Where do you disagree with Yahtzee?

[ThreeWords]

I said this in another thread, to me Yahtzee is Entertaining, but i take everything he says with a grain of salt, he seems to hate 99% of games and I like a lot of the games he says are garbage. He is a shock reviewer, a hate fueled one, but he does it for entertainment purposes so it works well. I watch every week but I don't really feel like Im watching a review as much as just comedy based on the imperfections of an entertainment medium.

Pretty much this

I like to watch, but a combination of bad memory and thick skin stops me ever going mental cos he didn't approve a game I like

 

[Mad Maniac with axe-firing chainsaw]

Minor point, but I can't say I agreed with him when he said saints-row was easy. Try the mayhem missions, I found casual difficult there!

 

[BloodSquirrel]

I'm still trying to figure out what he wants, short of every game being as weirdly off the wall as Psychonauts and Portal. Great games, but we can appreciate games that aren't like them, right?

Yahtzee likes to pretend that he has really high standards, but the truth is that he just has very narrow tastes.

He's also prone to deciding that he doesn't like a game before he's even played it. You can tell when you come across one of those reviews, as the review tends to say very little about the game itself and instead spends most of it's time on general ranting, followed by some contradictory complaints about the game, for example:

"Halo Wars sucks because all you have to do is build a bunch of tanks and thoughtlessly roll over everything."

"Halo Wars sucks because my tactic of building a bunch of tanks thoughtlessly and rolling over everything doesn't work perfectly"

 

[FightThePower]

I enjoyed Dead Space, and I found SSBB alright, but I can see exactly where he is coming from, I pretty much agree with him with everything.

I recently played some Metal Gear Solid and completely agreed with him about the script and storyline. Why does Snake have to repeat EVERYTHING a character says?

Campbell : We'll approach the disposal facility by sub.
Snake: Approach?

Campbell : We'll launch a one-man SDV (swimmer delivery vehicle).
Snake: Launch?

Campbell : A person's remains.
Snake: Remains?

Campbell : The terrorists need them. You see these Next-Generation Special Forces have been strengthened through gene therapy.
Snake: Strengthened?

Campbell : Yes, and using gene therapy they're able to transplant those genes into regular soldiers.
Snake: Gene therapy?

Campbell : And finally, in charge of them, FOX-HOUND's squad leader Liquid Snake.
Snake: Liquid Snake?!

Naomi: It's a combination of and nanomachines and an anti-freezing peptide so that your blood and other bodily fluids don't freeze, even at sub-arctic temperatures.
Snake: Nanomachines?

That's in one fucking cutscene. And that's not even all of them.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

I usually agree with all the points he makes during the review, and I generally agree with him if he likes something, though there's a few games that i like and he didn't. Though honestly I don't really think he's the most reliable game reviewer, but he's definitely the most entertaining.

 

[Computer-Noob]

I wonder how many people who hate/dislike Yahtzee are among those who had their favourite game slaughtered like a lamb. And maybe not even that, maybe he said one thing that you didnt disagree with and you hated him for it. *cough* Brawl review

I guess by saying that nothing he says is true is saying that...

Sonic Unleashed was amazing
The males in JRPGs dont look like girls
Halo is a remarkable, innovative game

I find Yahtzee looks at games the wrong way. He looks for the bad things in a game and if they're too many, than he says he doesn't like it. I look for the good things in game and if they have enough, I like it.

If a game has flaws, why is he to blame for saying its bad? And FFS, he is a critic. He SAYS he is a critic, and its all just his opinion, and that if you REALLY like a game, his opinion shouldn't annoy you.

Y'know the reason he hates most games he reviews? Its because he clearly indicated in one of his earlier reviews that people find him less "funny" when he actually liked a game. That means he's a critic who both reviews games, but more importantly, entertains.

This. Evidence of this fact is his hawx review. He picks at the bad things in a game for entertainment to people. If you actually think that he is serious in EVERYTHING he says, then you're getting a false image of him.

 

[SomeUnregPunk]

I enjoyed Dead Space, and I found SSBB alright, but I can see exactly where he is coming from, I pretty much agree with him with everything.

I recently played some Metal Gear Solid and completely agreed with him about the script and storyline. Why does Snake have to repeat EVERYTHING a character says?

Campbell : We'll approach the disposal facility by sub.
Snake: Approach?

Campbell : We'll launch a one-man SDV (swimmer delivery vehicle).
Snake: Launch?

Campbell : A person's remains.
Snake: Remains?

Campbell : The terrorists need them. You see these Next-Generation Special Forces have been strengthened through gene therapy.
Snake: Strengthened?

Campbell : Yes, and using gene therapy they're able to transplant those genes into regular soldiers.
Snake: Gene therapy?

Campbell : And finally, in charge of them, FOX-HOUND's squad leader Liquid Snake.
Snake: Liquid Snake?!

Naomi: It's a combination of and nanomachines and an anti-freezing peptide so that your blood and other bodily fluids don't freeze, even at sub-arctic temperatures.
Snake: Nanomachines?

That's in one fucking cutscene. And that's not even all of them.

