Zero Punctuation: Siren Blood Curse

[Darkhill]

That sightjacking thing was interesting, it'd be good to see someone who knows what they're doing use that feature properly. For example, I figured one could make for a disturbing combat experience rather than a hard one in order to keep players running from combat in a survival horror situation, and perhaps it could be first person melee set up, but as the player strikes an enemy, the veiw switches to that of the foe as it recoils in pain, letting out an earsplittingly loud, ungodly scream in a child's voice, all while having to stare wildly at your character as he advances with the look of the devil in his eyes, blood everywhere. Nasty

 

[Dale Cooper]

I like Yahztee, he's a funny, seemingly intelligent guy.

However, I would play this game (if I had a PS3).

I think some people take his word to be gospel and can't form their own opinions... then there's the other end of the spectrum who hate his reviews because he slams their favourite games.

He's just a critic you won't agree with him all the time.

Though i do wish I listened to Yahztee's Dead Space review...

 

[VoltySquirrel]

I heard Spoony liked this game. Eh, oh well.

 

[lleihsad]

Why so much bile, you ask? Good question. I have some theories:

1. Yahtzee's detractors just need a place to vent, so they come onto the forums to denounce him as talentless filth in lieu of doing something constructive. An airing of grievances, more or less.

2. They mistakenly believe their opinions are somehow more important and/or objective than anyone else's, and get on their virtual soapboxes to tell the unwashed masses ("sheep/sheeple" if they're especially pretentious) how it is.

3. They are trolls. They just do it for kicks.

 

[Artorius]

i wonder how the sidejacking/second perspective view/ will fair in a action game xP...
and good review as usual..
ps lol at my own retardation xP...

 

[Kanashe]

Why so much bile, you ask? Good question. I have some theories:

1. Yahtzee's detractors just need a place to vent, so they come onto the forums to denounce him as talentless filth in lieu of doing something constructive. An airing of grievances, more or less.

2. They mistakenly believe their opinions are somehow more important and/or objective than anyone else's, and get on their virtual soapboxes to tell the unwashed masses ("sheep/sheeple" if they're especially pretentious) how it is.

3. They are trolls. They just do it for kicks.

Yes, yes very cute. Nice theories sir, but all bad. You see most people who haven't played the game defend/agree with Yahtzee. Wich in a word is abit wrong, because if you take someones word and not try a game for yourselfe to see if the so called 'bile' was true, then you are an idiot. I'm not beliveing my opinion is important or objective to anyone else, but so far most people didn't bring a good responce to the tabel, most of 'em were just defending Yahtzee. Thoes who did bring good pints, well I'm not even gonna argue with 'em, because I know I'm wrong at something.

 

[gretchen8642]

you make wednesdays excellent, yahtzee! [http://gpxplus.net/ZGZ2BQxl]

 

[Grahav]

I vote for the Aids game.

 

[DrEmo]

That was godawful....it wasn't even really that funny

BAAAWWWWWW!
Fail troll fails.

Nice one, yahtzee.
I don't see how anyone could enjoy horror games after Resident Evil... *shudders*

 

[thxforthelulz]

Awesome through and through. I love that he pays no attention to the whining faggots and just keeps reviewing his own way. Keeps me coming back every week.

 

[Hiroshi Mishima]

You know what, Kenashe? I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say you're a troll (regardless if you are or aren't, because you certainly feel like one right now, or at least an instigator or something) on the grounds that you take everything people say and twist it around until it fits your own viewpoint.

Now, watching someone else play a game in person and watching videos of people playing a game are both excellent ways to get a good impression of how the game handles/plays/feels. I can say that after watching some videos of the game, that I probably would not like it in the slighest.

Also, from my own experience, Yahtzee is almost always on the ball with his reviews, because he usually says the same thing I'm thinking. Does that stop me from playing games he says are crap? No, but it certainly makes me rent instead of buy (which I usually do anyways, thank gods), and in pretty much every occasion, I've come to the same conclusions as him by the time I'm done playing a game. Whether it's because I've beaten it or I'm sick it, I inevitably come to the same conclusion. That's why I like Yahtzee's reviews and why I take them as more honest than someone at IGN or Gamespot saying a game is AWESOME and then getting a lotta money.

