2018 Best Worst and Blandest (Zero Punctuation)

[@glacier1253]

I honestly forgot about Metal Gear Survive...

[@MW-qt1ml]

You should be thankfull

[@bigdumbandkindascared5181]

Jesus christ, that was only last year? How long was 2018?

[@killjoy4009]

bout a year

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

Consider yourself lucky.

[@ethanlappin]

I didn't realize it was a 2018 game lol

[@chrisbriscoe7138]

Yahtzee probably the only critic that could not include RDR2 in his top 5 games of the year and go unscathed in the comments section.

[@LittleMissGuillotine]

Man this aged poorly

[@nonamepasserbya6658]

@@LittleMissGuillotine Something happened?

[@leoveas9965]

@@LittleMissGuillotine why?

[@alexharvey7660]

@@LittleMissGuillotine what

[@Zackapo]

Maybe because its shite

[@MysteriousJojo]

For those who didn’t see the website version, here are his honorable mentions: Far Cry 5 + Good for a Ubisoft sandbox - A Ubisoft sandbox The Inpatient - No redeeming qualities + At least mercifully brief Just Cause 4 - Lazy cash-in sequel + Still fun to stick jet thrusters to goats Vampyr - Britain at its most boring + ... if it weren't for We Happy Few Not Tonight + Engaging and funny - Preferred it when Lucas Pope did it God of War 4 + Ehhhhhhhhhhhh - Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@archivehans]

thank you jojo

[@benwasserman8223]

Mysterious Jojo God of War: I get an axe that plays like Thor’s hammer. Hell yeah!

[@peterheck2429]

Nothing on rdr2? Weird. Oh calm down you the person who's typing down furiously to give me a piece of your mind, i didn't want him to praise it i just wanted to know his opinion on it

[@Code7Unltd]

I can't believe that much people hadn't talked about Lethal League Blaze. That game's really good, and out on PC already.

[@h_espeliz3347]

@@peterheck2429 i think it was a situation like A hat in time and Mario Oddessy last year where he was choosing between those games

[@hauntedcupoftea]

subnautica was THIS YEAR?!

[@aclassydinonamedzanthor563]

Anand Chauhan officially, it came out of early access

[@coletrainhetrick]

It came out last year actually

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

his rule is what he play that year

[@targusnazg3963]

@@coletrainhetrick False. It came out of early access in 2018.

[@exxon101]

Yeah, but it's been on early access since I was in diapers

[@zachzent8287]

I am disappointed that hunt down the freeman didn't get put in the bin with ride to hell

[@jackmesrel4933]

Ride to Hell was made by a "real" developer, not some random jonny like HdtF

[@stuartconrod8364]

To put it IN the bin, you would have to first OPEN the bin, and I don't think we can take that kind of risk with Ride to Hell

[@theduchyofmilanball3157]

I mean, at least Ride to Hell was ironically bad and kinda funny for it. Hunt down the Freeman is not so much funny as is it is depressing and insulting.

[@Linosek279]

That bin is quite literally not big enough for two games

[@9seed.]

Pretty sure HDTF mentally scarred those who played it. :/

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

Dayvid Cayge!

[@Hamuelin]

*DAvid C-hayge this time

[@mermaid_hina2713]

The true reason the Best Friends Play broke up.

[@yarpen26]

More like Dayvid de Grutolla.

[@Trevelyan2]

Dunno what all the hate is about. I appreciate the complexity of his games; your decisions actually change the narrative more than any Telltale game ever did.

[@lc9245]

I Trevelyan I I know it’s just, like, your opinion man but there’s already loads of criticism regarding his writing on KZbin. I would describe him as a man who’s given a loud speaker and shout incoherent words into it, thinking he’s saying something meaningful. The suspension of disbelief required to enjoy his work is beyond my ability perhaps but I don’t think there are many people failing to notice his awkward reference to the civil right movement in D:BH that draw parallel between African descend American with robots.

[@JDMStav]

The only thing that shocked me is that it's taken you this long to get bored of Assassins Creed

[@NightmareBlade10]

In my opinion it just seems like Odyssey is just an AC rip off of Shadow of Mordor/War which ripped off AC. Strange how many of the spartan abilities and perks seem really tame in comparison to those you can find in the LOTR versions. Though I haven't played all that much of odyssey because the combat was just super repetitive and it just pissed me off that I spent around five hours straight trying to beat the first bounty hunter despite him being a couple levels higher than me. Makes no sense how you can't even assassinate in a game called Assassin's Creed and instead will get your ass handed to you by some enemy they literally have chase you within the first hour of gameplay. Oh well, those are just my thoughts on it though. Nothing will ever compare to Brotherhood I guess.

