Zero Punctuation: Darkest of Days

[[AU]Specter]

Yeah if he reviewed ODST it would be the same as previous reviews of Halo games.

I hate to think how long it takes to write and produce one of these videos, must be ages.

 

[1337mokro]

O a Total war joke, guess the Aussies do get things way later than the rest of the world.

I stopped laughing at Total War's secret government cloned armies project about 3 months ago and it feels rather weird after hearing the joke that many times already on the Total War forums, a bit of plagiarism ain't hurt no one.

But funny review as always though given the price of 35 euro's I'd expected allot more out of Darkest of Days. The reason I don't have high demands for Indie games is cause they price according to quality. 10 bucks means your gonna get a fun 10 buck game, however Darkest of Days looks more like a 25 buck game but 8monkeys got a bit greedy is what my guess is.

Anyway give Darkest of Days a go when it drops in price or if you really love Total War or Time travel games.

 

[ssgt splatter]

The game is a joke people. I've played the demo and it was bad, very bad. The graphics were shitty, the enemies could spot you through a dense corn field from 300yds away, the A.I. is so thick that other enemy soldiers don't notice you even as you murder their friends who are standing right next to them, and the game is filled with glitches and bugs and slowed down when things got busy. I'm surprised that Yahtzee didn't tear this game apart; X-Play certainly did, 1 out of 5.

Demo=/= the full game. They could easily fix the bugs after the demo.

Well appaerntly they didn't. X-Play hit on pretty much everything I found wrong with the game. I also played the demo of Blacksite Area 51 just to put another example in this discussion and I didn't notice any real change between the demo and the full game. These days, the demos are a lot better in my opinion and the only difference is the amount of content in both versions.

 

[SimuLord]

Once again Yahtzee proves that "intellectual" and "game" don't belong in the same sentence in his world with his digs at the Total War series (Access? I'll have you know that as an accounting major, it's Excel I love so much, especially when you put batting averages in it and call it Out of the Park Baseball), but then we probably could've figured this out from his naming Saints Row 2 as last year's Game of the Year.

 

[Random Wanderer]

Oh well. Since the last FPS from a no-name studio that I bother to remember Yahtzee reviewing was Painkiller, and that surprised the heck out of me by being a very fun game, I was hoping that this would be another hidden gem. No such luck, I guess.

Out of the way question: is Yahtzee somehow managing to talk FASTER than he used to in these last few videos or are my ears just getting lazier?

 

[Awexsome]

I had never heard of the game so the introduction to it telling me that I could go back into various past situations with futuristic weapons sounded awesome. Shame the gameplay didn't live up to my very short but intense enthusiasm. This is the kinda game where you'd want to be able to screw around in as much as possible. Like in the review, fry a medieval knight with a microwave gun, then take a musket into WWII just for the lols.

 

[knight56]

Didn't timesplitters do something similar? Though I wouldn't know I wasn't into fps's back when I remember hearing about it.

To be honest though if it wasn't for the hashed story I'd be all over it like a flock of seagulls over my unfortunately placed hamburger. I'll wait for the sequel to explore more areas before I buy the first.

 

[RathWolf]

Sounds like it follows Time Squad rules.

 

[Nalarion]

another great one, i love this guy

 

[NeoSilver]

Well. So much for a good time travel game.

I will now admit I'd kill for a new Journeyman Project game...

 

[Kyoufuu]

Anyone else get the Monty Python reference? At 3:10 it makes a reference to the sketch "Self-Defence Against Fruit"

Not sure if this has been ninja'd before me, but the Monty Python reference really cracked me up xD (Tiger/16 Ton anvil), not certain this was intentional, but it does seem like a bit of a coincidence if it isnt a reference to the "Self defense against fresh fruit" skit.

On topic though, great review as usual, keep up the good work

Damit. You weren't ninja'd, you were the ninja.

 

[ntnimara]

Time Splitters was a fun game

REVIEW IT!! or die by the hands of a time traveling hatter..

EDIT: on a more constructive commenting note: I especially liked the different kind of time travels (Back to the Future ftw) :]

 

[Wolcik]

I'm not sure if it's a generic game so the aiming and camera rottation is alright? The biggest flaws were the story and set up of the game - so the actual gameplay is good? Or just good for Halo users?

 

[Barciad]

Yahtzee, for the love of God, just review a Total War Game. Instead of putting out the occasional snide remark which suggests much but delivers little, it would be nice to see you putting your cards on the table and saying to us all exactly what you don't like about the series. Personally, I keep thinking of a total lack of patience.
Okay, I may be biased here. As someone who loves cricket (and as an Pommie in Convictland, you must have enjoyed the Ashes at least a little bit), I have a very high tolerance for what others would describe as 'boredom'. Anyway, I digress, it was a fair review, not as good as the ones you did for Wolfenstein and Monkey Island, but those I admit were rather special.

 

[Silva]

Yahtzee: kindly don't pretend to know about alternative energy sustainability. The whole point of renewable energy is that it is sustainable, unlike fossil fuels, which are going to run out in about ten minutes.

Otherwise, good review as usual.

 

[Mullahgrrl]

Finally a game that recognises the historical importance of the battle of tautenberg.

Edit: Not counting that one Aegod game.

 

[NeckStabber]

Great review,i havent reached the end yet,but the blue aura soldiers you aren't supposed to kill became in my mind main targets-after i gained points in the first missions for the gun-

The reason for this is why should i run around using muzzle weapons with 16 bullets tops(the sniper,again with no upgrades)when i can kill future soldiers that atack you when you disrupt time or watever and take the quick burst 50 bullets per magazine pistol and mow every1 down.

I hope ill get on the enemy side by the time the game is over coz they have the best weapons.

 

[monkeyscience]

Great review,i havent reached the end yet,but the blue aura soldiers you aren't supposed to kill became in my mind main targets-after i gained points in the first missions for the gun-

A valid style of playing DoD. Its my favorite way to play the game actually, and it gets pretty challenging. You see, the enemy agents are the real "Time Cops", coming in all surgical, freezing time, etc. You and Dexter are more like "Time Rambos", you think big picture, C-4, and rocket launchers

 

[Yokai]

I thought Darkest of Days was pretty neat! I can see where some of your criticisms came up though, it's painfully difficult do do anything other than exactly what you're told.
I took that Total War comment to heart, though. NOT COOL
Besides, if you hate it, that means you have to review it, right?