Zero Punctuation: Steam Roundup

[caballitomalo]

Boy, did he pick crappy games to review. It seems he has played quite a few good ones on the other hand, and it seems he just went with the one he didn't play until this week. A "steam recommendation" episode would have been nicer... but considering how yahtsee recommends things it would have been something like "if you are fond of poop, hate religion and are self abusing: go play binding of isaac" and stuff like that, which leaves you wondering if you should even try the game out.

If you ask me, indi games on steam are a buyers market for price and quality. I would like to recommend:

Vessel, The Binding of Isaac, Defense Grid, Torchlight (better than Diablo 3, BELIEVE), Shank, Trine 1 & 2, Machinarium (if you like pointy clicky stuff done right)and Spacechem (if you like games that make you feel smart).

Stay away from: Dinner Date and Trauma (those are not games) and of insanely twisted shadow planet (because it forces you, FORCES, to make a MS Live account to play the game and I call bs on that, I only made the account because I had already payed for the game, never buying another M$ game again).

And, of course: Bastion, Braid and Limbo if, for some reason, you haven't played them yet.

 

[bificommander]

Still haven't tried Orcs Must Die 2, but I did buy the first during the steam sale, and what can I say, I liked it. Even if 2 rows of tar pits on the ground and clockwork maces above tends to kill 99% of the standard enemies, making it a bit too effective.

For some reason I really burst out laughing at the "Oh, Sleeping Dogs it out? Well, fuck this noise." gag. Dunno why.

I hope Yathzee will have time to give Guild Wars 2 a review. Playing an Asura seems well fitted. A race of small and humorously arrogant critters who feels everyone but them is a moron? It's like Yathzee and his imps got drunk one night and spawned a whole race with his attitude and their physique.

 

[carpathic]

The usual excellence.

I quite appreciate the humour in the reviews, they serve to brighten my wednesdays considerably!

So, uh, thanks?

 

[Erttheking]

Is it just me or did Yahtzee sound a little slow this week? Ah whatever, haven't played Sleeping Dogs but from what I've heard about it it's a little GTA/Saint's Row 2ey, so it should be fun to hear Yahtzee talk about it.

 

[Formica Archonis]

Thank you, Commodore Power, for teaching this ignorant Canadian who Brian Clough is so I can get Yahtzee's jokes.

 

[gibboss28]

Oh man I'm really looking forward to my graphics card fixed so I can actually play Orcs Must Die 2. Oh well. Good things come to those who wait.

 

[exobook]

Whats this a reference to age of empires!

My heart skips a beat, any chance you can fit in an empire earth reference as well?

But still does anyone get the feeling that Yahtzee at least respects Steam for it willingness to stock any game. Even if it does mean we get £15 DLC for train simulators clogging up our suggestion boxes.

 

[Jaeke]

Why the hell is MovieBob in my Zero!!...

Oh, nevermind it's an add.
Whew, that almost ruined the day.

 

[ewhac]

Cane toads still a problem in Queensland, eh?

Everything I know about cane toads I learned 20 years ago, through this improbable post [http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/92q4/canetoad.html] on rec.humor.funny.

 

[Diegolomac]

I kind of like the first Darksiders (still haven't played the new one), but I remember that his review of the first one was so hilarious and full of hatred that I can't wait for the review of the second one!

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

I've gotta say, I've never understood the undying passion some people around these parts have for Indie gaming. I have yet to play an Indie game which I thought was good.

No, wait, scratch that, does Torchlight count? Ok, Torchlight is the only Indie game I have ever enjoyed. The rest are generally low quality and very very boring.

 

[TrevHead]

Hehe good vid, Yahtzee was on fire this ep

Although as someone with some niche tastes I think steam is great, and the indies are getting better in quailty as they fill more niches that AAAs are increasingly abandoning or using insane DRM or farmville monetisation.

Hell even Japanese games are finally making their 1st tentative steps on the service, with doujins, psp ports and Dark Souls.

 

[Undeadpool]

This review (or rather the bit at the end) just reminded me that I forgot to pick up jam at the store yesterday...damnit...
Also: I've heard positively STUNNING things about Dust. Things like "Only XBLA Summer game worth picking up...BUT AMAZING!"

 

[FallenMessiah88]

Well, Unmechanical sounds like a novel idea that just gets old really really fast. Orcs Must Die sounds fun, although I'm not a fan of tower defense type games. Still, I should probably check both of them out sometime. Lastly, the book of unwritten tales. Well, let's just say that if there's one thing that I've learned from watching Zero Punctuation, it's that the adventure genre as we knew it died out for a reason, which is sad considering that it used to be my favorite genre next to first person shooters.

 

[Onliuge]

I've always wanted him to review an very fun game called Magicka, except with the absolute landslide of DLC for it :/, but other than that it was really damn fun especially with friends.

 

[duchaked]

nice ending lol

I do agree that the SoA this year was lacking compared to the last. also I preordered JAM so yay :]

 

[Amaror]

Still haven't tried Orcs Must Die 2, but I did buy the first during the steam sale, and what can I say, I liked it. Even if 2 rows of tar pits on the ground and clockwork maces above tends to kill 99% of the standard enemies, making it a bit too effective.

For some reason I really burst out laughing at the "Oh, Sleeping Dogs it out? Well, fuck this noise." gag. Dunno why.

I hope Yathzee will have time to give Guild Wars 2 a review. Playing an Asura seems well fitted. A race of small and humorously arrogant critters who feels everyone but them is a moron? It's like Yathzee and his imps got drunk one night and spawned a whole race with his attitude and their physique.

Hehe, yeah maces were really effective, they nerved them greatly in the sequel.
It is really much fun, it is of course better in coop and we all know that yathzee wont do that.

 

[Timnoldzim]

I always like when he does stuff like this. I think Yahtzee is at his absolute funniest in tiny little bursts (even tinier than 5 minutes, that is).

 

[PunkRex]

Daaaaaw, little Yahtzee is adorable /)^3^(\