Great review, and damn funny. I loved that last bit: "yup, this as to go, need to make room for an extendange of the cleavage department".
Zero Punctuation: Gears of War 3
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Yes, I did. Too bad, I liked Malik. She was fun ... and hot ... I never asked for this already established girlfriend!Mutak said:
it was an amusing video sure, dot dot dot
but, dot dot dot
i really kind of expected more from him, calling a game forgettable is fine, but to forget plot elements (no matter how dull) is rather unprofessional of him.
it's like his rant about 40k, it smacked of ignorance, like he's less trying to post his IMFORMED opinion and just trying to rile the fans up.
if he don't like it fine, what ever, I'd prefer he come up with valid reasons rather then just dissmissing it at a glance or not being bothered to pay attention enough to do his own job
(FYI, no, not a gears fanboy, never played it, no intention to, love me some 40k though)
but, dot dot dot
i really kind of expected more from him, calling a game forgettable is fine, but to forget plot elements (no matter how dull) is rather unprofessional of him.
it's like his rant about 40k, it smacked of ignorance, like he's less trying to post his IMFORMED opinion and just trying to rile the fans up.
if he don't like it fine, what ever, I'd prefer he come up with valid reasons rather then just dissmissing it at a glance or not being bothered to pay attention enough to do his own job
(FYI, no, not a gears fanboy, never played it, no intention to, love me some 40k though)
The tone of that series was comedy, and that's exactly how I took it. It made me laugh, mission accomplished.Pyramid Head said:
I never found "Duck!" to be a particularly innovative approach to a video game shooter. We nailed that one on the head pretty well with Contra.JSRT said:
For that matter, if you're gonna stick Marcus behind wall anyways, why don't they wear shields? Just duck down and you've got plenty of cover. When an enemy gets close you can smack him with it. You can upgrade it with extra ammo slots, an additional gun, spikes for hard-hitting melee.
There. I just fixed Gears of War's problem in a single paragraph.
Why is my Captcha in friggin' Greek?!
Yeah everyone who shits on this game is usualy those who "played a bit of it at a friend's house " or "saw a friend playing it" lol. How about you take a look at all of chapter 3 on up and tell me the game is "spattered with brown". I'm not taking anything personally , it annoys me when people try to bash a game using blatantly false info. Also "Yahtzee himself said it was brown"? This the same Yahtzee who implied he remembered little about the game and didn't know what the hell was gong on half the time. Yeah lets take his word for it.Caramel Frappe said:
Ive been playing it on hardcore when I've never played GOW before and it's the same thing over and over, It is almost tiring becuase it's just shoot shoot shoot shoot. I also don't understand how the characters didn't figure out what was creating the lambent the second they saw them...
The plot doesn't seem to make any sense but I put that down to me not playing the previous games. I got the impression tha the writers enjoy writing Cole more than Marcus.
Also the plot lost all believability when a man wanted to swap bacon for a woman....would never happen.
The plot doesn't seem to make any sense but I put that down to me not playing the previous games. I got the impression tha the writers enjoy writing Cole more than Marcus.
Also the plot lost all believability when a man wanted to swap bacon for a woman....would never happen.
That's what's called an opinion, i notice that on forums people usually tend to confuse these with facts. And i liked Vanquish but it fell a bit flat in the replayability dept, IMO. Even still Vanquish is a nother shooter that borrowed heaviy from Gears but put it's own spin on the formula...Jkudo said:
sravankb said:
Yup. The same way people around here talk crap about Gears having violent muscle heads, have no problem with Kratos in GOW who's only personality trait is being angry. ( in fact Yahtzee himself has praised the series as well) People look over the things that supposedly annoy them when it's a game they like.
Well it's a good thing that there is far more to the gameplay than "duck". I love how people who often complain that games are not realistic enough these days (lol, games) are opposed to a cover system. I mean i've never been in a shootout in real life but if i ever were i am pretty sure that i would take cover behind something as opposed to bunny hopping around the battlefield. The is a good way to avoid being shot. Cover system is part of Gears of War's gameplay why would they change it? If you see the cover mechanic in Gears as a "problem" maybe you shoud be playing a game that isn't a cover shooter, eh?SnakeoilSage said:
The only character that I like is Marcus's dad and the only reason for that is because he kinda looks like Walter White from Breaking Bad.
