Look, I get that. But it doesn't stop the annoyingly high amount of regular repeat threads on this site.DigitalSushi said:
Poll: How seriously do you take what Yahtzee says?
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Your poll is broken, there's no neutral choice of 'I listen to him for entertainment, but he makes valid points on existing games that shouldn't bother me if I was legitimately excited to play it.' I know its a tad long, but hey thats where I stand with him.
More towards the topic, I always figured he was harsh because no one else will be. Xplay, as an example, acts like 'brutally honest' game review, but they point out none of the flaws of top high end games. They hate and poke the most fun on old genres, series, and generally anything they think will get a laugh or two for more viewers.
I watch Yahtzee both before and after I have a game he reviewed, to get one of those 'yeah hes right' type laughs, but by all means doesn't make me not like the game at all. He doesn't have scores because they are a poor excuse for actual facts of what works, whats broken, and what is legitimately fun.
As with all my posts, this is entirely my standpoint/opinion and not ment to cause epic flames of any kind.
More towards the topic, I always figured he was harsh because no one else will be. Xplay, as an example, acts like 'brutally honest' game review, but they point out none of the flaws of top high end games. They hate and poke the most fun on old genres, series, and generally anything they think will get a laugh or two for more viewers.
I watch Yahtzee both before and after I have a game he reviewed, to get one of those 'yeah hes right' type laughs, but by all means doesn't make me not like the game at all. He doesn't have scores because they are a poor excuse for actual facts of what works, whats broken, and what is legitimately fun.
As with all my posts, this is entirely my standpoint/opinion and not ment to cause epic flames of any kind.
He's funny, but has mostly terrible taste in games as far as I'm concerned. I've never taken him seriously. I just watch him for the laughs.
I don't take him seriously though he DOES have some valid points from time to time. Also, a lot of the games he's mentioned on his show that don't get a lot of coverage have actually had me give them a second look as opposed to the opinions of other "legit" critics.
The only way you will stop this repeat thread is by vaporising Yahtzee from the minds of everyone, good luck with that.SL33TBL1ND said:
Just let the newbies have there thread, I know its a repeat but its their thread, but you was a newbie once and chances are you participated in the same thread that you are now irritated by.
Let the new guys and gals into this community, you never know, you might really like them.
Oh, I don't, except when he recommends a game, because I know it'll be interesting. I just think that his reviews are hilarious, and that's about it.
Heh, he finds the smallest things and makes an entire rant about them. A funny rant yes, but a very good representation of the quality of the game? Normally, no. Very rarely does he truly treat a game fairly.
Gawd, I HATE him! Always criticizing the writing and multiplayer in games. How dare he! Did you see his MW3 review where he said he didn't like how any of it? Rabble! Rabble! Rabble! Doesn't he have anything better to do than criticize my favorite games? I can hardly sleep at night knowing that there's somebody out there who wasn't impacted by the Gears of War plot as much as I was. Rabble! Telling us when games are too short, too linear or too braindead stupid, the nerve!
If I didn't have to hear his breathless, british voice played over over porn to get off I'd never watch his frivolous videos!
If I didn't have to hear his breathless, british voice played over over porn to get off I'd never watch his frivolous videos!
I respect Yahtee's opinion, but I don't agree to everything he says and I perfectly know when should I stop listening and start chuckling.
Thank you, I don't think I've laughed so much in days. People need to check this out.New Frontiersman said:
Seriously, who uses basically twice in a sentence? Seriously.
He's -usually- correct. He fucked up on Assassin's Creed, Metal Gear Solid 4 and EVE Online though.
At this point, he's the only critic who really has any influence on what I choose play. I don't always agree with him, but he's always makes a clear, well argued point, which at least has allowed me to develop a pretty good sense of how his tastes compare with my own, and that's kind of the most you expect from any critic in any medium.
i like how i predicted the graph to be a curve like it is.
i dunno, i don't necessarily agree with him most of the time, but i still think he is funny, and has a hell of a lot more of a valid opinion than most people on the internet. *note, this is just saying most people invalidate their opinion by being anonymous and by being an asshole about it
i dunno, i don't necessarily agree with him most of the time, but i still think he is funny, and has a hell of a lot more of a valid opinion than most people on the internet. *note, this is just saying most people invalidate their opinion by being anonymous and by being an asshole about it
I took him seriously when I first started watching him years ago when I was an idiot. Then I just watched him for the long metaphors he gives. Recently...I find it hard to watch Yahtzee and care any more. He seems to be more ranting about games he doesn't like than making funny reviews. Hell, the entire Gears 3 video was just him doing nothing but ragging on the series. There was nothing funny in it. I think he's lost whatever it was that kept me intrigued every week.,
He makes valid points. We should all be a bit harsher with our criticism of games. We can still play them and get some enjoyment from them but there's nothing wrong with asking for something a bit better from game developers. Why settle for average?
I listen to his arguments, but half the time I end up drawing entirely different conclusions from what he said. Something he holds up as a shining example of how crap something is, I might consider to be a game's best feature. Still, for the most part he and I get the same overall opinion on games. I played Eve, it DID feel like a giant market simulator with some space stuff tacked on. I wholeheartedly agree that Assassins Creed is annoyingly treading water around its most profitable character as long as possible. I agree that Modern Warfare 1 was a surprisingly deep game (Seriously, that nuke scene alone sold the entire game for me), but the others have been fairly "meh". It's only on occassion that we dissagree, so when it comes to deciding what to spend 40-50 quid on, I'm willing to take his advice to heart as a tie-breaker.
Pretty much what I had to say on the subject, really. Thank ye kindly! :3NiPah said:
If it was possible, I'd love to see the stats on how many hop on the non-serious boat when he (inevitably) trashes one of their pet-titles.