Jesus Jumping Christ, people. I have some interesting news for you - Yahtzee has very strict time constraints. He has ONE WEEK to play the game, weigh every single pro and con and write a concise review. And he might even have to do them 2 weeks in advance, too. I highly doubt you can make a review on a game within a day that's deeper than "game bad bro" or "real good me like". Script alone can take up an entire day, editing visual gags and audio can take up a few hours to a day as well. When you have a very strict time constraint of a single week, and 2 of those days you're making review part of the damn game - you know, the part you're actually paid to do - you have to take whatever shortcuts available. You can't finish every single game within a week of spare time when you have shit to do.
It's the most basic thing people, for some reason, do not understand about critics/reviewers. No matter how assholish he sounded during his tirade, Angry Joe said the same damn thing years ago - scripts don't just appear out of thin air on your computer, a video doesn't just magically appear on the Internet. You can't just will a review into existing. There is a long and boring recording and editing process involved that can take up days, even WEEKS. The simple fact that Yahtzee stayed consistent with his schedule for more than a decade and didn't become stale is a damned miracle by quite a few standards.
And no, my butt is not hurt, but thank you for your concern.
I might be misremembering it, but I think he himself said he's less of a 'game reviewer' and more of a 'game critic'. So he mostly points out flaws within a game. He does this with every single game, even his most favourite ones, like Bioshock, for instance. I think the only game he had absolutely nothing negative to say about was Portal. Even Portal 2 wasn't spared.
