Zero Punctuation: Singularity
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WTF YAHTZEE!!!!!!!!!!
U GAVE AWAY THE F*CKING SPOILER!?!?!?!?
YOU PRICK!!!
I WILL NEVER WATCH ANOTHER ZP, GO FU*K A CACTUS YOU TOSSER!
U GAVE AWAY THE F*CKING SPOILER!?!?!?!?
YOU PRICK!!!
I WILL NEVER WATCH ANOTHER ZP, GO FU*K A CACTUS YOU TOSSER!
Because if you just go back in time and shoot Demechev, there's a chance he might survive. He's a tough guy. Over the course of the game you shoot him several times... you shoot him and he falls out a window, and at end of the game you shoot him with a pistol and then he gets back up and argues with you.Necrith said:
If you just shoot Demechev while your past self is carrying Demechev, then chances are your past self will still carry him to safety, and he might survive his wounds. (Especially because there is a room full of scientists that would rush to help him.) To be absolutely sure you can't screw things up anymore, you have to kill yourself.
Just in case nobody messaged you, or you haven't checked back on this topic since you asked: it's a quote from a Beatles song, specifically 'A Day In The Life'. To paraphrase: apparently there were four thousand holes in Blackburn, which were very small but they all had to be counted; as a result they now know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.Holy_Handgrenade said:
...there may have been drugs involved. But it's a fantastic song, so yeah.
Funny review as always. Strange to see a mention of Flambards, but I have similarly grim memories - that bloody Hornet rollercoaster wasn't much fun for me as a child.
Points on name-checking Gamera, referencing the Beatles and the shot of the TARDIS.
However, like others have said, did you really need to reference The Human Centipede, Yahtzee? Seriously, I'm still not quite over that movie and I saw it three months ago! Hell, my girlfriend didn't even see it, but she was so disgusted by my description of it that even she retched when the reference came up!
Still, I found it interesting Yahtzee found it better than Wolfenstein, as I thoroughly enjoyed that game. Say whatever you will about it, but I at least personally found it to be closer in spirit to the original Wolfenstein 3-D than Return to Castle Wolfenstein was supposed to have been (walking around with crazy weapons the Nazis supposedly developed, fighting bizarre enemies also spawned from said experiments and searching for hidden treasure).
Also, I've been a fan of Raven since Heretic and I'm hard-pressed to think of a single game that they did that I would have considered "bad." Their output has been pretty good and consistent. So if Yahtzee thinks Singularity was bad, but better than Wolfenstein, that means there's a pretty good chance I'll enjoy it even more than Wolfenstein. Either that or I'm just easy to please.
However, like others have said, did you really need to reference The Human Centipede, Yahtzee? Seriously, I'm still not quite over that movie and I saw it three months ago! Hell, my girlfriend didn't even see it, but she was so disgusted by my description of it that even she retched when the reference came up!
Still, I found it interesting Yahtzee found it better than Wolfenstein, as I thoroughly enjoyed that game. Say whatever you will about it, but I at least personally found it to be closer in spirit to the original Wolfenstein 3-D than Return to Castle Wolfenstein was supposed to have been (walking around with crazy weapons the Nazis supposedly developed, fighting bizarre enemies also spawned from said experiments and searching for hidden treasure).
Also, I've been a fan of Raven since Heretic and I'm hard-pressed to think of a single game that they did that I would have considered "bad." Their output has been pretty good and consistent. So if Yahtzee thinks Singularity was bad, but better than Wolfenstein, that means there's a pretty good chance I'll enjoy it even more than Wolfenstein. Either that or I'm just easy to please.
He forgot the 125mb usb you can get with the game, because you can totally use it to keep your pron on 
Edit: lol at those who are qqing over the spoiled plot, you're silly for being butthurt over the ending any normal person would predict at the beginning. And Dumbledore dies.
Edit: lol at those who are qqing over the spoiled plot, you're silly for being butthurt over the ending any normal person would predict at the beginning. And Dumbledore dies.
