this novel and its score is 96%🌟   

T-1: The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell. (No. 1.5 in the series)

This novel star's Spartan grey team and one of the best Halo characters there is: The Arbiter! I like Covenant stories, and this is one of the best. Tobias is also a really good writer for pulling this novel off. The plot is so all over the place and hairbrained it never should have worked... but it did and was awesome. This Novel includes almost 5 major plots. maybe more! From the Prophet of Regret sending Thel Vladamee to stop a Jackal group from working with humans, To Truth telling those Jackals to set up an entire planet of Unngoy! PLUS, an Insurrectionist Smuggling group!? this book never should have worked. and yet it's amazing. Score: 99%🌟

T-1: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund. (No.1 In the series)

The OG Halo novel remains one of the best. Following John 117 and the Spartan II project this is the definitive prequel to Halo: CE. This is also the book to thank when you play HALO: REACH. The story goes like this: Dr. Halsey proposes the SPARTAN II project to ONI. They go with it. Halsey gathers the candidates at age 6 (Like in Ender's Game. Which is very similar to this novel!) She gives them genetic enhancements and trains them until about age 12 where they begin action. Halsey uses the Spartans against the Covenant. The story continues and then Halsey reveals a plot to attack the Covenant home world. The plan was to board a prophet's ship and commandeer it to the home world. However, Reach was attacked before the plan could be executed. Almost all of the Spartan II's were lost... I left a lot of the story out. go read it. Score: 99% 🌟 

And there you have it. The full ranking of the first 6 Halo novels. I enjoyed reading all of these as I am an addict for many shooter franchises. Particularly Half-Life and Halo. I like reading Sci-Fi books, and these are really good. FRANCHISE SCORE: 95%🌟

Top Video games that need to be novels

 I am a huge gamer. one thing I like almost as much as gaming is reading a good Sci-fi novel. and as proved by the HALO series: video games make AMAZING BOOKS! this is my list of Video games that deserve and/or need Novels! I will also touch on where or why they would make the novel. SPOILER ALERT. I will spoil some stuff.

Novel List:

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H𝝺LF-LIFE

Half Life is 100% My favorite video game. (I finally beat it about a week ago!) And it also has an extensive story. HL has a story in the first game that really could be novelized a la The Flood by William C Deitz. The stories scope largens significantly in HL2'S city 17. Half Life has a lot of great supporting characters too!

Where could the novel end up in the timeline?

• During the Black Mesa incident?
• Before it?
• Connecting HL1 and HL2?

What would it be?

• I would like a novel starring my favorite sub-Character: Adrian Shepard! They could do a novel about HL1 with viewpoints from Adrian, Gordon and Barney.
• I have no idea what went on in between HL 1 and HL2.
• I would also like a bit of backstory for XEN.

METROID PRIME

Metroid has an extensive story like HALF LIFE and HALO. I have never played Other M but from what I have heard it may be the classic "It was too stupid. redo it somehow." (Sonic Chronicles) I enjoy Metroid as a fun shooter title. I know everyone says Super Metroid is the best game. however, FPS GAMES ARE 100% MY FAVORITE. METROID PRIME ROCKS!

Where?

• Backstory to Prime?
• New Samus story?
• Novelization of Super?

What?

• Metroid Prime Hunters has a ton of background bounty hunters. what about a series starring all of them?
• Ridley Backstory?
• Why did the Metroids attack humans?
• What about the galactic federation?
• Dark Samus?

PORTAL

Yup. NO-BRAINER. The lore of Portal is COMPLETELY NUTS. Go read the wiki if you want to know what I mean. Wheatly! Chell! GlaDOS! Rattman! Cave Johnson! The possibilities are limitless! The cover idea is for the best possible book idea. I love the Portal games. but 1 thing stands out above the rest. the iconic cake offering murderous robot! If Valve does a Portal novel... I will read the ever-loving crap out of that.

Where?

