Friday, November 15, 2013

Critics Consensus:XCOM:Enemy Within

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new XCOM DLC!
In 2012 one of the best games was a reboot of a franchise that actually stayed and kept the roots of the original. There's now been a new expansion DLC announced and let's see if it's any good.
XCOM:Enemy Within adds tons of new features,a new story and new missions. It works perfectly as praised by critics such as GameInformer,GameFront and InsideGamer. It looks like Firaxis is at it again and it looks like it's better than ever. Trust the critics for this one, if you have enough time before teh next-gen consoles hit you should definitely get this.
Overall get this game.
XCOM:Enemy Within is rated M.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Critics Consensus:Bioshock Infinite:Burial At Sea:Episode One

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the first piece of the long-awaited Bioshock Infinite DLC!!
After the amazing hit that was Bioshock Infinite Irrational Games has struggled to find it's footing. No DLC for the fifteen dollar Season Pass came out until July and during that time it was only a horde mode. Now the long awaited first part of Bioshock Infinite DLC has come out and it's definitely a spectacle. A short one though.
Call critics mean and over-sensitive but Bioshock Infinite:Burial At Sea has not been getting good reviews mainly due to it being two hours or less. Now that's pretty short for a fifteen dollar piece of DLC and while it has gotten positive reception for making a pleasant return to Rapture from critics like Rev3Games and GameInformer, it's a pricey one at best and you will be wanting more.
Overall only get this game if you really want to relive Bioshock again.
Bioshock Infinite:Burial At Sea:Episode One is rated M.

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Critics Consensus:All Is Lost

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new Life Of Pi esque survival film All Is Lost!
For some reason a lot of survival films have come out in the past few years. Now this isn't really a popular subgenre but thanks to movies like Life Of Pi,Captain Philips,Gravity, and Moon it's becoming more and more popular. Let's hope the new All Is Lost does not butcher that.
Somehow it doesn't. Either survival movies are extremely easy to make (which I doubt) or that every survival movie is glazed with great performances,amazing visuals and CGI,and emphasis on the theme of morality itself. Now all this is pretty deep and All is Lost does an amazing job of explaining that. If you don't believe me check out reviews all across the board with perfect scores from Tampa Bay Times,Boston Globe, and Washington Post. All Is Lost is truly a film to be seen.
Overall see this movie now and probably see it instead of Thor.
All is Lost is rated PG-13.

Critics Consensus:Thor:The Dark World

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new Thor!
The past few Marvel movies have been great. Iron Man 3,Captain America, and especially the Avengers. However Thor is the one movie that was just "meh". Well now Thor The Dark World has come out and let's see how it is!
Thor:The Dark World is about the same quality and maybe even less than the first one. The action scenes are breathtaking and beautiful as The Atlantic said. However most critics who gave the movie a bad score said the plot was too convoluted and confusing and not good for the average Marvel new-comer. It's not just Earth being destroyed too, it's all six realms and it makes sense why some critics don't like this movie. Thor -is a disappointment not to a Marvel comic-book fan but for a regular person.
Overall only see this movie if you want to.
Thor:The Dark World is rated R.


Thursday, November 7, 2013

Critics Consensus:Wii Party U

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new Wii Party!
For many families Wii Party,Wii Fit and Wii Music was the thing that got the Wii going for them and became the go to game because of it's fun, creative and quirky minigames. Wii Party was'nt really much to begin with but now Nintendo wants to make another one for the WiiU. We all know how Game & Wario went and it's blatantly obvious that Wii Party U is just 
meh. Yes that's right and I don't think I really offended anyone. Even critics agree with me. Some more than others like how Shacknews gave it a 3\10 while Lazygamer gave it a 65. It's because that Wii Party U is uninspired and boring compared to hit classics, it's formed over quantity vs quality and how there is only a few good minigames.
Overall do not get this game unless you really want to.
Wii Party U is rated E.