The Escapist : Zero Punctuation Game Reviews

pixelburp · 24-04-2008 8:54am

I thought it was very funny, and a good cold shower for all the rampant Nintendo-love that goes on. People almost fall over themselves to give off about EA constantly churning out the same old IP every year, yet Nintendo do it almost more brazenly and people lap it up.

The blatent pimping of the game store was funny

thelordofcheese · 24-04-2008 9:15am

pixelburp wrote: »

I thought it was very funny, and a good cold shower for all the rampant Nintendo-love that goes on. People almost fall over themselves to give off about EA constantly churning out the same old IP every year, yet Nintendo do it almost more brazenly and people lap it up.

*facepalm*

Anyway, i didn't care much for this one, probably the fact that it starts off going "i don't want to do this, so heres this five minutes of stuff that has a faint hint of brawl, but really i don't want to do this. Did i mention i don't want to do this" and after that it felt like he'd seen the game once, possibly in a book somewhere, and was just winging it.

I don't mind it when he tears a game that i like a new one, like the phantom hourglass review, but at least that centred around the game itself and it's flaws, where as this skipped going near the game just to have yet another go at nintendo, a rant which hasn't changed since the phantom hourglass review.

Davidius · 24-04-2008 9:22am

pixelburp wrote: »

I thought it was very funny, and a good cold shower for all the rampant Nintendo-love that goes on. People almost fall over themselves to give off about EA constantly churning out the same old IP every year, yet Nintendo do it almost more brazenly and people lap it up.

Ah but the difference is that Nintendo's games are generally at least half decent. Also I don't think people are as quick to lap up the **** like Mario Party 6000 as you think.

Personally I'd rather their old IPs than the newer ones like Wii Fit and watchamacallit training. D=

pixelburp · 24-04-2008 10:27am

Davidius wrote: »

Ah but the difference is that Nintendo's games are generally at least half decent. Also I don't think people are as quick to lap up the **** like Mario Party 6000 as you think.

Personally I'd rather their old IPs than the newer ones like Wii Fit and watchamacallit training. D=

Well Yahtzee clearly doesn't think they're all great

I think the point he's trying to make, albeit through graphics and vulgarisms, is that as the consumer, gamers should demand more of Nintendo than habitual updates to their IPs. I mean I love love love Mario Kart, but at this stage, I couldn't care less for MK Wii. Big whoop, give me something new. Sure when's the last time you saw a new Mickey Mouse cartoon? Even Disney know to rest their mascots a little. Keep 'em fresh.

Anyway, it's a powder keg mixed with a can of worms, this Nintendo talk. So I'll just back away slowly, keeping eye contact at all times

Shiminay · 24-04-2008 12:00pm

I watched a heap of ZP reviews last night and haven't laughed as much in ages. The guy should get a medal or something.

Frisbee · 24-04-2008 12:06pm

My favourite game reviewer without a shadow of a doubt.
The guy is a hero!

Jack Sheehan · 24-04-2008 3:42pm

I particularly like the quote from his website:
'Smash Brothers Brawl this week, of all things; I hope you enjoy it as much as I've been enjoying the reaction.'

Ciaran500 · 24-04-2008 10:04pm

FFS does no one know how to bump a thread.

Post the damn link http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4845-Zero-Punctuation-Super-Smash-Bros-Brawl

kaimera · 04-05-2008 5:10pm

late bump

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4862-Zero-Punctuation-God-of-War-Chains-of-Olympus

I lolled heartly

Stephen · 04-05-2008 7:44pm

Hah, I like the text at the very end

Necronomicon · 07-05-2008 5:37pm

Excellent this week! Yahtzee addresses the hate-mail he received after the Smash Brothers Brawl review

Ciaran500 · 07-05-2008 5:41pm

Necromomicon wrote: »

Excellent this week! Yahtzee addresses the hate-mail he received after the Smash Brothers Brawl review

DON'T BUMP WITHOUT A LINK!!!:mad::mad:

Have to go find it my self now *mumble*

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4878-Zero-Punctuation-Mailbag-Showdown

johnny_ultimate · 07-05-2008 6:22pm

Ha! He completely destroyed those hate mailers. who the hell would even go out of their way to hate mail Zero Puncuation?

