Sunday, August 4, 2013

One Of The Worst:Smurfs 2

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Smurfs 2. Well life is great isn't it.

It's sad that in order to introduce things to kids that were in the 80's,90's or 70's they have to do this. Make one of the worst movies imaginable and is only watchable if you are younger than 9. It's just an incoherent mess disguised as a cashgrab and even San Francisco Chronicle said that there was so much torture and suffering it was Zero Dark Smurffy. And yep. They have planned a Smurfs 3 and 4. I'm ready to quit life right now.
Overall just lowest of the low. Bottom of the barrel.
The Smurfs 2 is rated PG.


Critics Consensus:2 Guns

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is 2 Guns a new action movie.
2 Guns is your average action movie with average action stars such as Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. There seems to be a niche for these movies so does 2 Guns hit the mark? (No pun intended) Lets find out.
2 Guns is an OK movie. You'll probably like it actually. Even Salon.com gave it a 7.0 saying its hard to hate it due to the chemistry between Washington and Wahlberg, the acting, and the fast paced action. Unfortunately it's completely forgettable as SSG Syndicate stated and the writing is pretty bare-bones. But with a movie like this what do you expect?
Overall only see this movie if you want to. 
2 Guns is rated R.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Critics Consensus: Cloudberry Kingdom

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new indie platformer Cloudberry Kingdom!
Last year a little game came out called Spelunky that was insanely hard and some of the best fun I've had with friends. Personally it was my favorite game of 2012 and I am still playing it to this day. Now there's a new game called Cloudberry Kingdom which is really similar to Spelunky (randomly generated levels, local co-op) and well let's see what the critics think.
Cloudberry Kingdom might turn you off because of it's name (pretty poor name) and it looks like a Flash game as VideoGamerTV said. Unfortunately Cloudberry Kingdom is fun but does not have the best batch of content and will get old after awhile.(Citied:Nowgamer) But if you have a lot of friends over and can spend ten dollars to throw away, this will be a good couple of hours.
Overall only get this game if you're having a party or a couple of friends over. Hopefully they won't be turned off by the atrocious name.
Cloudberry Kingdom is rated T.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

One Of The Worst:Scourge:Outbreak

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new downloadable squad based shooter from UFO Interactive? Those are the same people who make the Chuck-E-Cheese games. This is gonna be one of those days isn't it?
Scourge Outbreak is a typical cover based shooter covered in a layer of crap. Here's why.

  • Scourge Outbreak has a 41 on Metacritic and has not gotten a single positive review.
  • It sometimes starts you from the wrong checkpoint when you resume the game.
  • There is an hour long span between checkpoints.
  • The aiming is all wonky and off.
  • Textures do not properly place in
  • Everyeye.it called it one of the poorest games of this generation.
That should be enough to not make you buy this game. Too bad The Last Of Us has been one of the only good games to come out this summer.
Scourge:Outbreak is rated M.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

One Of The Worst: Pacific Rim The Game

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the video game tie-in for Pacific Rim!
I don't know if you remember but when the similar robot fighting movie Real Steel came out there was a god-awful video game tie-in for it. In fact Ben Silverman of Yahoo Games said it was the first time he had thrown a controller in fifteen years.
Well I was looking at Pacific Rim's not so great reviews (40 or below from IGN, IGN Italia and even a 20 from DarkZero) and noticed that the company had made Real Steel. Oh no. This is gonna be one of those days isn't it? SpazioGames called it one of the worst fighting games on Xbox Live and Eurogamer Italy complained about the pacing.
Overall do not get this game. (And I feel bad for saying this because Pacific Rim deserves some form of money after Grown Ups 2 destroyed it at the box office)
Pacific Rim The Game is rated E10+.