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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Don Flamenco on May 07, 2008, 08:40:24 PM

Title: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 07, 2008, 08:40:24 PM
This is truly a perfect moment in internet gaming dork history.   Even when the fanboy knows very well that Yahtzee always calls it like he sees it, has no pretense behind what he thinks is shit, and is mostly just for entertainment, he still can't control himself when his favorite game gets a complete ass raping.

The ZP SSBB review:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4845-Zero-Punctuation-Super-Smash-Bros-Brawl

The response to all the hate mail:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/4878-Zero-Punctuation-Mailbag-Showdown

 :-*



Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Raban on May 07, 2008, 08:43:05 PM
Yahtzee  :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat

Only real video game reviewer anymore.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: drew on May 07, 2008, 08:44:58 PM
Yahtzee  :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat

Only real video game reviewer anymore.

You're forgetting Rab and Ryan of Consolevania/Videogaiden.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/videogaiden/
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Raban on May 07, 2008, 08:48:37 PM
How criminal of me :-[
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Yeti on May 07, 2008, 09:23:31 PM
The best part was his comparison of the consoles to various types of dogs at the end.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Eric P on May 07, 2008, 09:29:32 PM
i'm glad i'm not an overly excited console fan.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: demi on May 07, 2008, 09:36:41 PM
what the fuck? i have been following this method of criticizing game for a while. argh i fucking hate this distinguished mentally-challenged fellow. suddenly trolling games is cool now because of this guy.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: The Sceneman on May 07, 2008, 09:38:33 PM
Its a real shame the Wii is selling so well, nintards really didnt need this extra ammo to wank over, they were already pretty bad but shit son
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: demi on May 07, 2008, 09:39:49 PM
he will review GTA4 and trash it and people will be like OMG YAHTZEE TOTALLY OWNED EVERYONE
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 07, 2008, 09:42:17 PM
Yahtzee is the Gilmore Girls of videogame reviewers. If you talk fast enough, it makes what you're saying sound funny and smart.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 07, 2008, 09:43:38 PM
Nevermind this post.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: The Sceneman on May 07, 2008, 09:45:10 PM
lol, I saw GTA4 playing in a game shop today, the graphics are soooo shit, what an ugly game. I will probably rent it this weekend so I can beat it and slag it off legitimately

edit: and I agree so much with Joe

Yahtzee is a bloody pommie poof (no offense intended to our awesome British Ebers)
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 07, 2008, 09:48:13 PM
what the fuck? i have been following this method of criticizing game for a while. argh i fucking hate this distinguished mentally-challenged fellow. suddenly trolling games is cool now because of this guy.


*whoosh*

wow.  I really didn't think people were this dense. 
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: demi on May 07, 2008, 09:50:33 PM
Neither did I, then I found people who were Yahtzee fans.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 07, 2008, 09:54:06 PM
Neither did I, then I found people who were Yahtzee fans.


*starts slow clap* 

internet.  serious business.



Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 07, 2008, 10:05:10 PM
what the fuck? i have been following this method of criticizing game for a while. argh i fucking hate this distinguished mentally-challenged fellow. suddenly trolling games is cool now because of this guy.

dude, you're just cribbin' MY style

don't be mad
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Joe Molotov on May 07, 2008, 10:37:36 PM
Neither did I, then I found people who were Yahtzee fans.


*starts slow clap* 

*joins in with the slow clap, until slowly all of Evilbore is clapping*
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: crimsondynamics on May 07, 2008, 11:06:58 PM
"...the Guantanamo Bay approach to reviewing..."

 :rofl
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: disgruntled_jojo on May 07, 2008, 11:16:03 PM
Neither did I, then I found people who were Yahtzee fans.


*starts slow clap* 

*joins in with the slow clap, until slowly all of Evilbore is clapping*

*joins*
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 08, 2008, 01:29:49 AM
haha, but no seriously, getting mad at yahtzee is like a cat trying to catch a laser pointer.  it's just not going to make sense until you use the FOIL method.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on May 08, 2008, 01:56:33 AM
haha, but no seriously, getting mad at yahtzee is like a cat trying to catch a laser pointer.  it's just not going to make sense until you use the FOIL method.

