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[@theescapist]

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[@mattcollins5974]

First!

[@ExEBoss]

So, when will you review *Code Vein?*

[@diegowushu]

I wonder why some weeks there's subtitles and others not.

[@okami-onome3912]

I know this might be a foolish question but could you talk about FGO (Fate Grand Order) if possible Escapist

[@yecnay25]

A Sombrero? Damn and I was so close to retirement.

[@lutherholayeahme7449]

RIP

[@Kell_Craask]

Hang on! Don't write yourself off just yet. There are other factors to consider. For instance: Are you a cop that doesn't play by the rules and is instead led by a personal moral compass?

[@espio87]

​@@Kell_Craask"days close to retirement" overrules "cowboy cop"/"by the book cop"

[@BugsyFoga]

Why do I get the feeling this only time Yatzhee will talk about Borderlands 3.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Having heard said dialogue, he made the right call.

[@BugsyFoga]

@@NathanCassidy721 He never liked the franchise anyway , so I'm not too surprised

[@LifeAdmiral]

Forget Borderlands 3, he actually mentioned Fire Emblem.

[@tax4244]

Probably because it’s not really worth that much more of anyone’s time

[@TuffMelon]

@Spencer Reed To me, Borderlands 3 was five steps on from Bl2, and then the character of the world takes 500 steps back until it's lying at the feet of Borderlands 1. Why the living fuck did gearbox, (you know, the guys who didn't put a lot of characters from Bl2/PS in BL3 because they 'didnt want to just have them in, rather than properly make use of them) decide that 95% of the fucking side missions be from random npcs around whose names and personalities have no real relation to anything. Seriously, Borderlands 1 is dull as fuck going back to it, because there's ass all in the world or characters. BL2 was amazing in pretty much every sense, and then they just kind of played twister with Bl3. Left arm on Shallow Characters and world...

[@nicholasware446]

The fact that Yatz didn’t utterly hate Three Houses honestly speaks volumes

[@mrman6035]

@@switchplayer1016 it has a very similiar feel to persona with every month having a villain of the week vibes. Having bought the dlc pass I hope the hotsprings adds some levity between missions. Shame my sexy assassin girl can't be recruited :(

[@nicholasware446]

switch player 101 Who would Yahtzee like to nob the most is the real question now. My vote is Seteth for his royal sophistication and hair resembling an overly healthy Chia pet

[@vigorouslethargy]

@@nicholasware446 Or best girl Bernadetta, because she just wants to stay in her room the fuck away from all the overzealous anime people. :p

[@zyriantel9601]

Honestly, it's a pretty damn solid game, coming off of Awakening, Fates, Echoes and Heroes, which were all various flavors of "meh" for me. I do agree that a lot of the academy exploring gets pretty dull after a while - I went ballistic on buying fishing lures and fished myself up to Professor Level B+ (by the way, stockpiling lures and waiting for a Lots and Lots of Fish day is a slow, but surefire way to grind Professor Level), and after that I kind of didn't know what all to do with my free time. I also kind of wish that there was a way to retry a failed class change, because one of my characters failed to Mortal Savant, and I really wanted to get there before the War Phase on that save file, so now I'm just stuck as a Swordmaster and it makes me grumpy.

[@druidt8949]

It's because he didn't get to anything he would dislike, like how the game can't pick a main villain, or things like the down to 1hp dark magic spell. I definitely do think it's second place out of all of the most recent FE games, but that's not really saying much when it's competition is a mobile gacha game, whatever the hell Fates was by the time localization got done with it, and a remake set in between two games, one of which we never got

[@KissedByFire16]

I snorted at Threat Level: Crikey

[@zyriantel9601]

Threat Level: Welp.

[@deathsyth8888]

"It's like one of my Japanese animes." - Otacon, in regards to playing Astral Chain

[@SamanthaVess]

"Just short of bursting into song". I mean... Collective Consciousness, though?

[@pablodonner5213]

I believe the boss theme of Armstrong is "It has to be this way"

[@almogz9486]

@@pablodonner5213 it is collective Consciousness is the giant metal gear spider thingys theme

[@LordTyph]

Sorry, that wasn't the case, It Has To Be This Way.

