No, it was the strange shouty cult.Hmuda said:
It's just that all the explanation of it, and Ethan's connection to it, is in the documents you can read as extras for getting achievements, rather than the game itself.
Zero Punctuation: Condemned 2: Bloodshot
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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It's just that all the explanation of it, and Ethan's connection to it, is in the documents you can read as extras for getting achievements, rather than the game itself.
haha u should be dead by nowUgbugbug said:Awesome, interesting how Yahtzee didn't comment on the game's controversy..
Oh yeah, I SO looked behind me for that serial killer.
I sent an email months ago wondering if there would be Zee-Pee-Tees coming soon (or Zed-Pee-Tees as I put at the time because I'm British and was damned if i'd let a decent rhyming scheme get in the way of my native dialect). Didn't get a reply but that's yahtzee for you, gotta love the guy ^^.
Anyway, I feel the production of Zero Punctuation Tee-shirts is a great idea, nothing says internet renown like people paying to be mobile billboards. I know I would. An imp shirt would be awesome.
Anyway, I feel the production of Zero Punctuation Tee-shirts is a great idea, nothing says internet renown like people paying to be mobile billboards. I know I would. An imp shirt would be awesome.
Good points, Yahtzee - sometimes designers just don't know when they've gone too far with a concept (the overdone-ness of the combat and CSI elements). Or, they just can't come up with an original solution to some of the typical conundrums their implied plots suggest.If VALVe ever come out and say "This is the whole point behind G-man's creepy stalkings of you" or "this is why those huge-ass slugs hunger after your brains", they there'd be no point in making new games any more - the mystery of finding out what exactly is going on would fail and my personal reasons for playing the single-player game would become limited to my attachment to the characters (namely Alyx and Barney) and jacksquat else.
I agree with the shirts. Question, though- how would they be designed? [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.58602]
I agree with the shirts. Question, though- how would they be designed? [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.58602]
Damn it! Dose this mean I have to buy a 360 just to play a good Condemned game, why did they they have to wreck the second one, then port it complete with a choppy frame rate and extended load times (woo-hoo)? Screw this, I'm gonna go play Halflife 2 (with a choppy frame rate and extended load times, you bastards).
To be honest it doesn't surprise me that this game turned out shit. The first game wasn't the masterpiece that "hardcore" gamers are always claiming, Sure it was better than bloodshot, but it was still pants. |:
SPOILERS for Condemned 1 ahead, if anyone cares.
Yahtzee, the end of the first game did introduce supernatural-cult-shit. After you knocked the crap out the serial killer you were told to hunt down the "source" - a demon with metal bolted all over him who had the power to turn people crazy, surrounded by mutant junkies.
Yahtzee, the end of the first game did introduce supernatural-cult-shit. After you knocked the crap out the serial killer you were told to hunt down the "source" - a demon with metal bolted all over him who had the power to turn people crazy, surrounded by mutant junkies.
Hey Yahtzee, Long time viewer, first time poster. I ain't going to say it was 'brilliant' or 'the best so far' like most people would like to toss you off with.
It was pretty cool... would've been better in 3D.
Or with ME in it!
Keep up the pretty cool work!
It was pretty cool... would've been better in 3D.
Or with ME in it!
Keep up the pretty cool work!
I liked the first Condemned and while the forensics was disappointing (after the opening part of the game I assumed it'd be a lot more in-depth and useful than just a narration tool), the game overall was quite good and had some truly scary moments which kept me on the edge of my seat.
I'm going to pick up Condemned 2 based on this review, because honestly the first half of the game sounds fantastic and the drawbacks after the halfway mark don't sound like a dealbreaker. not to me anyway.
Sega now probably owes Yahtzee a 40 cent commission or something.
I'm going to pick up Condemned 2 based on this review, because honestly the first half of the game sounds fantastic and the drawbacks after the halfway mark don't sound like a dealbreaker. not to me anyway.
Sega now probably owes Yahtzee a 40 cent commission or something.
if you look at the scully and mulder sequence, scully has the male ovalish body, not the female one
O_O
(I know I'm beingoverly politically correct here D
O_O
(I know I'm beingoverly politically correct here D
what the hell halo 3 is alright i'd give it a seven out of ten at best and thats on story but still the gameplay is pretty much the same as every other shooter the graphics again nowt special the multiplayer give any shooter a multiplayer and have as many people playin it as halo and its gonna be awesome only other shooters include Call of duty 4 which pisses all over halo 3 from the top of of mount olympus but seriously why do people defend it its not worth it the only games that are worth defending are ones that dominate your life for that would be ffvii coz it stole several years away from meDuckslayer said:
I wouyld definetely buy a ZP T-shirt
cool review! Am I mistaken or he was talking faster tha usual on this one?
cool review! Am I mistaken or he was talking faster tha usual on this one?
You know, I would've been more sympathetic to Indigo Prophecy if during the final boss fight they didn't force you to employ a method to win (namely, pulling the X-Box's controllers in rapid-yet-even succession) that is scientifically proven to wear your arms out so you can't actually win the damn thing.
Though one's arms are never tired enough to keep from hurling the controller through the TV. Never.
Mystical cults are for game writers like adultery is for TV writers. Boring-ass shorthand for 'development.' Play a new tune now and then, will you? We might like it.
Though one's arms are never tired enough to keep from hurling the controller through the TV. Never.
Mystical cults are for game writers like adultery is for TV writers. Boring-ass shorthand for 'development.' Play a new tune now and then, will you? We might like it.
The funny thing is the final boss in Condemned one is actually a demonic cyborg ninja zombie who you fight in an alternate dimension.I think the cult thing was kind of implied in the first game and it didn't surprise me when I heard about it in Condemned two.
"I think this unfortunate malady also applies to the introduction of aliens to the story. Perfect Dark became stupid because of it."
No Perfect Dark became stupid when the box said "2020 corporations control everything with one exception" in bold letters. The box goes on to say, "The future is dark ruthless corporations compete in a savage unseen war for global domination"
The game was a Microsoft exclusive. The irony seemed to escape most people.
"I think this unfortunate malady also applies to the introduction of aliens to the story. Perfect Dark became stupid because of it."
No Perfect Dark became stupid when the box said "2020 corporations control everything with one exception" in bold letters. The box goes on to say, "The future is dark ruthless corporations compete in a savage unseen war for global domination"
The game was a Microsoft exclusive. The irony seemed to escape most people.