Zero Punctuation: Spiderman: Web of Shadows

[Yayaplives]

for Yatzee chaotic nuetral fits very well, though with them screwing over the old system it's technically "unaligned" as chaotic nuetral no longer exists. But scince 4.0 sucks 'ill just stick with chaotic nuetral anyway

 

[MaxFan]

Now that I've seen virtually every alignment argued for Yahtzee, I'm beginning to think he was right about being CN, as that's a pretty common trait for that alignment.

[/nerd moment part two]

 

[Sol_HSA]

It's kind of funny that everyone whines about "all games being sequels", but at the same time most of people would love it if their favorite games got a sequel..

Say.. Beyond good & evil 2 or Psychonauts 2.. =)

 

[ak82]

"The moral of the story is..." to stop playing shitty games then. Look, i like your reviews and have watched them all as many of them are very funny (not this one), but although i agree with many of your points and like your style, your starting to seem more and more like a whiney crap gamer.

Many fighting games suck, yes, but not Street fighter series, nor sf4, and although i am a self confessed 360 fan(love)boy, Killzone 2 is also a very good game. Both of these you could easily have reviewed, and ripped the piss out of (justifiably) and made a hilarious video for, if you werent so bitter about being crap at games, but you chose a shitty game, which we all know is shitty, so wasnt even funny, cos were just like why the hell is this guy playing spiderman, and then actually talking about it.

P.s i really do find many of your videos funny Keep doing what your doing, but review something actually worthy of it.

 

[MortisLegio]

I'd love a swiss army knife with a minigun in it... That would help and hopefully it's going to be easy to carry.

yep, awesomeness squared!

Ok all in favor of attempting to store a minigun in their swiss army knife say Aye.

An excellent review that gave me a chuckle here and there as usual.

Aye, Aye captain. Why stop there though? Lets put a nuke in there for good measure.

A nuke? Now that's just being silly...

No a Chainsaw would be ten time more fun

 

[EightbitMailbox]

Good Review. His reviews hit a slight down slope of cleverness and has since then been climbing back up to very entertaining.

Really Wolverine quizes you?
I always like the first Spider-man on PS. Didn't have a PS at the time of it's released but that didn't stop me from playing it. Beat it in one sitting at a Toys R' US. Also Pokemon Snap.

 

[cystemic]

lol, i would so buy a swiss army knife with minigun

 

[BIGpanda]

a swiss army knife set with a mini gun in it? fuck my steel tipped senbon I'm gotta find that swiss set.

nice review.

 

[solidstatemind]

I ROFL'd at the blackface comment. And at the risk of dipping my toes in the sucking vortex of meaningless internet debate, I had no problem with either that or the use of the word '******'. (yeah, I laughed at that too)

Well, I guess that says a whole lot about you then really doesn't it.

There is a line, and there are a smattering of things in this review that are somewhat overstepping it - it's not just the use of the word '******', it's the context of how it was used. But i'm guessing that went way over your head too.

You talk about missing the point, but you are the one who missed my point, ironically; or perhaps that was your exact intention. Rather than allow you to cling to your those assumptions which 'justify' your 'outrage' let me explain what I meant for you:

If there were a pattern of offensive behavior by anyone (not just Yahtzee, since I can see you reaching into your pocket to pull out the "hey you're just a fanboi defending the object of your affection" argument), then by all means people should address it. However, despite YOUR knee-jerk reaction to the word, it actually was used in an appropriate context- despite your worst-case interpretation, as BobIsOnlyBob points out above in post #179.

So, what- exactly- does that knee-jerk reaction and immediate condemnation of the single incidence of a word that YOU happen to find offensive get you? Well, to be blunt, nothing more than a tempest in a teapot, at least this time (thank god). What bothers me is that it could've been worse, and all because you felt you had the right to be the ultimate judge of someone else's intentions, and then took it even further, you felt you were justified to be the avatar of outrage against this 'heinous crime'.

Do you have the right to be offended? I never said you didn't. Hate speech is evil, it sucks, and it should be stopped. However, rushing to judgement is just as bad, and in many ways, telling Yahtzee not to use a word because you don't like it is essentially an attempt to engage in a form of censorship. If the person who originally complained had said "That was mean and you suck" I wouldn't have said a thing-- people get torqued out about the goofiest stuff sometimes, and this was at least a psuedo-legitimate reason for upset. (Unlike the standard fanboi 'U teh Suxxors becuz U don't lik '). But the moment that they asked Yahtzee to change his behavior to suit their own personal preferences, well, that's when you cross that particular line of Political Correctness, 'Right Think/Speak', etc. ad naseaum.

Ultimately, in my opinion, it's part of our personal responsibility as adults to not just blindly react like 2-year-olds (or other manifestations of pure id) to something we initially find off-putting or offensive, especially when it comes to media and art; most things in life are subject to personal interpretation and art is inherently so. It is not only possible but probable that the viewer does not know exactly what the author or creator's exact intent truly was for certain, and if you don't know for sure, how can you condemn them for it? The answer can not be anything other than "you can't" unless there has been a pattern of behavior to support the negative interpretation. That's just being a mature and rational adult. We realize that the world doesn't revolve around us, and that our perceptions and desires do not define reality. Well, unless your a solipsist, that is.

That is what I was trying to get at. And if you can't grasp that, I can't help you: I can't be any more explicit than that.

Oh, and respect to BobIsOnlyBob for a very lucid post that covers a couple of other very salient points.

 

[Zedzero]

lol loved the bit at the end with WoS having Watchmen ingame. (For those who do not know Watchmen is DC and that is Marvel's rival, so...)

Pretty good review overall feels like its missing....tit jokes.

 

[bboy50centjr]

i like the review as always but im suprised you didnt mention how spiderman tears wolverine in half in one of the cutscenes for the evil choice. you should do street fighter 4 next.

 

[Brokkr]

Very amusing as ever. I loved the bit about the combat.

 

[imonlyhereforyahtzee]

Good, but... y'know, not so current. And your review is oddly congruent to this one from GameFAQs.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=945883&topic=46609931

 

[Amogrr]

The spidey 2d never really attracted me.

I would love to see a Brutal Legend review though!

 

[bboy1122]

"Where certain parts of the game started bum fucking the processor" lmao

 

[Garmana]

But what about Spidys voice?? Very bad.

 

[Ange1ofD4rkness]

I ahve to question if your emo. I mean seriously you talking about how bad your life is, and u sure use wrist cutting alot. You try to tell us something

 

[UltimatheChosen]

I nearly laughed up my spleen at the part about the minigun.

 

[ShadokatRegn]

I personally didn't mind the combat - it worked a bit better than it used to. However, I don't think I enjoyed the combat as much as I missed the web swinging. I also agree with Spider-man requiring less whine with his cheese, and more snark at the bad guys. "I can't dooooo it" pout pout ***** *****.