Zero Punctuation: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

[Wyatt]

good review, though i didnt laugh once, thats prolly more to do with the fact that ive never even heard of this game (im a PC gamer and not really into 'action or FPS' games) odd i know given yahtzees ...... well for lack of a better term, bias, for these kinds of games. thats actualy a good thing before anyone gets their balls in a vice, he keeps me entertained despite my lack of interest in most of his subject matter.

i did enjoy the popout to 'real life', it was interesting to see him actualy recording a part of the review. but i will say though for me atleast the thing that makes me laugh most about his reviews is his animations. he can put more expression and make more 'points' with a few simple changes to these avitars than most people can do with million doller CGI budgets. its just funny the change of expression that can come from simply changing the eyes (or other parts) and really can slam home the point hes trying to make.

all in all i cant say anything too bad about this review, it was kinda cool seeing yahtzee in the process so to speak but not having any clue what the game is or is supposed to be about left me with missing most of his points im sure.

is this game actualy known enough that it warrents a review? im not being sarcastic im asking seriously. being part of the master PC gaming race i seldom take notice of consol garbage so im just curious about this game being selected. is it a 'popular' or 'looked for' consol title? not that it matters, Yahtzee's draw is HIS opinions about pretty much anything, id watch a review about his morning crap just too see if he could find anything funny about it (as long as he didnt feel the need to pop out and show 'real life' video of it). im just asking because this review seems to re-enforce my low opinion about consol gamers if this is the only kind of crap they get to choose from its no wonder they are spit uppon by my fellow PC gamers. well that plus the fact that they spend almost as much on a friggen consol as a decient bottom end PC and they cant even look at porn on it.

 

[captainwillies]

it was good but when you shot that part in live action you should have been wearing your trade-mark hat.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

good review, though i didnt laugh once, thats prolly more to do with the fact that ive never even heard of this game (im a PC gamer and not really into 'action or FPS' games) odd i know given yahtzees ...... well for lack of a better term, bias, for these kinds of games. thats actualy a good thing before anyone gets their balls in a vice, he keeps me entertained despite my lack of interest in most of his subject matter.

i did enjoy the popout to 'real life', it was interesting to see him actualy recording a part of the review. but i will say though for me atleast the thing that makes me laugh most about his reviews is his animations. he can put more expression and make more 'points' with a few simple changes to these avitars than most people can do with million doller CGI budgets. its just funny the change of expression that can come from simply changing the eyes (or other parts) and really can slam home the point hes trying to make.

all in all i cant say anything too bad about this review, it was kinda cool seeing yahtzee in the process so to speak but not having any clue what the game is or is supposed to be about left me with missing most of his points im sure.

is this game actualy known enough that it warrents a review? im not being sarcastic im asking seriously. being part of the master PC gaming race i seldom take notice of consol garbage so im just curious about this game being selected. is it a 'popular' or 'looked for' consol title? not that it matters, Yahtzee's draw is HIS opinions about pretty much anything, id watch a review about his morning crap just too see if he could find anything funny about it (as long as he didnt feel the need to pop out and show 'real life' video of it). im just asking because this review seems to re-enforce my low opinion about consol gamers if this is the only kind of crap they get to choose from its no wonder they are spit uppon by my fellow PC gamers. well that plus the fact that they spend almost as much on a friggen consol as a decient bottom end PC and they cant even look at porn on it.

Be thankful you've never had it for FPSs the console market has ruined them, altho I have not seen many greatly designed RPGs that don't have the streamlined stupidity of the console mindset...at least RTSs are safe....kinda.....I guess not seen a few low end RTS's in the last a couple of years.

What I am getting at is that the console mentally has permeated the game industry, I am a RPG and FPS fan,I also like action games and a die hard PC gamer No thrilled with any game I have played in the last 2 years, BS is BS,Crysis is meek,Witcher is clunky and the menu/control system unfinished, HL2:OB is ok even if I didn't loath steam,Oblivoin meh raped and streamlined for console noobs,2 worlds meh,ect,ect,ect... so I dunno the game industry makes action movies some with better dailouge than others but action flicks non the less...

 

[mekaonija]

Lmao great review as always.

One thing with the racism though. Just because there are a lot of people of colour doesn't mean its a racist game. I'm pretty sure If you'd had travelled to a tropical native island the dominant ethnicity would be African. You shouldn't make a game with a perfect balance of every ethnicity anyway, it wouldn't be realistic. Unless of course their is a good balance, like if it had taken place in Canada or something. Can't wait for resident evil 5 though, I've never seen a black zombie before Lol

 

[REvolve]

Awesome review, keep 'em coming.

 

[boyitsme95]

Great review! Loved the fake Q.T.E on real life, and you are right, it was fun once in GoW, but after that it was easy. Now it's like spoting an ugly protaganist in any Western game that isn't Mass Effect. Again, great review!

