The Escapist Read the Title as Zero Production. Pbly Apt.

Thank you for putting the end credits back in

I hope you review the henry stickmin collection next!

That bin idea isn't too shabby!

I agree

I couldn't be happier.

Yes that is the point very keenly observed

I will forever remember that.

A wonder what will be the next generic massivly produced AAA genre called.

Like, a side episode of Dev Diary, perhaps!

Sounds like a great episode of hoarders, yes I watch that I’ve been bored

Honestly yes I want to see this, granted I hope he can be at least a little bit serious about it but I think it could be nice.

...huh? The point of that was to go through that list _based on the specific video game you're developing_ and clean out the list that way. It's not just some Letterman top-10 list thing. It's something that will vary depending on a developer's specific project.

That sounds cool.

Slightly different since dyes do actually spark joy for some people but it doesn't specifically improve gameplay in any way.

@@Murzac Having clothing that can be dyed sparks joy. Unlocking the dye through random flower collection does not.

We genuinely need someone to take this approach to one of these series.

Ahaha like reggie saying “if it’s not fun, why bother?”

yuh ss goddamn I miss Reggie...

Well, *There's MGSV*

Like, the more collectibles you collect and bases you liberate, the worse the actual ending will be because your underlying mission was built on false pretenses? Maybe the map towers you almost inevitably have to activate end up interfering with the existing communications infrastructure, severely delaying or even outright preventing Emergency Service response to those districts during whatever crisis is ongoing? The good ending might only be achieved by doing something like looking up the relevant laws and reporting the person sending you on the mission to the appropriate agency, or perhaps deliberately failing every invasion repelling mission, thereby getting your somewhat subtly extremely corrupt government overthrown by a foreign government that is at least marginally less corrupt and has legitimate grievances against your own.

I'd imagine it'd be that the open world stealth action sandbox is a coping mechanism for the main character facing mental abuse as their parents are trying to wipe away their identity beyond the child of their parents. Trying to wipe away any choice beyond the life their parents set out for them. Also the parents are extremely racist and want their child to be a racist like them

Far Cry 5 maybe. All the shit that you fuck up is ultimately meaningless. The villain was right all along and your actions did more harm than good. Ultimately, You have to live with the knowledge than you are officially worse than a murderous doomsday cult.

@@Mortablunt it was a joke dude don't take it so seriously, MGSV wasn't even the MGS game with the best plot, theme or writing and that is not news

Tbf it is the same game we’ve been served for about a decade now... but the best possible version of it.

The “not made by Ubisoft” has never been more of a selling-point, to be fair.

@Andres Carsana ...someone with guts to shit on AAA blockbusters and modern gaming in general? Thats a really popular thing to do these days and requires no guts. Theres tons of youtubers doing that, some offering hours in depth critisim and some churning out 10 minuite size obligatory rants about the latest evil corp. Have i missed the memo where shitting on FIFA 20-number pending is considered brave and stunning these days?

@Andres Carsana Jim Sterling, and YongYea are just two more that I can name just off the top of my head. Yahtzee most definitely is not the only one.

Exactly. Yatzhee isn’t wrong, nor is he contradicting those other critics. They are all essentially saying, GoT is just like ubi sandbox game, but good.

It's indeed precisely what people asked for.

as I like to say, its a better AC than most ACs, the game that AC always wanted to be. specially now that AC is trying to become a RPG.

Honestly, they should be glad to have this instead of a fuck up from Ubisoft, who likes to fill their game with microtransactions so that you can shorten your time getting through the game. Like seriously, wtf?

It's better than an AC in Japan could ever be though.

I've seen it being described as "Assassin's Creed, but good".

what is funny is that just like the noble concepts of knighthood in europe, the idea of the bushido only came after the time of conflict in japan. at that time Samurais were just like... well, knights, noble soldiers hired for the job of war, they were just a bit more willing to betray their master and change sides when compared with their European conterparts.

