Zero Punctuation: Call of Juarez: The Cartel
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I liked how animated he was in this one, it was very dynamic and the writing was a lot of fun. You can tell he was genuinely pissed off with this game instead of some others that he mostly liked and had to scrounge for nits to pick for comedy value.
I inhaled shredded wheat when he said that. I've got to stop eating and watching ZP at the same time.Darth Rahu said:
Strange your main critic of this Call of Juarez (besides the bad characters, story, gameplay, and change from the interesting US to overdone L.A.) is that the game focused on co-op when you complained about the lack of co-op in the last game. Of course this game screwed up everything that was good about the last games, and having co-op as a feature is different than building YOUR ENTIRE GAME around co-op.Yahtzee Croshaw said:
That is a great video. I do agree. What is with game makers forcing multiplayer down my throat? Really it seems now that MMO have become super big. It like everyone has to have a half ass multiplayer stuff in it. Even if it is a CO OP it still a big slap in the face.
Glad to know this game sucks. Even thought I never know it existed. Well I tend never to pay attion of bad games or games that look bad. Only reassion I know of MW3 is because it plastered everywhere even though everyone knows it going be a copy and paste of MW2 just like WaW and Black Ops.
Glad to know this game sucks. Even thought I never know it existed. Well I tend never to pay attion of bad games or games that look bad. Only reassion I know of MW3 is because it plastered everywhere even though everyone knows it going be a copy and paste of MW2 just like WaW and Black Ops.
HOLY SHIT! That was the funniest one in a while!
Pure comedy all the way through, but I agree with the other posters: "THERE IS NO MIDDLE FINGER BIG ENOUGH!" was the funniest of it all.
I may still rent Call of Juarez, but now, it won't be because I liked the first one okay (although I did), it'll be because it'll make me think of this review and I'll be laughing throughout.
"...just pile in the back and look at you like dogs with leashes in their mouths..." Comedy gold.
EDIT: isn't gameplay where you're supposed to work against one another actually competitive and NOT co-op by definition? That is either brilliant design or dumb as a sack of hammers... and I'm leaning towards the second option.
Pure comedy all the way through, but I agree with the other posters: "THERE IS NO MIDDLE FINGER BIG ENOUGH!" was the funniest of it all.
I may still rent Call of Juarez, but now, it won't be because I liked the first one okay (although I did), it'll be because it'll make me think of this review and I'll be laughing throughout.
"...just pile in the back and look at you like dogs with leashes in their mouths..." Comedy gold.
EDIT: isn't gameplay where you're supposed to work against one another actually competitive and NOT co-op by definition? That is either brilliant design or dumb as a sack of hammers... and I'm leaning towards the second option.
That's too bad Yahtzee, because we all know how much you LOVED the first game.
sorry, someone must have left the sarcasm switch on...
did they really have to make the one on the middle ground of shooting the one on the middle ground of skin color? for shame...
sorry, someone must have left the sarcasm switch on...
did they really have to make the one on the middle ground of shooting the one on the middle ground of skin color? for shame...
I don't think he's refused to review catherine more like he's reviewing other stuff at the moment. A catherine review from him would be nice cause I could see him being very disenchanted with the theme of the story and the characters and the japanese weirdness and he might even dislike the puzzle elements.coolkirb said:
It's been to long since we've had a review of a game while the entire comment section is filled with livid angry fans.
I'm sure that could be a part of it, but the thing is, Catherine doesn't even have a release date in Europe yet, let alone Australia. He'd have to import it, and I'm wondering if he gives enough of a toss to do so.coolkirb said:
...Fuck that captcha. I do not have a key on my keyboard that puts (0) over Xi,jE
THERE IS NO MIDDLE FINGER BIG ENOUGH
There seems to be a three-week period between when a game comes out and when Yahtzee reviews it (due to Australian release dates and the period of time Yahtzee needs to both play the game and make each corresponding video); I'd expect a review of it within the next week or two. I certainly want to see it.coolkirb said:
EDIT: Ninja'd multiple times
He's right about the characters saying the same damn line over and over and over and over and etc. during gameplay. It gets annoying after an hour of it, you could just say shut up to your screen.
I also noticed he didn't mention Concentration Mode in this video. When Ben uses it, I laugh at all of his catchphrases.
And I'm curious to know if he played it with subtitles because I noticed that some of the subtitles don't match with what they say in the game.
ONE MORE THING! He didn't mention that the voice acting is a mixed bag. Especially when some of the voices sound like it's being recorded to a phone or a voice recorder.
I also noticed he didn't mention Concentration Mode in this video. When Ben uses it, I laugh at all of his catchphrases.
And I'm curious to know if he played it with subtitles because I noticed that some of the subtitles don't match with what they say in the game.
ONE MORE THING! He didn't mention that the voice acting is a mixed bag. Especially when some of the voices sound like it's being recorded to a phone or a voice recorder.
This had GOT to be the most savagely mean (and funniest) ZP since Kane & Lynch 2.
There is no thumbs up big enough.
There is no thumbs up big enough.
Haha, really funny review.
I haven't really purchased Call Of Juarez yetm but i wasn't planning to either, so i guess this only adds to my indifference, since by about 5 reciews i've read the game sounds awful, and i might aswell save my money up for something else.
I am crossing my fingers you'll review Catherine next week...
I haven't really purchased Call Of Juarez yetm but i wasn't planning to either, so i guess this only adds to my indifference, since by about 5 reciews i've read the game sounds awful, and i might aswell save my money up for something else.
I am crossing my fingers you'll review Catherine next week...
I'm pretty sure most of the online community enjoy being dicks to one another just for the Hell of it. Even in co-op, it's hard to find partners for games where they don't actively attempt to screw you.
Anyone else who has played this game, feel free to excoriate me for criticizing a work I haven't experienced for myself.Yahtzee Croshaw said:
Does the Mexican really say "Ese" constantly? Even if this is a period game, that's fucking awful. I'm guessing this isn't a developer based in California or Texas, where Latin immigrants are plentiful and could tell the creators how insipid that is. Sure, there are a few Latinos who still call people "Ese" or "Way," but all of the other billion Latin persons on the planet collectively groan whenever they do.
It doesn't offend me because it's racist so much as it offends me because it's utterly dumb. This reminds me of the first Red Steel game, which was terrible for a long list of reasons, but was also a parade of racial stereotypes, though in that case I got the impression that it was on purpose since Ubi Soft was doing a piss poor job of trying to Tarantino-izing the game. Whenever you encountered a cardboard black guy enemy he'd shout some nonsense about "getting you, suckah." At one point you find a guy with an afro in a pool with two whores and when you approach he says, "Hey, cat, take it eeeeeasy," or some bullshit to that effect. But the best part is when you find the japanese madam of the brothel, presumably voiced by one of the creators' preteen kids, raised in the 80's and frozen in stasis and thawed only to share that decade's ignorance with us: "P-p-p-prease, don't hult me! Prease!"
I don't think developers should pretend that they are filmmakers and that it is the 90's and go out of their way to show how "normal" they consider minorities and other historically mistreated groups are, but Jesus, show a little bit of intellect when designing a character from another country!
