Uh oh.

MOM, WHERE'S ME POPCORN?

So Yahtzee gave both games approximately the same ratings.

A 'brown, chest-high wall apocalypse' doesn't mean the game isn't going to get a 9.5.
On the other hand; Yahtzee calls Resistance 3 a 'very solid and not bad at all' rating which is basically a 7.0.

I don't see your point.

>>113975863

>didn't watch the review videos

Trust me, if Yahtzee did give out ratings, Resistance 3 would have scored much higher than Gears of Bore.

>gameinformer
>batman arkham asylum gets a 10
>gears of war 3 gets a 9.5
>dead rising 2: off the record gets a 9.5
>resident evil 4 gets a 9.5
>rage gets a 9
>dark souls gets a 8.75
>in the same issue

Because Resistance isn't a high profile series with a ton of hype behind it too right?

Yahtzee is retarded though
>Slams Bioshock 2 for being a typical seqal that adds nothing new to the franchise
>Says uncharted 2 is decent

>>113975391
>>Yahtzee also enjoyed Resistance 3 because it didn't follow the standard formula of shooter today, calling it "Very solid and not bad at all."

So he did enjoy Gears Of War 3?

>Game Informer

NBA 2K12
>9.5
FIFA 12
>9
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
>9
Dark Souls
>8.75

I like him because he loves Painkiller and Psychonauts. But sometimes it seems that his fame is getting to his head, like when he just makes jokes instead of actually reviewing the game, or when he just plays it for some time and gives up.
I really think he should stop with the analogies as well

yahtzee is a sony fanboy

prove me wrong

My favourite reviews made by him are the Deus Ex and Deus Ex HR ones.

>Deus Ex HR Review
>"But Adam's augs are all really sleek while Gunther Herman looks like he banged his head for a few years in the Large Hadron Colider"
>kleinerlaughing.png

>>113976823
Rehashed =/= bad.
Your tastes =/= other peoples tastes. Fifa could be the best Fifa game yet for Fifa fans. NBA 2012 could be a perfect game for a sports fan.

Wait, you mean you don't watch the videos solely for the jokes?

>>113976595
>Bioshock 2
>Good
>'EVERY ONE WHO PLAYED BIOSHOCK WANTED TO BE A BIG DADDY, SO WE MADE THE HOLE GAEM ABOUT IT'

You guys do realize that hype and developer profile is what determines game ratings, NOT the actual quality of the game.

>>113976996

>implying I said anything other than quote game informer
>implying I even gave my opinion on anything

>>113976918

>like when he just give up

Yeah, gives up after 20 hours of the nauseating shitfest that was Final Fantasy XIV.

>>113977020
You forgot bribery through ad revenue

I thought resistance 3 was awesome, i wish more fps used the health pack style with weapon wheel.
anyone else?

>>113977020
BRINK
>6.0
Right.

Doesn't Game Informer score games based on the number of preorders?

>>113977181
But he is a reviewer, it's his job

>>113977280

>no hype what soever
>developer profie had one game on its resume and it was shit


Told

>>113976595
Bioshock 2 was nothing special.

I love how almost NO high profile game ever gets less than a 9. It's like they've created an entire scale independent of the 1-10 within the 9-10 for all high profile releases. I bet they sit down and argue for hours at gamepro and gameinformer over 9.25, 9.5, 9.75, etc.

Proof of this is that you NEVER see anything below a 7 have a decimal point denomination afterwards. They just use whole number from 7 down.

>>113977280

>Brink
>made by a shitty subdivision of Bethesda
>High profile

Yeahright.jpg

>>113977442
If the game has been shit for 20 hours with no sign of stopping, it will probably stay shit.

>>113977020
So thats why everyone loved Too Human, Final Fantasy XIV, Bodycount, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Duke Nukem Forever and Genji: Days of the Blade?

>Yahtzee
>not paid off
>implying he knows a shit about gaming

>/v/

Oh, the game I like got a good review, that's great
>game they don't like gets a slighty better review
ARE YOU SAYING THIS GAME IS SHIT? FUCK YOU, LEARN HOW TO REVIEW, HOW DARE YOU GIVE A 9.0 TO A GAME I LIKE. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE SCORE

>>113976595

Bioshock 2 didn't add anything really, and he said something along the lines of "if you enjoyed bioshock 1 and want more of the same style of gameplay, then bioshock 2 is worth your time".

>Thinking Yahtzee is a real critic
>2011

>>113976595
Uncharted 2 IS decent. And bioshock 2 didn't just not add anything new, it fucking sucked balls

>Yahtzee is the only reviewer in the industry that isn't fucking retarded and/or paid off?

Too bad, because he is actually one of those reviews that does get paid off. Hes a Australian hack job that pretends to be british.

>>113977680
I understand, and believe me, i have no doubt Final Fantasy XIII was shit, and probably do the same if i played the game. Hell, i stopped playing XII after 20 minutes.
But he is a reviewer, that is his job. And if i'm not mistaken, he did something similar on Monster Hunter too

>>113976333
and skylanders, spyro's adventure got an 8 when it's getting 9s and 9.5s from the smaller more honest review places

messed up world eh?

>>113977442
One only has to take a single bite of a poo sandwich to understand what's for dinner. If it's a little unpleasant then maybe you'll finish to not seem rude, but if you sit there and eat all of a shit sandwich, you're a fucking moron even if you are reviewing the food.

>>113977806
>>113977757
Yeah, but unhcarted new didn't add anything either. For him to slam a game for adding nothing new, then say a game is decent when it does that exact same thing, is hypocritical

>yahtzee
>not a casual gamer who is also hipster going through a mid life crisis

I absolutely love demon's souls and dark souls, but I have to say that the most it deserves is an 8, maybe a 7.5

It just has too many technical problems, the framerate issues are bad enough, but there's also some input problems and an infinite soul duping glitch. That shit ruins the game, people might be tempted to dupe some souls, then the game is no longer entertaining for them, just KNOWING about the glitch is tempting.

>>113977877
The fuck, XII was the best 3D FF

>>113977539
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY NOT ONLY LIVES UP TO THE STANDARDS SET BY ARKHAM ASYLUM, IT BESTS ITS PREDECESSOR IN EVERY WAY AND STANDS TALL AS ONE OF BATMAN'S GREATEST MOMENTS!

10/10!!!!!!

FUCKYOUFUCKYOUFUCKYOUFUCKYOU

>>113978007
I just that after Final Fantasy X, i really started hating Final Fantasy games. Maybe i was a bit biased

>yathzee
>good reviewer

Why does he review sequels to games he doesn't like? And why does the majority of his reviews NEED to be FPS? Why does he take himself seriously as a critic but only releases 5 minute video reviews that are half unfunny sex jokes?

Extra punctuation is barely any more content, too. This guy needs to change his formula a bit. At least stop reviewing FPS series you've already played and reviewed

>>113977841
You do realize that people don't have to stay in the country they were born in, right?

Anyway, I like Yahtzee and TheSpill for my reviews because they actually give their opinions. They like something, they'll say they like it. They hate something, they'll say they hate it.

Yahtzee just hates popular things.

>>113975391
>2011
>7.0 is a bad grade
What is wrong with them?

>>113978007
FFX > FFXII

This is an indisputable fact, hipster

>>113977539
And when it's an 8.8, holy shit
>RELEASE THE FANBOYS.jpg

>2011
>not enjoying Gears of War

Resistance is such a generic piece of shit, Gears revolutionized the 3PS genre, and the finale is excellent.

because gaming journalism bases its scores on how close games are to movies

>>113978177
>Portal is one of the only games he genuinely liked

Because Portal wasn't popular or anything, right?

>>113978222
Revolutionized it for the worst

Everyone in this thread needs to stop and consider the main difference between Yahtzee and, well the rest of the gaming media. The Gaming Media consists (almost exclusively) of REVIEWERS. Yahtzee is a CRITIC. There is a distinct difference between the two and I suggest brushing up. Reviewers give scores (as a general, very general rule) Critics give recommendations.

I work in the food industry and we don't, usually, get "reviewed." No one says, "This meal was a 7 out of 10." We get a critic saying, "This was an exceptional meal and I recommend going there for a fancy dinner," or, "The food was okay, but I wouldn't bring people I plan on impressing." That's not a review, that's a critique. That's what Yahtzee does.

>>113976333
That issue of GameInformer sucked, I just flipped through it.

>Yahtzee
>not fucking retarded

what?

Hipsters. Hipsters everywhere!

>>113978222
facepalm.jpg

>>113977990
>knowing about a glitch is tempting
Enjoy your shitty willpower, faggot.

