Zero Punctuation: Alan Wake

[Brotherofwill]

Hahaha, the dog guiltily shitting in a hat was really good.

When can we finally have a thriller where you can't really kill your oponents, or atleast maybe only temporarily hurt them? The flash/2 shot combo probably removes most tension, I don't see that working too well.

Also, the sexually frustrated bear probably just got there from playing a JRPG.

 

[Juan Regular]

Hmm, well. I liked the game a lot. Loved it actually, but I still agree with most of the points you make. Not scary, weird character animation and lip synching and a couple of completely brainless decisions on Alan's part. I could overlook that stuff though because I just loved the atmosphere and story so much.

And I disagree about the combat. Calling it original may be a bit of a stretch, but compared to all the coverbased and first person shooting out there it was at least refreshing (Though you'd probably say something along the line of 'comparing dirt to shit is not a good argument') and it simply felt good. Shooting a Taken with the hunting rifle felt extremely satisfying.

Anyway, good review.

 

[yourbeliefs]

I'm surprised he didn't mention how the game is strikingly similar to the classic Silent Hill games, or how incredibly confusing the ending is. I do agree that the wife looks really fucked up and that the lip syncing is off more times than it should be, especially given how long this game was in development. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed the game and am somewhat surprised he didn't like it, although I do understand his complaints, especially about the weapons. There really is no reason to use anything other than the pistol unless you want to get the achievements for killing 50 taken with X weapon.

 

[ManaAdvent]

Very good Yahtzee review. I was thinking of getting this, but I'm setting my sights on Mario Galaxy 2 instead. Though I'm surprised Silent Hill isn't mentioned since this game has a similar atmosphere about getting stuck alone in a town hidden in fog.

 

[Kanjidude]

NINE years in the making?! Damn, I wouldn't get that game even if it WAS good.

And from Yahtzee's "review" and from what else I've seen about it, happily it doesn't seem to be.

 

[Crossborder]

I played the demo, but I decided to pass on this one. I guess I was right about that, this doesn't seem like my kind of game.

 

[traineesword]

Very funny review. I personally liked Alan Wake, but I agree with a lot of the problems that Yahtzee pointed out. For me, the FBI guy yelling various author's names was one of most annoying things. But I do wonder what difficulty he was playing on. Oh well, entertaining at least.

Normal wasn't he? my friend said 2 shots and he always plays games on normal mode.

i still want this game like my friend, i can't be bothered to read a Stephen King book (or the stephen king book apparently), so playing a video game will be much easier

I was a bit dissapointed with this review, i don't know what it was, but i didn't laugh quite as much as usual... i'll watch it again and see if i laugh any harder this time

 

[Krantos]

I was hoping for RDR this week. Fingers crossed for the next one. Anyone want to make wagers what his complaints will be?

 

[Krantos]

Have you ever played Siren for the PS2? You can only knock enemies down briefly. It's a really creepy game, but isn't well designed in terms of puzzles unfortunately.

You might want to see Yahtzee's Review of Siren Blood Curse before you recommend that game here. Lets just say he wasn't very nice.

 

[traineesword]

NINE years in the making?! Damn, I wouldn't get that game even if it WAS good.

And from Yahtzee's "review" and from what else I've seen about it, happily it doesn't seem to be.

why, because careful time and crafting had been put into the game? no, thats fine, you can stick with your brown-beep-boop-robot-company FPS games that take only a short while to make.

lol, i'm joking, i don't even know how much of those 9 years was a waste of time. but still, you shouldn't begrudge a game because the basic idea was thought up 9 years ago

 

[Falseprophet]

Played it a bit last weekend--seemed kind of repetitive.

Although I agree about the character designs. I'm sick of the photorealism developers are going for these days--you get way too much uncanny valley effect and it creeps me right out. I also played some Soul Calibur IV again and was reminded how creepy looking the avatars are compared to SC II on the PS2.

 

[BlueInkAlchemist]

I might still find a way to play this game in spite of Yahtzee's negative review.

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Why are there people with torches and pitchforks outside my office screaming about "blasphemy"?

 

[Deofuta]

Dude, The bear indeed looked incredibly sexually frustrated, it made me laugh.

 

[esperandote]

flowplayer

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That's the kind of game I would like to play.

 

[Valkyrie101]

Very good, very good. Better than average, although the last few were slightly below par.

 

[Fensfield]

Ah it's been a long time since one of these was so funny...

I nearly choked on my tea >.>

 

[reg42]

Pretty funny review. The funniest it's been for a few weeks.

[sub]But if you insult Stephen King again I'll cut your fucking nuts off.[/sub]

It sounds bad, but then again you make everything sound bad. I just wish they'd actually released this for PC.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

The fancy house analogy was absolutely hilarious.

I still don't know if the game is worth getting. Right now Yume Nikki is satiating my scary game hunger.