Poll: Poll: What is your reaction at the end of a Zero Punctuation episode?

[Dr.Susse]

Mildly amused his fast talking makes me feel like I?m getting my monies worth.

 

[clank1013]

zero puncuation and unskipables are the only reason i come to thsi website.....

 

[pwnthemonkeys]

I'm more like, damn yahtzee you and your later release dates making me waste money and time on a terrible game. Then I'm more like I agree with you, but I also hate you for doing such things.

 

[sephiroth1991]

Most the time i agree, he has valid points

 

[Thraxio]

I was thinking indifference before the thread even loaded.

 

[Legion]

Most of the time it is "That was uninspired and not funny" or if it's a game I like then "How did I know he was going to say that".

He really hasn't made a decent one since Batman:Arkham Asylum and before that, Mercenaries 2 (as in, one I laughed at most of it), and that was January 2008...

I usually just shrug and get on to whatever I have planned. Often quickly forgetting the entirety of the video. Hell for his more recent ones I find myself even forgetting what games he reviewed.

Same here, I watched one recently, my friend missed it and asked me what he reviewed, it actually took me a couple of minutes to remember, and I have a pretty damn good memory.

 

[Pegghead]

I watch them less as an actual review and more for entertainment so I never really care. Besides, gaming wise I actually share alot of his opinions such as dis-liking jrpgs and pretentious grit.

 

[Auric]

Kinda annoyed its over, and laughing sometimes, especially at all the end clips and little captions when its blue.

I sometimes find those funnier than the actual vid, but thats just me.

 

[Legion]

Most of the time it is "That was uninspired and not funny" or if it's a game I like then "How did I know he was going to say that".

He really hasn't made a decent one since Batman:Arkham Asylum and before that, Mercenaries 2 (as in, one I laughed at most of it), and that was January 2008...

I usually just shrug and get on to whatever I have planned. Often quickly forgetting the entirety of the video. Hell for his more recent ones I find myself even forgetting what games he reviewed.

Same here, I watched one recently, my friend missed it and asked me what he reviewed, it actually took me a couple of minutes to remember, and I have a pretty damn good memory.

a lot of them are just becoming...so samey now. They've stopped feeling like personal attacks on the game and just like he's going off a list of "things I need to go onto to please the fans". You could pretty much just replace the titles of the games he mentions with another and with how broad or off topic a lot of the points are becoming you'll get pretty much the same result.

That's pretty much my issue as well, at the end of the AvP one I was left thinking "Wait, so what does he actually think of the game?" Usually it is quite clear whether he likes a game or hates it, even if he insults them you can usually tell when he enjoyed it (Gears of War 2 for example).

What bugs me more is the small amounts of hypocrisy that seems to be in them. He insults games such as Killzone and Gears of War for being "grey and brown" but slags of Halo for being too bright. He hates shooter where the main character is just a "testosterone filled space marine" but seems to love God of War where the only difference is the use of a sword rather than a gun.

Don't get me wrong, he still has a few decent lines per episode, but I definitely agree that it seems to be running off a check-list rather than having any genuine passion for the individual game (good or bad).

 

[kurupt87]

They always make me laugh, if I like the game or not.

Afterwards, if I've played the game, I will sit and think back on the review and game to see what I agree/disagree with. When he does recommend a game, it does penetrate the ole brain, because he is so negative that anything that gets praise out of him is likely to be good.

Yahtzee is English btw. Moaning about absolutely everything, only giving grudging praise to what others would call amazing, yeah, definitely English.

 

[Vianyte]

Either laughing or amused. Depends on the episode. I want him to review FF XIII just to listen to him rant.

 

[Kanlic]

I dunno, I usually think about food right after. Also, he hasn't really reviewed anything that I personally like.

really? the guy did over a hundred episodes, and there is not at least ONE game that you like in the bunch?

 

[bew11]

Basicly this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9GuwuOVZc

 

[Miss_Suzumiya]

I'm clutching my side, crying in laughter. I'll end with an "I love you, Yahtzee!" to the screen and then go message my boyfriend, asking him if he's going to go buy it so I can if it's true and not have to waste my own money if it's as bad as Yahtzee says it is. XD

 

[Willwillwritehiswill]

These days it's usually "meh, that was alright."

 

[xpacerx]

I'm amused sometimes. He brings up some relevant points but his reviews aren't really reviews they are just hate rants. Its almost if someone took a old school PC gamer and made them become a hardcore console video game reviewer against their will. I doubt the guy has ever finished a game in his life seems like he just samples the games to get enough hate material to bash them.