[@Roronoa2zoro]

@@LordTyph Collective Consciousness ties into the rhetoric Armstrong was preaching before the Excelsus fight. It's only when Raiden breaks the metal gear and fights Armstrong 1-on-1 that he reveals his real motivations and his theme changes to It Has To Be This Way . As I recall, the "neo conservative policies" are most likely referring to the former, since what Armstrong was truly after was more like anarchy.

[@Nitrinoxus]

It's not that often that I advise an intervention when someone *stops* acting like a kitten on a mescaline trip, but... Platinum, are you guys alright over there?

[@rr2637]

Platinum was never quite the same since Scalebound was cancelled...

[@MacMan2152]

​@@rr2637 platinumgames was never quite the same since viewtiful joe was released

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

I love Astral Chain

[@halo129830]

Tencent bought a huge share in platinum it was big new two years ago.

[@petrarcheleven8816]

Well...they finally showed us Bayonetta 3 in such a way that made it not look like Bayonetta 3 at first. So...I have hopes.

[@Dr_Monitor]

"no, it's a 2219 because he's wearing a sombrero." I laughed way too hard at this, my sides hurt already.

[@HeelTaker7]

Best closing gag in a while

[@DiegoRedeemedLover]

This made me laugh way too hard out loud too!

[@brainflash1]

Took them long enough to release a video game tie-in for Detective Pikachu.

[@gyga100]

But it was already one.....in the 3DS......EVEN BEFORE THE MOVIE COME OUT

[@ligtningdog6399]

Great. Now all I can think about is how much I want to see Office Jenny with a cyborg Arcanine.

[@titch8948]

@@gyga100 I think the worst thing about this comment is how 11 people looked and decided "Yes, this person makes a very good response and I shall publicly yet anonymously show my appreciation of said comment.

[@lucasmatignon9666]

@@gyga100 We don't talk about that one

[@Americanbadashh]

So Astral chain does have subtext, but it's subtext is based in on going Japanese political issues so to anyone not familiar with Japanese politics will easily miss this subtext which is subdued but not super hard to notice if your familiar with the issues at hand. Ironically the subtext is actually the opposite of Yahtzee's Japanese superiority joke earlier in the episode.

[@dandelyon2796]

Could you explain?

[@izza_19]

Yes, could you explain?

[@Sarah12471]

Please explain

[@emilybarclay8831]

He never explained 😔

[@jotnova7554]

I love how you roll the R in borderlands.

[@ignis2023]

Happiness is opening youtube and finding a new zero punctuation

[@Ch35h1r3C47]

I'm happy for platinum to work out all this "extra gameplay types" stuff on these games, as long as they get it out of their system in time for Bayonetta3 to be balls-through-the-wall-yes-that's-a-glory-hole-reference-nutso-butso crazy

[@randomerpro]

Guess you’re not disappointed with today’s reveal? :D

[@Ch35h1r3C47]

@@randomerpro Oh man, so happy. Looks like the summons are controllable now?! Maybe they did take some inspiration from Astral Chain.

[@horizon92lee]

I’m 4 hours in and really enjoying the setting and combat, can’t wait to see the world unfold

[@Ramsey276one]

Finally got it... Unleashed the beasts! Dimacari Sagitta Murmillo Canis Samnite

[@imarock.7662]

I honestly think this game deserves much more attention. It's so painfully underrated.

[@chiropteran2966]

Wait Nier was saying something philosophically? I just thought it was a game about staring a succulent buttocks as it moved around in various manners. (this isn't a complaint)

[@imarock.7662]

@@voodoodolll First run was stale cringy anime bullshit? Bruh...2Bs combat is fun as hell tho, and the characters are amazing tho.

[@imarock.7662]

Nier Automata actually has a really amazing story tbh. The beautiful android booty is just the cherry on top.

[@Montesama314]

"Both?" "Both." "Both is good."

