Zero Punctuation: Deadpool
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Shift control F5 not only generates a complete game design document, it also generates the code.
And if you have an internet connection, it will use google to generate the artwork and the script, and attempt to generate the sound effects and voice acting. Failing to do the voice acting, it will generate a list of the best voice actors for you to employ.
All you have to do is put your name on the credits.
And if you have an internet connection, it will use google to generate the artwork and the script, and attempt to generate the sound effects and voice acting. Failing to do the voice acting, it will generate a list of the best voice actors for you to employ.
All you have to do is put your name on the credits.
The idea of humor in games is always much better if the writers make it subtle but in almost every part of the game. Portal and Borderlands are good examples (or so I've seen) and that is what makes sales. It also might help if you have good game play, too...
Holy shit... he liked it?
I clicked this saying "Ah hell... he's probably going to hate it."
And to be fair, it's like... half the game before you even notice some of the lines being re-used.
I clicked this saying "Ah hell... he's probably going to hate it."
And to be fair, it's like... half the game before you even notice some of the lines being re-used.
The question comes down to this: is Deadpool enough to carry a game? As far as I can see Deadpool really hit rock bottom when writers started making him reference internet memes, and as we all know, when a meme is referenced by a thing in the mainstream, it is dead. And since the entirety of his humor now revolves around parroting memes with no sense of self awareness whatsoever, I'd say meh.
Sides, I doubt Deadpool makes a single reference to wanting to sleep with Bea Arthur, which I think would be just plain unforgivable. Yes I know she's dead, but this is Deadpool, fuck you.
Sides, I doubt Deadpool makes a single reference to wanting to sleep with Bea Arthur, which I think would be just plain unforgivable. Yes I know she's dead, but this is Deadpool, fuck you.
I understand the "Superman 64" reference, but honestly the "Superman Returns" game was just as bad if not worse. Imagine being Superman in an open world game, except the world is empty. Metropolis looked great from about 20 miles up, but once you got near street level it was obvious the developers stopped giving a shit after they had the map and flight mechanics down. It was just totally empty.
I appear to be the only person in the world who doesn't think the dialogue during combat was repetitive. It really wasn't. But Yahtzee's review is better than a lot of seen so far. A lot of people saying the controls were bad... I hate to be "that guy" but it seems more like they... don't know how to play it? Everything worked smoothly for me; I built up huge combos, the aiming was fine and functional and the bad guys were fun to slice.
I love the humour, though. Funniest game I've played in a long time.
I love the humour, though. Funniest game I've played in a long time.
My buddy nearly beat it in a few hours, and he's terrible at games. That's one of the problems. You can fall into success. The puzzle sections are out of place in this game because they're dry and boring, and some make no freaking sense for a guy who uses a teleporter more frequently than the bathroom. At least when it's all shooty you're distracted, but when you're left to think about it, it's...Erm, awkward.Roofstone said:
Sorry, forgot to replace all my full stops with lol lol
Which has led to me forgetting about more than one of their shows lolThunderous Cacophony said:
Ick... Deadpool. Okay, here's the thing: the character was originally Marvel's attempt to parody a character that was, in and of itself, a parody, having completely failed to get the joke. Obviously, times and writers have changed since then, but the point is I will always be mystified by how popular this character is. I could go on a long comic book tangent, but all you need to know is that in the '90s, ultra-violent dark and gritty characters became popular. DC responded with Lobo, a foul-mouthed, gun-toting, booze-swigging space biker bounty hunter. Yes, it's as ridiculous as it sounds. Yes, some people failed to get the joke (and continue to, based on the amount of serious stories Lobo has since appeared in). But the character became popular because in the '90s everyone was insane. Thus Marvel looked at him, assumed he was for real because he was selling books, and decided to parody him.And thus, that's Deadpool. A joke based on a joke that wasn't even funny the first time around.
Also, I think I have just driven home why us comic book geeks are seldom invited to parties...
Also, I think I have just driven home why us comic book geeks are seldom invited to parties...
