DowntimeTown – Dixit
May 30, 2010 by Robert
Filed under Board Game Reviews, Board Games
The bold Dixit!
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ZOZ!
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I have, “this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, ” stuck in my head.
And I’m probably going to be buying dixit based solely on your enthusiasm.
Dixit falls into that rare category of games which never separates and always cheers those around you.
You could enjoy a moment of time with your worst enemy while playing this game.
If I didn’t already own this game I would certainly be buying it after having watched this review.
This review is the sort of thing I aspire to create, something that, while it informs, is of value in and of itself. A work of art, one might say. Even if I didn’t play games I would find it entertaining simply for what it is.
Liking the look of this, the art looks stunning. Should be a great game for work (as long as the techies don’t run away as soon as ‘creativity’ is mentioned!)
Hello again.
Thanks for doing this video. I’ve been waiting for you to post up the video you said you were going to for about a month or so now. I’ve come here at least once a day everyday without failure to see if you updated and the wait was worth it. I almost didn’t type anything but I mean I waited and waited and what a great video we got. Again, thanks for doing this video.
TooNu
Excellent review. I’m very tempted to give this a go with some mates, but might get them to watch the review first to see what they think. I think some of them will find the creative aspect daunting at first, but I’d love to see what they come up with once they get going with it!
Robert, if you’ll allow me to express an opinion: I find this one weaker than most of your reviews. In that it is much more of a purchase recommendation than critique. Purchase recommendations in their purest form are fine for people who are looking to make a purchase, but are utterly uninteresting for anyone else. Worse still, they are not worth watching the second time. They are not worth sending to people who are not looking to make a purchase: “Look, what a witty take!” They are Tom Vasel. You must have your reasons for proclaiming your love for him, but, from where I stand, none of his reviews is worth a second look – they are not even meant for that. And, unlike you, he puts up half a dozen reviews a month – so you don’t watch any of his reviews twice, but you still see a whole lot of him – which is certainly good for him in terms of reputation, etc.
Not telling you how to do your thing. I’m not even sure what you see your thing is. In my view, with your general style and with your schedule (let’s face it, there isn’t a whole lot of you on the net), artsy reviews Space-Hulk-style – those people end up liking and watching and re-watching regardless of how they feel about the game – are much better suited for you. Explaining a simple game to a very broad audience for 15 minutes, where wit is mere bonus, not the meat of the review, is much more forgettable than it should be and than you can make it.
Aaach, ye bastard! I already have to many boardgames and every single review of yours makes me want to get another one!
Also the art is terrific and Oleg doesn´t get the positive thing at all!
cheers!
No. I can’t agree with the comment above. Why? Because genuine passion and enthusiasm is infectious and it translates.
The Dixit review is a lesson in how one person’s affection for something can be communicated beautifully.
So, in this spirit that you have embraced Oleg, let me, in turn, review your review of that review:
Oleg, I thought your review, your novella, was too boring. I thought you should have made it funnier. It’s not the kind of review i’d read twice. You’re not the kind of person I’d like to meet twice. I would suggest that it made you sound like you have a touch of the pedantic-soul-crushing-boring-bastards. I give you, the human-comedown, one star.
Just japing, likes.
ZAA OOO ZAA
“Genuine passion and enthusiasm is infectious and it translates” – I think this summarizes well a lot of what you do. When you put it this way, this review and others make perfect sense. Like I said, I’m not trying to teach you anything. Feedback is feedback. I can’t quite attest to whether or not the enthusiasm really translates – like you said, I’m way too boring to be affected by it and look to other things – but it does seem from other people’s reaction that it does. Great! Because – as boring as this observation certainly is – your video reviews are by far the best available in the board gaming world, and everyone would benefit from them becoming more popular.
Cheers!
I watched it three times. Loved it.
And must concur, I thought this was a brilliant and touching comment on the game.
I know the idea of being a ‘reviewer’ became a drag with Consolevania so just tells us what you love. There’s enough people to tear things down, it’s glorious to see someone build things up
Great video, as usual Robert. You remind me why I love games so much and why development of inspired ones is so important to the world.
sigh. another purchase……..damn your evocative descriptions. dont ever start pushing crack or we are all dooooomed….
great review, very personal which was a wonderful little insight.
the donkey image reminds me a lot of the work of francis bacon, it is a very awkward and powerful image that has an odd sinisterness.
Trust those pretentious artistic Frenchmen to take the geek out of games, I see a socially acceptable big box of cards in my future…