Poll: Do you take Yahtzee's reviews seriously?
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I do not...well, most of the time, anyway. His review style is blowing the flaws out of proportion while giving us a funny little cartoon. While this isn't a bad comedy routine, it does mean he'll usually ignore what the game does right, and, unlike most other reviewers, we don't get to see gameplay footage to compliment the critic's opinion.
The exception is when he actually does a positive review (which is almost always a game from an earlier generation). I actually bought Psychoanalysts and Sands of Time at his recommendation.
The exception is when he actually does a positive review (which is almost always a game from an earlier generation). I actually bought Psychoanalysts and Sands of Time at his recommendation.
%#*^ing A this is the 7 time in the last 12 months this question has been asked. And my answer hasn't changed: I watch his videos and don't give a rats arse what he says about the games...especially since he made it clear he doesn't like Halo
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when i sit and play the game i got a little before he reviewed him and then see him point out crap in the game, you have to admit he played through and knows what he is talking about. i can't say he is 100% serious and i know he is punching it up to be funny but you have to admit he is close to the point. when i saw his review on sonic unleashed, a game which i had bought and grew to hate quickly because i hated the night stages and i still do. he hated it far more then me but he pointed out things i didn't notice until i played after it again. yea i take him just a bit seriously as a reviewer
As with any comedy, it's always much funnier if it's true. I take his reviews just as seriously as I would take any other review - that is to say, take the review in context of the information one has about the thing being reviewed. Yes, most of his complaints amount to nitpicking, but really, it's often the buildup of a lot of small faults that will ruin a game one might have liked otherwise. In fact, we can often ignore bigger flaws when we like the little details. Like the Fallout games: incredibly buggy, crash often, but they're great when they do work because of the attention to detail.
So, if he's reviewing a game you think you might like, obviously you have to decide whether the flaws he points out would bother you. If not, buy it. If so, don't buy it. It's pretty simple. Collect as much information as you can from as many sources as you can, and make your purchasing decision.
So, if he's reviewing a game you think you might like, obviously you have to decide whether the flaws he points out would bother you. If not, buy it. If so, don't buy it. It's pretty simple. Collect as much information as you can from as many sources as you can, and make your purchasing decision.
I take them seriously in that I know he means what he says, by which I mean the serious parts are sincere and the sarcasm reflects how he actually feels. Other than that, he's picky-- that's not inherently good or bad, just something to take into account-- and like most everyone he's a little bit biased, mostly towards Valve and stealth games and against realism done for no good reason and conversely regenerating health done for no good reason.
Most of the things that he says are bad are actually true. However he tends to blow them way out of proportion and make even the smallest error seem to break the game beyond repair.
Plus he rarely mentions what is actually good about the game, so the review isn't really supposed to be objective.
Plus he rarely mentions what is actually good about the game, so the review isn't really supposed to be objective.
Since he and i have similar tastes, yes. But since the list of what he has reviewed and will review is limited, i have other sources for reviews that i go to.
He OBVIOUSLY nitpicks too much on purpose for the sake of humor, I don't really decide my purchases based on his reviews. Even when the review seems to be positive.
Example: Infamous 2, he kind of went soft on that game, but I didn't really like it, so no buy.
The review itself was hillarious tho
Example: Infamous 2, he kind of went soft on that game, but I didn't really like it, so no buy.
The review itself was hillarious tho
Contrary to popular belief, Yahtzee's stuff is not just a tirade of genital humour and swear words. I find that he often has a lot of very valid and well-considered points to make about most games, and he clearly knows his stuff.
However, as with any other review, I don't let his word define what games I buy (if I did, I'd never buy anything), many of the games that Yahtzee has hated I have bought and enjoyed, and some of the games he has praised (I wouldn't say 'loved') I have found to be not my cup-of-tea.
In addition, I acknowledge that a good number of the views expressed in Zero Punctuation are true. Borderplands felt unfinished, Super Smursh Brothers is frustrating, Metal Gear Stolid is pretentious and overly cinematic, Gears of Snore is unsubtle and loud-mouth and Fables 2 and 3 are both a touch on the clunky and unwieldy side, and Portal is GOD! I enjoy all of these games, but in no way suggest that any one of them is perfect.
However, as with any other review, I don't let his word define what games I buy (if I did, I'd never buy anything), many of the games that Yahtzee has hated I have bought and enjoyed, and some of the games he has praised (I wouldn't say 'loved') I have found to be not my cup-of-tea.
In addition, I acknowledge that a good number of the views expressed in Zero Punctuation are true. Borderplands felt unfinished, Super Smursh Brothers is frustrating, Metal Gear Stolid is pretentious and overly cinematic, Gears of Snore is unsubtle and loud-mouth and Fables 2 and 3 are both a touch on the clunky and unwieldy side, and Portal is GOD! I enjoy all of these games, but in no way suggest that any one of them is perfect.
I like his reviews because they go after the negative more then the positive. I take them with a grain of salt however since Yahtzee's personal preferences for games don't always match my own.
I don't take them 100% seriously, but I never take a review 100% seriously. If I did, then I'd have missed out on a few games that I really enjoyed.
Anybody that's not a complete twat donkey can use his reviews constructively for game purchases. Yahtzee is nothing if not honest about games. His opinions in the videos just need to be adjusted for comedic hyperbole.
I take the parts where he's obviously not exaggerating for comedic effect seriously and I most certainly take his written articles seriously. He's an intelligent man who has to smother his opinions in humour to make them more digestable.
But I wouldn't let him be the deal breaker for a game, no offence to him.
But I wouldn't let him be the deal breaker for a game, no offence to him.
If he genuinely likes something, that probably means it's really good and I'll check it out. But I mostly just watch it for teh lolz