That's not the point though, is it?
He's playing the game the way it's originally meant to be played so that's no excuse.
Edit: Top of page, I was talking about getting Wiimote+Nunchuck for Pikmin 3.
True it's not ideal,but considering he's reviewed plenty of wii games he should have some laying around. Most reviews i see talk about playing with a wii-mote and nunchuck is the best way to play,he didn't even mention that you can use them in his review.Originally Posted by Psychotext
Sure, but having to buy something isn't exactly ideal.
If I bought the game I'd instantly be looking at another £30 on top of it to "play it properly".
Maybe he doesn't know you can use them... does the game pop up a message saying it was designed to be played with Wii controllers?Originally Posted by Twenty7KVN
True it's not ideal,but considering he's reviewed plenty of wii games he should have some laying around. Most reviews i see talk about playing with a wii-mote and nunchuck is the best way to play,he didn't even mention that you can use them in his review.
Funny review.Originally Posted by jimi_dini
X-Com declassified
Like I said when the Spoony review was posted, considering the importance of the flanking system, if they were going to rip something off, maybe they should've ripped off Brothers in Arms instead of Mass Effect. At least back in 2005, BiA allowed you to tell one of your troops to stay in position and lay down suppressing fire while you flanked. In Spoony's Bureau video, he showed a situation where he told his squad to move to cover and use Taunt to draw fire, while he ran down a side path to flank the enemy. Instead of staying put, his squadmates left cover to charge across the middle of the battlefield, getting wiped out. Judging by that video and the GBQL, it seems that the AI in this game doesn't have any self-preservation ability.
Yeah, a Brothers in Arms-style game would actually be a good fit (as far as shooters are concerned) for a traditionally-strategy series.
"The Bureau is the game that 2K have been threatening to make for a while now."
Good review
He isn't wrong. For all the shit people give Nintendo for tutorializing, Rockstar get away with it time and time again.
Yep. through a chunk of the missions I just waited for the tutorial popped up instructing me what I had to do next to proceed.Originally Posted by MasterBalls
He isn't wrong. For all the shit people give Nintendo for tutorializing, Rockstar get away with it time and time again.
A plane tutorial would have been nice outside of a firefight too. They also expect you to fly under 6 bridges and not die that mission for gold 'cause they are dicks. He is right though about the writing being all over the place. Part of the problem of juggling 3 protagonists.
Can't say that the things he says is inherently incorrect, but I found the flaws he mentioned to be a lot less harmful and obvious as he's claiming they are. The tutorial mechanics are somewhat poorly implemented indeed and the writing isn't as good as many people said it would be. That said, I still enjoyed the writing a lot. Characterization is well done, mission design is great [other than the lack of heists], the satire is so in-your-face that it becomes a blast to follow, the pacing is surprisingly decent for a Rockstar game and the gameplay is finally passable. It's just not the second coming of christ so many people (and IGN) claimed it to be.
Been disagreeing with the guy quite often now, seeing as how he praised Infinite and AMFP, while disliking The Last of Us and GTA V. Whatever floats his boat, I guess.
EDIT: His criticisms of games have become somewhat worse though. Other than discussing a game as a whole, he tends to stick to one or two points of criticism and fill the entire episode with that.
Been disagreeing with the guy quite often now, seeing as how he praised Infinite and AMFP, while disliking The Last of Us and GTA V. Whatever floats his boat, I guess.
EDIT: His criticisms of games have become somewhat worse though. Other than discussing a game as a whole, he tends to stick to one or two points of criticism and fill the entire episode with that.
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Same.Originally Posted by Maragidyne
Been disagreeing with the guy quite often now, seeing as how he praised Infinite and AMFP, while disliking The Last of Us and GTA V. Whatever floats his boat, I guess.
I loved Last of Us and i'm enjoying GTAV a lot (although i have plenty of bones to pick with it, none of which were mentioned in the video however) but i am finding it VERY hard to even progress in Infinite, as the gameplay is incredibly bland and the story and writing aren't impressing me one bit.
That's what he has been doing to most games he kinda disliked from the start from day one. Shooters in particular, with the rather neat exception of Blood Dragon, for which he kindly dropped the shtick and proceeded to do some proper work.Originally Posted by Maragidyne
EDIT: His criticisms of games have become somewhat worse though. Other than discussing a game as a whole, he tends to stick to one or two points of criticism and fill the entire episode with that.
But on the whole, much like Roger Ebert near the end didn't want to review every major movie anymore (because there really is only so much Bay that one can endure), I think Yahtzee is pretty much the same as anyone with an adult life: "why the fuck would I even want to play this shit?" A teenager or young adult, sure. But 30's and beyond? It doesn't stay fun forever.
