Zero Punctuation: Guitar Hero III

[CasualGamer]

I'm not sure RATM is as international as, say, David Gilmore or GnR.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Sorry, Corbineau I don't really have the time to read through five pages of messages. And that wasn't meant to rude, it's just the truth. It's quite nice to know, though

It's all good. We should start a band.

Heh, what would we call ourselves? Shadows of a Gentleman Thief?

Actually, I think that would be an excellent name for a rock band. Then again, it's hard to do worse than "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus".

 

[Jeigan]

I suppose it has a certain ring to it, but it's missing something... It just doesn't roll off the tongue. Hey Yahtzee, what do you think? Or do you not read these?

 

[I3ucky]

the gamespot=jerks part was hilarious.

 

[Tanksicle]

why is everyone so bloody touchy about Tom Morello?

 

[mGoLos]

So ... when are you and the escapist gonna stop dicking around, buy a huge pc and review Crysis? I fear you'll have to jam forks in your eyes though

 

[beoweasel]

So ... when are you and the escapist gonna stop dicking around, buy a huge pc and review Crysis? I fear you'll have to jam forks in your eyes though

What, because Yahtzee will find it so monotonous that the only way to escape the bland is to shove forks in his eyes?

 

[Skatoony]

By far the funniest ZP I've watched to date. The ending had me in tears!

I hope my boyfriend doesn't try playing GH3...

 

[TSED]

I registered just to say:


There IS, absolutely IS, coop quickplay. It's under the 'Multiplayer' section, instead of being on the main menu. Shame, Yahtzee!

But, now that I'm here, I might as well spew my unsolicited opinion like every one else:

Gay jokes aren't all that funny. The odd one here or there's fine, but a whole review with the theme... it just isn't funny. Been done before and way better. Sorry.

 

[Gnuzzk]

great episode! your the only reason i registerd on this site... i wanted to make comments on your videos... IM NOT GAY!

 

[Spleenbag]

Hell yes, Yahtzee. Chalk another success up on the ol' Board of Funny.

 

[Jeigan]

I registered just to say:


There IS, absolutely IS, coop quickplay. It's under the 'Multiplayer' section, instead of being on the main menu. Shame, Yahtzee!

But, now that I'm here, I might as well spew my unsolicited opinion like every one else:

Gay jokes aren't all that funny. The odd one here or there's fine, but a whole review with the theme... it just isn't funny. Been done before and way better. Sorry.

Hell, he probably does it just to egg people like me on... such a tease...

 

[Norwegianguy]

First time poster, but I love Yahtzees reviews, it usually hit the nail straight home and did it again with this. It even got an impact on my local gamestore, we watched the Jericho review and he decided not to bring the shait into the store

No ... u're not...it's the most idiotic game ever... and "Who's Tom Morello ?" ...are u fuckin hamsters?!?!? http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time (check no.26)
Yahtzee U "twat" ,do u see Slash anywhere on that list?!? but I guess the boys and girls at the Rolling Stone are a bunch of gays

You can also look at the date posted, the lack of Mike Oldfield and that Mark Knopfler is rated under both Tom Morello and The Edge, my respect for U2 and The Edge is boundless, but is a better guitarist than Mark Knopfler? No he isn't, any "Top 100" list with Knopfler not in the top 10 is a axe job.... IMHO.

 

[VKhaun]

How Yahtzee got Guitar Hero Three:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071216/od_afp/canadainternetdrugchristmasoffbeat

 

[soladrin]

i still stay with my view on any guitar hero-like game... Its as appealing as a karaoke bar filled with drunken germans....

 

[Beanish]

Gay jokes aren't all that funny. The odd one here or there's fine, but a whole review with the theme... it just isn't funny. Been done before and way better. Sorry.

Agreed. The jokes would seem to be making fun of homophobia. But like racism and sexism, ridiculing homophobes usually isn't funny (at least to me) because they're sad and pathetic.

I'm not saying that I want Yahtzee to start being Politcally Correct - anything but! That's one of the things that makes his stuff great, that he'll go places other people are afraid to, and be smart and funny about it. My point is just that teh gay jokes weren't funny to me.

 

[TSED]

Gay jokes aren't all that funny. The odd one here or there's fine, but a whole review with the theme... it just isn't funny. Been done before and way better. Sorry.

Agreed. The jokes would seem to be making fun of homophobia. But like racism and sexism, ridiculing homophobes usually isn't funny (at least to me) because they're sad and pathetic.

I'm not saying that I want Yahtzee to start being Politcally Correct - anything but! That's one of the things that makes his stuff great, that he'll go places other people are afraid to, and be smart and funny about it. My point is just that teh gay jokes weren't funny to me.

Yes, you put it much more eloquently than I did.

 

[Lord Leinad]

I wasn't planning on buying Guitar Hero III in the first place, mostly because I already have Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360, as well as the original Guitar Hero on my PS2, and partly because their are so many other good games out their for my consoles which don't require you to chuck out 100-ish dollers to make you play them.

 

[Evilducks]

You can stop begging for Blue Oyster Cult or other groups from that decade, unless you like covers (GH has had a BOC song or two already). Master tracks recorded in ways useful for the purpose of these games don't exist so they will all have to be re-recorded. The reason Rock Band only has contemporary songs is because they wanted all master tracks. GH still incorporates older music, but again they're covers, and people whine incessantly about it.

Interesting theory, given that Rock Band has a master track of Don't Fear the Reaper.

True, they have the master track for that song...

However if you look at the list of their available tracks:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/830/830709p1.html

You can see that the older the songs are there is a much higher chance of the song being a cover. Some studios didn't use good equipment back in the day, some studios have actually lost master tracks since then (I don't know how they managed this) etc. Basically both games have master tracks if they are available for the song, they only do covers now in desperation.

 

[Evilducks]

I wasn't planning on buying Guitar Hero III in the first place, mostly because I already have Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360, as well as the original Guitar Hero on my PS2, and partly because their are so many other good games out their for my consoles which don't require you to chuck out 100-ish dollers to make you play them.

You can buy it without the guitar since you already have GH2 (and I assume a guitar for it).