Zero Punctuation: Risen 2: Dark Waters

[Amgeo]

First time I've commented on a ZP video in a long time, but that ending bit was awesome.

Kinda felt crowbarred in to be honest.

I see what you did there.

 

[SnakeoilSage]

No "My Science Project" by The Tubes? Psh. No wonder Black Mesa is going to hell in an anomalous materials sample cart.

 

[Vault Citizen]

Huh De Montfort was one of the universities I applied to, mainly because their standards in terms of grades.

 

[Steve the Pocket]

Wow, is that the first time we've seen a real post-credits thing since... well I was going to say that Painkiller one he did, but I guess you could count that thing he did at the end of the LittleBigPlanet review.

Anyway, yes, the game: Pity this apparently isn't all that good; this is probably the only real exposure it'll ever get. That's the thing about Yahtzee: His overly-critical approach works well to balance out the hype and overly-generous reviews that big-name games always get, but in cases like this, it's the only thing for potential customers to go on besides generic marketing text on the Steam store.

Making it about pirates was definitely a good move. If there's any genre that should have instant appeal for the sort of people who play video games but hasn't already been done to death by video games, it's probably pirates.

 

[Jenny Mcduckerson]

But, I need to put the bowties on the monkeys, it's part of my experiment into the effects of fanciness on animals, also, bowties are cool!

 

[BrotherRool]

Pirate on shoulder stat?

Oh my gosh Pirate stacking! That'd put your stats through the roof

 

[Furioso]

Bravo Yahtzee, that ending bit was absolutely fantastic "Playing the hits while you play God" nearly made me spit out my drink, and I nearly missed the "Sector 7G" Simpsons reference

 

[Griffolion]

MOAR STUFF AT THE END PLZ!

OT: Was never really going to get it anyway, thanks for validating my blind choice!

 

[coolbigandy]

Don't forget its a game from a "small" German developer.

 

[CaptainOctopus]

Ah I loved the ending! Half Life spoofs is the shit.
HL2 Comic Concerned [http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-01]
Full Life Consequences [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs]
Half Life 2 in 60 seconds [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRsexrhbG8]
Ballad of Black Mesa [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTbL5elVXrU]
Freeman's Mind [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J80KD4BG7M]

 

[metal mustache]

Sweet! are you going to do more skits Yahtzee?

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

The Black Mesa radio show was hilarious.

I was in stitches.

So so funny.

I never thought the intro to half life could be improved. Valve needs to patch this into the game with immediate effect.

 

[Mahoshonen]

Radio bit was awesome.

Also surprised that there aren't any idiots thus far wondering where his D3 review is.

 

[Tharwen]

Great ending Yahtzee. Some game developer really does need to hire you as a writer/ voice actor for their games.

Did you read the thing about him being considered as a writer for Duke Nukem Forever?

 

[MetalGenocide]

Half-life 3?!?! Episode 3?!?! He totally hinted it!

Ahhhh, there goes my "awaiting the unlikely sequel syndrome" reaction for the month.

 

[charliesbass]

Someone create a Half-Life mod with Yahtzee's radio station, please.

 

[MB202]

Pirates rule! In fact, I'm going to make it a personal quest to buy every single pirate game I can get my hands on, just to show the gaming industry that THEY can be just as popular as ninjas or zombies, who are freaking overrated at this point!

 

[Yeager942]

"Playing the hits while you play God."

I laughed pretty hard at that one.

 

[Darth_Payn]

Bravo Yahtzee, that ending bit was absolutely fantastic "Playing the hits while you play God" nearly made me spit out my drink, and I nearly missed the "Sector 7G" Simpsons reference

So the game he reviewed had a semi-orginal concept (for an RPG), but crap execution. Pity, I expect more from games on Steam.
And yes, the Half-Life bit @ the end was damn funny! I caught the Simpsons reference, and loved the "bow-ties on test subjects" message. Did any of you guys catch the WATCHMEN allusion in the song request?

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

Loving the jokes about Dave Cameron, and that Half-Life stinger at the end was hilarious.

"Security Guard Calhoun, stop banging on the door. We know your there; we just don't like you."

I've been thinking of people who would be better as the Dj in Tropico 3 than Juantio; you might just be it. Just like Cave Johnson.