Zero Punctuation: Left 4 Dead 2 & New Super Mario Bros Wii

[Jaythulhu]

Hahahaha, I knew there was a reason I was sticking with L4D and not bothering with the "new" version. It's much nicer, now that the frothing-at-the-mouth 14 year olds have left the servers.

To give my opinion on the "question" posed at the end, Bowser. Just because he can spit fireballs. Fire beats Zombies, just like Scissors beat Paper and Fists beat a Red-Headed Step-child.

*snip* It can be (MGS is one of my favorite franchises), but does every game NEED to have an indepth story to necessitate a price? Why does a long campaign matter more than replay value?
*snip*
Many games' stories are more enjoyable when experienced exclusively than through gameplay. Short games can be worth it if it's something you deeply enjoy or want to play again and again.

Couldn't agree with you more. Of course, sometimes you just want to shoot zombies in the face with a shotgun, their "motivation" and any pretense of plot be damned.

Heh. The conversation that's been happening remind anyone else of the unlockable cut-scene in SW: Bounty Hunter where Jango asks Lucas what his motivation is?

 

[Not Good]

I for one find it strange that while he despises the newer mario games, he enjoyed the newer Zelda games which has received just as much horse-flogging as his plumber counterpart.

 

[James Cassidy]

Left 4 Dead 2 I agree is not really a complete sequel. It's not a bad game, but it uses the same engine just upped. I mean come on can't they make Source engine 2.0? I know it is versatile, but it's getting old. A wheel made out of stone will work, but why not just make it out of rubber? The old is not bad...just dated.

L4D2 is like...not a 1.5, but more like 1.9. It's close to being a sequel, but it doesn't push it far enough to be one. Like Yahtzee says, even a chip out of a wall is progress so at least it is going in the right direction. (lol at the Shawshank Redemption reference)

I want a Luigi's Mansion 2 or another Super Mario 64 type game.

 

[Metalrocks]

lol. i agree. l4d2 is more or less the same but still ok to play. i got my self the US version because i dont play a stupid cut version. screw you atkinson.
surprisingly the US version was much cheaper then here in australia. i saved at least 50$.

 

[Producer]

So I heard you like mixing two unrelated reviews into one.

 

[the1ultimate]

Wow, Yahtzee actually commented how removing some content from Left4Dead 2 might make it faster. A positive side?
Could this be some Cognitive Dissonance? Let's hope not otherwise the next step could be full on support for Michael At- Yeah, come to think of it, not even Yahtzee's subconscious is powerful enough to overcome his hate for that guy.

 

[TransMando]

I loved the license plate reference, Yahtzee always does a good job.

 

[Mrs Garbutt]

L4D2: I can't personally play the game unless I crowbar my boyfriend off the computer to do so, I enjoyed seeing the new playable characters and infected, the melee weapons are ok, but there needs to be more.
As for Mario wii thing...meh, I suppose it'll look pretty on a wii, and the controls will be interesting to use in said game. However, I would rather see mario do something a little more different than the same plot over and over again.
Legend of Zelda tried different plots even when the outcome was "You saved the Princess and Hyrule, huzzah!" Why can't Mario?

 

[Dr Gonzo]

Video won't load, anyone else having problems?

 

[Nazulu]

Glad someone notced that the Super Mario Brothers Wii is a step backwards and just about every game released these days are like expansions to the original.

Good stuff like always Yahtzee, especially with the Shawshank analysis.

 

[Nazulu]

mario is dying the way sonic is dying. he wont die as fast because hes more versatile, but he will die. and fanboys and nintendo need to come to terms with that.

Everything Nintendo related is dying in terms of quality but they did make a shit load of money with the Wii and they still are.

 

[sephiroth1991]

Is Left 4 Dead 2 not worth the £24.99 should i spend it on more important things?

 

[Drakey]

RE: review: *applause*

 

[ward0630]

o man i luv these double kill reviews, as I like to call them. They always seem cooler cuz yahtzee has double the amount of bile to spew out.

 

[BGH122]

To be honest, playing the Australian version of Left4Dead2 is like having sex without the orgasm: Sure it's technically the same activity but the entire reason it was fun has been removed.

The gore, the gibs all the lovely chucks you can blow out of Zombies in the version non-despotic regimes have received pretty much defines the game. It's nothing like L4D1 with all that, but without it, yeah, it's pretty much L4D1.5.

 

[alinos]

woulda been nice if they had put some charachter contextual puzzles and allowed you to switch like luigis mid air hover and actually have a yoshi char and im sure they couldve come up with a power for a toad

 

[wildpeaks]

Ouch, he had to test using the australian version of L4D2 ? :/

After being stucked with that version during the demo phase, I feel the pain; censored L4D2 is like blurry porn: ain't as fun. :/


Thank god the full game wasn't censored, but they sure scare the hell outta me during the demo.

 

[Esspytood]

by changing a couple of numbers and making a shortcut you can have your L4D2 in all of its gory!

heh yeah.

 

[laserwulf]

To be honest, playing the Australian version of Left4Dead2 is like having sex without the orgasm: Sure it's technically the same activity but the entire reason it was fun has been removed.

That quote, with your avatar, just made my week.

 

[Anorgil]

Awesome, totally agree with the Mario comment. Worst is...why are people buying it?? Really? Last time I checked, nostalgia is best left as a memory. I loved driver, went back to it, and christ, what a mess of a game. I should have just left is as a pleasant memory...

Probably for the same reason that people buy games off the Virtual Console.

I.e. that plenty of people actually do like to go back to the old games.

On the other hand, Super Mario World IS on the Virtual Console...