![]() While we do have a lot of complaints about Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia on the performance side, we cannot deny that the title is fun to play and provides a worthy extension to the series from a gameplay perspective. This extra tinkerability would allow players to maximise the graphical fidelity and performance of each using custom settings, which could be extremely useful for some players. On the topic of graphical settings, we would also like to see the option for both the campaign and battle sections of the game to use different graphical settings, as both modes offer very different performance characteristics. This backstep can also be seen in the game's graphical settings, where useful options like resolution scaling are missing. Graphically, Total War: Thrones of Britannia can deliver some satisfying visuals, but again when compared to Total War: Warhammer we feel that this is a step backwards for the series, especially when combined with the game's CPU performance issues. If Creative Assembly wants to make more games using this engine, they will need to work on adding increased multithreading support and making the engine 64-bit, as such a CPU heavy game shouldn't be 32-bit anymore. While we can undeniably get decent performance out of Thrones of Britannia with some settings adjustment, it is disappointing to see such a CPU heavy game be limited primarily by single-threaded performance, especially in an era where quad-cores are standard, and 6-8 cores processors are becoming increasingly popular amongst gamers. This issue affected both the campaign and battle sections of the game on both out Intel and AMD-based systems, making a steady 60FPS in the campaign and in battle extremely difficult to achieve at the game's higher settings, even on high-end hardware. Throughout our testing, we found that Thrones of Britannia would frequently become CPU limited, with single-core performance typically becoming an issue. Sadly, the use of Total War: Attila's engine has caused a large number of issues with Thrones of Britannia's performance, especially when it comes to CPU utilisation. A lot of Total War: Attila can be repurposed during the creation of Thrones of Britannia, whereas using Total War: Warhammer as a baseline would have required a lot more work to achieve. Total War: Attila's engine requires less work to develop a new medieval combat sim, with the Total War: Warhammer engine offering too many unnecessary elements like magic, orcs, and a vast supply of large monstrous enemies. ![]() The reasoning behind the use of Total War: Attila's engine is logical, Thrones of Britannia was made on a low budget with ships at a lower price than main series Total War titles. This older engine is 32-bit, though Creative Assembly has stated time and time again that Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia's version would be further optimised. Technologically Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia can be seen as a downgrade from the Total War: Warhammer series, discarding Creative Assembly's latest engine to develop the game using what was Total War: Attila's engine. While this first entry into Creative Assembly's Saga series is undeniably Total War, the game's focus on a specific moment in history and a relatively small scope has left a lot of space for cracks to appear, especially given how relatively unknown historical figures like King Alfred The Great are outside of the UK. In the campaign units are no longer purchased in one go, making the replenishment of armies is crucial, while a new food mechanic ensures that armies don't grow too large too fast and limited army supplies prevent your troops from marching into enemy territory too far without consequences. ![]() Players can no longer shore up their defences and rely on their strong walls, especially when their food-producing towns can be destroyed in an instant if undefended. Thrones of Britannia focuses on improving Total War's siege battles, moving to an era of early medieval fortification, with small towns having little to no of defence, changing the way the game plays on both the campaign map and on the battlefield. ![]() Gameplay-wise Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia offers a lot of unique elements, crafting a campaign experience that will feel fresh for both existing fans and newcomers to the series.