• Bring your daughter to work day?
• When Caroline was ported to GlaDOS?
• During the game?

What?

• GlaDOS origin story?
• Chell story?
• Rattman story?
• Apertures origin?

MEGA MAN

Mega Man was my absolute favorite video game as a kid. as I got older, I decided to give Mega Man Zero a shot. Zero immediately became my favorite. But I wondered... where did classic Mega Man go? Why was X a cyber elf? there also is a good bit of Mega Man lore. Another thing about the Mega Man franchise is that there are so many different Mega Men to use! example: MegaMan.exe, Mega Man ZX, Mega Man A, Mega Man Vollnut!

Where?

• In-between games?
• During a game? 
• Prologue?
• Epilogue?

What?

• Mega Man origin?
• Proto Man novel? (What was he doing during mm2 and mm1?)
• Zero?
• What about Ceiel and the Biometals?
• Bass?

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

Sonic is one of my favorite franchises. easily. A Sonic novel would have something to do with 2006 or Adventure DX/2. The lore for those games is way better than the Genesis games. A Shadow the hedgehog novel would be great! how about Tikal or Chaos? Sonic's origin? The comics seemed to do a great job with the story. If Ian Flynn writes one count me in! 

Where?

• Related to Sonic Adventure?
• Before it?
• Tikal's time?
• Aftermath of Adventure 2?

What?

• Shadow novel?
• Tails and Sonic origin?
• How about the ARK?
• Eggman origin?

QUAKE

May not be your first pick but it needs a novel. ID Software's acclaimed arena FPS is a great game but doesn't have a huge story. HOWEVER: There are a TON of story opportunities. Strogg! Q3A backstory? and what about Quake 4? I love Quake 2 and Live. How about a little method to the madness? If DOOM can do it so can they!

Where?

• A Quake novel could probably fit almost anywhere!

What?

• A Quake 2 novel about the Strogg?
• Quake 4 novel?
• Quake 3 backstory?
• Quake og novel?

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed reading my list of video games that need novels! FYI. this is for full length novels. like 350-page ones. Some of these may already have novels. I have only read the HALO novels. so, I apologize is if any of these already have novels that I did not know about.

Half-Life Video Game Review

WARNING: This review has screenshots of blood and gore from a M rated video game. 

Pre-Opinion

PC Cover art.

I had just gotten into a big shooter kick. Never had really played any before! Besides Fortnite. (which kind of stinks) But I was playing DOOM, Quake 2 and HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED/ 2.

I enjoyed Portal and thought: "Hmmm. Half-Life... Portal was good so... yes. next Steam sale." (IT IS 99 CENTS.) I never got it... until the 25th anniversary. it was free! since then, it became my most played game of 2023 with over 10 hours put into it!

Plot 

(All screenshots are from my playthrough!)

The story begins with scientist Gordon Freeman arriving late to the Black Mesa Research Facility.  He gets into his H.E.V. Suit and heads to the test chamber where all heck breaks loose. The experiment that Gordon was working on backfires and brings all manner of ALIENS to Black Mesa.  The survivors of the incident urge Gordon to make his way to the surface. Gordon has to fight his way there fighting aliens from Xen, Headcrab zombies and the HECU who was actually supposed to SAVE them.

After a big battle with HECU marines.

 On the way Gordon fries a big Tentacle monster and blows a big blue beast away.

Boiling the Tentacle creature

 Gordon powers who-knows-what everywhere (There is a LOT of powering on.) After traveling on an old railway system

The railway system 

 Gordon reaches the satellite complex with the intention of closing the portal to Xen.

The satellite launch

 ultimately it fails. Gordon is trapped in a garbage compactor by the HECU to die. of course, he escapes. Gordon discovers MORE aliens captured before the incident. Eventually the HECU pulls out because they are getting overwhelmed by the Xen. Cue airstrikes. Gordon fights his way to the Lambada Reactor complex. There he discovers that the portal to Xen is being forced open by a powerful entity. Gordon kills the entity and is confronted by the G-man. he gives you a single choice: Help him or not? it's up to you...