@@danilooliveira6580 Funnily, weren't samurai were far more likely to be archers than swordsman anyway? so this "way of the sword" and facing the enemy with honour stuff is just a fictional trope with little basis in reality. (does look damn cool though)

@@rawalshadab3812 Correct. The katana was like all swords, a sidearm. Historically samurai used the yari spear and yumi bow, you know, "boring" weapons that work stupidly well so everybody with good martial sense back then used them exhaustively.

I tell you all lad'z, join us on the Steam/GOG wagon, all the (good) indies there are full of new ideas and actually made with passion. Examples with Carrion, a Hat in Time, Subnautica, etc ...

@@Sir_Bucket There is also a lot of shit, but experienced buyers are usually able to tell the difference, just lookout for the words: "Open world, crafting, survival, exploration, *EARLY ACESS* "

what's going on there ?

@@Kamfrenchie And the government admits to using live rounds on the protesters of those blatantly-rigged elections, good shit.

@@Kamfrenchie Here's what I know: their elections are always rigged, even though Lukashenko (or however you spell it) always wins them due to popularity in the countryside. But the rigged numbers look better. The rigging is at least partially done by fake votes for Lukashenko dropped in the voting boxes in the weeks leading up to the final election day, that are, after the voting is over, ascribed to the names of registered voters who didn't vote. This year they had already announced that about 40% of people had voted early for Lukashenko, but as it turns out, people are not only starting to vote against him, but those who usually don't vote are getting angry because they've realized that their votes are used in their absence. So more people are voting this year and more people are voting against Lukashenko, so with their early announcement in mind, the numbers might end up exceeding 100% of available votes. So he has to stop people from voting, so he's been intentionally creating delays on election day at election booths; many countries (including mine; Sweden) have had embassies with voting lines moving at a snail's pace, finally closing in the face of many, many registered voters who would've voted against Lukashenko. Then mass arrests of protesters and opposition started, and his main opposition party leader has fled the country. This is just off the top of my head from what I've read recently so I might get a detail wrong here and there but that's about it.

viljamtheninja well jeez

Jesus, Yahtzee made this a week ago. The elections were just getting underway.

That’s actually a pretty clever answer 😳

That's a good one!

You knew her? Did you part ways to spare her innocence?

Thats what unironically was my first thought, I still don't get it tho, maybe its something cultural specific for english speakers. Can someone explain it for me?

@@eyesocketplug6989 Strong Chinese accents pronounce Rs like Ls in English (Strong Japanese accents do the opposite), thereby "surprise" becomes "supplies."

It would be if it wasn't Yathzee we're talking about and the bar wasn't set so high. Seriously, there is at least one unforgettable punchline per episode.

@@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598 honestly, my favorite is "why are my intestines over there now? "

@@StephenJones-il9ok I like "Oh pissing blimey, there's jam all over the walls!" And generally his entire train of thought leading up to that sentence from his initial low impressions of the game in question not being that scary to "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!"

@@TustlePlays Amnesia: the dark descent. I like the one from E3 were he thought dead space 3 was Lost planet xD

"It's a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning. It could only be more awesome if it had tits and was on fire."

Thanks for the update

I actually died a zillion times in the final boss because it forces you to wear the ronin attire, if I could wear the armour that I had spent the second half of the game upgrading then I wouldn't have taken an entire afternoon to beat one duel, alternatively, set it at high noon, or night, or some other time where the unblockable indicators are not blending in with the sunset!

Finally something to be proud of

I feel like my generation is literally both. All I’ve ever bloody played is spunkgargleweewee or Jiminy Cockthroat

@@MrMRZakster play some other games, seriously is the only games available right now are spunkgargleweewee or jiminy cockthroat?

@@azzzanadra Baba Is You?

@@jackgebhardt2932 no, me no baba, look somewhere else.

I think Yahtz is just a bit out of touch, he's kinda wielding nostalgia goggles now.

Don't forget spectacle fighter

@@urahara64360 god yes. Spectacle fighter is such a better name than cHaRaCtEr AcTiOn game. Every video game ever made that has a protagonist that does something is a character action game.

@@AceTaxiaGaming That's false.Hes right.Even fucking Halo,Gears of War and Last of Us are open world/semi-open world.

