While I still enjoy it...kind of...I would have picked an in-between option, such as 'Less than before', because while it still retains many of its old charms, it's gone downhill quite a great deal.
Poll: Do You Still Like ZP?
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I still laugh out loud to it, but I dislike how there seems to be less legitimate criticism lately and more of just ragging on things or obsessing about how good they are.
He used to bring up something perfectly wrong with the game, following with a joke, a spot on comparison, or something, then on to the next point. Now it's just "This shit is stupid because off-color analogy". He never really gave his opinion in the main videos, just pointed out flaws. Now he does that rather a lot.
I know he shouldn't just keep the same formula, but it was never really a review show like it sort of feels like (even if he does joke it is).
He used to bring up something perfectly wrong with the game, following with a joke, a spot on comparison, or something, then on to the next point. Now it's just "This shit is stupid because off-color analogy". He never really gave his opinion in the main videos, just pointed out flaws. Now he does that rather a lot.
I know he shouldn't just keep the same formula, but it was never really a review show like it sort of feels like (even if he does joke it is).
I actually treat it more as a legit video game review source that happens to be funny simultaneously. I know what Yahtzee likes and doesn't like, and judging by his reaction to a particular game, I can roughly judge for myself what it would be like for me.
I don't agree with Yhatzee 80% of the time (some of the genres and games he hates are the ones I love), but you've got to admit that he still manages to make funny videos, even with some good points. So yeah, I still like ZP.
No, and I haven't enjoyed it for a long time. Like so many other people, Yahtzee was the reason I first came to this site, and for awhile he was great. Then after awhile, I feel, he started to lose what made him so great. He kept the hate but lost the funny. The act of being super critical consumed his reviews but he lost the sense of fairness or the poignant constructive criticism that made him great. His videos devolved from interesting, yet critical critiques to angry rants.
Either way I haven't watched it for awhile. But I doubt he's gotten any better.
Either way I haven't watched it for awhile. But I doubt he's gotten any better.
Yes, I still watch every single Wednesday, wouldn't miss it. However, I do agree that, for some odd reason, the old videos are better. I still laugh at old ones when I watch back. The new ones just kind of make me chuckle a bit. So yes, ZP is still good to me, but the older episodes are better somehow.
Yah, for a while they weren't as good as his usual stuff, but I blame that on just no good games worth talking about not being released until just recently. But his videos are great, and I still love them. I think it's unfair when people criticize his show for being flip-floppy and him being unpleasable because the show is about comedy first and legitimate game criticism second. It's the nature of the show to pick whatever faults he can find about the game and blow them out of proportion. So when his opinion on Doom 3 shifts and he criticizes colorful, open-ended games like Borderlands 2, it's not because he's just being obtuse, it's because the show would be a lot less funny if he just sat there applauding Borderlands 2 for not looking like mud. Which really shouldn't be all that noteworthy anyway, butheyitsnextgenright.
So in short, yah, i still love his show just as much as I used to, and I hope it doesn't end anytime soon.
So in short, yah, i still love his show just as much as I used to, and I hope it doesn't end anytime soon.
No matter how many times someone says this the majority wont remember it.Ganpot said:
OT: I like him and I find his complaints about games to be quite fitting more than not, I don't always agree with his conclusion or how bad something is, but I'll take his advice on games I'm not sure I will like or not.
As for the video quality I find that his best reviews are when he reviews games he really love or really hates. Take XCOM, MineCraft, No More Heroes or Painkiller, on the other side of the scale we have Kane and Lynch 2 or Duke Nukem Forever. He's really enthusiastic when he reviews those games, but when he gets handed a game where he can't bring himself to care then his videos suffers from mediocrity and worn out jokes.
Atmos Duality said:
I could not put it any better then this. Personally, when I first got introduced to ZP, I laughed my ass off and would always bug my roomates about there being a new ZP episode on this website. Lately I still have the urge to watch but the creativity seems to have gone down a lot. I find his funniest episodes were the ones with the bonus/added content like the Little Big Planet 1 review or or S.T.A.L.K.E.R episode or the Halo Wars episode. I still find him funny but it is more of a chuckle then anything. Still getting the courage to read "Jam" but if it is anything like Mogworld then I will be one happy camper.Zhukov said:
The problem is that in 2007, it was new and fresh to have someone who utterly shits on most games, (The only other person who I think did this method of reviewing games before Yahtzee was Seanbaby, but I could be mistaken), but now with the wide advent of Youtube, more and more regular people are doing the same thing, not acting like the gaming review media, (IGN, Gamespot, etc.) and shit on a game just like Yahtzee.
