Zero Punctuation: Top 5 of 2010

[samonix]

I don't get why People like Amnesia. I couldn't find anything scary about it. It's just boring.

then you have never been scared by anything in life and have transcended to a level of consciousness free from human emotion.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1945148

This isn't me but it was exactly like watching myself in a terrifyingly accurate sort of parody

 

[xdiesp]

He prized Reach first, that makes it official. Don't shoot the messenger, it's how it works.

 

[Aureliano]

Gotta say, I was hoping ME2 would show up on the list, if only so it wouldn't be so console-heavy (or have Dead Rising 2. Did not enjoy.) Bottom 5 was much more fun for me. Good call on Bioshock 2: the Suckening.

 

[TiefBlau]

I don't get why People like Amnesia. I couldn't find anything scary about it. It's just boring.

The power of Amnesia is the power of suggestion, and therefore if you play Amnesia with that boring, pissed off outlook, you're going to get a boring, pissed off game.

Might not always be the case though. Some people just aren't prone to the kind of understatement that leaves things to the imagination.

 

[SwitchUK]

Well played as always. However, MOH should have gone down as one of the worst. That game just plain sucked.

 

[LaughingNabashin]

AHHH YES! I knew Kane & Lynch would be your no#1 worst of the year (but damn it, you really threw me off when you said Fable III & Halo Reach). As for Just Cause 2, I honestly did not see that one coming. I could've sworn the review for that was quite negative when I last watched it. But anywho, bring on more decent indie games in 2011

 

[deserteagleeye]

I only saw a lets play of Amnesia through 1/4 of the game and it was pretty scary, but I was kind of disappointed that *SPOILER* the dog that he was running from could be killed so easily. That ruined my image of the rest of the game. Is it really that good?

 

[jopomeister]

I heard very little of Just Cause 2, it was huge for like a week or two, then seemed to disappear...

 

[Flunk]

I was going to write a defence of Final Fantasy XIII, which I quite enjoyed playing but then after thinking about it for a bit I think Yahtzee is actually right. The fights are boring, mostly automated and pointless, you do run down a corridor being randomly assaulted by automated battles.

It doesn't really qualify as a game except in the basic sense that if you turned off the controller it would just sit there and do nothing, at least after the first cinematic, the one that takes about 30 minutes.

So if I take it by it's merits:

Graphics: 10 (best looking 360 game I've seen)
Story: 9 (I like this sort of stupid BS)
Gameplay: 1 (isn't much of anything)
Voiceovers: 3 (I didn't vomit while playing once, which can't be said of Star Ocean:TLH)
Origionality: 0 (It's number XIII and they're actually taking AWAY features)

Overall 4.6/10

This may be my fault as I've run out of category ideas, what other things are jRPGs supposed to have again? I've forgotten since this generation I have only really enjoyed one of the many I've tried. Perhaps I'm just getting old and jaded.

 

[Vern]

You know, I kind of expected Just Cause 2 to be on the list, but not at number one. Honestly aside from Fallout: New Vegas it's the only game I've really enjoyed this year. After putting almost 30 hours into it after getting it during the Steam holiday sale I almost feel bad about not paying full price. I played the demo when it was released but it didn't really click, I think it just takes a bit to get used to the controls and the limited time frame of the demo didn't facilitate that, but after you start slingshotting across terrain, tying pursuing vehicles to the pavement and watching them catapult off bridges, tying peasants together, and crashing jet fighters into military commanders it becomes very lovable.

 

[Cheddar]

i liked bioshock 2... Alot.... but it wasnt as good as the first. See id rate Bioshock a perfect amazingsauce 10.... bioshock 2 id rated a 8.5 out of 10

 

[nitro27]

His top game was my top game for 2010! Cool!

 

[AWhite107]

nothing about mass effect 2? although he did say bioware games cease to impress him in his review...they are gonna be amazing. no need to reiterate it I guess

 

[ArianaUO321]

Did NOT see Just Cause 2 coming but... considering I've been playing it for hours already today without being the least bit bored, seeing that game pop up as #1 just made me squeal with happiness.

 

[lacktheknack]

I don't get why People like Amnesia. I couldn't find anything scary about it. It's just boring.

Elaborate?

OT: I totally saw Kane and Lynch coming. I didn't see Just Cause 2 coming, though, and it made me happy.

 

[lacktheknack]

I heard very little of Just Cause 2, it was huge for like a week or two, then seemed to disappear...

Everyone who raved about it got sucked into so deep they never came out again.

 

[Nouw]

Hilarious video, nice to see that list.

 

[lacktheknack]

I only saw a lets play of Amnesia through 1/4 of the game and it was pretty scary, but I was kind of disappointed that *SPOILER* the dog that he was running from could be killed so easily. That ruined my image of the rest of the game. Is it really that good?

There's one sequence in the Church Choir area that wins my award for "Most Hostile Atmosphere in a Game... EVER".

Seriously, it gets incredible at the end.

But... easily killed dog? That's Penumbra: Overture, from the makers of Amnesia. In Penumbra: Black Plague and Amnesia, you can't kill anything at all, let alone easily. You've been watching the wrong LP!

 

[UberNoodle]

"Wah wah wah! Samus was changed! Wah wah wah!"

 

[Warforger]

I just noticed something....The Best and worst game came from the same publishers or developers or whatever i.e. Square Enix.