Critics Consensus:Yaiba:Ninja Gaiden Z

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new zombie styled Ninja Gaiden!

It's obvious to think that Yaiba:Ninja Gaiden Z is not going to be good. The other two Ninja Gaiden games Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus 2 and Ninja Gaiden 3 have been lackluster almost to the point of piss poor and the developer of the game (Spark Unlimited) hasn't really had a good track record with busts like Lost Planet 3,Legendary, and Turning Point. Turns out all this research was pointless. You were right on the nail.

Yaiba:Ninja Gaiden Z is another Lollipop Chainsaw. The combat isn't too bad and the art style can be pretty cool sometimes but it gets repetitive. The game uses crude dialogue that gets annoying very fast, and gets super hard super fast. Of course that super hard super fast is probably a sex joke somewhere in Yaiba. Now I get why IGN,VideoGamerTV,PlayUK and Gamesradar hated this game.

Overall do not get this game.

Yaiba:Ninja Gaiden Z is rated M.

Critics Consensus:Metal Gear Solid 5:Ground Zeroes

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new Metal Gear Solid 5!

A lot has come out of the very confusing reveal of Metal Gear Solid 5. We've learned that theres a new voice actor playing Snake,we've learned that it's being split into two games, and we've learned that the second one (The Phantom Pain) will not come out till the end of 2015. But hey! At least we get Metal Gear Solid right?

Kind of. Reviews on Ground Zeroes have kind of been mixed partly due to the fact that the whole game can be completed in less than 20 minutes on a speedrun and about 3 hours on a normal without sidequests playthrough. This wouldn't be that big of a deal to many people if the game wasn't 40 bucks. Some critics such as IGN and VideoGamerTV have parodied the controversy. The game is great,beautiful,innovative, and clearly shows us what Phantom Pain will offer. However when youre paying forty bucks all that stuff kind of falls down the drain.

Overall only get this if you want to.

Metal Gear Solid 5:Ground Zeroes is rated M.

Critics Consensus The Review Detective:Yoshis New Island

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

A Nintendo game is getting mixed reviews?! And it's not a Mario Party or Wii Party?! Better call the Nintendo Police BRING BRIIIIING BIING No seriously why is this happening? Let's look into it on a special edition of Critics Consensus called Critics Consensus:The Review Detective. If you had a better name you could tell me!!

Any way Yoshis New Island surprisingly isn't made in house. It's made by some developer called Arzest who has only made 3DS Mii features. Some Employees from Arzest worked on Yoshis Island DS, which is pretty good but the 3DS is more advanced technology and things always change overtime. Also it seems like this game was rushed which feels very rare for a Nintendo game I might add because critics such as Pocket Gamer UK and IGN have complained about the easy difficulty and uninspired gameplay. GameInformer and Edge even gave it some of the lowest scores of the bunch and said the 3D and graphics were shoddy.

Well not every 3DS game can be good right? Hopefully Nintendo doesn't take all the blame on this one.

Overall only get this game if you want to.

Yoshis New Island is rated E.

Critics Consensus:Veronica Mars

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Last year all the way back in March, the amazing Kristen Bell wanted a million dollars to reboot Veronica Mars into a movie. If you don't know what that is it's a classic teen murder mystery filled with comedy,suspense, and average teen tropes all sculpted into a 3 season show that was cancelled abruptly. Ever since then fans have been crying to get it back. Let's see if it's the thing that we and them wanted.

Totally. Mostly. At least.  Its got a 62 which is pretty fair and it's gotten 21 positive reviews and 11 mixed reviews. It's got great acting, and  doesn't have the most amazing script but it still has that Veronica Mars charm. It plays like a solid episode of the series as the A.V. Club says and it's probably a good treat for fans unless they spent  too much on that Kickstarter. Except if  they are a Veronica Mars fanatic.

Overall see this movie if you want to.

Veronica Mars is rated PG-13.

Critics Consensus:Need For Speed

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

Let's be obvious here. There has never really been any good video games movies. The only halfway decent one was Mortal Kombat and even that has aged pretty badly too. So Dreamworks is rolling out a new Need For Speed movie starring Breaking Bads finest Aaron Paul. Let's see how it is. Obviously not very good if you do the research even before hand. 

We knew that Need for Speed would be formulaic and generic and it really is. Just listen to Washington Post,New York Post, and Rolling Stone. It's only gotten a handful of positive reviews (5) but at least it isn't as bad as House Of The Dead,Alone In The Dark or Max Payne. Ok maybe this movie isn't that bad anymore but its still not great.

Overall only see this movie if you really want to. It's not a cheap Fast And The Furious knockoff but you can do much better than this.

Need For Speed is rated PG-13.