@@AceTaxiaGaming "He's out of touch" Probably the words spoken by a platformer fan in the PS2 era or a cover based shooter fan in the PS3 era.

Hey guys I found the centrist neoliberal

We all know who would win. Hint: not the one who lived and died dependent on the very system she hated.

@@cash_burner Oh shit, what a comment.

@@amggaming3528 I mean you say the same about Karl.

I'm pretty sure you're talking about Fate here. Or at least, I'll be disappointed if it hasn't already happened *somewhere* in Fate.

Specifically to CD Projekt Red

@@Osric24 i think he was referring to the massive revolting in belaruss but yeah that counts too i guess

@@Osric24 Yeah he's referencing the riots in Belarus

grosezero no he wasn’t, they weren’t revolting a week ago. I think that was the reference to elections

Or maybe he means how stuff like Pathologic and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. came out of Eastern Europe and only really can come out of Eastern Europe. Can you imagine Ubisoft making a game that literally beats you into submission at every turn? No, cause that doesn't sell to the masses.

DynamicAlteration I just bought the game and I’m still on act 1. It’s like he said, it’s Assassins Creed: Samurai, and it gets a little boring at times because of it, but otherwise it’s fun.

@@TheBananamonger it's really good.

@@TheBananamonger It's pretty fun, it has some flaws towards the end of the game where it forces you into stealth.

@@imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553 to be fair its not anything ground breaking but at least its finaly a different setting for once

The problem with this is that Jin identifies as a samurai, while I identify as a murder-bush. Admiring the scenery and treating clearing an outpost like organic puzzle solving is why I'm playing the game, so I have a disconnect with Jin's dilemma. Jin's samurai conscious is like the annoying plots in Farcry, because they run counter to the gameplay.

I do prefer an actual map though

I kinda sensed it too :D

Katerina Marinova The biggest problem is that it _is_ samey, though.

Would not surprise me to see this scrape into 5th best

@@adamj4759 Doom Eternal is prolly gonna be really high on Yahtzee's list.

@@mackielunkey2205 he's normally funny about including sequels to games he's already rated highly though

Nice TomSka reference

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!? Hole person.

nice

🕳

I feel like the difference is, while assassins creed and ghost of Tsushima have busy work collectibles, at least GoTs collectibles upgrade you and even add to the character. Specifically the hot springs and haikus for the character building.

Would have been a surprisingly good assassin's creed

That's literally what I called it after I bought it

It's literally nothing like assassins creed, but sure if you played the first couple of hours and stripped away all of its identity that make it its own thing then I guess you could see it that way

UncoloredPage it’s assassins creed, but better.

Same

Loved the nod to the classic saying, doesn't fall under that particular poetic category, the credits are truly a delight, though

I would like a zero punctuation complete with all the end screens!

He didn't exactly say that though, context and qualifiers are needed. He does go on to say how non western games are normally non auteur driven and are more souless because of it. Be appreciates the way Japanese games have one director with a clear vision

@@ponchopponcho using proper context wouldn't get likes though.

what is the joke?

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW ok the harmless variant. That implies there to be a handful variant, lay it on me

@@lucalinadreemur9448 I want to hear it as well.

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW "SUPPLIES!" I haven't started crafting yet! WAIT TIL MY INVENTORY IS EMPTY! I JUST BOUGHT EVERYTHING I CAN HOLD! ...STOP SELLING FOR ONE MINUTE!!! I'm sure this happened in some game or another XD

Sure, but where's ya wheelie bin?

i hope they dont find my spot

Especially without pants

You could count watery worldy divey subnauticaty or hooty tooty cowboy shooty by the developers of steely wheely automobily

I'm Todd Howard and I made Skyrim fridge edition nah, Hooty Tooty Cowboy Shooty was way too up itself.

Horizon zozy dozy is the most overrated jiminy cockthroat game. Shitty combat uninspiring environments. Just a shallow game in the name of beautiful locales. I haven't been more relieved in finishing a game. The worst game I've played. Literally no variety...

