Amnesia: Rebirth (Zero Punctuation)

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[@theescapist]

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[@krisvsthew0rld]

Oh wow, Yahtzee acknowledged the Dread X Collection. Makes me happy.

[@MrLego3160]

I never get the benefit of paying to get regular weekly content a week early, because its a benefit once and once only, and then youre just paying to keep pace.

[@abhilashmessi31]

Heyyy a channel called Pro Gamer has uploaded the Remothered Zero Punctuation on KZbin

[@theescapist]

@@abhilashmessi31 Thanks for notifying, taken care of. Been a lot of that lately, annoying.

[@horstweinert7204]

This is probably my favorite end credit visual gag in a while. So looney toonish and simple but thats what makes it great.

[@Deathbrecht]

Couldn't agree more. 👍😇

[@bananko8668]

Check out my Amnesia playthrough. You won't regret it. (just not part 1 tho, it sucks)

[@professionalcrispreviewer]

@@bananko8668 Check out my crisp reviews. You won't regret it. (apart from some of them, they suck)

[@rasmustagu]

Yup

[@wilfchapman-gandy8120]

honestly genuinely got me laughing.

[@skysnow2495]

"Wouldn't it be funny if the post office stopped delivering letters..." god damn it Yahtzee look what you did.

[@Leffrey]

Sky Snow "and sent free money to my house" wow he really nailed that one, didn't he

[@hoagielamp6543]

...What? This was published October of 2020, after the post office fuckery and a stimulus cheque or two.

[@P-diddykong]

1:12 Historians will mark this as the beginning of the "great inflation of 2028"

[@Ronin20181]

Lol

[@ZanTheFox]

Well you're on track for that to become true, except it happened 5 years earlier

[@theviewerofart]

The way I see it, they could've either delivered a revolutionary game like The Dark Descent was at the time, or they could deliver an Amnesia game. They delivered an Amnesia game. I absolutely loved it but there's no doubt that it retreaded a lot of the same ground as The Dark Descent, and anyone can see that this is probably the end of the rope for this particular story. Unless they want to move away from horror entirely and just give us an unsettling Myst game where we play as Agrippa and Daniel travelling between dimensions, in which case I would love that too.

[@KeithFraser82]

Zero Punctuation indie rock track name of the week: Taking The Subway In The Evil Lovecraftian Dimension Honourable mention to Non-Euclidean Butthole, which I'm pretty sure has come up in a previous ZP and been used by me for one of these already.

[@BIadelores]

Man, Yahtzee saying "of its time" in reminder that the game is 10 years old makes me feel soooooo old.

[@arkheavyindutries]

Well, SOMA was in my opinion a very good step forward for the studio.

[@TheMrjleezy]

Story-wise, SOMA is heaps better than anything in the horror genre and a definite step up. The only problem was the gameplay in Soma was a fairly large step backwards. The puzzles are some of the least interesting in Frictional Games' library, and the monster sections are a complete afterthought.

[@magnificmango336]

@@TheMrjleezy The monster chase sections were so jarring and bad that they patched the game to add a mode where they don’t bother. Quoting Thomas Grip, the guy who founded Frictional and directed SOMA, “To be honest, it even made me question if this was the way the game should have been released in the first place”

[@eyedine]

SOMA is fucking awful and is the third worst game Frictional has released (behind Rebirth and far behind Penumbra Requiem)

[@ytera8130]

@@TheMrjleezy "heaps better than anything in the horror genre" Silent Hill 2 wants a pyramid headed word with you.

[@EldritchAugur]

SOMA is one of the best video game stories of all time. It's up there with Planescape Torment and Silent Hill 2 for me. It's legitimate Sci-Fi that poses interesting questions about what it means to be human. That being said... The gameplay is turbo shit. The monsters are boring, irritating and unthreatening. They totally kill the pacing and feel like they were added into the game at gunpoint. There's no extra mechanics to make monster evasion even feel like a meaningful mechanic. The devs patched in a mode where they don't attack you and it's the better way to play the game. It's such a huge shame. If they took the monsters out and reformatted the game to include more complicated puzzles or other elements it could have been a masterpiece. Still it's story is pretty bulletproof. I've never seen better Sci-Fi in a video game before. Was in awe at the ending.

