@genbeef: Ok, while those games are good to me they are most certainly not only good to me, but rather most people based on very good reception and the 8/10+ review scores every single one of those games had from pretty much anyone that played them.

@King of Fun UK: All I have say to you is SO WHAT IF THEY ARE MULTI-PLATFORM, does this make them any less good? You know why you don't like multi-platform games? Because they are not flame bait for your fanboyism. The PS3 is a great console, so is the 360, and even the Wii has a few gem's buried in the shovel ware, so stop being such fanboy's and grow up.

WPack911

Yahtzee does like some mainstream games. He said good things about lots of games (GTAIV, Mario Galaxy, even Assassin's Creed). The whole point of ZP is to create humour by picking at the flaws of games.

Game developers seem to go out of their way to give him material to work with, too.

Zelos

My brother and I both felt the game has been rushed out, despite the fact it was given an extra few months for 'polish'. Starting on the troop carrier rumbling through the forest the scenery/graphics are every bit as bad as claimed. We both commented that this didn't bode well for the rest of the game.

Aside from the clear lack of play-testing (playing on HARD makes the first vehicle mission almost impossible to do AT SPEED because each destructive mine has had their damage radius/% level increased automatically, to the point whereby you can't actually 'race' through the canyons without being destroyed) the game suffers from bizarre jumps in both quality and design.

From bizarre swamp levels full of pointless art assests you don't actually encounter unless you wander off the beaten path (giving the striking impression that the level is from some other game) to shareware/budget game textures for later levels, along with retarded bugs such as the ability to fall through solid surfaces and plummet to your death... it's just all so poorly put together as a game.

I think they spent their few months delay just reworking the forest (demo) level so they could have something to put out and impress with...

RogueSquid

@Libo: I should have elaborated on that second sentence, oh well... you 'should' get what I mean.

Libo

@genbeef: Wrong, you cannot deny a game is good just because you don't enjoy it. Someone is free to step all over Portal if they don't enjoy it. What they cannot do, however, is say it's a bad game.

Libo

@genbeef: That would explain why they've all sold so well... Because you know... they're only good to one person... Right?

Fallible

@yoshinatsu: so he can shut the fanboys up and how every game isn't perfect/portal

genbeef

@WPack911: good to you, not everybody

genbeef

Painkiller was a mind-less shooting game with a try at story and that was it was without being something it's not, but Haze was pretentious in what it was doing than what painkiller was marketing.

Mr.DuckSauce

If anyone finds De-Rez funny can you please let me know (and why). I tried, I really did, but it just left me with a large feeling of meh.

Jimmy!

God. I kept watching, sorry. Dr-Rez just isn't funny. Great review though, I too have always found that phrase about the cake pretty stupid. I still don't understand why anyone got excited about Haze...

Bernard McGraw

Errr.... Did you really expect that Yahtzee would enjoy ANY game?????
I REALLY wonder why he still plays games.

yoshinatsu

Firefox 3 does not like the video link. Going to try IE now SHUTTER

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

But does he enjoy anything though, other than obscure games that the 'gaming-elite' enjoy? Haven't watched the video, he's a bit late on jumping on the Haze-hate band wagon though, if not even a bit off after claiming he enjoyed Painkiller. I still maintain it was a mediocre shooter, nothing was overly offensive about it and I don't need Yahtzee telling me that there was.

Fallible

yea i played the haze demo.. zzzzzzzzzzz

it's like bee movie meets halo, and I don't like either of those things.

h-town

@WPack911: Two of those are multiplatform.

My PS3 will now be quiet until the next decent PSN game...

King of Fun UK

My friend had this pre-ordered as a Christmas present. I begged that it be cancelled for a more favourable GTAIV. But alas I have Haze. I've done the first level and never played it again. The characters pissed me off within the first 5 minutes and in the one level I played was pretty unbearable. Jungle ftl...

holytramp

Funny the way The Escapist has all these other video series and they're all painfully bad compared to ZP.

Zelos

@Syco Killer: I too have been having problems viewing them. I've been embedding them to a web page since the series started, but this new player is a total mess with this /huge/ block of code...nevermind the "Young People @$##@king" add from last time...

Parsifal

@themadman123: Where have you been for the past week?

KainReborn

Oh Yahtzee, you impenetrable fortress of awesome.

Grues0me

@themadman123: Umm, MGS4, Warhawk, GTAIV, Resistance:FoM, Ratchet and Clank:FToD, COD4... need I go on?

