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dark heartt
#21 - 2013-05-20 06:43:47 UTC
Hungry Eyes wrote:
Dring Dingle wrote:
Still just as hilarious as the first time i watched it.

tho that guy hates everything, the only even slightly positive reviews i have seen is minecraft and portal lol.



he liked GW2.


And Thief... if you didn't pick that up from any game that has any sort of stealth in it that he reviews haha.

http://tetrisisunrealistic.blogspot.com.au/
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2013-05-20 07:28:34 UTC
This guy is lame man. If I'm ever interested in hearing a review before I check out the game myself, I'll go to Angry Joe first. And he's also way more entertaining.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Daimon Kaiera
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#23 - 2013-05-20 07:32:15 UTC
So does anyone else like their second job so much that they pay for it?

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terzho
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#24 - 2013-05-20 07:36:51 UTC
Yahtzee is a carebear
dark heartt
#25 - 2013-05-20 07:44:11 UTC
Remiel Pollard wrote:
This guy is lame man. If I'm ever interested in hearing a review before I check out the game myself, I'll go to Angry Joe first. And he's also way more entertaining.


Once again, Yahtzee doesn't do reviews. Everything there is actually meant to be taken as entertainment, despite the "I look like a review" style he has.

http://tetrisisunrealistic.blogspot.com.au/
Naomi Hale
#26 - 2013-05-20 07:50:29 UTC
dark heartt wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
This guy is lame man. If I'm ever interested in hearing a review before I check out the game myself, I'll go to Angry Joe first. And he's also way more entertaining.


Once again, Yahtzee doesn't do reviews. Everything there is actually meant to be taken as entertainment, despite the "I look like a review" style he has.


Agreed. They are five mintue sketches to entertain and poke fun. I'd never go to Zero Punctuation for a recommendation or accurate review, I would however go for a chuckle at jokes about gaming culture made by a British Expatriate.

Mmm... Branston Pickle.

I'm Naomi Hale and this is my favourite thread on the forums.
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#27 - 2013-05-20 08:40:19 UTC
His review of Spec Ops: The Line was pretty amazing. Sounded like the game blew his mind as much as it did mine. Also, he loves Thief and early Silent Hills. And he liked Far Cry, Mark of the Ninja, and XCom.

-Liang

I'm an idiot, don't mind me.
Ruhan Guyes
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#28 - 2013-05-20 12:58:49 UTC
I thought his review was for the most part spot on. It doesn't mean I enjoy the game any less or agree 100% with his opinion.

Reviewers review games from their perspective.
Skeln Thargensen
Doomheim
#29 - 2013-05-20 13:47:30 UTC
Haha, watched this again myself recently. There is a lot of truth in it but it's very much from the trial account carebear perspective of the game. I've had friends who were big WoW heads trial Eve and leave jaded on it. It's just too sandbox for them. The PvE is just too dull and there's no leveling to urge you to play more.

Only thing I'm surprised he didn't rag on was the named tech variants but I guess he quit before he got into that nonsense. If I could change one thing about the game I'd get rid of them and just have basic name (meta level) stuff.

forums.  serious business.
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#30 - 2013-05-20 13:51:09 UTC
I regard the ZP review as a parody of how someone who should never play EVE would experience the game.

So amusing.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#31 - 2013-05-20 14:07:14 UTC
Alphea Abbra wrote:
Riot Girl wrote:
He thinks a Bestower can kill a Moros.
Your signature summarises my reaction when reading your post.
Good signature, +1 for truth.

I never watch zero punctuation because he seems to deliberately destroy any sense he might be making by only ever uttering those single sentence reviews so you're actually left with having to review his sentence to find out what he actually was saying which is tiresome I can't see what the appeal is of someone writing a script and then going over it to delete every punctuation or exclamation there might be and when reading the script aloud simply speeding it up It really baffles me why people care enough for his reviews to endure that but I guess his neverending sentence reflects on his neverending critique and it might actually be entertaining As said I don't watch it so I can't really say I did learn how to make such scripts myself You will probably already have guessed Smartypants.
Wheeze
So anyway...


Zero Punctuation <> Run-on sentences

It's entertaining, and he makes some good points in his reviews. But as with anything in life, judge for yourself. Don't let others do your thinking for you.

I don't judge people by their race, religion, color, size, age, gender, or ethnicity. I judge them by their grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, clarity of expression, and logical consistency.
Xolve
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#32 - 2013-05-20 17:56:03 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
I regard the ZP review as a parody of how someone who should never play EVE would experience the game.

So amusing.


I think of ZP as just humor, I don't take any of his reviews to heart, most of the games he absolutely loathes are ones that I've thoroughly enjoyed; that being said- his EVE review is faintly reminiscent of failed attempts to get other gamers to try and play EVE, his responses were typically their responses.
Jim Nightingale
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#33 - 2013-05-20 19:53:36 UTC
Bored bored bored eyestrain.

And I admit that I am indeed a business executive in real life and do find myself almost accidentally applying my real-world business skills to my EVE Online play.
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#34 - 2013-05-21 12:17:09 UTC
Yahtzee has probably saved me hundreds of dollars over the years that I might have regretfully blown on really craptastic games.

So I guess I should tell him "thanks" some day.

http://youtu.be/t0q2F8NsYQ0
Veshta Yoshida
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#35 - 2013-05-21 13:10:05 UTC
It is 100% accurate if taken as a whole.

His main gripe is skills and everything that hinges upon them .. trial account = no skills = no fun.
He deliberately stays off the drama scene .. NPC corp = no wingmen/drama = no fun.
He has a dragon fetish .. Eve is SciFi, not Fantasy = no dragons = no fun.

"Eve players are to nerds what nerds are to 'normal' people" .. and "...infect me with some sort of disease that causes flowcharts" .. sure gets the message across Smile
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