Zero Punctuation: Top 5 of 2010

[ziggy161]

I don't get why People like Amnesia. I couldn't find anything scary about it. It's just boring.

then you have never been scared by anything in life and have transcended to a level of consciousness free from human emotion.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1945148

This isn't me but it was exactly like watching myself in a terrifyingly accurate sort of parody

Thank you so much. That was a great video. I was laughing my head off.

Oh my god that was hilarious xD

 

[VondeVon]

The use of background music was nice, but a bit awkward. Several times I had to go back and listen harder because your voice was drowned out by the quiet hum of whatever-those-tunes-were.

Are you still hungover from New Year's, or just feeling a bit down? You sounded a bit sad. Or tired.

Just don't shoot yourself, the last thing we need is 'Games cause suicide!' being splashed across headlines all over the world.

Plus, where would I get my Thursday funnies?

 

[jebussaves88]

Other than Kane and Lynch 2 and Force Unleashed 2, I have to say his worst choices were by no means the worst. Just perhaps the most popular yet dislikeable.

 

[BoldBaldBastard]

Just Cause 2? Seriously?

A game where you do the same thing over and over? Then you go to the black market buy some gear only to find it's pricing structure is fucking nuts and everything you might buy is a waste of time anyway (like ALL the vehicles).

Don't get me wrong, it's by no means a bad game. It's just no way close to goty quality.

Exactly what i thought. He's praising a mediocre sandbox game as ZEE game. Also forgot to include APB in the worst of the worst list. (shortest ran MMO ever)

 

[GonzoGamer]

You know, I kind of expected Just Cause 2 to be on the list, but not at number one. Honestly aside from Fallout: New Vegas it's the only game I've really enjoyed this year. After putting almost 30 hours into it after getting it during the Steam holiday sale I almost feel bad about not paying full price. I played the demo when it was released but it didn't really click, I think it just takes a bit to get used to the controls and the limited time frame of the demo didn't facilitate that, but after you start slingshotting across terrain, tying pursuing vehicles to the pavement and watching them catapult off bridges, tying peasants together, and crashing jet fighters into military commanders it becomes very lovable.

After seeing all the things I could do in the demo for Just Cause 2, I actually pre-ordered it; I never pre-order. That game is still a lot of fun and I pop it in whenever I get sick of whatever I'm playing (happening a lot lately). It's just a great game if you want to blow stuff up or fool around and laugh - what I usually want to do when I'm gaming.

Still, I'm surprised to be saying JC2 is my goty too. I really thought it would be New Vegas (the only other game this year I pre-ordered: don't know why I assumed the game would actually be in working condition). Actually it would be New Vegas if it wasn't completely broken and had at least half the immersion of Fallout 3. DC felt like a real place, New Vegas felt like a Hollywood backlot.

 

[dragonbjorn]

Well then, I suppose I had better go ahead and pick up Dead Rising 2 as it is a game Yahtzee actually enjoys and is willing to put down as a "top" of his 2010 games.

The rest of the games on that list I already bought.

 

[beema]

It seems Kane and Lynch is showing its crappiness in sales as well. It has already hit bargain bin prices.

Good choices

 

[Don't taze me bro]

Agree to all the pile of turd games, except Bioshock2. Mainly because out of all the games on the Good and Bad list, BS2 is pretty much the only one that I felt compelled to complete. While the only real improvement on the original is the simplified hacking, it was still enjoyable.

 

[roostuf]

Ah another unique review there mister Crosshow well done, and happy new year.

 

[KLJT]

Just Cause 2 was amazing for 30 hours and then became mind-meltingly awful; 30 hours through that's like 6 modern warfare 2's

 

[Levethian]

He said that his attention span has been eroded, having to play so many games so fast, so can't be surprising that his top games are just 'dumb fun' to be played in short bursts.

Didn't like BioShock 2, but that's because I'm a disciple of System Shock..

 

[bultuit84]

Mr ZP there letting everyone know.... you don't have to be a dick ALL the time... Just half the time.

 

[Paul_Is_Drunk]

I'm surprised there was no love for Mass Effect 2, but it's his list and his choices.

 

[LackingSaint]

Yeah Yahtzee, "hastily made and not neccesary" are totally acceptable criticisms for video gam- OH WAIT SILENT HILL 2

 

[cefm]

I'm sure there were actually crappier games out there - but the ones on his "worst" list seem to share the same additional elements of 1) major franchise; 2) huge production budget; 3) huge advertising budget; 4) SHOULD have been better; and 5) obvious errors and massive mistakes in judgment on the part of the design team.

Seems like there's an extra level of frustration for games that were handed success on a silver platter and still managed to fuck it up.

 

[Julian Daniel]

Review

I don't get why People like Amnesia. I couldn't find anything scary about it. It's just boring.

It's not overtly scary. Most of the scariness comes from your own mind, that requires a certain level of intelligence.

So you mean I'm too intelligent to let scare by such mundane things like darkness.

 

[caviar1]

probably

 

[caviar1]

i do think that someone should tell ol yatz to go and play online multiplayer. in many cases, single player really is only half the game (not a majority of the time, obviously) and some games really were designed with multiple players in mind and refusing to review the entire experience as it was intended, i think, is a bit old fashioned. i know, he probably doesnt care about that in the slightest but it would be nice to see him broaden his horizons a bit.

 

[Srdjan Tanaskovic]

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

That game pissed me off so royally that when he mentioned it I went into a rant to everyone nearby about how fucking offensive that game was and how much I think Team Ninja should just fucking stay away from game franchises with female protagonists. Other M is one of the very few games that I call outright sexist I hate Team Ninja for Other M.
If I don't control myself I'll make a 3000 word essay right here about my hatred towards this game so I'm gonna stop there.

Team Ninja didn't have anything to do with the story. And Just what makes it sexist? that Samus takes order from a man? by that logic the army is full of racist people

Fair enough Team ninja had nothing to do with the story, but you wanna know what makes it sexist? How about Samus going from silent protagonist who is effectively just an asskicker to a whining emotional wreck who won't do a fucking thing until she's told it's okay. A submissive character who won't shut the fuck up and who cracks under pressure at the first sign of conflict they not only retconned Samus they retconned her into something she is the exact opposite of. Other M's story was melodramatic bullshit Metroid prime 3: Corruption had an emotional moment at the end that put every line of dialog in Other M to shame. God dammit I want to stop talking about that piece of shit!

I could go on and say tha tyou are wrong. But I will not

 

[Vohn_exel]

I'm surprised Yahtzee didn't mention that Amnesia has a level creator and that people have made "custom stories" that you can play. I can thank Yahtzee for getting me into Penumbra and Amnesia. Even if it hasn't really scared me yet the atmosphere is just great!

Great list, I enjoyed seeing what you liked and what you didn't. Just Cause 2 is indeed so much fun, I want to fix my PS3 and play it some more.