Critics Consensus:Need For Speed Rivals

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new Need For Speed!

The Need For Speed franchise has always been a bumpy road. Most of the time the game is great and goes exceptionally smooth. That is when it's made by Criterion (Most Wanted,Hot Pursuit) Now it's a new company called Ghost Games. Let's check if they crossed the finish line or gave up on the way.

Probably the most impressive thing about Need For Speed:Rivals is the graphics as many critics such as USGamer,Darkstation and Eurogamer have noted. The graphics look crisp and smooth much like other next-gen games like Killzone:Shadow Fall and Battlefield 4. The racing is not that bad either and the random encounters are implemented very intelligently. The only problem is that this game is pretty much for next-gen consoles as the PC version bugs out and the 360 version is barebones.

Overall get this game (next-gen version though)

Need For Speed Rivals is rated E10+.

Critics Consensus:Homefront

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new action thriller starring James Franco and Jason Statham!

James Franco and especially Jason Statham haven't had a big castout lead in a film in a while and Homefront had some potential. It was actually a decent idea for a script where an ex-DEA agent retires in a small town to save his young daughter and finds himself in more trouble than  he asked for. Unfortunately it's a lackluster barebones movie with the only thing saving it from redemption is the cast.

Film.com called Homefront while not nessescarily a horrible film, a one to skip unless you're willing to see. Plenty other critics stated similar opinions to this with ReelViews saying "noone will remember Homefront in a few months". And it's fine that Homefront's crap. The last two amazing movies of this year were Gravity and  Rush and those were actually memorable and enticing. And Homefront isn't.

Overall only see this movie if you want to.

Homefront is rated R.

Critics Consensus:Oldboy

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new remake of the gory violent foreign cult classic film, Oldboy.

Oldboy is one of those cult classic films like Donnie Darko for example that went on to become great hits but fans hoped Hollywood would never touch again due to either their nature or butchering the film. For some reason Hollywood has decided to remake this movie so lazy Americans don't have to read the subtitles of the original? Even if we don't know why Hollywood decided to create this we still need to find out if it's a good movie so let's go.

It's sad that Oldboy is getting the reception it's getting because it really could have some potential. It's directed by Spike Lee, is acted out with Matt Damon and is written by the guy who wrote I Am Legend which isn't an amazing movie by any means but is still somewhat decent. The movie does have it's moments and stays true to the original in it's sequences as stated by Toulcan Times, but the script has no real improvements from the first film and turns out to be very shallow. (Cited:Time Out New York,New York Times,The Hollywood Reporter)

Oldboy is rated R.

One Of the Worst:Fighter Within

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new Ubisoft Kinect fighter Fighter Within!!

Back when motion-control peripherals were the hottest thing with the all new Wii,Kinect and Playstation Move (Anyone remember that?) Usually third-party developers show the new technology with a new fighter. For the Wii it was Red Steel, for the Kinect it was Fighters:Uncaged and for the PSMove it was Fight Night:Lights Out. Well they were all crap and made by Ubisoft. (Except for the PSMove one) Not having good feelings about this one.

Fighter Within is an absolute mess of a game.The motion detection surprisingly works which should be the bright spot but the game is lackluster,AI is iffy, and the single player is a lie (virtually non-existent) This game is nowhere in the region of a price point of 60 dollars much less twenty. Fighter Within will be in the bargain bin in a few years and that's where it deserves. (Cited:GamesRadar,SpazioGames,Destructoid)

Overall do not get this game.
Fighter Within is rated T.

One Of The Worst:X-Rebirth

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new long awaited entry in the X space simulation series, X Rebirth!

Before Deep Silver acquired Dead Island,Metro and Saints Row it was a relatively small publisher with one big hit to claim to it's name. The X series. The X series was a series of space simulation games that were super entertaining. Sadly there hasn't been a new entry in the franchise in a while and it's been two years after X Rebirth has been announced and is finally able for purchase. If it's not worth the wait and it certainly isn't from the title this is looking to be another Ride To Hell.

Apparently discontinuing a series for an indefinite time and then jumping back to it does not seem to go in Deep Silver's favor. Ride To Hell was a unfinished ungodly mess and we wouldn't be suprised if Deep Silver's got more crap to come after this. X Rebirth is broken,buggy, and not fun to play. Compromised with a series of odd design issues and choices as well with a shoddy navigation system.

Overall stay away from this one. (Cited:GameFront,Quarter To Three,PC Games Germany)

X-Rebirth is rated T.