his reviews are alway funny he mostly rip the games and sometime if you think about it he point out good points
Zero Punctuation: Halo: Reach
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
- Start date
The "gameplay-story element" ending that Yahtzee described isn't exactly something that hasn't been explored before. Think just this year. Think another huge game franchise. SC2. It was brilliantly done there, so Reach's ending fell pretty flat in my opinion. Of course, Yahtzee doesn't play SC2, so that really means shit all.
I also agree about the annoying slim Jim commercial, does nothing to encourage me to buy slim Jim. not to mention that they are nasty
I absolutely hated halo 3 ..downright despised it - Seeing the flood crash in (metaphorically and literally), I don't think I could've shouted 'fuck you' hard enough at the t.v. ...So I had no expectations for Reach. Which is why I enjoyed it a hell of a lot more. In a strange way as well, I like the way you're playing towards impending doom, like you're living out memoirs. It's like Anne Frank: the point and click adventure. Still haven't finished reach yet - F1 and the new Borderlands DLC are taking my time so maybe it'll find a way to kill any good impression it made before the end but.. genuinely was impressed. And that's before I hit Multiplayer.
Review hilarious as always, there's been a good standard recently - hoping Yahtzee doesn't get spread too thin with the games rush!
Review hilarious as always, there's been a good standard recently - hoping Yahtzee doesn't get spread too thin with the games rush!
The halo franchise was fucked after the HALO WARS come out, they have shagged the HALO name, while sliding down on razor blades, Halo ODST why? and Reach we already knew the bloody ending, and yet you still play it knowing you am fucked. BUNGIE go home and do it again.
Gotta agree with Yahtzee on the part where the characters suck. Emile made me want to gouge my eyeballs out with his stupid fucking helmet and overall being a douche-bag. I liked Jorge and Carter, but they needed to be fleshed out a LOT more.
Overall, the game completely failed at making me give a shit about most of the characters. That and the campaign was painful after a while, with all the fucking vehicle section repetitive bullshit.
The multiplayer is pretty much the only reason I got it, as it is with all Halo games. And the MP mode is pretty damn good.
Overall, the game completely failed at making me give a shit about most of the characters. That and the campaign was painful after a while, with all the fucking vehicle section repetitive bullshit.
The multiplayer is pretty much the only reason I got it, as it is with all Halo games. And the MP mode is pretty damn good.
What vehicle part was repetitive? The part where you drive a Warthog, the part where you fly a Sabre, the part where you fly a Falcon, the part where you drive a tank, or the part where you drive a Mongoose?Regular Guy said:
Because, you know... that just seems like a lot of variety to me. What exactly are you complaining about here? You might as well be saying the combat is repetitive because an assault rifle holds 32 bullets and they all do the same thing.
Microsoft used to own Bungie, so Bungie had a lot less say in what they produced. Activision does NOT own Bungie. They are only publishing Bungie's new IP - exclusively - for the next ten years.teisjm said:
Yeah, we're all too busy playing it. Even the campaign has a massive amount of replay value.cmdrmonkey said:
Anyone who says Reach doesn't stand up without the multiplayer clearly either hasn't played the campaign, or is simply biased against it. Simple as that. The fact is the vast majority of Halo hate comes from the people who haven't played Halo. The people who play Halo and then ***** about how they didn't like the campaign, don't like the multiplayer or just generally poke holes in things? These people comprise about 5% of the Halo-playing population. Seriously. Bungie released some stats this week that owuld amaze you.
People complaining the campaign was too short or too easy? Only 5% of all Halo Reach players have completed it solo on Legendary difficulty. Five. Percent.
People complaining about the current rank cap at Lt. Colonel? Only 1% have reach that rank. And that's across all GRADES of Lt. Colonel - less than that have actually been capped at Lt. Colonel grade 3.
The majority of players are enjoying the game, and still getting their money's worth from the experience.
@Kermi.
I was talking about the Falcon part, in particular. You fly the same Falcon around and shoot at shit for almost a bloody HOUR. Most boring part of the game, by far.
At least the combat is varied with different locations and encounters, not just FLY HERE SHOOT BANSHEES. I like Halo, and I love reach (especially Forge), but you have to admit that the campaign was pretty damn boring overall.
I was talking about the Falcon part, in particular. You fly the same Falcon around and shoot at shit for almost a bloody HOUR. Most boring part of the game, by far.
At least the combat is varied with different locations and encounters, not just FLY HERE SHOOT BANSHEES. I like Halo, and I love reach (especially Forge), but you have to admit that the campaign was pretty damn boring overall.
Halo didn't bring anything new unlike many of your other cited games. The shield system was out waaay before gaylo.minxamo said:
Ghost town after a month? You do realize that halo three had at least 20,000 people online at any given time from it's launch until reach came out. Second of all, a game doesn't need to carry itself on single player alone. Multi-player is a lot of fun, and I guarantee you there will be a crapload of people still playing it a month from now. Plus, if he hates multi-player so much, why did he review team fortress 2 when he did the orange box? I bet the only reason Yahtzee hates multi-player so much is because he has a crap connection.cmdrmonkey said:
I didn't think that was directed at Halo per se. Multi-player is dependent on having a community that supports it and that won't happen for the vast majority of games.kikon9 said:
But we're talking about a game series that sold over 8 million copies. That 20,000 people playing Halo 3 at any given time is one-quarter of one percent of the people who bought it. Obviously that's not the same 20,000 people playing at any given time, but I would doubt seriously that more than half the Halo purchasers have spent significant time on-line with it... which is pretty much Yahtzee's point about being able to ignore it. Most people are ignoring it and playing it solely for the single player campaign.