Headlander & Quadrilateral Cowboy - Zero Punctuation
escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctua...Posted Aug 10, 2016, 4:03 PM UTC
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All these mediocre games by Double Fine really keep filling me with a sense if dread for Psychonauts 2. Can it live up to the first? I hope so.
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Headlander isn't mediocre. It's a good game at a reasonable price.
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I think the problem with headlander is doublefine makes comedy games with adventure aspects, not the other way round. That's why psychonauts worked, and why psychonauts 2 will work. headlander was more of an adventure game with comedy kind of added in at the last minute, like yahtzee said, as kind of an 'obligation'.
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Comedy pervades the game's visual design. You don't add that kind of sexed up '70s sci-fi aesthetic at the last second out of "obligation."
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Double fine games have always been rough around the edges, though. This isn't a recent trend, this is how their game have worked since the beginning. Don't get me wrong, I'm as excited for Phychonauts 2 as I've been for any recent game, but anyone who is expecting it to be flawless hasn't been paying attention.
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For what it's worth I really enjoyed headlander. Not gonna blow you away but it's got some cool ideas and mechanics that makes it a good fun 5-6 hours.
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I enjoyed it too. It was a surprising decent Metroidvania game. It could have used a little more variety when it came to level designs, but I had fun with it. The floating head and swapping body aspect were great too.
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I also enjoyed it, though to be fair I enjoy most Metroidvania games that I play.
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Honestly, I found Psychonauts to be a bit mediocre when I first played it. I was surprised when it had a cult following. It had some nice humor, but that was kinda it.
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You played through the milkman conspiracy level and still thought 'that was kinda it'?
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Yep. I thought the level was a bit boring. Kinda funny, but as a game, boring and tedious. Never liked it much.
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Why is ZP allowed and stuff like Dunkey's newer video on difficulty in games gets removed under rule 1.
Also Headlander was great imo.
I would like an answer for this as well. Just because Dunkey make funny videos doesn't mean that they don't give a good place for discussion.
Both ZP and dunkey videos are for humor, but both also bring good points.
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It's the same thing with Jim Sterling's stuff. Whether a given Jimquisition is allowed to stay up or gets removed seems to be practically random.
Probably because ZP is actually reviewing games, its not just for humor purposes.
I mean, Dunkey's newest video was a straight up mini-essay on difficulty.
I actually have no idea who Dunkey is. I was referring to why ZP is allowed?
And you were in-turn implying that Dunkey's videos are just for humor purposes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4_auMe1HsY