Soundtrack

Soundtrack cover

The Half-Life soundtrack is free on steam so you can go listen to it to yourself! It is pretty good. It has a very creepy sound to it. it reminds me of Portal a bit. It branches from eerie ambiences to dramatic action themes for combat. I have listened to it while writing posts for my blogs! It has some meh songs and some really good songs. overall, the soundtrack is perfect for the game. only problem is it is drowned out by gunshots and alien screams...

Gameplay

Half-Life has been hailed for its gameplay. I can see why. The game has an interesting combination of FPS, Puzzle, Open world and 3D platformer mechanics. if you think about it, you might wonder how it works. it works great! to begin: FPS mechanics are implemented to begin with. as soon as you get the pistol it starts. Half-Life is mainly a shooter of course. 

Blasting a zombie with the Colt Python gun

The weapons vary a lot. from 2 small arms to a laser weapon and alien pets. The best weapons in my opinion are the MP5 Assault rifle like weapon with a grenade launcher (Dropped by HECU) and the Colt Python .357 magnum that is like a mini shotgun. (which takes a while to find) The enemies vary too. There are tiny foes like the iconic Headcrab and gigantic beasts like the Gargantua. There are also exploration elements in the game.

Spying on marines from an air vent (I killed them)

In the above screenshot my character is in a ventilation shaft. This happens a lot. in the game there is TONS of exploration through areas. It's very easy to get lost. In other styles of play we have Puzzle! There are simple-ish puzzles throughout the game. a good example is all the power switches. for example: You have to kill creature. to kill creature, you need to bypass it and turn on these systems. now that you turned on system B you have to blow up the trip mines to get to system A. now that system A and B are powered on you can kill creature to progress the game. 

From a puzzle in the railway.

Platformer elements are all over the place. Examples: in the tentacle level you have to jump a huge gap over a pit of radiation emitting liquids. And early in the game there is a parkour room where you have to jump over tables and climb to a vent over electrified water. there is also a horror element to the game. (Some areas are downright terrifying.)

From one of the later missions.

Post-Opinion

A screenshot from Half-Life Uplink. (A demo of the game)

Half-Life deserves ever reward it has ever received. It is arguably the best FPS of all time. here are my favorite points about it:

• The Gameplay is an amazing combo of genres.
• The story is really good (Why isn't there a Half-Life novel or film yet!?)
• It keeps the action going. when it starts to get boring, they spice it up!
• It has so many add-ons to keep it going! (Half-Life Opposing Force, Blueshift and Uplink)
• The characters are great too! Gordon, Barney and Adrian are fun to play as!

Here are my scores:

Soundtrack: 81%

Soundtrack can't beat Portal or Halo. Still a good track.

Story: 100%

HL has one of my favorite stories to date! Valve can WRITE!

Gameplay: 100%

The gameplay is as perfect as it could be. The combination of all of those genres is awesome!

Overall: 100% 💎

One of my favorite games of all time!

Ender's Game Book review

 Pre-Opinion

Modern Cover

I love Sci-Fi. Ender's Game also was centered around Video games and the like. Right up my alley. It was suggested to me by someone I knew who read it for college (?!) Not an educational book FYI. (Has some political elements that can be considered educational. I guess.) The book revolves around 6–18-year-old... Soldiers!? yeah, the book is out there.

Plot

Note: Books plot sections are going to be very short. (It's a book. Why would I spoil it!?) I will go through the basic first part of the novel.

