Yahtzee's Opinion

[wolfshrimp]

A lot of people take his exaggerations as serious points presumably because they have no sense of humour. What I like about Yahtzee is that his reviews are subjective, on many occasions he has suggested that other people may enjoy the games he tears apart. It's a personal thing. I bought Psychonauts but it wasn't really my kind of game, fair enough, but I tried. I don't take his word as gospel and will not spam anyone for saying they think he is wrong.

I liked FarCry 2 but yes I did find it a bit bland and tiresome after a while. A lot of the games he reviews are console titles and I through some quirk of fate am one of the "PC gaming master race" (as he calls us) and therefore haven't played said games but I do find when he branches out and starts highlights aspects of gameplay he doesn't like I tend to look back on games I've played and think "Yeah, that was an irritating part of gameplay" so in general I must say that I find his opinion while gloriously laden with hyperbole, is pretty much accurate (depending of course on your level of fanboydom for a particular series). I also find that my general view of people aligns with his.

 

[Daveman]

Yeah, he's right about most stuff. Before I listened to him, prince of persia and portal were two of my absolute favourite games so I think we have similar tastes so his reviews are quite useful to me. SSBB was better than he said it was though.

 

[Zephemus]

I really do find yahtzee's videos to be well researched and thought out. Yes all criticisms are personal opinions but yahtzee does incredibly well with being as accurate as possible. I know all of my friends who own Dead Space love the game to death, but really I do take yahtzee's stance on the game as being "startling" and not nessicarily "scary". Though I did get Spore before Yahtzee put up his review on the game and truth be told, there's an achievement in the game to get your creature from cell to space stage in one sitting and it's not a really hard achievement to obtain. Even after loving the game as much as I did for about the week and a half that I owned it, yeah yahtzee's completely on the ball with that one too.

Another game that I partially agree with him on is SSBB, I pretty much refuse to play this game at parties because of the amount of "Those guys" that insist upon playing SSBB despite the fact that most of us that don't own a Wii don't want to play a game for 5hours straight if we're not going to enjoy it. Though the part that I don't agree with is when he insists that it's about as easy as smashing your face against the controler and winning games. I've never had a fight end so easily for me, but then again it all of "That guy"s that actually WANT to play SSBB.

Also I hate Halo. The difficulty between story mode and multiplayer jumps so vastly that you'll feel like you've got a beat on playing the game in story mode because the developers made them so easy. I remember playing Halo 2 when I was sick one day on a friend's Xbox that he let me borrow one day though the problem was it didn't even keep me entertained long enough to get better, and when I decided to log into a game server and got my ass handed to me without so much as 3 kills. Really Halo to me is just imbalanced in terms of play styles, though this may be because that it's a console FPS and for those of you who've gotten used to playing FPSs on PCs then trying to manuver in Halo is like playing a Space Marine who's come out of Space retirement and hasn't gotten quite in shape again.

Again like my opinions are above Yahtzee's videos are really his opinions, though they are very well thought out opinions.

 

[PoweD]

AND I HATED PSYCHONAUTS, YEAH, EAT THAT.

Why?Give a reason please.I signed up for GameTap just for it,and i finished it in one day.Even i would like to play it again for the whole purpose of originality and a lot of different levels

 

[manicfoot]

I don't really take his opinions seriously. I watch his reviews for entertainment. His Valkyria Chronicles review did upset me a bit though *sniff* heh.

 

[blackcherry]

He is payed to badmouth games. You can see from the popularity of certain reviews, that when he injects actual real venom into his comments on games then the viewing figures are a lot higher than say, if he praises a game.

As such, well hes taken to bad mouthing everything in sight regardless of likes or dislikes, which is showing. Meanwhile he invests the paycheck elsewhere.

Of course, this is my opinion alone. Please don't be offended.

He gets his best ratings on bad-mouthing games which have received widespread good reviews and yet are not enjoyed by gamers that much - Biosh*$k and GTA4 for example.

Your opinion dude. I thought they were alright games.

