Zero Punctuation: Mass Effect
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1) I think Bruce Campbell is definitely sexier than his Mass Effect counterpart. I wish there was a more blatant homage with which to enjoy the (allegedly since I haven't gotten that far) missing man on man option.
2) Ruggedly handsome may be true, but I think it's admireable that your character and the other human military folks aren't the huge over-muscled hulks ala Gears of War. Not that I mind it, it just seems horribly inaccurate.
3) I found the text to be enjoyable. The sheer volume of incoming information was daunting, visual, audio, etc, but it was still enjoyable. I say this as a man who usually can't sit focused on a single game at once and in the case of Mass Effect I did. I mean, I usually have on a few messengers and chat rooms to keep me occupied. I am constantly pulling up other stuff on the internet. And strangely Mass Effect was strangely engrossing.
4)I like CAD. It has stories.
5) Down with patriarchy and the criticism of "feminine" men. *cough*
2) Ruggedly handsome may be true, but I think it's admireable that your character and the other human military folks aren't the huge over-muscled hulks ala Gears of War. Not that I mind it, it just seems horribly inaccurate.
3) I found the text to be enjoyable. The sheer volume of incoming information was daunting, visual, audio, etc, but it was still enjoyable. I say this as a man who usually can't sit focused on a single game at once and in the case of Mass Effect I did. I mean, I usually have on a few messengers and chat rooms to keep me occupied. I am constantly pulling up other stuff on the internet. And strangely Mass Effect was strangely engrossing.
4)I like CAD. It has stories.
5) Down with patriarchy and the criticism of "feminine" men. *cough*
Having gone through Mass Effect a second time, something I rarely do, I've got the tendency to disagree with this review even further. It's touch-and-go, half-arsed, encourages dumbing down of videogames, does wordier games like PST a great injustice and does crappier combat systems like KoTOR an even greater one. The only just complaint is the Mako.
The reason this bugs me so much is that Yahtzee is mostly right about which games are worth having. Doing this instant classic a disservice such as this will have awful implications on sequels and other such ambitious RPGs.
After having played all the major titles for PC and 360, Mass Effect is game of the year 2007 in my list and for excellent reasons. How disappointing of Yahtzee to bash an excellent title such as this, just for the sake of antagonizing the current market.
The reason this bugs me so much is that Yahtzee is mostly right about which games are worth having. Doing this instant classic a disservice such as this will have awful implications on sequels and other such ambitious RPGs.
After having played all the major titles for PC and 360, Mass Effect is game of the year 2007 in my list and for excellent reasons. How disappointing of Yahtzee to bash an excellent title such as this, just for the sake of antagonizing the current market.
A person who creates fun adventure games, writes novels and satire, played Planescape: Torment (sic!) probably has sufficient insight into what makes dialog-driven game entertaining.
It may be the case that Yahtzee's standards are set a bit too high... And I'm afraid there's no cure for that.
It may be the case that Yahtzee's standards are set a bit too high... And I'm afraid there's no cure for that.
But you haven't noticed that he said it's an ignorant hate speech. Besides that, you try to do a review of an RPG game within a week, one you haven't played at all. That might also add to that equation.SpiderKnives said:
I'm sorry, but i'm going to have to strongly disagree with Yahtzee on this. Wait, no. I'm not sorry. The fucking jackass was dead wrong. I think he does a good job on most of his other "reviews" but here the twat is sucking his own cock.
Anyway, this game conveys such a deep, thought-provoking story and creates very likeable and lifelike characters. When most other games struggle to do this, Bioware manages to pull it off once again and this time in a unique setting. It's hard to not like Ashley and her fiery, yet kind spirit. Or to feel sorry for Wrex and how fucked up his life has been. The game is designed to convey fiction interactively, which is the main reason I love the game so much. It only helps that the game has an incredibly fun combat system and character/equipment development. The game's subplots, main plot, and background all make the game's fiction up into one fantastically realistic and plausible sci-fi situation. I am an avid PC gamer, and this game looked too interesting for me to pass up. It was the first Xbox 360 game I ever bought, and I must say I am in no way, shape or form regretting it. It's the most fun i've had with a game in while.
In the end, I guess it's a matter of opinion. While yahtzee seems to think people who play RPGs are douche-bags with no life, I guess he's the one left in the corner yanking his own cock day in and out because he's the one criticizing people for having a good time. Suck my cock on this one Yahtzee, you prick. Otherwise, G'Day mate but your daily course of shit on a shingle is starting to seep through your pores. I'd go back to cupcakes for a while.
Anyway, this game conveys such a deep, thought-provoking story and creates very likeable and lifelike characters. When most other games struggle to do this, Bioware manages to pull it off once again and this time in a unique setting. It's hard to not like Ashley and her fiery, yet kind spirit. Or to feel sorry for Wrex and how fucked up his life has been. The game is designed to convey fiction interactively, which is the main reason I love the game so much. It only helps that the game has an incredibly fun combat system and character/equipment development. The game's subplots, main plot, and background all make the game's fiction up into one fantastically realistic and plausible sci-fi situation. I am an avid PC gamer, and this game looked too interesting for me to pass up. It was the first Xbox 360 game I ever bought, and I must say I am in no way, shape or form regretting it. It's the most fun i've had with a game in while.
In the end, I guess it's a matter of opinion. While yahtzee seems to think people who play RPGs are douche-bags with no life, I guess he's the one left in the corner yanking his own cock day in and out because he's the one criticizing people for having a good time. Suck my cock on this one Yahtzee, you prick. Otherwise, G'Day mate but your daily course of shit on a shingle is starting to seep through your pores. I'd go back to cupcakes for a while.
*Swoosh* Right over your head...ebannaw said:
He's just using Satire to provide an enjoyable review based upon his opinion.
Stop getting burt-hurt because he says some bad things about your "Godlike" game.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the COD 4 review, It's won lot's of awards, including GOTY awards from IGN and Gamespy, so I can't imagine Yahtzee to rag on the game too much.
Astonishingly you didn't mention the framerate drops nor did you mention the long texture loading times, easy targets for sure. Also by missing the side quests you managed to miss out on the part of the game that was truly monotonous i.e. driving over endlessly boring terrain to find a downed beacon that "surprise" has that type IV weapon mod you've been wanting.
Soooo..... are we getting one this week or is Yahtzee taking this week off because of Christmas?
Yahtzee fully deserves a holiday break, but it would be nice for The Escapist to tell us not to expect a review this week.