Zero Punctuation: Splinter Cell: Conviction
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Actually... upon looking out my own window, I can definitely see where they got that impression...
well, that pretty much wrapped my experience with the game.
man, splinter cell is a rollercoaster, and not necessary a good one. The first i had to beg for from my mom because i was 15 and it had a 16+ label here in germany. then i showed her that you can get around and get points by NOT murdering everybody you saw. yay for Splinter Cell 1.
then SC
T came out, i gleefully bought it, and it felt like Splinter Cell: The Lost Levels. mediocre, but fun.... on we go. *timewarp*
Holy shit, SC:CT is fuuun story was, well, your usual mix, but gameplay felt like the best in the series (for me) and the coop was hilariously fun, especially switching on the light when your mate tried to knock out a guard. ah, the memories.
Double Agent then. Stepped more in the direction that Conviction is going for, Sam (Fisher) gets brutal, Sam (me) gets less fun stealthing around.
And now conviction, it's like bayonetta visits Arkham Asylum. Nicely choreographed, but lacking essence. BUT i have to say, i've spent money on worse recently (guess who got a nice copy of C&C4 dusting around xD)
Anyway, i hope they don't beat this dead horse anymore. I can totally see some RPG-slash-stealthy-RTS a la commandos coming. "with continuous experience points using the beloved AC2 system!" *shudders*
man, splinter cell is a rollercoaster, and not necessary a good one. The first i had to beg for from my mom because i was 15 and it had a 16+ label here in germany. then i showed her that you can get around and get points by NOT murdering everybody you saw. yay for Splinter Cell 1.
then SC
T came out, i gleefully bought it, and it felt like Splinter Cell: The Lost Levels. mediocre, but fun.... on we go. *timewarp*Holy shit, SC:CT is fuuun
story was, well, your usual mix, but gameplay felt like the best in the series (for me) and the coop was hilariously fun, especially switching on the light when your mate tried to knock out a guard. ah, the memories.Double Agent then. Stepped more in the direction that Conviction is going for, Sam (Fisher) gets brutal, Sam (me) gets less fun stealthing around.
And now conviction, it's like bayonetta visits Arkham Asylum. Nicely choreographed, but lacking essence. BUT i have to say, i've spent money on worse recently (guess who got a nice copy of C&C4 dusting around xD)
Anyway, i hope they don't beat this dead horse anymore. I can totally see some RPG-slash-stealthy-RTS a la commandos coming. "with continuous experience points using the beloved AC2 system!" *shudders*
Actually the boss of Third Echelon doesn't want to become president.
Apart form that good review. I didn't agree with everything but as funny as I've come to expect.
He's working with the vice president and then will act as a sort of adviser thingy.
Apart form that good review. I didn't agree with everything but as funny as I've come to expect.
Opening with a TMNT reference? Didn't see that one coming!
Wait, you've gone through the whitehouse many times in video games and nobody's kicked up a fuss (as far as I'm aware, at least), yet as soon as a humble church gets involved in a virtual firefight, the Christians roll out the "Videogames are teh sacrelige" banners?
I guess Obama really is the only level-headed person left in America, then.
Also, I'd say the reason America is always being taken over in fiction is because they're so in love with themselves that they think everyone wants a piece because they are equally in love. Of course, this game being made in Canada kinda derails that idea a bit.
Wait, you've gone through the whitehouse many times in video games and nobody's kicked up a fuss (as far as I'm aware, at least), yet as soon as a humble church gets involved in a virtual firefight, the Christians roll out the "Videogames are teh sacrelige" banners?
I guess Obama really is the only level-headed person left in America, then.
Also, I'd say the reason America is always being taken over in fiction is because they're so in love with themselves that they think everyone wants a piece because they are equally in love. Of course, this game being made in Canada kinda derails that idea a bit.
Wait, you think pressing B for a melee kill isn't interactive enough? How the hell would that work? This isn't the Wii Yahtzee, we use BUTTONS.
This is one of the first ZP's I don't agree with, but I'll grant that there is literally no reason to ever use a non silence weapon, but I think Mark & Execute is genius, it gives the player an incentive to actually use melee stealth kills, rather than in most games where you have the option, but nobody ever uses it unless the whole sequence is set up for them to kill that person by stealth-melee, like in Battlefield Bad Company 2.
The game has flaws, the enemies constantly telegraphed their position and the context sensitive controls were annoying, but you know what? It's a LOT of fun to play, and it really makes you feel like a badass, isn't that what games are ultimately about? I thought Yahtzee would appreciate the amount of fun this game offers even though there are flaws, considering how much he likes Saints Row 2.
I'm starting to realize that Yahtzee really has a soft spot for sandbox games.
This is one of the first ZP's I don't agree with, but I'll grant that there is literally no reason to ever use a non silence weapon, but I think Mark & Execute is genius, it gives the player an incentive to actually use melee stealth kills, rather than in most games where you have the option, but nobody ever uses it unless the whole sequence is set up for them to kill that person by stealth-melee, like in Battlefield Bad Company 2.
The game has flaws, the enemies constantly telegraphed their position and the context sensitive controls were annoying, but you know what? It's a LOT of fun to play, and it really makes you feel like a badass, isn't that what games are ultimately about? I thought Yahtzee would appreciate the amount of fun this game offers even though there are flaws, considering how much he likes Saints Row 2.
I'm starting to realize that Yahtzee really has a soft spot for sandbox games.
Its weird he thinks that "fusing all organic matter with the walls" should be a last resort, when thats what he wants in a FPS.
Wow Yahtzee, you're really cool shamelessly bashing the country that most of your viewers are from. It doesn't help that the people from here pay you to make these videos too. And then you actually have the balls to flash an advertisement of your book at the end.
We get it. You don't like America. You don't have to keep repeating it to all of your viewers in every video you make. Keep your political bias out of your videos. All it does is alienate viewers.
We get it. You don't like America. You don't have to keep repeating it to all of your viewers in every video you make. Keep your political bias out of your videos. All it does is alienate viewers.
Haha, Made my day when he said "Thief or Hitman" Just bought the collection pack. The hotel in contracts was most fun i've had in a game.I_AM_BATMAN said: