Odd perhaps but quite entertaining and according to me spot on. ^.^Originally Posted by Shard
This is an odd choice.
Mwahah seems Peggle really became famous :DOriginally Posted by Zenith
new review: Peggle
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...tuation-Peggle
I'm still stunned by the amazing shot i did a few days ago, great game indeed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1JOHkQR12w
I google imaged 'Housewife' and it was pretty dull. But then I saw that 'safesearch' is on by default. I turned it off and . . . Aaack! I'm at work! CLOSE WINDOW!
Google image search "Housewife"
Colour me disappointed, expected something a little more X-rated.
Colour me disappointed, expected something a little more X-rated.
You have to turn the safesearch off. Wait, don't actually do it!
Originally Posted by Metalmurphy
Mwahah seems Peggle really became famous :D
I'm still stunned by the amazing shot i did a few days ago, great game indeed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1JOHkQR12w
Any yet Popcap Games refuses to give the XBLA this game.
Wait where's that stupid 360 advert which has taken up ~1/3 of the picture lately? I'm glad it's there no more.Originally Posted by Bliddo
New review
Halo 3:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...tuation-Halo-3
He's so right, again
Almost teared my hair off yesterday due to it ("why oh why could they just have staid with banners and such" I cried).
the text at the end of the credits is pretty funny...
More people need to watch Yahtzee.
I just hope they can looks past their bias just like I had with the Heavenly Sword 2 review. ^.^Originally Posted by Shard
More people need to watch Yahtzee.
Yates is doing it for laughs but I'm seriously beginning to consider to use ZeroPunctuation as a guide for my game purchases.
EDIT to elaborate: I'm going to watch his complaints before getting Uncharted adn KillZone 2.
Last edited by VonGak!; 10-03-2007 at 06:47 PM.
Originally Posted by Bliddo
New review
Halo 3:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...tuation-Halo-3
He's so right, again
...first one I didn't laugh at :(
Same here.Originally Posted by GDJustin
...first one I didn't laugh at :(
I'm amazed after four/five weeks this thread is on four pages. I mean a single VGCats gets twice as many; proof that many on here prefer hating on something to singing it's praises.
Originally Posted by RubberJohnny
I'm amazed after four/five weeks this thread is on four pages. I mean a single VGCats gets twice as many; proof that many on here prefer hating on something to singing it's praises.
At least this thread has longevity on its side.
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And now I have another excuse to post this pic :D
And now I have another excuse to post this pic :D
I agree with his review as far as it goes. Playing Halo 3 alone comes across as rather bland with a difficulty that let's you glide on by until it spikes to near impossible, but I'd also say Halo 3 was never meant to be played alone, and if you stuck your head in the sand and bought it blindly, solely to playing it by yourself, you missed the whole point. For the same reason you shouldn't buy Forza 2 expecting a Ridge Racer experience.
Not as good as the Peggle one but still pretty good.
*applauds wildly*
Anyway, if you didn't like it that much, he says that he did it on short notice after much begging, meaning next week's will have been prepared for 2 weeks.
Anyway, if you didn't like it that much, he says that he did it on short notice after much begging, meaning next week's will have been prepared for 2 weeks.
Come on not even a Halo 3 review gets people interessed? I expected GAF to have explode by now.
Is it in the official thread? I think it needs to be in the official thread yes.Originally Posted by Prime crotch
Come on not even a Halo 3 review gets people interessed? I expected GAF to have explode by now.
And it's awesome as always.
Loved it.
I agree.Originally Posted by Aaron
I agree with his review as far as it goes. Playing Halo 3 alone comes across as rather bland with a difficulty that let's you glide on by until it spikes to near impossible, but I'd also say Halo 3 was never meant to be played alone, and if you stuck your head in the sand and bought it blindly, solely to playing it by yourself, you missed the whole point. For the same reason you shouldn't buy Forza 2 expecting a Ridge Racer experience.
