Zero Punctuation: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

[Mangod]

Kinda surprised they went with the Terminator spoof over the Jurassic Park spoof, actually. You figure remaking, I dunno, Trespasser would make more sense.

Still sounds fun though

 

[FalloutJack]

Pardon me, Escapist, but why is your video acting like it's from Youtube with sound malfunctions?

 

[Metalrocks]

still havent played it. i think i really have to give it a try. how long is the game to play?

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

The game was missing the women of the 80s. Big shoulder-pads, the short haircuts, huge hoop earrings, massive sunglasses and neon tights. Could have been a boss.

 

[SiskoBlue]

Great video this weak. Yahtzee's videos seemed to be lacking his tortued similies, and poignant metaphors.

Also, I completely agree with the massive failing of "comedy" these days relying on pop culture references rather than things that are inherently funny on their own. Airplane (or Flying High if not living an anal-retentive country that promotes free speech but doesn't like it) is a perfect example. Except for a few gags about 90% of the humour doesn't rely on you having seen another film before.

What do we have today's films? Scary movie cookie-cutter parody that relies entirely on having seen every other film in the last 3 years, or "original" comedy like The Hangover based on homophobia, gross out, and generally idiocy. Lucky us.

 

[minimacker]

And apparently, it sold 4 times the amount they thought it would sell (in total) in just the first week. They said that they may just work on a sequel.

 

[corronchilejano]

No you just have low standards. It was a good idea, but still a bad game in my humble opinion.

I added the bolded part there, you know, just to be clear.

 

[bluepotatosack]

I tried the demo because it looked promising and I wanted to know what the kids are playing nowadays. But it was still an awful awful game. Presumably because Farcry3 is an awful awful game. Mechanics wise. So if you don't like the game you won't like the more modestly priced lipsticked mod either.

I know its late. But I wished Yahtzee would've said as much.

You sir, are insane.

No you just have low standards. It was a good idea, but still a bad game.

I thought the mechanics were pretty solid. What were your problems with them?

 

[llamastorm.games]

I usually don't get games that have short length buuuuut... This does look like a lot of cheap, glowy fun.
I'll see if there's a sale on sometime for it.

Have you tried Child of Eden yet?

I believe the Keynote speaker at the Paintdrying convention this year is Bob Ross' cat, who watched 85 of his paintings dry.

I giggled absolute fucking bricks at this post

 

[Swifteye]

I tried the demo because it looked promising and I wanted to know what the kids are playing nowadays. But it was still an awful awful game. Presumably because Farcry3 is an awful awful game. Mechanics wise. So if you don't like the game you won't like the more modestly priced lipsticked mod either.

I know its late. But I wished Yahtzee would've said as much.

Yathzee wouldn't say that anything of the sort because he liked the orignal Far Cry 3.

 

[Endocrom]

Man, between this and "Manborg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mISUM0qvFTQ]" I'm having some serious nostalgia for the 1986 movie "Eliminators [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgAeGUD2FU]"

 

[Annihilist]

Is it just me, or do recent ZP videos have the audio sync way out of time? I know the older one's are fine because I've been watching some, and put it side by side with the last few and it's clear something's off.

Anyone else get this?

 

[Racecarlock]

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.

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"Who would have thought that a man dressed as a giant light up purple dildo would turn a few heads at the paint drying appreciation society?"

(Engage sarcasm) But yahtzee, how will we ever get people to take paint drying seriously if people keep showing up in dildo costumes? (Disengage sarcasm)

In all seriousness (Ironically), I really wish games would stop trying to suck off hollywood and get back to being, you know, GAMES!

 

[Charles Phipps]

http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2014/04/far-cry-3-blood-dragon.html

I just finished the game, it's really-really good! Everyone should buy it.

In a way, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is the anti-Spec Ops: The Line. SO:TL is a video game about the horrors of war and how there's something messed up about slaughtering thousands of digital people onscreen to feel like a hero. Blood Dragon explicitly calls out this attitude as nonsense, having a brief moment where an NPC talks about how video games are fun, improve reaction time, and have no proven link to violence despite numerous studies. SO:TL is about making you feel guilty for wanting to be a hero, Blood Dragon is about having fun being the most stereotypical over-the-top action hero since Duke Nukem but without the crudity or sexism.