Zero Punctuation: Dark Void

[yourbeliefs]

Watching this review makes me want to play "Pilotwings" again..

 

[Andaxay]

I'd love to see Lord of the Rings with finger puppets.

Well, I have to say, the part where he described the bit where you have to fly down a shaft with the jetpack actually made it sound a tiny bit appealing... but I'll still wait 'til it's in the budget bin before I consider picking it up.

 

[capacollo]

Good review. I honestly thought he'd tear into but I guess he saw some sort of potential in it.

 

[gamegod25]

And the award for most tortured metaphors goes to...*drum roll*...Yahtzee for his Dark Void review!!!

PS I also couldn't be arsed to make an actual award so feel free to make your own.

 

[RedDeadFred]

I thought he was going to absolutely smash this game. Well, more than he did.

 

[Bromeliad]

I thought that Sonic was the worst game he ever reviewed.

 

[ribonuge]

Good review with a sprinkling of laughs as always.

Let me describe to you the demo for Dark Void. (It's free so try it, don't buy it)

1 minute in: This is actually quite fun. Kind of reminds me of colony wars [small](a bit)[/small].
2 minute in: Wait a minute, this is a horrible clone with a gimmicky jetpack.
3 minute in: What is wrong with the combat? What the hell is going on.
4 minute in: Arrrrrghhhhhh!

Fin

 

[Ankhwatcher]

You should review altitude, (altitudegame.com)... it won't be a long review.
In fact, there won't even be any pauses for you to cut out.
But it is a great game.

 

[Zyst]

I, as many people in here will buy the game after the price goes down just to mess around with the jetpack.. and never play it again.

As for the review, it was brilliant, I laughed quite a bit at the inspiration meter. Good job as always.

 

[squirrelman42]

omg, that flow chart is the bacon flow chart. one second, let me find it

 

[CrysisMcGee]

Freedom of movement has always been a lot of fun for me. Not really sandbox, but just the method of getting around. A Jetpack is certainly a lot of fun.

I may play Dark Void just for that.

 

[squirrelman42]

aha, here it is

http://blog.charleslloydfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bacon-flowchart.jpg

 

[rize]

Sounds like its suffering from Bionic Commando syndrome. Overall it's fucked up and a lot of people will hate it, but it may have enough redeeming qualities to make it worth a 20 dollar purchase.

 

[mannaroth]

SNATCHERS!!!! Great Reference I loled!

 

[ewhac]

When Yahtzee says, "It's like Julia Roberts, only with bigger teeth," what appears to be a female torso appears near the upper right corner of the frame. Nothing else; just a torso.

The significance is lost on me.

 

[videocrazy]

At the risk of sounding like a parrot, why did you review this instead of Dante's Inferno? Anyways, it sounds like one of the worst of games, getting even people with low expectation's hopes up, then dropping them like a bad habit.

Also, why the heck were posters 2-6 suspended?

 

[Andreas55k]

Extremely funny....


At the point that he said that "At least having an ambition enshures you still have a soul". made me think:
What about Peter Molyneux? Does he then have a soul bigger than belgium? XD

 

[ewhac]

Also, nice throwaway gag at about 1:26: "Someone keeps moving my TV further away..."

 

[videocrazy]

Also, nice throwaway gag at about 1:26: "Someone keeps moving my TV further away..."

I noticed that too. Nice reference to the wider resolution.

 

[Donttazemehbro]

Everyone wants to fly, so Dark Void fulfills that wish but not the good game wish.