Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (Zero Punctuation)

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This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviewed Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.
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[@theescapist]

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[@zelden666]

Would be interested to hear your thoughts on Jack Jazzrabit, the other forest creature platformer from the 90s that disappeared without a trace.

[@BeaDSM]

Who is Bob and what is the news re: his contract?

[@doctaflo]

@@BeaDSM they didn’t renew his contract. he claims there was no drama, but i smell shenanigans... had a feeling the axe was about to fall ever since that _In the Frame_ show started...

[@Ohmriginal722]

Can we get Among Us review? It’s the stream game for people who can’t play games and I want to see you find some friends

[@theescapist]

@@Ohmriginal722 I don't think Yahtzee is reviewing it, but we are playing it for Game Night with Yahtz and most of The Escapist team this Sunday at 7 PM CT.

[@kiraveritas3060]

You lived in Australia Yahtzee, what do you mean what’s a bandicoot? Next you’ll be saying you don’t believe in drop bears

[@fumochabalala6284]

Hold up, what?

[@TimTE01]

@@fumochabalala6284 I had to Google that second one. Funny.

[@theblancmange1265]

@@fumochabalala6284 Australia's largest source of black market gdp is stuff scavanged from dead tourists. So they'll tell you drop bears aren't real. Even young ones are quite dangerous. Look at the video "Baby drop bear chases me" for an example.

[@RatelHBadger]

Damn... Them drop bears gonna get ya

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

I always get "drop bears" and "sea bears" from Spongebob confused

[@courier6960]

How come nobody is appreciating the “cluttering up the problem-attic” pun

[@nomblob5592]

Courier 6 Didnt expected a dad joke from him until I remembered thr Komrade Buggerov joke

[@Lolbama2012]

@@nomblob5592 I still laugh at Comrade Buggerov every single time. Thanks for the smile.

[@chaisemaurice8150]

Because a joke doesn't need to pointed out for it to be funny. I'm looking at you all comedies of the last decade.

[@williefleete]

Every time I hear problematic I think of this line

[@IamNCortex]

"It's because Crash Bandicoot never nicked anything from Dragon Ball Z" Don't tell him about the final cutscenes from Mind Over Mutant

[@paulovinasrocha6166]

Care to explain

[@benanderson89]

@@paulovinasrocha6166 the xbox360 era was a big, mid 2000s pop culture smoothie.

[@evilhomer250]

Ok...but what was it?

[@hyperon_ion9423]

@@evilhomer250 Imagine an indie game were the developers were trying to be as “artistic” as they could and threw every art design they had into a blender, set it on high, and mixed it for so long that every cutscene was done in a completely different art style from old Black and White to freaking sock puppets, and that they turned the one for the final boss into a full-blown end of season shogen finale where both the hero and villain spend a full two minutes screaming and flexing their massively enlarging muscles and spike trap hairdos. And then slap Crash Bandicoot on it....

[@ArifRWinandar]

You think "collect gems to conquer the world/prevent the other guy from conquering the world" plot of Crash Bandicoot games didn't come from somewhere?

[@Dribbleondo]

I'm not the only one who noticed Tawna was every 90's "ladette" stereotype possible then.

[@ignaeon]

missed opportunity to lean into the mafia type, seeing as what we understand from CTR.

[@RevPerdueJosh]

@MeatQuaad No, I def. pointed it out.

[@ereynolds72]

@MeatQuaad why is that brave?

[@ereynolds72]

@MeatQuaad I really don’t her why it’s brave lmao

[@thesquishedelf1301]

@Dribbleondo I mean that’s literally why so many people immediately started thirsting for her. It seems like her entire characterization might just be “same concept as Jessica Rabbit but will be painfully dated after 10 years”

[@JABRIEL251]

It is honestly weird to think that Naughty Dawg made it big on Crash Bandicoot and now make games with a drastically more serious tone. It'd be like GameFreak going on to make Deus Ex.

