When did you realize Yahtzee was the only credible game journalist left?
He's a comedian, not a journalist.
>credible
He's insecure and with a massive ego. He's gonna get the shock of his life living in the US. After watching so many of their Drown Outs I've come to realize how despicable Gabe and Yahtzee are.
>>341406556
>Completely shat on BioShock 2
>Then he said that Infinite is his GOTY
How about no?
>>341407068
Infinite was great though.
And I don't get what Bioshock 2 has to do with this, pretty much everyone agrees that it's bad.
>>341406556
When he said the last of us was pure shit.
He lost all credibility after the backlash of the Psychonauts review because then he stopped himself from being positive about anything
And that was Episode 2
>>341407236
For about two hours until you realize how shallow it is.
Actually made me miss bioshock 2.
>>341407413
The latest DOOM review he is pretty positive. He said he is only pointing out the bad because as somebody who looking at a game, he should acknowledge what can be done better.
>>341406556
>journalist
>about video games
>video
>games
>journalist
Wew
>>341407236
>Infinite was great
How can anyone enjoy a game with a more dumbed down gameplay than BioShock 1 (which was bad too) and story with more plot hokes than a fine piece of swiss cheese.
>>341407507
Well then you just have bad taste. Infinite is amazing, GOTY easy.
>credible
the only entertaining game "journalist" sure, but I can hardly call him credible after the MH3 review while he sucks off From Software at the same time
>>341407541
The gameplay is fast paced and fun, not dumbed down at all. And plot doesn't matter.
>>341407568
Son, such weak bait won't work round these parts.
>credible
>spent years parroting vaguely funny FYAD and 4chan opinions without even playing the games
Remember how he shat all over Dark Souls and then spend the immediate following years sucking the franchise's cock? Yeah.
TotalBiscuit and Jim Sterling are the only two worthy or any respect
>>341406556
The only review I really liked of his that got me to try a game was his Spec Ops The Line review
love that game
>>341406556
Watching ZP for a genuine opinion on if a game is good or not is like watching porn for the plot
>>341406556
>too casual for smash brothers
>credible
>>341406775
>After watching so many of their Drown Outs I've come to realize how despicable Gabe and Yahtzee are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6TNoLiCjNs
1:06:59
How far can you make it without pausing or wanting to die?
>>341406556
You can fuck off with your autistic brit eceleb, and his shitty pc mustard race meymeys
>>341407820
>someone disagreed with you
>"waaaah, bait!"
pathetic.
>>341406765
ffs this
and he's on the spawning ground of sjw garbage
>>341407934
>Jim
>Respectable
I'll give you TB
>>341407934
jim sterling would murder his grandma on-screen if he thought it would make him more patreon money
>>341407643
>neo /v/
>>341406556
When he thought the tutorials in Monster Hunter were the whole game.
Oh wait, you said "credible".
>>341408564
If you can't admit that Yahtzee was and may still be entertaining, something's wrong with you
>>341408464
god he's so ugly
>credible = reflects my own opinion
>>341406556
>credible
When he did positive reviews on games his viewers hated them. Now in a lot of his reviews he nitpicks shit. I like his reviews when he objectively points out flaws.
>>341406556
I hate the guitar intro to his videos so much. In fact I hate his intro.
He's just another copycat of TB like Nerd3
GRR I'M BRITISH AND CYNICAL
>>341409090
I hate you
>>341408807
>what is a different opinion.
I love ZP, but what the fuck are you on?
>>341408464
Fuck why is this so goddamn cringe
Life in australia must be miserable and soul-sucking if this is what "friendly banter" is like
>>341409167
Marijuana. Also, no, people aren't allowed to have differing opinions from my own.
>>341407236
Are you goddamn high? Bioshock 2 wasn't as good as the first but it was fun as fuck.
The only good thing about Infinite was the sfm porn of Elizabeth.
