Zero Punctuation: Fez and I Am Alive

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Dominic Burchnall

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I did enjoy "I Am Alive" more than I thought I would after the will-sappingly long wait for the bloody thing to actually come out, and in contrast to the resiliance of the "I'll die after one last smoke" character, I found a woman trapped in a sewer tunnel who needed 2 helpings of tinned food to keep going (which I didn't have, and my other stocks of fruit cocktail and rat meat were apparently not to her palette), and when I returned later I found she'd hanged herself, which I paradoxically found a nice little touch.

I do also like that you actually have to be very, VERY careful with your ammo, as you rarely rack up more than half a magazine worth. And I'd like to see some more, episodes I suppose. I think there's a lot of of potential for development around the story, such as the beginning of The Event, Harry and Lindas' story, and **SPOILER ALERT**SPOILER ALERT** how his camcorder was found at the end of the game. Couple of other mechanisms, like greater use of the grapple, greater use of the environment (like smacking an enemy over the head with a rock, defending yourself with a concrete rebar), and enemies thast can be lured into traps and dissuaded from attacking, and I think it'd be a much better game.
 

Proverbial Jon

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I'm surprised there wasn't more venom for "I Am Alive," that game was just dreadful.
 

Dinnerman

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holy crap yahtzee knows what Yume Nikki is.

I have no reason to think this is awesome, and yet, I do.
 

Ophiuchus

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Y'know the old trope about waiting ages for a bus and then having two come along at once?

I can't remember the last time there was a ZP review for a game I own, and now here's one that simultaneously covers the last two games I bought. That's pretty good work right there.
 

MonkeyPunch

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So... I'm not quite sure I understood quite what your tonsils looked like whilst you were sick. The least you could do is elaborate on the subject.
 

wooty

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I....I'm guessing Yahtz had some trouble with his tonsils last week then? Not that I actually noticed
 

Mahoshonen

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I went back and listened to last week's video, and didn't notice any difference. Maybe that's because I associate 'Yahtzee is sick' with whenever he sounds like he's back to using the voice from his earliest reviews. And then it turns out he was just replacing his mic or something.

Also, prepare for Yahtzee to be sued for making fun of Tom Cruise.
 

Furioso

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porpoise hork said:
Balkan said:
wow this review is a mess .I dont even know what yahtzee is talking about .

Seemed pretty straight forward to me. He was sick as hell last week. He hates Tom Cruise. He thought Fez was shit. He thought I Am Alive was shit.
...No he didn't think either of them was shit, he pointed out some flaws but he pretty clearly liked both of them
 

Elyxard

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Loved the tonsil and Tom Cruise analogies, brilliant episode. Still hoping for that PC release of Fez

I really hope he touches on Lone Survivor though. That game is practically an indie Silent Hill, right up his alley.
 

SnakeoilSage

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His tonsils were like a pair of testicles getting wrapped in duct tape, squeezed 'til they literally turn blue and then stepped on with Lady Venom's stiletto heels?
 

Quaidis

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I feel for you, Yahtzee. Tonsillitis is not fun at all, with exception to Vicodin and popsicles.

Time to take a worthwhile go at those two games. I somehow never heard of them before. I wonder what variety of rock I've been sleeping under recently was.
 

subtlefuge

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No excuse for anyone liking I Am Alive. I'm actually disappointed that Yahtzee went so easy on it.
 

SickBritKid

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Yahtzee, you are truly a paradox.

You bash on "entitled and lazy people" and make jokes about union pensioners, quite conservative standpoints, and yet you support Occupy Wall Street, a movement that demands shit be given to them and that said shit should be taken from those who have more shit than they.
 

DarkhoIlow

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I was a bit confused by this video while I was watching it.It seemed to me that he enjoyed Fez more than I am Alive,maybe that's just me.

Looking forward to see which title you will do next.
 

Avarice of Man

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Fronzel said:
porpoise hork said:
Balkan said:
wow this review is a mess .I dont even know what yahtzee is talking about .

Seemed pretty straight forward to me. He was sick as hell last week. He hates Tom Cruise. He thought Fez was shit. He thought I Am Alive was shit.
I thought that people who were unable to comprehend whether Yahtzee liked a game or not had stopped posting in the comment threads long ago.

Ah alas, people with the inability to pick up on sarcasm and don't have any skill in reading people do still exist. Not complaining though, couldn't be any easier playing them in poker if they just gave me the money. You ever feel like they just don't even try to do it because everything else hands them a cheat sheet?
 

Prof. Monkeypox

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You were sick, Yahtzee? Your voice sounded fine to me in last week's video. Unless you mean something else like your podcast.

Glad you're feeling better. I had the same level of infection you described once, it was no fun. I almost died! :/