>not watching Yahtzee's reviews for their comedic value

ISHYGDDT

I just was reading my Game Informer today before throwing it out (I always flip through it). They were throwing 10-9's around all over to stuff like Gears of War 3 and some NBA game, and Dark Souls got 8.75 because 'lol its kinda hard'.

Does anyone even read these magazines anymore? They're so poorly written.

>>113976333

RE4 gets a 10/10

>>113978303
>There is a distinct difference between the two
No, there isn't

>>113978208

FFX was shit

>you have to go kill this giant whale who is actually your father and lol, you're just a dream.

Not to mention it was linear AS FUCK. The whole game was a damn corridor

As much as I love Yahtzee he is pretty stupid some times.
Normally he's got it pretty accurate, but he claims Portal has absolutely no flaws whilst I can think of several.

>mfw Yahtzee called Monster hunter Tri crap without finishing the tutorial

has he done a dark souls review?

>>113978266
I'm pretty sure Yahtzee would tell you that he liked Portal "before it was popular".

He is a hipster faggot. He loves having edgy opinions so people will give him internet attention. It's a shame it works 9 times out of 10.

Resistance 3 is an incredibly broken game

first of all it has a game breaking bug that doesn´t let health regenerate and second i think you can´t disable cheats on the game because i can carry every weapon i pickup

good thing i sold that shit

>>113978520
He did a Demon's Soul one

>>113978432
>come on /v/ to complain about it
>everyone else complaining too
I love you guys

>>113976333
>Rage
>getting a 9

Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNnJqJ9hO4w&feature=youtu.be&t=46s

>>113978544

-0/10

>>113978266
>Yahtzee couldn't find any flaws with Portal on release
>Fast foward years later to Portal 2
>He finds a flaw

>"The fanbase"

Bzzt! Try again, madame.

>>113976333

>Batman Rehash City 10/10

>Dark Souls 8.75/10

>...

>>113977730
i fucking loved too human ;_;

>>113977900
The new Spyro game should be getting a 0 for being garbage.

>>113976595
Do you think Bioshock 2 was a great game?

oh boy

look at all these haters

so much rage and nothing in particular to say

Why does Yahtzee's entertaining and accurate criticisms make you so mad?

>>113978432
Did you read the arkham city review?

Holy fuck, it was like a written infomercial for the game

>>113978490

“Critic” has only been in use since 1583 and was derived from the Greek word 'kritikos," meaning "able to make judgments," and a second Greek word "krinein," meaning "to separate, decide." “Critical,” in the sense of "finding fault with something," didn't come into use for another seven years.

“Review,” according to Mr. Harper at the same source, has been around for quite a bit longer - since 1441. It was derived from the middle French (as opposed to Old French or modern) word "reveue," meaning " a reviewing, review," and the combination of two Latin words "re," meaning "again," and "videre," "to see," forming the French "reveeir," meaning "to see again."

Read more: hxxp://blogcritics.org/culture/article/critic-and-reviewer-a-difference-in/#ixzz1bAg0Ff3X

Mount and Blade: 78
Gears of War 2: 92

But Yahtzee doesn't review shit, he critiques it, get it right already.

>>113978703
>haters
Ugh, that word. It's what ICP fans use to justify their shitty taste

>>113977977
>Uncharted 2
>Nothing new

Yahtzee is fucking retarded. Both Gears and Resistance are brown shit stains in an artistically corrupt industry. Yahtzee just likes it because it's easy as fuck and has neat guns.

Just wait until his abysmal Dark Souls review comes out. "The game is too hard!!!!!"

>>113978677

8.75 is a good score for Dark Souls. I'm a resident Souls fag and have already put 70 hours into the game, but there's no denying it has technical issues (button delays, glitches, framerate issues). The game is spectacular, and 8.75 is a damn good score.

Also I couldn't give a fuck what scores other games get.

I like Yahtzee, but I hate when he just nitpicks on games that even he genuinely likes without giving it much praise.
A recommendation at the end of a review of a game he likes would be nice.

>Gameinformer gives Gears of Wars 3 a 9.5, calling it "A Blockbuster Finale"
>Gears of war 3 a 9.5
I hope that's supposed to be 5.9.

>Ico/Sotc collection
>9.75 and game of the month
maybe game informer isn't all bad

>>113978757
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critic?show=0&t=1318973447

Yahtzee isn't really a serious reviewer, he is a jealous prick that can't make a good video game to save his fucking life and so he goes about tearing other games apart. I find his reviews fucking hilarious.

