Zero Punctuation: Tomb Raider: Underworld
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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I think you should re-read what I said ar-tard. No really, you're embarrassing yourself.Ormick said:
I have to second this quite brilliant post.BlueInkAlchemist said:
The reality of actual ancient tomb ROBBING is a bastard act done by *moderator deleted* philistines (and purchased by assholes for their private collections who would have no idea of the actual value of the stuff if similar stuff had not been intensively studied by honest academics).
Cheers
PS: Nice work on that elusive mes en scene btw.
...I think this will be the last ZP video I watch. It wasn't that he ripped apart a game I like (after all, I loved his Tomb Raider: Anniversay review), but... Well, it seems that it's lost the actual intelligent humor present in earlier videos and now seems to cater to, dare I say it, the lowest common denominator. This really upsets me because I really looked forward to these videos but... well, nothing good can last.
Of course, I mean no offense to anyone by saying that and sincerely apologize to anyone offended. Except Yahtzee, who could care less how I feel about his work.
Of course, I mean no offense to anyone by saying that and sincerely apologize to anyone offended. Except Yahtzee, who could care less how I feel about his work.
But who's the other bloke that keeps popping up in ZP? "Captain Bland" or whatever his name is?jemborg said:
Underworld was the first tomb raider game I've given a shot and I loved it to bits since it was a platformer with little combat, complex puzzles and a brilliant musical score. Its a shame that people will probably take this review seriously and not play it.
I do kind of have to take issue with the lara is clearly evil thing, the other archaeologists, she competes, with are clearly evil/ working for someone who want's to get the artifact to use for their own evil purposes and they will try to kill lara to get it.
It's just self-defence.
But yeah the, new device in the new game, where you kick over hundreds of pots to look for secrets, was a very ill-concived idea, I don't quite know how it got the go-adead, they'd always tried to keep the idea that Lara was very respectful for the ancient tombs, and tries to leave things as untouched as possible, so that completly contradicits that.
The game does feel very rushed, but that's probably due to Eidos, not Crystal Dynamics, they were probably forced to rush it out for christmas before it was really ready which is so often the case these days.
It was a funny review, but there are elements to it where it really feels yahtzee is straining to find things to criticise about it, so has to latch onto anything he can to make jokes about. Which is understandable, it must be hard coming up with these in a week, but it's still a bit annoying sometimes.
Oh and the idea that's the game is only popular due to lara's breasts, is so lazy, plenty of games use sex to sell themselves far more overtly, yet don't sell as well, there's cleary something else going on for it to have endured as a series as long as it has.
It's just self-defence.
But yeah the, new device in the new game, where you kick over hundreds of pots to look for secrets, was a very ill-concived idea, I don't quite know how it got the go-adead, they'd always tried to keep the idea that Lara was very respectful for the ancient tombs, and tries to leave things as untouched as possible, so that completly contradicits that.
The game does feel very rushed, but that's probably due to Eidos, not Crystal Dynamics, they were probably forced to rush it out for christmas before it was really ready which is so often the case these days.
It was a funny review, but there are elements to it where it really feels yahtzee is straining to find things to criticise about it, so has to latch onto anything he can to make jokes about. Which is understandable, it must be hard coming up with these in a week, but it's still a bit annoying sometimes.
Oh and the idea that's the game is only popular due to lara's breasts, is so lazy, plenty of games use sex to sell themselves far more overtly, yet don't sell as well, there's cleary something else going on for it to have endured as a series as long as it has.
