Zero Punctuation: Amy
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Because Ico was fucking interesting. I can't stress this enough, I just watched gameplay of Amy and I myself felt bored. At least when playing Ico the chick behind you didn't have a irritating voice and you had pretty scenery to look at.Ulquiorra4sama said:
Eh, that's kinda my point with the rest of that post. You shouldn't bash on the Escort thing just because that's what the game was based around because apparently there are games, such as Ico, that managed to make an escort game interesting. I suppose Amy was just really badly handled compared to Ico.Aprilgold said:
I just found out that the guy who made this game was Paul Cuisset, the same guy that made Flashback. How did he go from making a kick-ass game (Yahtzee actually did an LP of it I think) to this?
Oh well, at least we get a funny review out of it.
Oh well, at least we get a funny review out of it.
This is the kind of Yahtzee video I like, where he charges in blind and rages at what he finds. Over a dozen of his last videos have concerned games that he already has heavy biases for or against and so he ends up talking more about that bias than his discoveries in the game.
In his older videos there was a sense of charming naivety that could only come about by being surprisingly flustered by a game's presentation or mechanics. Since he's always forced to review mainstream sequels these days, his videos are always based heavily on a bias that he's already formed.
In his older videos there was a sense of charming naivety that could only come about by being surprisingly flustered by a game's presentation or mechanics. Since he's always forced to review mainstream sequels these days, his videos are always based heavily on a bias that he's already formed.
Look, it's okay that you liked Amy, lord knows there's lots of crappy games that I like that I think are fun; but don't apologize for them and don't use the cost as some kind of justification for their end product.Flailing Escapist said:
You know what I bought for 10 bucks on XBLA (not a sale price): OUTLAND, and that game is freakin' amazing. Incredible music, fantastic art direction, pacing and flow. It is one of the FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE OF GAME IT REPRESENTS AND IT COST TEN DOLLARS.
I own Outland and I'd agree that its worth $10 (w/o the CAPS).Salad Is Murder said:
Why not? Shouldn't $60 games be 6 times more fun and entertaining than any $10? Thats sounds a little unfair because I hardly think most $60 games (in recent years) were worth it. But for 1/6 of the cost of a regular game I'd say I had at least 1/6 of the fun.
"Using the word escort to describe core gameplay, is like using 'bloody and viscous' to describe a urine sample."
Bahahhaahaa! Okay, that was disturbingly funny.
Bahahhaahaa! Okay, that was disturbingly funny.
didn't the PSN get renamed to Sony Entertainment Network? if so there are typos on the tags of the video
Aww, but those ones really are good games! Well, Obscure, anyway. It's a little clunky, but still fun. (I absolutely hated Siren.)Otaku World Order said:
Anyways, great review! Too bad Amy's not so good, though. I was looking forward to it and thought it looked really good, but maybe I'll have to pass on it. If it's really that terrible and frustrating, there's no point in it.
Lurgi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show#Lurgi].Yahtzee Croshaw said:
I never cease to be impressed by the man's seemingly boundless awareness of cultural references, particularly obscure ones (at least, those that are obscure to sycophantic American gits like myself).
(I respectfully submit it would have been more obscure (and therefore funnier) if you'd had your drawing of Amy holding a trombone or other brass instrument.)