[@EDoyl]

The weirdest part of this game is how the twin you select is a silent protagonist, but the other twin is still there, talking? They're a major character, and they talk more than most others. But you never speak at all. It draws attention to the weirdness of the silent protagonist trope by making it seem like the twin you selected has some form of autism while you the player *know* they had a voice actor since you could've picked the other sibling in the beginning.

[@ryler7]

"Mummy I've been naughty" - Yahtzee, 2019.

[@iller3]

It's always that, or Dolphin sex

[@TheTolnoc]

As fiddly as chain binding is, it's really great when you use the Auto Bind ability, since that just makes your pokemon do the whole thing itself. And with the Unchaining ability, you can just send them out and get on with your own side of the combat as they shoot, punch, and or slash things.

[@Ramsey276one]

Fetch, boy! Now c’mere and get F-! XD

[@ydahhrk]

I think it's pretty safe to say that a different controller is a mandatory expenditure. Wish I knew when I purchased the console.

[@ydahhrk]

@@KryptKicker5 I'd rather discourage people from purchasing the console than encourage them to accept the overpriced additional cost, though. The poorly designed and low quality default controllers are a reprehensible business practice on Nintendo's part.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@ydahhrk would you rather have 2 Pro controllers slapped on the end of your portable console..? :)

[@ydahhrk]

​@@MorrisseyMuse I mean, since I'm never going to get what I want might as well go all the way and wish for a budget non-portable version. Without the screen. A switchless Switch.

[@merrittanimation7721]

1:17 Oh god he's right.

[@Mysticist]

I think it’s more just natural storytelling, people generally make their own nation the focus because that’s what they and their audience will understand best. We do the same thing, plus given what the Angels in NGE actually are, jingoism doesn’t really make any sense.

[@jackgarcia5926]

The ark isn't Japanese tough, it's like a melding pot of cultures...tough admittedly it's mostly Murica/Japan.

[@Xatzimi]

@@albertzinger7132 This is true, but the strangest part about this is that the island nation of Japan survived world-toppling tsunamis as well as it did after Second Impact.

[@LordTyph]

*looks around at riots breaking out in america and China being... China* They aren't wrong.

[@Otakumanu]

I think it's less to do with "everywhere else sucks" and more of a "everywhere else might as well not exist" scenario. Japan's isolationist history and culture makes way for a lot of stories based around isolationism. And yeah, Eva doesn't count since there's other countries in it.

[@jonlangthorne7924]

We get 2219’s all the time where I live, makes the morning commute a nightmare

[@FanOFTrueHeroes]

Ah the astral plane, also known as the frame rate dimension

[@mugiberry2972]

@@milktoast9140 I think the problem is that it's where most of the combat takes place so framerate becomes even more noticeable while framerate dosnt really matter when your just talking to npcs

[@tidus94]

The Astral plane is the "frame rate dimension" because it's optimized to get a better frame rate. It's not like the big city environment that has to load a bunch of different models and textures to look realistic

[@yannstermonster]

The one thing this game had going was its flashy combat. It just felt nice to stylishly destroy the chimeras. Once you master the sync attack system, it gets really fun. Oh, and the stop motion finishes are a cool touch. Also, I don't know if this was true for everyone else, but I got a good sense of skill progression as well. I started out get D's and C's on the combat sections and then I'd consistently get S+ once I got a hang of the controls and learned new skills. All this was on the standard difficulty too, and I've got to admit the game was challenging in some sections. All in all, I had a lot of fun playing it, but I really didn't care much for the story.

[@TsarNikolaiTheThird]

I'm happy to see yahtzee keeping his shit together around anime games

[@WannabeWryter]

I hope he'll review the Fairy Tail Game

[@cbohnstedt4477]

I'm just happy the blue end cards are back.

[@ianrocco8453]

You mean by not shoving giant lollipop in his mouth? 🍭

[@bruhvenant]

I think he likes Evangelion, he’s mentioned it a couple times before

[@TakeItEasy2019]

But I love it when he loses his shit tho.

[@gabagandalfoftheweed]

The main reason for Astral Chain being different from most of Platinum Games' prior works is most likely its director Takahisa Taura, who was the lead game designer of Nier: Automata. It just goes to show, that games are not made by companies - they're made by the people, who work there. Exchange the staff between two games and fluctuations in style and quality are bound to happen.