[@NekogamiKun127]

I personally can't wait for the next game, which will be called Amnesia: Revengance

[@vincentmuyo]

With its most well-known soundtrack: Rules of Nature.

[@firstnamesurname2482]

@@vincentmuyo Ah yes, can't wait to see the protagonist suplex a building size monster.

[@planescaped]

Amnesia: Revelations Rising; Reloaded Reawakening Resistance of Requiem.

[@nahuelahpa1881]

It seems like they wanted to blend Amnesia gameplay with SOMA storytelling and fell short in both aspects.

[@ryanbarham8464]

Between the USPS being gutted like a fish and the throngs of people demanding their stimulus checks already, Yahtzee's latest ridiculous prediction seems like the most likely one yet.

[@Dracinard]

His power overflows...

[@stevie_ily]

1:12 and then Yahtzee gets a check from the IRS correcting his tax returns.

[@Mark73]

ATO

[@stevie_ily]

@@Mark73 doesn't he live in the US now?

[@madeliner1682]

@@stevie_ily pretty sure he does. What, is the ATO the Australian version of the IRS?

[@stevie_ily]

@@madeliner1682 Australian Tax Office

[@Mark73]

@@stevie_ily He's smart guy. I can't imagine why he'd do a boneheaded thing like move to the US

[@yuurou7927]

The Dark Decent has a special atmosphere that prays on your paranoia, you're always on edge but the game triggers you time and time again with nothing so you lower your defenses then the fucker strikes.

[@Eon2641]

To this day it is the only game that's ever frightened me enough to cause me to stop playing it permanently. Invisible water monsters? How about fucking not, thanks.

[@RawkL0bster]

@@Eon2641 Remember that feeling at the back of your neck when you're trying to push a door open only to find out you have to pull it? The whole time you just know the water monster is about to get you as you hear the splashing getting closer.

[@skaterdude7277]

Also they look horrifying, sound worse, and running usually doesnt work unless you exploit load zones. I remember running in a room, stacking boxes, and then just staring at a corner so i wouldn't lose sanity and just hoping it isnt there to kill me. Damn good stuff

[@pkunkle2550]

One small niggle: Tasi isn't an archaeologist, she's a draftswoman / technical illustrator. In fact I don't think anyone on the plane was an archaeologist. The intended destination was a mine in Sudan.

[@reddishcat1]

They came back from sudan. They where done

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

Funny thing is he keeps bringing her job title up in the Post-ZP stream.

[@magnificmango336]

As someone who really liked the game and enjoyed the story, I can say I never once realized that. I just assumed she was some Lara Croft type who liked going into big scary ruins despite her immense fear of big scary ruins.

[@USMC49er]

Amnesia TDD had a really fun modding community if that is a plus. Also that game started a lot of let's players careers

[@crafty-pasta]

And some brilliant custom stories too.

[@wilderbeast9368]

@@pauloricardo-wn6ps What is the issue with Lets Players?

[@wilderbeast9368]

@@pauloricardo-wn6ps You answered nothing about my question. Am I to assume you are just toxic?

[@wilderbeast9368]

@@pauloricardo-wn6ps It is official then - your opinion has 0 value. Stop whining and get a life.

[@wilderbeast9368]

@@pauloricardo-wn6ps Nay, the only people who make such a mistake are projectors. Sincerely, I remind that your opinion has no value in this form, and that your answer lies in... getting a life.

[@TheSchaef47]

0:45 and even longer since hipsters like me could say "I liked Amnesia better the first time when it was Penumbra"

[@Klef_Takis]

Penumbra was not better than Dark Descent, and i played all of them

[@macdjord]

"Ever had that feeling that *we're* the ones living in the evil Lovecraftian other dimension" - Yes, it's called 2020.

[@Hedgpig]

You killed the frog

[@zeon9041]

I wonder if the sequel called 2021 will be just as great.

[@Abion47]

Oh so THIS is the darkest timeline.

[@Harry_Ballsagna]

... yes, that's the joke?

[@masrokstheworldandsoul6942]

@@evanharrison4054 bruh you trying to purposefully give people an exsistinial crisis? Also just wondering, would you call yourself a nihilist?

[@axios4702]

"Post FNAF world" Oh boy he doesnt know Scott is still at it does he?

