Zero Punctuation: Awards for 2008
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
- Start date
Saints Row 2? Game of the Year?
My God.
What does this say about the past year of video games, eh?
(He better be playing a game as we speak, a proper review would be nice.)
My God.
What does this say about the past year of video games, eh?
(He better be playing a game as we speak, a proper review would be nice.)
I'm actually quite pleased with these "awards", because it's given me some insight as to what I should and shouldn't be looking for, and what I should rent before I actually buy to see if I would even think of playing the game again.
Saint's Row 2 was a surprising choice from Yahtzee, though, however, I'm not that surprised.
Saint's Row 2 was a surprising choice from Yahtzee, though, however, I'm not that surprised.
Answered already. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/6.82799.1141676]MackB said:Why on earth were people banned for saying things like
"Was looking forward to this for a while now!"
and
"Thanks Yathzee!Makes me wish that the Oscars gave out awards like this.
Hope everyone had a nice 2008."
at the beginning of the thread?
-- Steve
Not that I particularly care what reviewers say, I'm somewhat intrigued as to why MGS4 was his choice there, considering the gamut of tripe on offer. So you're penalising a game for tying up the loose ends neatly? Well, erm, surely there were worse offences committed last year. But I guess there's no fun in being obvious.
YOU BASTARD.. you spoiled POP for me. I had just started playing it and I was really enjoying it. until you decided that to stick your dick in it. So just because you didnt enjoy it you decided spoil for rest of us. I thought telling you this would make feel better but it doesnt. Im not gonna watch your vids anymore, it might not matter to you but I will take solice in the fact that YOU WILLL step on the wrong toes one day and your negative rants will only work for a finite amount time before you run out of ideas or people get bored or frustated. and for gods sake please put spoiler warnings. Amatuer!!!
I find that Yahtzee does fail to review big games, games that most people have.
I think he likes to go for games he knows he is going to be able to either destroy or give a decent review or games that not everyone has. I don't think he would be able to review games like Gears of war 2 and Little big planet as it would be hard for him to comment:
1. Because he obviously hates main stream games and hates games everyone else is playing and going on about, so in this case with gears of war he would say something bad just to compensate for the loathing he has for people and constant ramblings about big title games.
2. We cannot deny the fact that Gears of war 2 and little big planet and other such games are great games! And near to most people would enjoy the games, so Yahtzee would have to say something obviously good about the game. Because denying what you really think of a game is kind of defating the whole object of being a game critic.
So i think thats why games like saints row 2 takes his game of the year. Nobody can argue because most people do not have the game. But if it had been a game like Metal gear solid 4 or Gears of war 2 many people would then be complaining saying that he is wrong and another game should have won.
Then again i could be completely wrong
I think he likes to go for games he knows he is going to be able to either destroy or give a decent review or games that not everyone has. I don't think he would be able to review games like Gears of war 2 and Little big planet as it would be hard for him to comment:
1. Because he obviously hates main stream games and hates games everyone else is playing and going on about, so in this case with gears of war he would say something bad just to compensate for the loathing he has for people and constant ramblings about big title games.
2. We cannot deny the fact that Gears of war 2 and little big planet and other such games are great games! And near to most people would enjoy the games, so Yahtzee would have to say something obviously good about the game. Because denying what you really think of a game is kind of defating the whole object of being a game critic.
So i think thats why games like saints row 2 takes his game of the year. Nobody can argue because most people do not have the game. But if it had been a game like Metal gear solid 4 or Gears of war 2 many people would then be complaining saying that he is wrong and another game should have won.
Then again i could be completely wrong
That's retarded. Let's ban the 25th, 50th, & 100th poster as well, just for shits & giggles.mitman93 said:
To all those that complain about the clip or awards shows not being a proper review episode... let the guy have a holiday occasionally. Even I don't expect the excellent TV review show "Good Game" to play all year, for instance. You're bloody lucky to have Zero Punctuation in the first place. (Yes, I can say "bloody" because I am an Aussie who grew up saying it).
You whinging spoilt brats.
Happy New Year everyone (especially Ben C).
You whinging spoilt brats.
Happy New Year everyone (especially Ben C).
No, those are the rules. You can't comment on a video that is 3 or 4 mins long only 2 minutes after posting. That means that you haven't actually watched the video you are supposed to be commenting on.MackB said:
It has been the same since the reviews came here, so it's not as if it should be a surprise.
An awesome episode IMO, loved the award-names. Now I'm thinking of designing little physical awards fitting each one of them.
Anyways, the new flashplayer is really bad though. Firefox 3 (newest) on WinXP here, and it's volume was waaaaaaaay too low and when you paus it the play-arrow disallows you from reading text on the paused screen.
Anyways, the new flashplayer is really bad though. Firefox 3 (newest) on WinXP here, and it's volume was waaaaaaaay too low and when you paus it the play-arrow disallows you from reading text on the paused screen.
Christ, you think you people could ***** and moan about the Zero Punctuation theme song anymore?
Sounds alright to me. Cry sum moar.
Sounds alright to me. Cry sum moar.