First, Outer, Inner, Last?
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: fistfulofmetal on May 08, 2008, 02:00:40 AM
haha, but no seriously, getting mad at yahtzee is like a cat trying to catch a laser pointer.  it's just not going to make sense until you use the FOIL method.

First, Outer, Inner, Last?

Once again, Math prevails!
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Robo on May 08, 2008, 02:01:18 AM
cats catch laser projections by solving polynomial equations.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: tiesto on May 08, 2008, 09:46:23 AM
Yahtzee is the Gilmore Girls of videogame reviewers. If you talk fast enough, it makes what you're saying sound funny and smart.

 :lol yeah, so true... honestly as a major Smash Bros fan he brings up a few good points, i.e. that the level of unlockables in a lot of fighting games are ridiculous and it causes the whole imbalance of power when you just want to play a multiplayer game with friends (i.e. the person who spends time with single player to get all the unlockables, will be superior at the game)... but that's a complaint valid for nearly every fighting game, so why did he just single out Smash? And the Mother 3 not being released in the US complaint was legitimate too.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: tiesto on May 08, 2008, 10:07:57 AM
Yahtzee is the Gilmore Girls of videogame reviewers. If you talk fast enough, it makes what you're saying sound funny and smart.

dp.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 08, 2008, 11:58:17 AM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292594

:rofl
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 08, 2008, 12:46:07 PM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=292594

:rofl

just read through that...I still can't believe people really don't get that yahtzee has a shtick and zero punctuation is more of a show than real criticism.  and this is exactly what I mean--zero punctuation was fine before without much controversy besides Halo 3, but when its about SSBB, oh no, suddenly it has gone way too far. :lol


Quote
Yahtzee is the Gilmore Girls of videogame reviewers. If you talk fast enough, it makes what you're saying sound funny and smart.

like a lot of comedy, it's all about timing and delivery.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Robo on May 08, 2008, 01:26:13 PM
Yahtzee is the Gilmore Girls of videogame reviewers. If you talk fast enough, it makes what you're saying sound funny and smart.

 :lol yeah, so true... honestly as a major Smash Bros fan he brings up a few good points, i.e. that the level of unlockables in a lot of fighting games are ridiculous and it causes the whole imbalance of power when you just want to play a multiplayer game with friends (i.e. the person who spends time with single player to get all the unlockables, will be superior at the game)... but that's a complaint valid for nearly every fighting game, so why did he just single out Smash? And the Mother 3 not being released in the US complaint was legitimate too.

Unlockables do wonders to appease the most casual fighting game fans.  Leave everything open from the beginning and they'll say "there's nothing to this game", cut the cast in half to be incrementally unlocked and they'll say "SO MUCH BONUS CONTENT".  Unlockable content is what's keeping the genre alive.
Title: Re: It's all fun and games until Yahtzee reviews Smash Bros.
Post by: Don Flamenco on May 08, 2008, 02:44:55 PM
Yahtzee is the Gilmore Girls of videogame reviewers. If you talk fast enough, it makes what you're saying sound funny and smart.

 :lol yeah, so true... honestly as a major Smash Bros fan he brings up a few good points, i.e. that the level of unlockables in a lot of fighting games are ridiculous and it causes the whole imbalance of power when you just want to play a multiplayer game with friends (i.e. the person who spends time with single player to get all the unlockables, will be superior at the game)... but that's a complaint valid for nearly every fighting game, so why did he just single out Smash? And the Mother 3 not being released in the US complaint was legitimate too.

Unlockables do wonders to appease the most casual fighting game fans.  Leave everything open from the beginning and they'll say "there's nothing to this game", cut the cast in half to be incrementally unlocked and they'll say "SO MUCH BONUS CONTENT".  Unlockable content is what's keeping the genre alive.


Smash doesn't need unlockables though.  The characters alone are enough to guarantee quadrillion copies sold.  Multiplayer is also the big draw.

actually, I take that back-- I doubt anyone would finish SSE if it didn't open up characters.  so then I submit that they should put more effort into the level design of SSE instead of floating it on unlockables.