Zero Punctuation: Clive Barker's Jericho

[ShmenonPie]

he said he didn't like RPGs, it seems. Well, JRPGs cause of their dullness and slog(whatever slog means).

Do you know any RPG that might be worth it then? Cause all i see are turn-based ones. Kingdom hearts comes to my mind then. and what kind of strategy?

Slog:
?noun
6. a long, tiring walk or march.
7. long, laborious work.
8. a heavy blow.
There you are.

Kingdom Hearts games are an interesting one, as I really liked them, although I accept they had flaws. Yahtzee's straying away from retrospectives and covering the latest and greatest (erm... well, worst). After it all calms down after Christmas, with the January void, I think he might do a retrospective or two, and he might have a go at FFXII.

If you're reading this, Yahtzee, I challenge you. Attack FFXII. If you dare.

 

[hickwarrior]

Well, i hope he tears down that... chain of memories beast... The deck system may never return for me and yet it will. Luckily there are emulators, but let's not discuss that.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

he said he didn't like RPGs, it seems. Well, JRPGs cause of their dullness and slog(whatever slog means).

Do you know any RPG that might be worth it then? Cause all i see are turn-based ones. Kingdom hearts comes to my mind then. and what kind of strategy?

Slog:
?noun
6. a long, tiring walk or march.
7. long, laborious work.
8. a heavy blow.
There you are.

Kingdom Hearts games are an interesting one, as I really liked them, although I accept they had flaws. Yahtzee's straying away from retrospectives and covering the latest and greatest (erm... well, worst). After it all calms down after Christmas, with the January void, I think he might do a retrospective or two, and he might have a go at FFXII.

If you're reading this, Yahtzee, I challenge you. Attack FFXII. If you dare.

I would love for him to tear into FF12, the bland equip sets the broken skill/class system the fixed jp only international version, he needs to tear into it ad rape it hard

hickwarrior
to put it simply alot of RPGs since 01 or so are grind fests that in trems of gameplay or more repetitive and less rewarding than a mindless shooter!

Also the industry dose not have a solid writing/story/scripting localization teams whitch can add to mind bleeding.

Also I believe he hates anime as well since its too off the wall or stupid for him,I am the opposite I loath hollywood for being, oh hell heres my quotes on holywood.

"Hollywood:Elitist inbred drug addicts who are not happy in their own world recreating fiction so that it fits in the world of the norm and mundane......:ZippyDSM"

"When you change more than half of the fiction you are destroying what it is you seek to create.:ZipyDSMlee"

"I'll take my fiction unedited please!:ZipyDSMlee"


Anime and JRPGs can be over the top but I prefer fiction(and gameplay) unbound rather than mundane and realistic.

 

[cmdr_zoom]

So... basically it's Clive Barker's HOUSE OF THE DEAD?

 

[Hazelwolf]

a double-barrel![/b] of disillusionment, which is why i call them "the eggs of numbing inevitability", and i always ask for them in the third person, "Richard Smith would like the eggs of numbing inevitability", once, the guy answered back saying "how many would you like?", i said 7, and he replied "thats a whole lot of cheap and nasty chocolate", and then we both laughed, as we both know there is hardly any chocolate anyway.

A Bill Bailey fan I take it?

 

[Stoop Solo]

I was saddened to see how this game turned out. All those years ago, Clive Barker's Undying was a breath of fresh air, and a most enjoyable game, so I was pleased to see Clive Barker once again getting involved in game design.

But what a let-down. The Simon-Says-Stupid button sequence clinched it, though. When I first saw it, it just made me want the code to somehow take a human form, so it could be punched in the face. Perhaps it's the fact that every game made now has to be ported to every damn thing with a CPU in it.

 

[nianoniano]

the review was fun, but this game is not one of the over-hyped crap that we use to see lately, its a modest title with its flaws, but its fun to play it with a good story and characters

harsh reviews are funnier when they are directed at games that every stupid review gave it a 10 when the truth is that are pure crap, example: Bioshock, Halo 3, or Hellgate: London (this one is just too bad to have 10s, but it has fairly good marks because of being rleased by the Diablo 2 dudes)

 

[Heroic One]

I've only heard of this game in his reviews...

 

[drunken_munki]

I've only heard of this game in his reviews...

Exactly.

