Zero Punctuation

[Malacite]

Not sure how many people are fans of Yahtzee but damn his latest review is just killer.

The Escapist : Zero Punctuation: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

[Feba]

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Eh. First of all, their movie player sucks, and they take down Youtube mirrors, which makes it a PITA to watch. Second of all, it's somewhat funny, but if I wanted to hear constant negativity about something I'd just talk to myself. Good things can be funny too; but all he can manage is insult comedy.

[Jei]

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Still trying to load this one... taking forever. will comment later.

I liked his earlier reviews a lot. Especially the heavenly swords, tomb raider and others around that time. Somewhere along the way tho he stopped being funny and I haven't been following him much anymore >.>

[TheGrandMom]

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Absolutely filled with WIN! Thanks Mal. Loved the "that guy" part and the part about defending the name Wii when it first was announced.

His humor isn't for everyone but I absolutely love it because he hits somethings head on and it cracks me up!

[Malacite]

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My sentiments exactly

^^ British Humor (well, most of it. does help that my best friend is a Brit herself )

[Kittyneko]

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Well, I found it pretty funny. I couldn't really understand all of it and some things didn't make much sense, however it was very entertaining for the 4 minutes.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Why is it the quality of game reviews went down the tubes when podcasts and YouTube videos became all the rage?

Oh wait, there never was such a thing as a quality game review.

[Feba]

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Calling this a game review is like calling The Daily Show political commentary.

[Armando]

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'Twas funny. I have to agree with Feba that you can't really call Yahtzee's rants "game reviews" though. It's more like that friend from high school that could afford to buy all the hot new games you wanted and was really vocal about his opinions on them.

Sometimes Yahtzee does hit the nail on the head. Other times he lets his bias ("turn-based systems suck, I hate fighting games, Nintendo should put X franchise down already!") turn his rants into nothing but a couple of minutes of poking fun at a game. I don't really have a problem with that, it's usually amusing.

I also like how he calls MMORPGs "Muh-mor-puh-gas."

[Malacite]

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Personally I think the Smash Bros review was spot on.

[Taskmage]

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if I wanted to hear constant negativity about something I'd just talk to myself.

If I sigged forum quotes this one would be it.

[nanatsu]

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Gonna have to go ahead and agree with a few people and say that this really isn't a very good review. Actually it completely fails as a review. But that's because it's basically a rant. It's actually a very funny rant that I mostly agree with. So yeah.

[Armando]

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Personally I think the Smash Bros review was spot on.

Just because it touched on some flaws of the game, it doesn't make it a good review (or a review at all) by any means. Let's look at his complaints:

1) Camera zooms out too much with 4 people. No it doesn't - stop playing in New Pork City and Hyrule Temple.

2) Part of the game's hype was the inclusion of Sonic and Snake, thease have to be unlocked. Sonic takes a long time to unlock, this is a legitimate complaint. Snake is easy.

3) Subspace Emissary. Fine, it was a simple platformer. However, it was to be expected - it reeked of "Kirby Super Star" from the very day it was announced. Moreover, it'd be kinda...really freaking hard to make the level design more complicated while also making sure all 39 characters can complete a stage.

Moreover, this is something the fans wanted, it adds a LOT of replay value to the game, and also had very humorous and fan-servicy cutscenes. It was also a big step forward for the series, and hopefully SSB4 will have an even better Adventure Mode.

4) He doesn't play fighters, nor has he played Smash before, nor did he play with anyone who has a freaking clue what they're doing. His problem, no reason to fault the game for that.

5) "Who the hell is Marth? And what's the point of having a character from Mother 3 etc?" It's made by Nintendo and they're both major series over there, did he expect any less?

He didn't even touch upon things such as replay value, how the game has changed since Melee (which is a LOT,) the friggin'-enormous and sweet soundtrack, the stages, nothing.

You also know it fails as a review because, if you were to show this "review" to someone who knows nothing about video games or at least Smash Bros, he/she would get the impression that it's a poor/mediocre game. Now, Brawl wasn't perfect, but it's not a bad game by any means either, and a very large amount of people enjoy playing it, something Yahtzee clearly didn't.

If you don't take it seriously though and just enjoy it at face value, it's great stuff.

[Malacite]

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He's right about the controls though. Ugh, Nintendo could learn a thing or two about making good fighting controls from Capcom >_>

[Yellow Mage]

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He's right about the controls though. Ugh, Nintendo could learn a thing or two about making good fighting controls from Capcom >_>

Good lord, NO!