[@DinsRune]

At least Scott admitted he was beating a dead horse with the plotline and taking it in a new direction.

[@anthonybowman3423]

"Post FNAF world" doesn't mean that FNAF has ended, it means that the world has had a chance to learn from the lessons it taught. Specifically, that horror functions well with a sense of the unknown and the longer you spend looking at the unknown the less it becomes.

[@TheEmerald-pv4gn]

@@NyctobloomCreations4658 Well, the quality of the games is undeniably improving tho

[@TheEmerald-pv4gn]

@@NyctobloomCreations4658 I'm for real. You can say whatever about the plot, but the gameplay mechanics are getting more refined, and so are the graphics. Plus, they got proper voice acting now so it's a no-brainer. Also, if you don't consider the whole franchise being packed into one VR setting an improvent, then I don't know what you're on.

[@TheEmerald-pv4gn]

@@NyctobloomCreations4658 Your text interpretation is rubbish. I said that it was an *improvement,* not the best thing in the world smh. Do you really consider 3d models and surroundings to be WORSE than a distorted still image? k bro, whatever you say.

[@Timmy_T]

I never played any of the Amnesia games, but I have the first 2. The only reason why I bought both was due to SOMA and I really like that game.

[@faustlican5566]

SOMA was fantastic. However Frictional's first two games, Penumbra Black Plague and Overture, were my intro to them. I still think they are underrated games narratively speaking (though a bit archaic gameplay wise). I recommend them!

[@DerpDahFlerp]

Imo, SOMA was a much better game. Had a much more engaging story and concept with gameplay.

[@Pedro_Colicigno]

Fun fact, soma is greek for body. All the locations have greek names in the Talos, and all of them have meanings that correlate to the area in the games

[@tappedoutnow]

Hey, at least Amnesia wasn't listening to Radio 2.

[@infinitypilot]

I'm sorry, is this a British joke I'm too American to understand?

[@OtakuMan26]

@@infinitypilot As a citizen of the United States of America, I am 99.99% confident that the answer to this is yes.

[@K4RN4GE911]

Off topic, but I LOVE your profile pic. Why Yahtzee hasn't taken a crack at Oneshot, I'll never know.

[@CuriousKey]

@Uncredited As someone who's been listening to Radio 4 since they were a child, this is accurate.

[@erikruder3360]

Isn't Chris from radio 2 a nonce? Bloke in a pub told me he was in Epstein's black book but I can't be arsed to look it up

[@JMarchel]

I paid for them so be damn sure I'm gonna use them!

[@paul_469]

[@faustlican5566]

[@fighteer1]

[@James-thefogiscoming]

I feel poor

[@mememan2404]

@@James-thefogiscoming me too

[@franklinturtleton6525]

I know one day Yahtzee will fix the audio levels of his intro and outro so that they don't blow out my speakers while I have to turn it up to hear his voice.

[@Nerdule]

it'll literally never happen. It's been years and years. I've just gotten used to mashing right-arrow.

[@Tinseltopia]

mumble mumble mumble.. DUM! DAH! DUH! DAH! DAH! DAH! DAH!...

[@Tinseltopia]

mumble mumble mumble.. DUM! DAH! DUH! DAH! DAH! DAH! DAH!...

[@IrenMasot]

DING DING DING We have a winner!

[@SarahWeisters]

Rebirth was never going to live up to the hype of the original Amnesia fans. That said, I still like it.

[@the_flaming_tree_troll9380]

Wow, Can't believe that i have been a member for 6 months already, and even more a fan of the show since 2015, i absolutely love this channel and I really hope to see it flourish for a long time to come, love your content Yahtzee, and I always look forward to seeing zp videos come out! Much love to all of you!

[@depthman1529]

Honestly hiting the same beats as it did with the first game isnt really bad I mean with the world we live in right now its actually comforting to know that somethings didn't change

[@ChaplainRaziel01]

It’s weird, because GGGmanlives said the same thing about The Dark Descent and Rebirth; Rebirth is an Amnesia game, but it just isn’t the same as The Dark Descent. It’s like The Dark Descent created a standard and Rebirth just doesn’t live up to it.

[@gus.smedstad]

Yahtzee's mystical power means that the next Amnesia game will feature a gelatinous Orson Wells.