@@AlvarVraal maybe not action but technically it does have stealth, against the monsters

@@AlvarVraal It definitely is a king Jiminy cockthroat, but just like other genres that are overdone and typically crap, there are some shining stars. I love Subnautica, Ark Survival Evolved, Minecraft, and The Forest, so I feel there are some great ones. If even the horrible "walking simulator" genre can include "The Stanley Parable" and a few other gems, anything is possible.

Not memes. Culture. He is very cultured. Like cheese or yogurt. :P

The concept of "Karen" has been around for years. It's hardly a "latest meme."

Gamer2k4 Ik they’ve been around for years but recently they’ve become their own pandemic and they are now a more popular meme than they were last year

Drunken Hobo no it hasn’t lmao.

Drunken Hobo lol spoken like a Karen. Figures one of you doesn’t know what Karen actually means.

Chance Kimber it think Yahtzee mentioned in his Far Cry review that most people will love it but people whose job it is to play every game ever will hate it

i'm looking forward to this one. havnt played any ass creed, no modern tomb raider, and no farcry since blood dragon.

We're cut from the same cloth, bro! I was literally going to say the same thing!

Ive played every ass creed. This is the best. Or rather, this is AC done right. As if they saw what ubi was doing with the franchise and it’s not long before they will make AC Japan, so SP decided to make this game first before ubi ruins it for everyone.

That's exactly why I always game a generation or so behind. When I actually get to these games, I can skip all the nonsense and just pick out the really good ones! ^_^

Ohhh that's the joke. Been trying to find a comment that says it.

@@Shinkajo I believe KZfaq gave you the shaft on that one.

Axiom Steel26 Chinese people have trouble with the letter “r” because in their language “r” doesnt exist. The joke is a chinese person confuses “surprise” with “supplies”

@@Tech_-on1ou It's that both "r" and "l" are pronounced as the same intermediate sound in a lot of Asian accents, so "r" sounds like "l" and "l" sounds like "r".

Guided by a fart.

Maybe he prefers minimaps and huds

Maybe it wasn't something he would consider a core game mechanic.

@@borismuller86 So Yathzee talks very quickly, or maybe I'm just very deaf, but I can't figure out when he says that?

I think that's more of one of those things that falls under "the good superficial strengths." The wind guiding you is a strong visual tell, and definitely artistic, but it's not a mechanic that escapes or improves the underlying issues of the game. It's part of the wallpaper analogy in that it looks good, but is pretty insubstantial.

It only made it because the silver crown and silver throne awarded to the 2nd best game of 2020 are in this case two crowns and a chaise lounge affair.

How is he supposed to feel? By now the developers of all his all-time favourites must have dipped into dull disappointment. Silent Hill 2's Konami? Half-Life's Valve? Paper Mario: TTYD's Nintendo? You name it.

Difference between Infamous and Ghost is that Infamous is a sandbox. And progression in Infamous made sense because you're new to being a super hero, unlike in Ghost where we are playing a trained Samurai but yet doesn't know basic stances.

@@Ineedgames the way I saw it, the stances weren't "basic" but something unique to the mongols ( I don't think you are supposed to hold a sword like he does in some of the stances). And similar to how Khotun Khan studied japanese traditions, Jin now learns the mongols way of fighting (or at least develops counter measures) I mean, he unlocks the stances by watching the mongol generals train and/or by actually fighting against them

well, he did this review last week on the main site, but yeah, weird.

Blaze Rom Honestly, I did not knew he had a main site. I am a casual fan. Forgive my ignorance.

CELEB ALERT! His name appears immediately after he finishes each review.

@@cobra8888 not his main site, they're talking about the escapist. If you become a channel member you can see videos on KZfaq the same day they're posted.

hello Proto :)

'You now have a bow. Congratulations! Become a Ubisoft Premium Gold Star Member to unlock arrows'.

No joke, I was legitimately sad at the end of act 2. If you have gotten that far you probably know why.

@BTIsaac banzai!!!!

The open-world bloat doesn't get in the way? Genuinely asking as I might buy it.

