Poll: Do You Agree With "Yahtzee's" Reviews?
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This. Indeed, I find it hard to get behind the few actual points he makes. ('Thief' being the only game that does stealth right, sequels = bad, the dislike of RTS's, etc)Cpt_Oblivious said:
Somewhat off-topic - "Yahtzee's" reviews?
What's with the bunny-ears?
More on topic, I agree with ZP more or less 100% of the time. That isn't to say, of course, that I view his words as divine writ, but he is almost never wrong. He concentrates on the negative for the sheer entertainment value, but what he actually says is generally true.
Even his extremely negative review of my favourite game of all time, EVE online, was entirely true. I love it, but the stuff he says is bad is unarguably bad.
What's with the bunny-ears?
More on topic, I agree with ZP more or less 100% of the time. That isn't to say, of course, that I view his words as divine writ, but he is almost never wrong. He concentrates on the negative for the sheer entertainment value, but what he actually says is generally true.
Even his extremely negative review of my favourite game of all time, EVE online, was entirely true. I love it, but the stuff he says is bad is unarguably bad.
I think he makes a lot of good points, even when he's flaming a game I like. But there is one thing I disagree with him about.
Silent Hill 3 is better than Silent Hill 2
Though they are both perfectly good games, I just think Heather is a far better protagonist than Jaaaaaaaaaaaames.
Silent Hill 3 is better than Silent Hill 2
Though they are both perfectly good games, I just think Heather is a far better protagonist than Jaaaaaaaaaaaames.
I see them more as loose reviews. If Yahtzee says it's bad all it means is I might want to read more about the game first. The only time I thought he was wrong was the Borderlands review
I take them with a pinch of salt.
If he says a game is really good, I will buy it if it is my sort of thing, because if he can't honestly fill a review with hatred like he normally does, then it can't be bad.
But, in general, I don't agree with about half of his opinions.
I thought BioShock was probably the greatest thing since Prince of Persia, where as I thought that Arkum Asylum was well.... mediocre. Oh, and I dislike both MW2 and MW1 to an extensive degree, so I'm not on the same team as him there.
If he says a game is really good, I will buy it if it is my sort of thing, because if he can't honestly fill a review with hatred like he normally does, then it can't be bad.
But, in general, I don't agree with about half of his opinions.
I thought BioShock was probably the greatest thing since Prince of Persia, where as I thought that Arkum Asylum was well.... mediocre. Oh, and I dislike both MW2 and MW1 to an extensive degree, so I'm not on the same team as him there.
I think the review thing is just a launching pad for him. A setting if you will, for him to launch on discussions of what video games could be like, and might be like, and also to make really funny jokes, If confronted with choosing between raising a relevant critisim of a game and making a really funny joke, i think yatzee would go for the joke, If confronted with making a joke or an observation of gaming in general, i think he would still do the joke and add his after column. I think he's actually quite indispensable to the gaming industry.
fondly,
fondly,
You don't watch Yahtzee for proper reviews.
He's more like the AVGN, nit-picking at games, than an actual serious reviewer.
He's more like the AVGN, nit-picking at games, than an actual serious reviewer.
He's mostly for entertainment but he often does make real, good points. Even if he gives a game I like a poor review I usually have to admit the flaws that he points out in them. However he has made some points that I didn't agree with at all, so I can't always trust him.
I don't take him seriously as a reviewer, they're more entertaining than anything.
Other than that, though, I share his Valve fanboyism, but I disagree with him on a lot of things being the child of Nintendo, Sonic, and JRPG's I am.
Other than that, though, I share his Valve fanboyism, but I disagree with him on a lot of things being the child of Nintendo, Sonic, and JRPG's I am.
I agree with him almost 100% of the time.
However, it doesn't stop me playing and enjoying games he dislikes.. he's a critic. It's his job to critique games, and find the most annoying parts and point them out so that people know the worst of something going into it.
He's never really "wrong", at least how I see it. He just doesn't tend to spend a lot of time on the things that make a game great, but he hits the bullseye on all the bad parts of the game, and he does so in a way that makes me laugh, so more power to him.
God.
I'm sounding like a yahtzee fanboy, someone hit me with a pie.
However, it doesn't stop me playing and enjoying games he dislikes.. he's a critic. It's his job to critique games, and find the most annoying parts and point them out so that people know the worst of something going into it.
He's never really "wrong", at least how I see it. He just doesn't tend to spend a lot of time on the things that make a game great, but he hits the bullseye on all the bad parts of the game, and he does so in a way that makes me laugh, so more power to him.
God.
I'm sounding like a yahtzee fanboy, someone hit me with a pie.