[@timothylewis2527]

I forgot to read the little funny bits in the credits for like the past four years! Now I gotta rewatch everything.

[@CompletelyNewguy]

Here's a ground breaking idea. When everyone's monster turns against them, they actually don't since they all treated them nicely, while your monsters actually do turn against you because your character is a right bastard. Then as we play the game it explores why your own character treats their pet poorly.

[@alexandercastro-vera8641]

4 out of 5 of the monsters still hate you completely. The other one is kind of iffy.

[@anotherpersonfromnorfolk1587]

I really do feel like I've seen that premise before, not trying to shoot you down, I'm just saying I really feel like I know a game that's like that

[@CompletelyNewguy]

@@anotherpersonfromnorfolk1587 then find out what game that is, cause I want to know.

[@anotherpersonfromnorfolk1587]

@@CompletelyNewguy Yeah I've really got to think about it Cuz I swear I've heard of that premise

[@alexlee4154]

That would require the main character to have a character

[@shnobby3547]

Ok, so astral chain might be my favorite game this year. That said, you are not wrong XD. Honestly, the combat got me hooked and I felt the music was really cool. The story had an interesting set up but ended up not being meaningful in any way. Idc that the game doesn't say anything philosophically, but it doesn't seem to tackle the idea of human extinction with the severity that such an idea probably should. The writing was fairly weak and most of the acting was flat. But that combat system man, I couldn't put that game down for weeks because I loved it so much.

[@comradeshadles4967]

I was considering getting will save the galaxy for food for my next road trip and just found it in my library so I have that now and need to adjust my road trip plans

[@dreadpiraterobertsnumba5]

3:06 Ever since I first witnessed that speech I now take it as gospel!

[@Ramsey276one]

Howdown Bomber!

[@princessaria]

I’m so happy to see this review lol. I enjoyed Astral Chain but I always enjoy hearing you tear apart things I like.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

Will he review Untitled Goose Game? That'd be great.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

@@Locke3OOO hey, it's a fun meme game!

[@PaladinfffLeeroy]

Isn't that just a normal Yahtzee review of any other game that he doesn't really like though? I mean, he'd just go around bullying everything, from the tiny stains on the carpet to the nerd kid with a plane. I begin to suspect that Yahtzee is that Goose...

[@boiboi7717]

@@Locke3OOO dude finally someone who understands! I keep on seeing so much love for this stupid looking game-- finally there's someone who sees past the reddit hype of it all

[@ManiLink]

Untitled goose game is a brilliant game start to finish that completely transcends its meme popularity. Expertly crafted and super addictive.

[@prcervi]

well it ended in his end of year round up, with a hearty "not enough to say about it for a review"

[@koifish835]

Yahtzee made it seem like all you really do with the Legions is trip enemies up or bind them in place but there's a bunch of upgrades and synergy moves/combos you can do that make the combat a lot more enjoyable. On harder difficulties you can't really get by without using your legion like I suppose you could if you really tried but it's a lot easier and more fun when you're doing flashy over the top combos with your pet monster.

[@smward87]

This is Yahtzee though. He will always find the quickest and easiest route, even if it's not the most optimal or goes against the intended way to play.

[@JMarchel]

Yahtzee, it means so much to me that you even mentioned fire emblem.

[@RemiScutlet]

Mixing anime and yahtzee is always a treat.

[@onewingedangel2479]

The most important thing I learned from this review of PlatinumGames’ Astral Chain is that Yahtzee made a sequel to “Will Save The Galaxy For Food!”

[@piercetibma4321]

Well darn now I have to go get another hilarious audio book and deal with the confused stares of my coworkers as I laugh out of nowhere.

[@Agent719]

The joke at the end was the best one.

[@SirPaladin]

where the hell is the Switch port of Wonderful 101 by the way?! that game was awesome!

[@dragonlord3376]

Congratulations, tour wish has been granted

[@Ramsey276one]

@@dragonlord3376 WISHLISTED! XD

[@Manganization]

The visual gags were on point this episode.