[@pjrt_tv]

1:12 inb4 UBI gets implemented wherever Yahtzee lives. Around the same time that the postal service decides to stop mailing letters due to email being so common.

[@jlb9577]

“The previous less fucked up century” damn this elicited a melancholic chuckle

[@MrQuantumInc]

Frictional knows how to do one type of game really well. Weirdly they had a previous series with the exact same formula as Amnesia, "Penumbra" but nobody cared until Amnesia. So naturally Rebirth is kinda the same and if you are feeling tired with the genre even a little bit Rebirth will not feel special. Odd tangent, but this illustrates Gabe Newell's nightmare that blocked Half Life 3's creation all of this time. "Its from this great company the revolutionized the genre, but it is essentially the same as what came before so I feel weirdly disappointed." If someone said that about Half Life 3 they would put Gabe Newell on suicide watch.

[@firstnamesurname2482]

Good thing that HL:Alyx exist. This just give Valve confident to make something in the future.

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

Somehow I think this game might end up on Yahtzee's Blandest list

[@powerthunfischdesdonners3086]

you underestimate the AAA industrie.

[@pokemonmanic3595]

No you were right

[@FanOfMostEverything]

I do love how Howard's head is just there in Lovecraftian dimensions. Credit where it's due, after all.

[@84jesterx]

After finally watching the Movieclusterfuck known as Casino Royale (1967), I can attest that a hung over Orson Welles would in fact be terrifying to behold in first person.

[@RaymanRocks822]

Kinda wish I was a millionaire so that I could actually send him a big bag of money in the mail and watch him slowly go insane, questioning his prophetic powers and the reality around him.

[@MBOmnis]

Now that you said "Amnesia: Revengeance" I can't help but think of a horror game featuring Raiden.

[@FischerFilmStudio]

The floor collapsing bit only works if it surprises the player. Alien Isolation feature a lot of floor collapsing at the end of the game because Sevastopol Station is literally falling into the orbit of a gas giant while its reactors are misfiring.

[@gokusondbz]

The 1st Game Was Something Special

[@ShadowlandsProd]

How did you put the tiny Yahtzee there? I want a tiny Yahtzee in my comments

[@ronaldduttweiler1578]

I would hate the opening begging but somehow the Et Cetera really pulls it all together and I like it again

[@aPumpkn]

As long as a game can convince the player they are in danger then it doesn't matter how much actually danger there is. The game "Bunker 16" demonstrates this as it has no actual in game way to die besides the end, yet it still retains the tension and fear as if there was. The game never felt padded to me, mainly due to the narrative flowing with what was happening around you. I was invested start to finish. Monster designs are no where near as important as the danger you perceive as a player from them. The game here was a much more refined version of it's predecessor, and it can be seen by how mature the narrative is and how the layout of the world is. Walking through the deserts, it immersed me so much I had to stop sprinting to truly soak in all the environments. Their gameplay mechanics tie in with the narrative in such a fun way, something TDD never did. I feel like so many people overlooked so much of this game because they're only wanting blood pumping action alone, but that's not what this games strength is. It's the fact that it intertwined the gameplay and the narrative in such a unique way, and it's sad that everyone's claiming that the games done nothing different when there is a world of difference between it's predecessor. As for the graphics, they're beautiful. It runs on a new engine. For the record, Soma was made on a different, newer engine since TDD, and Rebirth's is running on another that's even newer. Unless you're comparing graphics to triple A titles, which is completely unfair as this is from a small Indie Dev team, the graphics are fantastic. I never grew up with the original, so I never had that bias towards it. The game was really good, don't get me wrong, but this one is much more refined and innovative than the prior. I think people simply have a bias for the original.

[@wesh8121]

The "mothers waistband" line caught me so off guard i actually lol'd

[@Wolfs0n]

Huh, I totally forgot this was a thing.

[@mint5438]

Heuh

[@CatsandBoots935]

I didn't even know it was a thing

[@doifhg]

Oh it's an actual new game, I just wrote it off as a remake or remastering, something like that

[@BradTheAmerican]

When I first saw the game I thought it had already been out for years, but I had actually confused it for another game that has birth in the title but I couldn't say for sure what game.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@BradTheAmerican The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (or maybe Afterbirth). ;)

[@BradTheAmerican]

@@AlmightyPolarBear Yea that sounds right

[@djivoodoo1751]

What's that, Skippy? A new Zero Punctuation episode has been uploaded? What good news. ^_^

[@Godzeller3143]

I’m still waiting for that update on whether or not money showed up at his house courtesy of the USPS.

