The Escapist : Zero Punctuation Game Reviews

johnny_ultimate · 06-03-2008 07:04PM

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!

bungler · 06-03-2008 07:29PM

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

Ciaran500 · 06-03-2008 07:35PM

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

bungler · 06-03-2008 07:37PM

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

Smellyirishman · 06-03-2008 07:52PM

bungler wrote: »

maybe one of them already has

Maybe, just maybe.

Retr0gamer · 07-03-2008 01:02AM

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 ****.

sebastianlieken · 07-03-2008 03:24PM

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

kaimera · 07-03-2008 03:26PM

Flash

sebastianlieken · 08-03-2008 12:01AM

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.

im...LOST · 09-03-2008 02:57AM

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

johnny_ultimate · 12-03-2008 06:56PM

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.

kaimera · 12-03-2008 08:27PM

I liked the rant about the sideways hat wearing crowd

Good rant.

SameDifference · 17-03-2008 11:44AM

Sticky this thread!

Ciaran500 · 17-03-2008 11:46AM

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.

Branoic · 17-03-2008 02:31PM

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

SameDifference · 19-03-2008 02:16PM

I got the impression that he liked burnout.

lol, post-apocalyptic world...

ciano1 · 19-03-2008 05:29PM

Turok this week

Necronomicon · 19-03-2008 05:46PM

Brilliant! Loved the references to Alien. Quality review.

BlitzKrieg · 19-03-2008 06:21PM

Whoot!

Ron Pearlman reference ftw!

I feel all warm inside now.

kaimera · 19-03-2008 06:25PM

heh.

kudos for the Ron Pearlman reference

So turok then. lawl!

johnny_ultimate · 19-03-2008 06:29PM

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

Sarky · 19-03-2008 09:08PM

That was quite, quite beautiful.

*happy*

thelordofcheese · 19-03-2008 09:13PM

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

either way, nice

mcgovern · 20-03-2008 10:30AM

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

tman · 20-03-2008 12:08PM

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

thelordofcheese · 20-03-2008 12:16PM

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?

Doctor DooM · 20-03-2008 12:18PM

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

Stephen · 20-03-2008 12:46PM

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.

mcgovern · 20-03-2008 04:34PM

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.

thelordofcheese · 20-03-2008 04:52PM

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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