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Yahtzee Deconstructs the E3 Trailer Park
With all the E3 wrap-up and deconstruction flying around Yahtzee has once again done a stellar job of summarizing and unmasking the standard bullshit in his own Zero Punctuation-style review of the E3 "trailer park". Labeling this year as "sequel boulevard" and questioning the lack of any meaningful amount of gameplay footage, this year was almost a universal disappointment. There are rumblings of some improvements next year, perhaps returning things to some small measure of their previous glory, but only time will tell.
You can find the rest of his reviews here.
I would specifically recommend Smash Bros. Brawl. Hilarious.
If I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I'd be richcursive!
..for all of his reviews are extremely entertaining, if not informitave. He is unbiased in most of his comments, taking the good with bad in most respects.
... the the follow-up video where he replies to critics of the Super Smash Brothers review.
Welcome to the internet!
He brings more traffic to their site than all their other resources combined. Of course they won't fire him.
He doesn't hate RPGs. He just hates games with mindless repetitive games consisting of mashing the "Fight" button over and over again where your actions make absolutely no difference to the outcome of the game.
Just because most RPGs happen to match that doesn't mean he hates them. He actually likes a few RPGs that don't follow the same tired pattern of "mash Fight during the battles and watch cutscenes over which you have no influence."
Jesus, the De-Rez guys are so eye-piercingly bad at comic timing. First two minutes are watching someone watching Yahtzee's videos and then putting a hat on. There. 2 minutes of your life saved.
In fact, the rest is a sequence of mistimed and lukewarm overreaction gags. Now go watch something good instead. Enrich your life. You're free!