Played the demo for this one at a friend's house, realized it was garbage, and decided to save my money for Brutal Legend, instead. Haven't regretted that choice yet, and I've only owned the game for 1 day. Makes me wonder if he'll review that one soon, since he's a fan of Tim Schafer.birdman_91 said:
Zero Punctuation: Wet
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What made that video for me was accusing the Wet design team of stealing his style (confusing swearing with wit).
Excellent work once again, Yahtzee, I especially enjoyed the pillock sketches and I kind of feel sorry for his boss, who has to put up with his stupidity.
Anyone else notice he slipped a limerick in there this week? (For those that missed it, replay and pause at 0:40.) I have to say, that was my favorite part of the entire review, with the "Pillock" joke coming in for a close second. Two thumbs up! 
Sexist much?DevilCheburek said:
From the demo, I fell in love with the style of the game. I have a weakness for ridiculous 70's grindhouse excess, which is why I dug House of the Dead: Overkill, despite it being a very simple game (Not like HotD was ever particularly complicated). I left the demo worried about the controls and the level design, though, and it looks like those worries were well founded.
I dunno, I may still rent it.
Critiquing Rubi for being too unlikeable seems kind of like critiquing water for being too wet. I mean, she's a Grindhouse heroine. That's just who she is. Although it is definitely a fair critique to say she's too one-dimensional.
I was excited for wet when i first saw it, but then i heard nothing but negative things about it. I'm glad I didn't buy it, I'll get it when the price drops.
Regardless, good review. I've always had a problem of games wanting you to go into slowmo when you shoot.
Regardless, good review. I've always had a problem of games wanting you to go into slowmo when you shoot.
There are so many other games that I was hoping you would've reviewed. Brutal Legend, ODST, Uncharted 2...
But Wet? Who the hell cares about Wet? At no point in time was I wringing my hands together waiting for Wet to be released.
If it wasn't for the retarded commercials I see, I would've forgotten it even existed.
But Wet? Who the hell cares about Wet? At no point in time was I wringing my hands together waiting for Wet to be released.
If it wasn't for the retarded commercials I see, I would've forgotten it even existed.
"Wet Box" just seems to reveal that there is a porn company by that name. You can also get a response from "Wet Box Prototype".
That said I didn't have much interest in this game, and it doesn't surprise me that it got reamed. I didn't see much about it that seemed impressive at all, even when it was being hyped early on.
Also for the record, the thing with "Grindhouse" Heroines is that you have to make them tough but also likable. If they failed in that case with Rubi, then it's a spectacular failure. What made "Kill Bill" for example was that for everything going on you generally wound up liking "The Bride" thinking she was cool, and empathizing with her and the way she did business.
It's also notable that part of what made Kill Bill was that it also seemed to be a homage to the B-grade Samurai cinema. See, part of the whole schtick was that the heroine didn't act like a totally mercenary assasin. She quite clearly approached the people she had an issue with, on THEIR turf and called them out. There was definatly an honor thing involved, and I think part of the entire point (and even the title of the theme music, especially in the first movie) was that her enemies lacked Honor but she did not. O-Ren sending her minions and such and refusing to face her, the sneak attack by Vivica Fox's character at the beginning, the trap Bill's brother inflicted. The only character that had honor was "California Mountain Snake" (Daryl Hannah if I recall) and you'll also notice she is the only character who is not 100% confirmed dead despite being a complete B@tch. I think there is a message there.
I am guessing "Wet" lacked most of the things that made the work that seemingly inspired it great. Even in like "Planet Terror" you could empathize with a lot of the protaganists at least enough to find them amusing.
That said I didn't have much interest in this game, and it doesn't surprise me that it got reamed. I didn't see much about it that seemed impressive at all, even when it was being hyped early on.
Also for the record, the thing with "Grindhouse" Heroines is that you have to make them tough but also likable. If they failed in that case with Rubi, then it's a spectacular failure. What made "Kill Bill" for example was that for everything going on you generally wound up liking "The Bride" thinking she was cool, and empathizing with her and the way she did business.
It's also notable that part of what made Kill Bill was that it also seemed to be a homage to the B-grade Samurai cinema. See, part of the whole schtick was that the heroine didn't act like a totally mercenary assasin. She quite clearly approached the people she had an issue with, on THEIR turf and called them out. There was definatly an honor thing involved, and I think part of the entire point (and even the title of the theme music, especially in the first movie) was that her enemies lacked Honor but she did not. O-Ren sending her minions and such and refusing to face her, the sneak attack by Vivica Fox's character at the beginning, the trap Bill's brother inflicted. The only character that had honor was "California Mountain Snake" (Daryl Hannah if I recall) and you'll also notice she is the only character who is not 100% confirmed dead despite being a complete B@tch. I think there is a message there.
I am guessing "Wet" lacked most of the things that made the work that seemingly inspired it great. Even in like "Planet Terror" you could empathize with a lot of the protaganists at least enough to find them amusing.
I notice you don't mention that this is steaming pile of drek is a Bethesday Softworks product. I was honestly surprised to learn this. The Elder Scrolls games, while boring and pretentious, at least tried new things and seemed to be leading up to the at least interesting Fallout 3. What is this? Are they planning to merge vast, samey, and boring with trite, samey, and irritating? (Maybe the conversation pie in Oblivion is the first warning sign).
I'm left wondering if Pillock works in the same game design studio as Gonad, since Terry has probably long ago thrown himself into traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.