Today at noon, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw posted his review of Dark Void. (If you don't know who "Yahtzee" is, you are a failure as a gamer.)
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1433-Dark-Void
A lot of people were looking forward to Dark Void, leading up to its release. I couldn't understand why. I took one look at it and said, "that's it? A jetpack? That's what people are worked up about?"
Once it came out, it got universally bad reviews with the caveat, "the flying is fun, though." And all of the gamers who had been eagerly awaiting it were shocked at the appalling quality.
What bothers me is that not even "Yahtzee" seemed to be able to anticipate what Dark Void would be, and he's one of the most cynical game reviewers on the internet. To me, the jetpack was always quite clearly a gimmick, and gimmicks are used to cover up sub-par performance in other areas. Seeing how much hype the jetpack was getting, it was clear as day that the rest of the game would be god-awful.
Am I really the only person who can see past these flashy marketing ploys? Can no one else extrapolate potential problems when one part of a game is hyped and others are not? Am I the only person who won't allow himself to be taken in? Please, someone, tell me you had the same experience with this game.
[tags: dark void, yahtzee, hype]