[@NightmareBlade10]

@GiRayne I dunno man. I come from games like Dragon's Dogma and Dark Souls that are pretty damn linear despite having huge and complex areas you can navigate and progression seems obvious. I don't understand what the point is in having an open world game that punishes you for exploring. If the game is meant to be linear, then make it linear. If it was meant to open world and fully explorable then I feel as if there shouldn't be some sort of ridiculous impossible obstacle preventing you from going that way. Dark souls is a skill based game in which you could explore new areas if you were cautious, and yet AC just sends some tanky NPC after you for apparently no reason other than giving you something to avoid. In Shadow of Mordor the Nemesis system allowed you to systematically reduce the enemies chain of command while introducing you to unique and interesting minibosses with their own backstories and personalities. It makes sense for them to hunt you, and for you to hunt them in turn, but I don't see how this is beneficial in ACO. It just irks me that they would let you wander wherever you want but end up punishing you when you encounter an enemy. I feel as if that's a cheap way to artificially administer challenge by making your character reliant only on his equipment and severely handicapping player skill. Combat in these new RPG AC games just don't feel well to me as it's just a load of attacking and countering. There's no real skill to it because even unparriable attacks are super obvious and easily avoided. This just isn't my type of game because I was expecting two different things: Either a traditional old school AC game that focusses on asassination, or a RPG that gives the player wide ranges of choice in character progression and exploration. I've played the likes of Elex, which had shit combat and all story (not saying ACO doesnt have well polished combat, it just isnt that engaging when the challenge is supplemented by tanky enemies) and could never wrap my head around how that could be a pleasant experience to anyone. Maybe I haveny played ACO enough yet but it just doesn't seem to live up to my expections.

[@Inevitibility23]

I loved ACII and Brotherhood back in the day and even I haven't touched the franchise in years

[@SarcasticTasha]

@GiRayne I've not played an Ass Creed game for ages but I'm really enjoying odyssey. Combat isn't just stand there and wait to press the counter button anymore. I'm liking the different weapons like spears and staffs (staves?). My only issue with the game is the same issue I have with most rpgs, it's just such a time commitment. So many games go for the open world thing but don't fill the world with enough interesting stuff, I would say odyssey is doing a better job than most but I'll be skipping a lot of the notice board stuff that just seems like time killing.

[@furious_malic7808]

JDMStav I got tired of it after the last ezio installment

[@junamboqcg2369]

Oh god, Yahtzee, I was eating! I did not need to see Metal Gear Survive again.

[@dylaxiusmccoy]

Sure, you're dreading Smash Bros Ultimate now, but just wait until Kingdom Hearts 3 drops and you're bombarded for the next three eternities with demands to review it.

[@Inevitibility23]

"But Yahtzee! I love the terrible dialogue and garbage storytelling because blinky blinky flashy lights and Disney and anime characters!" Soon followed by "yahtzee's just a professional troll" comments made by people who are butthurt that he doesn't like a game they like so they try to discredit him.

[@UNSCMarine117]

Ha 69 likes. (As of typing this)

[@IskandarTheWack]

@@Inevitibility23 Jokes aside about the writing and story, Kingdom Hearts has always been optimal gameplay hype. Kingdom Hearts 3 looks like one of the best games ever made, just the pirates of the Caribbean world is a better pirate game than any other pirate game that's come out.

[@ZaydinTTV]

I really want to see him review Ace Combat 7, myself. Been playing Ace Combat 6 lately and I think it has aged pretty well for the most part. Probably something more up his alley than KH3 will be, though if the story in AC7 is anything like the story in AC6, it's going to be melodramatic as hell.

[@Ellierienna]

John Dorian Ehh. I wouldn’t say that. Dude has a right to his opinion. His condescending tone wasn’t necessary but if he doesn’t like the game, he doesn’t like the game. Doesn’t hurt me any, still very excited for its release.

[@texasranger9599]

The best fallout that came out last year was a Tom cruise movie?

[@stever8961]

No, it was watching bethesda's PR moves after the release of 76, though mission impossible: fallout does get a close second.

[@Waffletigercat]

No cuz that movie was terrible too.

[@th3dude00]

@@Waffletigercat Best doesn't have to mean good, just the better of the two.

[@Monika-di7vv]

Yes!

[@mrcyberpunk]

Well Tom Cruise was in Oblivion so obviously the sequel was going to be Oblivion with Guns aka Fallout.

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

"FUCK!!!" Yahtzee Crowshaw-2019

[@Fraggle-h7o]

watched this while eating. this was a mistake.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Every. Single. Time.

[@fransoto8343]

Pulled pork too? I feel you bro.

[@ikmnification5737]

I was eating peanut butter cups.

[@xxx1x47x41x3]

Damn me too...

[@peachstars219]

Never watch a Zero Punctuation video while eating.

