q-pa Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Oblivion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCvgluvr Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I kind of understand how Yahtzee felt in this one. I sometimes feel like playing a certain type of game that normally isn't appealing to me. That, plus the "pee spray" joke made this a pretty good review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInMotion Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 This week: Haze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangfeili Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Oblivion Yeah, he pretty much gets it right on Oblivion... or at least on the vanilla out-of-the-box game. It's really the user-created mods that saved both Morrowind and Oblivion. Actually, I remember how I discovered the modding scene for Morrowind. The first thing I did when I got off the boat was enter the nearest store to buy a hat... only to discover that there are no hats in Morrowind!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-pa Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 This week:Haze This one was good. Covered a lot of random points (trying to appeal to the "Family Guy" demographic?), but I laughed at the contradictions and the "have-your-cake" bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triad Orion Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 This review mimicked a lot of others I've read on the game. Seems the critiques Yahtzhee makes are the universal ones, but from what I've been seeing these attacks have plenty of merits. Still, his sense of humor is sharp as ever and made this the most entertaining dressing-down of Haze I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnowhathuh Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 He's right, money wasted on a bad PS3 game can buy a lot of Cornettos and they're delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCvgluvr Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 It seemed that in the beginning, he felt like he was settling. It sounded like he wished there was something better to review, or that he's wasting his time. Still, it was pretty funny. I liked his buff guy who said, "What's dodging?" It's like he was some kind of meat head or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGonzo Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 been watching this every month, I really love it. the halo or the GTAIV ep. was the best in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 MGS4 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/99-Metal-Gear-Solid-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tables Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Infinite tranq gun? Stupid guards? Someones been playing on very easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hy Bound Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The whole verbal diarrhea complaint seems pretty standard with MGS games and it truthfully didn't bother me much until this newest entry in the series. Though thats part of what I liked about the MGS series... Either way, a very enjoyable game and an equally enjoyable review; though it is funny he was playing it on Very Easy if he had infinite tranq darts . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohbody Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yeah, he pretty much gets it right on Oblivion... or at least on the vanilla out-of-the-box game. It's really the user-created mods that saved both Morrowind and Oblivion.Actually, I remember how I discovered the modding scene for Morrowind. The first thing I did when I got off the boat was enter the nearest store to buy a hat... only to discover that there are no hats in Morrowind!! Your right with that one. I played it on Xbox 360, but my roomate modded the crap out of his game. I remember he had this mod that made everyone naked, and even added jiggle physics. I was like what!!! He had a sephiroth mod as well, complete with the masamune. crazy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 Infinite tranq gun? Stupid guards?Someones been playing on very easy I didn't say it had infinite ammo, you doint. I said it never ran out of ammo, and since you only need one bullet for every soldier you can get through an entire mission on one or two ammo pickups. 0123456789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCvgluvr Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 A quote from Yahtzee himself?! Haha, anyway, I'm just shocked that it took 23 minutes to get to gameplay. That's simply an absurd amount of cutscenes. I LOL everytime he references the fanboys of Gamefaqs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah, Yahtzee is an SA goon. He doesn't post there terribly often, but he does pop in occasionally to reply to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I started to listen to the review. There were still too many spoilers for me... since I haven't played MGS2. Shame on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporknight Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 So does anyone else find those ads they're tacking onto the end of his reviews silly? Once or twice he put on some self-made thing (there was one with him dubbing over the Painkiller intro, quite a good laugh), but now ads? Is it him selling out, or does Escapist think this is a great idea for some good revenue? At least they're at the end of the review, though. I'll watch the first 5 seconds to see if it's not something he made then close it and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephfire Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 So does anyone else find those ads they're tacking onto the end of his reviews silly? Once or twice he put on some self-made thing (there was one with him dubbing over the Painkiller intro, quite a good laugh), but now ads? Is it him selling out, or does Escapist think this is a great idea for some good revenue?At least they're at the end of the review, though. I'll watch the first 5 seconds to see if it's not something he made then close it and move on. The Escapist knows that Yahtzee is their claim to fame. They're just trying to advertise their stuff in the one place they know everyone is looking. Seriously, at least 90% of their site traffic probably hits wednesday at noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-pa Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 So does anyone else find those ads they're tacking onto the end of his reviews silly? Once or twice he put on some self-made thing (there was one with him dubbing over the Painkiller intro, quite a good laugh), but now ads? Is it him selling out, or does Escapist think this is a great idea for some good revenue?At least they're at the end of the review, though. I'll watch the first 5 seconds to see if it's not something he made then close it and move on. At least they're not as annoying as the stuff they shove at you at the end of Ask a Ninja videos. Seriously, what kind of Ninja endorses Verizon and Intel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary Zoltan Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 So even the supposedly epic Metal Gear Solid 4 wasn't a good game according to Yahtzee. So, so far the only game he likes is Portal? He doesn't like any of the games he reviews, so I wanna know what he actually likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mutericator Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 You obviously haven't been paying much attention. He loved Painkiller, CoD4, IIRC he liked Zak and Wiki, he liked Super Mario Galaxy despite (to him) its sameness, he was neutral on The World Ends With You, liked Chains of Olympus (despite, again, its sameness to previous incarnations), and loved the hell out of Psychonauts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 He seems to raise valid complaints that have kept me from enjoying MGS games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Cinq Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I believe he was also giddy over Bioshock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCvgluvr Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 He also found GTA 4 disappointing, but said he was gonna go back and play it after his review, which doesn't happen often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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