I have to admit, I was seriously disappointed by the way the age-revert system worked. I understand that the monstrosities people became is supposedly their fetal/placental forms, but with the same amount of mass as they have now, but it's still absolutely retarded. First of all, the 'equivalent mass' bullshit doesn't play a part in putting a can back together, or fixing stairs. It's just an obvious attempt to make the game seem more presentable, since people would have issues with killing babies.
Except I wouldn't have an issue with killing babies. First of all, it's a game; you're already killing things. Just because that thing happens to be younger now doesn't change the fact that you're going to kill it. Besides, what about Dante's Inferno, or even Silent Hill? Sure, they were demonic babies for the most part, but they were still babies.
All that, and the incredibly shitty attempt at a plot twist really disappointed me. The puzzles weren't as good as I'd hoped, either, though that's possibly since I've pretty much seen everything you can do with time puzzles thanks to Braid and PoP. Either way, I agree with Yahtzee: an attempt to be three different games, and being shittier than all of them. See also: Spore.
Except I wouldn't have an issue with killing babies. First of all, it's a game; you're already killing things. Just because that thing happens to be younger now doesn't change the fact that you're going to kill it. Besides, what about Dante's Inferno, or even Silent Hill? Sure, they were demonic babies for the most part, but they were still babies.
All that, and the incredibly shitty attempt at a plot twist really disappointed me. The puzzles weren't as good as I'd hoped, either, though that's possibly since I've pretty much seen everything you can do with time puzzles thanks to Braid and PoP. Either way, I agree with Yahtzee: an attempt to be three different games, and being shittier than all of them. See also: Spore.
And he made a Human Centipede reference. Thank you Yahtzee, I almost held in my lunch for a second there.
Meanwhile, I too would've loved to turn enemies into babies, but sadly that will never happen.
Meanwhile, I too would've loved to turn enemies into babies, but sadly that will never happen.
Okay, um, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's said this, but I really enjoyed Singularity. The gameplay was fast and engaging and kept me interested throughout, and the awesome weapons such as the Seeker (A gun where you can go slow-mo and guide the bullet into whoever the fuck you want) kept me immensely entertained. It had action, suspense, mystery, and a bit of horror, and really, that's all you can ask for in a game. I didn't mind the story, and the big "plot twist" that Yahtzee mentioned isn't presented as a plot twist at all, more like a character's revelation and explanation as to what actually happened. It didn't surprise me at all because it wasn't supposed to. I found the game decently-written, and it's certainly not the worst-written game I've played. It was well worth the money I paid for it, in my opinion. Anyway, nice review as always, Yahtzee, and I look forward to seeing more.
This is only tangentially related to the topic, but I couldn't find a better thread to stick it in, so here we go:
Dear Escapist,
I understand that you need advertisers to pay the bills, really I do. And I understand that advertisers who give you especially large sums of cash may be due for a bit more preferential treatment--like, say, a wrap-around advert that frames all your videos for a while.
If you're going to do something like this, however, please have the decency to test said wraparound, to ensure that it does not interfere with the player controls.
Catching up on this week's videos of interest, I found myself clicking on the fullscreen button on the player, only to find another browser window launching for Starcraft 2. Actually getting at the control I wanted involved carefully hovering over the upper left corner of the button and clicking with care, lest I disturb my aim and miss, getting another unwanted ad window.
I expect this kind of difficulty when performing no-scope headshots in the latest first-person man-shoot, not when watching a video of a British expat talking really fast over top of some stick figures.
Dear Escapist,
I understand that you need advertisers to pay the bills, really I do. And I understand that advertisers who give you especially large sums of cash may be due for a bit more preferential treatment--like, say, a wrap-around advert that frames all your videos for a while.
If you're going to do something like this, however, please have the decency to test said wraparound, to ensure that it does not interfere with the player controls.
Catching up on this week's videos of interest, I found myself clicking on the fullscreen button on the player, only to find another browser window launching for Starcraft 2. Actually getting at the control I wanted involved carefully hovering over the upper left corner of the button and clicking with care, lest I disturb my aim and miss, getting another unwanted ad window.
I expect this kind of difficulty when performing no-scope headshots in the latest first-person man-shoot, not when watching a video of a British expat talking really fast over top of some stick figures.