WPack911

I wouldn't say he didn't enjoy it. The ZP review was more favorable than some of the bigger reviews out there.
Haze>Turok is not the conclusion every reviewer reached...

El-Suave

@themadman123: I like your sense of humour. Have a beer, it's on the house.

Considering Yahtzee just spoiled any plot this game actually had, I'll skip on this one (I love my stories).

Libo

Brava Brava!!!

hk458

eh i enjoyed it when i rented it but not enough to buy it.

Raziel Dune

Hmm maybe he felt sorry for how crap this game is, as I thought he was actually pretty easy on it. Perhaps the souless monster that is yatzheesaurus has a heart after all.

bighit006

Vid is FUBAR'd =/

Syco Killer

He didn't seem to hate it as much as I thought he would.

Noks415

It's so sad that Haze sucked....yeah the trailer had nothing to do with the real game too.... I'm gonna go to sleep and try and dream about the PS3 having a good game other than Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

themadman123

didn't listen..
watched ad after ZP..

brain... meltinggg...

FancyShmancy

After watching that "ad" after the rant, the first thing I thought was AH-HA is gonna be pissed.

Darascon

Well the Escapist Magazine people have realized that the only thing anyone ever visits their site for is Yahtzee and have decided to try and plug their other content by piggybacking it onto Zero Punctuation.

It is annoying but I can see their logic given that most people probably direct link to the videos and dont even so much as look at the Escapist homepage

qhue

Having not played Haze I can't tell if Yahtzee is right, but just about every other one of his "reviews" has been spot on with my opinion so I think it's pretty likely I'd agree with him on Haze too. I'll be interested to hear his thoughts on MGS4. So far I've not seen a review from anyone I would trust not to just give it a high score because it's an MGS game and they don't want lots of hatemail from rabid Kojima fans.

photoboy

Telling the truth, I was expecting some bad machinima action; GOD I hate in-video ads!.

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

WTF is up with that ad after ZP? Very disturbing.

arazzor

He actually wasn't nearly as brutal on Haze as I thought he'd be, considering how he dealt with Drake's, which is pretty much universally thought of as a good game.

cowondinosaur

I kind of liked the part in the "De-Rezed" part about DNF.

"The possibilities for Duke Nukem Forever are really limitless. We could go anywhere we want with it because... we haven't started yet."

PapaBear434

Interesting trailer at the end. And .. really did not enjoy this vid as much as I enjoy his others. Seemed like it lacked the humor they normally contain.

--Core--

If the embedded link doesn't work, just click through to the escapist website. It works fine there.

jacksinn

Absolutely spot on! Although Haze is thoroughly mediocre, isn't not really any worse than all of the other shitty 'space marine' console FPS games out there.

Comicd

@themadman123: @King of Fun UK: can we retire the "PS3 has no games" deal? if you really want to diss the console, there are more glaring and accurate problems if you'd like to join us in mid-2008.

jfx316

We call those "drumsticks" in Canada.

The more you know.

dowingba

Hmm I should really take into consideration the "cornetta" effect when I buy video games from now on. Would I get more enjoyment out of the same amount of money spent on "cornettas"?

BTW I'm not quite sure what he is saying, but I know exactly what delicious ice cream treat he is talking about.

Chewbenator

I really like when he shows full game settings. It's always a grass field.. a BROWN grass field. God, what has happened to video games?

StillLee

Oh dear god I'm sorry i didnt listen and stop the video right there
I may be scarred for life..

@Chewbenator: They're called "Cornetto"s in the UK and Ireland that's what he was saying "Cornetto", you know made by HB,,,,, no?
I tried

tonka_92

Mentioning of cornettos reminds me of watching Shaun of the Dead with the wife. Shaun asked Ed if he wanted anything from the "shops." He replied, "Cornetto." My wife and I had no idea wth a cornetto was. However, when Shaun was returning from the store, he was carrying what we call a Nutty Buddy--at least when I was growing up that's what they were called. Mystery solved.

As for Haze, played the demo, didn't care for it much. However, I didn't care for Burnout Paradise's demo either, but bought the game recently and loving it! I will stick with my better judgment on Haze, however, and give it a pass. The dev team seemed to be so passionate about this game in their interviews. Hard to believe it came out like this. Oh well...it's a cluttered genre anyhow.