The story starts off with "Ender" Andrew Wiggin getting his IF monitoring device removed. Next it is pointed out to the reader that Ender is a "Third" an illegally born child against overpopulation laws placed by the IF. Yeah, it is messed up. The kids at school mess around with him and a bully named Stilson attacks him. Ender deals with it with... Finality. Ender arrives home and we meet his abusive brother Peter. We also meet his loving sister Valentine. Shortly Col. Graff arrives and invites Ender to Battle school. Upon arrival Ender is Isolated. He is the best in all of his Games and work. Shortly he is promoted to a soldier around his first year there. (Super early) His commander Bonzo Madrid tells him he cannot fire a single shot in the zero-g combat room known as the Battleroom. Ender meets Petra Arkainian who helps him learn to fight. Ender also starts his own practices with his "Launchie" friends.  Bonzo eventually transfers Ender to Rat army. on Rat Ender is taught by Toon leader Dink Meeker. Soon Ender is promoted to be commander of Dragon army. Ender is given for his army a bunch of newbies. However, Ender still destroys every army he battles. eventually the IF graduates him to Command School at age 10. He trains there for a few years. That's all I will say about the story.

Cast

One of my favorite things about Orson Scott Card is he can make a cast POP.  Card's story writing is a little crazy, but the characters make it the novel. In my opinion the cast can make or break a novel. Ender himself is a great piece of writing. my favorite characters are:

• Bean: A very short smug boy in Dragon Army who got his own novel. (Which is great!)
• Dink Meeker: A Toon leader who discovers the truth about the Battlroom
• Shen: One of Ender's earliest allies in his launch group after Ender helps him.
• Crazy Tom: One of Ender's toon leaders. the name says it all.
• Peter Wiggin: For spoiler reasons I don't want to place here he's a great character.

Card is really good at his characters. My other favorite casts by him are from Ender's Shadow (Bean's book) Shadow of the Hedgemon (Bean's 2nd book) and Ender in Exile (Direct Sequel to Game) Card... great job.

Post-Opinion

An earlier cover (This is the version I read.)

Ender's Game is one of my personal favorite reads. I remember reading it for HOURS at a time. this is an incredible piece of writing and some of Card's best work. it deserved every award it got. The story is pretty out there but plays unbelievably well. scores:

Plot: 98%

The story is crazy but is also an absolute masterpiece.

Cast: 91%

Some characters are amazingly written. others... not perfect. but most characters are great!

Overall: 99%🌟

Absolute MASTERPEICE. held back JUST barely by the fact that I have read slightly better novels. 

Next Novel reviews: HALO: Fall of Reach and And Then There Were NONE.

Godzilla Minus One review

 Update: New review format:

I have created a new format for my reviews. it will have these sections:

1. Pre-Opinion: what I though before I saw the film.
2. Plot: A shortened version of the Story section (Writing the whole story is getting annoying.)
3. Soundtrack: Just the Music section.
4. For games: Gameplay. for movies: Cast. 
5. Post-Opinion: Basically Conclusion. except I Judge: for movies: Acting, Plot, Soundtrack and Looks. For games: Plot, Graphics, Gameplay and Soundtrack. 

Pre-Opinion:

My initial thought was: "ok let's go to a Godzilla movie. never seen one. Oh, wait CAPTIONS?! oh no..." I saw the trailer and though I had to see it. FYI, the captions aren't a huge problem.

I was pleasantly SHOCKED at the film. I also went into the theater cheering for Godzilla and left rooting for Japan. I also expected a so-so story. Yeah... WRONG. Keep reading.

