Zero Punctuation: The World Ends With You

[YoungZer0]

I really wonder what he would think about Persona 3 FES.

 

[otterbeans]

The writing holds up well, but it doesn't really shine until AFTER the game is over. That had me in stitches; it's a shame that level of comedy wasn't dispersed through the whole game.

Dibs on rainbow.

 

[TheDarkPrince]

I say "Meh".

Unless Escapist is handing him these games to review, he needs to just stop reviewing them and do something he's not already going to dislike in it's entirety - which leads to, in my opinion, a less than stellar job (go watch SimCities review to get what I mean.)

What we know about Yahtzee:

1.) He hates JRPGS
2.) He hates People.
3.) He hates JRPGS.

It's called a genre for a reason, and I haven't seen anything change in it since Chronotrigger (the last good one).

Yahtzee, next week, just pre-review every JRPG to come out in the next ten years and tell us it's really going to suck - you won't be telling us anything new, and ten years from now you can say 'I told you so'.

It's not called a genre though, the genre in this case would be RPG.

Saying it's a genre would be like saying "Action Movies By Steven Speilberg" is a genre (or quake maps for that matter if you're going to complain that there are enough JRPGs for it to be a legitimate genre, I guarantee there are more Quake maps than JRPGs out there).

I always love reading people telling Yahtzee what to do. He has pulled in however many million viewers and single handedly popularised this site, but he clearly needs advice from someone as knowledgeable and important as you.

He puts out a consumer product, I'm a consumer saying the product sucks - there is no more important feedback, fanboy.

So even though your feedback cannot be complied with unless yahtzee were to contradict many, many others feedback who are just as whiny and angry as you, you still believe it to be that important? You must be delusional to the point of insanity. Why I'd bet that if anyone disagrees with your one true opinion then you angrily paint them as some sort of raving fanboy. Your feedback is as meaningless (or meaningful) as anyone else who desperately begs him to review something or not review something, but yours was so pompous and self important that my supernatural mental prowess allowed me to deduce that you are, in fact, a ****.

But then, you probably already knew that I had hidden my criticism deep within a suggestion - cause your supernatural mental prowess clearly would miss nothing like that.

Why thank you! I DO have supernatural mental prowess!

Also, to characterize Oblivion and World of Warcraft as the same type of game would be folly.

I really think you should stay away from examples, you haven't quite got the hang of them yet.
Why would it be folly exactly to class WoW and Oblivion in the same category? They have an awful lot in common. Come now, with all your wit and importance, you don't even take the time to spell out your point for a poor witless fanboy like me? I feel hurt.

Just as you wouldn't put Billy Madison in the same area of the movie store as a Patton Oswalt stand-up.

See what I mean about examples? Stick with slagging people off, you're not very good at that either but it's harder to fuck up. I think you're trying to reinforce the idea that my statement is ridiculous by making an exaggeration. But one of these is a movie and one is a stand up routine so it's hyperbole at the very least. Since they're both shit, they would both go in the bargain bin. Then they'd be in the same part of the store!!!!

Each of those are a different genre. The word genre is as small or large as a person wants to make it - Yahtzee clearly makes a distinction between western and JRPGS, which is precisely what I'm commenting on.

And I'm saying that the field of JRPGs is too narrow to really be called a genre like in my original post. It was more of an open discussion point, and whether Yahtzee or anyone else calls it that, I still disagree.

Now please, go find some other internet fad to defend witlessly.

Man, if calling you a retard is defending an internet fad, a lot of people must defend internet fads every day!




And by that I mean that you get called a retard a lot.

Because you are one.

You're so much of a retard that I had to explain it so that you could understand.

 

[dudedude]

i thought it was brilliant.....i see his point though!!

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I really wonder what he would think about Persona 3 FES.

Yahtzee might like some of the SMT games, but he would not like Persona 3 FES, too much grind, turn based battles and it is VERY japanese. He might like Nocturne or DDS, but probably not Persona 3.

 

[Portkins]

Have a fair (belated) Birthday, Yahtzee!


Also, I sympathize, as JPRG games are uneventful rail games, but it can't be helped during the drought.

 

[F5AllDay]

Hey folks. I've been lurking for weeks, and this is my first post! I love all of Yahtzees vids and watch them again and again. Even when I don't agree with him (which is not often).

Anyway, hilarious review as always. I shall give JRPGs a wide berth. Unless I can find a free demo.

Anyway, is Haze out in Australia (not that it stops Yahtzee) Because I have it on good authority that it needs a sound thrashing ZP style.

PS Happy Birthday Dude.

 

[Sgt. Gunlock]

I love Yatzee he seem's like the only critic that has any Balls these day I didn't even mind when he Bashed SSBB

 

[Parsec]

The writing holds up well, but it doesn't really shine until AFTER the game is over. That had me in stitches; it's a shame that level of comedy wasn't dispersed through the whole game.

