Zero Punctuation: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
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I loved this game, but totally acknowledge that it deserves its fair share of criticism. It started out as a cgi movie, so the gameplay feels pretty thrown together all around. But not the story, though. I think when you say "inconsistent," what you mean is "character development." And things like Trip not quite making every jump and needing to be pulled up added a dimension of believability to the game in those early levels - it shakes your faith in the otherwise implausible acrobatics being pulled off left and right, giving the characters a little more vulnerability. Of course as the game progresses, the acrobatics just get more and more nuts until Trip is casually asking Monkey to do crazy stunts for which there should be no expectation for survival, whatsoever.
Even if the characters were shifty, the camera was nailed to your back, the platforming was just "follow the yellow brick road) and the combat was "press X to make dead," you got to admit that (most) of the areas showed how a game set after the world doesn't need to be BROWN.Yahtzee Croshaw said:
As much of a fanboy excuse that sounds like, I don't think that fixes the problems with the rest of the game, just makes it more tolerable because it is good to see a big action game have some color for once.
I'm waiting for a price drop on this one, not because I don't think it looks good or anything but I just blew all money on some games (that haven't been given the Zero Punctuation treatment...yet) and being only 8 hours long.
The motion capture in all fairness look really good, more so by the average video game standard.
The motion capture in all fairness look really good, more so by the average video game standard.
Hang on is 'Bollocks' colloquial British for butt or balls? well, that was the strangest question i have ever asked.
Good point about the necessity of a game whose plot is based around revenge to make the player invested in that revenge. God of War did this well: it drew you in, drew you along, and then ended fairly fittingly (I speak of God of War 1 and to a lesser degree 2: I haven't played 3 yet).
I had not heard of this game before: it actually sounds somewhat interesting, but there's no way I have the time/money for it right now.
I had not heard of this game before: it actually sounds somewhat interesting, but there's no way I have the time/money for it right now.
Okay, I haven't watched it yet, but...
pleaselettherebeadragonballreferencepleaselettherebeadragonballreference...
EDIT: Damn it.
I literally counted the cumber of good spots for one as I watched. There were 11.
pleaselettherebeadragonballreferencepleaselettherebeadragonballreference...
EDIT: Damn it.
I literally counted the cumber of good spots for one as I watched. There were 11.
I'm only commented because I never heard of this game before now.
...So wait, the game is supposed to be "based" on the Chinese tale "Journey to the West" and the main character is NOT an actual monkey? Man, fuck that! I don't care WHAT they replaced him with, having a monkey as the main character is what made it interesting!
...So wait, the game is supposed to be "based" on the Chinese tale "Journey to the West" and the main character is NOT an actual monkey? Man, fuck that! I don't care WHAT they replaced him with, having a monkey as the main character is what made it interesting!
Yea you know you can rely on Yahtzee for all your objective and conclusive video game reviewing needs.......PAGEToap44 said:
I guess this means every game he has ever reviewed is crap.
I love ZP and Yahtzee's got some great perspectives on these games, but I lose a lot of respect when he breaks out "retarded" and tries to pull it off as a legitimate review. You've got a wonderful vocabulary, Yahtzee, with plenty of other insulting words in it. Leave "retarded" out of it, please.
When I heard in another review that there was a game mechanic that kills you that was controlled by an NPC I had no further interest in it. Think about that for a second; NPC's are inherently idiotic and I'm supposed to be killing my allies not the other way around. Perhaps that's the underlying implication from the Journey to the West -- the arrogant gamers that always laugh at shooting the Marines as Master Chief and what not will be humbled by escorting an NPC that kills them instead.
