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The Escapist: Zero Punctuation

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therealjohnpeat

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Since I threw 2 years of my life into WoW I have to take some of his comments this week as - well - a bit insulting :rolleyes:

He's right tho - why people are trying so hard to change a formula which works SO WELL (and which Garriott largely INVENTED anyway) I've no idea - WoW is a juggernaut which you'd be foolish to get in the way of - let alone try to be a 'different' in the face of it's oncoming enormity.

TR is OK - it's actually a pleasant change as far as it goes - but it's nothing special - and after 2 years of WoW I think I'm done with this sort of thing anyway. People less jaded about collecting 200 wolf spleens should take a peek tho :(

Meanwhile tho - I wonder if we'll get a Zero Punctuation about something he LIKES - would make a change methinks? As I said earlier - it's harder to be funny when you're not knocking things...

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El Stevo

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Meanwhile tho - I wonder if we'll get a Zero Punctuation about something he LIKES - would make a change methinks? As I said earlier - it's harder to be funny when you're not knocking things...

He reviewed Psychonauts, which he liked. That review was also funny.

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Jarik

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He's better when ripping into things, but I don't see a problem with that. If he thinks something is bad he can rip into it, if he thinks he good he can rip into everything else like it's detractors/marketing/the industry in general for not giving it a chance, etc.

As i said before there's always something to dislike in the game industry, so he should have material for a long while yet.

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I'm trying to think of one review he's done that I've disagreed with, and I can't think of any. He occasionally makes a point I'm not sure about, but overall he tends to be absolutely bang on the money.

That console comparison one was a bit shit, if I recall, but I've liked all his other stuff.

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Meers

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Bang on the money. Like always. I love him even more now that he has shown his hatred towards J-RPGs.
When he slagged off turn-based combat I wanted to weep with joy. It's not just me.

Thirded and high five!

o/\o/\o

(DYSWIDT?)

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Jarik

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Bang on the money. Like always. I love him even more now that he has shown his hatred towards J-RPGs.

And I still laugh even though I like JRPG's. There's just something about his delivery.

It would be interesting to see if he could trash I game I really like with me still liking the performance. Maybe he'll be forced to review FFXIII?

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Rudderless

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I don't remember having to do that wheel thing for 15 minutes. Wasn't there a way to bypass it by finding a load of cash? (I have the memory of a Goldfish).

It certainly doesn't take fifteen minutes. More like five, or probably less. Unless you didn't find the money and move up to the next wheel, and repeat that process.

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Rudderless

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It took me about three, but his point is still valid. What were the devs thinking, seriously.

Isn't there a joke at the end about it?

It's some kind of comment about games making you do random dull tasks for the sake of it. Running around a giant hamster wheel is usually a metaphor, but SPM has you actually doing that.

It's a bit of an Adaptation moment - if a game's deliberately shit, is it still shit?

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