I trust ZP more than any video review as well. The secret is that ZP's nitpickings are always on-the-spot and shows the flaws of a game without kissing anyone's ass. I also liked his theory that numerical values (scores) cannot measure a game's value.Crash486 said:
Well shit, at least there's someone here with a decent head on his shouldners. I don't understand why people care about this so much, if you have the money for the game and don't plan on buying anything else, just buy it. Hell if you have a money back guarantee just buy it and if it's shit return it.RocketPocket said:
He shows flaws rather than flaws and positives, he's not a reviewer. He doesn't cover enough information to be a reviewer. He even said people don't care when he plays nice with a game so he's going to rip the shit out of everything.Mirroga said:
I think its much better than that, it is such a great game in my opinion. I'd say I'd say and 88-100.pantsoffdanceoff said:
Lets just say i do it this way. I pretty much know the positive sides of a game (gameplay and what makes it fun) just by looking at gameplay in Youtube. BUT, the only thing missing is, I don't know the flaws of the game. Thus I go to the most nitpicky bastard I found, Yahtzee and any other game reviewer who has scores below 8.5. Once I know the flaws, its now up to me if I think the game is worth it.ChromeAlchemist said:
If a 75% score is "almost a fail" then it's the scoring system that needs to be reassessed, not the product. Average games should be getting 50%, poor games should be getting below that. A 6 or a 7 shouldn't be something to be ashamed of, but then, numbered scoring stopped meaning anything well before Guitar Hero 2 was given an 11/10 to put on the box.ohgodalex said:
Abedeus said:
Hey, uhhh... you two do realise that this game is for the PS3 as well, right?cainx10a said:
Bah, you'll soon learn that all games are hyped, and almost all fall under the weight of their own ambition. I really do shed a tear for the game.FlyAwayAutumn said:
Okay... who said anything about a pedophile? Besides, I found that hearing Cole's take on the situation tended to make things a little more morally gray (let the people take the food that will feed them for a few days, or take it for you and your friends so you can feed yourselves for months?)Crash486 said:
The PS3 is being sold for less than it costs to make it so how is it over priced? Its hardly the same as petrol where the majority of the cost is made up of taxation (in the UK at least).Abedeus said:
I was actually using a hyperbole to illustrate some of the ridiculousness of the choices you have to make, especially later on down the line. Of course there aren't any pedophiles (or puppy grinders). Also, it isn't just take the food for yourself, its fry all the innocents and then take the food for yourself. I went down evil on my first playthrough, and I can tell you firsthand the choices are nowhere near "gray." They're about as black and white as they can get, and the game forces you into picking black or white. If you try to take the gray area by attempting to pick and choose your battles, you'll never acheive hero or infamous rank and then you'll never get the best versions of all the abilities. I just wish there was a little more variation in there, like perhaps there could be bonuses for being neuteral instead of having to be either savior or demon.-Stranger- said:
if you actually read the ign review he tells you exactly why he gave it a 7.5, mostly to do with the repetitiveness of missions/combat. He also says different people will get different amounts of satisfaction from the sandbox style gameplay.Kruxxor said:
