Critics Consensus:Dead Rising 3:Chaos Rising

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the third piece of Dead Rising 3 DLC Chaos Rising!

It's easy to say that if you have bought a Season Pass for Dead Rising 3 it wasn't really worth it. The last two DLC's have had stupid plots,somewhat bad AI,and the feeling like they were slapped together at the last minute. This isn't what we hoped for as the AMAZING Dead Rising 2 also had AMAZING DLC called Case Zero but this is pretty formulaic. However there is a glimmer of hope. The new one isn't that bad.

It seems like the DLC's are getting better each episode but it's definitely not worth the money for all of them. This one unfortunately has a weak main character and uninteresting side quests but it does have some great actually fun to kill bosses and new unique weapons as stated by Meristation. Sadly that couldn't keep the average score from being a 6 out of 10.

Overall only get this if you want to.

Dead Rising 3:Chaos Rising is rated M.

Critics Consensus:Thief

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new ultra-reboot Thief!

It's easy to say that Thief is one of the biggest releases of the year for gamers and probably the first big hitter of the year. Thief and Metal Gear Solid are the two franchises that started the stealth genre in the late 90's but we haven't seen a new Thief entry in over a decade. It's easy to say that this isn't worth the wait (nothing really is for ten years) It's seems like this is the right time to have a new Thief come out as the next generation consoles have just hit but actually it's not. Because Thief is getting Resident Evil 6 type reviews if you know what I mean.

What I mean is that reviews are mixed all around the board. EGM gave it a 3.5 because of it's train wreck like plot course and climax and dumb dumb AI and Revision3 Games gave it a 6 due to it not being memorable and infuriating gameplay sections. But not all is lost for Thief. Eurogamer Italy said they would even go as far and say that this a GOTY nominee due to it's great setting and action but is that really enough to qualify for a 9? Sure there has to be some hiccups somewhere.

Overall rent this one and if you don't use Gamefly borrow it from a friend or something.

Thief is rated M.

Critics Consensus:Donkey Kong Country Returns:Tropical Freeze

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Although Donkey Kong is still a relevant franchise today thanks to  Donkey Kong Country:Returns for the Wii which was great but really friggin hard it's had some troubles. It had a lousy overhyped appearance at VGX and was delayed 4 months ahead. Let's see if all this trouble is Nintendo's business or we are just going bananas.

Nope. We are definitely getting ahold of ourselves. Donkey Kong Country Returns:Tropical Freeze is anything somebody could have asked for from a Donkey Kong game. All the way from precise controls, HD graphics, varied enemy types, challenging but entertaining boss battles and great level structure Donkey Kong doesn't really have something to hate about. It's gotten 3 tens from critics like Cobrainon Games, Gaming Age, and Destructoid and has an 82 on Metacritic. This one's definitely a keeper.

Overall get this game! Go now!!

Donkey Kong Country Returns:Tropical Freeze is rated E.

Critics Consensus:3 Days To Kill

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new Kevin Costner hunt down 3 Days To Kill!

No offense but the publisher of this movie Relativity Media doesn't really have a good track record. They help produce movies all the way from Universal to Focus Features but none of them end up being very good. Wether it's the unmemorable generic family feast that was Free Birds or the absolutely atrocious 21 And Over there really is nothing to appreciate brightly in Relativity's portfolio. But can a new action thriller with Kevin Costner lift spirits? Lets find out.

Nope. Not one bit. 3 Days To Kill is every bit generic and boring with a little bit of a confusing bad script and unlikeable characters poured on instead. As critics like Globe And Mail,Nerdist and ReelViews suggested not even the delightable Kevin Coster can save this one. Looks like this movie was killed before it even stood up. Ouch.

Overall do not see this movie.

3 Days To Kill is rated PG-13.

Critics Consensus:Pompeii

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new Pompeii movie!

Pompeii is set to be the big budget setpiece about a historical travesty for Sony and they are betting on it to be the next big blockbuster. However Pompeii is coming out in February typically not a good time critically or commercially so let's see how it is! (Spoiler Alert: It's Crap)

While Pompeii isn't that bad you actually want to take place in Pompeii itself its a rather poor and lazy attempt at a movie due to it's low-name non-famous worse than generic acting as said by the Chicago Reader and Globe And Mail, it's unlikeable characters that make you want to root for the volcano and it's really really cheesy and not well thought out dialogue as stated by Creative Loafing. Oh well. Noone expected this movie to be good anyway.

Overall do not see this movie.

Pompeii is rated PG-13.