Zero Punctuation: Silent Hill Homecoming

[Lupie]

I already have a ZP t-shirt. That makes me feel just a little bit dirty.

 

[drkotaku]

hmmm shame really I was looking at silent hill 5 then when I saw 'homecoming' was like oh?
...then oh -_-;;

but suppose I'll rent then attempt a speed completage

lol btw ta for the end bit lol reminded me to play 3 with a lightsaber again

 

[Melaisis]

I'd play the Sean Bean level.

 

[buybuybuy spend more money]

I want a zero punctuation hooooodie. waaaaa

 

[Hiroshi Mishima]

I think a lot of people are missing the point where he talks about fans. Because Yahtzee is by his own admission a fan of several games. It really is hard to please a fan, especially when you've been released games for the past few years that just don't measure up to the ones that came before it.

And to be perfectly fair, we probably wouldn't even have video games today if it wasn't for the fans. After all, someone had to like the games enough to keep buying them. Series like Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, Halo.. if there weren't fans, you would never see second or third games in a series.

 

[Telekinesis]

Where's my Mother 3 review?

 

[WhitelionArokh]

He makes a good point, I love subtle Japanese horror, the kind that when you stop playing you're still on-edge and antsy.

 

[Frederf]

Fan are great for buying video games but not for designing them.

Good video game design (or heck any design) is not best done by committee. A fan base, as a whole, is usually a 7-headed beast with no overall direction. Some ideas that come out of a fan base can be great but for the most part is bad for direction and distinction.

 

[Platos]

"Shall I wear the mask?" - HAHAHHAHAHAAHA

 

[Caelthis]

How can I put this... (first time texter last time caller)

I love the Silent Hill series and while the last few games feel like being sodomized I stuck through them hoping for some kind of reciprocated reach around.

While passing through the first few moments of Homecoming, I regretfully admit that I was thinking of of you... to be specific, the very first moments..... /sigh A quick time event. A FUCKING XXXXXXXXXXX quick time event.

It was like sleeping with your possible better half to realize she's as equipped as you and can take a load to the.... whatever, I shouldn't superimpose

While I may nod nod nod nod through your reviews, this time around I felt you over my shoulder the entire time; to the point where I had to choose to blow my mother's brains out, I had to ask what would Yahtzee do?? I blew the ****'s brains out in an attempt to free my own boredom. (that word is still only illegal in the US right?)

I really tried to care about Alex and enjoyed their lack luster attempt to recreate SH2, but after the third attempt to find Josh, I found myself asking the question why I didn't just shoot him in the leg so he couldn't run away this time?....

But isn't it awesome they brought Pyramid Head back?? I am so glad he was totting an army knife this time around... I totally get it it.... so is he related to.... oh who fucking cares..


-Michael

p.s Someone should kill George Lucas and create more adventure games... Personally it gave me incentive to learn to read at 3 years old. Under those circumstances why wouldn't Edna throw my ass in jail?

 

[Not Good]

The ironic statement at the end was damn good. I've never seen the Silent Hill Movie mostly because I don't have the tendency to actually go and see a movie about a videogame. Same thing will go for Max Payne, even if it has Marky Mark and the Funky bunch in it.

 

[the_angry_fish]

Man, how do you manage to come up with such gold every single week?

 

[WarlockD]

.....
While passing through the first few moments of Homecoming, I regretfully admit that I was thinking of of you... to be specific, the very first moments..... /sigh A quick time event. A FUCKING XXXXXXXXXXX quick time event....

Thought the SAME thing. Meh, second I saw the truck driver I thought something was up. Origins? REALLY? Though I feel that I am too experienced now a days. I am jaded to the point that on the first visit to his home that I kind of figured out most of story.

I just wish they didn't make the UFO ending one of the "normal" endings. I ran into it by accident on the first try

Oh, and if you hate sliding puzzles as much as I do, get a copy of SBP Solver [http://www.culand.ch/dev/SBPSolver.htm] You can set up the puzzle and it will brute force crack it. Not very good for the dreaded 16 box picture puzzles, but helps quite a bit. Wish it was multi core though.

 

[ikari_matt]

cool video, yathzee is back with his sarcastic humor

 

[Telekinesis]

He was never gone anywhere to begin with.

 

[Jaythulhu]

Oh this is definately one I'll have repeat viewings of. The cinematic at the end caused the second hardest belly laugh I've had this week. Ten mins after watching and I'm still chuckling. Ow my sides...

 

[the protaginist]

I luaghed my ass off at the end bit.

 

[Cyketor]

I have to say hes done it again, this game does have the fact that Americans decided it would be fun to slap massive tits on a zombie chick and it will become arousing, NO! it does not thank you the zombie chicks are in all the games, why not live a lil and decided to make it new?!

 

[Cynopt]

Good stuff as usual, very happy to see the Machinima Science Theatre business back again too.
Not quite as entertainingly psychotic as the Puffer-Fish one, but meh.

 

[Nerdfury]

Fantastic as usual, my Australian comrade. Even considering you almost lost your power the other day!

About time you started putting fans in their place, too! Nothing shits me more than whiny bastards whinging when nothing turns out a hundred percent of what they expected from a game.