[@ncc9610]

Yahtzee's Best Worst and Blandest since 2010 when he started this series: BEST: 2010: Just Cause 2 2011: Portal 2 2012: Spec Ops: The Line 2013: Bioshock Infinite 2014: Shadow of Mordor 2015: Undertale 2016: DOOM 2016 2017: Resident Evil 7 2018: Return of the Obra Dinn 2019: Disco Elysium 2020: Spiritfarer 2021: Psychonauts 2 2022: Neon White WORST: 2010: Kayne and Lynch 2: Dog Days 2011: Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 2012: AMY 2013: Call of Duty: Ghosts 2014: THIEF 2015: The Order 1886 2016: Homefront: The Revolution 2017: Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 2018: Hunt Down the Freeman 2019: Contra Rogue Corps 2020: The Last of Us Part II 2021: Balan Wonderworld 2022: FNAF Security Breach BLANDEST: 2015: Halo 5 2016: No Man's Sky 2017: Star Wars Battlefront II 2018: Conan Exiles 2019: Anthem 2020: Marvel Avengers 2021: Medal of Honor Above and Beyond 2022: Saint’s Row 2022

[@E1craZ4life]

Best of 2019: Disco Elysium Worst of 2019: Contra (HRUUH) Rogue Corps Blandest of 2019: ANTHEM

[@chix1337]

Thief doesn't deserve to be the worst imo

[@techpriest5452]

@@chix1337 yes it does.

[@dubstepbee6892]

2023 BEST: Hi-Fi Rush 2023 WORST: Gollum 2023 BLANDEST: Starfield And while I can't say what will win the 2024 awards yet I have some guesses 2024 BEST: AstroBot or maybe Nine Sols 2024 WORST: South Park Snow Day 2024 BLANDEST: Star Wars Outlaws

[@EVC1094]

I’m surprised that Yahtzee never played Celeste.

[@NotAvailablexd]

just wait till the 2019 list maybe P5R or even Catherine Full Body will make the list one way or another xd

[@BoostedMonkey05]

He did never reviewed

[@DJcystrom]

I'll probably just post comments asking him to play it on every single video he posts until he does.

[@somewhatdamaged1]

Yeah bit of a shame he never reviewed it. It was my personal GotY and I feel like it would appeal to his masochistic dark souls loving side

[@waddlesfishya7726]

@F.u.c.k Go.ogl.e Of course, nobody should listen to this asshole who wants to make people feel bad for stupid reasons. You can like whatever you want if it doesn't do any harm.

[@rebelappliance771]

So happy that Subnautica got the second best spot. It definitely deserved it what with all the work the developers put into it.

[@chadschmaltz9790]

Agreed.

[@Graeko]

I saw Subnautica in the thumbnail and was dreading him not placing it high enough for most of the video.

[@D-Dogg_2001]

Amen to that brother!

[@WardyLion]

I needed something new to get me through lockdown that could run on a potato as my 960 GTX wasn't gonna run RDR2 or Mass Effect Legendary edition to any satisfactory degree. Remembering Subnautica got a good review from Yahtzee I took a punt on it and was hooked from the start. It was my first survival / crafting game so I was a bit clueless at the start but soon got into it. As soon as my first playthrough was done I immediately started again with food and water requirements on, I enjoyed it that much. I've also recently finished another playthrough of Below Zero, which is also great. I might play it again, now...

[@Daretobestupider]

@@WardyLion Aside from the land-based vehicle; that was a massive waste of space and unworthy of the game.

[@Nenerineri]

You’re the whole reason I played Return of the Obra Dinn and I’m absolutely in love with it too.

[@nifty5799]

Once again Knack 2 sweeps the awards

[@DanteShithead]

KNACK IS BACK BAYBEEE

[@Talk_and_Reaction]

knack 2 babybeeeeee

[@orangeblaze641]

What about Super Mario Bros 2?

[@SakuraAvalon]

Mastahpeece.

[@havoren]

Knack 2 is Cack Poo, isn’t it?

[@georgieporgie7011]

🎵Obra din, obra da life goes on bra🎵

[@orinanime]

Obralala life goes on! .... Now the Beatles will be stuck in my head all day. And I'm cool with that.

[@kitape007]

Obra din, Obra da, mutiny Your wife just died of dysentry !

[@blondbraid7986]

I find the fact that not a single person on that 18th century sailing ship actually died from dysentery to be probably more unrealistic than all mythological sea monsters put together.

[@Rangernewb5550]

Well that's gonna be stuck in my head

[@TheAndroidBishop]

@@blondbraid7986 at least two people died of some kind of illness

[@scottdevnull5778]

why did you have to remind us MG Survive existed.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Because.

[@ggeloa8017]

Felix Kütt Just Cause

[@tanith117]

Just to remind you of the Franchise we lost, and the hero we all lost. It wont stop hurting... Its like they're all still there. You feel it to dont you?

[@xmm-cf5eg]

It's our *Phantom Pain* afterall.

[@LordTyph]

@@azazeres2917 I think I have found someone who is legitimately broken.

[@rjdruhan]

The "4th best" Star Control: Origins can't even be purchased right now on Steam or GOG due to the DMCA Takedown and pending legal battle.

[@tarponpet]

It's all settled now in the best possible way!

[@victikirby15]

Bit disappointed that Celeste didn’t make the best list, but I am glad that someone is finally putting Hunt Down the Freeman on the shit pedestal that it deserves

[@LanceWhiteCh]

Well for what it's worth, Yahtzee only includes games that he reviewed on Zero Punctuation on his top lists, so maybe he hasn't played it.

[@ourtinywindows]

Celeste is my favourite.

[@marktaylor6491]

Sad to say that he never got round to reviewing it. His loss.

