I enjoy not only his awesome accent and hat, but the way in which he rips it to games that deserve it, and praises genuinely good games. Plus, he actually admits when he has fun with a game, even if he believes the game isn't very good.
Why do we love yahtzee?
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With a couple of exceptions, everything he says about a lot of games make sense. All of the games he loves are ones that are genuinly awesome, like Shadow of the Collosus, and most of the games he says are horrible usually are. I still can't see his beef with fighting games, though. Yes, it's only one aspect of a game, but it's the most fun part. Or, come to think of it, his deal with JRPG's. Whenever he says anything about them, I can't tell who's the bigger xenophobe, them or him. Anyways, we love him because he makes us laugh, he lets us know what games are genuinly uninteresting (at least to him), and tells what things about them that are good and bad. So keep it up yahtz, cause you got a good thing going.
I happen to like Yahtzee for the fact that he's shown to have similar tastes in gaming as I do..and he avoids the games that I happen to like, (not all, but some JRPGs). I've always been kind of a harsh critic, and though on occasion I'll try a game that Yahtzee dislikes to find that I may like pieces and bits, kinda, but overall can't play it for too long.
Really, everyone can have a critic about something, and Yahtzee has actually proven that if he doesn't slander it too bad, it's something I can play without getting pissed off. If it's like..I dunno...TOO HUMAN...I would probably avoid it...If it's too slow moving, I don't have time to play it. Hence why I listen to him and have to find the right words that will make me play the game.
((and to anybody who thinks I'm gushing here, He's the one that got me to play Saints Row 2, which I have yet to find anything that beats it in my mind :3))
Really, everyone can have a critic about something, and Yahtzee has actually proven that if he doesn't slander it too bad, it's something I can play without getting pissed off. If it's like..I dunno...TOO HUMAN...I would probably avoid it...If it's too slow moving, I don't have time to play it. Hence why I listen to him and have to find the right words that will make me play the game.
((and to anybody who thinks I'm gushing here, He's the one that got me to play Saints Row 2, which I have yet to find anything that beats it in my mind :3))
He makes entertaining horror/adventure games with great atmosphere and story as well as witty and charmingly cynical reviews.
He's insightful, funny and doesn't pull his punches. A man after my own heart.
If it seems like he's getting less funny, well, there's only so far that the Funny Metaphor can take you before it starts to get a bit repetitive, even if the metaphors change. Still, the humour is only part of the reason I watch.
If it seems like he's getting less funny, well, there's only so far that the Funny Metaphor can take you before it starts to get a bit repetitive, even if the metaphors change. Still, the humour is only part of the reason I watch.
It's definitely got to be his analogies. "Like fucking a burning dolphin" will stay with me forever.
I knew this thread was bound to rear its head at some point...
I am all for Yahtzee's videos. As I stated in a previous thread, Yahtzee is the Strongbad of the Escapists Homestarrunner.
But please, let us leave the man his dignity, (ourselves, as well.) and not start a slavish fanboi cult?
Hes a guy. Hes a funny, well spoken, educated guy.
But he is just a guy.
Whiskey Echo!!
mythgraven
I am all for Yahtzee's videos. As I stated in a previous thread, Yahtzee is the Strongbad of the Escapists Homestarrunner.
But please, let us leave the man his dignity, (ourselves, as well.) and not start a slavish fanboi cult?
Hes a guy. Hes a funny, well spoken, educated guy.
But he is just a guy.
Whiskey Echo!!
mythgraven
I have watched every episode of ZP,since it has started and I can say that I haven't seen anywhere else something this enjoyable,when it comes to reviewing a game.
The sheer cynicism mixed with animated videos and his "bashing" on games that deserve it just makes my day with every episode I watch.
Most of the games that I decide playing don't evolve around me checking for a rating.I usually play the game for myself and decide if it was worth my time or not.
To put it boldly,"you never know until you play it for yourself".
The sheer cynicism mixed with animated videos and his "bashing" on games that deserve it just makes my day with every episode I watch.
Most of the games that I decide playing don't evolve around me checking for a rating.I usually play the game for myself and decide if it was worth my time or not.
To put it boldly,"you never know until you play it for yourself".
Comedic timing and pace. Because of his rapid delivery, the punchlines always completely blindside we, the viewers, and all it takes is the quarter-second pause he gives us to comprehend said punchline and laugh. Then it's right on to the next joke set-up, and so on and so forth, for the whole episode. Also, the way he meshes visual gags with the words is almost always spot on. It'd be like combining Robin Williams with Garfield comics. Or Zits, or whatever comic strips you enjoy.
mainly i like it because he says what i would think about most the games and is brutally honest about it. i don't agree with everything he says and i quite liked a few of the games he utterly destroyed in reviews but thats because ( wait for it ) IT IS HIS OPINION PEOPLE the only difference is he is paid to give it to us
