Poll: Do Yahtzee's reviews impact your game buying decisions?

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DSK-

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Nope. It's just nice to see someone let the dark side flow through him...well it makes my every Wednesday a kind of personal holiday or celebration. Lately however some of his past reviews haven't been bringing the rain...of tears and laughter as it once did.
 

ImSkeletor

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Very little. He won't make me buy a game I had no interest in but he may make me buy a game I was already leaning toward but wasn't 100% shure about.
 

Kayevcee

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On the strength of Yahtzee's recommendations, I've bought Psychonauts, Portal and Painkiller and loved all of them thoroughly. He seemed to like Arkham Asylum a lot more than me though- I suspect it's down to our differing preferences when it comes to stealth. We do however see eye to eye on shooters and I'll take his recommendation on one of those any day.

-Nick
 

RC1138

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He does and he doesn't. With games I've been waiting for or are part of a series I like, I'll get it regardless of what he says, but if it's a game I've got no experience with, I like to hear his .02 first. Also the few games he "praises" or at least comments one with some positives has made me buy a few in the past (Darkest of Days was pretty fun, if not a bit last gen).
 

CCountZero

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While I would never demean myself to call Yathzee's videos "Reviews", and have never let them influence my game-related decision making, they certainly have the capacity to do so.

Any negative criticism I mostly disregard as difference in opinion, overexpectancy of perfectionism and him simply failing at the controls of mechanics of the game (He says it himself, he's a casual player, nothing wrong with that in any way).

Any positive response, however, would most certainly influence me in the direct opposite way, making me run out and buy the game ASAP (Steam, mostly).
This hasn't happened yet though, as I've already owned the games he's praised.



But yeah. It's all good fun, and I love watching them, but in no way do I take him seriously at all.

If the Pope said the newest German skin-movie was zhe shite, I'd f...ing buy that too...
 

theSovietConnection

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It depends on both my initial thoughts of the game and how he reviews it. If he is mostly nitpicking about stuff, I know the game isn't that bad and worth looking at. If he praises it, I know most of the time it's definitely worth looking at. And depending on what he bashes it for, then I know if I should avoid it.
 

Mako SOLDIER

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danpascooch said:
It may deter me if the review is overwhelmingly negative.

The trick with Yahtzee is to scale his reviews toward the positive side, if he is somewhat indifferent, the game is pretty good, if he at all likes it, it's exceptional, but if he absolutely hates it, it's usually below average.

For example, his Alan Wake review just put me off for that game.
Don't be put off. It's an awesome game. Heck, it got full marks in its review here at the Escapist, and the majority of reviews have been 90%+. It deserves a chance, especially if you're into story-driven games, like stories with narration, and don't insist upon having explanations spoon fed to you. Seriously, despite a few minor technical hiccups (yes, Alice does look weird, and yes the lip-synch can be a bit off at times) it's one of my favourite games of all time, and I've been a gamer since the ZX Spectrum. If you trust a random stranger on one thing this year, trust me on this :D
 

anthraxalfa

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Such cruel vote options! :)

But it should be an option in between yes and no.

He made my try Torchlight once, but that's all the impact he has had on me. :p
 

David Schofield

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Well here's a little less punctuation in my review of Mr.Reviewer, Yahtzee the blimey natzi. Just kidding. I would lick his testicles in admiration if given the opportunity. Again, not.

He does tend to talk negatives about games, and that is it alone, and that is exactly the reason I watch his videos.

I can rely on his shit faced mean reviews to seek out the horrors in games with the multiple posibilities of purchase along with the little black devil people and the ordinary white people pun I tend to laugh until my rectum is bursting with hot gas because of the interest that he can cause to peak, simply because he talks really fast and has a sarcastic way of doing everything, including his excessive shitting on Doilies.

Why does he shit on Doilies? Just Cause!

He has a good way of running his sentences together in a manner that makes some modest sense simply because he is a brit, If I was a brit I would have women begging to lick at my ballsack every six minutes but of course, no, I am American, and so I must fabricate a russian accent and beat off to Hitler Parodies which can often lead to serious concequences like in the new hit novel; Broke Dick Fountain.

