Zero Punctuation: Wet
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I guess you have to be into the grindhouse/exploitation scene to really want this game, plot-wise anyway. The combat looks interesting though.
Haven't played it but from some of his description it's a little odd that Yahtzee was so hard on the game, yet loves Killer7. Style over gameplay-wise, that is. (Killer7 didn't have quick time events but hey)
Place your bets: there will be a Brütal Legend review within three weeks.
Bonus points if he makes a referance about being gay for Tim Shafer.
Haven't played it but from some of his description it's a little odd that Yahtzee was so hard on the game, yet loves Killer7. Style over gameplay-wise, that is. (Killer7 didn't have quick time events but hey)
Place your bets: there will be a Brütal Legend review within three weeks.
Bonus points if he makes a referance about being gay for Tim Shafer.
Such a great review. Definitely one of his best ever.
I'd like to see him review Demon's Souls sometime. Personally I love the game, and its pretty immersive, which I know he likes. Actually, maybe scratch that, because its usually the best to see the reviews for the very bad games.
I'd like to see him review Demon's Souls sometime. Personally I love the game, and its pretty immersive, which I know he likes. Actually, maybe scratch that, because its usually the best to see the reviews for the very bad games.
Loved the review. I pity you for actually having to play it through. I played the demo and instantly thought "Oh great, this is stranglehold all over again with an almost girl... only cheaper and less pretty."
My collectors edition of stranglehold is still sitting on my shelf of "not so good games," with about 10 minutes of gameplay (I mean I though it was supposed to be graphically ground breaking and enjoyable, but its not the UT3 engine, its the UT1 engine, but bad).
The Wet demo got even less play and I regretted the bandwidth used from my unlimited download internet connection.
p.s. I don't bother trading in bad games cause the usually give me only 2 euro of the price of a good game which isnt even worth the bother. I use them as gifts instead.
My collectors edition of stranglehold is still sitting on my shelf of "not so good games," with about 10 minutes of gameplay (I mean I though it was supposed to be graphically ground breaking and enjoyable, but its not the UT3 engine, its the UT1 engine, but bad).
The Wet demo got even less play and I regretted the bandwidth used from my unlimited download internet connection.
p.s. I don't bother trading in bad games cause the usually give me only 2 euro of the price of a good game which isnt even worth the bother. I use them as gifts instead.
This is the first time that I have so definitively changed my mind about buying a game due to a review. Thank you, Yahtzee, you have saved me some money. Let's hear it for the misleading fantasy world otherwise known as advertising. Now, back to Psychonauts (especially since Newegg, unlike some other retailers who appear to have made "deals" with EA, has not gotten any copies of Brutal Legend to send to anyone who preordered.)
Ah, Flashback, Another World. Good old games.
Yes, but then people would whine that he already made that joke about Mirror's Edge.neoman10 said:
Good review. I gave up one minute into demo - glad I didn't bother. And yes Rubi is the girl from Zen Pinball.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.145529#3295211
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.145529#3295211
Yea this game is pretty bad.
It's a good reminder to any publisher that while having a couple of potheads on your development team can bring in some cool ideas but once the whole team is on drugs, you get something like this.
I actually thought Yhatzee was going to like Wet. Hell, he liked No More Heroes and that game was even worse. At least Wet didn't have a boring and blank sandbox you had to traverse every time you needed to kill a new group of idiots.
It does make you think though; what's worse - a tedious sandbox or a series of arbitrary quick time events.
Yea, I guess the latter is a bit worse but it does at least let you get on with your life quicker.
It's a good reminder to any publisher that while having a couple of potheads on your development team can bring in some cool ideas but once the whole team is on drugs, you get something like this.
I actually thought Yhatzee was going to like Wet. Hell, he liked No More Heroes and that game was even worse. At least Wet didn't have a boring and blank sandbox you had to traverse every time you needed to kill a new group of idiots.
It does make you think though; what's worse - a tedious sandbox or a series of arbitrary quick time events.
Yea, I guess the latter is a bit worse but it does at least let you get on with your life quicker.
I think that Yahtzee is right that the flying through air in slow-motion thing is abused in that game. It's like V.A.T.S. in Fallout 3 or that stupid slo-mo thing they do when you knock somebody out in fighting games. Hell, at its core it's even like the annoying ass rolling and making your character hop across the board thing they do in the infinite mario party copies they've made. I think what Yahtzee is trying to say is that any event which slows down the action of a game had better be fucking beautiful and used sparingly. If I were to use this mechanic in a game I would definitely try and put it in a FPStealth rather than a shooter, and the pistols she gets would each have to be manually reloaded. Heres roughly how it'd work if I magic fairies granted me the ability to make video games rather than just complain:
*Generic stealthy hero is sneaking*
*Some sort of guard is alerted, possibly along with other guards*
*The hero must choose to either shoot or hide*
*Hero enters dramatic slow motion gun firing event, some number of bullets are used up*
*Other guards are alerted by the gunfire and come to the area*
*Hero must run, hide or shoot if bullets remain*
I think if your reload time was limited like that than the stealth aspect of a game could be emphasized while still keeping the ability to kill enemies. The thing is that if your gunfire alerts more enemies than you are discouraged from shooting. Killing just one room of baddies could lead to you hiding under a desk three feet from a badly shaven guard praying to whatever god you hold sacred that your shaky hands can load that stupid pistol before he smells you out.
Also, I would like to see a movie that had quicktime events. If the entire audience didn't press a button when commanded it would restart from the previous scene, and every time after your first fail you'd be given an electric shock.
*Generic stealthy hero is sneaking*
*Some sort of guard is alerted, possibly along with other guards*
*The hero must choose to either shoot or hide*
*Hero enters dramatic slow motion gun firing event, some number of bullets are used up*
*Other guards are alerted by the gunfire and come to the area*
*Hero must run, hide or shoot if bullets remain*
I think if your reload time was limited like that than the stealth aspect of a game could be emphasized while still keeping the ability to kill enemies. The thing is that if your gunfire alerts more enemies than you are discouraged from shooting. Killing just one room of baddies could lead to you hiding under a desk three feet from a badly shaven guard praying to whatever god you hold sacred that your shaky hands can load that stupid pistol before he smells you out.
Also, I would like to see a movie that had quicktime events. If the entire audience didn't press a button when commanded it would restart from the previous scene, and every time after your first fail you'd be given an electric shock.