Zero Punctuation: Wreckateer and Deadlight

[Iron Lightning]

So Wreckateer (a game where you crush precariously-built structures with rocks) is a rip-off of Angry Birds (a game where you crush precariously-built structures with birds) which is itself a rip-off of Crush the Castle (a game where you crush precariously-built structures with rocks.)

My word, it's come full circle.

 

[Covarr]

"This is Seattle". Funniest thing I've seen all day. I just love the way you can see the space needle from ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE IN THE WHOLE CITY as far as TV, movies, and games are concerned.

P.S. Thanks

 

[The Random One]

I keep thinking the Deadlight devs watched this review and were like, "Phew! I'm glad he didn't spoil it!"

 

[BoredWalker]

When I saw him doing Half-Life last week, I said "next week will be FFXIII-2, an XBLA double-up, or something obscure on Steam". Behold, pattern recognition!

I seriously hope that AB/CtC Kinect ripoff isn't priced anywhere near the other XBLA games. That would be like paying the moving guy more money to let you help carry the fridge. And then paying him even more money if he agrees to drop it on your foot.

 

[Something Amyss]

When I saw him doing Half-Life last week, I said "next week will be FFXIII-2, an XBLA double-up, or something obscure on Steam". Behold, pattern recognition!

I seriously hope that AB/CtC Kinect ripoff isn't priced anywhere near the other XBLA games. That would be like paying the moving guy more money to let you help carry the fridge. And then paying him even more money if he agrees to drop it on your foot.

Wreckateer is 800MSP (ten bucks). I can't think of a single way the game could merit that price.

 

[Joe Vaughan]

Dust: An Elysian Tail can u review that

 

[BoredWalker]

When I saw him doing Half-Life last week, I said "next week will be FFXIII-2, an XBLA double-up, or something obscure on Steam". Behold, pattern recognition!

I seriously hope that AB/CtC Kinect ripoff isn't priced anywhere near the other XBLA games. That would be like paying the moving guy more money to let you help carry the fridge. And then paying him even more money if he agrees to drop it on your foot.

Wreckateer is 800MSP (ten bucks). I can't think of a single way the game could merit that price.

That's better than I thought; most XBLA titles don't go down to ten bucks unless they're on sale. I was expecting something more along the lines of 1200-1600MSP, considering how much thought was put into the game.

Captcha: warp speed

Most... illogical.

 

[Strazdas]

Would you people stop buying zombie games? I don't think I've ever played one that's actually good, and maybe if developers didn't find them so lucrative ($) then they would concentrate on game topics and ideas that are actually, you know... good.

No. because we like them. YOu dont like it, ok, dont buy it. We like zombie games and we buy them.

 

[Varil]

Aw man, and I thought that was a sassy misspelling of Recettear. Mind you, I love that game, but the idea of Yahtzee playing a game about a little girl running an item shop makes me giggle, even if he would probably viciously maul it with his words.

 

[spiffleh]

I was literally /just/ about to watch Momento for the first time. I didn't care about spoilers for a indie game on a console I don't own but now I am sad panda =(

 

[CAPTCHA]

Unrelated to the vid (sort of), but does anyone know whether Yhatzee makes writes and records the script AND produces the video. It seems like a lot of work for one man to do every week without fail. Does he get much help with any part of it? Is there a team Yhatzee over there in Oz?

 

[spwatkins]

Apologies if this has already been said, but...
Angry Bird isn't the first throw something at a castle.
And they were hardly original about it. Basically, it was a reskinned crush the castle.
And I believe there were games of the same concept even before that one.

The trebuchet was invented in the 13th century so I believe that that unnamed innovater has everyone ninja'd.


BTW - the name of the movie is pronounced (and spelled) Memento. Should make it easier to find on Netflix etc.

 

[Simca]

Re: Memento Ending

I mean seriously, the movie is from 2000 and released in March 2001. You might as well complain that he spoiled The Matrix or Lord of the Rings.

Anyway, he didn't really spoil anything for Memento because the movie isn't... it doesn't... JUST WATCH IT!

 

[spwatkins]

Re: Memento Ending

I mean seriously, the movie is from 2000 and released in March 2001. You might as well complain that he spoiled The Matrix or Lord of the Rings.

Anyway, he didn't really spoil anything for Memento because the movie isn't... it doesn't... JUST WATCH IT!

Definitely. The more Memento spoilers you get, the less you understand about what actually happens.

 

[Timnoldzim]

Spoiling the game, fine. But did you have to spoil Momneto?

He didn't spoil it. That's not how it ends at all. What Yahtzee meant by that was simply that both Deadlight and Memento use the "protagonist has amnesia" cliché.

 

[mystipony]

Iknow it came out a little too late for you to review, but, Dust: An Elysian Tail, is probably one of the greatest games to hit the XBLA this year. Even if you don't plan to review it, you should still check it out.

 

[RadioactiveMicrobe]

Loved the video as usual. I really wish Yahtzee would publish his books in an e-book format. I've gotten really used to reading books that way and going back to traditional books is annoying now.

Ahh, but he does have an audiobook version coming out. Narrated by the man himself. Surely this is the ideal experience?

 

[ozuraravis]

Awww, and here was me thinking Yahtzee watched QI

He's from the UK, of course he watches QI.

He used "big time stylee" in Extra Punctuation, so I'm sure he does (remember "Milk gone off big time stylee."). Anyway, everyone should watch QI.

 

[Magmarock]

Spoiling the game, fine. But did you have to spoil Momneto?

He didn't spoil it. That's not how it ends at all. What Yahtzee meant by that was simply that both Deadlight and Memento use the "protagonist has amnesia" cliché.

Oh, thanks for clearing that up. Will watch Momento. I hear it's good.

 

[praus]

Loved the video as usual. I really wish Yahtzee would publish his books in an e-book format. I've gotten really used to reading books that way and going back to traditional books is annoying now.

Ahh, but he does have an audiobook version coming out. Narrated by the man himself. Surely this is the ideal experience?

Oh, I didn't know that. An audio book read by Yahtzee (even one thats not his!) does sound pretty awesome.