Yeah, i wonder did he forget to mention it or is he so much above us that he can't be bothered by such things.Crimson_Dragoon said:
Zero Punctuation: Bulletstorm
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I couldn't agree more, Yahtzee. Whatever good elements of mindless violence were resurrected in Bulletstorm from the crypts of mighty ancient first-person shooters, all that was invariably covered over with the shit and piss of modern day "realism".
lol that was about as negative as I thought it'd be.
Personally I really enjoyed Bulletstorm, and it didn't come across as the Chest High Wall Shooter Yahtzee thought it was, granted, you do need to take cover, but that's in every shooter...
I found the super macho chars to be satirical, but the main char's whine did get on my nerves by the end, and it looked quite good.
Also, he's a loser cos he got it on Console, not PC
Personally I really enjoyed Bulletstorm, and it didn't come across as the Chest High Wall Shooter Yahtzee thought it was, granted, you do need to take cover, but that's in every shooter...
I found the super macho chars to be satirical, but the main char's whine did get on my nerves by the end, and it looked quite good.
Also, he's a loser cos he got it on Console, not PC
Hey Escapist, the ad for that retarded shogun game fucked up the video. Apparently once the browser loaded the ad, it thought it was done. Nice to see where your priorities lie.
I thought the skill shot system was a great way to encourage players to try and use other ways to kill their opponents then just the plain spray-bullets-at-them-till-they-die method. Killing someone with the machine gun is 10 points. Shooting someone through the throat, attaching an explosion to them, kicking them into a spiked wall and detonating the body is over 100 points.
I never got to play Doom or Painkiller, but I never once felt as though my character was slow. Then again, I just used leash-and-kick all damn day, so I was too busy bringing enemies to me to complain about bringing myself to them. Also, burnouts cluster together all the time until they get close to you. I remember one fantastic experience of leashing a burnout, attaching grenades to him, kicking him into an oncoming group of burnouts, killing him with the sniper rifle, and marveling as the grenades exploded anyway, killing all burnouts nearby, showering me with points.
Also, it never seemed like the main character couldn't choose between being angsty or being an insane killing machine. He started out as the latter, then moved to the former as he realized the number of consequences his actions had.
Yahtzee admitted that he had (some) fun with the game, though, and I guess that's all a person can really get.
Also, it never seemed like the main character couldn't choose between being angsty or being an insane killing machine. He started out as the latter, then moved to the former as he realized the number of consequences his actions had.
Yahtzee admitted that he had (some) fun with the game, though, and I guess that's all a person can really get.
I do love Painkiller. I still play it on the hardest setting as I futilely struggle to complete it and grind my teeth in frustration as I die over and over again yet deep in my heart I love the pain.
Theres nothing fun about these triple A shooters. Their all the same, their short, the weapons are boring and the gameplay sucks. We need more Painkillers and Stalkers in our lives. Games that give us the gameplay we love so much and then crank up the difficulty to brain aneurysm levels.
Theres nothing fun about these triple A shooters. Their all the same, their short, the weapons are boring and the gameplay sucks. We need more Painkillers and Stalkers in our lives. Games that give us the gameplay we love so much and then crank up the difficulty to brain aneurysm levels.
I think what you mean is UE3, since UDK is a freeware development kit with a promising <url=http://www.udk.com/showcase>showcase of indie games.anian said:
And I don't think blaming the engine is the right thing to do, considering games with as diverse styles as Mass Effect, Bioshock, Singularity, Dark Void and Arkham Asylum were made with the same engine. Blame the game developers.
Remember when Rebecca Mayes wrote an entire song about Yahtzee, and all she got was a passing mention worth about two seconds in his next review? Anyways, good thing he didn't mention the tits on fire - he would've probably made some snide remark about how it was more like bra-on-fire, with no chance of sucking up to them and relenting in his brutality.Aylaine said:No mention of the tits on fire thing. Sad!
I watched the review hoping for that. x.x;!
I'm sorry. CoD and GoW don't do realism. Regenerative health is not realistic. 'Lone Wolf' style gameplay is not realistic. What they do is uber-cliched and bad escapism.The_root_of_all_evil said:
The last realistic game I played, way back in the late 20th Century, was Falcon 4.0. And it was awesome.
A quick wikipedia visit later.Levethian said:Don't think People Can Fly made any sequels. As far as I'm aware, the released 'sequels' were basically mods/expansions by 3rd party developers.vrbtny said:
And none of them are called 'Painkiller 2'
Oh, yeah. Good point (>.<)
One was a sequel/expansion by People can fly...... wasn't called painkiller 2 though...
Well, I like Gear of War and I like stupid fun, so Bulletstorm was an acceptable mashup of both to me. I guess it helps that I think of Gears of War as a big dumb shooter with over-the-top machismo as the punchline already, so Bulletstorm is more like an evolution of Gears than a different game with Gears elements.
I think Yahtzee has some valid points about the combat being designed with a facer-paced game in mind but overall I had few problems making use of the secondary attacks when it counted, so your mileage may vary on that one.
Yahtzee, you could have at least acknowledged the fact that PCF put in a flaming tits skin for your gun, even if it is only available in the multiplayer (which is a good idea but limited by the fact that you have to play it with other people - who all SUCK). There's someone at PCF watching your review right now and feeling a bit betrayed, like you promised him an apple tart but when he really got was your cock on a plate, smeared with baby food.
I think Yahtzee has some valid points about the combat being designed with a facer-paced game in mind but overall I had few problems making use of the secondary attacks when it counted, so your mileage may vary on that one.
Yahtzee, you could have at least acknowledged the fact that PCF put in a flaming tits skin for your gun, even if it is only available in the multiplayer (which is a good idea but limited by the fact that you have to play it with other people - who all SUCK). There's someone at PCF watching your review right now and feeling a bit betrayed, like you promised him an apple tart but when he really got was your cock on a plate, smeared with baby food.
This line immediately reminded me of one of the least enjoyable episodes of Doctor Who ever made -- Delta and The Bannermen [http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Delta_and_the_Bannermen] (which was shot at a Butlin's resort in Wales).
Hey, I'm not saying it's realistic. They are. With their guns that exist before they existed, the ability to call down nukes from knifing someone and...Raiyan 1.0 said:
Yeah, maybe I should have put "REALISM" rather than realism. But realism, like the Columbine shooter sim, sucks equally.
eh, I still like the game. Multiplayers' a little broken, but still fun if your around the right people.