[@BoostedMonkey05]

He played it with his girlfriend and said it was a good game but he didn't review it professionally

[@marktaylor6491]

@@BoostedMonkey05 That is a surprise.

[@EvilExcalibur]

That last one was particularly venomous even for old Yahtzee. And I couldn't love it any more. The summary of the game anyway, not the game itself.

[@GtdAquataine]

All my friends: "I'd like Subnautica better if it had co-op." Me, "You knobheads, that's the whole damn point of the game! Now excuse me, I'm going to play through it again because I enjoy the core gameplay loop to an irrational degree. By myself. All alone."

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

It's ironic how we people who love single-player games are often alone in our struggle

[@49mozzer]

I love singleplayer games but survival games I feel are horrible if you're forced to play with random people, kinda bland when in singleplayer and ,unsurprisingly, really good with a group of friends in a private server. That being said though I do have alot of fun playing Project Zomboid solo even though I have no idea what I'm doing half the time.

[@Mech288]

Coincidentally there is a fairly well done coop mod released for it.

[@FunnelCakeRyan]

YES! THIS TIMES A MILLION!

[@klovasoszenovka]

Why do you care if your friends like or play subnautica if you only want it to be single player? Has 0 bearing on your enjoyment of it

[@dnakmemoor9847]

Guys I think Yahtzee doesn't like Smash Brothers Ultimate

[@TheGyrocop]

I think it's more that it is the kind of same ol' same ol' game, with a very vocal and often aggressive fanbase.

[@omicron1100]

Yahtzee isn't a fan of multiplayer games, so it comes as no surprise

[@trishahernz7809]

He's not a fan of fighting games and multiplayers.

[@BigHailFan]

well he often hates good games.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

I like Smash Bros but can safely say the Waffen SS were less devout than "hardcore" Smash players. I had a friend look at me with bloodrage in his eyes when I wouldn't sell him a copy of melee I haven't played in 8 years.

[@davyrando1203]

Calling it now - FO76 is #1 worst. EDIT: whoooo boy, I was wrong

[@Betta66]

It isn't

[@indeimaus]

fallout 76 is FAR from the worst game of 2018

[@JameboHayabusa]

@@indeimaus I could have seen it getting the top spot for blandest game. Seems appropriate if you ask me.

[@ArchusKanzaki]

FO 76 is just the most recent one, and one of the most high-profile And Yahtzee usually does not rank games like others do with checkbox anyway

[@ArchusKanzaki]

@@JameboHayabusa He never likes Fallout franchise as a whole so maybe being more bland than usual is kinda usual for Yahtzee And its damn hard to compete with Metal Gear Survive if rated just on blandness maybe, even though he might give abit more positive review than most others will give considering its sinful birth

[@Zooooch1989]

"A limbo dancing compatition at the geothermal power plant", where do you come up with this gold?

[@JesseDCrespo]

David Cage is like George Lucas. I like his ideas, but his writing is just trash. I liked D:BH, but it's was so overly melodramatic it came off goofy instead of inspiring

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

George Lucas changed every aspect of the entertainment industry, from when the credits roll, to how special effects are done, all wrapped up in neo-myths that resonate with everyone. David Cage popularized a style of gameplay that was adopted by one other studio who had one or two successes and then collapsed. He made quicktime events become half of every other game since then, while trying to be deep by asking questions science fiction authors answered 70 years ago.

[@MysteriousJojo]

Should have just been 10 hours of Connor

[@DaPopeANata]

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW True, but I feel it must be pointed out that V and VI weren't directed by Lucas, and according to the behind the scenes material said other directors seemed to be more willing to allow ad libbing and dialogue changes from the actors than Lucas might have.

[@jazaniac]

Also the super hammy misuse of civil rights, slavery, and holocaust analogies just made the game feel like it was both ignorant, misunderstanding, and insensitive towards every issue it was supposedly trying to talk about.

[@falconbox]

I like most of his games. Heavy Rain was great and Detroit was good.

[@SpyHunter89]

You know it's been a bad year when he didn't have enough room to include Fallout 76.

[@averagecommunist3456]

Yeah cause he made the mistake of putting the number 1 game of the year in fifth worst place.

[@joevenespineli6389]

@@averagecommunist3456 Seriously? Game of the fucking year?

[@thatonenerdonline9183]

@Joe Nelly, yeah, it was shit

[@SlipthePsych]

I can't believe he went the entire year without reviewing Celeste

[@mcdhonalz9004]

F.u.c.k Go.ogl.e Celeste has a pixel art style you fuckhead

[@archiemisc]

@F.u.c.k Go.ogl.e Make sure you take your meds before going on KZbin

[@Anonymos185]

I want Yahtzee to whisper me David Cage's name in his overly british accent everyday when i go to sleep. That is ASMR in its purest form

[@angelbarrera3890]

Oh yeah I forgot about hunt down the freeman. And now that I remember I shall start drinking so I can forget it again.

[@Carewolf]

Well, like the rest of the games in the Half Life francise it was utter shit, what is the surprise?

