Zero Punctuation: Alone in the Dark

[lSHaDoW-FoXl]

Good ideas and crappy execution still equals crappy game. Yes, new ideas should be encouraged instead of just having the EA model (same game with another box) but the fact Atari threatened game magazines here for their not-so-pleasant reviews kind off kicks the last bit of good will out of the windows.[/quote]

They actually threatened this site?

Wow... Atari scares me...aw well I still love you Konami and Koei!

 

[Esta]

Excellent review mate, yes, excellent. The past two or three reviews I didn't find to humorous or worth my time, honestly. This review, was fan-fucking-tastic. I played through alone in the dark, for the PC for that matter, and can agree on mostly everything you said.

I really liked the bit about the two developers cocking things up with the damage system. I literally laughed my pants off, great work.

 

[PrivateSandbag]

as an adult and someone that really enjoys it usually, i gotta say the music used to be one of the highlights. the new music is shit. seriously shit. it just makes the whole thing see like it takes itself way too seriously. bring back the old music for the love of [whatever you believe in].

 

[CyberAkuma]

Great review.

I really enjoyed the solid criticism.

I really don't understand how people could seriously have any disapointments with this game
ALL the Alone in the Dark games have been mediocre; at beast.

Based on GameRankings:
Alone in the Dark 90%
Alone in the Dark 2 70%
Alone in the Dark 3 70%
Alone in the Dark: TNN69%
Alone in the Dark 200854%

The Alone in the Dark series have always been mediocre.
Awful controls, truly God-awful controls ruin the game, bad design choices and adding the fact that they're just not adding anything new or exciting to the horror-game franchaise just sums up the whole point of Alone in the Dark.

Oh and also the new music rocks.

 

[Odd Bowls]

From all sources this game has been rated crap, over-hyped crap...yhatzee confirms these reviews.

My only regret is the minutes I wasted watching those dev. vids.

 

[Deadman Walkin]

Very well done. I would agree that the tried to make the game with to many different styles of game play. The whole point of games is to play the game, not skip parts of it.

 

[Baneat]

Just made an account to highlight how stunningly awesome and subtle the TF2 joke was in the start of this video. (The TF2 sniper pisses into jars when he is camping in the "meet the sniper video", and is Australian).

 

[Baneat]

YES! I wish that was fixed, would stop me panicking and muting the headphones before i'm aurally raped by the music.

 

[Lord_Seth]

Great review.

I really enjoyed the solid criticism.

I really don't understand how people could seriously have any disapointments with this game
ALL the Alone in the Dark games have been mediocre; at beast.

Based on GameRankings:
Alone in the Dark 90%
Alone in the Dark 2 70%
Alone in the Dark 3 70%
Alone in the Dark: TNN69%
Alone in the Dark 200854%

The Alone in the Dark series have always been mediocre.
Awful controls, truly God-awful controls ruin the game, bad design choices and adding the fact that they're just not adding anything new or exciting to the horror-game franchaise just sums up the whole point of Alone in the Dark.

Oh and also the new music rocks.

How is 90% "mediocre"? I think considering 70% to be mediocre is already stressing the definition, let alone 90%.

 

[Colodomoko]

I really hate that F***ing Black S*** as well. Its the only thing that is keeping me from ever compleating that game.


I think its safe to say burning my game was as easy as killing those scum ingame.

Just kidding, I returned it for a copy of Fall of Liberty.

 

[Lystic7]

How is it that ZP is legaly allowed to make Video Game Reviews Using Pictures and Songs that are under copyright. He used the "fair use" argument, but he gets paied for these videos, which is illegal, isn't it? i wounder about that evertime i watch a video.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

How is it that ZP is legaly allowed to make Video Game Reviews Using Pictures and Songs that are under copyright. He used the "fair use" argument, but he gets paied for these videos, which is illegal, isn't it? i wounder about that evertime i watch a video.

Looks like Yahtzee just divided by zero or something, I guess everything he does will eventually infringe something.

 

[Obeliskos]

Great as always. I liked the Terry and Gonad bit. =P

 

[Versuvius]

Ungodly funny. Flawless! That and i think many many MANY new game titles have some gonad syndrome.

 

[Lord_Seth]

How is it that ZP is legaly allowed to make Video Game Reviews Using Pictures and Songs that are under copyright. He used the "fair use" argument, but he gets paied for these videos, which is illegal, isn't it? i wounder about that evertime i watch a video.

Just because you're making money off of it does NOT necessarily negate fair use (though it sometimes does). For example, Ebert and Roeper make money off of their reviews, but it's still fair use for them to show clips from the movie they're reviewing.

Fair use is a fairly hazy subject though, and there's a bit of an absence of definite rules dictating what does/doesn't count as it.

 

[YoungZer0]

And here i was thinking you had lost it with your last review.

 

[AceDiamond]

Great review.

I really enjoyed the solid criticism.

I really don't understand how people could seriously have any disapointments with this game
ALL the Alone in the Dark games have been mediocre; at beast.

Based on GameRankings:
Alone in the Dark 90%
Alone in the Dark 2 70%
Alone in the Dark 3 70%
Alone in the Dark: TNN69%
Alone in the Dark 200854%

The Alone in the Dark series have always been mediocre.
Awful controls, truly God-awful controls ruin the game, bad design choices and adding the fact that they're just not adding anything new or exciting to the horror-game franchaise just sums up the whole point of Alone in the Dark.

Oh and also the new music rocks.

How is 90% "mediocre"? I think considering 70% to be mediocre is already stressing the definition, let alone 90%.

I agree. I could see how 54% is mediocre, no question, but 70% should not be a mediocre rating. Unfortunately that's how its viewed nowadays thanks to many publications.

In any event, hilarious review especially now that it's warned me away from this game that I sadly thought was going to be good but of course fell victim to horrible execution.

 

[OurGloriousLeader]

Mmm, semen. Sorry! Um.

Terry and Gonad should become regulars, methinks. However, I do believe that's about the third or fourth time you've claimed that you never bow down to public pressure to review a game...

You're the public's *****. Admit it. You love it. Mm, semen.

 

[picardathon]

First, could you change the intro so that the music is chosen week by week again? I always loved that.
I guess you did well with the material you had but what I heard here was the same thing that I heard from every normal reviewing outlet: brilliant concepts, terrible execution. I know that this is primarily comedy but I prefer it when Yahtzee rips on a universally beloved game and points out the faults that nobody else is willing to mention. I know that those games don't come on trees, but why not the new Battlefield game? I know that you've been reviewed quite a few FPS' but at least you would (probably) have a different perspective on it.

 

[qbert4ever]

...but 70% should not be a mediocre rating. Unfortunately that's how its viewed nowadays thanks to many publications.

I see this a lot these days, and what I would like to know is where people are getting this idea. It may be just me, but all the magazines I've read say, in bold print no less, that 5 out of 10/50% out of 100% and what have you are, in fact, average, and 7 out of ten is "good".