Oh god, don't tempt fate... forums filled with 'Could you turn the TV back on, please?'ace_of_something said:
Ironic how we had yet another Portal Cake thread only this week...
'Splosion Man
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Ironic how we had yet another Portal Cake thread only this week...
Well, I definately remember killing off the first ridiculously easy boss and yelling 'See you at the party, Richter' as it fell to...umm...whatever a robot falls to. So yeah, it does vomit out as many nerdy references as it can get its hands on. I really dont see him saying 'The list is life' from Schindler's List or 'Too many notes' from Amadeus any time soon.
Which is sad, because no one seems to be impressed with my 'Persepolis' lunchbox or 'Das Boot' mousepad, either.
I picked up the game because, even though Im a big Portal fan (and would buy the fan-made prequel if it came out on XBLA), it just looked like a bunch of cathartic, dopey good fun. While you dont get the satisfying Batman-fist on Harley-face, you do get the satisfaction of simply blowing shit up.
That being said, this is probably the only 2D game on God's Green Earth that has friggin camera angle issues! How the hell does THAT happen?!
Anyway, on an unrelated note: Yahtzee, hasn't it gotten to a point where game publishers WANT to send you games by now? I mean, while your Painkiller review did great things for People Can Fly, I doubt your Halo 3 review hurt Bungie at all. I swear I read a review (I think it was in Game Informer) that actually said 'Its flaws are not enough to prevent it from getting a perfect score.' Friggin WHAT?!
Which is sad, because no one seems to be impressed with my 'Persepolis' lunchbox or 'Das Boot' mousepad, either.
I picked up the game because, even though Im a big Portal fan (and would buy the fan-made prequel if it came out on XBLA), it just looked like a bunch of cathartic, dopey good fun. While you dont get the satisfying Batman-fist on Harley-face, you do get the satisfaction of simply blowing shit up.
That being said, this is probably the only 2D game on God's Green Earth that has friggin camera angle issues! How the hell does THAT happen?!
Anyway, on an unrelated note: Yahtzee, hasn't it gotten to a point where game publishers WANT to send you games by now? I mean, while your Painkiller review did great things for People Can Fly, I doubt your Halo 3 review hurt Bungie at all. I swear I read a review (I think it was in Game Informer) that actually said 'Its flaws are not enough to prevent it from getting a perfect score.' Friggin WHAT?!
Well I agree...ripping off Portal is totally retarded...The game is one of a king...and know this...
I think Yahtzee was spot on even without using over-the-top anger on the makers. It's similar to any fanbase of a game/film/tv show. Remember Dave Chapelle, who I still raw about quitting *sniff*) got really ticked off when everyone who walked up to yelled, "I'm Rick James *****!" At what point does liking or refrencing something cross the line into being a mindless, babbling loser who can't type anything without a Pulp Fiction quote?
Games != Fans.
Face it, a great work can be ruined by the fanbase, because they're so goddamn overzealous. No, refrencing Portal isn't funny anymore, because once you hear something enough, it stops being funny.
Look at the Office, or Monty Python, or Little Britain, or just about any running-gag sketch comedy. Can you honestly hear the phrase 'I'm a lady', or 'Ni!', or 'this is an ex-etc.' without thinking that whoever just said it is either a a) Tosser, b) 13, or c) really a tosser?
Face it, a great work can be ruined by the fanbase, because they're so goddamn overzealous. No, refrencing Portal isn't funny anymore, because once you hear something enough, it stops being funny.
Look at the Office, or Monty Python, or Little Britain, or just about any running-gag sketch comedy. Can you honestly hear the phrase 'I'm a lady', or 'Ni!', or 'this is an ex-etc.' without thinking that whoever just said it is either a a) Tosser, b) 13, or c) really a tosser?
The pop culture references are a tiny part of the game. Yahtzee is grasping at straws trying to find something controversial to rant about. It's too bad he ignored the game for the most part and just went on a tangent about something so small. The majority of the humor is original slapstick, not references.
If you let Yahtzee influence your purchasing decisions you should hang yourself now. He is an entertainer not a reliable source of information.
If you let Yahtzee influence your purchasing decisions you should hang yourself now. He is an entertainer not a reliable source of information.
I think Splosion Man was just saying that they really liked PORTAL and they liked so much that they made there entire game about it.
So I think it is best to just realize that they added the story after they designed the game it shouldn't really be against the game it should just be nothing added to it. Great games don't need good stories. (Of course a PERFECT game needs a story)
I think that the thing that pissed me off the most is that he said it's too long. Is there a story that you are waiting to conclude. Otherwise you CARES. No one makes you play the game (well Escapist makes you because you are a critic) so STOP playing.
It like going to a restaurant ordering a Burger then complaining that there is too much Burger.
Don't EAT the whole thing.
Personally I like a game that last longer than my attention spand.
By the way I still think Yahtzee is a great critic and I'm still a huge fan.
Now I will be ignored to death.
So I think it is best to just realize that they added the story after they designed the game it shouldn't really be against the game it should just be nothing added to it. Great games don't need good stories. (Of course a PERFECT game needs a story)
I think that the thing that pissed me off the most is that he said it's too long. Is there a story that you are waiting to conclude. Otherwise you CARES. No one makes you play the game (well Escapist makes you because you are a critic) so STOP playing.
It like going to a restaurant ordering a Burger then complaining that there is too much Burger.
Don't EAT the whole thing.
Personally I like a game that last longer than my attention spand.
By the way I still think Yahtzee is a great critic and I'm still a huge fan.
Now I will be ignored to death.
It's kind of funny when people call Yahtzee out on hypocrisy when:
1)Hypocritical humour is part of his schtick. As he mentioned in his Just Cause 2 review, "you may have to post-mortemly draw attention to [insert lame pun] at the start of your review so everyone assumes you're using the joke ironically. " And yes, that entire opening sequence is itself an ironic statement to the hypocrisy of his own pop culture references.
2)when Yahtzee makes pop-culture references, they're usually done in context. All his Portal references usually deal with it being the best game he's played, and he rarely, if ever, used the "Cake is a lie" line.
1)Hypocritical humour is part of his schtick. As he mentioned in his Just Cause 2 review, "you may have to post-mortemly draw attention to [insert lame pun] at the start of your review so everyone assumes you're using the joke ironically. " And yes, that entire opening sequence is itself an ironic statement to the hypocrisy of his own pop culture references.
2)when Yahtzee makes pop-culture references, they're usually done in context. All his Portal references usually deal with it being the best game he's played, and he rarely, if ever, used the "Cake is a lie" line.
Heh, I'd love to comment on the whole "Don't Believe in love!"
I'd rather agree in saying that, as a friend, a lover grows on you... and makes certain parts grow aswell. I say there are also probably 10k-100k others in this world, that could make all that happen, and that quite a few of them, got the same feeling back(In whichever kinda way females feel arousal). Whoever says they found their one true love, in my head, sounds like shitheads who found nothing more but fake movie dramaticsm, especially after they break up 6 months later. I myself am in a Relationship, but I could never know if some other girl would be better for me.
I'd rather agree in saying that, as a friend, a lover grows on you... and makes certain parts grow aswell. I say there are also probably 10k-100k others in this world, that could make all that happen, and that quite a few of them, got the same feeling back(In whichever kinda way females feel arousal). Whoever says they found their one true love, in my head, sounds like shitheads who found nothing more but fake movie dramaticsm, especially after they break up 6 months later. I myself am in a Relationship, but I could never know if some other girl would be better for me.