Zero Punctuation: Skate 2

[Ryuzaki]

A great review, laughed at the over complex controls. I got the intro straight away, wish they would get rid of the pop up ad though and just put it at the end of the video. (Then I wouldn't have to watch it) Looking forward to next weeks video.

 

[Tonimata]

so he DOES have Rock Band? the first one at that? and he can't beat Green Grass and High Tides?
I'm starting to relate every day more to this guy
any tips on how to beat that godforsaken song?
specially the ending?
please?
kthx
lol
Edit: FORGET ABOUT ALL THAT NONSENSE AND REMEMBER THE EPIC MINUTE 18:50-18:58 of the 25/03/09 on GMT +01 OF STANDARD HUMAN HISTORY, BECAUSE I FINALLY DID IT!!! GOD BLESS THE SOLO BUTTONS!!!
Sorry, I reaaaaaaaaaally had to do it.

 

[Tonimata]

I agree with you, the No More Heroes one actually got me to download the song just to give it a listen. But since ZP is too broadly casted, I suppose there must be some legal impediment there.
But yeah
WE WANT THE COOL SONGS BACK!

 

[P1p3s]

this isn't the first review I've heard for this, and another one was by a hardcore skater. Interestingly while you can discount all issue of lore (if you can call it such a thing in a skater game...ok you can't, subcultural references then) because he was familiar with all of that but he had the same issues with the controls, it seems like a memory test rather than a game.

 

[boozeparade]

congratulations on having the only video game review in human history to reference Oliver Reed. Nicely done, sir.

 

[PeterDawson]

Pretty much summed up how I view all skating games.

 

[tijuanatim]

I thought my computer glitched and it skipped the intro but after reading the comments I guess not.

Anywho, I really liked this one, alot better than the last few actually. More about the game, less about the state of gameing today. Also this one was downright funny.

 

[SimuLord]

It's nice to know that Yahtzee at least understood what the developer was going for. We as gamers complain up and down that game companies make their games too "accessible" but then when a game comes out that unashamedly says "fans only, the rest of you can bugger off if you don't like it" reviewers tend to rip it to shreds. Moral of the story is that Skate 2 is in all likelihood going to be the Game of the Year for the sort of people who can tell you who won gold, silver, and bronze at the X Games but couldn't tell you who Tim Geithner is (and would probably have some trouble recognizing the name of Joe Biden.)

 

[brainfreeze215]

You know, I will admit I was a little worried about Zero Punctuation. It started with that thread that went up a while ago here that said Yahtzee was "Losing his edge" and I vehemently disagreed, but the last few videos were not as good as his best (though I still enjoyed them). This is a real return to form.

 

[Infiniteloop]

This is getting rather bland. It was accurate though.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Damn it, I loved the intro before!
Anyway - very funny review!

 

[Rabbi106]

Well, I like most ZP episodes, but this one wasn't as funny as some others. I giggled a bit, though.

 

[Lufteluke]

"circle to breathe and triangle to prosess oxygen"
Hehehe, LOVE these reviews!

 

[FACT.50]

My only complaint about this review, is that every issue he calls out (and even the ones the people in this thread have been pointing out) are all solved by simply pausing the game and looking at the pages of information on everything from terminology to exact steps to pull off every move in the game.

Tony Hawk is like an arcade game compared to the Skate series. I'm not even a fan of skateboarding but both Skate games have been tremendous fun to me. Most user friendly skating games ever made in fact. Also oneof the best sandbox types of games. the perfect thing to just kill a few hours on after work.

The controls are perfect too. Almost every major move starts with a flick of the analog stick, then a number of variables can be pulled off by pressing the shoulder buttons to grab and the face buttons to do things like kicks and such.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Haha, you knew he wasn't going to like this game as soon as you saw what it was. He didn't rag on it as much as I thought he would, but the humour was still very much present.

 

[porpoise hork]

most skate games are pretty much the same. go here thrash on this.. go there chip a tooth or and castrate yourself on that..

 

[the captain]

I have never heard a more accurate portrayal of the entire skater sub-culture than Yahtzee's most recent rant.

Next Week- Goths
Coming Soon- Wannabe Blacks

 

[that guy 2000]

yeah it was pretty good

 

[ExileLink]

And I forgot to quote again. Crap.

 

[ExileLink]

Awesome review. Now that you've brought it up (that Green Grass and High tides joke was amazing), would you PLEASE review Rock Band since you actually have it?

I don't think he'll bother, as in his Guitar Hero World Tour review he said "Get this game or Rock Band because it honestly doesn't matter."

But it actually seems like he's trying the game, because if you make it to Green Grass, then you've pretty much unlocked every necessary song in the game. He said he resolved to not buy another Harmonix product (for a badly explained reason) in his review on GHWT, yet here he is actually playing the game and making no mention of GHWT. He has looked back on previous reviews before, and he has done many comparisons within reviews.

And he'd rather play Rock Band than Skate 2 is what I'm saying. Gimme a break.