Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown

[Retrofraction]

the fact that this video was made there are a lot of dumb people out there.

While did find brawl fun, it did have a ton of faults.

Like the online mode that never works.

ridiculsly long last level of the campain mode.

dumb story line that really shouldn't be there because its like adding a story line to mario kart, there is no true reason why all these characters are together.

I liked all the unlockables, but it need a coustom music player or somthing not generated by a midi file.

I would have like the game if they had just gotten rid of all the dumb pointless trophies and stickes and put all the n64 levels and gc levels in it.

this version has sort of gotten past the button mashing......if you play it long enough to get there.

 

[Eggplant]

this thread if full of epic win.

I bought this game for 20 dollars and played it once, now its a xmas present for my brother. Thank god for pre owned games

 

[Lord_Ascendant]

I sense a disturbance in the force.....I sense thread lock

34 pages is way too much. Mods, I suggest locking this before it turns into 100 pages >.<

 

[Supernovajake]

Zero Punctuation comment threads do not get locked.

 

[cartooner2008]

After I watched this video, I decided to watch the actual review, and to be honest, even though I like Brawl, I don't see why a lot of people gave you a bunch of hate-mail. I actually didn't find it that negative. Seriously, Yahtzee has made more harsh and negative reviews than the Brawl one (*cough*SonicUnleashed*cough*).

 

[mizuhashi08]

This video has cemented my already great love for you and, if i ever go to Australia, i will give you the courtesy i give all people i respect and leave you the hell alone. Also if i hadn't been on the internet longer than 3 minutes i would probable send you a picture of knockers but unfortunately i have been on the internet longer than 3 minutes so i can only offer you the consolation prize which is the links to a couple of porn sites, if you'd like.

 

[-bladerunner-]

SSBB fan's were put in thier place by this video, good show Yahtzee!

 

[Laughing Atheist]

Eh...

I understand the purpose of this review. It takes awhile to play GTA4 and as such you need to put up something else to keep the masses placated. That said, reading over terrible fanmail and making fun of your "fans" is a theme that's somewhat overused and as far as "Yahtzee" humor goes I'd say it falls a bit short.

But what can you do?

- J

I would hardly call those people "fans" if the're cussing him out like that....

And it's not the theme that makes it funny, it's what Yahtzee does with it.

Also...."Eh..."? What is that for? Dramatic effect?

 

[Laughing Atheist]

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.

The best thing a critic can do is tell the artist what's bad so he can fix it.

What do you expect him to do? Say "Oh this is a VERY good game, here have a cookie"?

 

[Laughing Atheist]

That said, Wii fanboys do come out as major twats in this thread. The sad thing is that they don't realize that people who like Yatzee's reviews are mostly adults who went through a fanboys stage earlier in their lives and they know how ridiculous and pointless it is to be one.

Yatzee said it best in his review when he explained that, as a big corporation with millions in marketing money, Nintendo do not need defending and doesn't care if anyone does it, and yet they blast his opinions by doing the exact same thing that he said they would do.

This is something I asked last page. I wonder what it is that provoke people to respond, and quite harshly, to something that is merely there for an individual's potential entertainment?

If we know that not everyone will like something, and that games and their fun are subjective, then why some human beings take it as a personal insult and lash out? I would really love to know the reasons behind this. I don't think it can be summed up as "immature fanbois".

I understand that you wish to know what makes a "fanboy" tick, so here it is.

Take when you said the "we all know that not everyone will like something", it's true, when we think about it. But this is what seperates us from "fanboys"- they DON'T think about it. They don't think it isn't all about them, that is isn't a personal attack on them.

Okay, that's not fair, I'm not saying they DO think that it's personal. I'm saying they don't think about it AT ALL. Lashing out is something of an instict for them, there's no brain power behind it- and I'm not saying that to insult them, just to explain clearly.

 

[Or3dinator]

easily, in my opinion, the best zp video around, shot down every single douche with valid points.

"I'm not a fanboy... Yes, you are"!!!! best zp moment ever?!

 

[sopherlin]

I linked this video to a few of the SSBB fanboys in my Sixth Form. Needless to say, it shut them up to find out that not everybody wants to lick Nintendo's sweaty bits.

 

[ampa451]

wow he really pulled off every comeback.

 

[r1ckie]

This must be one of the best episodes of ZP. Yahtzee really shows who's the boss.

However, there's something that's been bothering me so much I had to sign up to ask: What the hell is he saying in the 3rd sentence? "But the Brawl review [broughted in them presidented in yet] not entirely unexpected amount of negative feedback"? It could be that I'm just stupid.

 

[Solo508]

This must be one of the best episodes of ZP. Yahtzee really shows who's the boss.

However, there's something that's been bothering me so much I had to sign up to ask: What the hell is he saying in the 3rd sentence? "But the Brawl review [broughted in them presidented in yet] not entirely unexpected amount of negative feedback"? It could be that I'm just stupid.

He says: "But the Brawl review brought in an unprecedented [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=unprecedented] yet not entirely unexpected amount of negative feedback"

 

[r1ckie]

He says: "But the Brawl review brought in an unprecedented [http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=unprecedented] yet not entirely unexpected amount of negative feedback"

Thanks. Makes sense. And I learned a new word.

 

[ABN THUG 210]

I loved this video. I just hope that Yahtzee will soon serve the rest of the fanboy nation as well as he's done here.

 

[Nikajo]

Definately one of his better videos, but i like all of them so that's not saying much.

I don't understand why some people seem to form strong emotional attachments to certain computer games, especially when they had nothing to do with making the damn thing. Hopefully one day they will grow up and learn that none of this really matters! If they ever stop jumping up and down in frustration because somebody disagreed with them.