How will Yahtzee review Portal 2?
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Badly,
One should always assume it will be badly until it is actually reviewed (see Borderlands), and even if he does like it, there's a chance he'll change his mind later (see GTA4)
Besides it will be considered inherently inferior due to the fact that it IS a sequel (see Bioshock 2, also discussed with Dragon Age 2)
You should also consider the fact that, in the end, Yhatzee is a comedian. And (with the exception of Duke Nukem and Painkiller) approval is harder to make funny than disapproval
One should always assume it will be badly until it is actually reviewed (see Borderlands), and even if he does like it, there's a chance he'll change his mind later (see GTA4)
Besides it will be considered inherently inferior due to the fact that it IS a sequel (see Bioshock 2, also discussed with Dragon Age 2)
You should also consider the fact that, in the end, Yhatzee is a comedian. And (with the exception of Duke Nukem and Painkiller) approval is harder to make funny than disapproval
The only negative thing I can point out that maybe he will say. Is that the game tried too often to be funny. And too regularly.
It was like: joke - test chamber - joke - test chamber - joke - "wander off the rails for a while" - joke - test chamber - joke.
He might also give it a hard time on being too long.
It was like: joke - test chamber - joke - test chamber - joke - "wander off the rails for a while" - joke - test chamber - joke.
He might also give it a hard time on being too long.
He'll love the game but then nit pick about having to play co-op to find out what the big secret ending is, because we all know how much Yahtzee loves playing with random people he's never meet before.
He said he'd poke his eyes out if he could say that a game had no problems, and while Portal 2 was good, you can argue that there were flaws. Especially when the game offers co-op who's pacing, while not horrible, isn't as powerful as the single player. Plus people have been upset at the humor being too much, though nothing beats Combustible Lemons by Cave Johnson
Edit:Oh, 1000 posts
Edit:Oh, 1000 posts
I think some of the first words will be along the lines of "Excuse me while I dig these forks out of my eyes"... Or the likes
You're trying way too hard to find a problem with it.FarleShadow said:
You don't even know that the elevator was in the same room as the place where you fought Wheatley. There wasn't an elevator in that room before, after all. It's rather likely that they took you to a different room that had an elevator and no giant hole in the ceiling.
MINOR SPOILER:
I predict large amounts of rage about the asinine sections of exploration in between test chambers.
I predict large amounts of rage about the asinine sections of exploration in between test chambers.
Hey, Yahtzee's last two reviews (Yakuza and Crysis) were both sequels and he gave them positive reviews (well, as positive as he gets). Who knows, he might be on a roll.
But I swear he's gonna tear down the micro-transaction bits of the game. It's hats in Portal, after all.
But I swear he's gonna tear down the micro-transaction bits of the game. It's hats in Portal, after all.
He'll moan and ***** about every little thing and then have three sentences of praise at the end, just like nearly every review of a good quality. I'm sick of Yahtzee. He needs a new show...that isnt just nit-picking on games.
He hates sequels, especially to good games that he feels didn't need sequels, and the one thing he's always said about Portal is that it had an appropriate length.
So an unnecessary sequel to a (allegedly) good game he liked that is three times as long.
I think that's almost every one of his hate buttons pushed, am I the only one with pattern recognition, even when it comes to gamers usual Valve Blindness?
So an unnecessary sequel to a (allegedly) good game he liked that is three times as long.
I think that's almost every one of his hate buttons pushed, am I the only one with pattern recognition, even when it comes to gamers usual Valve Blindness?
A better question would be "Will he review Portal 2?"
I honestly don't know -- it's already been reviewed here, and it honestly doesn't seem like something he'd do (without being begged for several weeks). It wouldn't make for a very funny episode that I can tell, unless he really found a reason to hate it (I doubt that).
I honestly don't know -- it's already been reviewed here, and it honestly doesn't seem like something he'd do (without being begged for several weeks). It wouldn't make for a very funny episode that I can tell, unless he really found a reason to hate it (I doubt that).
Still not seeing the issue - as has been mentioned above, the facility demonstrates the amazing ability to move its components around and rebuild [with nanobots helping!].FarleShadow said:
When you awaken Glados, there is sky above her - I doubt she let that hole just sit there. Given the other random crap the facility makes, plates with corn already growing on them would be a triviality Plus, of course, you have no idea where the various rooms are, what route the lift takes, or anything else for that matter.
Plus, of course, you have no idea where the various rooms are, what route the lift takes, or anything else for that matter.Kinda pedantic to call that 'incompatible', lol.