Kudos Yhatzee, kudos.

Mr E · 07-05-2008 6:23pm

Thats the funniest shit I have ever seen from Yahtzee. I laughed ALOT during that. Fair play to him. Loved the way he corrected the punctuation, and the little Gamespot dig.

Mr E · 07-05-2008 6:25pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Ha! He completely destroyed those hate mailers. who the hell would even go out of their way to hate mail Zero Puncuation Punctuation?

Sorry. Blame Yahtzee.

MooseJam · 07-05-2008 6:27pm

whats his email addy, I want to propose

Necronomicon · 07-05-2008 6:28pm

Ciaran500 wrote: »

DON'T BUMP WITHOUT A LINK!!!:mad::mad:

Have to go find it my self now *mumble*

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4878-Zero-Punctuation-Mailbag-Showdown

Pfft. Bookmark ftw.

johnny_ultimate · 07-05-2008 6:38pm

Mr E wrote: »

Sorry. Blame Yahtzee.

:pac:
Oh by the way, loved his line about being "white" enough to afford all the consoles. Biting!

kaimera · 07-05-2008 6:43pm

Damn you all to hell with your watching it.

Another night of frustration trying to get the clip to load.

thelordofcheese · 07-05-2008 7:22pm

Well, that one wasn't funny.

Honestly, cherry-picking the worst of his email inbox and making fun of the ramblings that are within?
Is it 1996 again?

5uspect · 07-05-2008 7:30pm

Quality review this week!

Snake Plisken · 07-05-2008 7:31pm

it was alright funniest bit was the console comparison to dogs and the comparsion of the 360 as "a dependable all rounder that only ocassionally p*sses itself and dies"

humanji · 07-05-2008 8:53pm

I actually quite liked it. I loved the way he kept correcting the grammar and it shows up some of the weirdo fanboys who feel it's their duty to complain about someones opinion. Oh, I also loved the phrase "the Guantanamo Bay approach to reviewing"

pixelburp · 07-05-2008 9:54pm

Very biting, and to be honest, it was ALWAYS going to happen. If what he says is true, he gets truckloads of spam mail sent his way every week from near-illiterate nubbins; it was only a matter of time before he snapped & well, snapped back. As it happens, I agree 100% with his attitudes towards Nintento, and knew he'd get some serious flak for laying into one of its sacred cows.

Gummy Panda · 07-05-2008 10:15pm

I liked it. People need to get over game reviews and treat them as guide. I know people who buy games based on reviews to only be disappointed, especially when they were gamespot reviews :pac:

Stephen · 07-05-2008 10:24pm

Yahtzee for president of teh interwebs.

dazftw · 07-05-2008 10:43pm

He is actually the biggest legend ever.

ciano1 · 07-05-2008 10:50pm

Love the line about gamespot employees

steviec · 08-05-2008 1:13am

Quality viewing this week.

Although I would have preferred a game review. Picking holes in the Nintendo fanboys arguments was a bit too easy for Yahtzee really, it wasn't as funny as the actual original review.

Ciaran500 · 08-05-2008 8:56am

steviec wrote: »

Although I would have preferred a game review

AFAIK its GTA next week so he would of needed something to fit into this week. GTA's not really something you complete in a week.

pixelburp · 08-05-2008 9:15am

Plus endless weekly reviews can get a bit boring, especially if you're not obstensibly interested in the game itself (like last weeks "Chains of Olympus" one). It's nice to break the habit & serve up something new. I wonder if he finds the time these days to make any more indie games.

joe_chicken · 08-05-2008 9:19am

I liked the line about reviews shouldn't annoy you if you like the game.

The only reason they'd annoy you was if you had a niggling feeling, somewhere beyond your fawning 'fanboiosity' that... maybe... you... don't... enjoy it.

Nice one Yahtzee, tell those fanbois how it is.

L31mr0d · 14-05-2008 5:22pm

GTA IV this week :eek:

pixelburp · 14-05-2008 5:25pm

Not quite as enthusiastically vitriolic as he can be! Funny, but certainly not in the "he didn't just say that, did he?" manner he generally is. Perhaps this is another case of a game he *has* to review, rather than one he wants to.