A second reason his balls are of a superior race... err... Genus penus is because of his pinpoint accuracy to ram his finger into the bum of nearly EVERY single games major problems, and I tend to be coincided to agree with the negativities that he presents simply because he doth not lie. And the little devil people add in an effect of humility and joy as they are tortured by rapist missiles, sexually crazed women and frack jack white men. And his multiple showings of pussies (of the genus 'cattus') are often at the right time for a fun laugh.

Why do I laugh at hairy pussies being abused on National internet TV? Just Cause 2!

Overall, Yahtzee the Natzi is one of the best reviewers I have had the pleasure of listening to, and the pleasure of pleasuring Jill to the voice of. He has the god-given ability to piss off fanboys (like myself, MB 2 RED DEAD... which He hasn't reviewed yet, blimey prick), and he can change the outcome of what we will buy at times. (Made me want Just Cause 2 over Alan Wake, well, Just Cause...) His talent of urinating on our toilet lids of minds is something we must not underestimate or rid the world of, he is a god in his own Reich. SEIG HEIL MEIN FUHRER, HEIL YAHTZEE! *Marches to the beat of Boom Boom Pow in honor of Yahtzee*
 

child of lileth

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No. first off, he's a critic. Second, why would I let anyone else tell me if I would like a game or not? That's just stupid. His videos are funny most times, and a nice way to see someone else's perspective on a game I may have already enjoyed, or may have not even tried yet. But I'm not going to let him decide on what to buy for me. That's what rentals are for. You can try it without the full price commitment.
 

K_Dub

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Yahtzee's reviews generally only affect me when he discusses a game that I haven't been jumping around about for months on end. Take his Alan Wake review. He thinks it's awful, but since I've been looking forward to it for the past year, I'm still gonna play it. But I won't buy it just because I have a sneaking suspicion that all games are trying to screw me outta my money. I'll rent a game, then later on decide if I wanna buy it or not. Except with Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. That was a big mistake. A huge. Fucking. Mistake.
 

Maelgwyn

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His tastes match mine to a point (I like JRPGs) so I take them with a grain of salt. I also find that some of his gripes are my gripes.

So really its a yes and no sort of scale. He can colour my decision to buy a game but I dont buy or not buy just on his opinion
 
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Nevah! He's paid to entertain and as long as he keeps doing that I'll keep tuning in and making my own mind up on what games to get.
 

David Schofield

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generic gamer said:
I always take his reviews in to account when buying a game, but they certainly don't tip the decision! Generally with his reviews you can tell what is a game-breaker and what he's griping about for shits 'n' giggles.

In fact I've bought a few games based on negative reviews of his.

Then again I normally buy games based on the box art. Does that make me shallow? Maybe it does but I'll tell you this...with that system I'm still surprised when I play my games!
Judge books by their covers, not games though... I was in tears when I discovered that Far Cry 2 didn't have Jack Carver.
 

Soxafloppin

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If we all took his advice we would never buy games, i watch ZP for comedy, not fact.

and i love it.
 

Z(ombie)fan

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most of the games he reviews are out of my reach to get in the first place. :/

beyond that, I generally play free games/demos/old 90s classics instead, so what the hell.
 

WayOutThere

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Sometimes if I here a complaint of his that bothers me I'll look into it but other than that no.
 

Decabo

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First things first: Yahtzee IS a reviewer, and he IS a critic. Those of you saying he isn't must not know what those words mean. Sure, not the fairest reviewer in the world, but he reviews and criticizes games, so he's a reviewer and a critic.

As for if he influences my purchasing? A little. I still have Mirror's Edge on my GameFly list, but if Yahtzee completely rips on a game I was going to buy, it does make me reconsider.

On a side note, seeing you kids trying to break down Yahtzee as nothing more than an insult critic is adorable. What, did he insult one of your beloved games, and now you're taking it out on him?