Caramel Frappe said:
Your "observations" come from limited looks at the game, you've said as much yourself. You payed through a few chapters of part 2 and haven't seen much of 3. The game looks far more vibrant that former Gears game at the lighting is the best i have seen on a console thus far. Even most reviewers point to this including Digital Foundry's analysis of Gear Graphics. There is the Hotel in chapter 5 but also Chapter 3 that takes place in ambent infested village ( also this level is in MP and is comparable to the Tibet village MP map in UC2)
Also the whole " The reason he couldn't remember most of it because the game tended to have scenes that made it hard to remember." is nothing more than a weak cop out. It's also one of the reasons i watch Yahtzee's reviews for entertainment purposes rather than serious reviews.( though admittedly he usually has valid points in his rants, which made this episode all the more disappointing) But his hardcore fanboys seem to take his word as law. Bashing a game they've clearly never played, and accusing it of being "more brown" when it's pretty much the opposite.
As far as being "one of those games you only play for MP" , i was always more of s Halo guy. I just didn't "get" Gears MP.( although i am getting better with it now) i always played Gears for the excellent SP campaign, Gears has always had a strong SP campaign. You judge it by the story while i judge it by the Gameplay. Because that is the most important part. A game could have a story comparable to Citizen Kane, but who cares if it isn't fun to play? Frankly Gears story isn't as bad as the haters would have you believe, if anything it's just not told as well as it is in the expanded fiction.( Halo has the same issue) But that is just fine with me, this is a videogame. Not a movie or a book.
first Zero Punc I've disagreed with.
Gears has a story and it has nuance. but it's hard to notice it between all the explosions and screaming.
You can say the story was badly delivered (and then delve into a critique of why/how the devs failed).
but it's pretty lame to admit you just weren't paying attention and couldn't follow the story (or remember names).
and it's even worse to claim there is no story (or characters).
ugh.
Gears has a story and it has nuance. but it's hard to notice it between all the explosions and screaming.
You can say the story was badly delivered (and then delve into a critique of why/how the devs failed).
but it's pretty lame to admit you just weren't paying attention and couldn't follow the story (or remember names).
and it's even worse to claim there is no story (or characters).
ugh.
yes I know I worded that poorly I already corrected myself in a different post thoRobert632 said:
I... really don't agree with anything that's been said here. I thought it was fun. Isn't that the point of games? To have fun? This just seemed like a rage-fest to compensate for Yahtzee being nice to a few games in the past.
Really, I think that this was the epitome of action gaming. Just about everything in this interview was overblown mush. Usually I can deal with him disliking a game that I like, and I usually find them funny, but this was just pretty unnecessary. That is, unless you're one of those guys who wears hipster-chic vests and fedoras and refuses to like any mainstream game. Then it's okay! (had to get that little bit out)
Really, I think that this was the epitome of action gaming. Just about everything in this interview was overblown mush. Usually I can deal with him disliking a game that I like, and I usually find them funny, but this was just pretty unnecessary. That is, unless you're one of those guys who wears hipster-chic vests and fedoras and refuses to like any mainstream game. Then it's okay! (had to get that little bit out)
What's weird is that i always wondered why gears was successful it just seemed boring, but then i saw someone play gears 3 and it looked fucking awesome. Well playing as monsters looked fucking awesome. Single player looked better then gears 2 because he didn't just sit in cover the entire time, but hoard mode looked amazing. Still he plays a lot of games, it's not a big deal if he doesn't remember the plot of gears 2. Then again if he remembers other plots then it's not really a point in gears favor.
If cliffy b was mad at an 8 wait till he sees this.
If cliffy b was mad at an 8 wait till he sees this.
Dude....vanquish is like the king of replay-ability. It's an arcade game. I loved playing it again on hard and i feel hard should be the standard mode, even if i haven't beaten the last level yet..I haven't even tried challenge mode yet but when the challenge mode demo came out i played it like 20 times.JSRT said:
Saying gears perfected cover shooting is also an opinion. Saying gears is a cut above 90% of shooters is also an opinion. OPINIONS!