Zero Punctuation: Alone in the Dark
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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; *shudders*
My fiancee is playing this game right now. She deliberately went against Yahtzee on this one, but so far she's had the exact same complaints. Right now she's doing a driving sequence for about the 20th time while flying hellbats eat pieces of the car and her useless companion shouts out directions about four seconds after they would have been useful. Part of the problem is an obnoxious hintbox that tells her every time she restarts that she needs to drive fast or hit obstacles violently to shake the bats off, that prevents her from seeing several of the turns early on in the sequence so her car is already messed up before she gets halfway.
She ran through and restarted the sequence three times while I wrote this. no wonder finishing a chapter without skipping earns an achievement on the 360. The fact that there are a lot of gamekilling flaws like this has honestly killed any desire I have to play it, and I was willing to overlook the killer floor goo and ham-slice wound decals because what the game does have is a lot of great gameplay elements and is generally quite interesting enough to make up for those flaws. Other parts feel just plain broken.
She ran through and restarted the sequence three times while I wrote this. no wonder finishing a chapter without skipping earns an achievement on the 360. The fact that there are a lot of gamekilling flaws like this has honestly killed any desire I have to play it, and I was willing to overlook the killer floor goo and ham-slice wound decals because what the game does have is a lot of great gameplay elements and is generally quite interesting enough to make up for those flaws. Other parts feel just plain broken.
This review is one of your better ones in awhile! No. No I do not. i reject your stupid arbitrary game play... that part with the visual of you kicking the TV had me dying.
and like many others mentioned the Terry/Gonad was great. Darn that Gonad he has to ruin everything....
and like many others mentioned the Terry/Gonad was great. Darn that Gonad he has to ruin everything....
This Saved Yahtzee for me. His last few videos have been really bland and i was about to label this the same (bit above the recent blandness), but then my new favorite quote appeared
Yahtzee - No... No i do not. reject your stupid arbitrary game play
LOL
Yahtzee - No... No i do not. reject your stupid arbitrary game play
LOL
Another funny, insightful review from everyone's favorite curmudgeonly Aussie gamer.
As for the intro music, it'll never grow on me, but I've resigned myself to it.
As for the intro music, it'll never grow on me, but I've resigned myself to it.
Meh, international copyright law is complicated. Fair Use usually doesn't mean what [most people] think it means, as well. Anyway, Yahtzee said at the end of one of the vids that he prefers to avoid using copyrighted songs, so I'll believe him.Lord_Seth said:
Huzzah! I thought he'd been a little off lately, but that was fantastic. And i do sincerely hope that 'gonad syndrome' becomes common vernacular.
well in my opinion the only genocide that should be alowed in this world is for the people like gonan which some incredible idiot must've created on spore.
ok, the advertisements are getting bloody ridiculous. almost as long as the review. still, extremely funny
oh and by the way i, like most others, miss the old credit music to no end. it gave each review a sense of individuality and personality, and something fun to look forward too-as the songs we're almost always relevant to the review somehow. not to mention that he had great taste in music. now it feels generic and sell-out-ish
windfish said:
i think i can speak for most of the viewers when i say that it is still disappointing that the 2 weekly songs are absent. as i said elsewhere, they gave each review a bit of personality and were a fun addition to the review-especially seeing how the song he chose relates to the game review. idk. if its too much trouble for yahtzee then i guess the reviews dont suffer too much without them. its just nice is all. although i'd rather have the reviews keep coming and have this music then for production to be halted due to copyright lawsuits
I hope he freaking reviews stalker already
I hear nothing but great things about that game, but i want to know just what the fuck its about before i buy it
some parts look scary ;~;
Also as for the songs, they do represent a pretty substantial legal infringement when he uses them.
Also i wish he would cut out that gay 'reel rolling' sound at the beginning of the videos, but these are not deal killers. I just hope some of those songs he has put in his videos aren't stuff he actually listens too on a regular basis *coughcoughGREENDAY*
I hear nothing but great things about that game, but i want to know just what the fuck its about before i buy it
some parts look scary ;~;
Also as for the songs, they do represent a pretty substantial legal infringement when he uses them.
Also i wish he would cut out that gay 'reel rolling' sound at the beginning of the videos, but these are not deal killers. I just hope some of those songs he has put in his videos aren't stuff he actually listens too on a regular basis *coughcoughGREENDAY*