For those who stopped watching Zero Punctuation....

nitromullet

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I like his reviews, but I can't really say that I agree with all his conclusions. He seems to lean towards sandbox games a little too heavily, and the inclusion of Bioshock 2 as one of the five worst games of 2010 is just wrong.
 

Elcs

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He's too samey for me but he sure comes up with some novel and funny things to say.

I always remember his description of the good/evil system in Bioshock 1.. listened to that more times than I care to repeat in public and it always had me roaring with laughter.
 

simonizor

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I agree with most of the things that he says, but he really does seem to favor the sandbox genre more than anything else.

That being said, I really don't watch his videos for the reviews; I watch them for the comedy. Yahtzee never seems to run out of funny ways to insult things.
 

shortylickens

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I like his reviews, but I can't really say that I agree with all his conclusions. He seems to lean towards sandbox games a little too heavily, and the inclusion of Bioshock 2 as one of the five worst games of 2010 is just wrong.

If by "lean towards" you mean "keeps playing even after he shits on it" then I agree. He's always quick to assault his favorites games. And since he has so few of those its usually a good rant.
 

Regs

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I still browse his page from time-to-time but I imagine that is not his full-time job and it's not updated very often.
 

Qbah

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I still browse his page from time-to-time but I imagine that is not his full-time job and it's not updated very often.

Obviously every single Wednesday since mid-2007 is not "very often"... D:

I still enjoy watching and listening to his reviews. Every few weeks I visit the Zero Punctuation corner of Escapist Magazine and catch up on the recent episodes. Don't really go there on a weekly basis though.
 
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shortylickens

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I still browse his page from time-to-time but I imagine that is not his full-time job and it's not updated very often.

Every single week for the past 3 years or so.

Actually, given how similar many of his reviews feel, I wish it were a once-a-month thing instead. I'd be happier.
 

Regs

Lifer
Aug 9, 2002
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NOT GOOD ENOUGH! j/k. Ok and when he does post an update it's about a game no one cares about or all ready knew was complete shit.
 

smackababy

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I can really only take his "Thief and Monkey Island are the best games of all time" in small doses. I generally do agree that most games are complete crap, but I don't need to hear about weekly. Every few months or so I'll check out a few of his reviews. Mostly on games I am on the fence about and don't know anyone who has played them yet.
 

CurseTheSky

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Just watched the Cataclysm video... spot on. LOL. The end tidbit about raiding for items, and using the items to raid is exactly why I stopped playing.

I haven't played Minecraft, but I really enjoyed that video as well. The Fable III video was fairly good too.
 

ViviTheMage

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I agree with most of the things that he says, but he really does seem to favor the sandbox genre more than anything else.

That being said, I really don't watch his videos for the reviews; I watch them for the comedy. Yahtzee never seems to run out of funny ways to insult things.

Sometimes he loops a few insults, but still pretty funny.
 

RavenSEAL

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You really have to appreciate the aspect of the open sandbox world of the game, otherwise, you're gonna hate it. It's fun as hell!
 

Aikouka

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Nov 27, 2001
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Just watched the Cataclysm one... fairly amusing :p.

EDIT:

You really have to appreciate the aspect of the open sandbox world of the game, otherwise, you're gonna hate it. It's fun as hell!

I remember playing GT4 and just having fun driving around on the beach :D.
 

Kev

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Dec 17, 2001
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Just watched his red dead redemption one. He completely nailed it. That game was an overrated and boring POS.