I enjoyed my experience with the Halo 3 campaign much more when playing on co-op, and I'm sure playing on 4-player co-op will be even better albeit easy because the game doesn't scale the difficulty.
When playing on co-op I found the game to be better than Bioshock at times and while the game was pretty easy (I played on Heroic) it wasn't annoying easy where sometimes you didn't even bother to go get any ammo because you can just whack your enemies with a wrench while dying constantly until they die.
Sorry I wrote this respond here because it would make more sense putting it in the official Halo 3 thread but I don't really give a damn.
Originally Posted by Danne-Danger
Is it in the official thread? I think it needs to be in the official thread yes.
And it's awesome as always.
This is the official thread, for Zero Punctuation.
I'm not taking one for the team.Originally Posted by Danne-Danger
Is it in the official thread? I think it needs to be in the official thread yes.
And it's awesome as always.
He meant Halo's.Originally Posted by Shard
This is the official thread, for Zero Punctuation.
Am I the only one who doesn't think this guy is maddeningly funny? He's got that crappy anecdotal reference type humor like Dennis Miller in a speedboat while drinking moonshine and shooting coke while getting reared by a mule and forgetting to inject his insulin and being hypoglycemic lololololol.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
The ending was great. :lol
Who is the person Yatzee used a picture of in the mediocre comparison?
It's sad. I show his reviews to many people, spamming around, but there's little interest in this geniousish awesomness.... uhm, just like Psychonauts :DOriginally Posted by Prime crotch
Come on not even a Halo 3 review gets people interessed? I expected GAF to have explode by now.
A lot more more fun than what you just dished up with. ^.^ Doesn't say a lot though as you make me seem funny too.Originally Posted by Dolphin
Am I the only one who doesn't think this guy is maddeningly funny? He's got that crappy anecdotal reference type humor like Dennis Miller in a speedboat while drinking moonshine and shooting coke while getting reared by a mule and forgetting to inject his insulin and being hypoglycemic lololololol.
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Yeah.
Hilarious as always, even though I'm a massive halo fanboy. :lol
Then I guess you didn't get my post at all. Congrats.Originally Posted by VonGak!
A lot more more fun than what you just dished up with. ^.^ Doesn't say a lot though as you make me seem funny too.
**hint, my post was supposed to be the opposite of funny.
Reviewing Halo based on its single player experience is like saying tennis sucks when you play against a wall.
Funny shite... I'll see you in the mines.
I think the point is it shouldn't be like that... yet it is.Originally Posted by LakeEarth
Reviewing Halo based on its single player experience is like saying tennis sucks when you play against a wall.
a message at the end says this wasnt what he had planned, but he switched it for some reason to Halo 3.
Extremely funny as usual but also overly harsh as usual. Halo 3 is clearly an above average game. But he is certainly right about a lot of the faults. The game is pretty short and if you are not into multi-player (which is Halo 3's main strength), you may be in for disappointment. I popped it in last night and in just a short few hours I found myself half-way through the game. I'm sure I'll replay on a harder difficulty & in co-op but after the extremely long development time and given the big dev team, I expected it to be a bit longer.
And vehicle aspects are the best mechanic in the game . . . but the AI is retarded on you side. The turret guys are OK but the drivers are awful . . . and that kinda sucks because I'd rather operate the turret than be the driver.
Another weird issue with driving is ammo supply. When attacking the scarab (which is insanely cool!) I could be the rocket-man, but I quickly run out of rockets and I had no idea where to find more. But if I drove, my rocket-man seemed to carry an infinite supply of rockets . . . so I end up being the driver again. It isn't quite so satisfying to bring down the scarab by being the driver. I wanna shoot it!
And vehicle aspects are the best mechanic in the game . . . but the AI is retarded on you side. The turret guys are OK but the drivers are awful . . . and that kinda sucks because I'd rather operate the turret than be the driver.
