I must be getting old but I just don't find this guy as funny any more.

Oh sweet!... thanks fer posting this! 

(even though this guy can suck a fat dick :p )

I gotta say, this wasn't that funny. Seemed like he was trying way too hard.

He has lost his whole...you know...being funny thing about him.

well I would not say "learn" anything from yahtzee the games are never even a quarter as bad as he says
its just suppose to be funny but not in this case or any other case for a while now

ive never found yahtzee to be funny- in the slightest. Talking quickly in a stupid accent and pointing out EVERY FLAW in EVERY AVAILABLE WAY! rather than providing a balanced review is neither useful - or funny. and never will be.

The Discorsi Times calls Valkyria Profile review "Entertaining".

Yahtzee would be more credible if he were better at games.

It seems in order to poke fun at games he describes a crappy situation that he's put in and blames it on the game, but the fact is that he would not be put in situation if he wasn't so BAD at video games.

I used to think he was funny, but it's just sort of worn out now.

I'm not going to watch it, due to the fact that he's so goddamn predictable.
I'm going to go out on a limb and just guess: He picks apart the game's plot for being too carefree and anime, complains about cutscene length because he has an attention deficiency, while then picking apart every little flaw and that I wouldn't have picked up nor grieved over. In conclusion, he then proceeds to highlight his opinion by suggesting that anyone who remotely likes the product in question: sucks. Complete absolutism without any room for enjoyment out of his own ridiculously biased opinion, that serves no purpose to those who enjoy said genre.

Am I wrong? Or is there honestly anything relevant that his whimsical opinion picked up on, that is even remotely relevant to a game I beat several months ago.

"I'm not going to watch it, due to the fact that he's so goddamn predictable.
I'm going to go out on a limb and just guess: He picks apart the game's plot for being too carefree and anime, complains about cutscene length because he has an attention deficiency, while then picking apart every little flaw and that I wouldn't have picked up nor grieved over. In conclusion, he then proceeds to highlight his opinion by suggesting that anyone who remotely likes the product in question: sucks. Complete absolutism without any room for enjoyment out of his own ridiculously biased opinion, that serves no purpose to those who enjoy said genre. Am I wrong? Or is there honestly anything relevant that his whimsical opinion picked up on, that is even remotely relevant to a game I beat several months ago."

Are you sure you want to watch this cutscene?... damn funny this time to me..

Wow. The shift from Yahtzee love to hate happened almost overnight. The last time a Yahtzee thread popped up it was filled with almost all praise...

I still find him funny, but maybe I just liked all the cock sucking jokes.

I love Valkyria Chronicles and he was factually wrong in some places on this video (most clearly 'one upgrade path for weapons'?  No.), but still funny IMO.

The shift from love to hate always happens especially in Yahtzee's case.. even in escapist too.. The thing people love whenever he nitpicks about the game they hate.. And when he shits all over the game that someone loves then all of a sudden Yahtzee isn't funny. Might be the same here. If you need some good laughs with utter stupid aspects of popular games, watch ZP. Don't take them too seriously as they are not meant to be.

His ranting occasionally becomes too nitpicky and stretched to make any of it funny, instead making it sound desperate.

Of course, its far better when he's actually tearing apart a genuinely bad game (Sonic Unleashed),as opposed to shitting on a good game because he hates cutscenes or because he finds one completely negligible flaw that he blows out of proportion.

I can just envision some fan on a Sonic Unleashed forum posting that of course, it's far better when he's actually tearing apart a genuinely bad game (Valkyria Chronicles), as opposed to shitting on a good game because he hates hedgehogs or because he finds one completely negligible flaw that he blows out of proportion.

It's all in the eye of the beholder.

"I can just envision some fan on a Sonic Unleashed forum posting that of course, it's far better when he's actually tearing apart a genuinely bad game (Valkyria Chronicles), as opposed to shitting on a good game because he hates hedgehogs or because he finds one completely negligible flaw that he blows out of proportion.It's all in the eye of the beholder."

Probably because the game isn't bad as he thought. 

He said towards end of the video that the turn based strategy genre is something he might want to get into.

People still care about Yahtzee?