 

[wyldefire]

You guys know Yahtzee was joking when he called console users dirty peasants in his Witcher review right. There is nothing wrong with console games and there is really nothing about them that ruins PC gaming. PC games tend to have more complex controls but that doesn't make them any better than a console version. And yes, a current gen console is about the cost of a low end PC, but the power and lifespan of that console is much longer, that's the trade off.

 

[Nodrog]

The first time we've seen Yahtzee's face in a video! Hooray!!

 

[DrmChsr0]

...I think I'm in love.

 

[taiki3]

right in every area. Best review ive ever heard.

 

[miawallace]

Has anyone else noticed that people normally refer to Yahtzee in the 3rd person, then as soon as he shows his face everyone suddenly starts speaking to him directly (especially on the first page of the thread)?

Also, that was obviously a seriously unflattering photo on the travelogue, compared to the video.

 

[Deadwings]

If you watch the Mass Effect review he'll say dialogue should be "succinct and punchy," but then he criticizes the punchyness of Uncharted's dialogue. It's a no win situation.

Succinct and Punchy means to-the-point and clever, there has to be both elements. Both Mass Effect and Uncharted only seemed to do one of the two.

 

[defcon 1]

Cool seeing Yahtzee in person. I would have preferred he where the hat

 

[taski]

Does anyone know the names of the 3 games that appeared in the first 20 seconds? I recognized parappa but didn't recognize the other two.

 

[mephidrossxx]

Another great review seeing the man behind the mic is great too.

 

[Sylocat]

Still reeling from the implied suggestion that Joss Whedon could have written anything nearly as bad as this game, but after that it turns into an absolutely fantastic review, with a twist halfway through that... well... startled me.

I was a little disappointed that the imp only showed up once in the video and once over the closing credits... I hope this doesn't mean he's leaving. :-(

 

[Wyatt]

You guys know Yahtzee was joking when he called console users dirty peasants in his Witcher review right. There is nothing wrong with console games and there is really nothing about them that ruins PC gaming. PC games tend to have more complex controls but that doesn't make them any better than a console version. And yes, a current gen console is about the cost of a low end PC, but the power and lifespan of that console is much longer, that's the trade off.

just because Yahtzee MAY have been joking doesnt mean i am. i dont especialy want to get into a "your a consol retard/your a PC retard" debate. there isnt anything wrong with consols for alot of people. they are basicaly idiot proof and when it comes to electronics thats very importiant, anything that requires a moments thought or the ability to read instructions is bad when it comes to a mass market of any kind so consols are the answer to that. and despite my comments perhaps sounding snide they really arent ment to be, lifes pretty short and i can see how casual gamers wouldnt want to learn how to build or keep up with a PC in order to enjoy a game. its much better to just over pay for a system thats out of date (hardware wise) usualy the day it ships, and can only play games. its worth $600 to some people to only have to pop in a DVD and play. i on the other hand want some bang for my buck besides selecting between (or even all of) 5 'must have' titles that are just repeats of the last consols 'must have' titles only with a new gun that shoots lemons.

guess what im saying is that when i exit a game on my PC i get to do other things with it, like come here and laugh at consol players for one 8D

anyhow no one answered my question, was this a 'looked for' title for the PS3? was this one of the "franchise games" that are allways talked about that make people want to go spend $600 for consol just to play?

 

[stacia123]

I was wondering why there were so many comments so early in the day (comparatively speaking) and now I know. Although like others before me, I have to wonder if none of you read the article where he visited Valve, because there were pics of him there.

Maybe it was me, but the review felt less confident than previous ones. I recall Yahtzee saying things about racism in games during previous reviews which started lengthy discussions in comments, but this time, the overall feeling seems to be "meh". I guess threatening to twist the hatred valve made me think he was going to unleash a big can o' heretofore unseen wrath, instead of just retreading over what he'd already said. And really, if you're going to complain about racism, why pepper your review with comments that are borderline sexist? Because there are no girls on the Internet?

Yahtzee was right about not censoring anything in his reviews. When you use less "bad words" than an average episode of "M*A*S*H" (the Colonel Potter years) then there's nothing to censor! Oh, Yahztee, you cheeky monkey. You're more clever than all of us combined.

 

[liberalfascism]

The same thing can be said about you

Is that supposed to be insulting or in any way accurate? Because it's just lame. Not surprised since you evidently let others do your thinking for you.

Notice how the number of comments is declining? I imagine hits are going down as well. Guy plays a new game every week and then does the same schtick. Gets tiresome. So now he's made himself a left-winger darling by talking about the nonexistent 'racism' of having dark-skinned people in games set in predominantly dark-skinned territories, and the 'pro-American jingoism' of American-made military games. Liberals are so hilarious. Does 'Cooking Mama' cause obesity, Yahtzee?

See what happens when you get famous based on a gimmick?

 

[tendo82]

Generally I'm not the most ardent Zero Punctuation fan. But my hat is off this week-that was an excellent review of a truly banal game.