[@SergioMach7]

I feel that frictional games needed to deliver more since Soma was trying to aim higher in the story department. Good spooky scares are great but after making something deep and existential it does feel like a step sideways

[@SephonDK]

Contrary to many other people being disappointed, I personally have SOMA on my list of top three games of all time. It's the only horror game there. Rebirth doesn't make it, but is worth your time nad money. I really liked the game. Although was barely scared. One thing that really did scare me was SPOILERS - - - The ghoul hive or what it was. After dealing with max a few at a time, walking into that cave was an absolute shock that had me running in the other direction until realizing I had to get through it somehow. Going through that cave was incredibly tense. Game was overall really cool. Had a lot of minor moments that at least disturbed me. Such as watching yourself in the fountain in the end, and feeding your child and seeing your mutated body doing it. Felt wrong. However, I only pushed through because of the story and most of the monster encounters weren't that terrifying. Particularly the light bearing monsters were never really spooky, although they looked cool. Contrary to many other players, I never really understood their mechanics, but that still didn't make them scare me. The Other World was cool enough, but didn't really meet the Lovecraftian feel the first game was hinting at imo. There's some examples on KZbin of game engines using non-euclidian space that Rebirth could really have shone using, however those kinds of engines are extremely taxing on a performance level and probably outside the scope of an indie studio to properly make work. It would open up a lot of options for puzzle design however. Think of what Portal did. But yea, I was barely afraid going through the game, even if I pushed through, wanting to know what was going on, and bace really invested in the kid. I scare easy btw. I wear it on my shoulders. It's why I love horror games so much. Game also had some really cool puzzles that took more work than previous titles.

[@smushyarm]

Say it with me children: Monsters in a scary world, that's just where monsters come from, girl. Monster in your living room, better sense of creeping doom."

[@AkumaADemoncus]

I feel like Yahtzee went easy on this one. You would think he would at least mentioned the obnoxious jump scare.png's when on low sanity or how the protagonist won't shut the f*ck up.

[@lannydragonlover]

Hah! Haven't had this much fun with a Zero Punctuation in a while! I remember seeing the announcement for Amnesia: Rebirth and thinking: "Oh gosh, Yahtzee called it."

[@ZekeStaright]

2:05 The spooky noise broke me o(>t

[@CinosTheHedgehog2000]

2 things I took from this 1. Another one for the top 5 blandest 2. Yahtzee is accidentally a psychic

[@09csr]

I'm all for more Amnesia if that's what we're getting.

[@sidneysmith4622]

I'm not much for horror games but it does look cool.

[@morganometry]

Well, it's not a horror game, so

[@KenjitsuHokori]

@@morganometry it technically is but isn't at the same time. People see it as a horror game.

[@just9019]

@@morganometry it is

[@morganometry]

@@just9019 oh word? my bad, its just horror game are typically supposed to be scary so you can see how i was confused

[@just9019]

@@morganometry i wasn't being rude, i just said it is

[@Feigned0Sanity]

He keeps asking for support at the beginning of every video, but my only question is whether or not they still employ movie Bob. I'm all for supporting yahtzee, but not if it means supporting that guy.

[@danielja1832]

They cut ties with him a week ago maybe longer

[@mistychef5458]

What did Bob do, I've heard a lot in that vein, but nothing about what he did.

[@atheniansoldier811]

I have no idea who movie Bob is or what he did Enlighten me

[@eadbert1935]

commenting to be enlightened as well

[@bigwetsalmon1]

Absolutely why I stopped subscribing to the escapist. I just search for ZP every week instead now.

[@VeritableSmorgasbord]

Did Yahtzee just misuse “ironically” at the start? :O

[@davidkeith3920]

It was a pun on amnesia.

[@CubedQ]

Yes, I would argue that he did misuse "ironically". Forgetting something called "Amnesia" would be strangely appropriate, not ironic.

[@benjaminshinar9509]

"what's EVs" might be a perfect way of capturing that feeling.

[@skarvig1201]

Thank god they took out Bob Chipman in the intro.

