There was quite some dialogue in the John DeFoe Games, especially 'Trilby's Notes' but it certainly was not too much and the story was quite good. I enjoyed the John DeFoe quadrilogy a loteggdog14 said:
Zero Punctuation: Mass Effect
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Found this the other day and figured it was worth sharing here:
http://boards.1up.com/zd/board/message?board.id=games&thread.id=551350
(yeah it's a repost the original article link is now dead)
I don't know what game Kevin McCullough was playing that lets you "...engage" and then watch in crystal clear, LCD, 54 inch screen, HD clarity as the video game "persons" hump in every form, format, multiple, gender-oriented possibility they can think of."
But I don't think it was mass effect.
http://boards.1up.com/zd/board/message?board.id=games&thread.id=551350
(yeah it's a repost the original article link is now dead)
I don't know what game Kevin McCullough was playing that lets you "...engage" and then watch in crystal clear, LCD, 54 inch screen, HD clarity as the video game "persons" hump in every form, format, multiple, gender-oriented possibility they can think of."
But I don't think it was mass effect.
that was genius. I fucking love this game, have gone through it 4 times, but everything he said makes loads of sense.
Still my game of the year, still don't like JRPGS, still dislike Oblivion, and yet this review had me laughing my ass off. I'd put it off after hearing how harsh it was, should have read it sooner.
Titty Shepard. Brilliant.
Still my game of the year, still don't like JRPGS, still dislike Oblivion, and yet this review had me laughing my ass off. I'd put it off after hearing how harsh it was, should have read it sooner.
Titty Shepard. Brilliant.
Just first off I'll say your reviews are great. Been obsessed since I saw your GDC 08' review on G4 and I hope they post more there. I'd also like to say that I'm one of those people who's not easily offended so while you didn't like Mass Effect, I respect your opinion of it. I only wish that I had the comedic wit to express my appreciation of games like you do. So keep up the brutal honesty and I'll be sitting at my computer laughing.
I LOVE the story of Mass Effect and think anyone who hates it is crazy, but i still found the review hilarious. Great job, Yatzee!
P.S. Why is it everyone is uncofortable with Ashley simply cause she's named after a dude in some cult horror move from the 80s(never seen so don't shoot me). What about the new Galactica where they made the Starbuck character female? It's basically the same thing except all this is an homage done by the writers of the game. It's not like your actually have sex with a dude or anything.
P.S. Why is it everyone is uncofortable with Ashley simply cause she's named after a dude in some cult horror move from the 80s(never seen so don't shoot me). What about the new Galactica where they made the Starbuck character female? It's basically the same thing except all this is an homage done by the writers of the game. It's not like your actually have sex with a dude or anything.
I enjoyed Mass Effect, like some of the reviewers did. You missed a few facts, though: the textures take a while to load into a cutscene, you could have finished breakfast by the time the elevator reached its floor, and each scene is a recycling outside of the missions. Mass Effect is a good game, but there were a lot of flaws, a few you forgot to cover. PS: I did the same thing as you did, Yahtzee, other than naming him Titty.
Jedted said:
WOW! how can anyone not have seen army of darkness?!
you should really go BUY it soon. but thats just cause I think that a character that only speaks in one liners is really funny lol.
and sorry I have to agree with yatzee but maybe its cause I only rented Mass Effect, and after 5 days I only had a handful of encounters.
well actually I stopped playing after getting to the first retarted vehicle section and having to track down monkeys, then after finding the monkey getting raped by like 27 aliens in the first combat I saw in like 10 hours.
i just want to respond to yahtzee here
i just think that if you are blaming an rpg for having to much dialoge then that is like
a lactose intolerent person complaining about getting some milk and then finding out that it does bad things to them.
P.S. I truly enjoyed Mass Effect and the story of it... played it once just all the way through with none of the side quests and it didn't feel to fun. but then I played it getting all the dialoge and side quests on 2 different charectors (one nice and one an asshole)
i just think that if you are blaming an rpg for having to much dialoge then that is like
a lactose intolerent person complaining about getting some milk and then finding out that it does bad things to them.
P.S. I truly enjoyed Mass Effect and the story of it... played it once just all the way through with none of the side quests and it didn't feel to fun. but then I played it getting all the dialoge and side quests on 2 different charectors (one nice and one an asshole)
After getting the PC version, it seems like half the problems (mainly the "Non-Dialogue") that he covered aren't there. Except the "too much dialogue" (which, you can skip through by being a dick to them or something) and "crappy Inventory screen" - the game is pretty awesome.
EDIT: Oh, and the codecs say that people have translators that turn what is being said to them into something familiar - so you being Mr. American, you hear american accents - which is why the elcor's voice is the one that sounds so "unique", their language doesn't involve voice, so the translator can only interperet the words, but it can't read body language and "smell" things.
EDIT: Oh, and the codecs say that people have translators that turn what is being said to them into something familiar - so you being Mr. American, you hear american accents - which is why the elcor's voice is the one that sounds so "unique", their language doesn't involve voice, so the translator can only interperet the words, but it can't read body language and "smell" things.
I love this review and that fact that people correct you in so many ways. Can they not see / hear that you are a comedy LEG-END and that although we may all not agree with your points, at least we can all laugh our tits off?
First review i'm commenting on but this one had me laughing so hard i strained a muscle near my collar bone Yahtzee you completeand utter funny ass dick xD
First review i'm commenting on but this one had me laughing so hard i strained a muscle near my collar bone Yahtzee you completeand utter funny ass dick xD
I never played this game on console, and interestingly enough, after going through it on the PC and then watching this review again I found that a lot of his original criticisms don't seem to apply. I never had trouble with retarded teammates that were hard to tell from enemies, the handling of the mako with mouse and keyboard is quite good, and the menu system was only confusing at first since their was no explicit tutorial for using it. Of course the game still has an unprecedented amount of text, but it's only there if you WANT to read it. You can get out of any conversation in ME anytime you want, and the game's main storyline will still be quite adequately explained as you play through it.
I really like Yahtzee's reviews a lot; I don't think there are ANY game journalists out there right now that can match him for being an excellent and consistently clever writer. But having now played ME, this review rings pretty false with me. Yeah, it was written for a different version of the game than what I played, but they can't be THAT disparate.
I really like Yahtzee's reviews a lot; I don't think there are ANY game journalists out there right now that can match him for being an excellent and consistently clever writer. But having now played ME, this review rings pretty false with me. Yeah, it was written for a different version of the game than what I played, but they can't be THAT disparate.
I love how Yahtzee bitches, and moan, and whines about not being seen as a real reviewer, when he never actually gets around to reviewing.
Dear Yahtzee: Reviewing entails addressing the things everyone might like or dislike, like the glaring technical problems that plague Mass Effect, instead of just focusing on what YOU like or dislike.
Still, I have to give you points for making fun of CTRL-ALT-DEL (which everyone on the internet should do, because it is a horrible abomination), and the Evil Dead reference, which made me cringe.
Dear Yahtzee: Reviewing entails addressing the things everyone might like or dislike, like the glaring technical problems that plague Mass Effect, instead of just focusing on what YOU like or dislike.
Still, I have to give you points for making fun of CTRL-ALT-DEL (which everyone on the internet should do, because it is a horrible abomination), and the Evil Dead reference, which made me cringe.