My brother adores MGS games. The last one though pissed him off b/c he kept falling asleep through the cut scenes. He did finished it and let me play on his save,but after going through a few of those cut scenes you just mentioned I gave up.

[edit]
in Yahtzee latest review he even said he enjoyed the game. But he still gave a performance of nitpicking to his audience.He would lose his audience if he didn't.

 

[Kloffy]

I think the Chzo mythos is over rated, personally.

Overrated? Barely anyone knows about it as it is!

 

[Jonny49]

Why do some poeople see Yahtzee as some magical guru from another world who's opinion is rarely questioned? Of course people are going to diagree with Yahtzee, I don't agree with some of his opnions, so what? Who cares? You make this very same thread about every other video game/movie critic on the face of the Earth.

 

[Chrissyluky]

I beginning to disagree on what he calls a review now - he seems to be going over things less and just taking the piss out of every game. Plus he "reviewed" Duke Nukem which wasn't out yet, but whatever he gets paid for it anyways.

There are many points during his reviews where he'll say something about a game I've played that I will agree with wholeheartedly though.

EDIT: I never said I didn't like the Duke Nuken review - it was entertaining just not a review as such

i dont think he ever thought of himself as a serious reviewer... i dont think he ever even said that its more of something you slapped onto the name.

 

[Scaysie]

I disagree with Yahtzee constantly, probably on quite a few of his reviews. However this doesn't make them any less enjoyable or comical to watch.

 

[Legion]

I said this in another thread, to me Yahtzee is Entertaining, but i take everything he says with a grain of salt, he seems to hate 99% of games and I like a lot of the games he says are garbage. He is a shock reviewer, a hate fueled one, but he does it for entertainment purposes so it works well. I watch every week but I don't really feel like Im watching a review as much as just comedy based on the imperfections of an entertainment medium.

Exactly, I watch his reviews every week, find them amusing, and then completely ignore everything he has to say when it comes to picking a game to buy.

Nobody seems to notice that he bitches about Halo's "bright" style then Killzone and GOW's "dull" style, he isn't doing it to be poignant, he is doing it to find things to rip on to make you laugh.

What's sad is when people quote him on these things.

What annoys me most about the whole Halo thing is that Yahztee admitted in his review that he never played Halo 1 and 2, and nobody sees the significance.

Halo:CE is now a fairly old game by most peoples standards, it was one of the first from the last gen. It was actually quite innovative whether people like to admit it or not, it was one of the first FPS's to:

- Include usable vehicles.
- Rechargeable health. (Some people seem to forget/are too ignorant to realise that in Halo:CE it was actually just the shield, you still had a health meter)
- Two Weapons only system.
- Grenades that stick to your opponents.
- Allow you to customise your character in MP.

Yahtzee, as mentioned before only played Halo 3 by which time all of the following is considered standard, most of the idiots who quote him every time they mention Halo seem to forget that he was only referring to the third in the series and has said nothing about Halo as a series altogether.

 

[Captain Pancake]

I hardly ever agree with him. still funny though.

 

[Semitendon]

I would say that I agree with ZP about 90% of the time. Occasionally he will say a game sucked, that I thought was at least decent enough to play.

The two biggest areas I have disagreed with him on, were the fact that he found Oblivion not immersive. I myself, was sucked into that world, and barely remembered to eat until I was done completing every mission and sidequest the game had to offer. Still I didn't ( nor have I ever) found his reviews offensive. He didn't like that part, I did, so what? If I liked the game, that's all that matters, right?

The other major area of disagreement with him is the Condemned games. I played the first one, and I couldn't stand it. But, to be fair, I don't really care about horror games, so maybe that's why I couldn't get into the game.

I have to say that, aside from the fact that he is hilarious, finding a game reviewer that hates JRPG's as much as I do, is a major selling point. I agree 100% without a doubt, with every single bad thing he has said about JRPG's.

 

[CMon]

I beginning to disagree on what he calls a review now

I find Yahtzee looks at games the wrong way. He looks for the bad things in a game and if they're too many, than he says he doesn't like it. I look for the good things in game and if they have enough, I like it.

I do believe he has specified that he'd like to be classified as a critic rather than a reviewer. With that in mind - it's important to remember that his videos are mainly entertainment and that his constantly pessimistic attitude is crucial to the humor in his criticism.

 

[Hexenwolf]

I agree with maybe 90% (ok 95) of what he says, but still disagree with him on certain things (Brawl taking no skill whatsoever for example). Overall, I completely ignore him when it comes to picking a new game, but watch him religiously. It's not that hard, you just have to approach the reviews without a stick up your bum and your fine. He's very comical, so be laid back when you listen to him.

I'm probably repeating what a good 80% of posters have said, but in slightly different words!

 

[mullir280]

I just watch it for the laugh..I don't really take the reviews seriously although he does make good points

 

[Undeadpool]

I disagree pretty vehemently with his Witcher review. He often complains that games don't have enough character development, then complains when, in the Witcher, the characters talk too much...sadly I'm not sure how else they SHOULD be developed.
I get that it's a show more for entertainment than actual reviews, but that just seems really disingenuous.