Zero Punctuation: Amy

[LazyAza]

I've said this before and I'll say it every time anyone reviews this game or says anything about it and expresses anything approaching surprise that it's a complete load. This is "Escort Quest: The Game" how could you ever imagine there could be anything redeeming about it?

Seriously, it's one of the most hated parts of video games. And they MADE A GAME AROUND IT!

Who thought this was a good idea?

Enslaved and Ico are technically "escort games" but they both managed to be just fine. It's not automatically a good or bad idea, it simply has a tragic history of being done terribly.

 

[BSCCollateral]

Has anyone tried comparing two similar games, one which works and the other doesn't? It might be interesting to compare "Amy" and "Ico."

 

[Caligulove]

Its been awhile since Yahtzee reviewed a truly horrible game. Wish there was more of this instead of reviewing the usual releases.

 

[ABLb0y]

Lana: making Sam from Bloodcurse look rational since 2012.

 

[MasterProcrastinator]

It seems hateful games bring the very best out of you

That's because the best writing comes from passion, and, like love, hate is an intense passion which begets some entertaining output from the writer.

 

[Chaos42]

doesn't all drama or conflict boil down to love and hate in the end -and to another extent fear as well.

To be honest im getting really irritated with main stream stuff -its all i see when gamers are referenced-id like to see some interesting or less boring games.

 

[TraderJimmy]

Now nobody can complain that Yahtzee has a bias towards survival horror or indie games next time he rips apart an AAA title.

 

[Gyrefalcon]

Im curious as to how anyone could enjoy this game...

Sounds like the developers of Amy only make games, they don't beta test them. Can't have that now can we! ;D

Yeah, I'm glad Yahtzee warned us heavily on this one. I like a lot of horror games and this sounds like it would have been a huge ball of disappointment.

 

[Spencer Dorsey]

worst game ever wasted my money

 

[Proverbial Jon]

This is the kind of Yahtzee video I like, where he charges in blind and rages at what he finds. Over a dozen of his last videos have concerned games that he already has heavy biases for or against and so he ends up talking more about that bias than his discoveries in the game.

In his older videos there was a sense of charming naivety that could only come about by being surprisingly flustered by a game's presentation or mechanics. Since he's always forced to review mainstream sequels these days, his videos are always based heavily on a bias that he's already formed.

This is a very good point and one I've never really stopped to consider before. You're quite right, there is something quite refeshing about Yahtzee reviewing a completely new IP. Then again it would be nice if we saw more new IPs these days instead of the endless sequels we're so frequently flooded with.

OT: I almost wanted to buy this JUST to see how bad it really is, but that would probably give the devs the wrong idea. It sounds like Amy has some great ideas, just very poorly executed. I can look past poor execution sometimes but sadly even this sounds like too much for me to handle.

LOL that image of Alex from Homecoming rolling around like Sonic caught me off guard! Brilliant stuff!

But before you start getting the idea to make Amy hide in a locker and then don't stop 'til you reach Tijuana, if you go too far from her, you start getting the lurgi.

Lurgi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show#Lurgi].

I never cease to be impressed by the man's seemingly boundless awareness of cultural references, particularly obscure ones (at least, those that are obscure to sycophantic American gits like myself).

(I respectfully submit it would have been more obscure (and therefore funnier) if you'd had your drawing of Amy holding a trombone or other brass instrument.)

Wow, I wasn't even aware that Lurgi/Lurgy was even a cultural reference. In Britain, pretty much everyone I know refers to a mild illness, such as the common cold, as "the lurgie" and I very much doubt even a fraction of them would be able to tell you its origin. I certainly had no idea.

But kudos to you for providing a most informative link!

 

[shadowstriker86]

lmao too funny

 

[Patathatapon]

No matter how many times I watch this review, I still want to play it! Damnit Yahtzee!!
You made it's shittiness sound interesting!