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To start with, I thought I’d give my own thoughts on the Epic Games Store, because I’ve seen a lot of hate directed towards its existence and, by extension, its own IPs (including Close to the Sun). The question is, does any of this matter overall? Is Close to the Sun its own fun and unique experience, or does it try too hard to be something it isn’t? The short answer is that it kind of works, though it also has its limitations. Both take place in a desolate aquatic cityscape where scientists and entrepreneurs have been allowed to work without the limits imposed by governments or society both settings are occupied by ghosts from the past both have you traverse deeper into this abyss whilst being guided by a person speaking over a radio, and there are even some analogous storybeats that I’ll avoid talking about for fear of spoilers. Yet, as I actually played through the game, I admittedly found my knee-jerk defense of Close to the Sun to slowly erode due to the surprising number of similarities it ended up having with BioShock. And, even if there was a connection, I’ve always said that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a creator paying homage to another property, especially one as universally popular and influential as Irrational Games’s magnum opus. The comments reeked of comparisons to BioShock, as though that was the only video game to ever utilize an Art Deco aesthetic (or to feature a protagonist entering a haunted labyrinth for that matter). Inept, non disasterish and just damn right dull, Ba’al is more of a storm in a teacup than an end of the world kick ass God.When I read the initial reactions to the launch trailer for developer Storm in a Teacup’s title Close to the Sun, I was disappointed. The way how when running around on their treasure hunt, everyone comes up with the most insane explanations for everything as if we were ever stupid to think otherwise with the underwater gem being the worst culprit.

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I think I’ll go for the bit part of Innuit Guard played by Duane Howard who promtly ditches all the main characters in a desert trench early on and spouts a load of prophetic warnings before driving off full pelt in the car. The leading duo are paper thin, the baddie isn’t really bad enough to be thought of as devilish and Ba’al never really makes an appearance. It is very hard to pick out a character as likeable. I suppose seeing the baddie come a cropper is always worthwhile.Īgain death by statue early on wins the day, followed by… well death by statue again at the end of the movie! Maybe the film needs to be renamed Ba’al The Death Statue! Disasters are often referred to but kept off screen and so you’re left with a rotten treasure hunt.

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Some of the Ba’al effects looks suspicious too, but for TV affair its far from offensive.Īlthough that’s a bit of a sweeping statement. Where it falls down is on the statues that appear to wobble when inserting “gems”. The sandstorm effects aren’t bad to be fair and the varied locations make for some plesant scenary. This lends itself to feeling overly familiar without being actually good at anything and therefore just feels completely by numbers and missable. Ba’al likes to form his face in the storm clouds, make massive sand storms and even our lead looks like Brendan Fraser. Infact The Mummy appears to have influnced a lot of things in the film. However one thing that does seem to gel well is the general acting approach as the cast clearly realise that in order to get any kind of entertainment from what’s left, a slightly tounge in cheek approach (a bit like The Mummy but not as good) is used. For once we’re spared for the most part of any romantisisms from our lead duo though so we can thankful for some small mercies! It involves lots of pointing at maps, shouting things like “this is impossible” and plot lines of double crosses on your double crosses that were already triple crossed the last scene. My main problem is that its billed as a disaster movie yet it plays out more like one of those dreaded low budget treasure hunt films you watch when you’re desperately bored. Apparently.Ī storm God, very heavy polystyrene statues, lots of sandstorms, thunder, lightning, rain, awful acting, rubber swords and evil clouds. Some polystyrene statues house Ba’al The Storm God who wants to wreak havoc on the world. So that means we’ve got to watch it in fascination right? Good! Ba’al ends up being such a mish mash of nothing it ruins itself before we can turn it off. Infact, its so bad its sub movie altogether.

Storm in a teacup movie synopsis