Zero Punctuation: Dragon Age: Origins

[Kededro]

Wonder if he'll ever review World of Goo. That game seems right up his alley as to something he would like.

 

[Telekinesis]

I can't bring myself to even watch the 'review'. I've grown tired of Yahtzee ripping everything (except his own games and ones almost like them) to shreds.

Actually, he liked it.

I wonder what the follow up extra punctuation will be like. I know Yahtzee is a busy man, and I've been playing this game for about 60 hours and I just now feel like I'm reaching the end. I'd like to hear his thoughts on the story but I'm not sure he's up for the task of finishing it through to its conclusion.

Really? What a shock!!! I may actually have to watch that review. I haven't seen a Zero Punctuation review that was even remotely positive for so long.

Thanks!

Stop being such an idiot, seriously.
There's a billion and one super positive reviews by all the big names that just rip off each other's reviews/main points/scores which you can read to feel all better about yourself.

 

[Mr.Lucifer]

I'm not defending other reviewers , but whats the matter with giving positive reviews? Giving out a lot of negative reviews(not trying to bash yahtzee) is be annoying to some just as giving out a lot of positive reviews can be annoying.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Well that was somewhat of an oversimplification of Bioware RPGs Yahtzee, but accurate none the less. I'm guessing you were playing one of the console versions since you talked about radial menus and shit which aren't present in the PC version.

 

[Raykuza]

The only reason anyone watches Zero Punctuation is because Yahtzee is funny. The only reason Yahtzee is funny is because he rips on games. These aren't legitimate reviews to actually be taken into account when one considers buying a game. These are solely for comedic value (though he does often include legitimate points in his "reviews"). I wish people would stop taking him so seriously. Yahtzee is just a comedian. If you do not find him funny, then do not watch his videos. That is all.

The video this week was quite funny. Though I don't think that the humans were the biggest assholes. Every race was equal in their assholery; it's just that there are more humans than any other race and therefore humans are merely able to do more asshole-type stuff. I will say no more because I don't want to spoil anything.

 

[Taranaich]

Anyway Yahtzee is actually making a lot of sense in his complaints here. Most RPGs is very very tolkien (mind you Lord of the Rings is a complete and utter rip off of norse mythology elves and everything even down to the mother fucking ring).

Not really. While a lot of elements were inspired by Germanic mythology, it's hardly a direct ripoff, since many things were altered and tweaked to fit Tolkien. The two rings are very different in powers, abilities and general make-up.

Something I've noticed a lot when it comes to fantasy is people ascribing most of the typical "Elf" and "Dwarf" cliches to Tolkien. Tolkien's elves were not all nature-loving, bow-stringing, haughty, holier-than-thou peaceniks: only the few seen in Lord of the Rings could possibly fit that description, and they only make a tiny percentage of the Elvish people. Tolkien's dwarves aren't Scottish, wine-guzzling drunkards either, they're more like the Hebrews than anything else. Most of the actual Elf & Dwarf stereotypes can be blamed on Dungeons & Dragons.

The sad thing about modern fantasy is before D&D, fantasy was innovative, and no two worlds were alike. Compare D&D to, say, the Hyborian Age of Conan: no parahuman races like elves or dwarves ruling nations next to humans, no dark lords with armies of subhuman monsters, magic is subtle & mysterious. Then compare both to Dunsany's Pegana, Lovecraft's Dreamlands, Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique and Poseidonis, Edgar Rice Burrough's Barsoom and Pellucidar, Leigh Brackett's solar system, Jack Vance's Dying Earth, A. Merritt's setting for "The Ship of Ishtar"...

Even after Tolkien & D&D, there are plenty of fantasy universes that don't ascribe to the D&D type. Le Guin's Earthsea, Moorcock's Elric universe, Wolfe's Urth, and more. There's no reason for a fantasy game to rely on the Elf/Dwarf/Dragon/Orc/Dark Lord crutch other than to function as exactly that - a crutch.

 

[LoneFullmetal]

That was the best review I've seen from him in a while, bravo.

I can't believe that he complained that the game is too long. Wtf, I thought that playing a short game was bad and a reasonably-sized one was too boring. You can't really win with Yahtzee can you?

No, you can't.

 

[danielje]

Yahtzee, you call 'em as they are. Great review, if not a little crude at times, but definitely fair.

 

[Devil's Due]

STOP SAYING FIRST! YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY IT! WE CAN SEE YOU ARE!

but now i KNOW, you know im first

We also know you're an obnoxious idiot.

I'm surprised Yahtzee is reviewing an RPG, though.
I loved the end, too.

Actually, the entire rant was pretty damn good, which is nice.

Sixteen THOUSAND posts in less than a year. My friend, you need to put away the keyboard for a while.

 

[alinos]

the video has negative views on the game but the amusing thing is about 80% of them have nothing to do with the game and more with the genre

the problem with some reviews is people plain dont like playing certain games not sure bout yahtzee but this is the first RPG my mate has ever been able to stand for more than 5hours although hes not sure why lol

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

FIRST

...no

OT: "So is the Dragon Age like the Bronze Age, and now everything is made out of dragons?"
That right there made my day

I wonder how they would implement that. The escapist review said that dragons would kill you most of the time so all those pants must be worth a fortune or the dragons control the entire economy from a doom fortress.

I don't know, most of my characters by the end of the game were armed with weapons made from the bones of dragons and garbed in armor derived from dragons in some way. And, since the dragon based goods were the best in the game, it stands to reason that Yahtzee's assertion might be correct.

 

[Knight Templar]

I now resume my boycott of Zero Punctuation. Thanks for the reminder of why I don't like those video "reviews".

First: He's a critic, they highlight negitive points in their reviews, it's kinda what a critic does. It's like complaing that a cat isn't a dog, it's not suppost to be.

Second: How are these videos not reviews?

Seriously, why are they not reviews?

 

[thiosk]

Asking why elves use bows is like asking why jews have funny circular hats.

THEY JUST DO.

 

[osher1]

that was awesome very funny.

 

[gavinfoxx]

Huh wow. He mentioned Otherkin. That was surprising that he has enough modern cultural knowledge to realize that exists. Interesting! So anyone look up the concept and have a response? *goes to check the rest of the thread to see if anyone has*

 

[Murlin]

Spoiler: off topic

FIRST

[/sarcasm]

Very funny review, he is right that since Tolkien almost every fantasy game/book/movie share a lot of elements when it comes to elves or dwarves etc.

 

[Dancingman]

Heh, the "FIRST!" people never stop, I don't quite see the point anymore, but oh well, never will I comprehend the internet fool.

 

[AThousandYoung]

To all you whiners: Yahtzee explained why he's so harsh in the Bioshock review way back when. Look at it again!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4-BioShock

 

[beema]

I was wondering how he was going to review a game he only gets a week to play but that is touted to have 60+ hours of gameplay.

Good episode LOL'd @ cocksucking manual

Is there anywhere we can try out the Stonking winners & runners up?

 

[Eversor]

It's comedy guys. Yahtzee being positive all the time would not be funny. Don't take his videos so damn seriously, in the end of the day it's your opinion of the game that matters. Not his or mine or someone else's. Yours.