Zero Punctuation: Splinter Cell: Conviction
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Go figure they also made Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.Sensei Le Roof said:
Ahh busting on my city T_T
America's made for cars, Europe isn't. The road network here is so bogged down that it's alot faster to go by public transport, which is quite excellent. It's a cultural thing, I live in a small country and you don't need a car to get around. Same thing with housing, space here is a scarce commodity and very expensive, restaurants usually don't have a parking lot instead of what it's like in the US where the restaurant is in the centre of a huge parking lot.tkwelge said:
You can buy a parking space in the centre of Amsterdam for about $200,000.- , lol.
That's so funny! Except that's not how it works, and it would dig into the pockets of Americans not to fix the debt we're in but to provide medicine in a way that's easily associated with socialism (since you'd be taking from all to provide for all), and that by the end it's simply taking money to force people to buy health care.TheEnglishman said:
Who's going to be the first person to drop all the pretense and simply draw an ASCII hand to jerk off Yahtzee with?
this was one of most honest reviews for this game i read(heard) so far.
Thank you.
Was great and fun. As usual
Thank you.
Was great and fun. As usual
I think this has a lot less to do with political affiliation and a lot more to do with what amounts to Yahtzee pulling a cheap shot to garner points from the non-American crowd. As I noted earlier, America has a lot of big, dangerous, doomsday inducing weaponry. The motivation is simple; who give a crap about fixing debt when you hold the world hostage with enough firepower to turn the surface of the planet into a Fallout style wasteland?winter2 said:
I am unsure whether you intentionally misinterpret or not. The gorilla point is moot, the point made is that Yahtzee loves to make fun of America almost to the exclusion of all other countries. Sure, there have been a few reviews where he has been harsh on other countries, but if one takes his entire body of work and looks at it side by side, he is incredibly unfavorable to America. It is old; it was funny the first time, maybe the third time, but after the the tenth time, the joke starts to wear thin. I said earlier that I have no problem with sarcastic remarks made about America (and I usually don't), but for God's sake, this is getting ridiculous.Shamanic Rhythm said:
Yahtzee makes fun of America at every opportunity he gets, even when it is hardly topical. It is an easy target because America is not beloved oversees, but I expect more from him; I expect the same inventiveness he showed in earlier reviews, and not insipid jokes about America just because it is easy to target
I am truly sorry, I did not mean to fight; I thought you misunderstood, so i wished to help and further your understanding, but a cookie might be nice.Shamanic Rhythm said:
I'm a little sick of him insulting Americans (I'm allowed to like my country, even if it is America) but whatever, I'll keep watching as long as he keeps them informative and funny. He hit right on with my interpretation of the game, yeah it's fun making Sam do cool stuff, but the game seems like it does way to much for you. I guess I would say it is to context sensitive you just have to hit the correct button in the correct position and watch what happens. Kind of like Heavy Rain, I guess, but it lacks the hook of having consequences for your choices and mistakes.
Good fun as always Yahtzee.
I did really like SCC and was expecting you to rip on the plot a little more since it did seem a little less clever than the previous games with Tom Clancy being a master of military / political fiction the plot would have made a bad Micheal Bay movie, laden with PMCs who are more than happy to betray the good old US of A for a bit of cash.
I was also dissapointed with the reduction of stealth and although the 'execute' system is a fun way to empty a room it still felt like playing the game with auto aim on. The new 'context sensitive' interaction system is a bit annoying as pointed out - I found the funniest part is when your in a cut scene (like talking to Victor) and press jump Sam does this funny little half jump like hes doing squats or something
Most of the guns are useless as pointed out and I played the entire game with the same pistol and 1 or 2 changes of the main weapon - personally I think they only have all the weapons for the kids to pew pew on multiplayer.
Personally I am looking forward to the book as I find the fiction of Splinter Cell much more rewarding than the games
I did really like SCC and was expecting you to rip on the plot a little more since it did seem a little less clever than the previous games with Tom Clancy being a master of military / political fiction the plot would have made a bad Micheal Bay movie, laden with PMCs who are more than happy to betray the good old US of A for a bit of cash.
I was also dissapointed with the reduction of stealth and although the 'execute' system is a fun way to empty a room it still felt like playing the game with auto aim on. The new 'context sensitive' interaction system is a bit annoying as pointed out - I found the funniest part is when your in a cut scene (like talking to Victor) and press jump Sam does this funny little half jump like hes doing squats or something
Most of the guns are useless as pointed out and I played the entire game with the same pistol and 1 or 2 changes of the main weapon - personally I think they only have all the weapons for the kids to pew pew on multiplayer.
Personally I am looking forward to the book as I find the fiction of Splinter Cell much more rewarding than the games
Humor is subjective. The more you whine, the more foreigners see us as overly sensitive 'BE NICE WE CAN'T TAKE CRITICISM WE'RE TAKING OUR BALL AND LEAVING' sorts.Frederick II said:
I'm American. I found it hilarious. You're American, you didn't. He makes fun of Australia's game censoring and government ALL THE TIME- you're just trying to play us as the poor victim and coming off as a self-righteous person who can't take a damn joke.
Edit: And what's wrong with him directing his jokes to the non-American crowds? There are other people on the planet, you know. It's vaguely refreshing to see THEM addressed rather than us- and unfortunately, that IS how a lot of the world sees us. Do I think it's right that they see us that way? No, but I can understand WHY they see us that way.
How toolish of you. If there was some sort of rule about showing scenes of violence in the White House no doubt there would be some fuss. As it stands the White House getting pillaged, burned, the president being targeted, hung, overthrown, ect. are all a part of Americana. And no, it's not because we are "in love with ourselves"WolfmanNougat said:
It's down to two reasons:
First, America is a system based entirely on faith and respect for a constitution. The stability of our system relies entirely on people's willingness not to stop adhering to a piece of paper. Hence our way of life seems fragile. It's fragility makes it easy for pop-culture to jolt a scare or two by suggesting that rogue citizens, PMCs, foreign powers, terrorists, or invaders from Canada are all it would take to bring the whole thing down.
Second, Americans are naturally suspicious of their government, so there is a dichotomy involved in what constitutes "America". A nation whose people are in charge of the government where the government itself may one day come to threaten its people is the ultimate balance behind every bill in Washington. Different mediums of storytelling have displayed this phenomenon in the form of Washington D.C. getting nuked to high-heaven or terrorists storming the White House dozens of times. Every time there is a new law in Congress, about half of us are on board and the other half entertain wild fantasies like these.
Which brings me to my next point.
Yahtzee, England has the highest obesity rate now. America may eat money but it makes more than you. And Obamacare isn't free, it's a mandatory invoice every week for people that are already paying for their own families and struggling make their bills.