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Zero Punctuation reviews The Force Unleashed
2008-10-08, 11:36 AM #1
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/251-Star-Wars-The-Force-Unleashed

Now this was a good laugh. Mind you, he is reviewing the Wii version so expect him to more harsh towards the game than he would have with the PS3 and 360 versions.
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2008-10-08, 11:39 AM #2
I think he gave George Lucas the respect he deserves. :)
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2008-10-08, 11:52 AM #3
I thought he was pretty kind towards the game, it deserves a lot worse.
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2008-10-08, 12:45 PM #4
ooowww, thanks for reminding me about that site, it's like I purposely forget it so that I can be reminded about it at some later date and spend about an hour watching the new video's pissing myself laughing.

awesome.
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2008-10-08, 1:11 PM #5
In fairness, if he'd review the 360/PS3 versions it would've been the same review as a lot of others:

1) The camera is retarded
2) The targeting locks onto bits of scenery rather than the MASSIVE ROBOT trying to kill me
3) I HATE QUICKTIME EVENTS

So I'm glad he went with Wii, because we've heard that all before :)
2008-10-08, 1:35 PM #6
That made my day.


I actually found the targetlock to be a bit annoying when trying to throw things AT the bosses. (ie rancors). I wouldnt lock on scenery whatsoever. Although 4 points into force pummel made me happier then a pig in ****.
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2008-10-08, 1:59 PM #7
I found rancors best dealt with by getting up high and giving them an arse full of lightning :D
2008-10-08, 2:20 PM #8
Force pummel?? Why didn't I know about this?
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2008-10-08, 2:21 PM #9
Oh look, he talks about waggling Wii controls and how much the prequels suck, woo... :rolleyes:
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2008-10-08, 3:15 PM #10
Has Yahtzee ever admitted to liking a game? I know the video game nerd does with Battletoads, Ghostbusters (Sega Genesis), Duck Tales, and Super Mario Bros. 3.
2008-10-08, 3:18 PM #11
umm i think he said he liked fable in spite of its downfalls...
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2008-10-08, 3:59 PM #12
He adores Portal.
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2008-10-08, 4:11 PM #13
He liked CoD4

and Prince of Persia
2008-10-08, 4:15 PM #14
And didn't think Mario Galaxy and even Super Paper Mario were bad.

I actually liked TFU (with my one complaint being, like everyone else's, that it was too short) ... he's right though about how if you have level 4 lightning and push you can just blow everyone up with push+lightening or lightening+push.
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2008-10-08, 4:20 PM #15
he liked lego indiana jones :)

also HL2:EP2, TF2 and Portal review for those that missed it

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/10-The-Orange-Box

also while watching a few more, it appears he does actually like quite a few games, or at least he recommends them...grudgingly, but at the same time manages to insult and degrade them well enough that the designers would want to commit suicide to the same extent as you or I after being beaten up by a 90 year old granny....who is blind....and in a wheelchair.

see what I did there? bad attempt I know, but it's late and I have a plane to catch in 5 hours and I can't fecking sleep.
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2008-10-08, 5:32 PM #16
Originally posted by Gebohq:
Oh look, he talks about waggling Wii controls and how much the prequels suck, woo... :rolleyes:


Yeah but he has an accent, its more convincing.
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2008-10-08, 5:42 PM #17
Originally posted by Gebohq:
Oh look, he talks about waggling Wii controls and how much the prequels suck, woo... :rolleyes:

Oh look, another Wii owner taking personal offense when his favorite console is legitimately criticized, woo... :rolleyes:
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2008-10-08, 5:54 PM #18
Originally posted by Emon:
Oh look, another Wii owner taking personal offense when his favorite console is legitimately criticized, woo... :rolleyes:


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2008-10-08, 5:56 PM #19
Originally posted by Emon:
Oh look, another Wii owner taking personal offense when his favorite console is legitimately criticized, woo... :rolleyes:

I think you're reading too much into it. I just find his criticisms old and unenlightening, just like most people's criticisms of the prequels.
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2008-10-08, 5:57 PM #20
Originally posted by Commander 598:
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!


*does a jump kick*
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2008-10-08, 6:11 PM #21
Originally posted by Gebohq:
I think you're reading too much into it. I just find his criticisms old and unenlightening, just like most people's criticisms of the prequels.


There's really not much else you can do... it's all been said before. Yahtzee just says it funnier than most.
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2008-10-08, 6:54 PM #22
He didn't really make specific criticisms of the prequels, he just called them ****ty a lot
2008-10-08, 8:26 PM #23
Soooo...I've been thinking about getting this game...is it not worth it?

Edit: I do have a Wii

Really late edit: His criticisms of the Wii are legit. The Wii remote is finicky. I've been playing Tiger Woods '09. And I've yet to figure out on a FULL SWING as directed, I'm only getting 60% power. Then other swings I crush the ball 280 yds.
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2008-10-08, 8:44 PM #24
Don't buy it. Rent it. And rent it for 360 or PS3. The wii version is just god-awful.
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2008-10-08, 9:09 PM #25
Originally posted by dalf:
Really late edit: His criticisms of the Wii are legit. The Wii remote is finicky. I've been playing Tiger Woods '09. And I've yet to figure out on a FULL SWING as directed, I'm only getting 60% power. Then other swings I crush the ball 280 yds.