Plot

This movie had a surprisingly deep story. It follows Kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima after he lies that his plane had problems to save his life and spots Godzilla. Godzilla makes his way to the repair station (Odo Island) and casually kills everyone except Koichi and a single mechanic named Sosaku Tachibana (Important!) Gojira (JPN name) was created by a nuclear bomb test.  Koichi returns home alive to find wreckage and his parents dead. he feels guilty that he survived Godzilla's attack, and he betrayed his nation. he shortly finds a baby named Akiko. Akiko turns out to be the "Adopted" daughter of Noriko Oishi who says that Akiko's mother's dying words were to care for her. The two become Akiko's surrogate parents. meanwhile... Godzilla is DESTROYING Japanese warships. Eventually Koichi lands a job. His new job involves going out to sea and disposing of leftover mines from WWII. Japan reaches out to the US and gets no help. (whyyyyy!? come on USA!) except for some decommissioned warships. Also... Japan warns NO ONE. they think the panic would be bad. HEY HOW ABOUT 30,000 DEATHS! None of it matters though. Shortly Koichi's mine team is sent to stall Gojira's approach to Ginza. They attack Godzilla and then the heavy cruiser Takao attacks. Godzilla SMOKES the Takao and Koichi can't do much. Godzilla makes it to Ginza days later. and enjoy this image of Ginza's remains. Godzilla's heat ray made quick work of the city.

Ginza post-Godzilla.

Koichi opens up to Noriko before the initial attack about his Godzilla confrontations. In the attack Noriko is caught off guard in a train car and barely escapes Godzilla. Later Godzilla is enraged by tank fire and unleashes his heat ray. in the area is Koichi and Noriko. Noriko pushes Koichi out of the way and is presumed dead. Koichi vows revenge. a member of Koichi's mine crew devises a plan to kill Godzilla. Koichi asks for a plane to assist in the attack. They find a plane and a mechanic... named Tachibana! 

The "doctor" shares his plan to kill Godzilla.

Eventually they put their plan into action. It seems to work until... it doesn't. Luckily Koichi is there and flies into Godzilla's mouth before it fires its heat ray. BOOM! Godzilla's finished! or is he... NOTE: I left a LOT of details out. this is the basic plot. go watch it for yourself!

Soundtrack

there isn't much to say here... Godzilla is not a movie known for its Score... its still good though.  I think it uses the OG Godzilla theme for Gojira moments. like so:

Defeat of Godzilla.

Yeah. not much to say. Let's skip ahead.

Cast

Koichi Shikishima:

Koichi in the ruins of Ginza

I can say that Godzilla Minus one has some of the BEST acting I've ever seen. Koichi is played WONDERFULLY by Ryunosuke Kamiki. Koichi is great as a character as well. portrayed as a war survivor with overwhelming guilt for escaping Godzilla. Koichi is a great pilot and helps put an end to Godzilla's reign of destruction. Man... the Japanese can ACT. Koichi is one of my favorite performances to date. He mourns his parents early in the film but eventually musters enough courage to extract revenge upon Godzilla. and he wishes to protect his daughter's future. 10/10 for acting! good job!

Noriko Oishi.

Noriko sees Godzilla approaching.

 Noriko is great too. portrayed by Minami Hamabe Noriko is the one who found Akiko in the first place. working with Koichi the two work together to keep Akiko alive. Noriko works at first to support Koichi and Akiko until Koichi's Mine job. She actually tried to stop Koichi from going. Both Koichi and Noriko survive their close first encounter with Godzilla. It is revealed she loves Koichi when she sacrifices herself to save him.

Post-Opinion

First: the trailer!

Second: Godzilla Minus one is back in theaters in black and white! (As a throwback to the 1954 film!) Godzilla -1 is my vote for movie of 2023. one of my favorite movies of all time as well! (It better win that Special Effects Oscar!!!) I'm surprised its acting didn't earn more awards! overall My scoring of it is:

Plot: 87%

The story isn't the best ever. but it is still a great story for a monster movie.

Acting: 100%

I said before it was some of my favorite acting!

Soundtrack: 70%

Is there any soundtrack!? (I couldn't hear anything over Godzilla's roars.)

Looks: 100%

In my book this film has top 3 effects all time! Godzilla himself is enough for an Oscar!

Overall: 100%💎

Wow... Minus one is a freaking masterpiece! Best non-American film I've ever seen! easy pick for movie of the year for me! bye for now. Next reviews will be the Half-Life Video game and The Ender's Game novel.

Jurassic Park Franchise Review (Books included!)