 

[Khazoth]

Why did I hate Psychonauts? Maybe hate was a strong word but overall games like Psychonauts and Portal are exactly alike.

Both games have to have their comedy connect with you.

I found Portal funny.

I found Psychonauts boring.

Its all opinion and comedy styles in the end.

 

[NotAPie]

It depends on how pessimistic and cynical you are, I suppose. I agree with him for the most part but there are quite a few times i've disagreed with him.

I liked Mirrors Edge.

AND I HATED PSYCHONAUTS, YEAH, EAT THAT.

Omnomnomnomnom.
:3 there, happy?

I kinda agree with Yahtzee, but I don't use his opinion on games to help me choose.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

I had trouble believing his description of the morphine mode in Velvet Assassin so I looked it up on google.

"That's all I have to say about that."

He is payed to badmouth games. You can see from the popularity of certain reviews, that when he injects actual real venom into his comments on games then the viewing figures are a lot higher than say, if he praises a game.

As such, well hes taken to bad mouthing everything in sight regardless of likes or dislikes, which is showing. Meanwhile he invests the paycheck elsewhere.

Of course, this is my opinion alone. Please don't be offended.

He gets his best ratings on bad-mouthing games which have received widespread good reviews and yet are not enjoyed by gamers that much - Biosh*$k and GTA4 for example.

Your opinion dude. I thought they were alright games.

I agree. GTA4 was highly overrated. As are all GTA games.

Although maybe that's because all I ever used them for is killing everyone.

Especially yuppies though.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

The only time I've thoroughly disagreed with him is with Condemned 2; no one in that game says 'ancient mystical cult'.

 

[Squiggers]

Eh, I agree with most of what hes saying, in all honesty.

He does take it too far - but thats part of the humour of it. And I find it of great amusement how it wasn't just me that found Halo 3 crap. It got repetitive, and boring, and suddenly appeared to have turned into "Okay, Intestine crawl time. Oooo, look at the pretty doors. *SQUELCH* Oh thats just nasty.".

Meh, I didn't like it, even having played the other 2.

*Waits for fanboys*

 

[justblues]

i think he said it best in one of his episodes(cant remember the one) im a crtic i wouldn't be doing my job if i just said something nice about every game. that pretty much sums him up he gives his real reviews in his own way no matter how crazy, rude, funny, or just down right werid its hows the man operates

 

[scnj]

Why do people think Halo 3 should have a standalone plot? It's Halo 3. The third game in the trilogy. It's pretty obvious that it's gonna be picking up plot points from the previous two games.

Honestly, that's like watching Return of the Jedi and complaining that it didn't spend 20 minutes recapping everything that happened in the Empire Strikes Back.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

If we made a thread about Susan Arendt, she might show up and post.

If we made a thread about Max, he might show up.

If we made a thread about the mods, they might show up.

If we make a thread about Yahtzee, he'll show up... WHEN THE EARTH'S CORE EXPLODES AND WINGED MARSHMALLOWS WALK THE EARTH.

Thus, I fail to see the point of talking about him at all. Better to make this topic on a website he actually posts on, not to mention the extreme originality of yet another "Yahtzee's opinion" thread.

But yeah, Halo 3. You can't play the final game in a series and use it to attack an entire series. A game series is NOT as good at its weakest game.

 

[blackcherry]

I had trouble believing his description of the morphine mode in Velvet Assassin so I looked it up on google.

"That's all I have to say about that."

He is payed to badmouth games. You can see from the popularity of certain reviews, that when he injects actual real venom into his comments on games then the viewing figures are a lot higher than say, if he praises a game.

As such, well hes taken to bad mouthing everything in sight regardless of likes or dislikes, which is showing. Meanwhile he invests the paycheck elsewhere.

Of course, this is my opinion alone. Please don't be offended.

He gets his best ratings on bad-mouthing games which have received widespread good reviews and yet are not enjoyed by gamers that much - Biosh*$k and GTA4 for example.

