JenSeven said:
Sorry Yahtzee, but this was really, really dull.
I normally enjoy, listen to and watch everything you produce, but this wasn't entertaining.
It lacked wit.
But then again, for entertainment value, you had to go up against something amazing today.
A dev from Digital Homicide (Slaughtering Grounds dev) trying to push his insanity onto Jim Sterling in an "interview".
I think most entertainment would fail to shine when compared to that glorious, radiant turd!
Hah cool, do you happen to have a link to that? I bet that's hilarious.
To the video, sorry, but not a fan.
Sarcastic nitpicking works brilliantly for the game themselves, but i can't really find any interest in it for covers. Yeah they're generic sometimes but i don't really see the point. It's not that Covers are that important to begin with, nitpicking something like this seems a bit weird. Additionally the slow narration does not fit well into the show. The "This is stupid, look how stupid it is" sort of criticism works pretty well for comedic purposes if it's done fast. With a slow narration it just makes you realize that there isn't really any point to a lot of the arguments.
Anyway, so that's my opinion on this first episode. Not really a fan, but some other people seem to have enjoyed it so that's good.
Edit: Having thought a bit more about it i think the reason ZP works so much better is that his criticism, while played for laughs and usually nitpicky, still has merrit and points out flaws in the game's logik and/or game mechanics. Here i just can't get myself to care that the protagonists arms are at a low angle or that he has his back to the viewer. Haha, i guess. It's not something that was objectively stupid to do, it was a concious design choice, and the fact that yathzee doesn't think it's original doesn't make that design choice in any way more humorous.. I personally think this would be a lot more entertaining with a lot more objectively bad covers were Yathzee points out the various design flaws.