>So why is it that Yahtzee is the only reviewer in the industry that isn't fucking retarded and/or paid off?
>Isn't fucking retarded
>Took an hour or more to finish the tutorial on Monster Hunter
>Couldn't get past the first stage of Demon's Souls, the game all about memorization and generally not being retarded.

>>113977841
>>>He is born in England, living down under.
And he is a game 'CRITIC' after all. And he openly said in some of his videos that you are a fucktard if you set your preference to games based on his reviews. Not much of a fanboi of him , but I tend to watch him in unison with Moviebob's stuff.

>>113978703
>Yahtzee
>accurate criticisms

>>113978868

To add to this, I really couldn't give a fuck what score Dark Souls got anyway. The game is awesome, I don't need some numbers to tell me that.

Reviews are there to get information on the game. How you use that information is up to you.

I don't take Yahtzee seriously anymore after his Monster Hunter Tri review.

>>113978869

Anything he doesn't bring to attention is generally considered good or at least passable.

>>113975391
Yahtzee prefers creativity.

>>113978764
Mount and blade is garbage. Only /v/ hipsters could like that shit, and if more than ten people outside of /v/ ever found out about it, you'd all disown it overnight, claiming it's casual mainstream shit

>>113978750
No, I threw it out. I try not to read Game Informer.

One of my friends is a huge GI fan though, and he WILL quote review scores at you if it backs up his opinions. He said Dark Souls was the most boring game he's played since Metroid Prime. Not looking forward to hearing 8.75 8.75 8.75!!!! from him...

>>113978703
They're not accurate though, only entertaining, if he was a credible reviewer he would talk about good and bad in a video, instead he just focuses on what would get him more views.

>>113978677
Are you a retard?
Arkham City is the second game of its serie.
Dark Souls is the second game of its serie.
Why can't you see both are rehashes, hipster faggot?

Because Yahtzee is a person that actually plays games as a hobby or pass time. It's not his job.

He can see -like everyone else that plays games- when something isn't good, when nothing is new, when nothing is innovative, when trailers are blatent lies, when a game is just brown and bloom.

He's not trying to sell games, or get sites to pay him to publish his articles. He buys the game then says what he thinks about them.

His gears review was spot on. nothing was new. it was all a clusterfuck and nothing of value was gained or lost or given a fuck about. The characters weren't likable at all, the story was shit, chest high cover errywhere. was repetative and boring. It was like playing 1 and 2 again.

Now I don't like Resistance, but he does. so whatever on that one. 3 did improve on 2 which improved on fom. each game got better, not even going to pretend I know the story but it can't be that good since I would have heard about it. same goes with the characters. but he has played it and says it's good. forgetting that each person has their own taste, that can be swayed by console ownership and fanboyism so I take his word over most others.

If he's played it and says it's good, then I will go with that. He's one of the most honest reviewers out there because he has nothing to gain or lose from posting a good/bad review about a game, so he tends to say it like it is.

>>113978520
He did demon's souls

http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/119/1196353p2.html
lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDZCTDNl1E

Yahtzee is nothing but a talentless hack. He's an austrailian who does his reviews in a british accent because he thinks it's funny. He has got to be the worst reviewer on the net.

Number scales for game reviews are generally bullshit. Just list some pro, cons, what you liked/didn't like, if you think it's worth the money, etc. This is why I prefer amateur reviewers on YouTube instead of IGN, Gamespot, etc.

If you absolutely have to go by a number scale then do it XPlay style
5- awesome
4- pretty good; worth checking out
3- average; somewhat mediocre
2- It's not very good. Don't buy unless you're REALLY REALLY curious
1- Fucking garbage. Stay away at all costs.

>>113979027
>>113979027
>>113979027
>>113979027
>>113979027
>>113979027
>This

>>113976333
That's the modern review scale for yah.

I love Yahtzee, and I think he hits the nail on the head nine times out of ten.

He has berated games that I really enjoy and remember but that doesn't bother me. I thought MGS4 was out of the world good but he didn't like how much it made a movie of itself. And from an impartial standpoint I think everyone can agree that MGS4 is daunting to anyone who is not familiar with the story and the other games. I tried to get my girlfriend to play it and she gave up 7 hours in because she had no clue what the fuck was going on.

