Zero Punctuation: Dark Void

[De Ronneman]

The Worst game ever reviewed was "Too Human". So Sonic the Hedgehog even fails at being the worst?

Lol, respect!

Love the fact that he's able to hold a grudge for so long...

Great review, good bloodsplatter and usual banter. How many more GoW ripoffs before Bioshock 2?

 

[spamhibiki]

i really had high hopes after following this game.

 

[Persnicketese]

An alternative world where the Napoleonic Wars have people riding pterodactyls? I know something close. The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. Except instead of pterodactyls they're riding dragons, which I think, is much cooler. If only they'd make a game like that.

Anyway great review yet again.

 

[Cyanide Christ]

Thanks yahtzee, you saved me 60 bucks once more

I'd say you should be careful with listening to reviews too closely for all your purchasing decisions, especially those by Yahtzee. While he may be technically a game critic, his work often lacks the depth to really detail whether or not a game is worth the mention.

As well as that, part of his charm is his subjectivity. The issue comes from the fact that subjectivity is the sort of thing that needs to be put aside for game reviews. It's subjectivity that made Yahtzee speak a little too favorably on Psychonauts, and a little too harshly on Brutal Legend. That same subjectivity manages to paint every review he's made.

So, you're welcome to take his opinion. Just do so with a grain of salt, and looking around at other reviewers as well. It never hurts to have a wide opinion.

Ofcourse I use my handy bag of salt with Yahtzee's work, however I do tend to agree on the points he pics out in the games I've played so far.

Still, according to yahtzee, I'm a fat 50 year old (or something like that) because i love the total war series XD

 

[cj_iwakura]

How about a Snatcher review?

And that's not obscure.

You want obscure, try Xyanide.

 

[Zorvox]

i only played the demo of this game, it was a MESS. you can barely aim when flying, the quicktime event quick-kill on the flying disk things i could never beat, and when i finnally got to ground combat, a bunch of fast weird alien things started swarming me and getting out of range whenever i started shooting. i never intended to buy this game, but i did find the ragdoll physics quite enjoyable

 

[Randoms]

In the Inspiration-o-meter for the flying around in the jetpack, you missed Red Faction Guerilla.

 

[Custard_Angel]

Jet Pack is original?

What about Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire?

 

[Acton Hank]

Too Human is the worst game you ever reviewed?!
Strange, I could have sworn that it was Sonic Unleashed...
I might rent this one.
Good review as always...

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I'd say the main protagonist looks more like Atton Rand from Star Wars: The Sith Lords [Knights of the Old Republic]

Sorry if somebody has already mentioned this

 

[Thelonesun]

What's with the woman body without any head, feet or arms doing near the top right at about 1:33?

 

[duchaked]

I definitely really wanna give this game a try
probably rent it for a fun run the best I can manage haha
know it's not great but oh well there are worst ways to blow off $9 lol

 

[Fensfield]

Sorry for coming in so late.

But really, these.. these are my exact feelings. Started.. iffy. Turned freaking bloody awesome and- .. huh. Credits.

I want moooore T-T

.. In fact, in a sad, sad attempt to get more Dark Void, I'm going to watch the review again.

 

[deathbydeath]

Actually, after rewatching this video, the jetpack part kinda reminded me of the iron man wii game (inspiration o'meter 97,215)

 

[WOPR]

Add 1 to the Inspire-o-meter the whole jet-pack thing was done in Tribes Vengeance a really good yet really unheard of PC game that kicks Halo around like a worthless can on the road of the evolution of shooter with the main "hit or miss" aspect of the game being the fact that the jet-pack flying makes up about 75% of the combat... the other 25% being the actual shooting and gun choice...

 

[SpinFusor]

Add 1 to the Inspire-o-meter the whole jet-pack thing was done in Tribes Vengeance a really good yet really unheard of PC game that kicks Halo around like a worthless can on the road of the evolution of shooter with the main "hit or miss" aspect of the game being the fact that the jet-pack flying makes up about 75% of the combat... the other 25% being the actual shooting and gun choice...

Wow, someone else who played, and actually liked Tribes:Vengeance. Awesome! I salute you, sir.

Kills me that almost no one on this review knows about the Tribes series, they even had one on PS2 (Tribes: Aerial Assault). I got hooked on it, and haven't been able to enjoy other shooters since.

 

[WiDEEyeDSmILes]

'Alzheimer's patient on a stair lift' XP never get sick of that one.

 

[Lead_poisoning]

There's a fiction series by Naomi Novik including an alternative Napoleonic war where everyone rides dragons.

 

[=HCFS=Discoman]

saving world, jetpack flight?
try The Rocketeer for the NES.
Also, Rocket Ranger for the NES.
2 more for the inspiration meter.
I had to look those games up in an old nintendo secrets book I had sitting around somewhere.

 

[culade]

holy crap yahtzee, it's like you were watching me ***** about this game while i played it. coming up to the last console in the game i thought, "well will, you could try to press the button.. no? fine, smash it; that wouldnt work if it were real life, ya know"

you forgot some more of the developers' inspiration like from Star Wars ("stay on target") and the Matrix (the 'Oracle' child and the predictable but unmoving 'catch the girl' scene).. it's like they wanted to put everything they love into an Uncharted game, then pulled an Obsidian and left it unfinished. i too was surprised that the end was just a simple boss fight that came too early.

Kills me that almost no one on this review knows about the Tribes series, they even had one on PS2 (Tribes: Aerial Assault). I got hooked on it, and haven't been able to enjoy other shooters since.

Do you still play TAA online?