Have you ever bought a game on the advice of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
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Haven't BOUGHT anything but I'll give something a shot (via a demo or whatever) if Yahtzee gives it a nod.
Yeah - one: No More Heroes for the Wii. At that point I hadn't used the Wii for ages, so I was looking for a game to try.
I don't fault him for liking No More Heroes but that game was NOT for me. Hack'n'Slasher's rarely are the sort of game I like, so I should have given it more thought before buying it in the first place. NMH is a good game, if you happen to like that sort of gameplay. I don't.
Aside from that, no - he hasn't caused me to buy any games that I wasn't already going to buy. For that matter, he hasn't prevented me from buying a game I was going to buy. His commentary is interesting, mostly insightful, but he's his own person, as I am my own person. I like different things than him. Simple as that.
I don't fault him for liking No More Heroes but that game was NOT for me. Hack'n'Slasher's rarely are the sort of game I like, so I should have given it more thought before buying it in the first place. NMH is a good game, if you happen to like that sort of gameplay. I don't.
Aside from that, no - he hasn't caused me to buy any games that I wasn't already going to buy. For that matter, he hasn't prevented me from buying a game I was going to buy. His commentary is interesting, mostly insightful, but he's his own person, as I am my own person. I like different things than him. Simple as that.
I've been trying to hunt down ICO and Shadow of the Colossus for a while now. Still no success. 
And I was weighing back and forth whether to buy Second Sight or not, but then Yathzee said in an XP that he liked it , so I bought it. It was so worth it! (and it was really cheap too ^^)
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I also bought Beyond Good&Evil becasue of Mr. Crowshaw.
And I was weighing back and forth whether to buy Second Sight or not, but then Yathzee said in an XP that he liked it , so I bought it. It was so worth it! (and it was really cheap too ^^)
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I also bought Beyond Good&Evil becasue of Mr. Crowshaw.
I Guess I bought Silent Hill 2 not only because of what he said but also what I heard from almost everyone on this board. What a waste of £10 that was.
Shadow of the Colossus and Silent Hill 2 are both games that I picked up because Yahtzee repeatedly gave good opinions of them. And I loved both of them. In all honesty, I've never once found Yahtzee to be wrong about his criticisms of any game he's reviewed that I've played, even the ones I really liked. When you get right down to it, he writes negative reviews because we demand it of him and he does admit when a game is fun to play, even if he has so much bad stuff to say about it. He's a legitimate game critic as far as I'm concerned, you've just got to read between the lines with him because he has really high standards, as a critic should.
ahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahah WTF? why would anyone care? He is a critic and a damn funny one.
most of the time the games he is bashing are ones I enjoy but its how he makes fun that i like.
most of the time the games he is bashing are ones I enjoy but its how he makes fun that i like.
I agree completely. I don't watch Zero Punctuation for the actual game review parts, I watch it for the humour.SnootyEnglishman said:
My opinion of a game is never based off of a review and how anyone can base theirs off one is beyond my comprehension. When I hear of a game, I instantly make a judgement of whether I think I'll enjoy it or not. I base this off of it's genre, whether I've played it's predecessors, the company behind the game, etc. This narrows down my scope of interest a lot.
But anyway, no, I have not done anything based off his advise, or anyone else's.
I must be in the minority here, but I bought Saint's Row 2 on his and other places' advice, and didn't like it. Sure, it was fun, but the fun factor couldn't outweigh the loose driving and rubbish weapons handling. Unfortunately I can't get rid of it until I'm 18, haha.
No way, he makes comedy, that's all I watch for.
I've been playing for so long, I can pretty much tell if a game is good or not just by seeing it in action.
I've been playing for so long, I can pretty much tell if a game is good or not just by seeing it in action.
I actually bought Dark Void because it was cheap and he said it had some pretty cool jetpack parts... I think he oversold it a bit...