[@RoastJak]

Post office delivering money to your house? Stimulus Checks~

[@doifhg]

I guess a lot of horror games have that issue, like climbing a ladder or being in a vent and scary thing happens but actually you're never in danger of dying

[@gameman250]

4:54 - Funny, but also makes me sad we're not getting a MGR 2.

[@cubablue602]

LOL! “I’m heavier than I was” she says. *CRASH! THUMP! BANG! AHHH!*

[@michaelpalacios8951]

1:18 and then suddenly Yahtzee gets another pittance of a stimulus check in the mail.

[@brennanwn]

Can't wait to see Yathzee review for Amnesia Rebirth. This a tense Survival Horror series

[@metazoxan2]

Look at it this way. Maybe after the disaster that was "machine for pigs" the series needed to return to form first before going beyond. Not to mention the developers might have been afraid to break from formula after that whole mess. But if a third proper amnesia game comes maybe they'll actually evolve the gameplay this time? who knows I'm just happy it wasn't another pig machine.

[@jonnywaldis8275]

I'd urge you to revisit the first Amnesia game, you might be surprised how different Rebirth is. I'd argue it's not so much a return to form as an attempt to emulate things more successful titles did, fueled by uncertainty since Soma did not receive the adoration I'd say it deserved. Thus we get the 10 matches limit, annoying flashes of the "scary jpg", the protagonist getting knocked out and battered down. Personally I found it a great disappointment and think it's especially regrettable that Frictional obviously came to the conclusion that their way of doing things was not appreciated.

[@wholehorse331]

Was waiting for any mention of SOMA

[@cybernightzero5891]

Agreed with some of your points here, although its hard to consider P.T a real game, since it wasn't actually released, and RE7, well I don't consider that a "new height" by any means. In fact, the design of that game is "lacking" to say the least. The game is supposed to utilize stealth elements but does so poorly. To do stealth, you need some sort of feedback to indicate an enemy is near, and/or onto you. Like the original Amnesia, when the grinding noise, and music starts when I monster sees you. It tells you its time to hide somewhere. In RE7, its already too late, and the chase stops after a short while.

[@ToyKeeper]

This is the only channel on youtube which actually talks fast enough... and I still speed it up to 1.25X sometimes.

[@jotabeas22]

As I said when I compared Metro 2033 to Metro Exodus, if your game was based around dark, tiny corridors and creeping monsters and threats around any dark corner, you don't get things better if the only thing you change is the environment and that new environment is shiny openness.

[@jessicadorval8900]

I normally don't play any Amnesia games because its not my thing (high anxiety)... my friend made me play this and it had me rolling floor with how bad and off topic the storyline can get. I looked at my friend and commented its just a few controls shy of being Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons....

[@ivyssauro123]

4:57 figures Yahtzee is so british even the stock revolver image he uses is a freaking Webley-Frosbery

[@KazooieX1]

My most memorable moment in Amnesia: The Dark Descent was ''The Water Level''. no thankyou to that level sir

[@angeldeb82]

So very funny with calling Amnesia: Rebirth by different names. Also very funny with the imps with the giant hammer, and the kip imp saying he ate the soap. "I am a ghost. Or am I?" :D LOLed at "c**k buffet". :D

[@acrab6527]

For a game called Amnesia, you'd think they'd at least tell you why you have amnesia. Or how you ended up back in the plane crash, for that matter.

[@MrDylanm842]

Okay so I had an idea. Slow walking horror game genre but mixed with comedy, and I dont mean eye rolling irony, I mean good paced and well thought out jokes but made by the character in an attempt to calm himself down while he's going through a spooky setting experiencing really fucked up shit. It would have to be genuinely scary and genuinely funny to work which is a difficult task to pull off but if some ambitious indie developer wants to take this idea and give it a go, feel free

[@Zayl1016]

1:12 Covid stimulus checks inbound

[@xXRickTrolledXx]

Not likely, the geriatric turtle called recess until after the election.

[@richardpreston7333]

Watching all of Yahtzee's Amnesia reviews in a row is a bit of an interesting journey

[@TheDutchFoxx]

4:17 a nice California champaign

[@Mr_T_Badger]

I finally got around to playing Kholat after watching this the first time and wanting to listen to the dulcet tones of Sean Bean. However I literally couldn’t figure out where I was suppose to be going and gave up after walking around the blasted snowfield for an hour. I did get to the next scene but I wasn’t sure if the blank white screen I discovered was supposed to happen after the transition or the gameplay buggered up. Eventually I just stopped caring, realised I’d wasted $15, and went back to play Lego Marvel Superheroes.

