Zero Punctuation: Alpha Protocol

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

I was kinda hoping for...
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Great review anyway. I think that the reason that the games industry makes PMC secretly evil is because in real life they actually ARE!

Or more specifically, Blackwater.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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.

just curious, whats so hard about it on pc? (im playing on my 360 so just curious as to which minigame/whats the difference)

 

[TheEnglishman]

Hey guys, excuse my ignorance but... what's a ponce?

Kind of like a pretensious twat bag I think.

 

[Warforger]

...I never even heard of this game, but the fact that it lets you be that diverse and dickish seems appealing to me.

Are you fucking me? There was a huge advertising campaign on TV and even on ZP! You'd have to have awesome ignoring skills to not see the constant replays of the adverts.

 

[Cptn_Squishy]

My question is this: at the bottom of the 'ponce' meter is Kevin Conroy. I don't know if he's referring to some Australian politician named Kevin Conroy or if he's referring to the voice-actor who has figured in as the greatest Batman ever (and yes, he's the voice of Batman in Arkham Asylum).

Anybody know?

 

[miquelfire]

If Yahtzee has anything bad to say about Mario Galaxy 2, we won't know until it's released there. I'm wondering if he should move to US or Canada? Not sure if either give him a good enough reason to though other than actually getting games on time. (I mean, for the Aussy market, the US NTSC to PAL shouldn't be THAT much of a hurdle, unlike Europe where they need to translate the game into 6 languages at minimum along with the PAL translation!)

 

[RMcD94]

I laughed, and I laughed.

Hilarious as usual.

 

[AvsJoe]

There are 5 different comments I want to make about this video but I'm only going to choose the top 2:

1) Great review! Zero Punctuation videos have been sketchy recently; I'm glad this one broke the mold.
2) The little animation during the credits was hilarious! It reminded me of the ending of The Night Flier (book and movie) except it was funny where TNF was unsettling.

 

[infinity_turtles]

I'm surprised he never mentioned that the crosshair on the game is fucking massive and annoying.

He did. He said he liked how people have to work on their gun skills and they can't just "expect to draw their pistol and immediately hit the on button on the tumble dryer from 900 yards"

Anyway, I'm surprised Yahtzee didn't rip into this game more. I actually think this was a very fair review. Makes me want to see him review VtM: Bloodlines, even if that will never happen.

 

[Lemon Of Life]

I chuckled at the baby seal. Yet more proof hat I am inherently evil.

Great review, though not as harsh as I would have thought. Softening up are we Yahtzee? Eh? Eh?

 

[Ewyx]

From the sound of things, Alpha Protocol suffers from the same problem as Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines: No matter what your chosen manner of playing the game, if you don't go a particular route the end of the game is going to be very, very hard.

Great review and variations on the Ponce. I might have to check this one out.

it's also one of those games that'll never be given recognition, because of lack of polish (see bloodlines).

Here's hoping that it'll be hit by the same type of community V-TM:B has.

 

[NotYahtzee]

Are you ever going to review "Manhunt! 2"? The story makes little sense, once you get far enough, the protagonist has no motive beside "my imaginary friend told me to", The difficulty curve seems like it was designed by Michael J. Fox, and you can't even see any gore. And this is a game rated M for violence and gore!

 

[Pimppeter2]

Despite what I've heard from him and everyone else, I'm still interested in the title. It sounds like a good rent.

 

[PhiMed]

Why is Kevin Conroy the ultimate asshole? I'm confused...

Good vid, and sorry about the Mario Galaxy 2 delay, because I live in the states, so I have it already, AND IT'S AWESOME.

 

[Oktanas]

wow this is the best review this game got

 

[E-Hybrid]

A very good review, the dog in a hat got me

 

[ResonanceSD]

I was kinda hoping for...
[img height= 200 width= 300]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/castfire/mini/ebb98f8371c4a49b0b18be6f58c39f8c.jpg[/img]

Great review anyway. I think that the reason that the games industry makes PMC secretly evil is because in real life they actually ARE!

Probably coming up next week. It likely takes a while to do videos like this and the big news/dissapointments only came out a few days ago.



OT: Great review, I'm considering getting this simply from this video. And the fact that it's moral choice system seems to actually work.


Edit: and the comparison to Deus Ex

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Difference between a review build and a retail copy, maybe?

He kinda liked it, everyone else...hated it.

 

[yourbeliefs]

If Yahtzee has anything bad to say about Mario Galaxy 2, we won't know until it's released there. I'm wondering if he should move to US or Canada? Not sure if either give him a good enough reason to though other than actually getting games on time. (I mean, for the Aussy market, the US NTSC to PAL shouldn't be THAT much of a hurdle, unlike Europe where they need to translate the game into 6 languages at minimum along with the PAL translation!)

It seems like mainly the Wii has this problem for some strange reason..

 

[Doomsday11]

Better review than I was expecting and yes Alpha protocol is a better game then most give credit most of the "reviewers" just copied what other more popular sites had to say and I actually did understand the story line and I can say it's great.