Zero Punctuation: Red Dead Redemption

[MortalForNow]

Well, at least he liked it. I may pick it up myself someday.
Something's nagging me, though: I feel like I've heard the phrase "Purple Monkey Dishwasher" somewhere before...

I've heard it in an episode of the Simpsons before. I laughed hard when I realized that it was from there.

Yet another fine week, Yahtzee. I'm quite looking forward to the game once summer rolls around and I have all the time that I want with it.

 

[1deano1]

Brilliantly funny as per usual. Made me laugh loads. If and when I get the cash, i'll have to give this a look.

 

[Ilovechocolatemilk]

As others have mentioned in this thread, criticizing this game for its auto aim and long travel times seems disingenuous at best, seeing as how both problems can be remedied by the start menu. Criticizing RDR's controls and then complaining how there's no "game" in this video game is also patently ridiculous. That is tantamount to stating that a guitar is too difficult to play and using that as evidence to claim there's no "music" in that musical instrument. The "game" part of RDR is learning how to shoot/ride/use the controls. The same is true of any other game since the days of Pac-man.

He was really scraping the bottom of the barrel for this one. RDR is a well-executed game, in spite of the few minor bugs it may have. Whether you like it or not all depends on personal preference; objectively it is a good game.

 

[Doctor X]

Can't get it to load. I click on it, the Age of Conan ad pops up, and it just hangs indefinitely.

 

[Angelus SnV]

Alright, i'm confused...i keep hearin' people go on and on about "bugs" and how "shoddy" the controls are, and i just don't see any of that! I'm playin' th'game right now, and with the exception of one mission (i was supposed to stop a couple of carts and the guards, then take said carts and ride 'em to the mexican/american border) which made everybody i was supposed to fight either just stand in place, (including the carts which wouldn't move once i cleared all th'baddies out and went to drive 'em m'self), or go shooting straight up in the air (that was weird), i've run into ZERO of the bugs everybody else is yakkin' about...and even that one cleared up once i reboot it...i guess i just hit th'lottery or somethin' if i'm actually enjoyin' this game that so many people are all up in arms about...*shrug*

 

[mrclam]

Whether you like it or not all depends on personal preference; objectively it is a good game.

In that case you can say the EXACT same about carnival games. Whether you like it or not all depends on personal preference; objectively it is a good game.

 

[TastyCarcass]

Well golly gee whiz Yahtzee, again I agree with the majority of your points but I'm surprised you enjoyed the story, as this is a game which seems to approach the storytelling techniques closer to a film than a game, i.e overused exposition of better/more violent times in the same setting, anticlimactic confrontations (such as the guy who fled to mexico only to recieve a by the way style death) and a lackluster ending which forces you to make errands for 6 missions, a scene which removes your control followed by yet more errands.

 

[BenzSmoke]

When I play I never experience any of the bugs or control problems Yahtzee mentioned... I guess that makes me lucky?

 

[moose_man]

I thought he was going to do the scientific method like he said in Prototype? WTF?

 

[daftalchemist]

I'm happy to know I wasn't the only person who loved the sailing in Wind Waker.

And yes, the prairie may be a bit void of human life in RDR, but damn if I don't enjoy looking at the scenery anyway. The only time I fast travel is when I literally have to get from one side of the map to the other.

 

[Jak2364]

lol, i wonder how he'd like the first one.
And that's strange, i haven't experienced any of the bugs he's talking about. and I've played both versions of the game.

 

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

Green Spleen Submarine would be an awesome game.

 

[pepitko]

Hm, the review felt like that if you subtracted all the bugs and glitches from the game, there wouldn't be much to criticize. I can't wait to get a copy, as a big fan of the GTA series, I'm very much looking forward to this installment.

 

[TheECP]

Green Spleen Submarine, lol..

 

[zeratul123]

You make my wensdays dude.

 

[Canid117]

Yahtzee can join our "We really hate Cougars and Grizzly Bears sneaking up on us club"

as soon as someone bothers to start one...

 

[Jamash]

Is it bad when you just have to say "That was a good review"?

Apparently so.

Also, it appears that the "beautifully atmospheric, beautifully written" game which Yahtzee found "immersive enough to spend hours at a time playing" (that incidentally scored 5/5 by The Escapist's more objective review [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/7607-Review-Red-Dead-Redemption]) isn't good enough for some people, not when comedy glitches, nitpicking and hyperbole are the true mark of a game's worth.

I was thinking of complaining to him in person on my summer holiday to Australia, but I now know never to set foot on that continent because Al Murray: The Pub Landlord said every animal is out to kill you and all the people are too smug and full of themselves.

 

[voetballeeuw]

I too have an immortal hatred of mountain lions.

 

[ARKSgtAlpha]

yes, someone else who like just sailing in Wind Waker!