One more thing before I step off the soapbox. Please stop the damn ridiculous "PS3 HAZ LIIK NO GAMEZ!11" I own a PS3 and have quite a sizable inventory of games. You know what problem I have at night when my boys lay down to bed and it is game time on the PS3? Which damn one I want to play! And that is a good problem to have.

Juthan

Hey! Did I spy an Evangelion reference in there?...or is it just me? I'm referring to the "I musn't run away" bit.

I wonder if he has watched it...if so, that's awesome.

romBox

@WPack911: Um half of those games are multi plateform. and of those multi platform games, COD is best for the PC, and GTA was said to be better for the 360. I have a ps3, and theo lny games i have are echochrome and MGS4. PS3 is slacking on good games. hopefully killzone 2 comes out soon. . .

Jagzi11a

I liked Haze, sure it wasn't perfect. I still had fun despite its flaws. Playing co-op online is pretty cool, and never had a problem finding an online game to join. Eh, its one of those "Its cool to shit on" games, but I don't really mind. No regrets about purchasing it.

Thrillkiller

@photoboy: given how every major game publication has reviewed this game by now, including Michael's fantastic review on Kotaku, I think the problem is you, sir.

hotdamn

"press stop right away"

I watched this video on some other random site yesterday. I wish I would have had that warning... what the hell is up with that crap after the video?

光物

@Libo: Yeah, because I pretty much get assaulted everytime I say "Portal sucked balls. What do you people se-"FLAMEFLAMEFLAMEFLAMEFLAME

enigma89

Actually, his review is a lot less harsh than I thought it would be...

I'll give Haze one thing, from the demos I played it's controls were a lot smother and easier to use than Bad Company.

HepCat

@Jagzi11a: and that is why you are your only friend/follower.

hotdamn

@Libo: any story he spoiled is written on the back of the case :P

belo

@qhue: they've noticed, alright - they've re-uploaded all of the ZP videos with advertisements tacked on to the end. you can't really blame them, but everything else i've watched or read there has been shit.

salmonax

First I thought, Castle Crashers and life was good.
Then I realized something else, and so wtf was that last 3rd about again?

IthilDuath

It's too bad that all that was great about Haze was the teaser. Never mind that it didn't have any gameplay footage (typical of teasers), but the PR exec guy had that smug look on his face that said "DAMN! I LOVE THIS COMPANY!@

That and the way he repeatedly took off his shades without even putting them on.

Oh Haze, how much we loved your teaser. Maybe we should have just called the game Hype.

sanjiyan

That was one of his more boring reviews.

VixDiesel

@yoshinatsu: @Fallible: He enjoyed Assassins Creed I seem to recall, and didn't totally hate Condemned 2. Or God of War: Chains of Olympus, Burnout Paradise, COD4, GTAIV and Peggle. He may have criticised them sure, but the general consensus was positive. This 'hating' games thing isn't what he does, he just exposes flaws for comic effect, and a fine job he does as well. Of course when a game is terrible, it gets the crucifying it deserves.

TearsandScreams

I was surprised by the ending. It was... disturbing, much like the Cinematech shows that air in the middle of the night on G4.

I didn't find the review too bad. It pokes fun at the terrible parts of the game but it liked the basic premise of the game.

agustin2489

Funny, but kind of... obvious?
It's like... "Hey Yahtzee, review the Ukranian "Hot Fuzz" game and let us know what you think of it! Well, what do you expect him to say?

fuchikoma

@dowingba: @Juthan: Here in "the states" (specifically, California) I have heard them referred to as both drumsticks /and/ Nutty Buddys.

Parsifal

When I played Haze, I had trouble believing that that piece of crap had been made by Free Radical. All of their other games were fucking awesome. Timesplitters 4 had better not suck.

Placentasaurus

I really, REALLY wanted Haze to be good. I loved Timesplitters... how could this go so wrong?

And it did...

I didn't hate the demo as much as some... I'll wait for a price drop. Like 20 bucks or so.

FrigidAir44

"benjamin yahtzee sebastian godzilla croshaw"

so that's his full name.

willyolio

@Fallible:
@yoshinatsu:

Off the top of my head, CoD4, Assassin's Creed, Crysis, Portal + Orange Box, Paper Mario, GTA 4 are all games he gave positive reviews to. He's praised others such as Bioshock, even though the praise sometimes gets buried under the criticisms. He's always critical, but that's a good thing in my opinion. Even good games deserve their criticism, especially ones where their potential somewhat outstripped their execution, like Assassin's Creed and Bioshock.

incompleteunit

@hotdamn: But every game publication lives or dies by the advertising money they get from the major publishers, ergo I trust none of them to be honest about the game. Especially when Konami deliberately prevented them from revealing how long the cut scenes are and how many mandatory installs you have to sit through and they all rolled over and did as they were told.