Ha HA! Good one! I'm surprised he sort of liked this one. I think it's from how almost NO games, especially AAA, even attempted humor at all. They think it's just throw out a sarcastic line with a swear word somewhere in there, and BOOM, levity. Funniest review I've seen in a while. I especially like the digs at how Family Guy went downhill.axlryder said:
You don't have to; MovieBob already did in an episode of Big Picture.gridsleep said:
Perhaps the game is aimed at people with the short-term memory of Dory, but if you play the game for fifteen minutes or so, you've heard all the quips. It takes very little time to run through them all, so I have trouble imagining anyone hoenstly saying it's not repetitive. It really is. As for not being good at the game, I watched a friend get to the last level in a single sitting. I have trouble believing any complaints come down to being bad at the game, as this is a guy who frequently asks me for help beating a game. On the easiest setting.ninjaRiv said:
He didn't die more than once in this game, using nothing but default settings.
No fault on you for liking the game. It was entertaining. Still, between claiming the dialogue wasn't repetitive and being "that guy," I'm left thinking "what?" in a heavily David-Tennant-Inspired voice.
I was under the impression Lobo was parodying the dark gritty 90s typical hero, and in particular Wolverine, who Deadpool is also aping. Deadpool has so many things in common with Wolverine, he even has a story where he went to Japan and became a sumo wrestler mimicking Wolverine's travels in Japan.AGNGoo said:
I waited for the pilot line everything bitched about and didn't get it until near the end. I heard things more than once, I didn't say they're not repeated at all, I'm just saying not as much. Maybe it helps to switch up the weapons since they all have unique lines.Zachary Amaranth said:
I didn't mean people aren't good at the game, just that the controls are simple and functional and that it's weird how people seem to think they're broken. They're really not broken, they were easy as fuck. Combos were easy, too. A lo9t of people complained about the teleporter being the same as counter. yeah, I teleported more than once without meaning to but it didn't break my combos at all. In fact it helps get behind an enemy.
Deadpool is a rip off of Deathstroke. Slade Wilson/Wade Wilson. But yeah, Deadpool isn't for everyone. Some (including myself) love the character and appreciate both the serious and comedic side of his character and stories. But not everyone likes him and that's part of his charm for me.porous_shield said:
First thought: Wait, Yahtzee is reviewing Deadpool? Didn't expect that.
Second thought: I'm betting he's going to tear it a new one.
Pleasantly surprised by the positive review (at least by Yahtzee standards). I haven't gotten around to playing this yet, but everything I hear about it tells me that I should give this a shot.
Hell, if I was able to find something of merit about Eat Lead, I think I'll be able to enjoy this.
Second thought: I'm betting he's going to tear it a new one.
Pleasantly surprised by the positive review (at least by Yahtzee standards). I haven't gotten around to playing this yet, but everything I hear about it tells me that I should give this a shot.
Hell, if I was able to find something of merit about Eat Lead, I think I'll be able to enjoy this.
So this game is essentially Duke Nukem Forever with Marvel sauce applied to it?
Trying to be funny by using the very mechanics it makes fun of, and off-setting its hit-and-miss gameplay by voice comments that are supposed to be t3h funnay?
I read a few Deadpool comics, and it's very much hit and miss. The game looks like more of the same to me.
Trying to be funny by using the very mechanics it makes fun of, and off-setting its hit-and-miss gameplay by voice comments that are supposed to be t3h funnay?
I read a few Deadpool comics, and it's very much hit and miss. The game looks like more of the same to me.
You know, I thought there was entirely too much killing in this game. I think games about killing need less killing in them. I mean, I felt like a monster wading through countless bad guys with bullets and swords or both. Deadpool is a mass murdering psychopath. This game would be so much more fun if Deadpool could simply talk his way our of trouble or maybe give the guys that are shooting at him time to make their intentions known. That would would have been much much better.
Not much of a comic book fan or a Deadpool fan. However, I do like his character and I could go for some dumb and "random" fun.
Quite a nice video this week. The ending with Superman 64 seriously cracked me up.
Quite a nice video this week. The ending with Superman 64 seriously cracked me up.