Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown

[MrFinn]

I really don't know why people take these reviews so seriously. The show is just another form of entertainment based around feedback to the games world

If these reviews upsets you then you don't get it or you don't like it. In any case, just move on. It's just meant as entertainment. And it's free. This isn't the BBC, you pay for your internet connection, you don't pay for this site

Thank you Mr Yahtzee, Sir and please keep being a horrible man

(PS. In case your not from UK- we have to pay a £120 TV licence to own a TV but all that money just goes to one company, the BBC, so that they don't have to use advertising during their programs but I don't know anyone who even watches any BBC channel regularly or listens to their radio shows)

 

[MrFinn]

You make me funny... ha ha funny

 

[Skrapt]

Why does everyone feel a need to put down Yahtzee's opinion on SSBB? It's his opinion, get over it, that shouldn't have any bearing on whether you enjoy the game or not, just take what he says at face value, he may be right, he may be wrong, it depends on what you like in a game. Personally I'll end up trying it some time, if I like it, I'll play it, I won't feel an irrational urge to come here and try to demean Yahtzee, he's doing this for free and it's funny. Though I guess for some people that's not enough and to them he has to say exactly what they want him to say.

(PS. In case your not from UK- we have to pay a £120 TV licence to own a TV but all that money just goes to one company, the BBC, so that they don't have to use advertising during their programs but I don't know anyone who even watches any BBC channel regularly or listens to their radio shows)

I watch quite a lot of BBC programs, but not mainly, mostly channel 4 aslong it isn't some reality TV show.

 

[Kaos Incarnate]

(PS. In case your not from UK- we have to pay a £120 TV licence to own a TV but all that money just goes to one company, the BBC, so that they don't have to use advertising during their programs but I don't know anyone who even watches any BBC channel regularly or listens to their radio shows)

It's on BBC1 for Doctor Who then it's mostly on the channel Dave on sky

 

[stacia123]

You don't respond to hate mail. EVER. You know what's going to happen now. MORE HATE MAIL.

Which is what he wants, you know. More hate mail equals more stuff to pull out and "review" when he needs to pad things out. Also, it's attention. Someone waaaaay upthread compared Yahtzee to Maddox, and I get that same feeling, too. He loves the attention and the fans while pretending to hate it all. It's a decent enough shtick, if not a bit common.

 

[Xenon Pretzel]

In responce to the scores thing-
Does every single game on earth follow a strict order? E.G Tutorial. Intro. Boss. Level. Level. Boss. Level. Level. Boss- NO IT FRICKEN DOESN'T SO WHY SHOULD REVIEWS?

I especially loved the "FOUR. FOR FOURK YOU." comment.

Oh wait, here's a few things I HATE to see from people like.. Me.

FIRST COMMENT- I know everyone hates these but, Mods can delete posts can't they? Why don't you?

ZOMGOMGROFLMAOURTEHBESTEVERANDILUFU. This does not help at all and just distracts me. It also looks like another horrible case of people sucking up to important people because they think they give a crap. Admittedly, Ben isn't really important, but then, neither are the spice girls and they probably have a whole house labelled "Fanmail".
EDIT: People saying they liked it and why is different.

USUKCUZILIKTHATGAME: Ben has covered this really. Basically, if you can't take the fact that some people have different opinions then leave me the fuck alone. If I told you I didn't like cherries and you did, would you throttle me? No. So shut up.

Think of games as food and reviewers as really picky eaters. Especially Ben.

 

[DeLukas]

The World Ends With You is a completely new game on a Nintendo system, true it was developed by Square-enix and Jupiter, but still it shows that Nintendo are looking for things that are different.

I didn't realize Final Fantasy and Beat Mania where new games.

 

[Kaos Incarnate]

The World Ends With You is a completely new game on a Nintendo system, true it was developed by Square-enix and Jupiter, but still it shows that Nintendo are looking for things that are different.

I didn't realize Final Fantasy and Beat Mania where new games.

The World Ends With You hass almost been out a month but I still consider that new to be honest. Since when did I mention Final Fantasy? And I have no idea what Beat Mania is.

 

[VeryOblivious]

It's quite amusing reading this useless debate. What did I just say? It's not useless if the debate amuses me. Silly me. (yes, I see you coming, nitpicky and idiotic SSBB defenders)
An example:

Its rather like Mike Tyson beating up Steven Hawking and claiming to be the greatest boxer in the world.

Stupid analogy.

