Zero Punctuation: Red Steel 2

[dududf]

Hmm...references to Charlie Brown, Helsing, and Calvin and Hobbes in the same review.

What was the Hellsing Reference? I think it flew over my head.

 

[hcig]

Y'know Yahtzee's lucky Twitter limits how long your tweets are because I would've fucking posted a much more mean spirited tweet than the one I sent him now. It seems every time he does a Wii review now, another brainless dipshit PS3 fanboy on YouTube uses it as an excuse as to how Wii owners apparently have no dick or how much of the very fanboys he hates that he's ironically become. (Except he gets paid for it)

Also I love how contradictory he is when it comes to the Wii using cel-shaded graphics in it's game. First of all, I thought Yahtzee was a "gameplay over graphics" person and second, I don't remember him saying that about No More Heroes 1. So it's okay for that game to do it but when every other game does it, it's because of graphics limitations. Yeah that's real fair.

Also why does every asshole on the internet keep saying it took 3 years for the Wii to get good? Last I checked aside from Brawl, No More Heroes, and Mario Kart, it was '08 that the Wii had it's first big blunder of a year and '09 was only slightly better than that but still lagged a bit. So it's really only been two years so far.

1. i have long wondered how a gameplay over graphics person could possibly bash the wii for graphics, but he did it.

2.maybe they mean the 3 years to get good, or maybe they arent getting it across properly, but to me, its that the wii too 3 years to get 1:1, and it took 3 years for big publishers to actually give a damn. though really, 4 games isnt my idea of publishers giving a damn

3.dont be so pissed, wii fans should be ignoring these things, let the ps3 fanboys have their fun, they only do it because they are dead on the inside (no games, you see?)

 

[Potato21]

Haha, enjoyed both the Calvin and Hobbes and Princess Bride jokes in this one. Great review overall as always.

This review was a reference to half my child hood with those! Princess Bride, Calving and Hobbes, Charlie Brown. Great review! Normally I can think of something I want him to do next but at this point I'm out of ideas. As always, can't wait til next week.

 

[Nouw]

"You only one because no one else was doing it"

Agreed

"You might hit a nearby pot plant"

I can imagine that.

Nice cat Yathzee. I'd want that one.

Nice episode overall. Didn't make me lol but made me amused. Wii Controller stuck to gun. Imagine the US Army enforcing that.

 

[Greywalker Zero]

IMPS ftw!
Dungeon Keeper would be proud.

And if you missed Reboot and any of its ilk, count yourself as one of the lucky.
And Alucard IS a gaf, which ever way you look at it.

 

[PandyBear]

omg! REBOOT!!!!!! Best show ever! <3

 

[Jumpingbean3]

Your review made me think of something: Would the Wii motion control have been better if it was just an accessory for sword fighting games like Red Steel 2? I have no doubt the console itself would be better because we'd be worrying less about RSI, gaps between when you swing the remote and when it does something and horrible third party games that exist only to make use of the motion gimmick.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Brilliant review! Really enjoyed this one! You summed up why you did like it and why you didn't like it perfectly!

Gold medal

 

[EAS_Suit]

WTF's Reboot?

It's an awful show that my friend likes, It's like N64 graphics on a TV show

 

[Tanzka]

Well Yahtzee, I hope you're happy. You've got the caped console crusaders on a roll again.

 

[carpathic]

"Put this bit in that bit" ROFL..

"My personal fighting style is 'Startled Gazelle'"

Brilliance as usual, and perhaps slightly more even handed than I had anticipated!

 

[Flame Rider]

Don't worry, Yahtzee... I hate 2Fort, too.

...Actually, that's the only TF2 map I can think of that I hate.

Judging by the setting you'd still be OK with Sawmill, Lumberyard, Viaduct and a few other, not counting player created stuff.

 

[FastFoot92]

Alcurd reference? No one else saw the Princess Bride one?

HALLO!

 

[dmcc85]

that native imp at the ending scene was totaly ignored.
you could play a farmer game, in whitch you have to climb up trees and cut of coconuts with your bayonett(a).

 

[Cogzwell]

sounds like a pretty great game... for me!

 

[deadaim6]

Pretty good episode. Liked the Princess Bride reference at the end. =P

 

[SonicKoala]

Damn, ZP is pretty sweet in high-def....... snarf snarf

Anyhow, that was the funniest ZP in a long while. I was laughing loudly to myself within the first two minutes to the point where I couldn't hear a lot of the review - that hasn't happened in FOREVER. Really good show, that one was!

 

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

"You killed his father, prepare to die." =D awesome review; I'm still surprised he hasn't reviewved Shattered Memories by the way.

 

[ultimateownage]

It can also be used for lightsaber fighting. Oh, wait...

 

[LightOfDarkness]

I thought Red Steel 2 was decent. Although your guns are useless about halfway through the game since the enemies can just block your bullets and even if you break their guard it's much more efficient to just stab them. I liked being able to choose between a gun and a sword more than those segments being gun/sword-specific (considering that sword segments are few and far between in the original red steel). I doubt Yahtzee ever gives Wii games a chance to be good.

Also, the only the RED part of TF2 maps are desert-y/ish.