Fahey's review was alright, but all the negative points he raised about the game are the exact same reasons why I thought MGS2 and MGS3 weren't very good. I still love MGS1 on the PS1, but it just seems like the rest of the series cannot match its greatness.

photoboy

@WPack911: Agreed. Multiplatform still qualifies as a PS3 games. I don't get why people still argue that the PS3 has NO games...

HenryHSH

@yoshinatsu: I'm sure he enjoys A LOT of games. This is just a show and it works so he keeps it up.

HenryHSH

@Jagzi11a: It looks like you did not read my next post after my first, even if you did though you would probably be to blinded by your immature fanboyism to actually get my words through your thick skull.

WPack911

c,mon man! 2weeks in a row I can,t view ZP's video this isn,t working neither.
and looks like I,m not the only 1...
I want my dose of good laugh...plz!

dmfamzo

@JustThisGuy:
Hm, I do better the opposite way around. In SOF2 I was having fun even though the scripted events were very obvious and I was constantly tripping them from the wrong places. When it went to the stealth mission on the train, I just stopped. (Easter egg glitch - walk into the train station bathroom and shoot the urinal! You won't fail, but you will go blind...)

Fear... I expected sort of a first person survival horror game with some shooting. A minute in I'm shooting mysteriously agressive marines in a warehouse full of crates. 'nuff said.

I had a lot of fun with Prey because it was less about picking off bad guys and more coming to terms with all the spatial rifts they'd leave open when they appeared.

If I was the badass space marine off the bat, I'd probably never find out about the second half...

There are games with one shot kills like Operation Flashpoint, but I can't get into those because I prefer games with clear obvious rules. Realistic shooters tend to end up as me dropping dead spontaneously with no visible cause, and never knowing where it came from. :/

fuchikoma

ah I was looking forward to him ripping the piss out of MGS4!! Even my PS3 friend was looking forward to it!
ah well next week! next week!

excel_excel

@fuchikoma: Well, you never know. I personally didn't expect the man to like AC, but whaddaya know? He dug it.

He might have seemed easier on this title than others because there was potential. Seriously: I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to play an FPS where I spent the first half as your typical bad-ass space marine with regenerating health and enough firepower to level a small Eastern European country, only to have the game completely make me question normal FPS design decisions by having me play as a weakling who relied on strategy and stealth, Rainbox 6-style (old Rainbow 6, not the new titles)--that is, one hit=death, and I'd have to come up with interesting new ways to take out my former near-invincible space marine peers.

JustThisGuy

For the record, my online friends and I have loved HAZE thus far. We have have a blast with it. The campaign co-op is fun. The other online modes are fun as well. If I want something MGS4 caliber, I'll... play MGS4. For pete's sake, not every game needs to be "epic" and "teh next gen" and "blow my mindz!" to be fun.

And I refuse to label HAZE as "it sucks" just because it's the thing to do. All of you who say otherwise get a big fat "meh" from me. =)

NESv1

@dowingba: Good thing someone mentioned it before I had to ask. Now I'm wondering why they call them two different things, one specifically for Canada, as this makes absolutely no packaging sense to me.

Tiger-Fever

Kind of a short video, he didn't seem to rag on it as much as I thought he would have.
And as for the preview at the end, I am a friend of Jesse Cowell (Jeskid), the filmmaker responsible for Drawn by Pain, and it's actually a very great series when you watch it.

ShizNate

Great episode.

JokesJokes

Man, that game took it hard.

What the hell is up with that spawn of Crank Yankers and bad video game humour afterwards?

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

I'm gonna get destroyed for this if anyone is still reading, but...

Haze is my favorite game for PS3 and one of my favorite FPS games of this generation... and to be clear, I would place the PS3 at the bottom of my top 3 current-gen console list.

Many complaints I've heard center around what, if you've completed the game, are obvious design choices that compliment the story. Voice acting is only "bad" when the characters in question are high on Nectar and the game's story is actually very well told. It's a shame more people didn't play it fully.

Raziel

i dont think it's working, for me at least. what's weird is i can watch other vids but not this one for some reason. oh well.

soldier148