 

[Sektor88]

After the Chains of Olympus review, I'm glad Yahtzee came up with this, mainly because the Chains of Olympus review just didn't have the same feel to it as this or any of his other reviews. So for that Yahtzee, I thank you for putting out something like the mailbag showdown. I can only wonder if and how you'll take on Grand Theft Auto 4.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

It's quite amusing reading this useless debate. What did I just say? It's not useless if the debate amuses me. Silly me. (yes, I see you coming, nitpicky and idiotic SSBB defenders)
An example:

Its rather like Mike Tyson beating up Steven Hawking and claiming to be the greatest boxer in the world.

Stupid analogy.

Yeah, but I can't come up with a good analogy now. And anyway, you get the point.

Perhaps Mike Tyson debating boxing Steven Hawking. Hawking will win the argument but Tyson wins if it goes to reality.

 

[tagMaverick]

Yahtzee rips on games that I like too, but the fun in it is that all the flaws he points out are there. People play the games saying "well it isnt THAT bad" and "this flaw doesnt TOTALLY ruin the experiance" where as Yahtzee will straight off say what bothers him and have a good laugh about it. That's what makes a good critic, someone who will always strive for Perfection!

 

[m_jim]

In responce to the scores thing-
Does every single game on earth follow a strict order? E.G Tutorial. Intro. Boss. Level. Level. Boss. Level. Level. Boss- NO IT FRICKEN DOESN'T SO WHY SHOULD REVIEWS?

I don't really get your analogy, but I will offer something of an explanation. When I'm trying to decide if I want to buy a game, I'll check out gamerankings.com . If a game is generally well received, then I'm more interested in seeing what the dissenting reviewers had to say. Having a score (be it numerical or alphabetical) makes these reviews easier to pick out of the crowd rather than having to read through every review

 

[ModReap]

Letter: "I'm not a Nintendo fanboy,"
Yahtzee: "Yes you are..."

Priceless XD.

 

[harveyprefect]

Thank you, thank you, Yahtzee. I always look forward to your reviews. To whether I agree or not, it doesn't matter. The review is fun enough.

 

[The Thief]

To all the true Nintendo/Yahtzee fanboys: The worst thing you can do to an artist is tell them everything they make is perfect.

Brawl: Mediocre.

Brawl review: Mediocre.

It's okay to have fun playing a mediocre game, or watching a mediocre review. In fact, the fun can make that game/review perfect... for you, not for everyone.

 

[Mr.Phuckyou]

well yahtzee gets the crap he deserves i knew this was gonna happen, not the fact that he actually made a VID about it but damn i guess that's a bonus! anyway i knew that a ton of ppl were gonna give a shitload of fuck about it cuz brawl really is a damn good game. CANT WAIT TIL HE 'CRITICIZES' GTAIV!!

 

[Mr.Phuckyou]

except for the fact that... well, Brawl isn't MEDIOCRE :\ it's quite good...

 

[The Sorrow]

except for the fact that... well, Brawl isn't MEDIOCRE :\ it's quite good...

...How are you not banned?!
You're the most idiotic fanboy I've ever seen, your comments are atrocious...LEAVE! NOW!

Quadruple-reported. Learn grammar, stop being a fanboy, and grow up.

 

[[email protected]]

I doubt anyone is really reading this at 900+ posts but here goes... I guess it means I am getting old but what really suprised me through all of this is this whole console "fanboy" thing. I guess can understand how someone can be a "fan" of one game or another, and I can even understand defending that game... but how can some kid be a fan of Nintendo? Or Sony, or whatever. Nintendo is a giant impersonal corperation, without any particular philosophy and simply existing to make more money. Kids being fans of that really shows how sad the world has become.

I would make the same critique of the modern games market that I make of much of the modern music industry. It all comes down to money. Big companies put a hell of a lot of money into new releases and those releases have to make that money back... so they play it safe. Rather than creating innovative-but-risky games they take the standard "known-to-work" formulae and re-hash them. A lot of modern music suffers from the same fate... uninspired covers of old favourites are littering the charts. When was the last real anti-establishment "rock-star"... do you remember? I think it must have been Kurt Cobain. I feel really sorry for kids today... how do you rebel these new-rock/metal bands littering MTV? I'm not critizing these bands musically but they are first and formost corperate babies... so sold-out and over-hyped that even your mum likes them.

People say Yahtzee is negative reviewer. I don't think so. He will always say what is fun/good about a game even if not dwelling on it. Bearing in mind the ammount of money these companies often spend to release a game and how much they expet us to pay for them, I believe that its completely reasonable to put them under the critical microscope. Its not that all these games are terrible to play but do you ever stop to think with a little imagination how much more we could be getting from our games...?