 

[Arbre]

the review was fun, but this game is not one of the over-hyped crap that we use to see lately, its a modest title with its flaws, but its fun to play it with a good story and characters

harsh reviews are funnier when they are directed at games that every stupid review gave it a 10 when the truth is that are pure crap, example: Bioshock, Halo 3, or Hellgate: London (this one is just too bad to have 10s, but it has fairly good marks because of being rleased by the Diablo 2 dudes)

Huh, I can understand that you may put a 6 or a 7 on games that got 10s all the way, but going down to the point of saying that Bioshock and Halo 3 are crap does not sound that credible either.
Of course, if you have gripes against the FPS genre, that is your right. But that means your opinion won't be relevant. A score usually means something if a game's weighed by those who actually fancy the genre it belongs to.

 

[sshplur]

Have to agree with the people saying "Yahtzee's back" or similar, Yahtzee. Your Halo 3 to the Phantom Hourglass review were pretty dry compared to all of your previous reviews. Looking forward to the next one.

 

[nianoniano]

the review was fun, but this game is not one of the over-hyped crap that we use to see lately, its a modest title with its flaws, but its fun to play it with a good story and characters

harsh reviews are funnier when they are directed at games that every stupid review gave it a 10 when the truth is that are pure crap, example: Bioshock, Halo 3, or Hellgate: London (this one is just too bad to have 10s, but it has fairly good marks because of being rleased by the Diablo 2 dudes)

Huh, I can understand that you may put a 6 or a 7 on games that got 10s all the way, but going down to the point of saying that Bioshock and Halo 3 are crap does not sound that credible either.
Of course, if you have gripes against the FPS genre, that is your right. But that means your opinion won't be relevant. A score usually means something if a game's weighed by those who actually fancy the genre it belongs to.

is not like they are total crap, but they stil dont deserve their 10s, and only the fact that you can't stop hearing about them everywhere makes me want to bash them, thats why I find funnier when Yahtzee reviews those games, I almost never hear anything about Zelda, Jericho or Mario, so, its not like those games are annoying me like Bioshock or Halo 3 do

 

[Bodo_Fraggins]

you know Yahtzee mentioned the God of War button bash thing, then said it should be Shenmue, well didnt Die Hard Arcade do it before that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_Arcade

I mean i really dont care that much myself, but if people think that Shenmue was first, are they not wrong? then again not many people may have played Die Hard Arcade....

 

[Fireandice]

as always a brilliant display of hatred. loved it.

assassins creed would probably be ripe for review

 

[Arbre]

I'd like to have Yahtzee tackle other things than games.

 

[L4Y Duke]

Hey Yahtzee, if you need some more games to trash, you could always review Crash: Twinsanity or some other putrid excuse for a video game.

 

[Shadow Link]

I'd love to hear a review by Yahtzee on Assassins Creed or Mass Effect because this one was brilliant!

 

[L4Y Duke]

I dunno, I think something like Mass Effect or Assassins Creed would be too awesome for him to review.

Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy if he did review them, it's just that he did start off this Jericho by saying he wasn't getting to review enough crappy ones.

However, if Jericho was enough of a break for the guy from good games, then they would be great suggestions.

 

[Kermi]

My fiancee thought Clive Barker's Jericho looked good (she loves the survival/horror genre in film and this carried over well - she finally became a proper gamer after I introduced her to Silent Hill 2 and she's blossomed nicely over the last two years). She was bewildered and annoyed by the demo. After watching this review, I decided that there was enough incentive to not waste my time and promptly freed up a few hundred megs from the ever expanding collection of XBox Live detritus that is cluttering up the 12 gigs of usuable space out of the 20 gig HDD that came with my 'Premium' 360 a year ago.

While I'm dearly loving Mass Effect, there is MORE than enough for Yahtzee to rip the holy living fuck out of it. And as a Halo fan who thoroughly enjoyed (and couldn't argue with any of) the comments made about Halo 3, I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm certain this week would have to be a toss-up between Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed and I think both are equally bursting with flaws that can translated into Yahtzee's now trademark animation style.

Then again, I'm sure there's a third game out there that we're all missing and will be surprised with in... what, 3 and a half hours? On one hand, I want to stay awake for that so I don't have to wait until I get home from work to watch it. On the other hand, it will be 4am when the video goes up, assuming it's on schedule.

I do, however, work in a call centre and as a highly trained Insurance Consultant can now explain the ins and outs of worker's compensation in my sleep. The clients won't notice because apparently business owners in Australia are by and large the stupidest people you will ever encounter - then again, maybe I just don't get to talk to any smart ones because they know how to complete their forms correctly without me defining exactly what my company means by the term "office use only".

 

[killridemedly]

Man, this game blew. Clive Barker's Undying was so good too...