>>341409143
but he speaks quickly
it's as distinguished as a youtube reviewer can get
>I'm reviewing games ANGRILY
>I'm reviewing games QUICKLY
>I'm reviewing games SURREALLY
>I'm reviewing games COMEDICALLY
>I'm reviewing games CYNICALLY
>I'm reviewing games WITH A FUNNY ACCENT
it's a very tired concept
>>341409380
Yeah, no. Infinite was a masterpiece, the only reason /v/ hates it now is because it's full of contrarian hipsters. When Infinite first came out this board was full of threads praising it, of course once people realized that the 'normies' were having just as much fun as them, they dialed up the irrational hate to 11.
>>341409592
Look, Infinite was boring. It had a boring and dumb story written to look smart for dumb people, boring and two dimensional characters, boring gunplay and level design and did I mention it was boring?
Elizabeth was the only good thing but even she suffered. It had potential but 'masterpiece' is stretching it thin by a mile.
>>341409592
>Infinite was a masterpiece
I played the game before really browsing /v/, and the game started off alright but took a fucking nosedive right around the middle when you're playing ghost detective and following footprints and shit and backtracking through the level. It's fucking terrible and it's a game I wish I could delete from my memory. It was so bad it ruined the FPS genre for me for awhile.
>>341409592
holy fucking strawman anon
I didn't like Infinite for my own reasons
>>341406765
Came to say this, I like reading his stuff but I never take him seriously since there's little substance behind it.
>>341409774
>>341409789
>>341409818
tsk... someday you'll grow out of your hipster phase and look back in embarrassment to the times where you trash talked great games just to seem cool to your internet buddies.
I don't always agree with his opinions but I appreciate his honesty.
>>341409996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
>>341406765
>>341408643
What he says is always ironically accurate, if not just exaggeratedly entertaining.
>>341407529
Problem?
>>341406556
He's clearly bad at video games (if you listen to Drown Outs, pay attention to when he talks about jumping in first person games) but I rather like his ZP vids and Extra Punctuation columns. ZP takes a couple tries to dissect to find his opinions.
His books are okay as well.
Too bad about the massive insecurities. I hope he can overcome them. He's also way too harsh on Gabe 90% of the time.
Ever wonder if Yahtzee regrets ever making the master race joke seeing as how fucking cancerous his creation has become?
>>341410082
Hey look, I can post links too!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
>>341410132
Probably not. Maybe when the cameras are rolling, but I bet he's really pleased that one of his jokes have gone mainstream.
>>341409427
I wish there was one that reviewed games THOROUGHLY.
>>341410130
Maybe when he moves to America with his murrican gf he'll grow a backbone.
Kinda down about him and Gabe not playing on the couch together anymore though. I guess Gabe will kill himself after that.
Anyone else feel Yahtzee thinks he is way smarter than he is?
Like he has this air of himself as being good at critiquing games while really just pointing out the most obvious stuff.
>>341410369
I'm pretty sure you're projecting.
>>341410325
>I guess Gabe will kill himself after that.
You what? He's becoming a teacher and he's got other buddies that aren't as cunty as Yahtzee to hang out with.
>>341410369
Judging by his personality, he's the exact person who would think such. He has an Egoraptor problem.
>>341406556
He's okay I guess but his reviews of JRPGs make him sound like he's legitimately mentally retarded.
>>341410318
there is
he's irish
>>341409090
He used to pick songs really well. It's been that generic shitty metal for years now...
>>341410318
Matthewmatosis and Super Bunnyhop?
Well, I suppose Super Bunnyhop is more reviewing thoughtfully.
>>341410458
But Yahtzees the love of his life.
>>341410485
>egoraptor
That guy is legit dumb though. Have you heard some of the shit that comes out of his mouth? He doesn't know basic historical or geographical shit.
>>341410130
I also like Judging by the Cover
but then I never get tired of people taking the piss out of starwars
>>341407236
WAIT A MINUTE
>>341406556
I watch a lot of his stuff (including his drown-outs with Gabe) and while its pretty obvious he thinks pretty highly of his opinions to the point of annoyance sometimes he can usually bring up some pretty good observations in his reviews. It helps he's funny.
