I have not once, in the many years I've watched ZP taken it as a 'serious' review. It just isn't set up that way. He'll rip a game a new one for the tiniest flaw.
Yes, his real opinions are in there somewhere, but good luck finding them in all but the most extreme cases.
If you want proof, go back, look at his mario galaxy review, then find the episode a few months later where he talks about the games he 'liked' enough to keep playing...
Notice anything? Yeah...
Anyway, everything he says has to be taken with several tonnes of salt, because what you think he means, and what he actually means may not be anywhere near each-other.
Zero Punctuation goes out of it's way to bash the slightest failing.
sure, some games have very big failings, but if you take Yahtzee's comments literally, you'd soon conclude he hates absolutely everything.
And you know what? 5+ years of watching ZP has taught me that really isn't even remotely true.
It has also taught me Zero Punctuation cannot realistically be considered a 'review'
It is more along the lines of 'make fun of absolutely every stupid thing about this game I can find'
And while you can find actual opinions if you watch it, you really have to pay attention to tell the genuine opinions from the jokes that basically involve bashing a game for the sake of bashing it.