Trashing a game loved by its fans, adored by the press and failing at retail.  This actually just strikes me as desperate attempt to be as offensive as possible.

So why is he playing a game in a genre he hates?

"So why is he playing a game in a genre he hates? "

It seems people only find him "not funny" when he bashes a game they like.

"Trashing a game loved by its fans, adored by the press and failing at retail.  This actually just strikes me as desperate attempt to be as offensive as possible."

I still enjoy watching Zero Punctuation every week. I think the problem here is that a few people need to step back and realise that Zero Punctuation isnt meant to be informative, not even meant to validate your opinion of a game you may love. It just tears apart games for the comedy value. I like it better when he targets better games because making fun of a woeful game is like shooting fish in a barrell. So having a dig at Yahtzees credibility * to defend a game your like is a waste of time and effort. Having said that, this still wasnt one of the best ZP's for entertainment value in my opinion.

* Sidenote: Credibility isnt (or at least shouldnt) be defined by skill level. Reviews are opinion, and anyone who has gone through the process of playing the game is entitled to one. I would be more concern about credibility of someone reviewing games they havent played or someone whose been paid to spin a game in a light contrary to their true thoughts. I cant see this being the case here, what moron would pay off this guy to do a ZP review for their product?

He really has gotten worse lately. :/

He´s overall quality is going down, either as a critic or as a comedian.  

Excuse me, gentlemen, but I must be off to Australia for no particular reason whatsoever...with a crowbar...quite.

And when I get back, more Valkyria Chronicles because it is awesome and whoever likes it is also awesome.

I find it kinda hilarious that:

a)people are doing what they claim Yahtzee does (IE: ignore the parts that don't make their points valid. I mean really, you all enjoy going back to a menu every time a cutscene ends JUST to watch another cutscene?)

b) forgetting that Yahtzee doesn't review games, he hates on them. He's admitted it openly, Escapist has an ACTUAL game reviewer, he's there for comedic effect. And I can understand his gripes about JRPGs (as someone who's currently playing and enjoying Valkyria Chronicles).

Am I the only one who has no clue what the fuck he ever says?

" Am I the only one who has no clue what the fuck he ever says? "

I'm kinda surprised he didn't bag on the dialogue delivery. The lines themselves are alright, but someone seems to have just given all the voice actors their lines and no one else's because it sounds like they're reading them alone. It's sad because I'm really getting into the game, but then a line like "The Edelweiss...............SWIMS JUST FINE!!!!!" comes along and yanks my immersion back out.

...There's a difference between beating on a game that receives little but praise from the community, and one that receives little praise.

" As soon as he hates on a lesser known (dare I say indie) game that is a critical darling among the hardcore crowd, the people say he's not funny. But if he had done this video about Halo, the comments would be more in the line "LAWL YAHTZEE IS TEH FUNNI!" Yahtzee's predictable? No, you people are.  "

ZP is awesome, the analogies and the way he picks on problems that I have in common make them not only entertaining but informative as well. I also hate JRPGs.
 
Some people see the videos with the wrong eyes, or they are just offended.

" @Milkman said:

" As soon as he hates on a lesser known (dare I say indie) game that is a critical darling among the hardcore crowd, the people say he's not funny. But if he had done this video about Halo, the comments would be more in the line "LAWL YAHTZEE IS TEH FUNNI!" Yahtzee's predictable? No, you people are.  "

Truth  Anyway, he'll never top the limerick episode about Wolfenstein. That shit was extremely clever and well done. "

" @Milkman said:

" As soon as he hates on a lesser known (dare I say indie) game that is a critical darling among the hardcore crowd, the people say he's not funny. But if he had done this video about Halo, the comments would be more in the line "LAWL YAHTZEE IS TEH FUNNI!" Yahtzee's predictable? No, you people are.  "

Truth 

It's really more satirical than serious. Even so I still love Valkyria Chronicles despite the cliches. Sometimes he's funny, sometimes he isn't though I will admit the Wolfenstein limerick was very good.
 
Also, this thread is four months old!

I liked it.

I played this and did not like it one bit.  To me Yahtzee was right on the mark.