>>341410631
It honestly makes me mad at how stupid Arin is. He is a dropout though after all.
>>341410447
No. I'm stupid as fuck and generally have a pretty hard time coming up with well thought out critiques. It's just if you compare his stuff to many others there are really nothing especially in-depth he goes into. Just the issues that's on the table that really, anyone can see.
Nothing wrong with it of course. It's a review after all, but from seeing his Drown Out's he seems to think he's some sort of authority on it in a way. At least that's the impression I get.
>>341410703
Only retards go to college, real smart people become mavericks and don't need some overpaid white dude to fill their head for them.
>>341406765
This. He's opinions are fucking retarded and almost always wrong but his style of review is genuinely funny.
>>341410631
>I didn't finish high school and look at me, I'm doing great, I'm really smart
>talks about farting every possible second of the day he can
>>341410318
He more clearly explains every criticism and point he brings up in ZP on his blog on the Escapist website.
>>341408464
>being such a pussy you can't take criticism from your mates on your personal issues and failings in life
I bet you'd cry if someone riffed you to your face.
-He's whiny as fuck, hates games that are difficult at all (see: Demon's Souls review)
-He hates the entire concept of multiplayer and ignores it even in games that focus on that
-Kinda sorta hates anything "japanese" if only because his WRPG fanboyism makes him feel like he has to
-Made a couple shitty games that show he's in that indie-shitter/ExtraCredits mindset where they have this idea of "Good Game Design™" that basically boils down to "make it stupidly simple and streamlined and try really hard to have some mechanics at all without frustrating the player, and make sure the graphics suck"
-PC fanboy in that "Exclusives are baaaaaad and eeevviiiilll [except on PC because herp derp muh ~open platform~ even though any game not on steam fucking sinks]" way where he already sounds pissed off at the beginning of reviewing anything that's only on console
-Typical butthurt eurofuck who bitches about America at least once a day - a country full of people who go weeks without even thinking of his
Hung out on his forums for years, guy's an annoying asswipe with ego issues. Sounds like a lot of you dudes actually. One minute he thinks he's a fucking enlightened genius, and then something happens that reminds him that he's a virgin who can barely speak up when talking to people and he flies into a depression for a few hours and takes it out on the internet.
Video games.
>>341406556
When Mass Effect 3 took a shit in my mouth and he was the only reviewer who didn't like the taste.
>>341407236
>Infinite was great though.
>>341410802
Is that what you're doing? Is that why you're on /v/?
>>341406556
His Mortal Kombat review where he pretty much admitted that he only plays fighting games for the story basically cemented my thoughts on him.
>>341410945
>-He's whiny as fuck, hates games that are difficult at all
And not the Souls games are some of his favorites.
>-Kinda sorta hates anything "japanese"
He sort of hates everything WEEB, not Japanese. Some of his favorite games are Dark Souls and Silent Hill.
>-Typical butthurt eurofuck who bitches about America at least once a day - a country full of people who go weeks without even thinking of his
And yet he likes it's so much he's moving there.You sound almost as whiny as Yahtzee himself.
>>341411283
I'm just waiting for inspiration to strike, you can't force genius.
>>341411336
He hated Demon's Souls when he first played it. He only hopped on the bandwagon once Dark Souls hit mainstream popularity.
>>341411289
y tho.
>>341411425
He disliked Dark Souls as first as well, it took him a few tries before he started liking it.
And I can relate to that. Same thing happened to me and now I adore the series.
He is funny but not a reliable source of information
>>341411425
arent people opinions allowed to change? I hated Deus Ex the first time I played it too, and now it's one of my all time favourites.
>>341410832
Didn't he shit himself in a lp video or something?