Dibs on rainbow.

Exactly what I mean.

"No, no, no, I call pink." "(Great, now they are fighting over colors!)"
"His blue strikes me more of a...black and blue." "What do I look like, a bruise?"
"You're like a bruise on the tomato of my heart."

 

[Sgt. Gunlock]

wtf?

 

[YoungZer0]

I really wonder what he would think about Persona 3 FES.

Yahtzee might like some of the SMT games, but he would not like Persona 3 FES, too much grind, turn based battles and it is VERY japanese. He might like Nocturne or DDS, but probably not Persona 3.

I think Persona 3 FES has many of the points that are missing in "The world ends with you" (Stupid name). Turn based combat is okay as long as it goes fast. As far as i know every SMT Game had turn based combat and DDS/Nocturne are damn hard. You played Persona 3 FES? Just curious.

 

[twilight_dweller]

The writing holds up well, but it doesn't really shine until AFTER the game is over. That had me in stitches; it's a shame that level of comedy wasn't dispersed through the whole game.

Dibs on rainbow.

Exactly what I mean.

"No, no, no, I call pink." "(Great, now they are fighting over colors!)"
"His blue strikes me more of a...black and blue." "What do I look like, a bruise?"
"You're like a bruise on the tomato of my heart."

"Shut up and walk dear."

 

[Jedted]

I've never really been that into JRPGs, it's the the gameplay allways seems a little boring to me. I also don't have much of a taste for the story in JRPGs and i prefer games like games like Kotor or Mass Effect for their robust storytelling.

I wish they would release Persona 3 for PC so i can see why that is so great(i don't wanna buy a PS2).

 

[otterbeans]

The writing holds up well, but it doesn't really shine until AFTER the game is over. That had me in stitches; it's a shame that level of comedy wasn't dispersed through the whole game.

Dibs on rainbow.

Exactly what I mean.

"No, no, no, I call pink." "(Great, now they are fighting over colors!)"
"His blue strikes me more of a...black and blue." "What do I look like, a bruise?"
"You're like a bruise on the tomato of my heart."

"Shut up and walk dear."

"Must supress... Emo Urges..."

 

[Parsec]

The writing holds up well, but it doesn't really shine until AFTER the game is over. That had me in stitches; it's a shame that level of comedy wasn't dispersed through the whole game.

Dibs on rainbow.

Exactly what I mean.

"No, no, no, I call pink." "(Great, now they are fighting over colors!)"
"His blue strikes me more of a...black and blue." "What do I look like, a bruise?"
"You're like a bruise on the tomato of my heart."

"Shut up and walk dear."

"Who the hell approved that costume? Dude's got a ram on his crotch!"

For anyone who has NO idea what we are talking about, these are all lines from the game.

"Is it true steroids shrink your... Nevermind"

 

[TheeSpongeman]

I find these topics funny. Had Yahtzee said, "I think TWEWY is a solid RPG. Everyone with a DS should pick it up." or something to that extent, everyone would agree.

Gotta love Yahtzee fanboys.

Personally, I've lost interest for RPGs in general shortly after completing Tales of Symphonia. (Which I found really enjoyable.) And yes, FPS' are getting pretty stale nowadays, but you could say that for almost every genre.

OH HOLY CRAP Forgot about that one too 0_E.... But it's for the gamecube, and was released quite some time ago. Still, good JRPG.

 

[twilight_dweller]

"Who the hell approved that costume? Dude's got a ram on his crotch!"

For anyone who has NO idea what we are talking about, these are all lines from the game.

"Is it true steroids shrink your... Nevermind"

"F this ramen! F for Fabulous!"

 

[Jhiaxus]

Hey, awesome! I bought this game a week ago!

I really love it, but then again I'm an equal-opportunity gamer who doesn't shun entire genres and/or companies just because people on the Internet I'll never meet think they're gay.

I agree with what Yahtzee said about finding one set of pins that work and forgetting all the rest; I keep trying to find new ones I like, but I always end up going back to horizontal-slash, vertical-slash, Hadoken-fireball-thing, and giant ice pillar.

You don't really have to pay any mind to the fashion aspect of the game, but it's nice for someone who actually enjoys micro-managing hundreds of items like I do.

Doesn't matter though--if you hate JRPGs, a great JRPG isn't going to change your mind.

 

[RTR]

Is it really Yahtzee's birthday?

 

[Parsec]

"Who the hell approved that costume? Dude's got a ram on his crotch!"

For anyone who has NO idea what we are talking about, these are all lines from the game.

"Is it true steroids shrink your... Nevermind"

"F this ramen! F for Fabulous!"

"This is subtracting from my arts and crafts time."
"The proof is in the pudding. The pudding...of their doom."
"Some Old Horses Can Always Hear Their Owners Approach"