There are very few times when I agree with Yahtzee when it comes to games because most of his complaints recently have become nonsensical and overall extremely minor. Saying Dishonored is a mediocre stealth game because the guards in it don't have Shakespearean writing is just silly.
If he had more valid and real complaints then that would justify his opinions. Also, his view on Multiplayer games is all over the place. His extreme dislike for Borderlands could be justified if he actually explained why MP is bad for a game that has single player in it. Lastly, the metaphors are just getting out of hand and is mostly (in my eyes) filler now.
I still watch and enjoy Zero Punctuation but the fact of the matter is he just gives empty rants on games because he actually doesn't say if he liked it or not. Even in his column I still wonder if he thought The Darkness II was good or not.
There are very few times when I agree with Yahtzee when it comes to games because most of his complaints recently have become nonsensical and overall extremely minor. Saying Dishonored is a mediocre stealth game because the guards in it don't have Shakespearean writing is just silly.
If he had more valid and real complaints then that would justify his opinions. Also, his view on Multiplayer games is all over the place. His extreme dislike for Borderlands could be justified if he actually explained why MP is bad for a game that has single player in it. Lastly, the metaphors are just getting out of hand and is mostly (in my eyes) filler now.
I still watch and enjoy Zero Punctuation but the fact of the matter is he just gives empty rants on games because he actually doesn't say if he liked it or not. Even in his column I still wonder if he thought The Darkness II was good or not.
I find his older videos to be much more amusing. They aren't nearly as good anymore. He seems to have lost the charm and hilarity he had. Maybe its more a commentary of how shitty games are getting lately so he can't make the reviews as funny.
Perhaps he's getting sick of doing reviews now. I think with age we all get sick of playing games after awhile. I seem to have hit a rut in my gaming life a few times and all it takes is a certain game for me to be able to snap out of it. Perhaps Mr. Yahtzee needs to find the game to make him snap out of his rut. Who knows?
TL;DR
I still enjoy the videos but they seem to have lost their spark that made them much funnier.
Perhaps he's getting sick of doing reviews now. I think with age we all get sick of playing games after awhile. I seem to have hit a rut in my gaming life a few times and all it takes is a certain game for me to be able to snap out of it. Perhaps Mr. Yahtzee needs to find the game to make him snap out of his rut. Who knows?
TL;DR
I still enjoy the videos but they seem to have lost their spark that made them much funnier.
well yes and no, I tend to take a few weeks break then watch his vids and repeat, one each week I found I was just getting too used to his humor so it was losing effect and I lost interest, kind of like with "two best friends play" series, had the same thing.
Also varies from review to review, find his shooters reviews less entertaining because it inevitably comes down to him spending 2 mins hating on modern shoot mechanics, 2 mins reminiscning on old shooters and 1 min on the review part which was funny the first time but rapidly lost its charm
Also varies from review to review, find his shooters reviews less entertaining because it inevitably comes down to him spending 2 mins hating on modern shoot mechanics, 2 mins reminiscning on old shooters and 1 min on the review part which was funny the first time but rapidly lost its charm
He had a rough patch for... IDK, half a year there? but around late last spring/early last summer he returned to form and the videos have been as good as ever.
Decent, but I've always hated his "Oh, won't you FANBOYS be mad at my bold opinions you FANBOYS?" thang.
While I did prefer the calmer, quieter, subtler ZPs near the beginning of the series, I still enjoy the new ones, yes.
One thing I hate, though, is the "new theme" (it's not new anymore). The song itself is cool, but they had to choose the worst sections of it. If you listen to it in full, there are actually much better parts to it with high-pitch guitar whines etc. that I would've used instead of this utterly generic part.
The best, of course, was using actual songs that were vaguely thematically connected to the reviewed games, but I bet they couldn't continue to do that due to copyrights.
One thing I hate, though, is the "new theme" (it's not new anymore). The song itself is cool, but they had to choose the worst sections of it. If you listen to it in full, there are actually much better parts to it with high-pitch guitar whines etc. that I would've used instead of this utterly generic part.
The best, of course, was using actual songs that were vaguely thematically connected to the reviewed games, but I bet they couldn't continue to do that due to copyrights.