They spell out "anyways"

@@RillianGrant I'm aware

TONIKAKU

fun fact kanji came from the chinese so have fun with that knowledge

The game is already in full Color so what you're saying makes no sense. Kurosawa mode is a nod to his earlier Black and White works. Even the wind and weather effects are bumped up during the mode to give a vib of works that made The director famous. In your attempt to sound intelligent you really sounded dumb

@@incognitofool6516 well kurosawa did not shoot in black and white because he wanted to, so naming a black and white mode after him ist pretty stupid

@@TroikaTV1 Also... pretty pretentious of the devs to compare their work to Kurosawa's just because it's also in black and white and it's a bit windy.

I found the mode poorly-thought out to say the least. This game has one of the best color palettes I've ever seen and you'd waste it just because you like 40 year old movies? I mean I've watched a couple of Kurosawa flicks myself, they're great, but I don't understand why you would throw away a substantial portion of your artists' work for that.

@@TroikaTV1 But some of his films were shot in black and white despite color being available?

Heavenlyhounds96 It isn’t and they’re really really easy to find. You don’t even need specific ones. something like 10 flowers of any kind will let you change the color of an outfit, but you don’t need to do it all. It’s far from grinding.

@@MarcTRussellWhich makes it better to begin with. AC 2 you had to collect ALL Feathers....to get a cape that would leave you permanently targeted by guards in the cities while adorned. -.-

Heavenlyhounds96 I really liked that you werent a target everywhere. You could go where you wanted to in the order you wanted to. After the first big battle I went to Jin’s home instead of working my way up the island. This game doesn’t punish you or penalize you and it’s really refreshing.

he doesn't have any problem with the genre, his problem is that the western industry doesn't know how to innovate anymore there are way too many games that are pretty much the same thing with a different wallpaper. and the entire thing seems to be more market motivated than the pure desire to make a good game.

@@danilooliveira6580 Yet when a game like Death Stranding tries something different gamers bitch about it. I was so glad when Yahtzee gave DS a somewhat positive review.

@@danilooliveira6580 yeah but the whole point of innovation is to find something that works. Once you've got the winning formula you move on and innovate something else. You don't see car enthusiasts complain that the pedals are in the same places, or that it has the exact same gears, saying "Why can't they change things up by putting a brake lever on the ceiling?". Innovate the stuff that doesn't work not the stuff that does y'know?

@@faithfullyfaithless no, the point is to make something interesting and fun. renewing the same idea over and over is not like changing how you drive a car, is changing the car. how you drive the car would be a core mechanic like a TPS, FPS, platformer, etc. a car would be what you do with that genre, like every TPS being a COD-like, or a DOOM-like. what is happening here is as if every car was a baseline sedan with the same interior and components, but different painting.

@@danilooliveira6580 ah, agree to disagree my friend 🙂

It sorta actually has a morality system, but the effect is largely cosmetic. What gets weighed is how much 'dishonorable' kills you make VS the 'honorable' ones. Doing more of the former makes the skies often more gloomy and stormy, while the latter results in sunny and clear weather. ...though what counts as 'dishonorable' is kinda unclear. Just prompted stealth kills? How about stealth arrow heads shots? What about Mongols you kill with NInja tools or bombs? Also, the weather effect is mostly annoying, because a NInja run feels like you're in the perpetually gloomy UK rather than Japan. And while you can change that with your hand-dandy magical flute of weather control, it felt like you had to do it ever 10-15 minutes if you prefer clear weather.

@@ctographerm3285 the weather thing kinda bothered me at first. But because you can clear the weather by using the flute and control it in the photo mode. I kinda got used to it. Didn't bother me as much. And as for what counts as a stealth kill i don't know either. Cause i got tons of bow kills in the beginning but the very first time i stealthed with the knife. The game shamed me. Could be that was the last kill needed to trigger the cut scene but i can't even tell.

@@BushidoMauve I mean, the bow is standard samurai equipment and you get it from the more honorable characters.

