True DP Confessions: Super Castlevania 4

[Drixxel]

Yeah, I find longplays useful. But I never sit down and watch a whole one.

Definitely, I've rarely watched one start to finish, but skimming through a longplay is an easy and practical way to see something specific in action when I might not have the game on hand. Otherwise, I tend to just throw on longplays in the background, it's a little more lively than listening to OSTs.

[Edmond Dantes]

Reviving this thread because I have another "confession," though I don't know how serious or controversial this one is.

It goes back to the Game Reviewers:

I... don't like Yahtzee/Zero Punctuation. The guy is even less legitimate than the Irate Gamer IMO, and he in fact has many of the same problems--his complaints are inconsistent (he bitches about some games being too easy and yet in some videos he claims that games should be easy), he often judges games based on only five minutes of play and gets important facts wrong, sometimes he complains about odd things that make no sense (he apparently couldn't work the grappling hook in Bionic Commando Rearmed--see his XBLA Double Bill review), but what makes it all worse is that you don't actually see any gameplay in his reviews, just his yellow-and-white animations which get tiring to look at very quickly. The only saving grace is that sometimes he's funny, although more often he comes off as just whiny. I'm not sure I'd call Yahtzee the worst reviewer, but he's certainly the least deserving of his fanbase.

[RulerStabInTheEye27]

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[Drixxel]

I... don't like Yahtzee/Zero Punctuation. The guy is even less legitimate than the Irate Gamer IMO, and he in fact has many of the same problems--his complaints are inconsistent (he bitches about some games being too easy and yet in some videos he claims that games should be easy), he often judges games based on only five minutes of play and gets important facts wrong, sometimes he complains about odd things that make no sense (he apparently couldn't work the grappling hook in Bionic Commando Rearmed--see his XBLA Double Bill review), but what makes it all worse is that you don't actually see any gameplay in his reviews, just his yellow-and-white animations which get tiring to look at very quickly. The only saving grace is that sometimes he's funny, although more often he comes off as just whiny. I'm not sure I'd call Yahtzee the worst reviewer, but he's certainly the least deserving of his fanbase.

Conversely, I feel that Yahtzee's stuff is to the point, biting and loaded with wit. He doesn't need to show gameplay footage because, well, these aren't conventional game reviews and you probably already know what the game in question looks like, it's probably better to think of Zero Punctuation as a series of opinion pieces concerned more with airing grievances and making amusing observations than being thoroughly researched and unbiased video journalism. I find great entertainment in Yahtzee tearing into a AAA game, he never spares the rod when tackling gameplay deficiencies. If all you want is a straight, evenhanded game review, Zero Punctuation's not the place to look.

[o.pwuaioc]

I'm right there with you guys on video reviews. I can't stand neither Youtube videos nor even podcasts. I much prefer to read, and whatever can be done in videos, can be done better in print. It helps that I don't find AVGN or his types very funny. I will admit to enjoying GameSack, but I believe that's more because it's a true dialogue, not some guy ranting his opinions.

[j_factor]

I'm right there with you guys on video reviews. I can't stand neither Youtube videos nor even podcasts. I much prefer to read, and whatever can be done in videos, can be done better in print. It helps that I don't find AVGN or his types very funny. I will admit to enjoying GameSack, but I believe that's more because it's a true dialogue, not some guy ranting his opinions.

I like Game Sack too, but I tend to think of their videos as "discussions" rather than reviews. It helps that each episode has a "subject", instead of just being a look at one game.

[Sabz5150]

I have never played Final Fantasy VII.