Zero Punctuation: Sonic Unleashed
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This was one of the better ones, nearly makes up for the last, blantly fanboy driven Left4Dead review.
Yo. Yahtzee.
I've been a fan of you for a long time and I have to say this "gamedamage" thing is WAY below you, man. Far far below you. The master chief walking around town? What am I, 12? Oh good here's a Duke Nukem Forever joke this has all kinds of potential... oh... they didn't write a joke... oh well.
Also having the guys laughing at you on the couch? Dude, I love you and I watch your ZP videos every week and will continue to do so, but this gameDamage thing is NOT working out.
I've been a fan of you for a long time and I have to say this "gamedamage" thing is WAY below you, man. Far far below you. The master chief walking around town? What am I, 12? Oh good here's a Duke Nukem Forever joke this has all kinds of potential... oh... they didn't write a joke... oh well.
Also having the guys laughing at you on the couch? Dude, I love you and I watch your ZP videos every week and will continue to do so, but this gameDamage thing is NOT working out.
To you and everyone else who says "he should go play the 360/PS3 version", he WAS playing the 360/PS3 version. In his review he stated he was able to change the voice language to Japanese, explore complicated hubs and collect medals in them and levels, have enemies regain their health after failing a QTE move. All of that was different or absent in the Wii/PS2 versions. I'm confused why his review showed the Wii boxart, reguardless. Guess he assumed it was the same in all versions...?*shrugs*drkotaku said:
That said this was one the angriest ZP reviews I saw and yet the most entertaining. While I thought the game was simply mediocre, I couldn't help but nod and laugh after every comment Yahtzee made. Kudos!
So, what do you guys think? Would it be humanly possible to breathe new life into the Sonic series?
Actually, now I'm left with another question.. why the heck to people keep praising Sonic Rush? I personally couldn't stand the game. I think someone else in here already pegged the main reason, which was the horrendous level design that sent you flying off into death at a moment's notice or the confusing level design itself that left you wondering where the hell you were for half of the stage. The Sonic Advance games were like that.
The Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 games.. were not like that, which is quite possibly one of the reasons I enjoyed them on the Dreamcast so much. Sonic Heroes.. eh.. Shadow.. good music, interesting idea, but it just felt like they were running Shadow's character through a meat grinder and wrecking his character more than they did Knuckles' by making him listen to Rap constantly (which was stupid).
I still think that it's possible to make a good Sonic game, I'm just not sure where the true fault lies. The people making the games for making them poorly, the fans for buying them regardless, or the company for not LISTENING to what people are saying are making the games unfun.
The Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 games.. were not like that, which is quite possibly one of the reasons I enjoyed them on the Dreamcast so much. Sonic Heroes.. eh.. Shadow.. good music, interesting idea, but it just felt like they were running Shadow's character through a meat grinder and wrecking his character more than they did Knuckles' by making him listen to Rap constantly (which was stupid).
I still think that it's possible to make a good Sonic game, I'm just not sure where the true fault lies. The people making the games for making them poorly, the fans for buying them regardless, or the company for not LISTENING to what people are saying are making the games unfun.
Poor poor Sonic, he's sucked for a good number of years now, possibly because sonic team can't grasp what a good game is. I actually liked Sonic in 3D back in the Adventure days, but I guess it's nostalgia for my preteen Dreamcast days.
I picked up the 2006 Sonic game, hoping it would rekindle my love for that speed addict, how deeply wrong I was. Ever since then I have vowed never to buy a Sonic game again.
I picked up the 2006 Sonic game, hoping it would rekindle my love for that speed addict, how deeply wrong I was. Ever since then I have vowed never to buy a Sonic game again.
It has just ocurred to me that Sonic cannot be killed off...
With the current obsession with all things zombie, it would only make space for Zombie Sonic 3D or whatever crap the money men at Sega come up with next.
Kill him and bury him: Zombie Sonic 3D.
Kill him and bury him at sea: Zombie Pirate Sonic 3D.
Kill him and bury him in Japan: Zombie Ninja Sonic 3D.
Kill him and bury him at sea in Japanese waters: Zombie Pirate Ninja Sonic 3D.
Shoot him into the sun: Space Sonic 3D.
The list will never end!
As Yahtzee implies never underestimate the buying power of ill-informed grand parents or the people who are prepared to churn out crap products to sell to grand parents with a decades old character on it that even the grand parents will easily recognise.
These people will not stop until we hunt them down and stop them, it is the only option.
With the current obsession with all things zombie, it would only make space for Zombie Sonic 3D or whatever crap the money men at Sega come up with next.
Kill him and bury him: Zombie Sonic 3D.
Kill him and bury him at sea: Zombie Pirate Sonic 3D.
Kill him and bury him in Japan: Zombie Ninja Sonic 3D.
Kill him and bury him at sea in Japanese waters: Zombie Pirate Ninja Sonic 3D.
Shoot him into the sun: Space Sonic 3D.
The list will never end!
As Yahtzee implies never underestimate the buying power of ill-informed grand parents or the people who are prepared to churn out crap products to sell to grand parents with a decades old character on it that even the grand parents will easily recognise.
These people will not stop until we hunt them down and stop them, it is the only option.
Compared to the size of his body, it is huge, along with the longer legs it just looks ridiculous.JonnWood said:
Why? Is it coming out outside Japan anytime soon?MB202 said:
'Cause that would be fucking awesome...
I don't think he hates this game unless you see hate as a eufimisme... Funny review but in content about the game not one of his best. Other than that he really really hates it I don't know very much about it. Either he didn't have enough time to bash on it all or he is just losing his touch.
Actually I found Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the DS developed by BIOWARE to be surprisingly good, maybe the best Sonic game to come since the old days.
Poor Sonic, I want his games to be good
Yahtzee's gamedamage proyect looks interesting by the way....
I have to say, Yahtzee, out of all your reviews that I've seen, this was by far the most harsh and negative (not that it's a bad thing, I'm just saying).
OH MY SWEET CUCUMBERS! SOMEONE WHO PLAYS A SONIC GAME HAS A BRAIN AND CAN SEE HOW BAD IT IS!!!
Thank you Yahtzee!!! I am not worthy!!~bows~
Thank you Yahtzee!!! I am not worthy!!~bows~