It's all in the wrists...
2008-10-08, 9:21 PM #26
Originally posted by IRG SithLord:
It's all in the wrists...

You serious? Wrist flick (like a real golf swing) actually matters?
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2008-10-08, 10:29 PM #27
Originally posted by Zell:
Don't buy it. Rent it. And rent it for 360 or PS3. The wii version is just god-awful.


This, but I can't comment on the Wii version, besides what Yahtzee said.
2008-10-08, 10:33 PM #28
The first half of the reivew: "The Force Unleashed? I'm going to kill things with my lightsaber!"

Just like so many other players, how does he not immediately understand this?

Force Unleashed.

Force Unleashed.

It's a force powers game. Use the force.
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2008-10-08, 10:48 PM #29
Originally posted by Chaz Ghostle:
The first half of the reivew: "The Force Unleashed? I'm going to kill things with my lightsaber!"

Just like so many other players, how does he not immediately understand this?

Force Unleashed.

I think you are reading a bit too much into that
2008-10-08, 11:28 PM #30
He only talked about lightsaber combat, until he realized killing things with the force was much, much easier, which was the point of the game.
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2008-10-09, 12:02 AM #31
funny.. kinda

but it's really hard to understand wtf they are saying half the time
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2008-10-09, 1:09 AM #32
Originally posted by Chaz Ghostle:
He only talked about lightsaber combat, until he realized killing things with the force was much, much easier, which was the point of the game.

I'm just saying you're reading too much into the title of the game in order to justify its ****tiness, unless you have a better reason than that to believe that the designers set out saying "let's make a game with a broken lightsaber combat system, in order to focus attention toward overpowered force abilities"
2008-10-09, 4:20 AM #33
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2008-10-09, 6:02 AM #34
Quote:
You serious? Wrist flick (like a real golf swing) actually matters?


No, he's saying don't swing it. Just flick your wrist. It's like how a palsic two year old can throw 94 mph fastballs in wii sports.

Also in golf, there's no 'wrist flick', unless your swing sucks. It's a pendulum motion, your wrists only move at the extreme of the backswing, and then maybe at the very end of the swing, depending on whether you want to be a douche by beating spectators in the head or by holding the club up in the air like you're ****ing Mark Hammil on a movie poster.

As for lightsaber combat. If you have a character with a lightsaber in their hand, you expect to be able to use it. There's a reason you never touched the guns again once you got the lightsaber in Jedi Knight. TFU is just a ****ty game; can we stop trying to convince ourselves it doesn't suck and just move on with our lives?
2008-10-09, 7:42 AM #35
Originally posted by JM:
Also in golf, there's no 'wrist flick', unless your swing sucks. It's a pendulum motion, your wrists only move at the extreme of the backswing, and then maybe at the very end of the swing, depending on whether you want to be a douche by beating spectators in the head or by holding the club up in the air like you're ****ing Mark Hammil on a movie poster.

WRONG!

You're thinking of putting. In a normal golf swing, the flicking of the wrists at the end of the back swing can net you an additional 30 yds. Also, how you turn the wrists over can determine how the ball goes. The pros can make a ball draw or fade how much at their will. It's how they get around those dog-legs.
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2008-10-09, 8:59 AM #36
Quote:
Force pummel?? Why didn't I know about this?


Maybe its only in the PSP, or I got the name wrong but I'm pretty sure I dont. You pick the guy up and tap whatever button and the objects and enemies around the room go flying into him. Besides force push its probably my favorite power in the game.
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2008-10-09, 9:44 AM #37
Originally posted by Onimusha.:
Maybe its only in the PSP, or I got the name wrong but I'm pretty sure I dont. You pick the guy up and tap whatever button and the objects and enemies around the room go flying into him. Besides force push its probably my favorite power in the game.


Whoa I must've never gotten that one. That's awesome.
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2008-10-09, 11:32 AM #38
Originally posted by 'Thrawn[numbarz:
;951626']I'm just saying you're reading too much into the title of the game in order to justify its ****tiness, unless you have a better reason than that to believe that the designers set out saying "let's make a game with a broken lightsaber combat system, in order to focus attention toward overpowered force abilities"


Is it broken because it doesn't kill in one hit? Almost every Star Wars game with lightsabers has been like this. Is KotOR ****ty?
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2008-10-09, 12:05 PM #39
i want a lightsaber game that you cut people in half, not this 'i hit you with a stick alot' nonsense most star wars games do
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2008-10-09, 12:08 PM #40
Originally posted by genk:
i want a lightsaber game that you cut people in half, not this 'i hit you with a stick alot' nonsense most star wars games do


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