yes because reading a review isn't useful in the slightest, i guess because i want an opinion on a $50 purchase i don't know anything about because surprise i haven't played it yet i'm half retarded

like i said i'm not a yahtzee fan. i get what you're saying but really this is just another occasion of you beating a point into the ground just to be a dick??

treg i like how you say i am beating a point into the ground with two one-line posts.  that's good.  also do me a fav and don't ham-fistedly stuff words into my mouth thanks!!  the funny thing is i never actually said REVIEWS SUCK -  BUY THE GAME and you are dumb for thinking that.  the point is that you are being like HEH AT LEAST HIS REVIEWS ARE HONEST..... like this is something anyone should actually take note of.  it is funny to me that there is any circumstance where this would be rattled off as if it is a positive trait and not something to be expected. *is able to play a game and state the abundantly obvious flaws about it.  what a redeeming quality.  that goes right up there with DOES NOT PISS HIMSELF AT NIGHT.  what a guy.

also while we're on it, yeah reviews are usually useless, because 99% of games are exactly what they seem like they will be to anyone with half a brain.  if you need yahtzee to tell you whether or not generic vidcon blockbuster is good or not then i feel sorry for you bud

actually matter.

can i suggest that text so small you have to c/p or zoom in to to read be a warnable offense? Thanks.

yeah it's 4 point and i'm already zoomed in like three clicks because i'm sitting so far away.

the problem with concentrating on negative little nigglings like this is it doesn't address larger issues. how come there's no real symbolism in games? why do we still tolerate the G.O.D. cannon powered by the seven Apostle mechs? why has it taken so many games and only Dead Space has a targeting system beyond "headshot/not headshot"?

Lies.

There is Fallout 3 as well.

But yea that is pretty much it. Be careful! Most FPS gamers just want to mindlessly blast things, not take time deciding which body part is best to hit!

That is why we don't have aim at everything systems in every game. That is why.

really honestly this made me laugh:

It just goes to show never stick your dick in a pudding. It may still be perfectly good pudding and you can spend all night explaining that to everyone but they still won't eat it because YOU PUT YOUR DICK IN IT

Oh please, the average FPS gamer wants to know what the funnest parts are to hit. Especially those dicks who want to blast enemy's arms and legs off and watch em' squirm i.e. me.

I personally prefer this all negative character of his that he created, since I am always skeptical that every paid reviewer glorifies everything on the one end of the spectrum so i'd like someone to glorify the other end.

So is he kind of like the Irate Gamer?

I thought about this earlier today, and I decided I dislike this Yahtzee guy for the same reason that Mo was my least favorite stooge.

So is he kind of like the Irate Gamer?

no. also irate gamer is the worst. even if you like those guys irate gamer steals all his material from.

he doesn't dissect the games, though.  he does not EXAMINE PROBLEMS IN GAMING; he just focuses on FLAWS and usually they are not game-breaking or the type that would even prevent you from buying the game.  they're just present.  wow thanks yahtzee for explaining to me how games have flaws that generally will not impact whether or not i actually play it.  this is a v useful function i agree.  they're completely worthless reviews dawg.

oblivion is a perfect example, or hell even fallout 3.  all reviews are useless because anyone who is not AN APE knows what these games are going to be like.  i do not even play games and i know what these games are going to be like.  whether you think they are good or bad is besides the point (i kind of have fun with them but not for the reasons other people seem to) because the they are very predictable and if anyone reads GAME INFORMER'S REVIEW OF OBLIVION instead of just looking at the game itself they are probably kind of dumb.

i understand you HATE GAMES or whatever but there's still some out there that are good when you don't expect it / games that look good!! so reviews are still useful, i don't get your point. i could say the exact same thing about movies since most of them suck these days too? that's not the point, i know most games suck balls, i know they have virtually universal flaws throughout the entire medium (HP??), but that doesn't mean i shouldn't try to find ones that don't suck. there are games that look interesting to me that i want to play but i would prefer to read/hear something about them that isn't sponsored by the game developers.

you're right that's not the point.  the point is that even if you want to find ones that don't suck, reviewing isn't going to help you either way because guess what: yahtzee is useless and full of shit too.  but he is marginally less so than everyone else around him i guess this means he is providing a service??  honestly i think you are too wrapped up in DUMB VIDGAMES to really look at any of this with a level head.  it is kind of a waste of time on my part i think because you are at least somewhat ensconced in GAMERDOM and i will never understand that perspective, but i cannot remember a time i have not been able to look at a game and predict its approximate level of quality without gay reviews.  i understand wanting to find games that are good because i do this too sometimes but MIRACULOUSLY i do not need to read through dozens of reviews written by faggot windbags exampling the superficial qualities of a game to do this.

did he mention how little any of that mattered? there's text you dont have to read, combat that isn't the best (an rpg...with less than stellar combat mechanics? STOP THE PRESSES!) and the length is supplemented a LOT by sidequests to the extent that if you're a dummy and want to run through the game okay but it's hard not to run into a few sidequests along the way and you'd have to blatantly ignore them to not do them.

the problem with concentrating on negative little nigglings like this is it doesn't address larger issues. how come there's no real symbolism in games? why do we still tolerate the G.O.D. cannon powered by the seven Apostle mechs? why has it taken so many games and only Dead Space has a targeting system beyond "headshot/not headshot"?

this reminds me a bit of the general state of the fourth estate of media; the media obsesses over Bristol Palin or something that doesn't matter to ANYONE (obama's getting a dog) instead of the severe disappointments behind his cabinet choices or John McCain's general disastrous flipflopping. Yahtzee isn't a real critical reviewer; he's just an IGN reviewer who harps on little negatives while saying nothing of import. do you think Mass Effect would be perfect with a good combat system, more shit to do, and less text? of course not. Yahtzee doesn't say anything other than what we expect; a game has little flaws and of course massive ones but we're not gonna address that. THERE'S LESBIANS IN THIS GAME!

Like Pickleteats was implying I think Yahtzee's reviews are just meant to be entertainment. They're not really reviews.

As for the news media I think they are just entertainment too. It seems like my mom watches CNN & stuff 24/7 when I go to visit and it's really annoying garbage but I guess it gets people to watch. And I have heard about the cabinet choices, I think you just can't really watch CNN and cable news networks for that stuff.

As for the actual thread topic, I managed to watch the whole program. It actually seems like there's potential, but like mentioned they probably need some acting lessons / coaching.