Zero Punctuation: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
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Well that was better than expected.Thought it was in for a bashing...
Personally, I did find some parts creepy, like the car in the river and the Endless Otherworld maze (and "I love my Daddy!*99999999")....also, wasn't anyone else freaked out by the little girl/static/ghost screaming whenever you got close to it?
Hm...I also think he got something different from my experience...Instead of spitting some blood, the person's whole face was bleeding(starting from the eyes of course).Never give someone the wrong medication...
I found the monster chases quite thrilling, specially the one when you get home...To others, it may seem annoying or gimmicky though it isn't.
Overall, I think it's the lack of that many different paths that's annoying...There's only 4:Weak, Alcoholic, Sex obsessed, and Super-Dad...I certainly know that the Alcoholic Monsters are the scariest of the bunch, not to mention the ones with giant lips and boobs....Though I think he should have touched up on the Mementos feature(and the UFOs)...
Overall, a great review, with some awesome jokes and some good analysis( I agree with the Wii remote suddenly hating on me for no reason)...Though I really liked the Twist.
Personally, I did find some parts creepy, like the car in the river and the Endless Otherworld maze (and "I love my Daddy!*99999999")....also, wasn't anyone else freaked out by the little girl/static/ghost screaming whenever you got close to it?
Hm...I also think he got something different from my experience...Instead of spitting some blood, the person's whole face was bleeding(starting from the eyes of course).Never give someone the wrong medication...
I found the monster chases quite thrilling, specially the one when you get home...To others, it may seem annoying or gimmicky though it isn't.
Overall, I think it's the lack of that many different paths that's annoying...There's only 4:Weak, Alcoholic, Sex obsessed, and Super-Dad...I certainly know that the Alcoholic Monsters are the scariest of the bunch, not to mention the ones with giant lips and boobs....Though I think he should have touched up on the Mementos feature(and the UFOs)...
Overall, a great review, with some awesome jokes and some good analysis( I agree with the Wii remote suddenly hating on me for no reason)...Though I really liked the Twist.
Mains current in the US is 60 Hz. Europe's is 50Hz. Both these frequencies are very tightly regulated so that wall clocks will keep accurate time. So it made some sense to make it a fundamental time base for televisions.QUINTIX said:
Also, once upon a time, having mutually incompatible television standards was seen as advantageous to certain governments, so that their citizens couldn't tune in to any damned thing, but only those signals that conformed to (and whose broadcasters were regulated by) the government standards. Hence, the gratuitous differences, even throughout Europe. (One very old joke is that SECAM is the French word for PAL.)
Sync-to-anything computer monitors are very recent developments, comparatively speaking, only appearing in the late 1980's - early 1990's. They were more complicated, and hence five times more expensive, than an ordinary television which only needed to sync to one signal type. It's only in the last eight years or so that "televisions" and "computer monitors" have become so similar electrically that manufacturing convergence has taken place.
Motion pictures are over 100 years old at this point, predating residential electricity for most people. And even at that time, electricity wasn't standardized. Thomas Edison was supplying DC current to New York, whereas Westinghouse was supplying AC current. And not even mechanical television existed yet...
Because Nintendo -- and by extension the software developer -- has to assume that the user doesn't have a super-splooge-worthy monitor, but rather has a cruddy second-hand NTSC tube display with a monaural two-inch paper cone speaker. Otherwise, they'll return the game and/or the Wii to WalMart and say, "It doesn't work."
From cats to dogs, I see.
So I'm guessing that we'll be getting a review of NMH2 next month, if possible. If not, that's okay.
So I'm guessing that we'll be getting a review of NMH2 next month, if possible. If not, that's okay.
no gore and blood?
looks like yahtzee isnt fucked up enough to have gotten the nasty bits
i had my friend play through this, and i was pretty concerned at his mental state after observing all the horrible changes the games had made for him, like a gigantic bear split open with guts poured on the floor, and a screaming bloody wiggling sleeping bag
i got a stuffed bear and a briefly twitching bag.
my playthough tried to play on my relationships, his playthough tried to play on how much he loves fucked up things, seems like yahtzee may have gotten the same surroundings and ending as me
looks like yahtzee isnt fucked up enough to have gotten the nasty bits
i had my friend play through this, and i was pretty concerned at his mental state after observing all the horrible changes the games had made for him, like a gigantic bear split open with guts poured on the floor, and a screaming bloody wiggling sleeping bag
i got a stuffed bear and a briefly twitching bag.
my playthough tried to play on my relationships, his playthough tried to play on how much he loves fucked up things, seems like yahtzee may have gotten the same surroundings and ending as me
was kinda dissapointed when i saw it wasnt splinter cell. but the review was as always hilarious. i guess wii games are actually good for something, being made fun of. oh fuck not a pink dress!
WOW! The first 5 commenters didnt get banned on a ZP video thread! The Escapist has finally learned! This is a gread day.
Anyways, i was actually considering buying this game, i still don't know however. The Wii hardware is whats putting me off.
Anyways, i was actually considering buying this game, i still don't know however. The Wii hardware is whats putting me off.
Such as shame on my side in all honesty. I long ago made it a vow to remain tempermental towards games if Yahtzee warned against them, so while being an American and having had the ability to buy it for months, I've remained wary. Still, being able to kick the can of the two latest installments without any horror does indicate a step in the right direction. And while he did say the controls and level design weren't up to par, he didn't rip on them as much as Silent Hill 4, which is also quite positive. I guess I may rent the game at the very least, and nominate myself to write the next game at most.
idk before i felt you had lost your touch, like if you were consumed by your fame and glory. This episode was good, you actually reviewd a game this time instead of bashing it. I mean, you bashed it, but you actually hit on every annoying point of this game...anyway...you prob will never read this so why bother.
The whole psychological test in Shattered Memories sounds a bit gimmicky to me. It's kinda a cheap way to try and enter the player's head, after all Psychological horrors are all about being subtle and devious right? It's too up front, just set the format up so it automatically adjusts to the way you play the game. Then add some grotesque monstrosities and have them infrequently pop out at you and you've got yourself a winner.