Zero Punctuation: Red Dead Redemption

[zeratul123]

You make my wensdays dude.

 

[Canid117]

Yahtzee can join our "We really hate Cougars and Grizzly Bears sneaking up on us club"

as soon as someone bothers to start one...

 

[Jamash]

Is it bad when you just have to say "That was a good review"?

Apparently so.

Also, it appears that the "beautifully atmospheric, beautifully written" game which Yahtzee found "immersive enough to spend hours at a time playing" (that incidentally scored 5/5 by The Escapist's more objective review [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/7607-Review-Red-Dead-Redemption]) isn't good enough for some people, not when comedy glitches, nitpicking and hyperbole are the true mark of a game's worth.

I was thinking of complaining to him in person on my summer holiday to Australia, but I now know never to set foot on that continent because Al Murray: The Pub Landlord said every animal is out to kill you and all the people are too smug and full of themselves.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I too have an immortal hatred of mountain lions.

 

[ARKSgtAlpha]

yes, someone else who like just sailing in Wind Waker!

 

[Glass Joe]

At first I thought the title changing gag seemed forced, but you had me cracking up with "Purple Monkey Dishwasher".
Personally, I think you should review something besides console blockbusters every once in a while, maybe do a review on a PC game or a jigsaw puzzle or something. The formula is getting stale.

 

[philosophicalbastard]

Funny review as always but complaining about the snapshot aim is pointless because you can turn that off...and yes...those fucking Mountain Lions are so annoying...not as annoying as the hunting mission where you have to kill a Grizzly Bear with just the melee knife though...god that took me ages.

The funny thing was I tried to kill a grizzly bear with a knife this one random time, it was going pretty well. Before I could finish the job a fucking cougar jumps out of nowhere and knocks me down, leaving me with enough health to get finished off by the grizzly.

 

[Drexlor]

Well maybe it's buggy on the 360 but isn't everything anyway? However on my PS3 I have experienced no problems at all with glitches or anything else. I find every mission fun and unique and the riding conversations are a good way to pass the time while traveling during a mission. The visuals are amazing and it is the only game I have ever seen that captures the true western feel. In all it is a solid game and is my pick for best game so far this year.

 

[reaperman22]

i haven't come across any major glitches (i wanna skin a cougar man) but i have to agree with the whole mountain lion thing, bears are the worst as they never make a sound and always come from behind.

 

[Muggizz]

Hahah fuck this one gave me to many laughs, also i were trying to eat. It don't fit well together

 

[Macgyvercas]

Aww man. I was hoping he would like it as much as Bound in Blood so he could have another cross dressing art competition like he did for Infamous and Prototype. Ahh well, can't win them all.

 

[gmer412]

Oh man. I haven't laughed that hard at one of these in a long time. Kudos, Yahtzee! Also: game is generally he described it (I saw no glitches) but the minigames are somewhat fun, honestly (some of them). I kinda wish he'd mentioned the outfits which actually do have gameplay value.

 

[Danglybits]

I now what to make and or play something called 'Green Spleen Submarine'. I might still check this game out, if only to see these mountain lion attacks.

 

[SanAntonio AirsoftLeague]

What the hell? Every time I click play it plays as if there is two of them?! Only one image, but two overriding sounds?

Edit: Okay, I got it fixed.

I haven't experienced many glitches at all, and I'm excited that I'll get to sail later on (if I ever get there, I'm stuck on an unbeatable shoot out on what appears to be the last mission in Mexico against the general). Not an overly funny one, made me chuckle/smile a couple o' times though.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA you dont get to sail, EVER. that was a plug about a game called The Legend Of Zelda: Windwaker, in which you sail in real time to different dungeons/islands to procede thru out the story.

 

[pughua]

So, he didn't like the Saints Row 2 setup, where you had to do the side activities to build up respect to do quests, and he doesn't like RDR where you do the side activities purely by choice or to make a little extra cash. I wonder how he thinks non-story related activities in an open world game should function.

 

[pughua]

So as Yahtzee said they've been through cars, motorcycles, helicopters and horses. I think the only things left are ships.

Wait a minute maybe that means their next game would be a Gta-like pirate game. I would so get that game in a heartbeat.

Go to a major gamesite like Gamespot and look up the upcoming Pirates of the Carribean game. Open world pirate game, not directly tied to any of the films. Looks promising. http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/rpg/piratesofthecaribbeanarmadaofthedamned/index.html

 

[Naminator236]

Meh, not as great as your other ones.

Maybe I was just looking forward to RDR review, ohhh well.

 

[LazyAza]

Never cared much for westerns, hell only 'western' movie I've ever liked is BttFpart3 so when someone makes a sand box game set in the same time and place, even if it was a flawless non-glitchy recreation I can only yawn.

Wish Rockstar would make a sci-fi sandbox game.

 

[eggy32]

So, he didn't like the Saints Row 2 setup, where you had to do the side activities to build up respect to do quests, and he doesn't like RDR where you do the side activities purely by choice or to make a little extra cash. I wonder how he thinks non-story related activities in an open world game should function.

He didn't like it in RDR because all you got was money, which he said was useless. He didn't like it in SR2 because he though they should have been optional.
Basically he thinks they should be optional and give you something useful that you wouldn't get by playing story missions.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Most of the glitches I thought we're funny, even the rocket shoes one.

Anyway, finally, someone else who likes the sailing. Though, I like it because it's relaxing.

This reminds me that I have to get my LoZ disk resurfaced.