Zero Punctuation: Too Human

[BlueInkAlchemist]

Again, I can't venture much of an opinion rather than finding Yahtzee's humour brilliant as I do not own a next-generation console. However, it's nice to see Painkiller get another nod.

Had to watch the video on my laptop since Firefox crashes on my desktop for no particular reason. And I'm not even using Vista.

EDIT: When Our Hero is lacerating his gums on the end of a rusty tin... is he hopping on the express line to Jokertown, apt to run into church after church asking so-called "Christians" why they're so serious?

 

[Waaarghboi]

Loved the review but at the same time its a shame cos the game did look promising on paper. Im a huge survival/rush game fan and have played Serious Sam1 and 2 and Painkiller. They are fantastic fun and Too Human looked to be another. Owell having Yahtzee shit all over it makes it bitter sweet. (ED2 ne1?)

As for the adds not to be nit picky but ye a bit too much. Now i dont mind the WAR add so much cos i mean its pretty cool. But although i do have a rather large download cap per month but put enough adds onto everything and it adds up,and with no way to stop/cancel it. Advertising is money but maybe a 30sec add instead of 5mins? Just a thought

 

[Thirtysomething]

That cheesy Warhammer online trailer tagged on the end looks awful.

 

[I Mav I]

While you should never really rely on a demo i must say i thought that the Too Human demo was utter horse shit...so im glad really to hear that the rest of the game is like that...

 

[Jamash]

I doubt Yahtzee is going out of his way to flip off a huge 'Screw You' to EA, but he sticks to his guns - if he doesn't like a gae, he tears it a new arsehole.

Was that a Freudian Slip?

I seen Yahtzee accused of being racist before, now he's homophobic?

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Haha, love it wen a really shit game comes out. Means its going to be a great ZP. Hope you murder Spore next week Yahtzee. The Creature Creator is fun, but thats it. Its such a shame and you killing it with a hammer mad of wank would really make me feel better.

 

[hypercube]

A hammer made of wank? Oh, that's going to get very messy...

 

[laikenf]

This is to me his least funny review but one that I agree on with 100% for the first time. I was very dissapointed with this game no matter how hard I try to like it (and I'm a very forgiving gamer).

 

[Xojins]

Also not working in Opera.

That's weird, I'm using Opera and it worked fine for me.

I haven't even heard of this game prior to this review. Thank you for bringing it to my attention so I can put it on the list of games I'll never play.

 

[darmey]

I'm sorry but when the commercials are longer than the video content something is seriously wrong.

Who does The Escapist think they are? MTV?

 

[Nazulu]

WOW out of all the games you reviewed this one sounded the worst! I especially hate it when games have little movie scenes that you cannot skip.

Its great that you have given a purpose to bad games.

 

[Vitalix]

I'm not familiar with the game, but it was a fun review nonetheless. He smashed the came, but did so with apparently genuine content. The problem arises when Ben is so eager to criticize a game (apparently to please the bloodlust of his viewers) he does so at the expense of reviewing context objectively. Ben went overboard with Age of Conan and Oblivion, games that have valid criticisms but did not earn the utter smashing than Ben lavished on them. There's an awful temptation to do this with Spore.

Insightful reviewing beats humor every time. Without good analysis of the games Ben is just another cranky hack. With good analysis he's one of the best reviewers the internet has to offer.

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

Nice one. Yahtzee's still got it. I laughed alot at "baldur's gait"

 

[illiterate]

@CuteKitten

There's a funny thing that happens with "cult-of-personality" reviewers like Yahtzee.

Even if they say "this is a steaming pile of offal that I wouldn't keep in a sani-can let alone my home, a loved one's home, or even the home of someone who, let's say, made Daikatana (ha ha)" some people are going to buy it, if nothing else to share the terrible experience of the reviewer who they so desperately desire to be.

Edit -- has anyone noticed that preview doesn't work? Is it firefox? Good thing that edit does.

Me, I'm hoping to find the time to neglect my children in favor of trying the trial of Eve Online, because I am actually something of a nerd, and I play space shooters in the hope that they will be Escape Velocity Override or Privateer again.

 

[Evan Waters]

The really sad thing? We were hearing bad word about this game TWO YEARS AGO:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/7/10/better-late-than-never/

Check the news post.

 

[Jenx]

That single Baldur's Gate pun made the entire review worth it. Just that. EVerything else had some funny in it, but that alone made it gold.

 

[Crystine]

Once again Yahtzee, very good work. This part especially: ALLAH AKBAR!

xD I laughed until there was tears.

 

[KenzS]

HAHA! Nicely put for the valkyries yahtzee! Pointless and time wasting whores....

 

[Imitation Saccharin]

....*slow applause*

That Baulder's gait pun is arguably the greatest thing I've heard all week. I am a huge fan of puns.

 

[zerotrace]

Wow, they've finally taking the plunge and made the trailers at the end of ZP longer than ZP itself.

Good review though.

So the PS3 has Haze.

The 360 has this.

And the Wii as would be said has a cavalcade of mediocrity.