So what do I think of ZP? In brief, I like it a lot. I find his humor generally witty and his reviews quite compelling. There are 2 things that I should probably state upfront though, he and I appear to have very similar tastes in games and if he enjoys a game its rare that I didn't enjoy it as well. THAT SAID his reviews are profoundly negative, and I quite frequently find that he will review a game negatively that I really enjoyed. Such as The World Ends with You, use your judgement if a game sounds like something you would like and other people are giving it good reviews, you should check it out.
Honestly that should go without saying, and frankly is a disclaimer for all reviews. But what I find particularly valuable is that he criticizes, and harshly criticizes very popular games (and often very good games too). However the reason I think that this is helpful is that it lets me gauge whether or not a game has a deal breaker in it. Every so often I will come across a game that people seem to like, and has received rave reviews only to think 'this is it?' or '[blank] is a huge problem but no one mentioned it!' ZP tends to point those things out, so I find it useful to avoid games that have those sorts of pet-peeves in them, or at the very least be forewarned. In summation: ZP is a witty resource that you should consider if you are the type of gamer that can be turned off from a whole game due to what others often see as minor issues.
Zero Punctuation: Don't assume that because he didn't like a game that you won't
So what do I think of ZP? In brief, I like it a lot. I find his humor generally witty and his reviews quite compelling. There are 2 things that I should probably state upfront though, he and I appear to have very similar tastes in games and if he enjoys a game its rare that I didn't enjoy it as well. THAT SAID his reviews are profoundly negative, and I quite frequently find that he will review a game negatively that I really enjoyed. Such as The World Ends with You, use your judgement if a game sounds like something you would like and other people are giving it good reviews, you should check it out.
Honestly that should go without saying, and frankly is a disclaimer for all reviews. But what I find particularly valuable is that he criticizes, and harshly criticizes very popular games (and often very good games too). However the reason I think that this is helpful is that it lets me gauge whether or not a game has a deal breaker in it. Every so often I will come across a game that people seem to like, and has received rave reviews only to think 'this is it?' or '[blank] is a huge problem but no one mentioned it!' ZP tends to point those things out, so I find it useful to avoid games that have those sorts of pet-peeves in them, or at the very least be forewarned. In summation: ZP is a witty resource that you should consider if you are the type of gamer that can be turned off from a whole game due to what others often see as minor issues.