>Makes a career out of shitting on classic RE
>In his Let's drown out recently admitted to never playing them
>except RE4
you know I can take people taking the piss. It's a silly and often retarded series. But for fuck's sake. He know's people are going to parrot his opinions. We all saw what happened with PC mater race
Entertaining, and sometimes can even point out actual flaws in a funny way, but his self-absorption makes his opinions completely pointless. He basically seeks from video games self-validation, but doesn't want them to remind him of how actually shit he is. He wants stories that will make him feel like smart philosopher that is so much better than those jocks that bullied him in school, but if the story was to become too hard to follow he'd hate it for reminding him of how painfully mediocre he actually is. Same with gameplay, he wants there to be some form of challenge like Souls games, but he doesn't want anything really hard and complex because then his terrible skills and lack of reaction time will be showing and he'll have to cry in a cupboard about it.
>said Xenoblade X was a mediocre game, a perfectly valid opinion
>Undertale was his 2015 GOTY, which is questionable at best
I'm so torn.
>>341412079
maybe he just has different taste than you
>>341411976
>Makes a career out of shitting on classic RE
He has?
That said, his constant shitting on Remake, only because the writing is stupid, was pretty retarded. It's one of the most well designed and thought out games ever but he failed to see that in his constant "the writing and characters are so bad lol, the series is stupid".
>>341410914
They're bitter shells with zero chemistry together though. If that's a model friendship to you then i don't know what to tell you
https://youtu.be/zpEvmqBwVT8?t=3171
This was the most funny he's ever been.
>>341412274
I know, but come on. Undertale is hardly deserving of that praise.
>>341412373
well I exaggerate but he's always quick to trash them and then suck his dick on 4. Despite it being yet another mindless shooter.
It just got me when he said he never really played them and then do nothing but make a fuss
>>341406556
>spawned the PC mustard race meme
He can go die in a fire for bringing that kind of cancer into the world.
>>341412457
Fucking time didn't stick.
52:55
>>341412625
Well he was intending to make it an insult. But weighted against the whole video it became more of his admission in being shit.
>>341412665
It actually did stick, anon.
>>341412625
To be fair, you have to blame the mustards for that.
It's like America taking and using the Yankee insult as their own.
>>341409375
>DUDE WEED LMAO
>>341406765
>IGN
>gamespot
>polygon
>kotaku
>pc gamer
>game informer
just some of the big names that do "real" video game journalism. yahtzee is no worse than any of them.
There are a lot of tumtards in this thread. This must be false flagging.
>>341413096
>dude weed bad!
Kill yourself boringfag
>>341413405
>Implying there's anything more boring than potheads
>>341410773
>he seems to think he's some sort of authority on it in a way
He's been reviewing games for a decade and making them for even longer. I agree that he has some pretty terrible opinions on certain things (his stance on multiplayer games for one) but if he's not qualified enough to be an authority then who is?
>>341412665
What about that was supposed to be funny?
>>341406556
>liked Spec Ops: The Line
All that need be said.
>>341406556
what journalism does sarcastic dick joke man do
no one does game journalism
>>341406556
Tell that to Demon's Soul's and Monster Hunter's snapped necks
It's not 2006 anymore..
>>341413405
>getting triggered by DUDE WEED LMAO
Never fails. Go smoke a doober and calm down, bud.
>>341407236
>Infinite was great though.
>>341413576
Might be your just boring, and have no friends.
>>341413604
Him being so pathetic and coming up with excuses by a handful.
>>341413580
Someone with a lot of insight?
>>341413709
>dude weed bad!
kill yourself boringfag
>>341408732
Now that's something I'd watch
>>341407236
>Infinite was great though
kek, that was the biggest video game blogger cringe of recent times.
Just 2 months later you could tell they mostly regretted their blind praise, it had no cultural impact at all, it wasn't discussed beyond waifus, it was the Avatar of video games.
>>341407934
>Jim Sterling
"Always sometimes monsters" say fuck you faggot.
>>341413775
Like who?
