Zero Punctuation: Child of Day-Light - Horror and Whimsy

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

Child of Day-Light - Horror and Whimsy

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Daylight and Child of Light.

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[KDR_11k]

Child of Light was written by the same guy as Far Cry 3. That doesn't sound like a good thing considering he was whining how nobody got his great vision in FC3 about how your character is just making it all up. Now this. Seems he's overrating himself.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

I wonder if Yahtzee ever heard that the lead designers deliberately built the game as a/in reference to JRPGs.

I feel like it would've been a crucial aspect to his commentary.

 

[Falcon123]

That last line may be my new favourite of yours, Yahtzee. Glad somebody is upholding poetic standards.

 

[Falsename]

Yahtzee, you are the king of comedy.

I feel semi-guilty that I don't even care about whether you're recommending or condemning a game I just want to hear your unique accident tell another funny.

Keep it up funny man.

 

[Evonisia]

Well alright then, I'll go redownload Slender: The Eight Pages, and then finally give Dust: An Elysian Trail a proper go seeing as free downloads are free.

 

[Marik2]

Damn never heard Yatzhee get this mad at the end XD

 

[thejboy88]

I had not idea that Yahtzee was so strict when it came to poetry.

 

[Muspelheim]

Someday, I'd like to make a horror game where the protagonist is just some inspector from the reposession authority investigating Dr. Stapler's foreclosed mansion laboratory.

Or perhaps a small child breaking in on a bet with the big boys behind the bikeshed.

 

[Ken_J]

What the fuck Yahtzee. How dare you slam a game for an entirely Poetic script. While I haven't played the game heard that it's poetry is amazingly beautiful and it was probably hard for someone to wright all that. And I don't see YOU do any better...

 

[Casual Shinji]

Child of Light was certainly dull as a rice cracker wrapped up in a fairy tale illustration. As soon as I realized all it had to offer were terribly disjointed battles and nauseatingly forced rhymes in place of dialoge, I ran for the fucking hills.

My fear that it would just try to cruise along on its "unique snowflake" concept without putting in any effort turned out to be true.

 

[Vegosiux]

Well this week he had me at "Microsoft F-light Simulator", but the conclusion was just epic.

 

[shrekfan246]

Yeah, I watched a few videos covering Child of Light and the first thing that struck me, not even twenty minutes in, was how stilted and forced the writing felt. I knew right then that it wasn't going to be a game for me.

I'm not much of a poet, but then neither were they. At least I know it; What can they say?

 

[Syntax Man]

The outburst at the end was amazing

 

[lacktheknack]

What the fuck Yahtzee. How dare you slam a game for an entirely Poetic script. While I haven't played the game heard that it's poetry is amazingly beautiful and it was probably hard for someone to wright all that. And I don't see YOU do any better...

See: His Wolfenstein review.

Also, the poetry was pretty OK, if you're not OCD about the technicalities. I thought the jester that kept breaking his rhyme was a nifty addition.

 

[Nico4]

Hardly surprised that he disliked Child of Light. I don't blame him though

 

[jurnag12]

What the fuck Yahtzee. How dare you slam a game for an entirely Poetic script. While I haven't played the game heard that it's poetry is amazingly beautiful and it was probably hard for someone to wright all that. And I don't see YOU do any better...

See: His Wolfenstein review.

Or the weekly poetry show.

Although, in all fairness, he did just use that to rhyme 'Traffic cone' with 'Xbox One', so Yahtzee's not infallible either.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

YES! YES! YES!

The "poetry" in this game is terrible! Like, I really like their idea, but they really shouldn't have run with it unless they actually knew anything about cadence.

 

[spartandude]

I liked Child Of Light, but i do think reviewers almost ruined it for, as you said its one of those by the numbers for the Indie artsy scene. However i still think it pulled it off pretty damn well, Its just a shame that most reviwers turned into fake pretentious wine connoisseurs when talking about it.

 

[impocalyptic]

Just cappuccinos? Why not beers too?