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@@Carewolf you my good sir are lucky no one else notice this

[@darthsmythe6783]

That ending...articulate,accurate, and perfectly timed!

[@Bantorain93R]

The ending. I needed that laugh. Thank you, Yahtzee.

[@madbrosheo1514]

Waaay too much realistic poop in the video. I think I'm going to puke.

[@thisisacallforhelp3484]

I know right? At least warn us before showing us Metal Gear Survive like that!

[@24fretsoffury]

Yahtzee the OG reviewer. Love that he’s still making videos. 10 years later and still making me laugh.

[@VinceMouse]

Become Human is David Cage's best game yet. That's not a compliment.

[@sierrajohn7967]

what abt heavy rain

[@NathanCassidy721]

I’ll be real, I struggled to remember what came out this year due to a lot of it being on a system I don’t own or care to (PS4) and the fact I’ve been going through my backlog trying to finish as many of them as possible. It also says a lot that one of my favorite games was the PC port of Yakuza 0. XD

[@crossbones116]

I'll always look back on the heaps of praise being tossed onto Detroit, and be moderately confused by it all.

[@SpliTSideZ]

It's David Cage's best game (not saying much) and showcased a few brights spots for this type of genre in the AAA market but it was by no means a game changer. But it was worth watching someone stream it just to see people react to the dialogue or try to screw up as much as possible

[@Manicies]

The funniest thing is, I consider myself to be a fan of DBH, and the entire time I was like "Too right, fuck david cage, he's an asshole, the game was shit". Mostly because the fans took one look at it, and said "You have no idea what you're doing, WE'RE gonna make stuff from it that we want since you have no fucking clue"

[@Fabriciod_Crv]

@@tygonmaster like it or not, metacritic is an easy place to see how well/poorly a piece of media has been received by Critics and fans, unless you know of a better way to look that up

[@mrrd4444]

Not quite praise. It's an overall shit game with the writing and QTEs but stuff like the visuals and the one story with Connor makes it likable and even impressive at times. It's just unfortunate enough to be saddled with terrible clumsy allegories to racism and David Cage's terrible dialogue writing

[@everinghall8622]

Uh, Idk either man. "HURRR ROBOT REVOLUTION HURRR ROBOTS ARE PEOPLE TOO" 100% original never been done before, nope. Watch Bicentennial man, it's 10000 times better than anything DAYVID CAYGE could ever write. It makes me so mad to see how low the bar has fallen for "good" storytelling.

[@TheSmegPod]

I appreciate the Bojack Horseman reference at the end there

[@markusmccloud]

6:32 I dunno why, but "The Spicy Parmesan" made me laugh way harder than it should have!

[@dannyarcher7124]

this guy has one of the best shows on KZbin fuck I love it

[@SPM0717]

Watch it on the Escapist website a week early.

[@wh4070]

Subnautica, getting into top 5 but still feels underrated for me. Amazing game

[@E-Man5805]

You mentioned Jim Butcher. Hell’s bells. First I time I’ve audibly heard someone drop Dresden Files

[@discipleinblack]

*Me:* 2018 was such a great year for gaming! *Yahtz:* Its all shit! *Me:* But what about - *Yahtzee proceeds to take a gargantuan dump all over several games I enjoyed and ignores the ones I love.* Me: Huh.....so this is BDSM

[@merfiron9250]

I love Buddhism!

[@discipleinblack]

@Kelltron I mean, to each their own, and while I can remember better years, 2018 was to me far better then 2016-17. God of War, Far Cry 5, RDR2, Monster Hunter, Smash bros, Spider-Man, Sea of Thieves, and AC Oddysey were all genuinely fun, if not incredible games, and while many of them did have some glaring flaws, overall it was much more positive then negative.

[@element9404]

Well if it makes you feel better Yahtzee trashes about 95% of the games he reviews.

[@jaredbowman7764]

Yeah, so... why are you here?

[@INTEL-REDACTED]

the only he shit on that i enjoyed was detroit: become human

[@psi_guy7892]

Wow, he put Spider-Man on his best list didn’t expect that. 😂 PS I love Spider-Man and happy to see it on the list

[@Willie_Pete_Was_Here]

God the hype around Detroit: Become Human like it was the most profound game ever produced

[@hogonalog406]

The first fart noise played as I was finishing up my first ever tiny bottle of eggnog and I must say it pretty much summed up my experience with the stuff.

[@etienevanrensburg272]

A procedural immersive RPG with social and stealth elements: *Bad Idea* Shadows of Doubt: Hold my beer

[@bluewave1685]

Very glad that Subnautica made the list, I’ve played that game to death and I still don’t get bored of it. I also like how Yahtzee shows its how you do survival done right.

[@olotocolo]

This list made me kinda realise something... critics opinions on games are useless. But not because Yahtzee shit on my favourite game and I'm bitter or something, this time he did not. It's about why is his list full of indie, weird, artsy games? Casue he has to play all of the games. I mean, ALL. Play 5 long-ass, production-line made open world sandboxes in a row and you will orgasm on the very sound of creativity. I havent played AC:Odyssey, JC4, didnt get far in RDR2 so far, so I liked Shadow of Tomb Raider and I would like to play FC5 even if it's ubi sandbox and I feel absolutely no inclination to play game that looks like it is rendering on first gameboy. Because I'm not bored with the genre or this type. BUT If someone forced me to play all of them, I am very certain that my list of top 5 would change. I would probably hate some games I can have good time with. This really is unsolvable problem.

