Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Critics Consensus Special:Grand Theft Auto Five

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Grand Theft Auto 5! Today is truly a joyous moment!
Well it's finally here. While my blog has not been on the internet enough for the exclamatory excitement of GTA IV being the highest game on Metacritic we still remember that day where GTA IV was considered one of the greatest games of all time if not the best. Well believe it or not it's time to shove that all into the ground. Grand Theft Auto Five is bigger,more detailed and most of all better. At least we think that by Rockstar's track record. Anyway you have probably seen that this game has decrowned GTA IV on Metacritic as the highest rated game of all time. Let's find out way.
In the ways Skyrim was a revolutionary behemoth in the year of 2011 Grand Theft Auto 5 is a revolutionary achievement for this generation. In just ten years we went from the blocky graphic textures of GTA 3 to open clear worlds with AI acting as if they were real. As Gameplanet stated, this game is the pinnacle of this console generation. Nearly every score for GTA V is a 10\10 beating maybe GOTY The Last Of Us into submission. The writing is pitch perfect and causes you to laugh at every line. The characters though they seem scarce in personality are some of the most vivid and amazing personalities not just in video games but in media in general. The world is gigantic and even with 35 hours of playing you won't see every crevice. GTA V is a masterpiece. (Cited:Rev3Games,IGN,VideoGamerTV,Metro GameCentral,Edge Magazine,Official Xbox Magazine)
Overall  get this game. Tell everyone about it and have them experience the perfection that is GTA V.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is rated M.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Critics Consensus:Killzone Mercenary

Note: Probably this generation's biggest release Grand Theft Auto 5 will be covered on Tuesday in a very lengthy post. Strangely no reviews have come out yet and I also want to focus on a big post for a big game.
Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new portable Killzone!
Black Ops:Declassified was a bust. Resistance:Falling Skies was a dud. These were all upcoming shooters for the Playstation Vita based off of respectable franchises and ended up being crap. Killzone:Mercenary is one of the last of these. But will it follow the same bad track record that Playstation Vita FPS's have? Let's find out.
Killzone:Mercenary is not a masterpiece by any means but it certainly is better than the other games I mentioned in the last paragraph. Mercenary looks amazing,is fun as hell to play, and the multiplayer will keep you playing for months. Finally a must-buy for the Vita. (Cited:Playstation Universe,LaPS3,Digital Fix)
Overall get this game.
Killzone:Mercenary is rated M.

Critics Consensus:The Family

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new Robert De Niro comedy. Hopefully it can't be as bad as the Big Wedding.
Robert De Niro used to create many many serious good movies about gangsters,mobs and etc. Now that The Family was announced a couple of months ago the movie looked serious and cool. And then they added the comedy aspect to it. And we all know how bad The Big Wedding went. 
The Family is not another Big Wedding even those movies sound very similar. It's a bad movie by a lot of means such as relying on the same joke countless times,boring and uninventive and just plain unnecessary. There is not really a demographic for this movie and at the end it just does not pan out well. (Cited:New York Daily News,The Playlist,Time Out New York)
Overall watch Goodfellas again.
The Family is rated R.

Critics Consensus:Insidious:Chapter 2

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the sequel to the 2011 horror hit that was Insidious!
The original Insidious should have been crap. It really should have been crap. It was written,directed,and produced from the same people that made such films as Paranormal Activity 2 and the SAW franchise. But the movie had many comical breaks,good acting and scares when you would not expect it. It became a hit. Now FilmDistrict wants to rank in some more cash with a popular name  but is it any good?
Insidious 2 is definitely not for everyone. Some critics such as Austin Chronicle and Time Out London gave it scores lower than a 20 and said that the movie was lazy stupid and incoherent. The film does have good acting and the scares that work are really scary and creepy unfortunately Insidious Chapter 2 does not reach to it's highest heights.
Overall only see this if you really want to.
Insidious:Chapter 2 is rated PG-13. 

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Critics Consensus:Amnesia:A Machine For Pigs

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new long awaited Amnesia!
Amnesia was a breakthrough horror hit released just at the end of 2010 and has then since raised a generous cult following thanks to youtuber's like Pewdiepie and MARKplier. A sequel was finally announced last year but is it worth the wait?
Amnesia:A Machine For Pigs has been getting very mixed reviews ranging from a 37\100 from ActionTrip to a 91\100 on Multiplayer.it. Maybe it's because it's a very ambitious game and more flawed than the original. The level design could be better but the storyline will keep you in. Unfortunately it's very short clocking at 4 hours.
Overall only get this if you want to.
Amnesia:A Machine For Pigs is rated M.