No mention of Deus Ex? Shame, it was really good. I'm also surprised he didn't mention Minecraft under his top games either, since the review was thoroughly positive.
Zero Punctuation: Top 5 of 2011
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Let's see. Skyrim as Number 5? Interesting for sure, but shouldn't it be higher? well, I guess that is 'peer pressure' for you. I played it 80 hours, then was done.
Mindjack? Haven't really heard of it. Is that what you did in the new Driver game? Hmm.
inFamous 2 looked awesome, but having never wanted or played a PlayStation 3 (apart from once in 2006.) I just thought it'd looked awesome, but never played.
Red Faction just get's worse and worse every year, doesn't it? 1 was fine, 2 was... terrible.
Bastion is the game that EVERYBODY has video'd themselfs playing. Apart from me. Didn't play it. Couldn't stand it. Looks fine though.
Dead Island was terrible. Hated it. I liked it for the first hour or so, but then I was just.. Done. Guns in that game? Where? Really?
Driver San Fran, as referenced earlier, is another game that I haven't played. Although the whole ' Your in a Coma' made me go 'Oh! That's AWESOME!'
Duke Nukem Forever cost me £3. I can't complain about that I'm afraid. Oh, and it works on my Macbook Air.
Portal 2 was pretty great, but I knew that I'd need a guide to get through the damn thing. Me and a friend played through as he suffered from a hang over.
Never played Modern Warefare 3, never planned on it either. I guess it's because I had all of my friends sit around me coming over the single player trailer, just disgusting.
On the other hand? I pre-ordered BF3 and was charged for it without my knowledge. Ofcourse, it arrived the day before release, I shoved it in everyone's faces then refused to play it till the day after. that's just how I roll. 10 hours later, and I have every achievement from the single player under my belt. Unfortunately, I haven't got around to playing it since, which is a real shame as it does look good. I'm planning on picking it up for the PC some time soon.
There's my thoughts on Yahtzee's thoughts on the top games of 2011. Thank you, and good night.
Mindjack? Haven't really heard of it. Is that what you did in the new Driver game? Hmm.
inFamous 2 looked awesome, but having never wanted or played a PlayStation 3 (apart from once in 2006.) I just thought it'd looked awesome, but never played.
Red Faction just get's worse and worse every year, doesn't it? 1 was fine, 2 was... terrible.
Bastion is the game that EVERYBODY has video'd themselfs playing. Apart from me. Didn't play it. Couldn't stand it. Looks fine though.
Dead Island was terrible. Hated it. I liked it for the first hour or so, but then I was just.. Done. Guns in that game? Where? Really?
Driver San Fran, as referenced earlier, is another game that I haven't played. Although the whole ' Your in a Coma' made me go 'Oh! That's AWESOME!'
Duke Nukem Forever cost me £3. I can't complain about that I'm afraid. Oh, and it works on my Macbook Air.
Portal 2 was pretty great, but I knew that I'd need a guide to get through the damn thing. Me and a friend played through as he suffered from a hang over.
Never played Modern Warefare 3, never planned on it either. I guess it's because I had all of my friends sit around me coming over the single player trailer, just disgusting.
On the other hand? I pre-ordered BF3 and was charged for it without my knowledge. Ofcourse, it arrived the day before release, I shoved it in everyone's faces then refused to play it till the day after. that's just how I roll. 10 hours later, and I have every achievement from the single player under my belt. Unfortunately, I haven't got around to playing it since, which is a real shame as it does look good. I'm planning on picking it up for the PC some time soon.
There's my thoughts on Yahtzee's thoughts on the top games of 2011. Thank you, and good night.
I'm surprised not only about Portal 2 (though Yatzee did call it "good", possibly "very good" because of a secret love for Wheatley or GLaDOS finding her soul and subsequently deleting it), but Skyrim FREEZES? I thought Bethesda was over "New Vegas" levels of glitchiness! I thought that Skyrim's worst bugs were along the lines of "hovering ground ladies" or spinning horsemen (as seen in a Youtube video).deshorty said:Agree that portal 2 should be the GOTY, my skyrim kept freezing up on me.
Has anyone else had serious glitches with Skyrim? I'm starting to doubt whether I should get it if it's going to crash on me.
On a happier note, I'm glad that Minecraft got an honorable mention and Rage got a dishonorable mention.
Did anyone else find it kinda funny that as Yahtzee ripped on the realistic shooters, an ad for realistic shooters surrounded the video? Just me? Okay.
Anyways, glad to see Bastion made the list. It's one of the few games I gladly 100%'ed, simply because all of the unlocks were gratifying and easy to make (with the exception of evoking all 10 idols for the Who Knows Where sections).
Anyways, glad to see Bastion made the list. It's one of the few games I gladly 100%'ed, simply because all of the unlocks were gratifying and easy to make (with the exception of evoking all 10 idols for the Who Knows Where sections).
Every year there's that one game that I DON'T regret buying. In 2011, that game was portal 2. Good choice.
If you have a 360, play it for 10 mins at a time so it doesn't melt.
If you have a ps3, avoid it like the plague.
They say patch 1.4 will "address" it which means that they can't "fix" it.
I'm guessing they didn't send Yhatzee the ps3 copy...
Oh yea, he's a reviewer.
If you're on the PC, wait for the modders to fix it.Xman490 said:
If you have a 360, play it for 10 mins at a time so it doesn't melt.
If you have a ps3, avoid it like the plague.
They say patch 1.4 will "address" it which means that they can't "fix" it.
I'm guessing they didn't send Yhatzee the ps3 copy...
Oh yea, he's a reviewer.
I literally laughed out loud at the controller sticking to his face due to the analogue sticks being up his nose.
As for Sebastian, I really wanted to like it, what with how awesome the narrator was, but the game itself was so...Flat.
As for Sebastian, I really wanted to like it, what with how awesome the narrator was, but the game itself was so...Flat.
They game's had serious glitch reports all over the place. I'm waiting.Xman490 said:
No, I found it funny. Understandable, since the author of an article and the company that publishes it aren't always on the same page, but funny nontheless.1nfinite_Cros5 said:
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So glad I use US international. Makes it easy to write an ö.
While I'm happy Portal 2 seems to be getting some much deserved appreciation, the only thing I could think of coming out, is just how amazed I am that Call of Juarez: The Cartel didn't make the 5 worst list. I swear he seemed angrier in that review then he did at anything else that came out during the year.
- Omni ^_^
- Omni ^_^
You know for a second I was going to say that Deus Ex should be on the list but since I honestly forgot about the game until it was mentioned here in the comments section, same with Arkham City I've invalidated my own argument in my opinion.
I am also happy to hear that someone else hates these 'realistic shooters' as much as I do.
I am also happy to hear that someone else hates these 'realistic shooters' as much as I do.
I have a PS3 copy of Skyrim and I haven't run into any glitches or freezes yet, I don't know where all this is coming from but I must have been really lucky to be 40 hours in and not run into any glitches (well, aside from that dragon that got stuck on the bridge of the College of Winterhold and being able to walk through it)GonzoGamer said:
Yahtzee, you cavernous hole! Good list. You are wrong about a game needing to stand on it's single-player element. I, like you, play games to have fun. I lurrrrv the multiplayer of "Realistic" shooters, (for the most part.) I rarely bother with the single-player. I just can't be buggered to care about single-player elements in "Realistic" shooters when there's a world of twelve-year-olds out there ready to test the limits of their imaginations in fictional, sexual conquest of my mother.