Zero Punctuation: Just Cause 2
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Didn't check the ZP show yesterday.. Today i logged onto steam and i actually look at the screenies and the game "Just Cause 2" in the steamstore.
And it really came over as an uninteresting silly game. Like.. are you a stuntman or a CIA dude?
Also Vista/W7 only gave it kind of away in it being nothing of interest. (Who with a sane mind would target such a small market slice?)
Seeing Yatzhee ripping it apart, i kinda feel like it was a too easy, too juicy of a target. I think the 'Just Cause' phun catch phrase is pretty spot on though.
And it really came over as an uninteresting silly game. Like.. are you a stuntman or a CIA dude?
Also Vista/W7 only gave it kind of away in it being nothing of interest. (Who with a sane mind would target such a small market slice?)
Seeing Yatzhee ripping it apart, i kinda feel like it was a too easy, too juicy of a target. I think the 'Just Cause' phun catch phrase is pretty spot on though.
Didn't like JC2 much. Combat and Driving was shit, the only decent thing was flying, but even that took ages to get around the map.
Ferret sausage though... that's an innuendo if I ever heard one.
Ferret sausage though... that's an innuendo if I ever heard one.
As has been said 5 times or more already in this thread:
I have some horrible memories of homeopathic mosquito "medicine" from my childhood. Eating ground gnats and mosquitos is NOT the most rosy of my childhood memories....
Absolute genius! Still chuckling after that one ... had to pause the video for quite a while there.
I have some horrible memories of homeopathic mosquito "medicine" from my childhood. Eating ground gnats and mosquitos is NOT the most rosy of my childhood memories....
the game is fun as hell. PC looks 5 times better then the ps3 version however. Not to say that's not the case with all games but... just a mention
chenry said:
You forget one thing: the 7 Storyline missions you have to do to finish the game DONT force you to do all the destruction! You dont have to destroy all the gas tanks, pipelines and water supplies to finish the game. Thats the gamers choice. I spend most of my time in JC2 with paragliding and diving-veeery peaceful. Besides-Rico is payed by "the agency"-therefor he cant be a terrorist-he is a hero defending the evil forces
What's going on? Three accurate AND funny reviews in a row, on games that matter no less? It looks like Yahtzee actually listened to the community to the extent that he's not reviewing games you can pick up in the bargain bin after the first week, and actually played them no less.
Entertaining.
Kudos.
Entertaining.
Kudos.
I'm mostly on par with Yahtzee on this one, though the biggest gripe I have is the voice acting. (Looking at you, Bolo.)
If I asked the makers why they didn't fire her on the first take, I know what they'd say.
"Why? Just cause!"
If I asked the makers why they didn't fire her on the first take, I know what they'd say.
"Why? Just cause!"
While we're talking about magical patches for JC2:
1) Skippable cutscenes.
2) The ability to save for real.
3) There's a weird bug (in the demo at least) where changing the music volume doesn't carry over to the cutscenes, but changing the dialogue volume does. Drop both in settings, and every cutscene becomes a bunch of hard stares. This goes some way to fix the unskippability of the cutscenes and the terrible writing/acting. Maybe this bug should be left alone, considered a feature.
1) Skippable cutscenes.
2) The ability to save for real.
3) There's a weird bug (in the demo at least) where changing the music volume doesn't carry over to the cutscenes, but changing the dialogue volume does. Drop both in settings, and every cutscene becomes a bunch of hard stares. This goes some way to fix the unskippability of the cutscenes and the terrible writing/acting. Maybe this bug should be left alone, considered a feature.
