Chessrook Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) You know, the British Australian dude who talks really fast and hates everything except Portal and particularly hates MMOs? Yeah. He reviewed TOR. And made a mistake or two as well. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5323-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic Edit: Fixed the link. Accidentally copy-pasted the link from the wrong tab... Edited February 1, 2012 by Chessrook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duritz Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 trololol. and your link is to start a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otiveht Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 What the heck is going on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supZ Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) here's the proper link http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5323-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic listen to his reviews quite often edit: just watched it and tbh.. thats about as positive as he goes, so he actually quite liked it. (portal being the only game he's ever actually been positive over) yeh he did get a couple of things wrong like the light side/dark side options in grps but hey.. when you've only got a week to play something it doesnt help Edited February 1, 2012 by supZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessrook Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 This is what happens when you have tabs up and copy-paste the wrong one. Link fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfreudHC Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 He got a few things wrong, but to his favor some people who have been playing since day one get those wrong too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caveslug Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 You know, the British Australian dude who talks really fast and hates everything except Portal and particularly hates MMOs? Yeah. He reviewed TOR. And made a mistake or two as well. First he doesn't review he is a destructive critic, its what makes him $$ for his video's. It's the reason people go there and watch his vids, hell its the reason I watch them its a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessrook Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 First he doesn't review he is a destructive critic, its what makes him $$ for his video's. It's the reason people go there and watch his vids, hell its the reason I watch them its a good laugh. True. Also figured I (Someone who likes TOR) better post this before one of the "TORTANIC" preachers brings it up and starts preaching about how Yahtzee agrees with them that the game is going to fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobinator Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Yahtzee never liked MMOs....so yea.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arandmoor Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 just watched it and tbh.. thats about as positive as he goes, so he actually quite liked it. (portal being the only game he's ever actually been positive over) And Psychonaughts. Don't forget Psychonauts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liathan Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 cows go moo, dogs go woof, mmo players go pvp is unbalanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBerenger Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Wonder if he knew that you can turn off abilities for companions to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobinator Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 The Han Solo joke was pretty amazing at the end. Im surprised...I normally thought Yahtzee hated the MMOs but seeing he was somewhat attached...yea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyraele Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Wow, he actually said he kinda liked it, that has to be historical doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyus Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Anyone else shocked that he picked a class with a cover mechanic, lol he's going soft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tirfin Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Based on his recent mood, I would presume any approval stems from the fact that: A) the game isn't a brown colored shooter. and B) It is an online game, made to be played with people, that can generally be played solo. But yea, I love Yahtzee. My favorite game reviewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfu Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Didn't expect anything else from him and as expected I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caveslug Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Wonder if he knew that you can turn off abilities for companions to use. My guess is yes, but then he wouldn't have had a joke for his video. Like others have said he really hates MMO's why he would even review one is beyond me, other then Bioware probably sent him a free copy. Also to edit I don't hate the guy, I watch his stuff and find it funny. It's just I know what he is doing with his "reviews" Edited February 1, 2012 by caveslug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomla Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) He isn't a reviewer he's a critic. Plus he does it mainly for satire. Never take him seriously. I watch his stuff for a giggle every wednesday. Plus hid biggest complaint about most games is story. This has story. Edited February 1, 2012 by Gomla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chessrook Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 My guess is yes, but then he wouldn't have had a joke for his video. Like others have said he really hates MMO's why he would even review one is beyond me, other then Bioware probably sent him a free copy. Probably the huge horde of people asking him to review it... fans wanting him to see a game that's good, and TOR-tanic people wanting him to tear it apart so they can hold it up and go LOOK LOOK IT'S A FAIL SEE WE WERE RIGHT. And the fact that it's one of the most expensive and biggest MMOs out there. And maybe the editors at the Escapist told him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechomai Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Wow, he actually said he kinda liked it, that has to be historical doesn't it? No, no...you spell it hysterical.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quip Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Wonder if he knew that you can turn off abilities for companions to use. His mouse probably broke after the five hundred billion-trillionth time he did it and Riggs just kept turning it back on. The piece is a pretty rare endorsement by virtue of unhate by Yahtzee though. There aren't many games he unhates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilCoatrack Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Yahtzee doesn't like MMOs because they are apparently for people who aren't productive members of society. Now, if you'll excuse him, he's off to spend the next rest of his life playing/reviewing more single-player, never-interact-with-other-humans, video games than any of us will ever open. Seriously though, the guy didn't know that your moral choice is yours no matter what your group thought, which clearly indicates that he never played any group content that involved a light side/dark side choice. The fact that he kind of liked the leveling aspect is high praise from someone who otherwise hates the genre. Edited February 1, 2012 by EvilCoatrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excedrin Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) They keep having Yahtzee review games that he just shouldn't ever touch. I mean, I generally think Yahtzee can be funny but this didn't generally tickle any funny bones and he just gets a lot of his interpretation of the game wrong several times (how does moral choice in a group work?). He gave it a positive review because even though it's an MMO it feels like a single player game at the beginning, and Yahtzee hates anything multiplayer. So when he saw this game in a decidedly multiplayer genre that was emphasizing the single player aspects, he was happy with it. Never mind that this means it should have just gone the way of KOTOR3 according to him, because as far as he's concerned it basically did. This is about as stupid as when he reviewed MW3 and BF3. If you hate the genre you're reviewing it's probably a waste of time for all involved (unless it gets funny, I guess). Edited February 1, 2012 by Excedrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronamo Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 His mouse probably broke after the five hundred billion-trillionth time he did it and Riggs just kept turning it back on. The piece is a pretty rare endorsement by virtue of unhate by Yahtzee though. There aren't many games he unhates. Wasn't that issue patched in time for the Australian release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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