Zero Punctuation: Viewer's Choice: Duke Nukem Forever
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I thought Halo Wars Would've won hands down. That particular ZP was a good example of Yahtzee's style of british comedy (monty python) But I guess its not as appreciated as much as I had hoped...
I didn't enjoy the Duke Nukem Forever review all that much. I mean, sure, it was funny, but watching it compared to the Painkiller review, I honestly enjoyed the Painkiller review more. I suspect that many people voted for it for the symmetry of it being a *unique* review rather than a genuinely superior one.
Food for thought: Yahtzee has built his reputation on scathingly/wittily pointing out the worst parts of games, and our response is to tell him that his best video is the one that he spends lavishing insincere, overly-hammy praise?
Food for thought: Yahtzee has built his reputation on scathingly/wittily pointing out the worst parts of games, and our response is to tell him that his best video is the one that he spends lavishing insincere, overly-hammy praise?
I wasn't terribly surprised by this either. His 'review' of Duke Nukem Whatever was blistering, and funny enough to make you crap standing.
Which leads me to this: I was one of the teeming masses who eagerly awaited a sequel to what was then a fun romp in Ultra Violent land. It didn't take itself seriously, and it was fun to play....
Then the delays happened. And kept happening. Meanwhile the FPS market kept evolving, and all the while the Faithful kept hoping that it would come soon. And then the announcement that not only would there NOT be a new Duke Nukem FPS, the company that published it would be closing its' doors.
No shit! 14 years after the fact, and all you have to show for it is a moderately decent game in Prey which, while pretty and somewhat engaging, failed on the crucial element; gameplay. Frankly, 3D Realms deserved to go under after that.
Which leads me to this: I was one of the teeming masses who eagerly awaited a sequel to what was then a fun romp in Ultra Violent land. It didn't take itself seriously, and it was fun to play....
Then the delays happened. And kept happening. Meanwhile the FPS market kept evolving, and all the while the Faithful kept hoping that it would come soon. And then the announcement that not only would there NOT be a new Duke Nukem FPS, the company that published it would be closing its' doors.
No shit! 14 years after the fact, and all you have to show for it is a moderately decent game in Prey which, while pretty and somewhat engaging, failed on the crucial element; gameplay. Frankly, 3D Realms deserved to go under after that.
For all the people complaining that Yahtzee's not funny anymore, I think this episode really shows why.
This is the purest form of ironic British wit in the form of video game nerdiness that winks at the audience ever so slightly yet leaves the less nerdy people still enjoying it for the phallic humour and the course language.
This is the purest form of ironic British wit in the form of video game nerdiness that winks at the audience ever so slightly yet leaves the less nerdy people still enjoying it for the phallic humour and the course language.
This isn't my personal fav but i knew it was going to win from day one. It's just too well done not to.
Did anybody happen to catch the stupid people who commented on this review the first time? They asked when this came out and how they managed to miss it... completely missing the magnificent irony laden throughout this review... Honestly i don't know how the world functions with people that unobsservant 
nyeh, all my favourites were voted off really early on.
...but I did vote for this one in the final admittedly
...but I did vote for this one in the final admittedly
