Zero Punctuation: Darksiders
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It's obvious you have not personally played Demon's Souls, because what he said about checkpoints was flat-out wrong. There are only 4 stages out of 16 that don't have shortcuts (essentially checkpoints), and those stages are the shortest in the game. Stage 1-1 that yahtzee did playthrough and beat had 3 shortcuts in obvious sight to unlock. The first of which having the Cling Ring next to it which Yahtzee didn't get or failed to mention since it increases your health by 20% while in soul form, an invaluable item which is why it's in plain sight in the first level.'Knight Templar said:
Also in regards to the difficulty, it's NEVER unfair or cheap throughout the entire game. Anytime you die it's because you were either (A) rushing through carelessly Rambo style or (B) not paying attention to your surrounding and missing multiple signs of traps in addition to the player messages warning of them. I've beaten the game 5 times now (first 3 totally in offline mode), and there was never a moment where I died and not know what I did wrong.
If you want a funny and TRUE review of demon's souls check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnyVo3XWqV0&feature=sub
I liked the review, lots of good lines. But i am still going to buy it. 
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But as much as like Yahtzee "sighs" SPACE MARINES ATTAAAAAAAACK!
Also about Wars design, it looks like there trying so hard to make him look like a badass he is kinda hard to take seriously.
Good job as always Yahtzee, Looking forward to Mass effect 2 review as well as others.
.But as much as like Yahtzee "sighs" SPACE MARINES ATTAAAAAAAACK!
Also about Wars design, it looks like there trying so hard to make him look like a badass he is kinda hard to take seriously.
Good job as always Yahtzee, Looking forward to Mass effect 2 review as well as others.
The only game he said is a God of War ripoff that actually is would be Dante's Inferno. Darksiders is much more like Zelda and Bayonetta is much more like Devil May Cry as it was made by someone on the original DMC team. End of story.
Ive never posted a comment but had to sign up and post for this as it bugged me.
Ive never posted a comment but had to sign up and post for this as it bugged me.
I beat Darksiders on Apocalyptic first play through and it was super epic. Highly recommended if you want to play a "new and improved" Zelda game. Not GoW! At all.
And it was not easy, either. I would rate it on par with Demon's Souls (130+ hrs played) for difficulty in many aspects, tho the checkpoint system certainly made beating it that much easier. The bosses tho, those were tough with only 4 health skulls (that's what you get back after dying). Most bosses took me 10+ tries.
Yahtzee was right about one thing tho, War is a boring character showing almost no emotion - at one point he shows some rage, which unlocks Chaos form. So anyway, I'd say due to War's lack of emotion, it's hard to really identify with him so the game fails to really immerse you that way. But combat, puzzles, exploration, collections... all awesome and very well implemented.
And it was not easy, either. I would rate it on par with Demon's Souls (130+ hrs played) for difficulty in many aspects, tho the checkpoint system certainly made beating it that much easier. The bosses tho, those were tough with only 4 health skulls (that's what you get back after dying). Most bosses took me 10+ tries.
Yahtzee was right about one thing tho, War is a boring character showing almost no emotion - at one point he shows some rage, which unlocks Chaos form. So anyway, I'd say due to War's lack of emotion, it's hard to really identify with him so the game fails to really immerse you that way. But combat, puzzles, exploration, collections... all awesome and very well implemented.
Do I detect a hint of personal experience in this video? I hate surfers too bunch of bronzed wank bags. One thing that troubles me about this game is that war is supposed to be in attendance at any conflict so wasn?t it his business to be there anyway? Not like he has anything better to do.
Great review
Great review
The explanation for that is simple. Aphrodite had broken up with War again so he was all mopey and emo. Therefore the only way God could get him out of his house was to tell him that the Apocalypse was starting.momerfet said:
I ended up getting it anyway as a rather mindless time waster before GoW 3 hits the shelves. As far as that goes, I was content with what it offered for what I got it for. Nothing is ever going to be totally and utterly original, like every other popular media medium from here to forever. Consumers have shot themselves in the foot as far as that goes, no one wants to try new and untested ideas even if creators wanted to go in that direction.
True, I have based my thoughts on what two of my friends have told me, if they were incorrect I apologise.Turbo_ski said:
I really think he won`t like GOW3 as much as the others...
Look at the E3 2009 Demo...
But in all honesty, Yahtzee will probably like GOW3 to some extent...
Look at the E3 2009 Demo...
sure it`s got a much better emphasis on graphics, and the demo showed some wonderfully rendered disembowelment, but the QTEs have become a little more frustating. Now you have to look at the four different sides of the screen, left for SQ, right for O, bottom for X, and top for TRI. making them difficult to spot. the prequels showed the QTE button in the center, so I guess the developers didn`t want to hide the gore behing a giant popup X. But GOW3 is to GOW2, what Banjo-Tooie was to Banjo-Kazooie, it doesn`t take anything from the previous game away, it adds more stuff, unlike pretty much every Zelda game there is.
But in all honesty, Yahtzee will probably like GOW3 to some extent...
because Yahtzee isn't a real reviewer. If you don't believe me, then ask if you can trust his opinion on Demon's Souls when he admits to having not played the game past the 2nd level. Real reviewers like those at Kotaku and Gamespot play the entire game before giving their opinion on it.xDarc said: