Zero Punctuation: Top 5 of 2010

[EllEzDee]

You liked Dead Rising 2? Just...why? It was boring, repetitive, still had the (Artificial)Intelligence of a fucking howler monkey, and had a story so terrible i uninstalled just 2 hours in.

Just Cause 2 however was fucking amazing, and still is. The short missions, shorter story line and bad voice acting can be ignored because the gameplay is utterly awesome.

 

[Xman490]

Well I didn't except Yahtzee to hate Other M that much

It's mainly because of Samus being a whiny ***** when Ridley shows up and being a pawn of society like anyone NOT in classic video games. The gameplay isn't anything new besides the need to spam the control pad when a boss breathes fire or something at her.

Well Samus freaking out makes sense if you have read the manga (but the game does the huge misstake of not telling us just why she panics)

and what you mean with "being a pawn of society " ?

I haven't read the manga, so I guess it was related to the moment of a scene with child Samus facing Ridley.
A "pawn of society" is someone who follows a leader (as in Adam). You don't see Mario following some non-player's orders much in-game.

 

[Britisheagle]

Great lists and hillarious, erm, review? Well still funny!

I refuse to play Bioshock 2 being a fan of the original however there were definitely some bad games out this year that must be worse than it.
Don't agree with GOTY but was happy to see DR2 getting a mention. Mass Effect 2 would have made a nice addition to this list.

Oh and Brotherhood. Just sayin'.

 

[seryoga]

lol he didnt even review Fable 3 did he? Well i thought he would like it cuz it almost forces you to be evil, it really does have a good moral choice system.

 

[Decabo]

I was afraid that the massively overrated Mass Effect 2 would be his GOTY, and I'm glad it wasn't. I'm a little disappointed by the lack of Bayonetta, but all the games on his list were good, so it's hard to complain.

 

[Srdjan Tanaskovic]

I haven't read the manga, so I guess it was related to the moment of a scene with child Samus facing Ridley.
A "pawn of society" is someone who follows a leader (as in Adam). You don't see Mario following some non-player's orders much in-game.

well a soldier has to follow his commander


and a bounty hunter has to follow the orders of the people who hire them

 

[Citrus]

I still haven't finished it because I'm too afraid to continue. What does that say about my IQ?

Nothing.

I really liked the format of this video, actually, although I wouldn't consider Just Cause 2 the game of the year (I wouldn't buy it either, since the demo fulfills all my grappling/parachuting needs). I think it's strange that Yahtzee is so big on sandbox games, but didn't even mention Minecraft, which is easily one of the most successful and most innovative games of the year. Maybe he hasn't played it.

 

[Apathetic Flamingo]

Dammit! I still want to know what Yahtzee thought of Fable 3!!

 

[Zap Happy]

I'm surprised JC2 was his top game. I though I remember his review saying that the few fun parts were totally pulled down by all the crap and shallowness. Though, I have to agree. It is the kind of game that you just want to play, even though it's horribly stupid.

 

[Hybridwolf]

Might as well give that first place on the worst list to all three of those games, they are all equally shit and they all killed my intrest in their series. Thank god the halo bungie makes is actually staying down, but fable and K&L could still carry on. Wonderful.

Liking the fact that two of my favorite games got on the best list, Dead rising 2 and Red Dead but just cause 2 as the best? It was alright I guess, but I got more fun out of the other two personally and still do.

Also, I got a Charlie Brooker feel from this episode. The slow talk for the negtive part just really sounded like him. Even the negtive music used was is in his regular show Newswipe and the most recent show he did for Christmas.

 

[Delusibeta]

The Brit needs to lay off the JRPGs which he has already said he is biased against in ways that defy description. It's like me reviewing war shooters when I tell people to turn on a documentary and hold a controller in their hands...for 9 hours.

To be fair, most JRPG fans I've seen described FF 13 as "disappointing".

 

[Aptspire]

Well, I'm glad he appreciated RDR for what it's worth

 

[daxterx2005]

I fear star wars will never die...
Games, movies, TV shows, comics, novels, toys will just continue to be released until humanity as a whole dies out.

 

[nomis101uk]

To be fair I think even Yahtzee would conceed that Bioshock 2 wasn't that bad in most areas by virtue of the fact that it was almost identical to Bioshock 1. He just hated it because it had no reason to exist and wasn't as good as its predecesor.

Though personally I don't get the idea that there's no room for another Bioshock. The first game told a tiny, tiny, tiny portion of Rapture's story. There's so much more that can be told within the game's canon. So much so that, to me, it would seem absolutely bat-shit absurd to only have one Bioshock game. So I really don't get where Yahtzee is coming from at all. Having said that I hate both games because the combat is about as satisfying as eating cardboard.

Also I think FF13 should have been number 2 on the shit list. I want my 45 hours back...now! Getting cash for selling that game literally felt like I was getting compensation from an injury claim...

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

-jaw drop-

Just Cause 2....

Really?

Haha my brother got it for Xmas....was quite entertaining and listening to him say

"HELP HE GOT ME WITH HIS WIRE THING!" - to his fav video game liness....

 

[Major Cooke]

Oooh, did anyone else catch that Garry's Mod reference?

I genuinely want to see a Gmod review.

I have to say, I am quite genuinely surprised when he mentioned it too.

"...An almost Garry's Mod-like bundle of free-roaming fun..."

I wonder if Garry watches Zero Punctuation.

But anyway, while I haven't tried out Just Cause 2 yet, I'm contemplating buying it for sure now.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

This got me thinking:

Who else would like to see a list of all the game yahtzee has reviewed orderd by how much he enjoyed them?

It would give us a good idea of how good exactly yahztee thinks a game is.

 

[Subject7]

I cheered when he said Just Cause 2. That game deserved way more praise than it got.

 

[AetherWolf]

I spent a lot of 2010 finally saving up money to get PS3 games from the early days. So frankly, I didn't play very many 2010 games. But my favorite that I got to play were Sonic Colors, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. But the next game on my to-get list is Red Dead Redemption, so we'll see.

 

[samaugsch]

I must be the only one who actually likes Bioshock 2

Nah, you're not. I quite liked it, too, though I kind of wish you could reload your character after you finish the game. :/

Also, I knew he was going to put Kane & Lynch 2 as #1 in the worst games of the year.