[@matthaisstupidus]

I mean people certainly seem to want a dark Pokémon game or at the very least like the idea of one so I mean, who knows?

[@weregretohio7728]

Given how much they're sucking at Pokemon, they probably should have quit the series before it got stale too.

[@mityakiselev]

@@matthaisstupidus nah, it's brand risk

[@matthaisstupidus]

@@weregretohio7728 Woah there buddy pal I'd rather not we'd start another great dexit debate in this singular joke about what people seem to want from a franchise not intended for that kind of style. Keep your opinions to yourself and I'll keep mine to myself. We got a deal?

[@matthaisstupidus]

@@mityakiselev Sorry, not really heard that term before. Could you just give a quick explanation for me?

[@jordanj809]

I thought Yahtzee's comment about anime at the end was cute, but the fact that he doubled down in the end credits makes it hysterical

[@but_in_space_though2919]

I once had a nightmare that Escapist signed on a new talent and it was a Vtuber.

[@jefff5478]

@@but_in_space_though2919 what the escapist really needs is a vtuber yahtzee tbh

[@user-ux4gu2lh8c]

@@jefff5478 He basically is a vtuber with his lil avatar

[@XFGHL78E]

Yahtzee can just use his ZP avatar as a VTuber...cuz contrary to belief, not all VTubers are anime. There is one in Japan that is basically a man with a realistic horse head like one of those ridiculous hats.

[@Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement]

What's REALLY amusing is that Yahtzee's Sonic stealing from DragonBall Z joke is wrong. The Super Sonic game mechanic, or character feature, actually predates the DragonBall Z manga's reveal of SSJ. But yeah, anime does have a knack for ruining stuff. So I guess Yahtzee is half right. Lol Edit: Turns out I might have been completely wrong. Whoopsie!

[@lordpisces5019]

And still no signs of Jack and Daxter; the one from the era where 3D had some vague idea what it was doing.

[@Ninetails2000]

That series was from after Naughty Dog had firmly planted themselves balls deep on Playstation's first party dick, so there was no means for it to be divorced from Sony in order to facilitate such things. The only hope is that ND gets bored of making gritty realistic games about unlikable stale endpeices of white bread in various states of gritification.

[@jbardouc808]

Naughty Dog tried to make it a dark and serious tone in a fourth installment but cancelled it

[@pronounjow]

@@jbardouc808 Thank god!

[@pronounjow]

J&D was meant to show off the power of the PS2, but the first game did so well that they had to capitalize on it with not just one, but TWO sequels simultaneously in development while they took the opportunity and time to show off the true power of the PS2, since the first game was released early in the lifecycle. And then Jak X because people were unsatisfied with how Jak 3 concluded the trilogy (myself included), but they ran out of ideas. I don't think anyone can build off or spin off the J&D series as it is (just look at TLF). J&D needs a reboot, but NOT Naughty Dog's dark and gritty WTF take!

[@deusexvesania1702]

@@pronounjow Don't forget 'The Lost Frontier', something the series really could've done without, lol

[@mityakiselev]

When I was a youngster, I was confused by Gadget from Chip and Dale

[@tskmaster3837]

What was there to be confused about? Slim petite figure in nothing but a jumpsuit. Oh.... Right, she was supposed to be a mouse.

[@Zand3rParkour]

The 90's are responsible for the existence of furries today.

[@hackcubit9663]

I don't blame you. If I'd had access to that show, I, too, would be in your position. Case in point: I was confused by Lola Bunny from Space Jam.

[@JeannieLove]

I was only confused by Gadget because she's a mouse and I don't have a very good opinion about them. Anthropomorphic animals with attractive human female body traits I never really questioned. And yet many people think it's weird to be attracted to drawings of human women and video game characters.

[@markusnixon3156]

@@Zand3rParkour I'm not from the 90s and I'm a furry, what does that mean?

[@solanceDarkMOW]

I think 'what went wrong with sonic the hedgehog' might make a good Special Moments in Gaming History video at some point.

