Zero Punctuation: Scribblenauts

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haxxorzd00d

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It's true, half your puzzle-solving time is usually spent trying to stop Maxwell running into lava or bears or your precariously balanced tower of barrels and sheep. That, and the mechanic of gluing/tying objects together is microscopically fiddly.
 

SnootyEnglishman

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Hmm, Cthulu in a popular console like game never thought that would happen...still Mr. Yahtzee i applaud for making me enjoy yet another good review.
 

Ammadessi

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Though I wholeheartedly enjoy Scribblenauts (even the sandbox opening screen) I can honestly see where Yahtzee is coming from on this. Being able to move Maxwell with the d-pad rather than the stylus would have made for a far less frustrating experience.

In addition, giving human-like characters a reason to be in the game would have helped too. Spawning a pirate and a ninja is fun and all, but during the puzzle and action levels spawning humans is simply pointless. Except engineers can flip switches, or something.

Still Scribblenauts is an innovative concept and there's a lot of fun to be had by doing things like spawning a mammoth and a T-Rex and watching the mammoth poof into chunks of meat when old Rexy is done with him.
 

crotalidian

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loved the definition of "fun" at the end.

I dont have a DS but did sort of want one even if it was just for this game (and some JRPGs but I didnt just say that). Now not so sure, I feel like if I knew someone with a DS then I would definately bug them to get Scribblenauts and borrow it but not ready to shell out for primarily this game

Thanks Yahtzee you just saved me $150
 

ZZoMBiE13

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I had high hopes for Scribblenauts. But I'm glad I didn't buy it on day one. Thanks Yahtzee!
 

DoctorWhat

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I've played the game (not the whole game through, but still), and I have to agree. It's fun for 5 minutes, but then you can't think of stuff to spawn.

And all those epic battles you wanted to make when you heard about this game? You can only make characters fight if one of them is DEFINITELY evil, and one is DEFINITELY good...

Oh well. Another fantastic review Lord Croshaw, and many more to come
 

Ammadessi

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Superlordbasil said:
can you just spawn the stars?
Yes and no. Typing "Starite" will indeed spawn a Starite, but that will not win the level for you. You have to get the Starite that the game asks you to get.
 

mokes310

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I guess I'm in agreement here. I never thought that this would be an actual "game," but more of a creative test of your vocabulary. Kudos for trying, and great review!
 

PG

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I wish he'd review something other than really shit games. Sure it was fun but it's not hard to pick on a bleeting lamb. Why not Dirt 2 or Risen, or that bloody Aion that everyone keeps banging on about.
 

SantoUno

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Lol it was pretty alright, though the only part that seriously made me lol was his situation with the dangling pick-up over the lava pit. THe game kidna sounds interesting but according to him it may be too inconsistant to be doing what its trying to do.

Overall, good vid, though I wish he reviewed cooler DS games.
 

RyanRohypnol

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Good review, would be fun if anything was availabe like that.
Now it has to be done... Cuthulu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Superlordbasil

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Ammadessi said:
Superlordbasil said:
can you just spawn the stars?
Yes and no. Typing "Starite" will indeed spawn a Starite, but that will not win the level for you. You have to get the Starite that the game asks you to get.
darn well one would question the need to hunt for starite when you can spawn masses of them or just spawn everything you want for that matter
 

PumpItUp

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Apparently there's an infinite Starite cheat involving a pair of handcuffs, a vending machine, and a flexible conscience.

Also, good review Mr. Sebastian Godzilla, blah blah, whatever.
 

CulexVanda

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they should of calling it "Adventures in summoning Cthulhu"

I want to know what can really beat Cthulhu?
 

AceDiamond

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Since I own it and I feel I need to defend it, I'll admit the controls are a serious issue and sometimes one does feel like they have to constantly go back to the same tired-and-true methods of solving a puzzle.

Yet that's the entire point of the "advanced" mode, which is to solve one level 3 different ways without using any objects from the previous attempts.

As for the "sandbox" mode, that's supposed to be so you can find out what does work, as well as goof about.

In the end his complaints are valid but I find this is the kind of title where mileage will vary drastically.

MrBacon said:
And all those epic battles you wanted to make when you heard about this game? You can only make characters fight if one of them is DEFINITELY evil, and one is DEFINITELY good...
So explain to me how you can use a lovecraftian horror (or a velociraptor) to fight off 3 soldiers who are most definitely evil?