Zero Punctuation: Turok
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I was totally expecting you to say something about the dinosaurs knocking you off your feet repetitively ad nauseam. Ah well.
Well, to be fair, for some people it's automatic. People tend to assimilate the speech patterns and behaviors of people they like. Some do it faster than others. For example, for the first few weeks of this, I had to consciously force myself NOT to sound like Yahtzee.DrMisanthrope said:
I do agree that some people are trying too hard to be like him because they want to be as funny as him. That probably isn't going to happen, as the funniest people are usually at least partly original.
Yeah, that opinion has popped up a lot lately. I just assume that everytime he says Halo, he means the one he played. And when he uses the original's boxart, that's just because it is more recognizable. Still, I would like to start seeing some retro review from Yahtzee, and Halo would make a good one. That is, if playing the third one first didn't ruin it for him.
(I personally don't like Halo, either. But that's because I suck at it.)
Plays2 said:Nice review indeed.
What I really hated about this game were the controls, they were not unresponsive but I couldn't get a single headshot in the game.
Now the other problems were the shiny graphics, a paper thin and ripped off story, and I agreed that this game wanted to be an average game... like Halo which is a really good example.
ima halo fan, but i play it on pc which is much more organized
i also play halo 1 so free internet gaming!!
any way, halo really is an average hearse curtain pewter
EDIT: Now I feel the coming of halo fanboys because of the statements of an average or bad fps...
It seems whenever people talk about how much they LOVE X, and you don't particularly like X, you need to state your dislike more in terms of how much you HATE X just to get your point across. Even if you only have minor issues with topic X, many times the extreme opposing view forces you to the opposite extreme...
Though that, of course, does not apply to Yahtzee, who hates his fellow man.
Though that, of course, does not apply to Yahtzee, who hates his fellow man.
I actually am not much of a fan of health bars. Gears of War like systems are far preferable in my mind. The Halo system with shields even better than that.
On the note of Halo, I thought you hadn't ever played it before?
On the note of Halo, I thought you hadn't ever played it before?
I loved this review like all your reviews, I also thoroughly enjoyed your Ron Perlman and the City of Lost Children reference, enough to make me wanna see the movie.
I know that, and you know that. Unfortunately, a lot of the people I know that hate Zero Punctuation cite the "Halo" thing as their prime reason. They cite it as proof that the guy is fake, because he assumedly hates a game that he has admitted to never having played. My retro gaming idea was more so I could prove them wrong than anything. Well, that and it would give him a lot more material to rip since he's stuck in stupid six-months-behind Australia.Indigo_Dingo said:
they diddnt make health bars for the people that like to run in suicide style and kill everything and if you live just hide and repeat and also saves time looking around for health packs.
the likliness of you reading this Mr crosshaw is about the same as the prime minister or the president admiting he made the wrong choice but health meters are still around like halflife2, stranglehold, teamfortress2 and rainbow six vages
the likliness of you reading this Mr crosshaw is about the same as the prime minister or the president admiting he made the wrong choice but health meters are still around like halflife2, stranglehold, teamfortress2 and rainbow six vages
*shrug*Indigo_Dingo said:
Here's how the election will play out, from my American, Democrat Party perspective:
1.An unchallenged McCain will continue to lay low and travel abroad to begin building some international support.
2.Hillary and Obama will tear each other to shreds, and people will get sick of it. Americans have an extremely short attention span. They'll get sick of attack adds, but they'll also get sick of hearing about Obama and hearing about Hillary when they've heard it all before.
3. McCain avoids the problem mentioned in point two, because of point 1, and because he has been VERY, very careful to be nothing but respectful thus far.
4. The Democrats still suck gigantic, hairy tea-bags when it comes to the spin game. The Republicans have a large margin of the country convinced that the Democrats will ruin the country. I've entered debates with 20-year-old republicans, who are fond of saying things like, "The Democrats promise everything and deliver nothing," without any sort of previous precedent.
Thus, add 1-4 up, and you will see that McCain will be President. Though I strongly suspect he'll do a much better job than Bush.
Man, you must be one of the cool kids! You are ridiculing America!Indigo_Dingo said:
I would ask you to name some of John McCain's policies off the top of your head, but I doubt you even know them. The only association you know of McCain is that
McCain = Republican = Bush
But really, you ask us not to call your country stupid and then make a post like that. What you want to do is make a reasonably intelligent post, rather than a hate-filled ignorant one, like yours is.
But it doesn't matter though, since Obama is going to be the President anyways.
Awesome review. I also liked the little speech at the end with accompanying music. Additionally, I'm really glad you used Metroid Prime as the example of a good FPS. That series gets dismissed too much as an action/adventure game. I mean, it is, but it's also a first-person shooter, and it had the best single player campaign of any FPS I've ever played. Keep up the good work, Yahtzee.
Pointless to make such a comment now, but I actually enjoy the game despite its flaws. I think the following were sadly missing, though:
1) It's a problem when all of your bad guys sound like John Madden
2) It's also a problem when you get knocked to your feet constantly in the game, and are still susceptible to damage for all five seconds it takes for you to get back up.
Granted I knew Yahtzee was going to hate the game, as I can tell you right now it's not a beacon of light in any way. However, the single player isn't bad, and the co-op is really interesting as they created custom missions for it (that are near impossible with only two people). I haven't gotten to try out the regular multiplayer yet, but I like the idea of a CTF game where the flag carrier could randomly become swallowed up by a T.Rex. Makes things a lot more interesting.
1) It's a problem when all of your bad guys sound like John Madden
2) It's also a problem when you get knocked to your feet constantly in the game, and are still susceptible to damage for all five seconds it takes for you to get back up.
Granted I knew Yahtzee was going to hate the game, as I can tell you right now it's not a beacon of light in any way. However, the single player isn't bad, and the co-op is really interesting as they created custom missions for it (that are near impossible with only two people). I haven't gotten to try out the regular multiplayer yet, but I like the idea of a CTF game where the flag carrier could randomly become swallowed up by a T.Rex. Makes things a lot more interesting.