[@bluestormpony]

I think where sonic went wrong is that it kept trying to be something it isnt and take itself seriously in a way the aesthetic strictly prohibits. (Thats not to say sonic cant have a compelling story i mean satam, the second half of sonic x, and some of the comics prove that wrong they just have to go about it a more subtle or careful way.) That and the devs being twats with an ego the size of mount Everest, stubbornly keeping in bad mechanics or massively overcorrecting at the slightest pushback seemingly at random.

[@myrixica4222]

The real reason sonic went wrong? They have him a voice.

[@weregretohio7728]

Sega is clueless.

[@DONKEYKONG260]

They should just let the mania team put out a couple more 2d ones with more freedom and I'd be pretty happy.

[@ATomatoIsAFruit]

It's a heavily mismanaged franchise, which breaks my heart honestly. Yes I know it's got some pretty crap games - as someone who likes the franchise, even I struggle to really recommend any of the games to other people. The 2D stuff has a very limited field of view and feels much more trial-and-error, while the 3D stuff has huge potential for freedom of movement but generally is cluttered with garbage to pad out the length. The voice wasn't the problem. Having a ton of extra characters wasn't the problem. Having a story beyond "bad guy wants to rule world, stop him" wasn't the problem. The bad things that happened are just symptoms of the true problems. All of these are sound ideas in and of themselves, and in a better world they could be meshed together into a very competent Sonic game, but that hasn't happened because -Sega of Japan, America and Europe exist and bicker amongst themselves -there are mandates on what should and shouldn't be in Sonic (he can't cry, he can't lose for too long..) -there is no coherent direction or leadership, no one at the top who has a solid idea for what Sonic should be -said leadership bends half-assedly down to the "fans" just to silence the voices, at the expense of quality, because they don't understand why fans want the things -there are budget cuts because Sega overall thinks the Sonic name just needs to sell without regard for the brand reputation or reception, and they're sadly right

[@CinosTheHedgehog2000]

@@myrixica4222 WRONG! It's just the dialogue that's cheese. Which is a staple for the series, so I dunno what made you reach for his voice being the problem

[@hackcubit9663]

I find it a tiny bit ironic that Yahtzee is asking what bandicoots are when they're native to his corner of the world.

[@OsirisLord]

He uses a GIS of a bandicoot in jeans to represent Crash so obviously he knows what they are.

[@jak0995]

where do you think yahtzee is from?

[@OsirisLord]

@@jak0995 originally England, then he moved to Australia, now he lives in the US.

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW but he hasn't even lived in Australia since 2016. he got married and had a kid in California

[@ayyguevara8448]

@@OsirisLord so he's English.

[@solaceinrage]

The "Wheel of Time" reference nearly gave me whiplash from snapping to look at the screen so fast. As serious fiction goes it is my favorite series, with so much lore and history through the books it does Papa Tolkien proud. It isn't as in your face gratuitous as George Martins works, but if you like more of a slow boil with hugely epic crescendos it is hard to beat.

[@johnthomas4516]

I like the ocelot callback. That’s a deep cut.

[@MegaZeta]

Considering all of Yahtzee's videos can be watched back-to-back whenever anyone wants...

[@imtoddhowardandimadeskyrim6553]

'you play as other characters in optional missions and see their point of view' so there also taking inspiration from naughty dogs latest title

[@iansteelmatheson]

more likely it's Spyro 3 though, as Toys for Bob did the remake of that trilogy too if I recall (yea I also know you're joking)

[@honestjoe9417]

Nice to see the brain cheetah back, my head was almost quiet

[@sarahn.h355]

"thats how we get serial murderers." I was laughing so hard and then thought, "yeah. Yeah he's right."

[@feedme100timesover]

Wheel of time reference, didn't know I could like yatzee more

[@mattmacaulay2900]

I know right? A gentleman and a scholar.

[@zyonhenderson67]

Top 5 fantasy series in my book

[@Kyvid]

I’m about 3/4 done reading the WOT series so super excited to see that reference

[@lewstherintelamon244]

I know, who expects to find a Wheel of Time reference straight out of the blue?