[@barrybend7189]

Hey can you please review Bravely Default 2 when it comes out.

[@notjake2089]

I think its interesting how certain studious seem to be either good at Innovation or Iteration. The studios that really revolutionize a genre are rarely the same ones that make the best games in that genre. Though there are certainly exceptions, and I think that often stands out in our minds, something like pre-Activision Blizzard or Bioware who would regularly turn out completely fresh takes on a genre that are still looked back at as being the best in their class like WoW.

[@ivyssauro123]

Correction: It runs on a improved newer version of the Amnesia TDD engine (HPL2 engine as opposed to HPL1) which among other things allow for real outdoor environments(remember the weird "street" sequences in Machine for Pigs that felt like a big room with a sky painted ceiling? Well they were) as well as slightly better lighting effects and shaders, same which SOMA ran I think. On a Interview Thomas Gripp aknowledged the engine is a tad dated but they decided to go with it because of the team's familiarity with it and it's ease of use, as well as the fact that being an openGL and extremely light engine it runs on pretty much any computer, you don't even need a graphics card, and honestly it doesn't look so bad because the art direction is pretty great imho.

[@AshenDruid]

I miss being able to *rent* games. I think this one is worth a couple of playthroughs, but not worth *owning* since you'll probably never play it again after that.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

If you like the game enough to consider renting it twice just buy it... to support getting more games. If you just pay 10$ and beat the game they will get a small fraction of that money... meaning no more similar games. That is obviously bad if you liked the game.

[@onewingedangel2479]

I would love to play a horror game where I am stalked by a hungover Orson Wells who is trying to raid me for my last box of Mrs. Pell's fishsticks.

[@NoobLord9001]

2:50 that "the door you came out of now goes to a completely different place" mechanic honestly sounds like an extremely cheap and easy way to make a game world seem bigger then it actually is.

[@Semiotichazey]

For what it's worth, it makes sense that a series called Amnesia would be a bit repetitive.

[@cameronhalliday8553]

I'm still doing my part!

[@The5lacker]

"Hungover Orson Welles" implies there's any point in time where he wasn't drunk, which would in fact have been a sign of the end times during his life.

[@emilybarclay8831]

I doubt his mother lactated whiskey so I’m sure there was at least a few days in his early infancy where he hadn’t figured out how to open a bottle yet. Only a few, he was on the slosh the moment he figured out he had hands

[@eainen]

Amnesia: What Do You Mean It Won't Work a Third Time?

[@randomdude9630]

4:54 he calls it amnesia revengeance

[@theshuman100]

yatzhee single handedly willing the slow collapse of global trade and the goverment handing out stimulus packages

[@jpheitman1]

3:40 "...I only remember a handful of moments..." You're saying you have amnesia, Yahtzee?

[@Paul-cu9lu]

I'd be interested in getting your take on the Solus project. It's got some of the same beats as this game, but is sci-fi.

[@juvi97orAizen]

I see Yahtzee is fishing for another stimulus check using his powers

[@Jaccident]

I am really looking forward to Amnesia: Reaganomics

[@soccerking15]

Joke writing was on point on this one :D

[@Rolaran]

Something about a Thomas the Tank Engine style train-car-with-a-face-on but with HP Lovecraft's dickhead scowl is hilarious beyond my ability to explain.

[@DanielChico09]

That was a remarkable generous review considering how bad the story is and how questionable some new mechanics are. Yahtzee must have enjoyed the random jump-scares and running in the dark to light as many torches as possible with one match to not even mention how those things damage the atmosphere.

[@whatdoesthisthingdo]

I just woke up and he’s taking so fast that my brain can’t process what he’s saying.

[@mr.strider6497]

Look I'm just saying if I ever watch someone play a horror game and hear the muffled sounds of the monster going, "AaAahHh, the French!" from the other side of the wall I would absolutely buy that game.

[@ShalathePrinny]

I think Yahtzee would really enjoy the Prinny games since he likes high difficulty games