 Ahh... Jurassic Park. one of the first PG-13 movies I've ever watched. let's see how they stack up to each other and the Michael Crichton novels!

8: The Lost World (1997)

Lost World to me is barely the weakest of the franchise (But still really good.) I read the book after I watched it and felt like it was missing something. (The movie) It's still an enjoyable movie but it lacks the jump scares of park and park 3. It has an... strange ending... that kind of makes it nosedive. the middle of the film where of course everything goes wrong. Overall, it is a B+ in the franchise. Score: 8.7/10⭐ 

7: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Now this is a weird movie. But it somehow turns out better than I had imagined. Fallen Kingdom feels like a cobbled-up prequel to Dominion. To longtime park fans you may think: "Aw a mystery?! I want dino food!" Um... no. JW2 is a VERY story driven movie featuring a very strange story revolving around Isla Nublar, Legendary Velociraptor Blue and [SPOILER ALERT!!!] a... Clone Child?! it seems like Universal was thinking "Get It out there! I don't CARE if it stinks! we need a lead into Dominion!" eh... don't get me wrong though it's still worth watching. Score 8.75/10⭐ (oooh...a half point...😂)

6: Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Dominion is pretty good. It is a tribute to the OG Park even bringing back Grant, Ellie, Malcom and Dodgson. (Dodgson! we got Dodgson here!) Combining them with Owen and Clair is a master stroke. Dominion is a great story and action combo that can live up to the franchises standards. Score 9/10⭐

5: Jurassic Park III (2001)

One of the Better films. III is a little... off on the story. Is kind of meh. but however, what it lacks in story (which is a lot.) it makes up for in effects and acting. Real quick did anyone think how they could hear a phone from INSIDE the Spinosaurus's stomach!? Other than an odd story this is a quality JP film. Score 9.3/10⭐

4: Jurassic Park (Novel)

Where it all started. This is one of the better books I've read! Lost World is the best novel, but this is still AMAZING. The story is much different for those of you who think that "Oh it's the same thing except it takes longer." NO. JP is a phenomenal Thriller/Action novel that is kind of like half-life in the way it combines Science for interesting scenes and phenomenal action sequences! Score: 9.6/10⭐

3: Jurassic Park (1993)

The first film is the best Park movie. Easily. With great acting, writing, and storytelling (Not to mention action and scares!) Park is a MASTERPEICE.  An ageless classic Jurassic Park is a phenomenal Motion picture with 3 (yes 3.) Oscars to its name! It won every single Oscar it could. The special effects were ahead of their time and Jurassic Park to this day remains a Legend. 9.8/10⭐

2: The Lost World (Novel)

Wow. one of the all-time best books I've read. The Lost World succeeds where the movie fails. The story, action, and writing are WAY better than the B+ film. The book is shocking, thrilling and overall, a work of art. It's not for the faint of heart however with gross descriptions of dinosaurs mauling people and LOTS of language. overall, this novel starring the presumed dead Ian Malcom is a Must-read for fans. Score 9.95/10⭐ (oooh... more half points...😅)

1: Jurassic World (2015)

The best film in the franchise is Jurassic World. World is my favorite because of 3 things. 1: The Characters and acting are awesome. 2: Uh... the effects are great and 3: Story is A+.

I enjoy the idea of trainable Velociraptors and how this introduces the Hybrid creatures. The Velociraptors and the T-Rex are the good guys this time around and there is a nice little nostalgia scene where two boys find the original Jurassic Park. There are some off elements to the story... ahem: "We need a field test for the Raptors!" (More like failed test.) but overall, JW is the top of the heap and earns itself a: 10/10🌟 Score.

Final Opinion:

Jurassic Park has its ups and downs. but it remains an all-time great. the books and movies are both phenomenal and if you've never heard of Jurassic Park before: Have you been living under a rock since 1993? Great franchise but JUST short of a 10.

