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The Escapist : Zero Punctuation Game Reviews

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    #62
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    DMC4 review is a great take on the franchise (which I usually enjoy, but have only played up to the first boss of 4).

    However, I disapprove of his sly jab at the Amber Spyglass in the latter part of the review. Heathen child!


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    #63
    bungler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭bungler


    y dont companies hire people like him to design games ?

    they have to be doin something right if they r worth billions and keep getting bigger and bigger


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    #64
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    bungler wrote: »
    y dont companies hire people like him to design games ?

    they have to be doin something right if they r worth billions and keep getting bigger and bigger

    Cause he's probably like me, great at criticising but don't look at me for ideas to fix it :D


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    #65
    bungler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭bungler


    lol its a pity cause if critics could design games surely they wud be out of this world maybe one of them already has


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    #66
    Smellyirishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    bungler wrote: »
    maybe one of them already has

    Maybe, just maybe.


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    #67
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,806 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    bungler wrote: »
    y dont companies hire people like him to design games ?

    they have to be doin something right if they r worth billions and keep getting bigger and bigger

    Devil May Cry 2 was the first and only project of a former games critic. It was utter ****.
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    #68
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    heay guys, im havin trouble watchin these vids on my browser (the Latest IE, dont wanna instal anythin else). im jus gettin a greyed out box where the video should be with a little red "x" in the corner. can anyone tell me the add-on or active-x control i need plz


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    #69
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    Flash


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    #70
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    kaimera wrote: »
    Flash

    sorry, my bad. I was meaning to say that I have tried almost every flash player I could get my hands on. None of which have worked.


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    #71
    im...LOST
    Registered Users Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭im...LOST


    A little bit off topic now at this stage but try Firefox or Opera web browsers. They might view them properly.


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    #72
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Burnout Paradise

    I must say, the man's reimagining of Paradise city as a demented post-apocalyptic wasteland is the most inspired analysis of a game I have read in quite some time. Bravo.


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    #73
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    I liked the rant about the sideways hat wearing crowd :)

    Good rant.


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    #74
    SameDifference
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭SameDifference


    Sticky this thread!


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    #75
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    TBH I'd prefer if it wasn't stickied, I never look up there. When its bumped once a week with updates I never forget it.


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    #76
    Branoic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭Branoic


    Excellent review again, but with this one I'm actually a little unclear as to whether he liked the game or not?


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    #77
    SameDifference
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭SameDifference


    I got the impression that he liked burnout.

    lol, post-apocalyptic world...


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    #78
    ciano1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭ciano1


    Turok this week


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    #79
    Necronomicon
    Registered Users Posts: 11,589 ✭✭✭✭Necronomicon


    Brilliant! Loved the references to Alien. Quality review.


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    #80
    BlitzKrieg
    Registered Users Posts: 14,685 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    Whoot!

    Ron Pearlman reference ftw!


    I feel all warm inside now.


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    #81
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    heh.

    kudos for the Ron Pearlman reference :D

    So turok then. lawl!


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    #82
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,094 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    The Jurassic Park theme at the start made it for me. Oh yes.


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    #83
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    That was quite, quite beautiful.

    *happy*


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    #84
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    was that Tim buckley he was pegging a dart at in the review?

    either way, nice :)


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    #85
    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    I thought it was the worst review he had done in a long time, by a long way.


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    #86
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Definitely one of his better ones:p
    Shame about the intrusive Lynx ads though..


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    #87
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    mcgovern wrote: »
    I thought it was the worst review he had done in a long time, by a long way.

    Really? I thought this was one of the best ones, full to the brim with truthiness.
    Was it just because you have a soft spot for console FPS's and he took a great big dump on them, or something else?


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    #88
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    I thought it was da bomb, and also possibly da fuse, and perhaps even a little cigarette lighter to set it off.

    I liked it :D


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    #89
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Me too, especially since I'm one of those people who turns into a retard when trying to play a first person shooter with a console pad. Mouse and keyboard plzthx.


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    #90
    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    thelordofcheese wrote: »
    Really? I thought this was one of the best ones, full to the brim with truthiness.
    Was it just because you have a soft spot for console FPS's and he took a great big dump on them, or something else?

    No, it doesn't bother me if he gives a bad game a bad review (which based on the demo, Turok is) or slates console games (which he regularly does) once its funny, but there were no lol moments in it for me or even anything mildly funny.

    Thought last weeks was much better.


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    #91
    thelordofcheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭thelordofcheese


    mcgovern wrote: »
    No, it doesn't bother me if he gives a bad game a bad review (which based on the demo, Turok is) or slates console games (which he regularly does) once its funny, but there were no lol moments in it for me or even anything mildly funny.

    Thought last weeks was much better.

    fair enough, i thought it was bloody funny, but it's all subjective i guess.

    Especially if you're dead inside ;)


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