[@chadschmaltz9790]

I'm glad Yahtzee and I have a shared hatred of stealth sections in action games.

[@nomobobby]

I like stealth but you cant surprise us with it. Commit to it early or go for shoot out fights, just dont pull the brakes suddenly and shout "now hide!" After nothing but action sequences.

[@chadschmaltz9790]

@@nomobobby absolutely. If a game has mechanics in place for stealth and the stealth doesn't bring progress to a screeching halt, then I am fine with it. Games like the Thief series are fun because the game's mechanics are built around you being stealthy. Having a light indicator, being able to extinguish light sources, quietly knockout guards, and use decoy distractions are part of the game specifically to help you remain undetected.

[@keeysOST]

Personally my second favorite switch game. It has some amazing music too.

[@_ramar]

liking the video solely for the animatic during the credits very epic

[@kairider1770]

Hearing Yahtzee imitate police radio sounds made my day tbqh

[@synchacker25]

Gonna go replay astral chain now

[@SupernovaJBombastic]

I kind of wanted to see Yahtzee tear apart Fire Emblem (read: one of my favorite game franchises)

[@justinfarischon7868]

I'm torn. On one hand I like to see Yahtzee talk about series I enjoy. On the other hand Yahtzee doesn't like anime or strategy games so it wouldn't be the most entertaining video.

[@chillbro1010]

800 hour-long unfocused war-opera's appeal to a lot of people but yahtzee definitely prefers a more traditional linear storytype. I honestly just think he can't find enough material to make a good video. Hes probably going to end up doing it in a double or triple review or something.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Watch his Valkyria Chronicles video, and just imagine he's saying vague medieval fantasy terms instead of world war terms, with more petting your soldiers.

[@mrman6035]

@@chillbro1010 I've only played Blue Lions so far but I hope this is the last style of "choose your story" since Yahtz is right about it being repetitive running around and the story being cut into 3 slices. A grandiose military story a la Final Fantasy 12 comes to mind.

[@hoodedman6579]

Fire Emblem is a game of dice rolls where you just hope that the next dice roll goes your way and a few bad dice rolls means starting over; the fact that people played harder versions of the older games still baffles me, like you want the dice rolls to be even worse? How is the difficulty in this series fun to anyone? Why is permadeath desired in the dice roll game so much? At best, you can minimize the amount of bad dice rolls by playing in the most defensive and unfun way possible, but you can still easily be screwed over by one thing you didn't see coming or one critical hit from an enemy because crits are so strong that they are basically instant kills. The new one seemed to fix that by giving you time powers though, allowing you to control luck better, but everyone hates it. Of course, the new one looks fucking terrible though; all of the cutscenes are either this bizarre 20FPS incredibly choppy garbage CG anime looking shit or a bunch of characters standing in front of a picture. Most of the actual game looks fine, but I would say that the characters standing around thing is barely passable and the low FPS cutscenes are maybe some of the worst I've ever seen in any video game. Overall, still pretty good though.

[@MondoJohnny]

The character's uniforms remind me of Tank Police and that is a good thing!

[@JohnnyBurnes]

FEEL THE POWER THAT WE GOT!

[@Jefferu_Nintendomoto]

I'm glad you accepted MGR

[@shlimon7667]

I love this game

[@Gastogh]

"Like the one student in the school picture who ended up under a staple." lol

[@5kastubh5]

oh...i was waiting for your take on surge 2 since your review of first one

[@Eleven217]

3:06 My friend: why should I play Metal Gear Rising Revengeance? Me:

[@tidus94]

Not sure it's fair to recommend based on the last boss. You could instead mention that the main characters rival is a Brazilian samurai mercenary that wields a legendary Japanese sword that has been improved by science to be rocket powered or some sh*t like that

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

Me: "Don't."

[@zyriantel9601]

@@tidus94 It's sillier than that, you fire a gun attached to the hilt and it shoots tiny pile-drivers into the hilt guard to kick the sword out of its sheathe at Mach speeds. It's AWESOME and I don't care if the physics don't add up.

[@Tombud-ti7gn]

@@zyriantel9601 NANO MACHINES, SON!!!