To be honest, I'm sorta amazed he's even sticking around. But then, being paid to play some random ass video games might not be as dull as the next job. eh.
*checks wikipedia*
SONNAFABITCH I'm a month older than he is.
I think he actually did a pretty good job of addressing most of GTA's significant aspects - story, vehicle handling, tone, mission design, characters, etc.
I'll watch this later...it has got to be good.
I thought this might be interesting for you folk.
You may have heard of the YouTube channel Retsupurae. If you haven't, then basically, two Something Awful goons, slowbeef (moderator of the Let's Play subforum, and occasionally attributed as the "creator" of Let's Play, although he disputes that) and Diabetus (Alabamian, Battletoads fan, Super Mario Galaxy 2 LPer, diabetic), riff on various awful Let's Plays (or specific notorious LPers like PewDiePie or DarkSydePhil), longplays of dorky, corny, bizarre or awful video games, "horror" or "negotiation training" flash games, awful creepypastas and other gaming-related travesties.
Right, well, they also do podcasts. It started as an "every so often" kind of thing, but lately it's been fairly regularly on Tuesdays (with YouTube mirrors put up on Wednesdays). As for how this is at all relevant to a Zero Punctuation thread: this week, they had Yahtzee on as a guest. A good chunk of the podcast is questions being asked toward him, so this might be an interesting listen for you (no idea how much of it'd already been covered at things like the Escapist Expo or what not).
You may have heard of the YouTube channel Retsupurae. If you haven't, then basically, two Something Awful goons, slowbeef (moderator of the Let's Play subforum, and occasionally attributed as the "creator" of Let's Play, although he disputes that) and Diabetus (Alabamian, Battletoads fan, Super Mario Galaxy 2 LPer, diabetic), riff on various awful Let's Plays (or specific notorious LPers like PewDiePie or DarkSydePhil), longplays of dorky, corny, bizarre or awful video games, "horror" or "negotiation training" flash games, awful creepypastas and other gaming-related travesties.
Right, well, they also do podcasts. It started as an "every so often" kind of thing, but lately it's been fairly regularly on Tuesdays (with YouTube mirrors put up on Wednesdays). As for how this is at all relevant to a Zero Punctuation thread: this week, they had Yahtzee on as a guest. A good chunk of the podcast is questions being asked toward him, so this might be an interesting listen for you (no idea how much of it'd already been covered at things like the Escapist Expo or what not).
Oh, cool. Thanks for bringing that up. I'm supscribed to their channel but haven't paid attention to anything they did in a long while.
Slowbeef also led the Policenauts fan translation project.
Slowbeef also led the Policenauts fan translation project.
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Reason: idiocy
Beyond: Two Souls aka "The Ellen Page David Cage Rage Gauge"
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...yond-Two-Souls
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...yond-Two-Souls
Wow, tell us how you really feel, Yahtzee.
Soo good
Soo good
This is truly amazing.Originally Posted by Shadow Hog
I thought this might be interesting for you folk.
DarkSydePhil
The NES part, the cereal box one and the car keys one, i couldn't stop laughing at those, they got him 100% right.
I didn't expect such a poignant end. I was touched.
I'm honestly surprised it wasn't a bunch of "LOL Nintendo rehash desperate no new ideas" jokes. He really does seem to like the game as he's mentioned in previous reviews. ^^;
Here, I'll interrupt for ya.
REGRET NO LONGER
REGRET NO LONGER
Surprise, he didn't like them?
Ghost has the most nonsensical storyline of any of the CoD I have played.
I got an ad for Ryse before the latest video, and then afterwards an ad for the Xbone itself.
Next-gen gaming on the internet is really really confusing.
Next-gen gaming on the internet is really really confusing.
NOt bad. Though seems like that DONT on next gen consoles from him didn't last very long.Zero Punctuation - Ryse: Son of Rome
Well, I didn't expect otherwise.
Still am awaiting his DR3 review. It will be the one game I get regardless since it has the X Armor.
He loved it!
DONT get them? It's his job to do these reviews so he's obviously going to jump on the systems sooner than later even if he wouldn't have otherwise.Originally Posted by TruePrime
NOt bad. Though seems like that DONT on next gen consoles from him didn't last very long.
Double checked the review. You must have a very odd definition of "love" then! Or trying to sucker people, whichever.He loved it!
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As usual, Yahtzee's at his funniest when he's also at his most scathing.
This thread should get more appreciation! I've been watching his reviews every wednesday for like 3-4 years. They can be hilarious at times.
That point about the Kinect command shouting is very, very good. If there's only one thing you can say to make it go, why does it need to discern that accurately? I thought this was more reliable now.
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I'm going to need you to play twing twang.
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