Console nub. Probably haven't even played the game. (joking)I completly agree with that review. The game is completly unintuitive, the controls are terrible, the menu system is complicated in the sense that it is only cluttered with useless items(compare how many mutagens you have to how many you use), and an abysmal crafting system. The game trys to be complicated for no reason and is so poorly balanced that you begin to wonder how to actually begin doing something. I.E. there are 8 or 9 different types of crafting ingredients but you are completly bottlenecked by the blue ether ingredient which basically means the number of things you can make is directly proportional to amount of ether you have. Every aspect of the game is poorly explained from a list commands at the beginning of the game to what spells and commands you can and cannot do. Perhaps even worse is the fact that whenever you approach something new the tutorial window that attempts to explain what ever is going on takes of so much of the screen and is so wordy that you don't even realize what it is trying to describe, this frequently happens in combat.
Which brings me to the absolute worst part of the game, the combat. You can try to compliment it by saying that it is relentless, has a rythm, and does not cater to those inexperienced but in reality, all it does it generate artificial difficulty. Geralt is unresponsive, it takes him upwards for 5 seconds to swap from one weapon to another while standing still, he frequently moves in the exact opposite direction you want him to and his targetting abilities are embarassingly bad(something that is not helped by the fact that the game doesn't explain how the targetting system works) But to put it in a clearer sense the biggest fault of the game is that it is incredibly difficult to express what you want your character to do in the game, wether you want to upgrade a weapon, manufacture a bomb, play dice with someone, cast a spell, use an item, equip an item(half the items in your backpack cannot be interacted with in your backpack menu), or roll away from an enemy instead of towards him, and in that regard the game utterly fails to impress.
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Feel free to be rude. Your original attempt to undermine the figure in question by suggesting no-one cared about him any more has been shown to be inane. And thanks for being happy for me. I feel very warm inside.[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"][QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"]
It's rude to ignore someone trying to talk to you. But if you think you accomplished *something* from this, whatever this just was, ya know, I'm happy for you. Right now, you're arguing about nothing. You think you "showed me up" but I never really said anything.
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My "original attempt to undermine the figure in question by suggesting no-one cared about him any more" was clearly a joke if you haven't figure it out. There's nothing to prove wrong.
Of course there was. There was a statement made, and I responded to it. It was trash. Besides, if there's nothing to prove wrong in a joke, why have you tried so hard to undermine Yahtzee's jokes, since there's nothing to prove wrong in them? ;) Oh, and, you're *still* responding an awful lot for someone who professes not to care about the subject. I understand that you were worried about being rude to me, but since you now know that I'll take no offense to you leaving if you're really disinterested in the subject (as you claim), feel free to leave. No offence taken. Unless of you're you're continually posting because you DO care, then feel free to keep writing back.You know, the more you persistently come back and say "I DON'T CARE!" just drives in that you do care enough to respond again and again and again... And doesn't change that you've been shown up. But why not tell me that you don't care again? That'll convince me ;)[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"]
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I've been shown up? :lol: You're trying to argue with someone who stone cold doesn't care. I came in here to post my snarky comment and you're mad.
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It's rude to ignore someone trying to talk to you. But if you think you accomplished *something* from this, whatever this just was, ya know, I'm happy for you. Right now, you're arguing about nothing. You think you "showed me up" but I never really said anything.
Feel free to be rude. Your original attempt to undermine the figure in question by suggesting no-one cared about him any more has been shown to be inane. And thanks for being happy for me. I feel very warm inside.Actually, I've already accomplished my goal. You've said "and honestly thought whatever relevance he had 4 years ago was totally gone." It's now painfully obvious that your honest belief was sorely mistaken, and your original questions asked were meant to suggest something that is manifestly untrue.[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"]
[QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"] I don't think Yahtzee is a competent reviewer and honestly thought whatever relevance he had 4 years ago was totally gone. I'm just giving my 2 cents dude. You're here trying to start some big debate out of nothing and I'm just here to party.Not-A-Stalker
As for him being a competent reviewer, I don't think you'll get many who argue he's a competent reviewer in a conventional sense. Perhaps he could be, but he doesn't try to be. But where most conventional reviewers gloss over negatives in favour of hype, he glosses over positives in pursuit of an image and a joke - and in doing so, he oftentimes points out many things that more conventional reviewers gloss over.
PS - I like the distancing and the "it ain't no thang - just here to parta BRA!" attitude when you've clearly been shown up. It's cute ;)
I've been shown up? :lol: You're trying to argue with someone who stone cold doesn't care. I came in here to post my snarky comment and you're mad.
You know, the more you persistently come back and say "I DON'T CARE!" just drives in that you do care enough to respond again and again and again... And doesn't change that you've been shown up. But why not tell me that you don't care again? That'll convince me ;)Actually, I've already accomplished my goal. You've said "and honestly thought whatever relevance he had 4 years ago was totally gone." It's now painfully obvious that your honest belief was sorely mistaken, and your original questions asked were meant to suggest something that is manifestly untrue.[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"]
[QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"] I don't think Yahtzee is a competent reviewer and honestly thought whatever relevance he had 4 years ago was totally gone. I'm just giving my 2 cents dude. You're here trying to start some big debate out of nothing and I'm just here to party.AncientDozer
As for him being a competent reviewer, I don't think you'll get many who argue he's a competent reviewer in a conventional sense. Perhaps he could be, but he doesn't try to be. But where most conventional reviewers gloss over negatives in favour of hype, he glosses over positives in pursuit of an image and a joke - and in doing so, he oftentimes points out many things that more conventional reviewers gloss over.