Your opinion dude. I thought they were alright games.

I agree. GTA4 was highly overrated. As are all GTA games.

Although maybe that's because all I ever used them for is killing everyone.

Especially yuppies though.

Well thats all I ever used the GTA games for, which is why I have never owned a copy, instead playing a mates version. As to your opinion, are you agreeing with me or JemJar?

 

[RyVal]

I disaprove of how he bashes Halo 3 without giving any credible reason, the story seemed basic to him as he did not play the backstory,
the gameplay was average only because he didn't realise that the first Halo revolutionised the formula,

By that same logic, if you watched The Matrix Reloaded without seeing the first film, you can't criticise the story because you didn't get the backstory, and you can't call it a crappy film because The Matrix revolutionised the industry.
No, it doesn't work that way.
You can't surf your game on the merits of your predecessors.
Every sequel since the dawn of mankind has proven this.

and because he only played one part of it he has no right to complain about how the game had 'so little'

I really doubt his opinion would have changed if he had played multiplayer.
Furthermore, if I was to release a five-minute game and give it multiplayer, it would still be a five-minute game.

EDIT: I do realise this is the third criticism of that comment.

On-topic:
Personally, I feel that Yatzhee exaggerates his opinions to the furthest realms of hyperbole, which is fine - since it is supposed to be comedy - right up until the point where people start using them as actual critiques of the game.

Why do people think Halo 3 should have a standalone plot? It's Halo 3. The third game in the trilogy. It's pretty obvious that it's gonna be picking up plot points from the previous two games.

The best sequels should have plots that are excellent in their own right; not just addendums to the previous story, which Halo 3's plot essentially was (See those aliens from Halo and Halo 2? They're invading Earth now!).

 

[Aloran]

Why do people think Halo 3 should have a standalone plot? It's Halo 3. The third game in the trilogy. It's pretty obvious that it's gonna be picking up plot points from the previous two games.

Honestly, that's like watching Return of the Jedi and complaining that it didn't spend 20 minutes recapping everything that happened in the Empire Strikes Back.

Errrm...Call me stupid, but didn't you just contradict yourself?
You said Halo 3 shouldn't have a standalone plot...which I get.
But then you said that it's the same as people complaining that Return of the Jedi not having a standalone plot?

:S

 

[dontworryaboutit]

I had trouble believing his description of the morphine mode in Velvet Assassin so I looked it up on google.

"That's all I have to say about that."

He is payed to badmouth games. You can see from the popularity of certain reviews, that when he injects actual real venom into his comments on games then the viewing figures are a lot higher than say, if he praises a game.

As such, well hes taken to bad mouthing everything in sight regardless of likes or dislikes, which is showing. Meanwhile he invests the paycheck elsewhere.

Of course, this is my opinion alone. Please don't be offended.

He gets his best ratings on bad-mouthing games which have received widespread good reviews and yet are not enjoyed by gamers that much - Biosh*$k and GTA4 for example.

Your opinion dude. I thought they were alright games.

I agree. GTA4 was highly overrated. As are all GTA games.

Although maybe that's because all I ever used them for is killing everyone.

Especially yuppies though.

Well thats all I ever used the GTA games for, which is why I have never owned a copy, instead playing a mates version. As to your opinion, are you agreeing with me or JemJar?

You. You do exactly what I do.

 

[UnwishedGunz]

he never makes anything up like the time he did the gears of war review and he said something about there being too much chest-high walls

 

[loremazd]

He may not make up things, but there are plenty of times he just doesn't pay attention to something and he's flat out wrong. I hate to sound like a mirror's edge crazed fellow, it's just one of the ones I can list off the top of my head. He claimed the plot was insanely difficult to follow and was about delivering some crazy secret package.

There's one package you deliver in the game, in the first half hour, and it has nothing to do with the plot, nor is its contents ever discussed. 15 minutes of gameplay after that you learn that the main character's sister was framed for murder. The plot is really, really simple, to the point of it being specifically and very simply explained in detail through the dialog.