@LordMacKarl "With bigger and more expansive worlds, the developer faces unique challenges that stem from keeping the player engaged. While it is true that some gamers would be content in "enjoying the atmosphere," most players would get quickly bored because achieving immersion is a mindset, not a destination." "Because of how competitive the market is and the player-base has become, most players are aware that they are playing a game; therefore if you do not provide distraction from that as a developer, then you have failed as a developer." These were two statements that were copy-pasted to us often. It seems that developers have come to the consensus that players play games to play games and that's it. It's just a lot of convolution in my opinion. When it came to the "Psychology of Play", there were tons of confliction. It pretty much boils down to: "You can't please everyone, so don't try to. Instead please as many as you can at once."

Mine is Ion Fury

are you actually complaining about not seeing colors in the optional black-and-white mode?

@@UnicornStorm No he’s complaining about having customizable color options in the same game where you can completely turn off color. They kinda cancel each other out at that point.

@@comiccinema8177 optional... both O.o

Came down here to check for exactly this comment before I posted it myself. Sam-you-rye.

Yes, Im assuming it’s on purpose but the ignorance is frustrating.

Mikfly actually, I think a fair amount of Britons pronounce it that way - not sure why though

jmackmcneill Do you think amusement and agonizing are the same thing?

@@ohjeezriles reminds me of a moment in Black and White 2 where they say it that way when you get a samurai squad. (and yeah, British VAs for it). It irked me so bad every time I played that part XD This defs brought back those memories!

It’s still annoying when you get hit by an unblockable spear thrust from off camera

@@spence0703 DMC 5 actually had a great way to work around that: enemies wont attack you unless they're on screen. It's a genius way to keep it fair, you can use it to cheese, but... it is helpful

GimmeAllUrMoney well DMC 5 was a linear spectacle fighter so they could polish their combat till it was like a diamond. Sucker punch really should have made GoT linear

@@spence0703 you can just call it a fighter lmao, no need to give it special treatment. Yes, I do agree. A focused linear story would have been way better. Swear to God, after the second act I was so through with open worlds aha.

GimmeAllUrMoney I love open worlds and even I think this is getting ridiculous

I found Assassin's Creed boring yet still loved this. Then again I'm a sucker for sword combat and character driven stories.

No ,if you lived under a rock basically. This game follows the pattern of all Sony exclusives from Horizon to God of ear to Spiderman to Days Gone to Last of Us

they were pretty good at that

@Ryoshikari No you have to be 100% original. Doing something that has been done (Even if you did it better and with passion and actually cared) doesn't matter. 100% original. Yeah Yahtzee has been getting rather boring for me too on this one. Still playing and enjoying. Is it more of something that I enjoy. Yes, but it is something with more passion and a motif that I havent' seen done in a long while. So now plot is window dressing. Yeah.....think I am going to give up on the Escapist soon. It's just going downhill.

@@als3022 Man,you fanboys would come out with the lamest excuse to deny the game being utterly generic.Your point about "100% original" would have worked if this wasn't the genre that almost all of the Sony exclusives and good chunk of AAA games are put under.This game could have done different easily to stand out. Horizon is also a collect-a-thon but it also had a very unique setting.Machine dinosaurs and you fight with bows and arrows?. Different. God of war had its own new form of gameplay with the Leviathan axe to compensate. This game has NOTHING.Its the same old stuff that we have been doing since the start of this generation 7 years ago. And Boo hoo,"Hur dur passion and care".That means jackshit. Micheal Bay goes for pay check to pay check making cynical movies meant to make money .His film Pearl Harbour was the only time he actually cared and was passionate about something and that film is shit.Alot of badly made stuff have had passion and care behind them.Doesnt mean we excuse their crap. Also save us the shit from a first party studio making game for "Passion".This was made because corporate wanted it. And you don't get certificates because you made it "better".Wasn't it better enough to compensate the game being generic as shit?. Unfortunately for you,it wasn't.

@@abdullahahmad4239 what's generic about writing poetry in a videogame? what's generic about the weather reflecting the way you dispose of enemies. what's generic about the games art design? what's generic about it's multiple systems to guide a player without hud elements? What's generic about the setting? Or is the only problem that it shares a genre with maybe too many other games.

Indeed, i read it, and Tsun Tsu, dedicated, several praises to guerrila warfare and an entire part to spy and spy networks

those pages were behind subscription