Do you take yahtzee's reviews with a grain of salt?

[Resurrectionist]

I take it with a litre Nitrous Oxide...
He writes as if under the influence of a few milligrams Sodium Pentothal and a pot of coffee.

= Yahtzee's reviews are spot-on, fast-paced and hilarious.
It's funny because it's true.
Critique via Observational Humor.

 

[Brad Shepard]

i just watch it for the laughs, i dont care what he says about a game and you shouldent either, if i listen to everything he said, i wouldent have found and loved Persona 3 and 4 and all my final fantasys

 

[rdaleric]

The way I see it, he focuses on the bad points in the main, because it is more entertaining. Anything he does not mention i take to be adequate or good

 

[MattRooney06]

at the end of the day your allwasy going to have a disacreement with a reviewist

(A lot of bull about Wet and Darkest Days . . .)

i think that you need to keep your own oppinion, dont be afraid to try new games and dont let your oppinion be changed by somone else

I'm sorry, I usually try to not be too grammar nazi-ish, but this is just disgusting.
I don't think you allwasy have to have a disacreement with a reviewist. BECAUSE NONE OF THOSE ARE WORDS!
It's always, not allwasy, disagreement, not disacreement, and what the fuck is a reviewist? IT'S REVIEWER, GODDAMMIT!
Also, I would never let my oppinion be changed by somone else.
Because it's opinion. AND SOMEONE!
In conclusion, LEARN TO TALK.

gone are the days when a dyslexic can post in a forum without being hammerd for spelling errors

 

[KiKiweaky]

He is entertaining I'll give him that, even some of my friends who dont like gaming will sit down and watch his reviews.

I wouldn't let his or any other review make me not buy a game, I generally know what I'll like and dislike.

 

[MattRooney06]

Two words for you friend, spell and check.

at the end of the day your allwasy going to have a disacreement with a reviewist

for example i quite liked Wet and Darkest of days

but in his reveiws yahtzee said he dosant

and while he does make some true points about them that pissed me off during gameplay

(like only being able to use one gun unless your in midair)

i think that you need to keep your own oppinion, dont be afraid to try new games and dont let your oppinion be changed by somone else



although yahtzee is the bomb

two words for you... fuck and off

 

[pirateninj4]

I've found he's bang on most of the time, because he's looking at what sucks and there is a lot of shit that sucks with modern videogames when you look at them comparatively with other games. Better games that is.

 

[engineermk2004]

I take them as a shimmering, beautiful, ephemeral truth in a sea of hype and limp-wristed "please like me" reviewers. Yahtzee has the rare quality of being able to sift through the murky bull-ca-ca of the modern advertising world to find the programming gems that we would all be happy to part with $40.00 of our hard acquired cash in order to own a temporary license to recreate. Yahtzee undoubtedly has saved more than a few people from buyers remorse.

 

[Auric]

Its funny, and thats all i really care about.

Its nice to know if a games good or not, but i generally go to other sites for that actually

 

[Thurmer]

yahtzee is very honest about his view when it comes to reviews, he aims to be negative so technically it isnt a review its just a sad little pessimistic man whinging. i got very bored of yahtzee after a few months he started recycling jokes and basically just being a dick for the hell of it.

 

[Mozza444]

(his arrogance is taking over)

I've noticed that too..
I used to love his reviews, but i no longer do.. I started to wonder why?
But you Furburt, have hit the nail on the head.

 

[James Hueick]

He's a pretty good critic but not that great of an actual reviewer. His personal hatred against JRPGs, fighting games, and RTS s makes him too bias for his own good and only good for comedy.

 

[Ricotez]

Yahtzee's reviews are very good at showing the weak points of a game. However, they don't play a mayor role in my decisions on what games to buy, because Yahtzee usually doesn't talk very much about the strong points of a game. Then again, that's not really what's ZP about. If I want to hear/read a balanced review there are plenty on this site that are not written/recorded by Yahtzee.

Still, ZP is freaking hilarious. Even when he loathes a game I love (like, for instance, EVE Online or SSBB), I think it's brilliant.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

I watch ZP because it's funny. If I want a review that will affect my decision to buy a game, I'll go elsewhere. There are better reviews to watch to influence your decision to buy a game.

 

[CheckD3]

What Yahtzee does isn't to praise the game, as he says in his Mailbag showdown, he's a critic, it's his JOB to point out every little thing that's bad about the game. Even games he likes, like CoD4, or Batman or Saint's Row 2, the videos had his praise, but overall he still talked about what he didn't like about it. Plus, remember that's from Australia, but also British, so of course he logically would be not so happy. Especially with a prick like Michael Atkinson trying to ban video games in his country.

The reviews are yes, to be funny, but also to let people know what games REALLY have going on, especially because he has higher standards in games that others don't, and isn't be paid off by companies to lie about what he thinks of the games.

Though I do take his recommendations in games sometimes. I bought Saint's Row 2 w/o playing it because it was his game of the year '08 and I enjoy it. When I got to play Batman, loved it very well. I do play some of the games before his videos come out, so I have my own opinion and watch the video, I usually can agree with what he's talking about.

 

[Doitpow]

They are not reveiws, they are criticisms, he's a critic. Critics have opinions, reviewers are meant to remain unbiased.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

To be honest, I like that he is so difficult to please; because I am much the same - like him, I'm an old-gen gamer, and have seen a lot of the best and worst gaming has had to offer since they got popular; and to tell the truth, a lot of the time I can say, "they don't make them like they used to".

Back in the day lack of resources and technological constraints forced game designers to be innovative and create far more colorful game mechanics that would make playing the game more immersive and involving. These days, a lot of games just try to be immersive in its graphics, special effects or sound or voice-acting... which is all well and good, but it is so easy to just get lost in that and end up with what seems to be an Avatar computer game (really pretty looking, colorful yet pointless and not exactly gripping). I can watch a DVD movie or such for that because a lot of games can even do without the 'game' part and just jump straight into the cutscenes and pretty things to look at. Gaming is kind of dying from cookie-cutter mechanics and gameplay.

When Yahtzee is reviewing a game, he's not just looking for an 'ok' or 'good' game, or game with just really nice graphics or lots of shooting action and 5 million guns, he's really looking for a polished, working, mind blowing piece of art. Without him and reviewers like him, I don't think game companies feel threatened enough to pull their socks up and keep churning out more awful games.

At the end of the day, grain of salt or not, I don't think anyone actually WORSHIPS him as some people may suggest to follow every one of Yahtzee's words to the letter - we are of course entitled to our own opinions, and have our own preferences. I mean, regardless of what he may say about the Mass Effect series, I would still get the next instalment to see where the story goes - sure I'll probably do away with the combat because it is still very uninspired, but the rest is intriguing enough for me to look into it.

But if Yahtzee says something is good - I think it's worth at least finding out why.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

A grain of salt? More like a tablespoon or two of salt. I didn't really think of him as a reviewer, more like a rambling entertainer, which is why I enjoy his videos so much

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Well, the thing is... no matter how you dislike something or say it's bad, someone out their will like it.

And that's why a review can never apeal to everyone, as it's your opinion and it could easily go against someone elses.

 

[HEXYDEZiMAL]

This thread reeks of hurt fanboyism.

People cannot seem to simply agree with the precept of the topic, but feel they must also voice how poor Yahtzee's credibility is.