Zero Punctuation not bewitched by The Witcher

by Ross Miller on Jan 23rd 2008 4:32PM

In the latest installment of Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee (or rather Retard McSpacky Pants) has set his foul-mouthed sights on The Witcher, a computer RPG in the truest of forms (i.e. a really big manual and familiar medieval fantasy setting) also dubbed a "MUMORPUGER."

If you're wondering what a MUMORPUGER is, McSpacky Pants defines it as follows: "One click combat, endless drudging from place to place, quests involving killing X amount of monster Y for lazy stationary ... NPC 'Z.'" The NSFW video is embedded after the break. Stay tuned for after the credits roll for an adjustment of sorts to the Painkiller intro cinematic.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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Tags: Action, Atari, CD-Projekt, painkiller, PC, RPG, The-Witcher, yahtzee, zero-punctuation

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Not suprising, but I agree. I couldn't stand this game.

The UI was overcrowded and overcomplicated. The camera was horrbile, the controls were bad, the lighting was completely off, and they characters had no emotion (And very often no movement in convos - 55% of normal human communication is nonverbal)

I completely agree. First let me say that I love PCRPGs, I've played BG I, BG II, ID, NWN, NWN2 and all the expansions those entail. Heck, I even played BG II with BG II: ToB to completion 4 times! Twice with a mage!

And yet I still found The Witcher boring, drawn-out, and overly complicated.

To be fair, I heard that the dialog/story won or at least was nominated. This is not the dialog in the English version. Apparently, the developers had a full script ready for the English version, but had to gimp it to pay for voice actors.

From what I've heard (this is all coming from the developers of The Witcher on the official forums, by the way), the original dialog is much richer and atmospheric than the overly nerfed final version.

Anyway, final word: you could do much better than this game. Go out and buy Baldur's Gate II with Throne of Bhaal if you want an epic PCRPG. It's only $10 on Amazon.

this is the best one yet, i want a little skit at the end of each review, or first impressions on a game that's been released.

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i have to agree - skits are always fun.

Why fun? Well Yahtzee sounds unreal funny playing a girl

Obviously, not his kind of game.

Though I disagree with him on this, as I love The Witcher. I think it is a great RPG. Its a pure RPG there is no doubt about that. Its great though! However I understand that the "pure rpg's" really don't have many fans, so I can understand how someone perhaps may not like it.

I loved that bit at the end. This guy gets better and better - and he knows how to pronounce z properly.

+1 on the z

this guy is so good at making these Reviews

Best one for a long time. The bonus after was strangely brilliant and surreal at the same time. Yahtzee is on fine form this week.

I was really excited about the Witcher at first but what really killed it for me was its horrible pacing. I still love the game, I just can't bring myself to finish it.

20 mins. Outside. Pufferfish.

Epic Win.

My dog came over to check on me because I was cackling like a lunatic after that closing line. tears.

Hahah agreed, the best one yet.

HUGE SUCCESS

another ace!~ i love this guy's style

Odd, considering the PC gamer community felt that this game was one that could rival Mass Effect

But i suppose the time period creates the great difference between them. Both have massive worlds to navigate, but in ME you get to use Spaceships, in the Witcher you're limited to horses at best...

Easily the funniest one yet.

That little "bonus" at the end was certainly not what I was expecting, but absolutely hilarious.

AWESOME! I loved the bonus at the end! I cried!!! pufferfish...

I don't think you needed to explain the definition of MUMORPUGER, I'm pretty sure everybody here already knows about MMORPGs.

that was sodding brilliant. yahtzee gets better every week. my favourite part was in the end bit when he said "yes, you do realise this is just a piece of wood, with the word resumé written on it...?"

gold.

"washing the gimp"

bahahaha - brilliant!

Guys don't listen to Yahtzee. He criticizes every game + he hates RPG's so watch it for your own amusement then go IGN or Rotten Tomatoes and glance at Witchers 80% score!

Yahtzee hates everything, thats why it's funny. It doesn't matter if the game is good or bad.

the rating system from Rottentomatoes just doesn't work for videogames
due to scores usually being one sided
unlike movies in which scores can vary greatly

Looks like this'll be the first Zero Punctuation review I'll have to disagree with.

I loved The Witcher. RPG of the year for me.

Couldn't agree more, and I have lots of sex with my Wife, so there goes that stereotype :P

Are you satisfied with my little dance you bureaucratic shit?

LMAO, the British accent just killed me.

Also LOL@washing the gimp... this guy draws out the most random references, which makes them all the funnier.

This one is easily the best, EVAR!

"familiar medieval fantasy setting"

Looks like someone hasn't played the game.

He said he didn't beat it, that's why it was "First impressions"...

Well he's right, in a sense. It's a world with dwarves, elves, gnomes, humans, magic, witches, etc. Magic is mysterious, potions are made to be drunk, the world is overrun by evil creatures and so forth.

Don't get me wrong, I'm having a helluva lot of fun with the game, but the world is pretty familiar, except that magic is something of a rarity, and potions aren't the cure-all to every affliction.

The Witcher?

I've a JoyStiq-aholic (I check JoyStiq 2-3 times a day) and I've never heard of this game.

Join me or die. Can you do nothing less?

only 2-3 times a day?

Havent you heard of RSS ?? Why check something several times a day, when the shit can come directly to you?

sh*t, I am still laughing from the interview skit.

"20 minutes.....puffer fish"

Can't wait for GDC just to see what he has in store for the!m

"MUMORPUGER" is officially the word of the day.

Yahtzee = the Maddox of videogames

Okay, the 'do a little dance, woo-oo, woo-oo' has convinced me. Yatzee Crosshaw is just a ripoff of harsh TV critic Charlie Brooker.

Actually, this guy is right. Zero Punctuation shares an AWFUL lot with Screenwipe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXOPIbb8ZjA

I adored the Witcher. Yahtzee.. he's brilliant but for all his sass he's apparently so damn old that any time an interface inconveniences him to learn it instead of being exactly like the UI he had in the last game he played, he starts to froth.

Yahtzee has a sqweeky chair this week.

FYI:

If you watch his Tabula Rasa review, you will see that "MUMORPUGER" is just his little pet name for MMORPGs in general.

His point is that The Witcher plays just like MMORPGs, and that he hates both it and them.

Retard McSpankypants = character name of the decade!

Though he was hilarious as always, I disagree with him on many points. I enjoy the Witcher a lot, despite a couple quibbles here and there.

And yes. Geralt has sex with EVERYONE. Like "Oh, hey lower townsfolk. Yes I know some gossip. *talktalktalkSEX*."

Or the half-elf maiden that was teaching me how to speak elven, and then somehow she and Geralt had sex...for some reason. Out of the damn blue.

Crap...I forgot to washed the gimp today.

"Now I just have to figure out if that was a man or a woman" ROFFL!!! Get this guy on the fucking podcast. Pay him money! Do something!!! Valve did it why can't u?

I second that. Get Yahtzee on the podcast!

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