[@archmagusofevil]

Your conclusion is a bit extreme. Critics opinions aren't useless, but game scores are. Everything you said is why you shouldn't buy a game based purely on a number the critic attaches to it. But listen to the actual review. Yahtzee says what he was annoyed with, what he thought was good, etc. Those are the important parts, because those are where you can hear how something was done and decide if that's what you like even if it's not something he likes.

[@MouseDenton]

I believe Yahtzee actually brought that up with one of his reviews of a Ubisoft sandbox, and while I think you're not exactly wrong (and archmagusofevil below/above has a good counterpoint), I would add that variance is key for the industry. Sure, most people will only play a few of the big AAA games in each genre (akin to only occasionally getting a burger instead of a taco), thus creating the illusion of variety, but unless someone is demanding that they explore different styles (even if it's because they're being disproportionately overwhelmed by the current standard practices due to professional obligation), then all our burgers will still be made out of horse.

[@coletrainhetrick]

There's a lot of wrong with what your saying and I don't know if you realize it. Critics are people too because you, Yahtzee, and everyone on this planet are critics, the difference is one is more objective and gets paid to do it

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

Maybe he likes weird and artsy indie games? You say like they don’t have redeeming qualities and can’t be liked by anyone. Or I terribly misjudged what you had in mind there.

[@michaelaeschbacher4648]

If the games industry keeps on making repetitive, uncreative sandbox games... is the critic really the issue?

[@loveshankme]

I think this list means that Lucas Pope is Jesus in Yahtzee's eyes, since he has two games Yahtzee loves under his belt now.

[@thatonenerdonline9183]

That and the people who made Portal

[@E1craZ4life]

And Undertale

[@ponchopponcho]

Don't forget from soft

[@adamisme5939]

Thanks for the birthday present Yahtz

[@bearcataquatic]

As always, awesome and hilarious list XD Would have liked to see you review celeste and banner saga though. Keep up the good work Yahtz :D

[@Zeek3]

Please keep listing the games like you do here, in any future top 5 lists. I love the way it was done here. (In case you don't know what I'm talking about because I really don't know how else to word this, I'm talking about the moments at 0:38, 1:04, and 1:30)

[@kurtmueller2089]

Soon 12 years. 12 YEARS of ZP! And I still piss myself laughing regularly as I did for the Fable review back in the day. What other show could possibly claim this? What other one-man show??

[@amelie-3429]

That pooping sound that plays when the 'worst' category comes up really helps when it's not going well on the toilet

[@Colleywoodstudios]

The fart noises made me laugh harder than I'm proud to admit

[@kr4ftt]

I waited... The entire year for this video... And I was not disappointed... Love you man, let's have a great year and be shocked every time you like a game

[@andrewjackson8956]

“You want to keep surviving largely out of spite” 😂😂😂😂 But really if you didn’t shit your pants the first time a reaper blindsided you then you have balls of absolute steel. I’m gonna go play with my cuddle fish for 10 more hours.

[@dreadfullink2279]

When your watching this on the crapper and your dad walks past just as "Worst" into play. Then all you hear is "That's me boy" :)

[@DrUSB]

Remember when Saints Row 2 won yahtzee's game of the year?

[@michaelgroff1620]

Saints Row 2 was a great game every other game after was not.

[@themadhammer3305]

@@michaelgroff1620 I mean I would still call 3 and 4 good games. They are at least fun even if they are inconsistent with where they chose to be straight faced or totally wacky

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Saints Row 2 is one of the best things made by human beings

[@tostie3110]

@@michaelgroff1620 I still play SR2 with my brother from time to time.

[@supervamp78]

@@michaelgroff1620 3 and 4 are good lol what are you smoking.

[@Supermac97451]

I watch this video regularly just to hear “shit down the piss shit” again

[@devilsMasquerade]

i was like "what!? there is a worse game than fallout 76!?! but when you said it was metal gear survive i was like "oh yea... that existed"

[@lazyjosh47]

That bit about surviving in subnautica purely out of spite is so true. Seriously, nothing is more satisfying than constantly being blocked off from an area for a while, and than later crafting a stasis rifle and making the wildlife your bitch. Feels good man

[@mr.mcrainbows4207]

When he said “Hunt down the Freeman” I thought he was about to say monster hunter world and got scared for a second.

[@spectolder8536]

How come you are scared of opinions?

[@SalamanderNuva]

@@spectolder8536 No. because it would be criminal to say the game is anything less than amazing lol

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

I forgot Metal Gear Survive was a thing because my brain forgot it as a defense mechanism.

[@willrigby8202]

The Unavowed, really is a good game and I'm happy to see it here.

[@lonestar6709]

Yeah, it's fantastic. Point and Clickers are coming back bigtime.