[@eastcoastoverseer]

Hopefully he reviews Code Vein as well, waiting for it!

[@krisgibbon2199]

If yahtzee hasn't played Darkwood yet he really needs to. I think it may be a game he will actually like. The unsettling atmosphere it builds had me cowering in the corner of the room praying for sunrise.

[@FitzyCify]

"KRRRK! Open up, it's the piiigs!"

[@Waffletigercat]

I am 100% on board with that rant about minigames and sidequests getting in the way of the gameplay I actually bought the game before. It's been becoming increasingly more prevalent for the last like 15 years and it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

[@scaper12123]

What I wanna know is: was Yahtzee Golden Deer, Black Eagles, or Blue Lions? I would bet on the former since it has his aesthetic and an actually-humorous leader

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee]

prolly black eaglers so he could knob Edel and cuk her by joining snow flower (albeit a worse choice, but hey the experience is pleasant)

[@smutz131]

is it weird if Yahtzee's belligerent constancy in the face of the ever-present change makes me happy? I've been listening to his reviews for years, and hearing that same intro/outro music is strangely... calming. It's like if a zombie apocalypse came Yahtzee would still be uploading Zero Punctuations somewhere

[@ninjacat230]

I love how you said flatulate instead of flagellate

[@DemonMage]

I loved Jam, good book Yahtzee Going to buy Will save the Galaxy next check... Unless I get another free month of audible somewhere.

[@Wetbread88]

My town had a 2219 once the local police couldn't do anything until they all filled out a 0956-A and 0956-D because of the sombrero

[@Radar_of_the_Stars]

I loved this game to death

[@Arrxor]

4:18 Was hoping he was gonna say "Cant have pudding till we eat our meat"

[@nicolaswarren3453]

To be fair, Yahtzee, part of the restraint in Platinum Games' usual over-the-topness could be that both Nier: Automata and Astral Chain have had other teams/companies/creators working with them. Nier: Automata (and Nier as a franchise) is Yoko Taro's baby and while he has his own brand of crazy sauce, there was probably a lot of him being hands-on in the project, thus having less of PG's feel. Astral Chain, at least according to a quick google search, was sort of commissioned by Nintendo so they might have wanted to show more restraint with what could be a Nintendo IP versus Bayonetta 2 which was a PG IP supported by Nintendo. Edit: Also, both Nier: Automata and Astral Chain were directed by Takahisa Taura as opposed to Hideki Kamiya. So throw in some different styles of direction and newness into the mix.

[@jackgarcia5926]

Wonderful 101 is an IP owned by Nintendo and it ends with the heroes fighting a giant brain across the solar system...so probably not that.

[@nicolaswarren3453]

@@jackgarcia5926 But the focus of Wonderful 101 was a parody of superhero/super sentai shows that are themselves over the top. Thus, being over the top fits with W101 perfectly. Astral Chain, while being anime, is supposed to be a cop game and needs to be a bit more down to earth. Also, again, possible difference between design philosophies between Taura and Kamiya. (Side note: That statement could also apply to Star Fox. No point to make, just smirk worthy.)

[@makotoplush9776]

0:30 Somehow I never noticed that.

[@Udinanon]

yahtzee, I haven't seen you ever try or talk about AMID EVIL, you heard about it? Might be up your alley with amazing visual design, strong Core Loop based on classic FPS games and it might help with the drought period

[@popneppopnep4357]

I remember this surprisingly good JRPG I forgot the name though but the first three main characters (By the way there was only three main characters at a time.) are the reason I remember this game, I can describe them like so: An anime dork, a blue Sasuke rip off, and surprisingly an actual drag Queen. The part that made me remember them was when the main antagonist kills off two of them at the end of the first act.

[@thechief1997]

I'll be honest I'm a bit surprised I though for sure this would be up your alley just short the anime stuff. At least he didn't tear it up too much.

[@Pwnr145]

The sucker punch effect holy hell that killed me

[@sea_kerman]

You're right. Posessed by a Disease _does_ sound a bit like an astral choir dial-up modem.

