Exactly. It's like that Jaywalking segment on The Tonight Show. People don't want to see the passersby on the street get the questions right, so they just show the idiots who couldn't tell the difference between Jesus Christ and Charles Manson.WHATISUTUBE said:
Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
- Start date
To be honest, Yahtzee wouldn't have got half the complaints about his review of SSBB if he:
1) Didn't review it in the first place because he didn't want to.
2) Found some actual faults in the game instead of pathetically making some non-existant ones up.
3) Actually played the damn game for more than one drunken night.
I can name a few faults in SSBB, but unlike Yahtzee's complaints, mine are legitimate and actually exist, and I haven't even played the sodding game. So this latest Zero Punctuation was basically him trying to defend himself against dozens of people who were angry at him for giving SSBB not just a bad review, but a bad review highlighting non-existant faults, and personally, I don't blame those people one bit.
1) Didn't review it in the first place because he didn't want to.
2) Found some actual faults in the game instead of pathetically making some non-existant ones up.
3) Actually played the damn game for more than one drunken night.
I can name a few faults in SSBB, but unlike Yahtzee's complaints, mine are legitimate and actually exist, and I haven't even played the sodding game. So this latest Zero Punctuation was basically him trying to defend himself against dozens of people who were angry at him for giving SSBB not just a bad review, but a bad review highlighting non-existant faults, and personally, I don't blame those people one bit.
I felt i should say something. When i watched Yahtzee's review of Super Smash Bro's Brawl, despite my personal feelings towards the game (Excellent, but thats neither here nor there), if found this short review very amusing and slightly informative. I was greeted at school the next day by fellow members of The Nerd Crew, all of which were whining, and complaining about it.
It seems to me people have missed the point somehow. You will have to forgive me for this, Yahtzee but i do not see these video's as a serious critique, but as a part comedy. I do not watch these reviews to be enlightened on new games, and to be convinced to either buy, or deny games, but to be made laugh for a few minutes every week, which i sort of asumed was the point. Hence the reason he does not use scores, and uses the amusing cartoons in the background.
I saw everything in the 'SSBB' review as nothing short of professional, when bearing in mind the general point. The reason i did not say this at the time is since i see very little point in commenting. Come on, i loved Smash Bro's, but i do not go bitching to someone who has a different opinion, and is that not a critics job? To share an opinion? Finally, please people that do comment harshly, at least make them constructive critisisms, not mindless insulting dog fight, as soon as 'twat' or 'You suck' is used, the statement looses all credibility.
Keep up the good work, Yahtzee ^-^
It seems to me people have missed the point somehow. You will have to forgive me for this, Yahtzee but i do not see these video's as a serious critique, but as a part comedy. I do not watch these reviews to be enlightened on new games, and to be convinced to either buy, or deny games, but to be made laugh for a few minutes every week, which i sort of asumed was the point. Hence the reason he does not use scores, and uses the amusing cartoons in the background.
I saw everything in the 'SSBB' review as nothing short of professional, when bearing in mind the general point. The reason i did not say this at the time is since i see very little point in commenting. Come on, i loved Smash Bro's, but i do not go bitching to someone who has a different opinion, and is that not a critics job? To share an opinion? Finally, please people that do comment harshly, at least make them constructive critisisms, not mindless insulting dog fight, as soon as 'twat' or 'You suck' is used, the statement looses all credibility.
Keep up the good work, Yahtzee ^-^
Well, I liked Brawl but there's no way you're gonna have fun if you don't have friends who can play with you who are also interested in playing. Just like there's no point in playing a first-person shooter with friends if they're not interested in playing a first-person shooter and are only doing it for your sake.
I don't think Yahtzee's review of SSBB was all that bad. I think he said RELATIVELY good things about the "story" mode and I think he also mentioned that he put in enough effort into the game to unlock characters and become... one of those guys. I think the fact that anything in his review came out sounding somewhat positive is a good thing considering it's a Yahtzee review.
I don't think Yahtzee's review of SSBB was all that bad. I think he said RELATIVELY good things about the "story" mode and I think he also mentioned that he put in enough effort into the game to unlock characters and become... one of those guys. I think the fact that anything in his review came out sounding somewhat positive is a good thing considering it's a Yahtzee review.
I had no problem with Yahtzee's review, the only problem was the lack of a release date on Brawl in Europe, but now there is one.
So, you've not played the game, yet know the faults Yahtzee came up with don't exist?Sentient said:
Yahtzee highlights what is essentially a massive FUCK YOU from brawl which is PLAY AS SONIC (after countless fucking HOURS playing, FFS I finished GTA4 before my friend unlocked brawl fully. (and by that I mean got all the characters)) when shit like that happens it's not fun (which brawl is supposed to be), as you're doing the same shit, fighting the same fucking people on the same fucking level over and fucking over until you get a message going "you've played long enough, have a character that 0.1% of westerners give half a fuck about, oh BTW sonics still a fuckload of hours away, enjoy".
Whats wrong with a proper unlock system? Beat the game with one character to unlock the next one, or combinations of characters?
w/e I really like SSBB, but only in multiplayer, but even if Yathzee didn't reiew it quite well(atleast what most ppl think) he can have criticism on every single f*cking thing in the game, it's not like you are not gonna buy the game or keep playing xD, but you will look for the things Yathzee said, and maybe find something interesting too. Instead of posting hate mail or something like that. That's just WTFLOLBBQ xD.HamHamHam said:
Yahtzee 4 Life, same as SSBB xD.
Lael