Zero Punctuation: The Amazing Spider Man 2

Daniel Lowery

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An Amazing Spider Man 2 review? Each year, I wonder how Yahtzee is going to be able to get through this year's summer game drought.
 

Evonisia

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MovieBob: The Amazing Spiderman 2 is a marginal improvement over the first one but is still shit.
Yahtzee: The Amazing Spiderman 2 the Movie the Game is a massive drop off from the first one which was already shit.

Poor Spiderman, you just can't seem to get a break! Also, using the WoW Goblin face for Green Goblin did make me chuckle, as did that rather... horrifying final credits scene.
 

Akiraacecombat

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I don't want to be THAT guy but we knew this was shit more than a week ago.

I really like your shows Yathzee, I just wish you would more interesting stuff sometimes, like the new Wolfenstein or some Indy games over Steam, the whole train scene got my interest really peaked and I would like to see his view on that sort of thing.
 

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Despite it getting pretty much only bad and mixed reviews I still really want to play the game. I had fun with all the other Spider-Man games on the PS3 so I guess this will be somewhat fun to. It's gonna hit the bargain bin pretty soon I imagine.

To be fair though, on the PS3 we got a pretty cool looking XMB theme as ad for the movie. So yeah, good job Sony, spending millions of dollars on a film just so I can get a halfway slick looking free advertisement theme. Thank you.
 

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Yahtzee said:
Wank, cock, pussy, tits
Who needs pornography when you've got Zero Punctuation reviews?

Yahtzee said:
This movie tie-in game is as bad as a movie tie-in game.
Well, at least it was lovely material for a fun Zero Punctuation reaming.

PMC Guys said:
How dare that Spiderman be a vigilante? Wait, he's not doing enough vigilantism! Lets kill him, with vigilantism!
Heh, best joke.
 

josemlopes

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Funnily enough the only place that keeps talking about Spiderman 2 is here in the Escapist, especially Movie-Bob.
 

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Evonisia said:
MovieBob: The Amazing Spiderman 2 is a marginal improvement over the first one but is still shit.
Yahtzee: The Amazing Spiderman 2 the Movie the Game is a massive drop off from the first one which was already shit.

Poor Spiderman, you just can't seem to get a break! Also, using the WoW Goblin face for Green Goblin did make me chuckle, as did that rather... horrifying final credits scene.
It does seem like Spider-man at some point managed to draw the ire of some higher power or get on the receiving end of some sort of curse.
 

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And so, one hopes, ends The Escapist's short-lived attempt to add a spoileriffic bit at the end of their video titles for no apparent reason whatsoever.

Also, hehe Electro has a battery taped to his head and Carnage is a strip of bacon.
 

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josemlopes said:
Funnily enough the only place that keeps talking about Spiderman 2 is here in the Escapist, especially Movie-Bob.
Look... The Escapist got a lot of money to mention The Amazing Spiderman 2 (*Ca-Ching*). Sony forgot to mention any contextual limitations...
 

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So does Yahtzee keep going over Spiderman games out of some faint hope they'll lightning-strike recapture Spiderman 2 (rather like Silent Hill that way in retrospect) orrrr...?

Daniel Lowery said:
An Amazing Spider Man 2 review? Each year, I wonder how Yahtzee is going to be able to get through this year's summer game drought.
Or that, I suppose.
 

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I'm pretty sure it's "bronze", not "copper". I don't think there would be much of a point to a medal you could bend with your bare hands.
 

Something Amyss

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Wait, Spider-Man sulkingly admits he's no better than Carnage? Woooooooooow.

Evonisia said:
MovieBob: The Amazing Spiderman 2 is a marginal improvement over the first one but is still shit.
Yahtzee: The Amazing Spiderman 2 the Movie the Game is a massive drop off from the first one which was already shit.

Poor Spiderman, you just can't seem to get a break! Also, using the WoW Goblin face for Green Goblin did make me chuckle, as did that rather... horrifying final credits scene.
In fairness, Bob was gonna hate the movie even if it was the next Godfather.

But on the game front, this isn't even the first bad review it's got here on the Escapist. Which, in fairness, it totally seems to deserve. Which, on a personal note, is also massively disappointing. ASM 1 came really close to being a good game. Apparently, it failed to hit triangle (Y) to hit the mark in a contrived QTE and missed "good game" and landed somewhere in "bargain bin" territory. But when a game has so much potential, to see a sequel actually backslide is really disheartening. A little more content, slightly tweaked gameplay, maybe some challenge outside of said gameplay needing tweaking....

GoodNewsOke said:
To be fair though, on the PS3 we got a pretty cool looking XMB theme as ad for the movie. So yeah, good job Sony, spending millions of dollars on a film just so I can get a halfway slick looking free advertisement theme. Thank you.
Does it glitch out on your console? I was excited for it, but it freaks out, so I changed it.

Akiraacecombat said:
I don't want to be THAT guy but we knew this was shit more than a week ago.

I really like your shows Yathzee, I just wish you would more interesting stuff sometimes, like the new Wolfenstein or some Indy games over Steam, the whole train scene got my interest really peaked and I would like to see his view on that sort of thing.
I thought the point of Zero Punctuation was to take the piss out of games and very very occasionally praise them.

To the point of Wolfensteain and indie games, Yahtzee has addressed both of these rather recently. Even assuming Wolfenstein came out on time in Australia (ha!), you're not going to see him write, animate and record a review within a DAY. It came out Yesterday. And Indie games on Steam? He made his stance on that clear a week or two ago.

Maybe you don't like his reasons (though that would be baffling with Wolfenstein), but they are what they are.

josemlopes said:
Funnily enough the only place that keeps talking about Spiderman 2 is here in the Escapist, especially Movie-Bob.
Ironically, the guy who's "tired" of talking about it.

marscentral said:
It does seem like Spider-man at some point managed to draw the ire of some higher power or get on the receiving end of some sort of curse.
Wait, are we talking about the comics, or the franchise? >.>
 

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Akiraacecombat said:
I don't want to be THAT guy but we knew this was shit more than a week ago.

I really like your shows Yathzee, I just wish you would more interesting stuff sometimes, like the new Wolfenstein or some Indy games over Steam, the whole train scene got my interest really peaked and I would like to see his view on that sort of thing.
Wolfenstein came out just yesterday. I think he needs a bit more than 12 hours to write a review, animate it, then send it off to the escapist.
 

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Well, I figured that the Amazing Spiderman 2 game wasn't that good because they were already selling it on Steam for half price.

I do know some games are instant bargain bin material but my god, this game is being poured into the cheap games section faster than someone was pouring cement on Gwen Stacy's Sony's grave. I expect that the game will be 9,99 (dollars/euro/pound) before the (Steam) summer (sale) has ended.

But thanks Yahtzee, saving me from being actually curious about this game and saving me 29,99 euro in the process.
 

sinn3r

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Good summarize. And boy am i glad that he stoped putting these non funny idiotic 3 word conclussions in the video title. :)
 

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Akiraacecombat said:
I really like your shows Yathzee, I just wish you would more interesting stuff sometimes, like the new Wolfenstein...
Yeah, I too wish Yahtzee can play an entire game, write up a funny review and finish his video animation and editing by the day after the game is released...