Franchise Score: 9.8/10⭐

Top 10 best Video game comic adaptations.

This is my picks for the top 10 best Video Game comic adaptations. starting with number 10.

10: Sonic The Hedgehog (IDW)

I always thought STH was better with Archie. but that doesn't mean this one's bad. I've only read volumes 1,2,3, and uh... 7. (No idea why. Just got it from the library.) The stories are kind of B+ compared to Archie in 1 but it quickly gets better. Whereas Archie created its own freaking universe IDW follows the games. it's still a good read for Sonic nuts. Score 8.7/10⭐ 

 9: Batman Arkham Knight: Genesis

This is kind of cheating. Comic to video game to comic... again. It's a quality video game comic that is a prequel to Batman Arkham Knight. It follows a robin (Tim Drake... I think) as he becomes the Arkham Knight to extract revenge on Batman and Joker. it's a good read (actually one of the first Batman comics I ever read. I'm a Marvel guy.) overall it's an 8.9/10⭐

8: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

An amazing adaptation of an absolutely ICONIC video game. This is 100% worthy of the Ocarina of Time game. This is not the only Zelda manga on this list FYI. One thing I like about this is (And it is a long time coming) LINK TALKS!! why can't they do it in a game?! Link being able to talk is what gives this book extra depth to the story. The writing is just amazing and is what gave it the win over all the rest to get here on this list. Score 9/10 ⭐

7: MegaMan NT Warrior

Mega Man NT warrior is three things: 1: A manga 2: A anime and 3: Awesome.

Ryo Takamisaki is the guy who got me thinking "Holy Crap! they draw AND write this stuff!?"

MMNTW Is a Manga based off of the Mega Man Battle Network games that recently resurfaced (They got their own legacy collection.) and the anime is now on YouTube. The book is what's good though. (The 2nd season of the anime is awesome) This 13-book series is amazing for its good art and storytelling. (The ending ties it all together) It has familiar faces (Bass.exe and ProtoMan.exe along with a cool storyline staring the Legendary Mettal) Overall, this is not the best MM comic but still... the other 2 are top 5. (FYI there is a 4th and 5th plus a 6th MM comic that I know of: MegaMan by Dreamwave Comics and Mastermix and Gigamix by Hitoshi Ariga. But I never read those) Score 9.2/10 ⭐ 

6: Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures is one of the most Legendary video game adaptations EVER.

I've read a GOOD bit of them. PA follows the events of almost if not every Pokémon game. (Even Mystery Dungeon!) PA is Completely original too! it's not "Ha Ha Ha nothing bad ever happens happy fun time." The manga is Superb in its story, and I've read um... somewhere near 30 of them. The best are Adventures, Black and White/ B&W 2 Diamond and Pearl and Ruby and Sapphire/ Emerald. Emerald probably has the best individual book where they bring every trainer before Emerald to fight. PA is just wow... Score 9.4/10⭐

5: Mega Man (Archie Comics)

If not for this franchise I may have never known who Mega Man is and never would have become the gamer I am today! As a kid I loved robots. One Free Comic Book Day My dad gave me the Mega Man 1# comic. I cannot find it today because it was destroyed, I read it so much. This was my first comic and I kept getting issues until it shut down. I liked how they had a fan mail section, and I always pestered my parents to send my art in. (I even got into issue 50!) Mega Man lasted 55 issues and followed a lot of games such as: Super Adventure Rockman (A Japanese Interactive anime movie with shooter sections.) and Mega Man 1, II and III.  The best arcs are Return of Dr.Wily (MM2), Curse of Ra Moon (SAR), Legends of the Blue Bomber (MM3) and The Ultimate Betrayal (MM3). Ian Flynn can WRITE. overall, Archie should have kept Mega Man, and I would have read it to issue 200. Score 9.5/10⭐

