trlkly said:
@Poida12:
Why did you have to ruin it? You are the first person to say anything bad about this review.
In fact, with your SOSS comment (and lack of anything about the actual review) I wonder if you even watched it at all. About the only thing the same about this review and his earlier ones are that Yahtzee talks fast and hates the game (and maybe that censored portion). I don't think he's ever pulled off that many culture references. His Captain Planet stuff literally makes me laugh just thinking about it.
Anyways, if you actually did watch the review, then I don't know what it would take to "improve" it for you. Maybe if he talked slower, liked the game, and just wasn't Yahtzee? Wait! that gives me an idea: if you don't like his shtick, GO WATCH SOMEBODY ELSE!!!
I did watch the review but i admit my comments weren't about the review itself but rather about Yahtzee's lack of progression as a writer. You can't simply do the same sort of thing every week and expect people to continually lap it up like it is new and brilliant. yahtzee has a basic style which consists of, of course, having no punctuation. That is the bit that gets you in but outside that he has a lot of room to move. He knows he wants to be funny and that's great too but there are lots of things he could do that are funny. But he doesn't take advantage of this room to move and instead plays it safe and simply uses thre same basic comedy formula repeatedly. I am beginning to find his jokes are a little cut and pastey like Famnily Guy. Family Guy has every episode built on a basic plot woth lots of 80's references and that is virtually it. It is still funny but gradually less funny as a season progresses. That is why they will ocassionally go left field and surprise the viewer with something completely new and that is why it remains fresh and current. Yahtzee is funny, yes, but where i used to laugh out loud at everything he said now i just smile or ocassionaly snigger. I'm used to his humour and i imagine a lot of the rest of you are too. I will continue to watch of course because the reviews themselves are frank and informative and focussing on the negative which is handy these days but i wont be watching them as much for the humour any more unless they get funnier.
If you are having trouble getting what i am saying go listen to Steven Wright's standup. It is hilarious at first but quickly becomes grinding. It is the same basic joke again and again - strange observation about mundane reality. That is what i am trying to get across here. If that doesn't work try Stephen King. it is the same basic horror story with slight variations. He is riddiculed a lot for that in mainstream culture and Yahtzee is heading down the same path.
And i cant stress enough that i do like Yahtzee and will continue to watch, just for a different reason - quality review rather than fun comedy. I am merely pointing out a problem i perceive which may make people stop watching as time goes on.
