Zero Punctuation: Darkest of Days
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I was going to write a witty comment, but on reading it, it was retarded, and i deleted it. More people should do this.
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
So Back to the Future rules are in play?Rath709 said:
And Yahtzee would look like total dumbass reviewing ODST. Just like he did when he reviewed Halo 3. Of course the story isn't going to make any fucking sense if you hop in at part 3.
Its like skipping Lord of the Rings and Two Towers and then bitching about not understanding why this Frodo guy needs to destroy a ring
I'm always drawn to things involving time travel. Except "The Time Traveler's Wife" because it's romantic and everyone knows romantic movies are for pricks. I might give Darkest of Days a go, if I run out of games to play, which will probably never happen, because there are probably millions of games available.
I always thought that if you went back in time wanting to kill you grandfather, something would stop it from happening. Like you'd kill the wrong person, or you'd just fail, or he'd kill you before you can kill him, or something. Basically, whatever has happened has always happened and will always happen.Rath709 said:
It should be pointed out that the Total War games are not RTSes.
RTS - Real-Time Strategy, where everything from recruiting, building and fighting is done in real time. Total War is Turn-Based Strategy, with Real-Time Tactics, and more effectively captures actual war: the strategy is often meticulously planned over a long period and one can generally take their time over decisions, while actual battles require lightning reactions and calculations without the luxury of a base pumping out any units that die.
I also have to laugh a bit at Yahtzee considering the Total War games "not fun": ordering thousands of soldiers to beat thousands more to a bloody pulp while you furiously click away feinting, attacking and counter-attacking while listening to the screams of the dying is pretty fun to me. And I hate maths so much I doubt I'd be able to even read spreadsheets.
Yahtzee probably won't review TW since that would require him to give his reasons, and the only reasons I can think of to actively hate TW as opposed to being indifferent are impatience and hangups on pointless graphical problems. Oooh, every unit looks the same - so did practically every unit in RTS games released at the same time! What a weird, petty criticism considering the engine and time it was released.
RTS - Real-Time Strategy, where everything from recruiting, building and fighting is done in real time. Total War is Turn-Based Strategy, with Real-Time Tactics, and more effectively captures actual war: the strategy is often meticulously planned over a long period and one can generally take their time over decisions, while actual battles require lightning reactions and calculations without the luxury of a base pumping out any units that die.
I also have to laugh a bit at Yahtzee considering the Total War games "not fun": ordering thousands of soldiers to beat thousands more to a bloody pulp while you furiously click away feinting, attacking and counter-attacking while listening to the screams of the dying is pretty fun to me. And I hate maths so much I doubt I'd be able to even read spreadsheets.
Yahtzee probably won't review TW since that would require him to give his reasons, and the only reasons I can think of to actively hate TW as opposed to being indifferent are impatience and hangups on pointless graphical problems. Oooh, every unit looks the same - so did practically every unit in RTS games released at the same time! What a weird, petty criticism considering the engine and time it was released.
Well, I personally thought the the premise was obviously over-ambitious.
I feel that their decision to use their own graphics engine could only have made this worse.
I feel that their decision to use their own graphics engine could only have made this worse.
as a long time fan of the tw series, i say to you good post. other than battles, if you play online you have to do that, against the computer you can pause and take your time to plan out the battle ;P rome total war is my all time fav, but i really enjoy the campaign changes in etw. but battles are still buggy, but getting better. but its just the times we live in, releasing games that should still be in beta, than patching them up latter. i pray for a rtw remake using the better graphics, and intelligent campaign changes. but rome style <3Taranaich said:
I'm sorry to see this site turn to pop-up advertisement that I can't avoid. I was very dissapointed to get blasted with a video ad for D&D Online, with no ability to skip through it or minimize it or avoid it in any way. Thanks for keeping me from watching anymore videos on this site.
Good video, but I really hope that you change this idea that commercials are things everyone wants to see.
Good video, but I really hope that you change this idea that commercials are things everyone wants to see.
ODST isn't really an expansion more of a Halo 2.5, and even if it was an expansion it wouldn't have costed $60 it would've costed $40. (i brought this to your attention because i would like him to review it).
You didn't need to write an essay on why RTSes aren't Total War games (or vise-versa) i think he would've made sure he got that one right if he cared.
the ads are getting annoying and seem to me like they are royal "shite," and i'm still trying to figure out what ethnicity he is, he said he lives in australia but he has an english accent. oh and why did it take them this long to realize they couldn't make enough money off of zp swag?
@ lxlsomethingsomething: Try editing your first post to fit those other points in...it'll help you avoid triple posting in the future.
As for the review, I was honestly expecting a more scathing review. I mean, X-Play gave Darkest of Days a one out of five and various other sources have given it very bad reviews...I guess Yahtzee just liked this game a bit more than some of the other reviewers did.
As for the review, I was honestly expecting a more scathing review. I mean, X-Play gave Darkest of Days a one out of five and various other sources have given it very bad reviews...I guess Yahtzee just liked this game a bit more than some of the other reviewers did.
"Peanut Banana Sandwich Crazy" That needs to be on a T-Shirt!
One time period that should be available in the sequel is the 1700s - The times of Piracy and Privateering.
One time period that should be available in the sequel is the 1700s - The times of Piracy and Privateering.