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You can also work with ties with very thick fabric for a boost in bulk. Work on making your very large knots, like full Windsor, Balthus, and Trinity knots, as large as you can make them. The cutaway Windsor collar is begging for your fattest tie knots possible. Best Tie Knots for Cutaway Windsor Collar However, long and narrow face shapes perfectly match this shirt collar style. With the super-wide spread, this is a definite look that people with round faces need to avoid. Instead, it’s mainly found on custom or high-end dress shirts. You won’t find this look on a dress shirt off-the-rack. Its spread is between 6.5″ – 8.5″, but it also has the shortest points on a dress shirt.īecause it’s so trendy, it’s not especially suitable for your most conservative offices, even though it has an elegant formality. This modern and very fashion-forward shirt collar style is the widest collar available for dress shirts. Therefore, a half-Windsor tie knot is your best match when wearing a semi-spread collar. Since this is a middle-of-the-road collar spread, medium knots are ideal for wearing your tie with this dress shirt collar. However, this is a good style for you if you have a long, thin face, like an oval shape. This shirt collar still has a widening effect on faces therefore, people with broad faces might want to skip this type of dress shirt collar. Where the wide-spread collar can go up to 6″, the semi-spread never goes above a 4″ spread.īecause of the smaller spread, this dress shirt would be less formal than the one with a broader spread. Semi-Spread Shirt CollarĪ semi-spread collar is similar to a wide-spread one but (again, spoiler alert) less wide. The perfect knots for this collar are the Full Windsor knot and the Balthus knot. The shirt collar style has a rare ability to work well with both small and large tie knots.īecause of the extra room between the spread, heavy fabrics, like wool, are a good fit because they have some space for their bulk. The wide spread makes faces seem more full, so this shirt style may be one that people with very broad faces want to avoid. This shirt collar style is also appropriate for nearly every face type but is especially well suited for people with long and narrow faces. ![]() There is typically a 4″ – 6″ space from point to point.Ī wider collar spread makes your shirt more formal, so this is a very dressy shirt. Its name is a complete spoiler alert because it tells you all you need to know it’s very widespread. Wide-spread collars are another very common shirt collar type. Best Tie Knots for Classic Straight-Point Collarīecause it has such a narrow spread, this is an excellent shirt to wear with small tie knots.Ī simple or double knot would work well with a classic straight-point collar.Ĭonsider wearing a narrow tie or one made from less bulky material. However, the narrowness of this collar spread has a slimming effect, making it most flattering for people with round faces. The versatility of this shirt collar makes it a good match for all face shapes. Who Can Wear a Classic Straight-Point Collar You can wear this for the office with your suit and tie, or dress it down slightly with jeans and a sports coat. ![]() Straight-point collars have only a small spread, between 1.5″ and 3.5″. The collar points average two to three inches in length. 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![]() I recommend it for all who know the original, all who love good music and all who love Whitney. But these types of movies aren't meant for everyone's enjoyment, only those who understand and appreciate this type of story. ![]() I have a feeling that a lot of people are gonna love this movie, a lot of people are think it's okay and a lot of people are going to hate it. The vocals were good but of course Whitney Houston dominated in that department being that she is one of the greatest voices to ever walk this Earth. I'm happy that the original music was in this film along with new ones. You can tell that they all loved each other and would had each other's backs no matter what. There was more character development, more backstory and since the the movie is about family the bond between all three sisters s what made me love this movie even more. But this adaption definitely left me satisfied. ![]() There were holes in the story and unanswered question but I feel as all movies back in the day were still finding their proper structure. While the acting wasn't Oscar worthy everybody did a solid job. I had never heard of her until this movie but she was awesome. But the star of the evening was definitely Carmen Ejogo as Sparkle's older and sexy sister, Sister. Her vibrant personality is totally opposite of the film's character who was depressed, unhappy and sort of narrow minded. Whitney Houston did phenomenal as the mother. In the original, Sumpter's character didn't really have much of a story but I appreciated the fact that the writer's gave her a backstory. Derek Luke was solid and Tika Sumpter was awesome. He's usually the smart mouthed side kick in stereotypical black films but his personality played well with his character. I don't think the character was a stretch for her because she's sweet and shy in real life but for this to be her first film she did great. Also, the writer put a few spins on the story that worked very well as an adaption. It had a lot of memorable one liners and great comebacks. For this to be Mara Brock Akil and her husband's very first feature film together, the script was very well written. As an upcoming writer and film school graduate, there are things about this film that I can truly appreciate more than the average movie goer, like the costumes, the set design, the hair, the locations, and most definitely the script. But to my surprise, I enjoyed it from beginning to end. But thankfully I was invited on a date, so I was relieved that I didn't have to pay for this terrible, terrible film. I kept telling my roommate and best friend that I'm not excited and might just watch it on bootleg and if I do go to see it it will only be for the late and legendary Whitney Houston. I actually thought that this movie was going to be terrible. Before I begin reviewing the movie, I just want to say first that if you haven't seen the original or didn't even know that there was an original, you might not enjoy this movie as much as someone who respects it's classic status in black cinema. ![]() If you have audio issues after installing updates The following is an example of a driver download page for a sound device manufacturer. If these steps didn't solve your audio issue, visit your device manufacturer’s website and install the most recent audio/sound drivers for your device. ![]() Select the audio device whose driver you want to update, select Next, and then follow the instructions to install it. Select and hold (or right-click) the listing for your sound card or audio device, then select Update driver > Browse my computer for drivers > Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer. 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