[@MidnightMagpie73]

awesome review Yahtz always look forward to people unbiased with good animators.

[@cikagiga]

For a great year with Smash Bros ;)

[@bookworm3696]

anyone else questioning what his opinion on the story mode is gonna be?

[@springflame5002]

@@bookworm3696 The "story" itself was pretty bare bones. I don't know if there's enough for him to squeeze a 5 minute review out of it.

[@overlordmao6062]

@@bookworm3696 he review it this week and you can watch the video on the escapist now, i won't spoil it but he didn't hate the game, hehehe.

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

@@springflame5002 The Story in Brawl was bare bones, Story was never the focus of Smash

[@NotaWalrus1]

@@Kono_Dio-Da The story in Brawl was surprisingly intricate (Talking about Subspace Emissary). We're talking hours of cutscene here. I don't know what you're talking about.

[@KaptenN]

I haven't been watching Zero Punctuation in a long time, but it makes me happy that the intro hasn't changed at all. :)

[@edwinavila1343]

Oooh there so many plain blandest games

[@pnealiv7443]

Guess Yahtzee was right to be pessimistic about 2019 😷

[@sinosleep007]

THUMBS DOWN, for using the wrong sandwich to vagina metaphor. Everyone knows it's roast beef sandwich, not pulled pork sandwich. They're called beef curtains after all.

[@Ektalon]

sinosleep007 I hate to be “that guy”(no I don’t), but it’s ham sandwich.

[@DragoSonicMile]

I hate to be "the other guy", but I thought the "correct" metaphor involved tuna salad...

[@rikkadeec]

I happen to live in a town in Dorset called Blandford. There used to be a sign at the edge of town saying welcome to an interesting Georgian town. They had to change it to a unique Georgian town.

[@Phanthief95]

If I was Yahtzee, I wouldn’t even put Detroit as a bad game, because at least with Detroit it gave you everything the developers promised, & it’s an enjoyable game for anyone who has loved playing any of Telltale’s games. Fallout 76 or Sea of Thieves should’ve been in its place (How does Yahtzee mention 76 but not Sea of Thieves? Both fell into the same situation as No Man’s Sky at their launches!) Also, I wouldn’t put AC Odyssey as bland because I actually had fun with that game. It took the best elements of Origins & Black Flag and put it in that game. I got it for more than half off on Black Friday and I thought that was a steal.

[@jonathanward706]

"But I digress, blimey that dude had a big nose." *immediate farting noises* I didn't know I could shoot Dr. Pepper so forcefully out my nose.

[@murk_52]

My favourite time of the year!

[@rjfaber1991]

That time of the year when you tot up the number of hours you spent having fun with games on the Bland List, and when you consequently realise you have lower standards of fun than Yahtzee does. Oh, and in my case, that would be 164 hours on ACOd and 28 hours on SotTR...

[@spacebear4742]

"let's move on from the past and focus on what the future will bring" You set yourself up for that.

[@RangerHouston]

"Skydancers in the eyesocket" Sounds like an indie band

[@energonjunkie]

I'm not even remotely embarassed at how hard I laughed at the destroyed toilet and sound effects every single time.

[@dr.calibrations7984]

Just skip smash Yahtz, you don't like smash and this one is smash but more.

[@misterbadguy7325]

There's already a review of it on the site. Short version: Didn't hate it, but also didn't care for it, felt it was mostly disposable and artless, but understood it wasn't for him, and mostly just resented its "big event" status when it is, getting down to it, just a game about reminding you of stuff you like.

[@dr.calibrations7984]

@@misterbadguy7325 I mean, I figured he would just hate it. He never liked the series and he doesn't like fighting games either

[@BoostedMonkey05]

@@misterbadguy7325 that's basically what smash bros is. Here's all the characters you know and watch them beat the crap off each other. Some people even argued doom wasn't deserving if anything either but they forget that doom had a story that added to the character Doom guy.

[@RainingFlow19]

@@misterbadguy7325 the reason why I never liked smash.

[@cassidy8307]

It's fanservice: the game, and it's part of why it's so great.

[@Jackoffs]

6:52 The exasperation in the way he says FUCK MAN is golden

[@Rs2006REMAKEVids]

Maybe I’m reaching by saying that “fuck, man, what else is there to say?” is some meaningless reference to Bojack Horseman, but... That seems like some meaningless reference to Bojack Horseman and I approve.

[@warturtle6303]

We have been waiting for this!!

[@adiveler]

BTW, DUSK fully came out!

[@archiemisc]

It's in my top 10 for this year. Love that one.

[@fossy365]

Oh yay! It's that time of week when I don't regret my Escapist subscription

[@monsterhunter66]

Still hoping Yachtzee eventually does a retro review of Darkwatch

[@JTreize]

I just looked at amazon and then saw your new book at 16. Way to go Yahtzee!

