Zero Punctuation: Sim City Societies
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I don't know about you, but watching Top Gear does give me a sense of animalistic lust... Esp. watching the 'fast' GTI get smoked by the Lamborghini.
Thanks for the review as usual.
This one did feel somewhat short like some other people already mentioned.
Does anyone else notice the little references to Eddie Izzard shows throughout (cheating at scrabble) his reviews or is it just my overactive imagination? The TF2 video made me laugh out loud.
This one did feel somewhat short like some other people already mentioned.
Does anyone else notice the little references to Eddie Izzard shows throughout (cheating at scrabble) his reviews or is it just my overactive imagination? The TF2 video made me laugh out loud.
I had my own hopes on what game we'd see reviewed this week and this game wasn't even somethign I was aware of, let alone praying for.
We're really doing a disservice not only to Yahtzee but ourselves by sending in requests. The man works better on his own and this is excellent proof of it.
We're really doing a disservice not only to Yahtzee but ourselves by sending in requests. The man works better on his own and this is excellent proof of it.
I thought Yahtzee would make a refference of Saint Valentine's day at the beginning of the review, but I didn't spected that last bit with the gay love between a Heavy and a Medic from Team Fortress 2 (Yes, I know the "Medic and Heavy are a great combination" thing).
Good review as always, but the last short didn't entertained me much.
Good review as always, but the last short didn't entertained me much.
This makes me want to do machinima, and I will!! Funny review by the way, what with Hitler and all that and evil god.
I think many of the people on this thread don't actually recognize the difference between "Societies" and the rest of the Sim City Franchise, Societies was developed in-house by EA..it had limited Maxis involvement and has a completely new style of game play.
IT DOES NOT have the same sprawling city building scenario like SC4..instead you focus on a small community, thus should not be considered canon and representative of the rest of the series.
Perhaps this was Yathzee's issue for not pointing out the design differences.
Societies itself is a terrible game and another casualty of EA's policy for buying out labels and quickly urinating over their acquisition before selling it on again, it is NOT a true "god game".
IT DOES NOT have the same sprawling city building scenario like SC4..instead you focus on a small community, thus should not be considered canon and representative of the rest of the series.
Perhaps this was Yathzee's issue for not pointing out the design differences.
Societies itself is a terrible game and another casualty of EA's policy for buying out labels and quickly urinating over their acquisition before selling it on again, it is NOT a true "god game".
Does that end part mean that you have Garry's Mod!
If so that's awesome. one of the best mod's ever created from my point of view!
If so that's awesome. one of the best mod's ever created from my point of view!
The review was, as always, classic ZP. Nazi comparisons, manga fanboys, driving statements of blindingly obvious and sometimes not-so-obvious imagery. Fantastic.
The short at the end however might've been more funny had I not seen this [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/423120] first (and last week). Still good to see more 'shorts' though.
The short at the end however might've been more funny had I not seen this [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/423120] first (and last week). Still good to see more 'shorts' though.
Took me a few listens to recognize the music during the TF2 bit...
"Love lift us up where we beloooong...."
"Love lift us up where we beloooong...."
Yahtzee fantastically communicated the result of making a Will Wright game without Will Wright, how it's all well and good but rather repetitive, too thin, and without much emotional attachment to the "sims." The rather dull malaise over the whole review matches this concept well.
I would have put the TF2 part first though, would've made the review seem faster and more upbeat by comparison.
I would have put the TF2 part first though, would've made the review seem faster and more upbeat by comparison.