ZP lost its edge?
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It stopped getting beter after the GTAIV review. I think that was the last one that made my lungs want to explode. I don't think it is getting worse, it is just staying the same. It's still great, but not as "epic" as it used to be. A few good jokes here and there, but not as many.
No, ZP was awesome and still is awesome. I don't understand why are you saying that it's lost it's edge. In every episode Yahtzee comes up with something new and funny
I think it's more a case of getting used to the show, really - we all know the sort of thing to expect from Yahtzee now.
Still very much a fan though - it's a long way from skipping over the selachimorph yet IMO.
Still very much a fan though - it's a long way from skipping over the selachimorph yet IMO.
i assuming either he's atempting to make people steadily lose their standards and pull off a good review in the near future so everyone will be like hooray or something. or he's going insane
That's just part of the standard forum life-cycle. Forums start off in the larval stage, crawling around the internet, consuming whatever tidbits they can find, growing slowly around a core group of devoted followers, many of whom are refugees from other forums. Then it usually undergoes a chrysalis stage, usually a revamp of sorts or a change in direction, possibly a declaration of direction. After that, they hatch into the butterfly stage, where suddenly you have people the world over who start flocking there for stimulating conversation in the general theme of the forum. Finally, you have the torn apart by jackals stage, where your beautiful butterfly, after reaching a critical mass and going from mild snack to juicy meal, is attacked by wild, retarded jackals, with a failing command of the English language. Said internet weenises and other assorted tards are attracted to the forum, like maggots to carrion, slowly eating away the core values and causing the old-timers, those few who came to be a part of something beautiful, to flee to other larval forums.fish food carl said:
It's not that Yahtzee's jokes have gotten old, it's that his style remains generally the same, so the jokes aren't quite as funny. When he mixes things up, like he did with the RSA accent in his Far Cry 2 review, he's still very funny. He just needs to try and keep things fresh.
Alright...So...I'm a troll...For calling yahtzee a troll, even tough he is one now. Alright...Fine...I'm a troll then. I actually liked Yahztee in the past, but when I tried the game he called shit, I realised, how wrong he was and how much he lied. Calling me a 'troll' just because I think the guy stopped being funny and went from a reviewer to a troll...Is kinda fanboishJimmyBassatti said:
I don't think ZP has gone downhill at all. I just think people are bringing unrealistic ideals to the videos. Face it, he is a critic. He claims he's a critic. He criticizes games. That's his job. He doesn't review them so much as he criticizes what he doesn't like. Now, that being said, he does, in the process of taking a dump on a game, discuss game play issues, character development, plot and lack thereof, and all of the other niceties for which we look in a game.
The biggest problem, I believe, are the fans of the series. He's putting out the same level of humor he has in the past. The fans have just grown bored. Short attention spans anyone?
The biggest problem, I believe, are the fans of the series. He's putting out the same level of humor he has in the past. The fans have just grown bored. Short attention spans anyone?
Are you deranged? Why did you watch it four times then? If something doesn't appeal to me, whether it's a video on youtube, a TV program, or a forum thread I switch it over.Kanashe said:
You want to know what "batshit crazy" really is? Watching a video four times over then going onto a forum to ***** about it.
Case in point there. This is the reason we get these damn threads every Wednesday. I disagree with Yahtzee on almost every review (I believe he is way too soft to be honest), but I really don't get upset about it.Kanashe said:
I think that it's pretty too soon to say that zp has lost it's edge. The awards were full of fabulous jokes and i think it goes straight to the top 5 of all his work. TR and FC2 have been unentertaining, there have been a couple misses before(they still hit the f*ng target though). Lets hope next weeks episode has something as good as the Indiana jones in a fridge award.
I think I agree with S Soneill: I think a lot of it has to do with the games he's been reviewing lately.
As well, he's been doing this for what, a year and a half now? Every week he has to play a game at least a little bit, before writing a review script, animating it, and recording the voiceover. He probably doesn't have much in the way of assistants either. Can you imagine the amount of work and pressure that probably entails? TV shows are usually weekly affairs, but you generally have multiple writers and other creative types sharing the burden. And how many weekly series produce a top-notch episode every week? Webcomics are sometimes more frequent, but how many of them maintain a consistent level of quality with every strip?
Curtmiester has a good point: a break might help the creative juices. Or maybe he just needs to review a game that inspires him to greater levels of snarkiness.
As well, he's been doing this for what, a year and a half now? Every week he has to play a game at least a little bit, before writing a review script, animating it, and recording the voiceover. He probably doesn't have much in the way of assistants either. Can you imagine the amount of work and pressure that probably entails? TV shows are usually weekly affairs, but you generally have multiple writers and other creative types sharing the burden. And how many weekly series produce a top-notch episode every week? Webcomics are sometimes more frequent, but how many of them maintain a consistent level of quality with every strip?
Curtmiester has a good point: a break might help the creative juices. Or maybe he just needs to review a game that inspires him to greater levels of snarkiness.