L31mr0d · 14-05-2008 5:29pm

hes jumped the shark with this one. It wasn't funny nor controversial, it was just "meh". Definitely one his weakest reviews imo.

humanji · 14-05-2008 6:39pm

Yeah, that wasn't up to much at all. Seemed incredibly short too.

Stephen · 14-05-2008 6:43pm

Well, he did have to get back to playing GTA :pac:

pixelburp · 14-05-2008 7:21pm

L31mr0d wrote: »

hes jumped the shark with this one. It wasn't funny nor controversial, it was just "meh". Definitely one his weakest reviews imo.

How can one jump the shark after one bad episode? To be fair, he has had some duff reviews before & tended to jump back.

I mean c'mon, it helps when he really *hates* a game

thelordofcheese · 14-05-2008 7:21pm

jesus, that was awful, worse than the smash bros one for the whole "i can't be arsed" vibe.

Mr E · 14-05-2008 7:54pm

Funniest piece were the lines at the end that said "Systematically alienating every kind of fanboy" and "I'm never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever going to review Mario Kart Wii"

MooseJam · 14-05-2008 10:04pm

it wasn't that bad, I wouldn't consider it time badly spent

kaimera · 14-05-2008 10:16pm

I enjoyed it, then again I haven't played GTA4 yet.

steviec · 14-05-2008 11:54pm

The impression I got from the review was that he actually liked the game, and seemed to be making a half hearted attempt at picking out flaws since thats what he does, especially with something as mainstream as GTA.

Definitely not his best though.

L31mr0d · 15-05-2008 12:24am

pixelburp wrote: »

How can one jump the shark after one bad episode? To be fair, he has had some duff reviews before & tended to jump back.

I mean c'mon, it helps when he really *hates* a game

GTA IV is a big game, if hes going to review it he'd better be damn sure he either knows what he's talking about and hates it or makes it ridiculously hilarious. This review sounds like he played till the second safe house then did his review. I really hate when people don't complete a game before they review it. Plus saying the cops are easy is a joke. The cops are harder in this game than any previous GTA.

I will usually forgive his errors when reviewing games because he intersperses them with hilarious similes. But this week felt half arsed and wasn't really funny in the slightest imo.

Call Me Jimmy · 15-05-2008 4:21am

Decent enough. All his reviews, even the "weak" ones have entertained me so I can't ask for too much more.

pixelburp · 15-05-2008 8:54am

L31mr0d wrote:

GTA IV is a big game, if hes going to review it he'd better be damn sure he either knows what he's talking about and hates it or makes it ridiculously hilarious. This review sounds like he played till the second safe house then did his review. I really hate when people don't complete a game before they review it. Plus saying the cops are easy is a joke. The cops are harder in this game than any previous GTA.

I will usually forgive his errors when reviewing games because he intersperses them with hilarious similes. But this week felt half arsed and wasn't really funny in the slightest imo.

I don't think that's fair. A reviewer shouldn't have to finish a game just to be entitled to an opinion about it. I mean if a game from the beginning just isn't fun or enjoyable, does playing through to the end then legitimise that disappoint and/or frustration (Something tells me he didn't complete "Turok" or "Jericho")?

Reading between the lines, I think Yahtzee enjoyed GTA4, but not to the massive hysterical levels some people are. And generally, with some notable exceptions (Psychonauts for example), Yahtzees "positive" reviews are never as enjoyable

quarryman · 15-05-2008 12:51pm

Am i missing something here? I click on the link but no video.

Ciaran500 · 15-05-2008 1:53pm

Video should load itself. Something is blocking it, adblock, noscript, work filters?

Shiminay · 15-05-2008 6:45pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Reading between the lines, I think Yahtzee enjoyed GTA4, but not to the massive hysterical levels some people are. And generally, with some notable exceptions (Psychonauts for example), Yahtzees "positive" reviews are never as enjoyable

+1 to this. He did enjoy the game and yet pointed out some of the flaws and so being a fan of the game, he didn't have the venom or zeal for the review that he might have for a game he didn't like

ballybay_eh · 16-05-2008 6:16pm

Mr E wrote: »

Thats the funniest shit Loved the way he corrected the punctuation

The man's a genius. He was probably even correcting the punctuation ironically given that the piece is called Zero Punctuation.

The Escapist : Zero Punctuation Game Reviews

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