The Escapist : Zero Punctuation Game Reviews

Branoic · 16-10-2008 07:49PM

quarryman wrote: »

Brilliant ending. brilliant.

Yeah,

I've lately been experiencing annoying crashes exactly like this when streaming videos on the net or playing graphics-heavy games, and when it happened at the end of the review I thought "Ah b*llox, not again", and was reaching for the reset button before I copped it.

Brilliant.

Mr E · 22-10-2008 08:05PM

Silent Hill Homecoming

humanji · 22-10-2008 08:36PM

Lol, the bit after the credits is fantastic.

steviec · 22-10-2008 09:40PM

If you're planning on playing the game, I'd avoid the review cos it's pretty spoilerish.

Another really funny one though.

johnny_ultimate · 23-10-2008 12:37AM

humanji wrote: »

Lol, the bit after the credits is fantastic.

I lost one of the three symbols that open my front door

Brilliant.

Mr E · 29-10-2008 08:45PM

Saints Row 2...

quarryman · 29-10-2008 09:04PM

meh. bit boring that one.

Mr E · 29-10-2008 09:08PM

Yep, its always boring when he actually likes the game. The funny stuff came from his venting about GTA4.

MooseJam · 29-10-2008 09:08PM

link doesnt work for me

thelordofcheese · 29-10-2008 09:10PM

Mr E wrote: »

Saints Row 2...

Fantastic.
I actually laughed out loud for the first time in ages.

MooseJam · 29-10-2008 09:20PM

yea funny stuff

humanji · 29-10-2008 10:17PM

Tought it was great. And I really liked his supervillain idea. Must reinstall evil genius at some point...

pixelburp · 29-10-2008 11:11PM

I enjoyed it; sure he's not as funny when he actually likes a game, but as usual he strikes a chord with older gamers who remember a time when games were simple fun. "Blue Sky Gaming" as it were

steviec · 29-10-2008 11:29PM

Really funny review I thought.

But, although I agree with pretty much all of his points, I'm surprised he didn't pick up on Saint's Row's execution of these concepts being pretty poor, in terms of controls, gameplay mechanics, graphics, bugs...

That and the fact he's kinda just following the fact that hating GTA is just the popular thing to do at the moment. I seem to remember him being quite fond of it when he reviewed it.

OctavarIan · 30-10-2008 12:04AM

Not as good as the past few weeks have been.

tman · 30-10-2008 12:16AM

He did seem overly keen on SR2, surprised that he was that kind to it really...
Seems like a 8/10 game so far, but he's still absolutely right about it being better than GTAIV thanks to actually being FUN.
I just wish they hadn't been so damn stingy with the gamerpoints:(

Jip · 30-10-2008 10:06AM

steviec wrote: »

the fact that hating GTA is just the popular thing to do at the moment.

It's far from being in the moment, many people haven't liked it from day 1, myself included. It's a very tiresome game to paly around with, I think I only played as far as the mission where you smash up the laundry store before getting extremely bored and I haven't played it since.
So I agree with everything in that review !

pixelburp · 30-10-2008 10:17AM

steviec wrote: »

That and the fact he's kinda just following the fact that hating GTA is just the popular thing to do at the moment. I seem to remember him being quite fond of it when he reviewed it.

Not sure about it being popular to hate; as great as GTAIV is, it is a wildly different animal to the out-and-out satire & písstake of previous games. I don't think I'm the only one who isn't exactly enthralled about GTA's more "realistic" hue now.

Dyr · 30-10-2008 10:46AM

I've actually gotten back into playing GTA IV over the last few days, I find I'm resorting to cheats constantly because I just havent the patience to replay missions over and over again, it has it's moments but jesus theres some major flaws in there that make it a trial to play.

silvine · 30-10-2008 02:20PM

I enjoyed this week's review and I also enjoyed GTAIV. Won't be getting Saints Row 2 either.

Retr0gamer · 30-10-2008 03:57PM

steviec wrote: »

But, although I agree with pretty much all of his points, I'm surprised he didn't pick up on Saint's Row's execution of these concepts being pretty poor, in terms of controls, gameplay mechanics, graphics, bugs...

That and the fact he's kinda just following the fact that hating GTA is just the popular thing to do at the moment. I seem to remember him being quite fond of it when he reviewed it.

Saints Row 2 wins because despite it's flaws it's actually fun and it's humour is purile and actually quite funny in how silly it is. GTA IV tried to be serious and failed miserably with some very poor writing and a bad story. And it had friends and girlfriends bugging you ever two minutes.

Mr E · 05-11-2008 06:10PM

Dead Space this week. He didn't really like it, and its one of those reviews that I don't agree with. I really like Dead Space. Is it more anti-EA than anti-Dead Space?

Scarybollocks Runarounds for Dummies.

pixelburp · 05-11-2008 06:19PM

Seems like he accentuated the negatives, rather than the positives. That and he's pent up about the (truthfully) bland storyline, which it was but then it can't all be like Psychonauts! Still not a bad review.

L31mr0d · 05-11-2008 06:28PM

Mr E wrote: »

Dead Space this week. He didn't really like it, and its one of those reviews that I don't agree with. I really like Dead Space. Is it more anti-EA than anti-Dead Space?

Scarybollocks Runarounds for Dummies.

I'd agree with him, the dialogue in it is rubbish, and, after playing it for a bit, the only real scares are Doom 3 scares (i.e. where things just jump out at you)

I also couldn't care less about the protagonist. For a survival horror they have made the weapons way too powerful and the threat seem insignificant. I'm playing it on the hardest difficulty and trying to understand why so many people like it.

Have people played Condemned or F.E.A.R?

FEAR did a great job of building tension and paranoia by having large areas where nothing would attack you, rather lights would flicker, objects would fall over, birds would fly out in front of you... etc. This is what makes a survival horror, not the constant fighting of badguys, but the constant expectation of badguys.

Gummy Panda · 05-11-2008 06:30PM

L31mr0d wrote: »

FEAR did a great job of building tension and paranoia by having large areas where nothing would attack you, rather lights would flicker, objects would fall over, birds would fly out in front of you... etc. This is what makes a survival horror, not the constant fighting of badguys, but the constant expectation of badguys.

Did you not jump in the hydroponics bay?

AnCapaillMor · 05-11-2008 07:23PM

Mr E wrote: »

I really like Dead Space. Is it more anti-EA than anti-Dead Space?

Yeah you get the feeling that if it was from an independent it would critically acclaimed.

silvine · 05-11-2008 09:04PM

I am about half way through Dead Space and I find it compelling and a little freaky. In fact some of the things he criticises in the review e.g. the lighting, monsters jumping at you I like!

And I found FEAR bland and repititive. **smack** Take that Yahtzee!

DarkJager · 05-11-2008 09:24PM

I can't say I jumped once during F.E.A.R, found the whole experience to be quite boring actually. The levels were also just bland...

AnCapaillMor · 05-11-2008 09:25PM

Same with FEAR thought it totally underwhelming altho it looked nice.

L31mr0d · 05-11-2008 09:48PM

silvine wrote: »

I am about half way through Dead Space and I find it compelling and a little freaky. In fact some of the things he criticises in the review e.g. the lighting, monsters jumping at you I like!

And I found FEAR bland and repititive. **smack** Take that Yahtzee!

the expansions, maybe. But Alma, the child form and the adult, has to be one of the best horror game characters ever. You will not be able to watch this video without your skin crawling. I can't say Dead Space has made me feel like that once

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4NmNwKaHj8

The Escapist : Zero Punctuation Game Reviews

Comments