Zero Punctuation: Dead Island - General

[url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/4694-Dead-Island[/url] I actually agree with the sewer part.

Ripped it a new arsehole.

Watching video now. But before I do, I think the game was really fun either way.

He is right; there are way too many zombies in the media nowadays.

I agree with him on a few points, but i also bought it, and have loved playing through it twice now. It's a lot of fun to play with a friend, even if it can be annoying, and unpolished

[QUOTE=One Ear Ninja;32418195]He is right; there are way too many zombies in the media nowadays.[/QUOTE] I think this was the case MAYBE 4, 5 years ago, but it doesn't really apply anymore. People have been saying zombies were overused since 2006 and it has died down a lot.

I'd say Overzealous Military Shooters are overused.

Zero Punctuation's CRITICAL REVIEWS seem to be a combination of nitpicking the obvious and being really really terrible at the games he plays.

Not a great game, but the coop is a lot of fun in my opinion.

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;32418107]Ripped it a new arsehole.[/QUOTE] What's new?

[QUOTE=Cadaver;32419097]Zero Punctuation's reviews seem to be a combination of nitpicking the obvious and being really really terrible at the games he plays.[/QUOTE] He's not a reviewer, he's a critic. This is said [b]every single thread.[/b] [editline]21st September 2011[/editline] Automerge is a bitch.

The charlie brooker of video games!

[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;32419123]He's not a reviewer, he's a critic. This is said [b]every single thread.[/b] [editline]21st September 2011[/editline] Automerge is a bitch.[/QUOTE] I suggest this becomes part of every escapist OP.

Dead island is still a good game. Try to buy it for a low price, it's a lot of fun.

I wanna play Condemned again.

Even if I turn down the sound, to eliminate any zombie scream, doesn't matter, I still get scared. Raped from behind.

Removing the sound probably makes that worse because you lose situational awareness.

True, though, all I need to do is run away, and eliminate a couple of zombies and rinse and repeat.

Yatzhee is hilarious, but i'd never consider what hes says to be a deal breaker on a game or not. He rips apart most games on purpose just to be funny.

[QUOTE=ZestyLemons;32419123]He's not a reviewer, he's a critic. This is said [b]every single thread.[/b][/QUOTE] True, but sometimes he does positive episodes as well (Driver: San Francisco or Bastion for example). If you get a feeling for how much of what he says is hyperbolic and if you agree with his general taste in games, you can actually use his stuff as reviews. Not as sole sources of informations, but in my opinion more... honest than average reviews.

[QUOTE=FFStudios;32418279]I think this was the case MAYBE 4, 5 years ago, but it doesn't really apply anymore. People have been saying zombies were overused since 2006 and it has died down a lot.[/QUOTE] what are you talking about? Dead space=zombies dead space 2= zombies L4D=zombies L4D2=zombies shellshock 2=zombies cod:world at war = zombies black ops = zombies RDR:undead nightmare = zombies dead rising = zombies dead rising 2 = zombies i am legend = basically zombies resident evil:extinction = zombies dead snow = zombies [rec] = zombies zombieland = obvious the crazies = zombies 28 weeks later = zombies the walking dead = zombies they're all after 2006 and these are just off the top of my head so I'm sure a zombie fanatic would have a bigger list

Dead space serie is not really a zombie game, but overall i agree. A lot of are good throught (L4D, dead rising, RDR)

[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;32425393]what are you talking about? Dead space=zombies dead space 2= zombies i am legend = basically zombies [/QUOTE] Dead Space isn't reeeeeally a zombie game. In my opinion, at least. I mean, sure, the monsters are essentially dead people, but I'd consider it more of a mutant fest. And I Am Legend is more of a bastardization of Vampires than anything.

[QUOTE=Cadaver;32419097]Zero Punctuation's CRITICAL REVIEWS seem to be a combination of nitpicking the obvious and being really really terrible at the games he plays.[/QUOTE] he did make good points though, kicking is REALLY op in the game, considering it doesn't use any stamina, and cant be interrupted, and the escort missions were RETARDED. the one where you have to escort the chief through the village, where he would charge into a thug, 8 infected, 12 walkers, and 6 butchers WAS FUCKING RETARDED. then when you had to escort the girl through the tombs where she just ran past all the zombies without wanting to fight them was RETARDED. only genuinely bad thing about the game was the escorts, they FUCKING SUCK.

I wouldn't say zombies themselves are overused, only there's too many zombies that more or less focus on the same things. There still hasn't been a single zombie game that focuses on the survival aspect or even one that would be a proper big open-world open-ended freeroam one.

[QUOTE=simkas;32428496]I wouldn't say zombies themselves are overused, only there's too many zombies that more or less focus on the same things. There still hasn't been a single zombie game that focuses on the survival aspect or even one that would be a proper big open-world open-ended freeroam one.[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1094038]Project Zomboid.[/url]

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;32428215]he did make good points though, kicking is REALLY op in the game, considering it doesn't use any stamina, and cant be interrupted, and the escort missions were RETARDED. the one where you have to escort the chief through the village, where he would charge into a thug, 8 infected, 12 walkers, and 6 butchers WAS FUCKING RETARDED. then when you had to escort the girl through the tombs where she just ran past all the zombies without wanting to fight them was RETARDED. only genuinely bad thing about the game was the escorts, they FUCKING SUCK.[/QUOTE] Here's the problem, infected will rape you if you try to use nothing but kicks on them. So will the ram. Go ahead and kick a suicider, see how that works out for you. Have fun kicking thugs. It only works on common slow zombies and that isn't really "OP". The only way escort missions were retarded is if you are retarded, all you have to do is kill 4-5 common zombies at a time, occasionally 2-3 infected at a time. Fuckin' cake walk. If you learned how to dodge (protip : spacebar + S) and threw an occasional shitty weapon to interrupt zombies then you wouldn't be getting pounded in the ass.

[QUOTE=vyktar1;32425031]Yatzhee is hilarious, but i'd never consider what hes says to be a deal breaker on a game or not. He rips apart most games on purpose just to be funny.[/QUOTE] I've almost never found him to be wrong when he rips games apart. Sure, sometimes even the games he slams can be somewhat fun to rent for a weekend at most, but they're never worth buying. People say he's a critic, not a reviewer, but in the game industry being a reviewer means giving an automatic 9.0 to any big budget game that has an ounce of hype. I'd take a critic over that any day.

[QUOTE=TEAMGiant;32425393]what are you talking about? Dead space=zombies dead space 2= zombies L4D=zombies L4D2=zombies shellshock 2=zombies cod:world at war = zombies black ops = zombies RDR:undead nightmare = zombies dead rising = zombies dead rising 2 = zombies i am legend = basically zombies resident evil:extinction = zombies dead snow = zombies [rec] = zombies zombieland = obvious the crazies = zombies 28 weeks later = zombies the walking dead = zombies they're all after 2006 and these are just off the top of my head so I'm sure a zombie fanatic would have a bigger list[/QUOTE] A lot of those are debatable. Black Ops nor World at War were made specifically tailored to zombies, it was just a fun gamemode. Dead Space is more monsters, I wouldn't really call them zombies. Undead Nightmare is just a DLC pack. A majority of those movies were made right near the 2006 cut-off, I don't see why you're being so nit-picky over my choice of year.

Nobody tell him about The Dead Linger.