Zero Punctuation: Fear 2

[Vlane]

Do developers not know about Zero Punctuation? Or are the production teams really that thick?

Maybe they know about it but ZP is not what I would call a high level of intellectual discussion on game design.

A world without sequels... A good thing?

Nope, the game industry would be dead.

Yeah right. Good joke.

The game industry was built on the sequel model. No Mario series, no Zelda series, only the original Prince of Persia, only one Madden, NHL games that, like it or not, sell. People will buy franchises they trust.

So you think that making anything else than sequels is not good because nobody will trust it? How did names like Halo, God of War, Gears of War then became so big when nobody trusted them?

 

[JojjeE]

The ending was screwed up and confusing to me
Then I consulted with some fellow nerds and went "Oh so that's what it was"

 

[JLPicard]

"If I ain't cryin', you be dyin'"
EPIC!

 

[TheBadass]

Shenmue. That alone justifies no sequels.

...I take it back, now make number three Sega.

 

[sgtshock]

If we lived in a world without sequels, the video game industry as we know it wouldn't exist. What's the last game you can remember that didn't have a number at the end of it? Mirror's Edge, and Dead Space. That's about it. Maybe more, but I can't think of any at the moment.

Anyway, great review, despite the jab at Rome Total War.

 

[Tharticus]

I'm a bit confused on what Mr. Croshaw considers FEAR 2 as. I guess this game is like game 1, with graphic upgrades and quicktime events.

Also, nice backdrops on the pictures of what you said as one word.

 

[Avida]

Sorry if someone has already pointed this out but FEAR 1 WAS OUT ON CONSOLES!

 

[AndresCL]

The review made me laugh a lot event tho i think it was a good game, but damnit, that damn ending, now well have to wait for F.E.A.R 3 or another two expansions that have no place in the main storyline whatsoever

Lesson of the game? Use condoms

 

[mkxiii]

i dont care how many sequels are terrible, its all worth it for broken sword 3

and why do people get suspended at the start of all of these ZP threads?

 

[TheSchaef]

FEAR had console adaptations of what was originally a PC game. You can usually tell when a game is designed with consoles in mind before PC play. This ain't it.

When he was talking about "not knowing if you'll even make a sequel", I was waiting for Pariah to pop up on the screen. BG&E was a superior choice, though, if for no other reason than it was played by more than seven people.

 

[Odjin]

Duh... Thief 2 is not really great... totally messy AI and you sneaking like a bulldozer. I don't know but Thief 3 had been way better: working AI, sneaking works as sneaking should do ( love the wall hug ) and the story is coherent and not running after you although you sneak like a snail. And HL2 has also been a bad sequel. So we are left with 0 good sequels... no need to fear this new regime

 

[Heroic One]

Sequels are fine, but only if each game has a satisfying conclusion. No Empire Strikes Back malarcky.

 

[Snoopster]

I still think there should be sequels but less of them and only if they pass as being better than the prequal

 

[Duh]

a world without sequals would be beautifull
i really wish okami had more closure, really liked the story of the game, but im pretty sur i could just read about japanese mithology or whatever

 

[Velios]

The ending to F.E.A.R. 2 pissed me off some, it's just begging for a sequel. Just finish it already... I wish to join you in this world without sequels Yahtzee.

 

[StarryXNights]

Yahtzee broke one of his laws; watch the Perseus Mandate review.

 

[Nazulu]

Sorry Yahtzee but we need some sequals, just atleast one after the original. I say that because all my favourite games are sequals, and no, I am not ashamed!

Great review again, every time I see a number on the end of the name I know it's gonna be a disappointing sequal.

 

[Knight Templar]

"So far, only the Japanese has succeeded in creating a 'scary' game."

why was he banned 14 days for saying that?

If a video goes for five min, and you comment after 3 expect to get banned for a week or so.

 

[Hithlain]

This one was better than usual. Congrats Yahtzee.

 

[laikenf]

I played F.E.A.R. 1 for like 15 mins. before realising how generic and unexiting the game was (just like most FPS's), it doesn't seem like F.E.A.R. 2 will change my opinion of the franchise, I'm just not interested.