I think he just simply stop reviewing Wii games as it's obvious nothing resembling a good game will come out for it.
Zero Punctuation: The Conduit
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I don't have a Wii, but it seems Ben has become even more angry with the Wii.
Oh well nothing is perfect. Good review!
I thought this was an interesting interview with Sega : http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/08/mike-hayes-interview/
Oh well nothing is perfect. Good review!
I thought this was an interesting interview with Sega : http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/08/mike-hayes-interview/
OH GOD, NO!Freakout456 said:Wow another Wii zp review and yet my Wii will stay dusty.
Also I wonder since he hasn't mentioned it does Yahtzee know that Prince of Persia SoT is now becoming a movie because I think he'd be "overjoyed" to hear it.
IS THAT WHO I THINK IT IS?!
/sob
Why, Disney, why?! Mike Newell and Jake Gyllenhaal?!
AAARRGGGHH!! /RipsFaceOffAndScreamsIntoCamera
OT (and less retarded): I was extremely surprised that Yahtzee even BOUGHT another Wii game this recently. I'm pretty sure he's flat out said on more than one occasion that he was over the Wii. And he's long since made all the points of the rail shooter on the Wii being an old, unoriginal idea that the public has long since ceased to care about.
I see the grubby fingers of The Escapist all over this resurgence of attention to the Wii as a result of his recent lashing of said console, forcing him to keep the Nintendo fanboys attention so they in turn can keep their demographic largely unalienated.
Can't argue with that. I think the main goal of mocking them is making it harder and harder for their followers to miss the hypocrisy. Such as O'Reilly calling outspoken people at Bush's town hall meetings as Nazi's and calling the ones outspoken at Obama's PartriotsMaxTheReaper said:Oh, it's allowed, of course.theultimateend said:So people aren't allowed to make fun of folks who make constant assess of themselves?
This suddenly makes Fox and Limbaugh make a whole bunch of sense, they are all trying to become immune from criticism or jest.
But it's pointless - they're so stupid that there's honestly no reason to make fun of them - they mock themselves.
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About the movie, yes, Yahtzee knows. It was discussed in an AG podcast he was on.
Also, in another podcast, I remember Metroid Prime Corruption being viewed favorably, and I've never had the turning problem. The issue must be that in Metroid, the game remembered which edge of the tv the wiimote was pointing at when it lost contact with the sensor bar upon leaving the tv screen, whereas I guess in The Conduit it doesn't, causing an unfortunate pause in gameplay. It's a shame - the shooting genre can work really well with the wii if designed right (see House of the Dead: Overkill).
It goes to show, once again, that there is still a lot for programmers to learn about the wii capabilities, since whenver Nintendo themselves have produced a big and awaited title, it looks/plays quite nice/nicely.
Also, in another podcast, I remember Metroid Prime Corruption being viewed favorably, and I've never had the turning problem. The issue must be that in Metroid, the game remembered which edge of the tv the wiimote was pointing at when it lost contact with the sensor bar upon leaving the tv screen, whereas I guess in The Conduit it doesn't, causing an unfortunate pause in gameplay. It's a shame - the shooting genre can work really well with the wii if designed right (see House of the Dead: Overkill).
It goes to show, once again, that there is still a lot for programmers to learn about the wii capabilities, since whenver Nintendo themselves have produced a big and awaited title, it looks/plays quite nice/nicely.
Seriously. You people care that much about Palin? She's a waste of space that utters the ridiculous with frequency. More importantly, she has no relevance to the common gamer. Why do you people suddenly care about her feelings? What makes her more deserving of mercy? Did she just have a miscarriage? Did she get into a horrible accident? Did someone in her family die? Terrible disease? HANG NAIL?Armored Prayer said:
All that he did was use her face for a spawn point for enemies. That isn't that much Palin bashing. I assure you, a whole lot can be done.
Anyway, the review was pretty good and carries my general sentiment toward the wii. And from some of the responses defending the wii, it reinforces my belief that people are forcing themselves into an experience to justify it. Maybe I'm just jaded, though.
Hey, all you guys going on about how you can adjust the controls and all that?
Let's put it this way, I shouldn't /have/ to adjust them just so I can look up, down or what have you. It's just good game design to make that the /default/ rather than a customization.
Kthx.
PS. Wii fanwhores: Hush now, no one's really listening to you anyway. <3
Let's put it this way, I shouldn't /have/ to adjust them just so I can look up, down or what have you. It's just good game design to make that the /default/ rather than a customization.
Kthx.
PS. Wii fanwhores: Hush now, no one's really listening to you anyway. <3
Alright, I was waiting for Yahtzee's thoughts on this game. Once again, very funny and entertaining, the "bdeep bdeep bdeep!" part was hilarious, and the Deadly Sins of Gaming were great to.
"Thou shalt not be on the Wii"
Great episode.
"Thou shalt not be on the Wii"
Great episode.
It's true, for the most part, that adjusting controls should really be for slight tweaking, and shouldn't be something that make the difference between being able to and not being able to turn or look up. But the sheer number of posts in response to the defending of the wii shows that those defending are, obviously, being listened to. It also leads me to believe that Yahtzee is enough in the minority in his dislike of the wii that it's really more of a bias on his part than an impartial observation. I wonder, though, whether Yahtzee's opinion of the wii would have changed if the conduit was good...Tiakinz said:
He is very accurate, the Strike Rifle (I have the game) makes a pew pew pew sound xD.
I agree with him that it isn't very impressive, and (no offense to those who like this game) I got bored with the game after 2 days, not a very worthy purchase, in my opinion of course.
I agree with him that it isn't very impressive, and (no offense to those who like this game) I got bored with the game after 2 days, not a very worthy purchase, in my opinion of course.
Actually I'm not so surprised he reviewed and bought another Wii game, he probably bought it from the lack of decent games in the summer video game drought.stabnex said:OH GOD, NO!Freakout456 said:Wow another Wii zp review and yet my Wii will stay dusty.
Also I wonder since he hasn't mentioned it does Yahtzee know that Prince of Persia SoT is now becoming a movie because I think he'd be "overjoyed" to hear it.
IS THAT WHO I THINK IT IS?!
/sob
Why, Disney, why?! Mike Newell and Jake Gyllenhaal?!
AAARRGGGHH!! /RipsFaceOffAndScreamsIntoCamera
OT (and less retarded): I was extremely surprised that Yahtzee even BOUGHT another Wii game this recently. I'm pretty sure he's flat out said on more than one occasion that he was over the Wii. And he's long since made all the points of the rail shooter on the Wii being an old, unoriginal idea that the public has long since ceased to care about.
I see the grubby fingers of The Escapist all over this resurgence of attention to the Wii as a result of his recent lashing of said console, forcing him to keep the Nintendo fanboys attention so they in turn can keep their demographic largely unalienated.
Between this review and the Call of JUAREZ I am starting to fall back in love with Yahtzee.
I laughed outloud for a solid three minutes after the 'Wheel-chair bound Alaskan retard' comment.
I laughed outloud for a solid three minutes after the 'Wheel-chair bound Alaskan retard' comment.
Ah so very good. This was thorough in its eviscerating points. I think wii games are really getting to him, he has no time for their flaws anymore.
A few things - The Wii *isn't* a good system. It has a few games that are good(oh oh, FOR THE WII), and a few that are faintly amusing at best when you're shitfaced off your knackers and don't know any better anyway.144 said:
Second- Most of what I saw in regards to wiiwhores was either open mockery of them, or telling them they're wrong. If they were being /listened/ to, opinion would shift to match their own.
Call it semantics if you will, don't bother me none. <3