Poll: Do You Still Like ZP?
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He has good arguments and presents them in a highly enjoyable manner, but it got old a long time ago for me. It just seems like he riffs on the game to please the crowd, so it results in nitpicking. Annoying nitpicking. Especially when he's flat-out wrong but doesn't realize it.
I do- watch it religiously, in fact. My faviourite regular humour video.
I don't really think "Yahtzee isn't fair to games he personally didn't like" is a good reason to dislike the show, he's like the Top Gear of gaming- you aren't really watching it for a critical analysis of a product, you just want to laugh hearty.
I don't really think "Yahtzee isn't fair to games he personally didn't like" is a good reason to dislike the show, he's like the Top Gear of gaming- you aren't really watching it for a critical analysis of a product, you just want to laugh hearty.
I can't help the feeling the people just get extremely butt-hurt over the games he rags on. He's ripped into games that I enjoy (Darksiders, Dishonored, etc) but still all his points on those game's are 100% true (Death is a git/thalidomide baby, Corvo has as much personality as a sponge, etc).
But seeing as how I don't have a job where I have to play a game every other week, I can let my standards slide. Once gaming becomes your job it isn't so much fun to play them anymore.
Plus I think he's passion is writing his books now, which he has had more of an inclination towards.
If I'm ever on the fence about a game he tends to either turn me away from it (Catherine) or make me buy it (Spec Ops: The Line). Personally I watch all his reviews, because as much as somebody hates/dislikes a lot of games, it makes the games they do like stand out a lot more. It's this 'LIKE ALL THE GAMES' attitude that has reviewers handing out scores from 7 to 10.
But seeing as how I don't have a job where I have to play a game every other week, I can let my standards slide. Once gaming becomes your job it isn't so much fun to play them anymore.
Plus I think he's passion is writing his books now, which he has had more of an inclination towards.
If I'm ever on the fence about a game he tends to either turn me away from it (Catherine) or make me buy it (Spec Ops: The Line). Personally I watch all his reviews, because as much as somebody hates/dislikes a lot of games, it makes the games they do like stand out a lot more. It's this 'LIKE ALL THE GAMES' attitude that has reviewers handing out scores from 7 to 10.
I still like it but he's not as creative as he once was. This may be a poor example but I haven't seen a bat of frozen stupid in a while.
One of his latest reviews was one of the funniest I've heard so far (can't remember which one). So yes, I still love Zero Punctuation.
In my experience, if I watch a bunch of ZP videoes in a row his humour starts wearing a bit thin but one or two at a time and I enjoy the the videos; weekly releases I think are perfect.
I pretty well have the exact taste in games he does too.
I pretty well have the exact taste in games he does too.
I haven't really liked the show all that much in the last year. Then again, there hasn't really been a game I've given a shit about in the last year. I don't think he's less funny, I think he has just had terrible material to work with lately. Not really his fault. When something worth caring about comes out, he'll put out a review I care to watch.
I've become apathetic to it to the point that I don't watch it anymore, but it has nothing really to do with any problems within the show itself (since they've existed right from the beginning when the show was created) but more to do with me just getting bored from watching the series for too long, to the point that I'm just dis-sensitized to it, if that makes any sense .
Got to admit, I like the way he operates, specifically in that he doesn't give scores to games, IGN gives fairly decent reviews, but as soon as the 'score' pops up you're just like, "What the fuck? It doesn't deserve that high/that low!?!?"
That's because when you're given a 100-point scale like the one IGN uses, you're almost certainly going to misjudge what it actually deserves.
What's the distinction between an 8.1 and an 8.2? How did you determine that this game deserved that extra 0.1? I like 5-point scales, like Empire Mag, because when you only have 5 options for a game's score, the audience knows pretty clearly what it means; 1: Terrible, 2: Bad, 3: Average, 4: Good, 5: Great
But back to the OP, yes, I find Yahtzee hilarious and I've been tuning in every week for both ZP and EP since my fateful stumbling upon his review of Minecraft two years ago, (imo his best review)
That's because when you're given a 100-point scale like the one IGN uses, you're almost certainly going to misjudge what it actually deserves.
What's the distinction between an 8.1 and an 8.2? How did you determine that this game deserved that extra 0.1? I like 5-point scales, like Empire Mag, because when you only have 5 options for a game's score, the audience knows pretty clearly what it means; 1: Terrible, 2: Bad, 3: Average, 4: Good, 5: Great
But back to the OP, yes, I find Yahtzee hilarious and I've been tuning in every week for both ZP and EP since my fateful stumbling upon his review of Minecraft two years ago, (imo his best review)
I actually like him more now than I used to.
I'm apparently one of the few who didn't come to this site for ZP. I came because a source I loved [http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2008/11/top-5-video-game-websites-for-perspicacious-gamers.html] featured The Escapist in a list of more thoughtful video game websites.
I gave ZP a try when I first came around, but I really was here for the articles. I just either didn't know the games he did videos on or he just didn't really resonate with me. Nowadays, I feel he's become more well-rounded. I mean, the toilet humor is still there, but there are lots more thoughtful criticism as well. Just check out his FPS rant in his last video.
I'm apparently one of the few who didn't come to this site for ZP. I came because a source I loved [http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2008/11/top-5-video-game-websites-for-perspicacious-gamers.html] featured The Escapist in a list of more thoughtful video game websites.
I gave ZP a try when I first came around, but I really was here for the articles. I just either didn't know the games he did videos on or he just didn't really resonate with me. Nowadays, I feel he's become more well-rounded. I mean, the toilet humor is still there, but there are lots more thoughtful criticism as well. Just check out his FPS rant in his last video.
I still love ZP but like every celebrity, musician, comedian, radio host etc. his older stuff is his best work.
Hell I must have built up a tolerance because I showed my cousin one of his newer episodes recently and he was laughing like I did when I first saw the show.
I would love to pick up mog world and jam but I'm a little broke right now
So in short still really funny not as good as it use to be (but nothing ever really stays like that)
Hell I must have built up a tolerance because I showed my cousin one of his newer episodes recently and he was laughing like I did when I first saw the show.
I would love to pick up mog world and jam but I'm a little broke right now
So in short still really funny not as good as it use to be (but nothing ever really stays like that)
I still watch ZP religiously (and also make sure to read Extra Punctuation most weeks as an appetiser) but I'll admit that Yahtzee has... not exactly jumped the shark, but his videos from 1-2 years ago had a lot more flair and passion in them. Nowadays he just seems to fall back on swearing and mangling metaphors.