[@TheTomeeBear]

Congratulations for Dope on a Rope, how long did that one take you to come up with?

[@_oe_o_e_]

1:09 I thought I was the only one to catch that

[@Yggdrasill-X]

"No its a 2219 cause he's wearing a sombrero" -fking dies- xD

[@michaelmcdonnell5574]

I hope Yahtzee eventually reviews Blasphemous soon cause it's to me what My Friend Pedro was to him a game which I keep hear about

[@randomnuke4005]

what I heard in the neir automata ost: Natasha, reeeeeee oh oh oh glowwwwingggg in the darrrrkkkkk I have it stuck in my head

[@pokemonmanic3595]

I get the feeling this would be like a Persona game where the Personas got sick of people shooting themselves in the head to be summoned and just rebeled

[@blackcitadel9]

This game reminded me of an old PS2 game called Chaos Legion. They aren't anything alike, except for the pet monsters thing really, but I got to have a moment of nostalgia and feel old.

[@The_OPN]

I'd be interested to hear Yahtzee's take on Daemon X Machina, considering his main complaint with Astral Chain was that combat was too sparse and the game wasn't as over-the-top as it needed to be

[@Ekklo]

As a big time Armored Core fan I am in love because this is the first game that feels like AC in forever. It even has bajillions of stats!

[@The_OPN]

@@Ekklo hell yeah. You can take my Kusanagi with flight speed higher than air boost speed. You can take my Muramasa that can snipe people with swords and do literally nothing else. You can take my twin Astraeus arsenal Busters and my twin Silver Raven II boss busters. But don't you dare touch my disco ball of doom.

[@spacebear4742]

"attention all officers, giant armored gorilla flinging explosive t*rds around city center" " you mean a 2218?" " no a 2219 because he's wearing a sombrero"

[@hailmuffins6934]

Turd is not a swear word, you inow.

[@spacebear4742]

Rafael Sampaio it is one that my phone will autocorrect to.

[@yamijim]

So hype about the new audio book! I've read all of yours and even have my original paper back of Mogworld. But please @escapist re record the audio for Mogworld, it's so bad it's impossible to enjoy

[@bobsav76]

Well, it was either anime or some martial arts film, I've always had an interest in art and cartoons so I thought it was a done deal. Had I known I'd be compared to some creepy guy who hugs a body pillow, I probably would've chosen the martial arts film.

[@insertnamehere8723]

Concrete genie just dropped aka: an exclusive with VSVR support, afterall we know how much you love those two things, Yahtzee ;).

[@geoffreywinn4031]

Cool video!

[@hammieli1875]

I had a feeling Yahtzee would like 3Houses cause it has a day to day life sim aspect

[@skep2923]

4:19 Cmon, you just had to say meats. Meats, man.

[@Nope-ht6cc]

Yay Yahtzee

[@davidk.8686]

Love the game but your video is great too! :D

[@FilthyCasual_YT]

My boi yaht better play that one titled goose game

[@PirateZ1]

Very funny stuff

[@rr2637]

Weird question but: Does Yahtzee's voice help anyone else sleep? ... No, just me? Okay...

[@Skili19]

Same here. I had to rewatch a lot of "Lets drown out" episodes because I fell asleep 20 minutes in :-D (damn it has been 3 years since the last one... Time sure does fly fast.)

[@larryminer3754]

jaws unleashed

[@HeelTaker7]

“Siri, define truncheoning”

[@adamloga3788]

So given that he actually mentioned it by name, did he ever review Wonderful 101 and I just missed it?

[@Ramsey276one]

Finally got it... Unleashed the beasts! Dimacari Sagitta Murmillo Canis Samnite

[@SolidZach]

This game was the reson I got a pro controller too, but for completely different reasons

[@AlexanderTF]

No worries Yatzz ... I already got your book ...

[@tabuu9]

Were the captions farmed out to an old iPhone 3GS?

[@togekiss1995]

First off, yay! Astral Chain Review. Second off, when will WDTGFC be available for iTunes... I don’t have an audible account. Too many places have my contact details and credit card info that there’s probably an army of my impersonators by this point...