>>341410914
Dude, a fucking online web show isn't the place to criticize your mates problems.
>>341413405
>Not doing drugs means you're boring
I don't understand this meme.
>>341413817
I will not.
>>341406556
Once he moves to San Fran it'll be all over; Jim Sterling 2 incoming.
Screen shot this
>>341407934
Respecting a guy who lefts groups of men dump loads in his wife.
>>341409996
Infinite was a masterpiece and ken levine is a better writer than a hack like you ever will be
>>341407934
>Jim Sterling
Fuck off.
>>341414618
>Implying he will
His girlfriend already forgot him, getting dicked by Chad, and there are no gamedev opportunities for him there, no matter how much he tries to convince himself.
>>341414723
> lefts
Is this a meme?
>>341409592
> When Infinite first came out this board was full of threads praising it
Nice bluff, but that never happened.
>>341414832
Do you even left fag
>>341414826
if he's serious about doing indie gamedev why doesn't he find some sea monkeys to do assets while he does design and writing
>>341409090
It doesn't help that it also always seems much louder than the rest of the video.
>>341413405
rory?
>>341415037
Because he's an anti social shit, pretty sure he has said in Lets Drown Out that he likes working solo. I wish he would finish phone / cell though, that was rad as fuck.
>>341415037
Because whenever he sees someone he doesn't know he shrivels in fear that this guy may be mean to him.
>>341415037
He puts solo game development on a pedestal and romanticizes the the fuck out of it. He's mentioned it a few times in drown outs. Why do you think he considered fucking Undertale of all things to be goty last year?
>>341409996
>He actually said 'tsk'
Nuthin personnel kid
>>341415235
but then what kind of gamedev opportunity is he supposed to find in sf
wanted: barely functional human that cannot work with others to develop video games by themselves in one of the most expensive places in the entire world
>>341410802
The problem a lot of people have is that they see it as smartness = wealth/success. Smartness = knowledge and depending on how you act and your characteristics you may never get far in life with that.
>>341407236
>Infinite was great though.
I sincerely hope this is bait.
>>341406556
Yahtzee is a hack who started gaming on the 360
He's by no means an OG and definitely not credible
>>341407934
>Jim Sterling
>>>/tumblr/
>>341407934
>Jim Sterling
Lmao
>>341412460
at the very least, it was the most interesting game released that year.
>>341416513
Actually he started on commodore 64. He also had Genesis, PS2 and GC. The problem is his parents only bought him like five games for each console and he formed such deep connection to those games that it made him hate everything else.
>>341417061
Not really. It had decent ideas for combat mechanics, but few of those were buried under avalanche of terrible writing and retarded post-modern irony humor.
This faggot is a poor man's Razorfist
>>341417272
Other way around.
>>341407236
Bs2 is the best game in the series and infinite is the worst.
This is an objective fact.
>>341417065
Sure he did
Angry Joe started on the Commodore too
It's a lie you dumbass
He's the definition of dudebro
I enjoy his videos but I don't take his videos as indicators of a game's quality, rather more as a humorous overview of said game. He's a comedian above all.
>>341417339
No nigger
Razorfist actually knows shit about gaming unlike this joke
>>341407236
2 is miles better than Infinite where gameplay is concerned.
I like them both, though.
He's rather amusing to listen to and has a gift for making weird analogies. When you get down to it, though, he's a pissy casual who can barely handle an actual challenge and mostly uses his videos to talk shit about everything he hates. Hell, with how often he shits on Nintendo half of /v/ ought to love him.
>>341417442
I started on the NES and I'm a weeb who only plays grand strategy and weebshit.
Only children think starting with older generations makes you somehow have better taste.
>>341417520
>Razorfist actually knows shit about gaming
Go to bed, metalfag. Don't forget your thesaurus.
>>341417592
I've seen him shit on a Wii/Wii U game that didn't deserve it.