4: Halo: Legacy Collection

I enjoy playing Halo and purchased this comic with Christmas money. I was pleasantly surprised by the stories. Whereas Halo games are: "SHOOT SHOOT STAB SHOOT KILL KILL GRENADE BOOM KILL" All the Halo books I've read have really good stories. (Fall of Reach, Contact Harvest) Halo Legacy Collection features 3 comics: Halo: Uprising, Halo: Helljumpers and Halo: Bloodline. Halo: Uprising is honestly Meh. Brian M. Bendis is one of my favorite authors (Ultimate Spider-Man and Miles Morales the Ultimate Spider Man) And I was kind of disappointed. The art is not as good as the other 2 and the story is really okay. Halo Helljumpers is honestly the best Video game comic I've read. (Its 4 here because of it being in the collection) The story is not as deep as the Novels but it's still great. The art is the best in the whole book. Bloodline is weird. the story sounds like a good idea at first but it just doesn't play out well. Individual ratings: Uprising: 5.8/10⭐ Helljumpers: 10/10⭐ Bloodline: 8/10⭐ Combined: 9.7/10⭐ Helljumpers Carries the whole book with help from Bloodline.

T-1: Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess

This is the Best VIZ manga I've ever read. This is a Freaking MASTERPEICE. it's actually tied in my book for 1st. These actually only recently finished. (Late 2023) this is Akira Himekawa's best work on Legend of Zelda Manga. The story is Perfect, and the art is amazing. As I pointed out earlier Link talking is a great decision and in TP it is the centerpiece. TP is tied together by Link and Midna as characters and make reading it all the better. The characters in the Manga rather than the story are what stand out to me. I enjoy reading Books with a good cast in it. some of my favorite casts are Halo: Helljumpers, Halo Fall of Reach and Sonic the hedgehog (Archie) and this incredible Manga. Zelda fans: READ IT. Score 10/10🌟

T-1: Mega Man: Megamix

I'm sure you can tell I'm a huge Mega Man fan. But Hitoshi Ariga is an Incredible writer. My pick for the best Mega Man Manga to date is Megamix. with storylines following Mega Man 1,2,3,4,5,6 AND 7 (And not necessarily in that order) Megamix creates original stories and designs from the Iconic NES Mega Man games. The first volume is a unique take on Rock's origin and the Mega Man 2 story (and a weird but good MM3 story) Volume 2 is a mismatch of stories beginning with a Skull Man Centered MM4 masterpiece and an awkward but hilarious MM5 story along with an EPIC Mega Man VS Bass story. But the absolute BEST STORY is the volume 3 MM6 Copy Robot story in which Mega Man's Double blows up cities and frames Mega Man himself. This series is AMAZING. But go see for yourself Fellow Mega Man fans!

Score: 10/10 🌟  

T-1: Sonic The Hedgehog and Sonic Universe (Archie)

Ahh... the longest running video game comic that sadly ended a few years ago (wish I'd kept my subscription...) STH was one of my favorite comics growing up (I am still collecting them to this day!) SU... I LOVE SONIC UNIVERSE! SU followed the edgier characters like E-123 and Shadow. My Favorite arcs are Silver Age (SU) An arc set in the future as Silver battles a monster reminiscent of the Sonic Generations Time eater. and Champions (SU) which follows the events of one of my favorite arcade games in Sonic the Fighters. One thing that shows the STH teams commitment is rather than drawing the games and calling it a day they created their own freaking UNIVERSE! STH takes place on Mobius rather than the game worlds. the older comics have their own take on Zones too. The storytelling behind the characters and lore is astoundingly good. and they had 3 series at one time! They did not just stick to the 2 main franchises either... they made multiple miniseries and Specials such as: Knuckles Chaotix, Tails and Mecha Madness Special! with talents like Ian Flynn, Pat Spazantite, Tracy Yardley and Tyson Hesse they had a stacked roster to deliver us one of the greatest gaming comics EVER. Score 10/10🌟

Thanks for reading my ranking of the top 10 Video Game comics.