Update: Ahem, now the video is after the break.
Update: Ahem, now the video is after the break.
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:08PM Deck said
Just a note... looks the break ate the video Richard. It is no where to be found! :-p Though I imagine even websites are hungry for more Yahtzee....
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:10PM johnpaul12 said
Am i getting break and jump confused again? i don't see the vid...
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:16PM (Unverified) said
His use of Will Smith was spot on.
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:18PM andsoitgoes said
Great video.
Chest high walls FTW ;)
Chest high walls FTW ;)
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:35PM (Unverified) said
Great review, I wish Yahtzee would go in-depth with multiplayer modes in his reviews, as in Gears it is 75% Multiplayer, 25% Single.
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:41PM Solid Jackal said
ya if u have watched Yahtzee b4 as well as his Halo 3 "review", u know he never talks about online. So far all the games only talk about SP, even his Orange Box review he did not talk about TF2 a lot or even a little.... lol
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 5:36AM andsoitgoes said
Yeah - He's not into MP reviews. It would be nice, but I think Yahtzee would prefer throwing his controller out the window than socialize and play with other twats.
That said, I HATE the MP in Gears 2. No player matches, lag for the sake of lag, crappy hosts, idiots who care about their ranks and more polish than Warsaw.
I liked the simple and the grit of Gears 1. I'm going to replay it with my friend just because it was that much better.
How many "oh crap!" moments were there in 2? yeah, it looked better, but so did the second Matrix movie, and I think we all know how that fared when up to the first.
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That said, I HATE the MP in Gears 2. No player matches, lag for the sake of lag, crappy hosts, idiots who care about their ranks and more polish than Warsaw.
I liked the simple and the grit of Gears 1. I'm going to replay it with my friend just because it was that much better.
How many "oh crap!" moments were there in 2? yeah, it looked better, but so did the second Matrix movie, and I think we all know how that fared when up to the first.
Posted: Jan 30th 2009 4:58AM andsoitgoes said
@Cal
Was terrible? It still is ;)
And always will be. Yet... I... keep... playing.
Must go back to Gears 1, or something else. I don't know why I let myself get constantly beaten down by this junker of a matchmaking/laggy ass online game.
Horde mode still rocks the house tho ;)
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Was terrible? It still is ;)
And always will be. Yet... I... keep... playing.
Must go back to Gears 1, or something else. I don't know why I let myself get constantly beaten down by this junker of a matchmaking/laggy ass online game.
Horde mode still rocks the house tho ;)
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:37PM (Unverified) said
"He's aided by his best friend AND NOTHING ELSE!"
Nice.
Chest high walls!
Nice.
Chest high walls!
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:46PM ch3burashka said
When he dies, the whole world will come to his funeral.
And he will have a recorded commentary of the crowd... *sob*...
And he will have a recorded commentary of the crowd... *sob*...
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 8:14PM (Unverified) said
I love the extra "note" he adds in the end credits. "I wish there were some kind of award for world's most pretentious trailer" LOLOLOLOL!
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 6:57PM (Unverified) said
dom's cunt wife.. hahahaha
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 7:06PM Cash9007 said
Does anyone else hate the new canned intro as much as I do? I miss the old ones, that were tailored to each ep individually.
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 11:30PM JCMonkeyballs said
He made a comment about this in one of the episodes being "the price of popularity." He used to use the copyrighted songs without paying for them, but is unable to do that now that he's more well known.
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Posted: Jan 28th 2009 9:01PM Mazrael said
I found Gears 1 to be alot better than Gears 2.. Gears 2 tried to be be too varied, Dom was still rubbish.. I went straight to Hardcore on co-op, than Insane solo, and Dom doesn't get that a shield boomer standing over you is not a good thing, so often your having to kill things for him as he fires off 8 rounds on the lancer then ducks down for 30 secs & just sits there.. often finding fails were down to him getting splattered, or bleeding out - because he ran halfway across the battlefield, getting himself raped leaving you to kill 8 or so enemies before he dies.. which is worse than when they used to just hide or 'run away' when you got to just before the mansion in Gears 1...
AI problems are in the bots too, the full AI team groups together, but your 'team' mates just run in & die as they respawn.. only warzone seems playable.. when you go down/die they take an age getting to you, if they even bother, leaving the enemy to stamp on your face (in any mode).. soon as your dead, they chill out to shooting occassionly, even (usualy on Wingman) sharing the same side of a wall as an enemy team, while they 'toggle' targets, ignoring those in full view (see for yourself, you can see from their view point..)
I was happy just shooting stuff, on foot, or in a vehicle, but just dodging my way through room after room of traps, gets dull. Then you have Dom crying his way through the game. there was nothing that was really a boss either.. Cliffy B with hopefully put things right in Gears 3.. Gears 2 just felt a little like a training camp..
AI problems are in the bots too, the full AI team groups together, but your 'team' mates just run in & die as they respawn.. only warzone seems playable.. when you go down/die they take an age getting to you, if they even bother, leaving the enemy to stamp on your face (in any mode).. soon as your dead, they chill out to shooting occassionly, even (usualy on Wingman) sharing the same side of a wall as an enemy team, while they 'toggle' targets, ignoring those in full view (see for yourself, you can see from their view point..)
I was happy just shooting stuff, on foot, or in a vehicle, but just dodging my way through room after room of traps, gets dull. Then you have Dom crying his way through the game. there was nothing that was really a boss either.. Cliffy B with hopefully put things right in Gears 3.. Gears 2 just felt a little like a training camp..
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 10:42PM (Unverified) said
The video still doesn't work. The only way to watch it is by going through the link.
Posted: Jan 28th 2009 11:58PM (Unverified) said
Once again he brutalises one of my favourite games and I cant agree more. God I love Yahtzee.
Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:26AM Teabag said
I still haven't quite understood the Bioshock-ish level that Gears of War 2 had. It just seemed like Cliffy B was so inspired by Bioshock, he had to put in a similar level without any rhyme or reason. At least when Condemned 2 did it, it made a little sense.
Posted: Jan 29th 2009 7:59AM Red Son Rising said
god, i love this guys reviews.. im not quite as hard on gow2 because i didnt have very high expectations for the campaign and its really hard to top the experience i had w/ multiplayer in gears1..
ill admit i do like the game but im not a fan of the lag and glitches that may or may not have benn fixed recently..my rental didnt come with a gridlock code and i lost interst in the new maps really fast..
ill admit i do like the game but im not a fan of the lag and glitches that may or may not have benn fixed recently..my rental didnt come with a gridlock code and i lost interst in the new maps really fast..
Posted: Jan 29th 2009 9:34AM (Unverified) said
Hey, Dustin... what's your take on this? You went LOL on the ground, or you will share your angry views with us on the next podcast?
As always, hats off to Yathzee.
As always, hats off to Yathzee.