>>113979027
I remember the comments on his DeS review, and everyone thanking him for letting them know how "shitty" the game was, and how they were glad they didn't have to buy it after hearing his opinion.

I wanted to punch a child after reading them. What ever happened to making up your own god damn mind about a video game?

Yahtzee is the worst sony-fanboy there is

Yahtzee is a critic comedian whos job is to have "controversial" opinions.

He is funny as fuck, don´t get me wrong

But if you take him seriously you need to take your medicine.

>But he says the TRUTH he UNBIASED and HONEST and says what we all THINK

Get the fuck out and think for yourself.

He hates The Witcher series because waaaah they're too complex and hard, which makes it difficult for me to take him seriously as a reviewer.

>>113979027
>taking yahtzee seriously at any point in time
really now.

>>113978925

Your provided definition:

Definition of CRITIC
1
a : one who expresses a reasoned opinion on any matter especially involving a judgment of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or technique b : one who engages often professionally in the analysis, evaluation, or appreciation of works of art or artistic performances
2
: one given to harsh or captious judgment

Neither one of those equates to "review."

Let's return to the modern day. If we were to look at a typical review, what we are usually offered is primarily a revisiting of the events with a judgment based on those events. How well have the actors performed their roles, or how well has the author created his plot and other information pertinent to the item's presentation are reviewed and judged in terms of a standard based on contemporary expectations and demands.

The critical element of the process is reserved solely for saying how well an item has lived up to a pre-agreed-upon standard the reviewer uses as a benchmark against which to measure performance. This standard is of course subject to change, dependent on the whim of fashion and the savvy of marketing departments, rendering it almost completely arbitrary and limited as a basis for judgment.

A critic, on the other hand, will spend less time reviewing content and more time placing the item in context with works of a similar nature so there is a basis of comparison for judgment. There is no point in judging a detective novel by the same standards that you would judge a book of poetry, or a Country music CD by those you'd use for an opera. Each of these has their own set of criteria that has been established by precedent over the years, and it is the critic’s job to understand enough about a genre to judge how well an individual piece fits within it.

>>113975391
>gow3
>brown

so he's a fucking idiot then?

>>113978897
>original shadow of the colossus score: 8.75
>original ico score: 9

>now
>NEAR PERFECT 9.75!

nah, they're still bad

>>113979175
Are you some kind of retard who doesn't believe in immigration or something? Believe me no one beside you would find a british accent funny just because lol hes brit howareyamate lol

>>113979471
If anything Resistance 3 is browner.

Because most reviewers aren't massive fucking hipsters and realise quality is more important than obscurity.

>>113979175
Can this guy project any harder?
HURR IM NOT SMART I DONT LIKE SMART STUFFS

>liking Gears OR Resistance

GO PLAY A REAL GAME YOU FPS-AHOLICS.

MAYBE SOMETHING NOT SET IN THE GRIM FUTURE WITH WORLD WAR, CHEST HIGH WALLS, IRONSIGHTS, SPACE MARINES AND GUNS EVERYWHERE.

10/10 I AM MAD YOU'VE ALL DESTROYED THE INDUSTRY.

>>113979311
If it costs money you might want someone else's opinion y'know. Not saying DeS is bad or anything, but you don't have to rage over people not buying a game you like.

>>113979587

Could you explain what projecting means?

I keep hearing that term but I don´t know what it means.

And I laughed my ass off at that video.

But Yahtzee is paid off.
He's paid off to give things BAD reviews, because that's the only reason anyone watches him.
He's not even serious half the time, but that doesn't stop his fanbase from thinking he is and following his every word as written gospel.

It isn't the fact that he is not paid off.

It's the fact that he is paid to be a hipster reviewer.

I'm not saying his views aren't usually correct. Because usually they are about the core mechanics of games.

But he rates actual "blockbuster" titles as they should be rated.

Also, he gets paid to troll fanboys. I'd love his job.

>>113979763
>To externalize and attribute (an emotion or motive, for example) unconsciously to someone or something else in order to avoid anxiety.

>>113979763
To project means to see other people the same way you don't want to admit you see yourself.

>>113979697
I'm raging over people not trying a fucking awesome game because they're extrapolating that some idiot Australian with a microphone and MS paint is telling them not to try it. People can have their own opinion, but come on.. you shouldn't not try a game because some hack tells you they didn't like it.

>>113979587
But Yahtzee isn't smart.