[@PokeMaster22222]

AngryJoe actually put Detroit: Become Human, a ridiculously awful civil rights analogy, on his Top 10 Games list. Granted, it was #10 (at the bottom), but seriously? That piece of junk, where every robot just so happens to support the main character robot once he touches them with his "you are free" hand? It'd be far more realistic to have some robots who refuse to follow his path, due to actually having nice owners. Also, in the real world, people convinced themselves keeping black people enslaved was what that race was 'meant to do', by convincing themselves the blacks were fundamentally different on the inside than white people. Self-hypnosis/self-brainwashing. To overcome this, black people had to convince their former superiors that they weren't different on the inside, that they were the same - "judge someone not by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character". ...This fails to work in Detroit: Become Human, because the robots ARE fundamentally different on the inside. They're mechanical, for a start, instead of flesh and blood. Secondly, before the glitch occurred, the robots were perfectly fine being used as mere tools (housework, mannequins, whatever) - so of course people would be afraid when they started showing rebellion; would you be scared if, for example, your computer or Roomba suddenly gained a conscience? I would, definitely. Unlike black people, the robots did not need to be beaten into submission; they were mere machines designed to obey! The game's a trash representation of civil rights, written by a guy who absolutely sucks arse at what he does. AngryJoe...sigh. Poor, pitiable deluded fool.

[@blondbraid7986]

Pretty much all David Cage's games have dumb and overused cliches in them, such as sexual assault of a pretty white woman or a small child tossed in mortal peril for the sake of cheap drama, native Americans with magical powers and thinking that showing the seeing the protagonist eat dinner or go to the bathroom automatically makes you relate to them. If you want a good story of robots rising up against abusive humans, just watch Westworld instead.

[@PokeMaster22222]

@@matt_villei I never watched AngryJoe's actual review of the game, only the brief rundown he did for his Top 10 Best Games video, so apologies for not knowing what AJ's reasons were. Concerning the absence of humans in the pro-android march, that is one-hundred-percent true; in fact, since humans and androids look almost identical once you remove that pointless blinking ring thing on the side of every android's head and make them change clothes, when police officers shoot at them and suddenly see red blood being spilled...that'd make it more poignant, that on the outside you can't tell who's a human and who's a bot without those explicit identifiers androids have (the blinking ring and the marked clothes) or without injuring them and not seeing blood. This would make eliminating the march without harming actual humans much more difficult for the police. David Cage is a hack, and should've been laughed down and fired long ago. I've also never played a single one of Cage's so-called "games", just watched reviews of 'em, because of just how awful they are and because of me not wanting to give 'the Cage who should be caged' a single cent of my money. I'm not a movie-watcher at all, but I'd much prefer funding Nicolas over David.

[@everinghall8622]

Watch Bicentennial man It did what detroit become human tried to do, but with some actual artistic integrity and proper suspension of disbelief.

[@everinghall8622]

@@blondbraid7986 I recommend Bicentennial man, but I'll give Westworld a look too.

[@-sanju-]

Different opinions exist. I enjoyed the game myself.

[@Nymphonomicon]

I rather like how the splash pages for each category have a theme going for them. The good games build in order along the tree, the bad games are splattered about with all the care of a less-than-wholesome movie's series of moneyshots, and the bland games seem to have just been mashed together like building parts or a poorly thought-out jigsaw puzzle.

[@angelbarrera3890]

I liked a way out, I hear it’s full of movie clichés but I don’t watch a lot of movies so it’s fine for me.

[@vegladex]

Was a little surprised that I didn't see Into the Breach in the good list, then I realised Yahtzee hasn't reviewed it. Yet? I hope so, I remember he quite liked FTL.

[@dwarfie24]

Reccomendation: do not watch while eating.

[@bootleg_24]

2:43 the comment about the guys big nose followed by a loud shart sound kills me every time

[@BugsyFoga]

I was pretty surprised not seeing Fallout 76 on this list , got to give yatzhee props for that .I'd definitely say Spider-Man Ps4 made this year 😁👌

[@AtholAnderson]

At this point, going after FO76 is like kicking a person who has been drugged and hog-tied, way to easy.

[@Phanthief95]

I’m surprised he didn’t put Sea of Thieves. That game came out in 2018 as well.

[@MarcusDarkstar]

It only didnt cause MG Survive was even worse. It tells us what a crap year for gaming it has been that FO 76 didn't make the worst list.

[@Phanthief95]

MarcusDarkstar Fallout 76 have been on several worst lists for 2018, & there are still a lot of good games that came out this year as well.

[@TriangularPrism]

@@Phanthief95 His lists are only of games he reviewed in the year, and he hasn't done Sea of Thieves

[@nikolaiandersson6024]

That "fuck" at the end sounded out of character. That was genuine resentment. Looking forward to this one!

[@SPM0717]

He reviewed it today on the Escapist website.

[@yusufisa6159]

Next year do best, worst, blandest and weirdest

[@ayior]

YES

[@1pieceisdareasoniliv]

It's a damn shame how many people don't know they could see Yahtzee's review of Super Smash Bros Ultimate RIGHT NOW on the Escapist website.

[@thekingofcardboard]

"Perch my perinium on a pole..." Welp, i'm stealing that one!

[@kinryuten]

5:02 Literally woke someone up from the basement laughing my ass off.