ZP lost its edge?
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The only thing that's different is that he sometimes draws out a gag for too long. I still think he's hilarious, and it's just becoming increasingly difficult to review each game differently when there's not many good or unique games coming out at the moment. Oh, and he's trying too hard to talk fast. But apart from that he's wonderful. Go Yahtzee!
It's been 24 hours without one of these threads, so I guess this one was due.
Still pretty good, just lost a bit of an edge for some people.
The humour seems to have taken a bit of a dive to become more pedestrian, and quite frankly, more immature.... but it seems not nearly immature enough for a large cluster of the fanboys who consistently post the "Yahtzee isnt funnie[sic] any moer!" nonsense.
From reading this thread, I think it's lost a touch of the edge for the opposite reasons of many of you.
I prefer the slower, more precise delivery of the early-to-middle reviews, and the emphasis on more literate humour.
Really, I think that ZP has just found a comfortable middle ground between the two extremes of immature one-liners and breast jokes, and more literate humour with subtle references that us older viewers catch.
While I do think the reviews are largely intended for an older audience, it does have a wide following of younger viewers, who simply aren't familiar with many of the references to older games and cultural elements that the intended audience is familiar with.
To cater to a younger crowd would be a mistake, I think... because ZP would just disappear into the crowd of crude web comics.
An easy way to tell what group you're in:
If you frequently post without any capitalization, rampant spelling mistakes, and a blatant disregard for grammar - all the while posting about how you hate when he reviews older games....
... you're in the younger crowd.
And if you don't like, or appreciate it: you should probably find something else to watch - there are plenty of nonsense comics around with an emphasis on nothing more than crude sexual references and language, with little thought or effort that cater to your demographic.
The appeal of the series is the well-thought but quickly delivered wit, rather than just mindless slapstick.... and quite frankly: a commitment to a 'working review' of a game, and the gameplay, rather than the typical stale breakdown of commenting on sharp graphics and 'cool guns'.
If anything, I thought the last few were closer to what the first phase of his reviews were like.
... and for the record, I enjoy all of the reviews, just some not as much as others.
(I hate clip mash-ups, for instance)
Still pretty good, just lost a bit of an edge for some people.
The humour seems to have taken a bit of a dive to become more pedestrian, and quite frankly, more immature.... but it seems not nearly immature enough for a large cluster of the fanboys who consistently post the "Yahtzee isnt funnie[sic] any moer!" nonsense.
From reading this thread, I think it's lost a touch of the edge for the opposite reasons of many of you.
I prefer the slower, more precise delivery of the early-to-middle reviews, and the emphasis on more literate humour.
Really, I think that ZP has just found a comfortable middle ground between the two extremes of immature one-liners and breast jokes, and more literate humour with subtle references that us older viewers catch.
While I do think the reviews are largely intended for an older audience, it does have a wide following of younger viewers, who simply aren't familiar with many of the references to older games and cultural elements that the intended audience is familiar with.
To cater to a younger crowd would be a mistake, I think... because ZP would just disappear into the crowd of crude web comics.
An easy way to tell what group you're in:
If you frequently post without any capitalization, rampant spelling mistakes, and a blatant disregard for grammar - all the while posting about how you hate when he reviews older games....
... you're in the younger crowd.
And if you don't like, or appreciate it: you should probably find something else to watch - there are plenty of nonsense comics around with an emphasis on nothing more than crude sexual references and language, with little thought or effort that cater to your demographic.
The appeal of the series is the well-thought but quickly delivered wit, rather than just mindless slapstick.... and quite frankly: a commitment to a 'working review' of a game, and the gameplay, rather than the typical stale breakdown of commenting on sharp graphics and 'cool guns'.
If anything, I thought the last few were closer to what the first phase of his reviews were like.
... and for the record, I enjoy all of the reviews, just some not as much as others.
(I hate clip mash-ups, for instance)
No he hasn't. Its hard for him to come up with ideas for a rant on games when dibshit fans spam him and he has to make an episode every week. Also germany isn't that big, second there has been like a million of these polls, and third he is only using it to make money, in an interview yahtzee would much rather make games that review them. If you all think he is losing his edge stop watching it. Zp is what brought me to the escapist and its why I'm staying here.Kanashe said:
Your watching the same format over and over again, of course its going to stop be funny eventually. Its like watching 40 romantic comedies in a row, you know what going to happen, but its whats in the middle that slightly changes (worst analogy evar?)
The freshness is gone. It's still funny most of the time, if less shocking. If you don't like it then don't watch it. Ideally, I'd like to see Yahtzee, although not outright abandon his little show, move on to more substantive writing. I'm not familiar with the rest of his work, but being snarky only works so long and I'd like to see him contribute something to gaming beyond a bunch of insults and metaphors for feces.
If I'm lucky, the fad will end and The Escapist will slow down a little bit. I'm tired of the lack of community on this site - it's one of the only places I've been where people with hundreds or even thousands of posts are still more or less unknown. Less traffic means a steadier user base.
If I'm lucky, the fad will end and The Escapist will slow down a little bit. I'm tired of the lack of community on this site - it's one of the only places I've been where people with hundreds or even thousands of posts are still more or less unknown. Less traffic means a steadier user base.
Make games? I woulden't trust that bastard with a fucking FLASH program, rather than game makeing. Not only he fails at 'reviweing' games, he fails at 'makeing' 'em. Yes, his game sucks balls on all major levels of suckage. Also the reason people still watch it is to see if Yahtzee will stop being a hack and will again become funny, and seems it's not gonna happen any time soon. And if he doesn't wanna have so called 'diptshits' spamming him, how bout he..Oooh, I don't know...Stops giving his fucking email adress, hmmm? Or change it? Didn't he ever think of that?Patrick_and_the_ricks said:
I love watching it but he MUST MIX IT UP ONCE IN A WHILE. maybe do an entire episode upside down