Another weird issue with driving is ammo supply. When attacking the scarab (which is insanely cool!) I could be the rocket-man, but I quickly run out of rockets and I had no idea where to find more. But if I drove, my rocket-man seemed to carry an infinite supply of rockets . . . so I end up being the driver again. It isn't quite so satisfying to bring down the scarab by being the driver. I wanna shoot it!
You would never buy another game if you did that. Basically, he seems biased against everything. :lolOriginally Posted by VonGak!
I just hope they can looks past their bias just like I had with the Heavenly Sword 2 review. ^.^
Yates is doing it for laughs but I'm seriously beginning to consider to use ZeroPunctuation as a guide for my game purchases.
Wouldn't that just mean he's not biased against anything?Originally Posted by speculawyer
You would never buy another game if you did that. Basically, he seems biased against everything. :lol
Halo 3 fanboy confirmed. :DOriginally Posted by GDJustin
...first one I didn't laugh at :(
Get over it . . . the game is clearly great but he hates it like he hates everything.
C'mon . . . you didn't find what he said about the AI drivers & turret guys funny?
No . . . if he were not biased against anything, he'd actually give something a good review. I agree that his bias is pretty equal . . . it is against everything.Originally Posted by Dolphin
Wouldn't that just mean he's not biased against anything?
Buy Psychonauts.Originally Posted by speculawyer
You would never buy another game if you did that. Basically, he seems biased against everything. :lol
I dare anyone say they did not laugh at Carl Weathers joke.
The Escapist "moneyhated" him into it.Originally Posted by Linkzg
a message at the end says this wasnt what he had planned, but he switched it for some reason to Halo 3.
That is true, but Zero Punctuation is not so much serious game reviews as it is game related humor. And it wouldn't be very funny to just praise a game (see BioShock/Psychonauts).Originally Posted by LakeEarth
Reviewing Halo based on its single player experience is like saying tennis sucks when you play against a wall.
You are right . . . he actually liked that game.Originally Posted by Kintaro
Buy Psychonauts.
And yes, I own it and it is the only xbox game I've bothered to play in BC mode.
No, if he gives everything a bad review then he's giving fair treatment to everything. Fairness is the opposite of bias.Originally Posted by speculawyer
No . . . if he were not biased against anything, he'd actually give something a good review. I agree that his bias is pretty equal . . . it is against everything.
I'd have found it funny had I either no experience of Halo's AI [where I would be free to take his words at face value], or had my experience covered the behaviour he described. Someone making fun of the sky always being green when I've only ever seen it being blue makes me less likely to see the humour.Originally Posted by speculawyer
Halo 3 fanboy confirmed. :D
Get over it . . . the game is clearly great but he hates it like he hates everything.
C'mon . . . you didn't find what he said about the AI drivers & turret guys funny?
I didn't laugh because I didn't realize it was a joke . . . I thought that character really was Carl Weathers . . . it looks spot on like him. Carl should sue to get some money for stealing his likeness.Originally Posted by Prime crotch
I dare anyone say they did not laugh at Carl Weathers joke.
And how is this a bad thing? I'm pretty much the same and i still manage to buy a handful of games a year. (Rentals ftw).Originally Posted by speculawyer
Basically, he seems biased against everything.
You've never had the AI drive like an idiot? Really? You gotta be kidding me!Originally Posted by Sir Fragula
I'd have found it funny had I either no experience of Halo's AI [where I would be free to take his words at face value], or had my experience covered the behaviour he described. Someone making fun of the sky always being green when I've only ever seen it being blue makes me less likely to see the humour.
I always took him as more of a Aliens drill sargent rip-off. It's the same exact character right down to the cigar. And that's why I love him lolOriginally Posted by speculawyer
I didn't laugh because I didn't realize it was a joke . . . I thought that character really was Carl Weathers . . . it looks spot on like him. Carl should sue to get some money for stealing his likeness.
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