>>341417256
>terrible writing
it isn't. sure there was a lot of lolsorandumb humour, but aside from that, all the characters had a place and a purpose within the narrative. I don't understand why people shit on the moments of levity between the heavier story segments in general.
otherwise something like persona 3 would just be terribly written because half the game you're getting lighter moments between characters in stuff like social links.
You need levity in order to make the heavier stuff have weight, otherwise you get something like hatred which is 100% edge
>>341413737
No he's right. Stoners are the most boring people I've ever hung out with.
>>341417651
>I've NEVER seen him
Fucking dammit, missed a word.
>>341417680
The word you're looking for is juxtaposition.
>>341417717
He straight up liked Xenoblade Chronicles iirc, and most of the time his issues with nintendo tend to be about their lack of new IP and sequels that don't add anything meaningful to a franchise, complaints that he levels at other games/companies also.
>>341407825
>shat all over Dark Souls
Refusing to review a game because it's fanbase is MOBA tier cancer is not shitting on a game.
>>341417782
yeah, actually. thanks senpai
>>341409592
Anon, /v/ is full of people trying to assert their opinions as the truth without reason. You have to do more than that if you want to change anyone's mind. And if you don't want to change their minds, there's no point in talking to them about it.
>>341409427
>He speaks quickly
No, Americans just speak fucking slow, go to Australia or the UK and you will find that's not speaking quick at all.
>>341417925
But he didn't, he refused because he couldn't get past Taurus demon, he said it many times.
>>341412079
I just wish he'd done a proper review video for Undertale.
>>341418373
He never refused, just said he couldn't get through the game fast enough to make a video about it.
So he played other quicker games that were being released at the same time.
>>341406556
I don't know if he's the only one. I don't follow many. I do know he's got integrity, though. The guy says what he honestly thinks, regardless of what he's being told by fans or other critics, and he tries to give games a chance. That makes him credible in my eyes even if his opinions and mine often don't match up.
>>341406556
>>341407068
>>341407236
Thing is: Bioshock 2 and Infinite, in my personal opinion, are diametric opposites.
2 becomes more fun on secondary playthroughs as you realize different styles of play and even experiment on the few choices you get.
Bioshock: Infinite though is TERRIBLE for additional playthroughs as it makes you realize all the glaring flaws of the game.
>>341417629
But he does
And no matter how many shitty reaction images you post it's not gonna change this fact
>>341417593
>starting with older generations makes you somehow have better taste.
It qualifies you as a true gamer and not a shit-tier casual piece of shit
>>341407934
>Jim fatling
Lol
He's literally a ball of fat that gets cucked by his wife every day
And she's an even bigger ball of fat with pink lesbian hair
>"Friends in the industry tell me"
Come on now
The only respectable thing he did was making the fuckonami meme
I like TB though. He's a crazy leftie as well but his content is professional and mostly free of political bullshit. His voice is nice too
>>341410084
>Problem?
Yes im looking at it.
You will understand when you grow up.
>>341407360
it's mediocre at best
>>341406556
Because behind the schtick there's a decent review.
Obviously hyperbolic and exaggerated to some extent but the flaws he harps on about are genuine flaws most of the time.
He does nothing more than present merits and failures of the product, slaps some humor and some opinion in it and call it done.
OMG YES I LOVE REDDIT ALL GAMES ARE SHIT LOL SUCH BRIT
>>341410945
>-Typical butthurt eurofuck who bitches about America at least once a day - a country full of people who go weeks without even thinking of his
>>341406765
This but just about all 'gaming journalism' is a joke these days anyway.
>>341414784
>better writer than a hack like you ever will be
somebody post his reddit ama.
>I like things that make me feel stupid
>inspiration for the quantum thing from infinite came from tv shows like quantum leep
etc.
>>341421807
he knows his shit about RPGs and stealth and probably fightin games. For everything else, questionable at best
>>341406556
>credible
he gave Bioshock:Infinite GOTY
I love listening to him sperg out on his boyfriend over what GOTY is. It's like a five year old child throwing a fit.
