It definately is reminiscent of it, indeed. Right down to it being shipped with a fair deal of bugs.BlueInkAlchemist said:
Still...if you enjoy an alternate take on RPGs, I'm sure you'll find something you like within it.
Zero Punctuation: Alpha Protocol
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Still...if you enjoy an alternate take on RPGs, I'm sure you'll find something you like within it.
Maybe the PMCs did push the release for Mario Galaxy back. That would start a minor revolt of the gamer population in Australia to attempt to lay a base cover for a different assassination. It would work easily too, gamers have better hand eye coordination than non-gamers (especially Wii players) and combine that with the unique heritage of the Australian public (English criminals). You would have a great little riot that would have a death toll up there of a medium Ohio State weekend during NCAA basketball.
It would be a great diversion.
It would be a great diversion.
...A positive (for Yahtzee) review for this game? I was expecting Yahtzee to tear it a new one after every other reviewer was quick to call it crap.
While I liked some parts of the game, and generally agree with the review, I have to say that the hacking in this game is one of the worst minigames I've ever played. Though that might be because I'm playing it on PC, and a gamepad would be easier, I shouldn't be penalised for how I want to play the game.
As for the PMC thing, I think it's more to avoid putting a specific country as an enemy, doesn't anger any community. Sort of like how any game in the middle east sets itself in Iranaqastan.
As for the PMC thing, I think it's more to avoid putting a specific country as an enemy, doesn't anger any community. Sort of like how any game in the middle east sets itself in Iranaqastan.
I'm... somewhat surprised he liked it as much as he did. I'm playing it right now (and will soon review it for a website, incidentally) and while I definitely agree with the positives he mentioned, I'm finding that the AI is unbelievably awful, and it feels like the skill tree effectively un-breaks certain aspects of the game. Certain weapons are virtually unusable until you beef up your proficiency for them, and the stealth isn't worth bothering with until you've at least picked up a few abilities that make outsmarting hyperaware AI a little easier.
So, yeah, the rare instance in which Yahtzee liked the game more than I thought he would.
So, yeah, the rare instance in which Yahtzee liked the game more than I thought he would.
Damn you, Yahtzee, you crafty troll. Don't you know that mentioning Deus Ex means someone somewhere will re-install it?
Either way, a pretty good review. I imagine that an E3 related video will be due in the next fortnight, so I'm genuinely hoping that it will be as hilarious as the entirety of the Microsoft Nat- Kinetic was.
Either way, a pretty good review. I imagine that an E3 related video will be due in the next fortnight, so I'm genuinely hoping that it will be as hilarious as the entirety of the Microsoft Nat- Kinetic was.
Well that was.... Unexpected.
I was fully expecting him to rip the game a new one, but he was actually nicer than most reviewers this time around.
Yahtzee, you feeling OK?
I had already listed this game under, "Rent, or buy when I can get it under $20." Like all of Obsidian's Other games it seems like the game was more ambitious than it could handle.
I was fully expecting him to rip the game a new one, but he was actually nicer than most reviewers this time around.
Yahtzee, you feeling OK?
I had already listed this game under, "Rent, or buy when I can get it under $20." Like all of Obsidian's Other games it seems like the game was more ambitious than it could handle.
Well, since he claimed he recorded during the weekend and E3 is still going on, give him like a week or two, unless No more Heroes 2 stops getting delayed he'll do it.Blue-State said:
Or so do i hope.
The fucked her brains out line made me put my food down for a minute or so, i couldnt chew properly.
Hmm... Im sort of shocked. Coming from a reviewer that I have come to be very fond of in his ways of dismantling games and absolutely destroying them even making me realise the bad points of games that I like to play, I though Yahtzee was going to dig deep and rip this game a new one (though it has already been thoroughly criticised). I also cant believe that he gave this game more credit than it deserved. All I game this game was the interesting timed dialogue, all the other features of the game has been done much better in other games.
Wait, what problem do you have with Kevin Conroy Yahtzee? He is the voice of the best incarnation of Batman!
Anyway, yeah, that was a review with funny jokes in it. Please continue.
Anyway, yeah, that was a review with funny jokes in it. Please continue.
I'm a minority, I actually loved the game.
This is the first time I literally lol'd watching a ZP. Great job, one of my favourites.
"I can't think of a joke for that sentence, so here's a picture of a dog in a hat"
I had to pause the video while I laughed that one out because I couldn't hear him over myself anymore
DD
I had to pause the video while I laughed that one out because I couldn't hear him over myself anymore
DD
its honestly not a bad game at all,Mark B said:
if you dont mind the occasional graphical glitch/slight bug (the controls RARELY mess up on movement) then its a really enjoyable game, im on my third playthrough and still really enjoying it all, like he said the decisions you make do affect what happens later on so its pretty good in replay value
(warning, do not rank up in hand to hand combat, you will get raped by a certain boss like no other)