Why are you not reviewing Costume Quest, Yahtzee? Seriously, were you so utterly offended by the fact that you couldn't do Brutal Legend's stage battles that you now hate Tim Schafer and refuse to play any more of his games? Do you just hate Halloween because it's commercialized and American? Do you not even know it exists? Seriously, what is your logic in not reviewing it?
Zero Punctuation: Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Good video.
I noticed that the part at the beginning when he said "let's just fucking go to war" and how it closely mirrors the situation in Korea right now...(not that it will happen)
I noticed that the part at the beginning when he said "let's just fucking go to war" and how it closely mirrors the situation in Korea right now...(not that it will happen)
The first minute is pretty bold in my opinion. Well, the whole review is, but no other of your reviews is as daring as the first minute of this one! Hard to think about it, but sounds like an interesting solution to throw every person overflowing with testosteron or something, extremists, fanatics, violators of human rights and so on into a huge arena, or the desert or whatever so they can beat the hell out of each other...
And not to forget, beware of the zombies! They are EVERYWHERE, movies, games, books... i bet it's a move of the government to prepare us, because zombies actually exist (and i don't mean the voodoo, but the aggresive brain eating type)!
->this is a sarcasm indicator, but just for the last part<-
And not to forget, beware of the zombies! They are EVERYWHERE, movies, games, books... i bet it's a move of the government to prepare us, because zombies actually exist (and i don't mean the voodoo, but the aggresive brain eating type)!
->this is a sarcasm indicator, but just for the last part<-
I like how you pointed out the games flaws and all, but needless to say the storyline was confusing. I loved how they did it though. From 1939-1991 is my favorite chunk of history. i love your videos, but i want to see whats your favorite action game. Me and my son were laughing during this one, it was awesome.
When i heard the title Blakc Ops i too was thinking it was gonna be more like the stealth-y missions from Call Of Duty 4. I thoght i was gonna be a nice deviation from Modern Warfare 2. I should have known better. Will probably get the game anyway though. Im actually not a hater of the Call Of Duty franchise as much as i am with Activions business strategy.
I think the majority of people who bought this needed to know the meaning of Black Ops. I see way too many complaints on lack of stealthy gameplay.Therumancer said:
Also, the America needs to be wiped out comments need to stop. To have a major country collapse would have serious ripple effects. The world is too connected to say mess like that lightly.
and then north korea went and riddled south korea with artillery shells, yatzee is the
new official ESCAPIST PROPHET OF DOOM!
new official ESCAPIST PROPHET OF DOOM!
Well many things ring pretty true - the confusing plot, the friendly/enemy identification issues, TURN ON THE POWER FIRST, and the guy who you tortured joining your side...
Just using the first mission as an example, you sit in a bar, watch some dudes kill some guys, you shoot maybe one, then go outside. You run from the cops, bringing your kills to around 5. You jump in a car and drive, scoring no more kills. Loading happens. Cutscene. Loading. Cutscene. Zipline, follow your guys, follow your guys, follow your guys. Shoot some more guys. Kill "Castro". Shoot a few more guys. Follow your guys, follow your guys, follow your guys. You get in an airplane. Shoot maybe 10-15 guys and some aircraft guns. Take out some vehicles. Cutscene, Cutscene, loading, Done.thatstheguy said:
All that is done with about 300 explosions, some fire, 300 million bullets and lots of swearing.
Schizophrenic, yet really really boring. There's no context, no stealth, no freedom. There's barely any skill. The only "difficulty" found in call of duty anymore is just finding a spot where the random bullets won't kill you instantly. Your health isn't tied so much to an enemy shooting you as it is just dying from sunlight. Bullets come from everywhere, yet no individual enemy is ever accurate enough to hit you. There's nowhere to go, few if any extras to find, and honestly the story takes such a backseat it's in the trunk. Even the NPC's don't understand what's going on. I remember distinctly that the interrogators asked how the hell you got into the white house or got approved for another mission after escaping a gulag, and as far as I know it's never explained. Even if it was, I certainly imagine how. This is supposedly the Cold War, where you trust no one. Here, there's some guy who got captured and tortured, then got a russian's help to escape, and found russian contacts to get himself home. Why would the most paranoid administration we've ever had just let him walk into the top secret bunker for another mission, or clear him for one in the first place? He's not even sane at that point, I can only imagine he LOOKS like he's crazy.
Switzerland's the ref? Hehe. I have a chance of surviving, then.
True enough review. Thankfully, the good outweighs the bad and the multiplayer is a blast. I would say that this is one of those games that didn't need a single player, but the single player serves as a fun side job to the multiplayer. It's like a bonus. They even install it separately.
True enough review. Thankfully, the good outweighs the bad and the multiplayer is a blast. I would say that this is one of those games that didn't need a single player, but the single player serves as a fun side job to the multiplayer. It's like a bonus. They even install it separately.
Yeah, Napoleon won battles, but that's not what I'm saying. He waged war and ultimately lost. It's also besides the point.Stiffkittin said:Last war France actually won? Funny, I'd heard of some bloke called Napoleon 400 years later who might have won the odd skirmish or two but I might be wrong thereDragonpit said:
I'm really a bit surprised Yahtzee didn't mention the return of bots in this game. Considering his well known hatred for online gamers, having a game that gives you the option to play arena multiplayer against bots that just do what they're supposed to -instead of scream obcenities at you and stick to the cheapest weapons- would seem to him like nothing short of a godsend, wouldn't it?
