When comparing Yahtzee vs OldManMurray, the Slant community recommends Yahtzee for most people. In the question“Who are the best game critics? ” Yahtzee is ranked 3rd while OldManMurray is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Yahtzee is:
Yahtzee is mainly know for his Zero Punctuation show in which he delivers highly critical reviews at a very fast pace. It's combined with unique minimalistic cartoon imagery to help illustrate topic at hand.
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Pros
Pro Unique presentation style
Yahtzee is mainly know for his Zero Punctuation show in which he delivers highly critical reviews at a very fast pace. It's combined with unique minimalistic cartoon imagery to help illustrate topic at hand.
Pro Often criticizes damaging practices of publishers or developers
Yahtzee criticizes overuse of quick time events, obsession with graphical fidelity at the expense of story or gameplay, motion peripherals, yearly franchise releases, etc in many cases as hindering the advancement of interesting games.
Pro The originators of Wolpaw's law
There are games so bad, that while playing them comes a point where the experience and the opinion on said game is unsalvageable. At that point one can, in good faith, review the game without finishing it. And then there are games that blow up monitors.
Pro True objective reviews by the way of "Crate Review System"
Inventors of the only truly objective review system - Crate Review System. The point you encounter a Crate in the game signifies when the developers have run out of new ideas, the longer it takes to encounter a Crate the better the game (e.g. it takes longer to encounter a Crate in Blood than it takes in Half-Life, therefore Blood is the better game game).
Cons
Con More of an entertainer than a serious reviewer
Doesn't spend enough time with games to get very in-depth with them. Videos often have errors or misconceptions about games. With longer games he might not even get halfway through.
Con Narration speed can interfere with comprehension
Because the speed at which Yahtzee delivers his reviews has virtually no pauses, there's not a lot of time to consider the points he's bringing up.
Con No longer updated
Sadly the site is no longer used and is only up for archival purposes.