Zero Punctuation: Halo 4

[VoidWanderer]

Given how he mentioned bloom in a few Halo reviews, I'd love to see what he thinks of Hitman Absolution... once his eyes adjust to the glare!

 

[RA92]

i think you really need to have started halo at a young age to fully appreciate it.

That's... actually a bad way to put it. At a young age, tolerance for bad stuff is really low, so one can fall in love with pretty much anything. I doubt I would remember He-Man so fondly if I hadn't watched it at a young age. Nostalgia rarely works based on how good something was, but more on what that particular product reminds you of your childhood.

Not hating on Halo, BTW. It's far more inoffensive and organic compared to the spunkgargleweewee games.

 

[deathzero021]

am i the only one surprised that anyone still pays any damn attention to these games? why even review it? it's not like there's going to be anything special or new about these games.

 

[Alandoril]

Another example of Yahtzee neither hateing nor liking a game . The result is always a boring review, sorry dude .You should have reviewed Epic Mickey 2 or something.

With a game like Halo 4 I'd say there's a high chance it was simply expected of him - by fans or the Escapist. It's not like those times where he does a retro review or two indie titles that drew his eyes.

My favourite ZPs are when he hates the game like when he reviewed wolfenstein or darksiders .

Nah they're usually around 6 to 8 hours, so 10 is them being...generous, I suppose.

 

[Vault101]

there ssomthing about that image of master chef on the computer and mini cortana just lying on the floor a few feet away thats the funniest thing Ive ever seen

that or mini cortana humping the other guy

 

[Vault101]

i think you really need to have started halo at a young age to fully appreciate it. i think Yahtzee just doesn't understand it for that reason, starting off in halo 3. 1 and 2 were the best anyway.
the thing i personally disliked about halo 4 was the lack of signature halo music. thats what made the series for me. my favourite cut-scene was when it played some of the original music.

ha....no

I would actually like to play halo if I had an xbox or they didn;t drop releasing them on PC alltogether, sadly much like gears it just wasnt meant to be

and yahtzee admitting to liking a game is as rare as unicorns...got nothing to do with "getting" it

 

[Bindal]

first of all . There are halo books?

Yes, there are. Just as there are video games and books for Star Wars, books and comics for Mass Effect, ect.
That thing is called "Expanded Universe".
There are even a few Anime-shortfilms (Halo Legends).

secondly it is bad writing that people have to pretty much read the books to get what the hell is going on

No, you don't. Those books are not that important and deliver addional background content - and sometimes even conflict with the events of the game. Usually the case if the books were written before the games covered these events. But it is simply said that for canon continuity, it is: new games > old games > new non-game > old non-game. Best example might be "The Fall of Reach", which is basically "Halo: Reach - the book", which came out a few years before "Halo: Reach".

 

[Britisheagle]

Fail-o Snore actually did make me laugh. Great review - I am getting this game for Christmas however reviews from people that aren't websites have certainly lowered my expectations!

 

[floppylobster]

I needed about four more minutes of that. Just as I was laughing my ass off it stopped. I've played about two levels of Halo 4 and I will go back to it, but it was obviously inferior to the others, yet still better than 90% of the stuff out there. Well... maybe 80%.

 

[Balkan]

Another example of Yahtzee neither hateing nor liking a game . The result is always a boring review, sorry dude .You should have reviewed Epic Mickey 2 or something.

Yes, he should review a game that at most came out 3 days ago (Wii U) or at least came out 1 day ago (every other system).

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3540-Hunted-The-Demons-Forge

Watch the first minute, you might learn something.

Wow, excuse me for not following the release dates for game I don't give a shit about on a continent I don't live .Also my "Has watched every ZP" badge should have turned you down on recomending me an year old ZP . You are blaming me for not knowing all the facts while talking out of your ass .

 

[Legion]

I always find Zero Punctuation videos of FPS games incredibly boring.

If they are like COD or similar then they are "Boring grey/brown mediocre shooters."
If they are like Halo or similar then they are "Boring brightly coloured mediocre shooters."
If they try and be something else then they are "Boring pretentious mediocre shooters."

 

[iStreeter]

So it's not bad enough for spunkgargleweewee but it's not good enough for shooter. Hmmm.... Spunkshooterweeshoot?

 

[iStreeter]

So it's not bad enough for spunkgargleweewee but it's not good enough for shooter. Hmmm.... Spunkshooterweeshoot?

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

It's worth the trip out to IKEA just for the meatballs *sooo Goood*

-M

 

[luroberto]

While I agree with mostly everything he said, the multiplayer levels are NOT just campaign levels twisted a bit to be new. Some are, yes, but most are brand new, separate from the campaign.

 

[SnakeCL]

Not see, I do have to question Yahtzee's unabashed boner for Half-Life 2, and his nigh ambivalence towards Halo. They're not as far removed as their respective fanboys would like to think.

There's also the issue that fans of the series have been gotten Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3 ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo CEA, and Halo 4, all in the time its taken another certain developer to count to three.

I guess my point is, different strokes for different folks.

 

[Farther than stars]

I don't think Master Chief talks enough to secretly be Bill Clinton. Also, yay for the Eddie Izzard shout-out! That man is hilarious.

 

[Netrigan]

Not see, I do have to question Yahtzee's unabashed boner for Half-Life 2, and his nigh ambivalence towards Halo. They're not as far removed as their respective fanboys would like to think.

They two pretty different tones. Half-Life 2 has a tendency toward horror, even if it's simply a car drive through the sunny remains of civilization. It's the sense that life has taken a wrong turn here and you're exploring a world that shouldn't be. It's about seeing a familiar world transformed into something slightly alien, making it all just slightly creepy and unsettling.

Halo veers more toward jingoistic military action movie. You're in a sci-fi world where the most horrifying thing is a bunch of exploding aliens that charge you from every direction and makes those levels suck. ODST seems to be the one game that really attempts to match the moody horror of HL2 as you explore a deserted city, but largely the series occupies the space Michael Bay has claimed as his own in movies: military porn.

But take a good hard look at the games he likes and dislikes. How many of his favorite games are moody horror games? How many of his most hated games are jingoistic military shooters? And the ones he does like tend to be the ones that undercut the military cliches by turning your indestructible U.S. marine into a walking radiation fatality or the ones forcing you to deal with the horrors you've unleashed. There's not a whole lot of moral ambiguity in Halo. The humans are all undeniably good, the aliens are mostly undeniably bad (save for the ones in Halo 2 which don't bother to suit up for future games), and it's your job to kill as many of the non-humans as you possibly can without the slightest hint that this diminishes your humanity.

Yes, I know there's plenty of people who like to go on about the rich lore of the Halo Universe, and I'll take your word that the Extended Universe is a magical land of brilliant science fiction, but the actual games have so very little of that. It's quite a lot of go here, blow this shit up, and excuse my stiffy as I watch these helicopters fly off into the horizon while the music soars.

 

[bafrali]

Not see, I do have to question Yahtzee's unabashed boner for Half-Life 2, and his nigh ambivalence towards Halo. They're not as far removed as their respective fanboys would like to think.

There's also the issue that fans of the series have been gotten Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3 ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo CEA, and Halo 4, all in the time its taken another certain developer to count to three.

I guess my point is, different strokes for different folks.

Well you can generalize pretty much everything. But the details make or break the games. Frankly I can't imagine how you could compare the two. Tone, gameplay, guns and focus are all different.

BTW It was a cheap shoot to mention the third instalmant. Not cool sir.

 

[Christopher Haacke]

Always loved Halo; however, having experienced Rage, I am...reluctant...to blow so much money on half a single-player experience AGAIN.
Damnit...