You can defend the game all you want, but you insult our intelligence by saying that because we haven't "played it" that we obviously know nothing about the game (or apparently games in general according to some posters I've seen). No game is perfect, not even ones I like, and certainly not ones he likes (as he's said so himself). Blood Curse isn't a piece of artwork, and I'm certain it isn't a pile of shit. But I'm certainly not gonna say that it's a "great game" by any means. If you are offended by that, I'm sorry, but it isn't gonna change my mind by you trying to hammer it into my head why I'm an idiot or something for not liking it. It took some interesting concepts, juggled them around a bit poorly and didn't present them in a way that truly worked. To me, that is a mark of a "bad game". Not an awful one, a bad one. There's a difference.

 

[Parattchi]

Wow, Yahtzee threads always attract such anger. If you don't like his work, THEN DON'T WATCH IT. It's the simple solution to your problem, and I'm sure it would save everyone a lot of trouble.

As for the review, I liked it. Made me laugh, and I'm actually curious about the game now since I've never heard of it before. Might pick it up if I find it cheap.

 

[xqxm]

Why so much bile, you ask? Good question. I have some theories:

1. Yahtzee's detractors just need a place to vent, so they come onto the forums to denounce him as talentless filth in lieu of doing something constructive. An airing of grievances, more or less.

2. They mistakenly believe their opinions are somehow more important and/or objective than anyone else's, and get on their virtual soapboxes to tell the unwashed masses ("sheep/sheeple" if they're especially pretentious) how it is.

3. They are trolls. They just do it for kicks.

Yes, yes very cute. Nice theories sir, but all bad. You see most people who haven't played the game defend/agree with Yahtzee. Wich in a word is abit wrong, because if you take someones word and not try a game for yourselfe to see if the so called 'bile' was true, then you are an idiot. I'm not beliveing my opinion is important or objective to anyone else, but so far most people didn't bring a good responce to the tabel, most of 'em were just defending Yahtzee. Thoes who did bring good pints, well I'm not even gonna argue with 'em, because I know I'm wrong at something.

I think you're sore because you forked out 60 bucks or something for this sorry excuse for a game. I have tried it, i did not enjoy it, this is my opinion.

Yahtzee is honest, brutally honest, in fact. If you like reviews written by people on EA's payroll, then be my guest.

Of course, you have your own opinion on what makes a good or bad game, and if your opinion differs from mine, yahtzee's or anyone else on this forum, there's no point arguing about it. Hell, why am i doing it? Later.

 

[xqxm]

survival horror is rarely, if ever, carried out correctly.

What do you mean by "correctly"? Either it scares you or it doesn't (a good story is a nice bonus, but not necessarily a requirement). Project Zero 2 made me want to kill myself, therefore it's a good survival horror game. Dead Space had a couple of scary bits but was mostly harmless, therefore it's a bad survival horror game. I like the genre as a whole because of the way it ignores traditional expectations re: accessible & enjoyable gameplay.

By correctly, i mean that it scares you by trespassing on your brain, penetrating you, if you will. (inb4 dick analogies)

What i do NOT see as a good measure of a survival horror game is the amount of foaming-mouth zombies popping out from an unseen place and going BOGAWOGAWOGAWOGA.

I'm a fan of psychological horror. It doesn't have to be obvious scares, more a creeping feeling in your spine, that you are doing something you really really would not want to do.

Then, of course, it's very hard to carry this out so that it hits home with every person in the world, seeing as how every person is so different (except for the halo fanboys, copypasted fuckwits.)

I'm not trying to flame or anything, and if you have any recommendations that might meet my criteria and is not produced in japan, i'll gladly have a look at it.

Cheers!

 

[Kanashe]

Why so much bile, you ask? Good question. I have some theories:

1. Yahtzee's detractors just need a place to vent, so they come onto the forums to denounce him as talentless filth in lieu of doing something constructive. An airing of grievances, more or less.

2. They mistakenly believe their opinions are somehow more important and/or objective than anyone else's, and get on their virtual soapboxes to tell the unwashed masses ("sheep/sheeple" if they're especially pretentious) how it is.

3. They are trolls. They just do it for kicks.

Yes, yes very cute. Nice theories sir, but all bad. You see most people who haven't played the game defend/agree with Yahtzee. Wich in a word is abit wrong, because if you take someones word and not try a game for yourselfe to see if the so called 'bile' was true, then you are an idiot. I'm not beliveing my opinion is important or objective to anyone else, but so far most people didn't bring a good responce to the tabel, most of 'em were just defending Yahtzee. Thoes who did bring good pints, well I'm not even gonna argue with 'em, because I know I'm wrong at something.