PS - I like the distancing and the "it ain't no thang - just here to parta BRA!" attitude when you've clearly been shown up. It's cute ;)
People take Yahtzee different ways, and I can understand completely discounting him, but I think his perspective actually does have some very legitimate value to it. Not as much as a professional reviewer, but the guy says things I rarely see pointed out in professional reviews, things which *should* be pointed out in an objective review but aren't.
Of course, the fact that he openly bashes games that people like get people defensive and they attack him, his credibility, his humour, etc etc, because attacking a game someone likes is (around here) almost akin to a personal attack. Then they actively discredit what he says that might be of value not because they are bad points, but he's the bad guy who bashed game X, Y, or Z and is obviously an idiot...
[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"]You. I don't think Yahtzee is a competent reviewer and honestly thought whatever relevance he had 4 years ago was totally gone. I'm just giving my 2 cents dude. You're here trying to start some big debate out of nothing and I'm just here to party. Actually, I've already accomplished my goal. You've said "and honestly thought whatever relevance he had 4 years ago was totally gone." It's now painfully obvious that your honest belief was sorely mistaken, and your original questions asked were meant to suggest something that is manifestly untrue.[QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"] What are you talking about?Not-A-Stalker
As for him being a competent reviewer, I don't think you'll get many who argue he's a competent reviewer in a conventional sense. Perhaps he could be, but he doesn't try to be. But where most conventional reviewers gloss over negatives in favour of hype, he glosses over positives in pursuit of an image and a joke - and in doing so, he oftentimes points out many things that more conventional reviewers gloss over.
PS - I like the distancing and the "it ain't no thang - just here to parta BRA!" attitude when you've clearly been shown up. It's cute ;)
[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"][QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"]Sorry, I can't hear you over the irony of you commenting that you're not going to comment.. Is your primary mode of argument the insinuating-the-negative question, than the stark, fingers-in-ears denial when you get an answer that wasn't the one you wanted? What are you talking about? You.What are you trying to say? Because you just said a bunch of stuff and it really means nothing to me and there's nothing worth commenting back on.
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[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"]If you didn't care about how many people watched his show, why did you ask if people still watched him? As for your aspirations to have your life total of people who care about what you have to say in your lifetime being higher than how many people care about him per week, while it's certainly possible and it's good that you have goals, you've got a snowball's chance. The reality is, he still gets tens of thousands of people checking out his videos every week. And for a youtube celebrity, he's done pretty damned well - guy makes a lot of money, gets to pursue his hobby of gaming totally funded, basically puts out one shmarmy video a week, gets funded trips for his job, and has been popular for years after his breakout. Again, pretty damned well for a Youtube celbrity. So unfortunately for you, while he may "nothing more than a Youtube celbrity," you trying to discredit him by asking about people still watching him are far, far less. Not-A-Stalker
What are you trying to say? Because you just said a bunch of stuff and it really means nothing to me and there's nothing worth commenting back on.
Sorry, I can't hear you over the irony of you commenting that you're not going to comment.. Is your primary mode of argument the insinuating-the-negative question, than the stark, fingers-in-ears denial when you get an answer that wasn't the one you wanted?[QUOTE="Boomshaffted"][QUOTE="Not-A-Stalker"]What is this 2007? People still watch him?Not-A-StalkerWell, look at it this way. Imagine the number of people who will listen to you or I and care about what you're saying throughout the course of our entire lifetimes. Yahtzee, on any given week in 2011, will probably have more people actively go out of their way to hear what he has to say than the number you were thinking of previously... By several orders of magnitude. So I'll say yes. I'm not impressed nor do I care about the number of people who listen to this mongoloid try and competently review a game. He's nothing more than a Youtube celebrity in my eyes. And I don't know about you, but I have higher aspirations than that. If you didn't care about how many people watched his show, why did you ask if people still watched him? As for your aspirations to have your life total of people who care about what you have to say in your lifetime being higher than how many people care about him per week, while it's certainly possible and it's good that you have goals, you've got a snowball's chance. The reality is, he still gets tens of thousands of people checking out his videos every week. And for a youtube celebrity, he's done pretty damned well - guy makes a lot of money, gets to pursue his hobby of gaming totally funded, basically puts out one shmarmy video a week, gets funded trips for his job, and has been popular for years after his breakout. Again, pretty damned well for a Youtube celbrity. So unfortunately for you, while he may "nothing more than a Youtube celbrity," you trying to discredit him by asking about people still watching him are far, far less. But what really stings about this review for a lot of you? While the review is - again - hyperbole, his review is pointing out some things (even if more general than specific, because as is often the case, some of his details are incorrect) that are simply true. Gamers who played it have said "it's good, not great" and were responded to with "LOLZORS CONSOLE NUBS!" It's pulling of a solid but not spectacular 87% at Gamerankings and people point this out and were told "ZOMG NOT TRUSTWORTHY REVIEWERS NO NOTHING BEST GAME EVAR!" In general, people who recognize that this game is good but far from the triumphant king of the gen RPG gem that many are claiming it is are dismissed in waves of hype and overwhelming, not entirely thinking, optimism and (yeah, it's true) PC fanboyism - and Yahtzee is just pointing out things that are being swept under the rug by a lot of you.
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