I think you're sore because you forked out 60 bucks or something for this sorry excuse for a game. I have tried it, i did not enjoy it, this is my opinion.

Yahtzee is honest, brutally honest, in fact. If you like reviews written by people on EA's payroll, then be my guest.

Of course, you have your own opinion on what makes a good or bad game, and if your opinion differs from mine, yahtzee's or anyone else on this forum, there's no point arguing about it. Hell, why am i doing it? Later.

Yeaaah, I actually had fun with the game, so your opinion can drop of a cliff.

Yahtzee was never honest, please stop being so delusional. He's honest as IGN and Gamespot. He's a payed reviewer, and they're never honest. They're simple company drones.

Yes, I do, but seems alot of sheep take Yahtzee's 'word' as some kind if law. Wich really piss me off, I despise it when people belive that whatever this prick says is considered the truth, he's NOT always right so stop doing this delusional bullshit. Stop treating him like some kind of messiah when he isn't, I swear it makes me wanna punch each in everyone of you.

 

[MGT-Orion]

Why so much bile, you ask? Good question. I have some theories:

1. Yahtzee's detractors just need a place to vent, so they come onto the forums to denounce him as talentless filth in lieu of doing something constructive. An airing of grievances, more or less.

2. They mistakenly believe their opinions are somehow more important and/or objective than anyone else's, and get on their virtual soapboxes to tell the unwashed masses ("sheep/sheeple" if they're especially pretentious) how it is.

3. They are trolls. They just do it for kicks.

Yes, yes very cute. Nice theories sir, but all bad. You see most people who haven't played the game defend/agree with Yahtzee. Wich in a word is abit wrong, because if you take someones word and not try a game for yourselfe to see if the so called 'bile' was true, then you are an idiot. I'm not beliveing my opinion is important or objective to anyone else, but so far most people didn't bring a good responce to the tabel, most of 'em were just defending Yahtzee. Thoes who did bring good pints, well I'm not even gonna argue with 'em, because I know I'm wrong at something.

I think you're sore because you forked out 60 bucks or something for this sorry excuse for a game. I have tried it, i did not enjoy it, this is my opinion.

Yahtzee is honest, brutally honest, in fact. If you like reviews written by people on EA's payroll, then be my guest.

Of course, you have your own opinion on what makes a good or bad game, and if your opinion differs from mine, yahtzee's or anyone else on this forum, there's no point arguing about it. Hell, why am i doing it? Later.

Yeaaah, I actually had fun with the game, so your opinion can drop of a cliff.

Yahtzee was never honest, please stop being so delusional. He's honest as IGN and Gamespot. He's a payed reviewer, and they're never honest. They're simple company drones.

Yes, I do, but seems alot of sheep take Yahtzee's 'word' as some kind if law. Wich really piss me off, I despise it when people belive that whatever this prick says is considered the truth, he's NOT always right so stop doing this delusional bullshit. Stop treating him like some kind of messiah when he isn't, I swear it makes me wanna punch each in everyone of you.

Wow. I can't believe how much people argue about the same points over and over again. You just can't see the forest through the trees.

1. I don't think Yahtzee's reviews are meant to be honest, or taken in such a way that it becomes anything higher than an opinion. A good reviewer is honest to themselves and their style, and I believe Yahtzee is honest in that regard.

2. I think people who awkwardly admire/hate Yahtzee to the point of no return have issues. He is a man with an opinion that is very entertaining to some, and not to others. Just leave it at that, if you please.

Y'all need to chill out. If you really need to go all out to defend your viewpoint, that just shows how weak your argument is.

 

[axnxgxixe]

Is he doing Riddick this week? It would be interesting since he commented a while back how it was crazy that Vin Diesel was remaking the game (and he has "things in his crisper drawer older that that" <-- quote may not be perfect)

 

[in_95]

Thanks a lot yatzee. I just googled anencephalic. And now my sphincter has closed up and I will get piles.

The review was average.

 

[Forl0rn]

Best one in awhile... hehe

 

[Kodolb.]

01:40

Sight Jacking...I didn't notice it the first time I watched it
Lol that was funneh