[@cgashuf7294]

@@lewstherintelamon244 username checks out

[@Ironbat92]

He's right, Anime does ruin everything. Just look at what happened to my sex life.

[@bonogiamboni4830]

For something to happen to it then it should have been there in the first place.

[@rogerreger9631]

*pulls out a stick and marshmallows* Oh dont mind me im just here for that burn.

[@TheMattwolf]

You mean senpai hasn't noticed you yet?

[@malikoniousjoe]

I’d be dissapointed in Bono for such an obvious burn, if I weren’t already so dissapointed in Joseph for leaving himself so wide open to it

[@RMOB]

No. I think I will not.

[@bleedingpepper]

I remember the Caramel Rabbit. She was my sexual awakening.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

@The Xenomorphian the context is Cadbury had an advert for their caramel chocolate bars featuring a smooth talking rabbit they all sound like ASMR

[@RillianGrant]

@@burntgrahamcracker2866 I saw that on nostalgia critic advert review. It's like someone trying to pull your ears put with seduction. And is just as painful.

[@FalconPaladin]

Dark thoughts manifesting as an ocelot (?) just mailing in in with a "Whores, etc." is my favorite thing of the day. That was amazing.

[@JohnnyThousand605]

Dammit, you had to bring up the Cadbury's caramel rabbit didn't you....

[@StrikeWarlock]

You can't talk about Vtubers like that Yahtz, even your friend Jim Sterling is one as an Undersea Crab.

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

he was also a cat that one time he talked about Cats

[@tahunuva4254]

Ă

[@rougheredge6705]

@@konstantinstepanov5461 They're on pretty good terms last I checked.

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

@@konstantinstepanov5461 a month and a half ago when yahtzee and jack packard were streaming someone said something good about jim, I think about him coming out as non binary, yahtzee nodded enthusiastically when jack said he loved everything jim makes, and yahtzee said with a proud tone he met him once in person and was fond. also do you know about all the videos they made together years ago on this channel?

[@johnivanoplimo5172]

Where does he live under the sea?

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Crash Bandicoot 4 Time is 2 things to me. On a casual playthrough, it’s the greatest thing ever with challenge and charm all mixed together. When it comes to 100% however, it is unironically the Dark Souls of collectathons.

[@laughingalex7563]

This actually makes me think this is an even better game. Hidden achievements and challenges should be difficult. This probably isnt like dark souls but its something to look forward to on pc.

[@Syngrafer]

"Crash Bandicoot 4 Time is 2 things to me." This sentence gave me a stroke. I understood what it meant, but my brain really didn't like it.

@Aria Khalaji Playing drunk, blindfolded and on a dance pad.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

@@laughingalex7563 I agree that it’s still a fantastic game . I say dark souls for the memes but even so, it’s both challenging and kinda overwhelming all the things required for 100% so I don’t blame people who aren’t into that amount of content. The box gems in particular has just been so tricky. I like to think I became an expert after replaying the Trilogy but with this game I still end up missing either a shit Ton of boxes or just that 1 or 2 boxes somewhere along a very long level.

[@user-pd2zy3jy5f]

@@Dimchek970 For some reason I remember you username vividly. Don't know why, though

[@synchronizedelbow5702]

"Confused more virgining sexualities than the Cadbury Caramel rabbit" That's a real British way of saying "Lola Bunny".

[@MegaZeta]

oh

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

I never knew about the Cadbury Caramel Rabbit until I saw one of the Nostalgia Critic's commercials episodes... holy hell those ads were fuckin' weird! but yeah... Lola Bunny... and they knew exactly what they were doing with that character, too. Lola: "Don't ever call me... 'Doll'" (blows her ears out of her face like it's long hair) Bugs: "CHECKED!" (leaps into the air with a springing noise... y'know, sprung, like getting an erection; falls to the ground, making a clunking noise like wood hitting the floor... y'know, wood... like an erection). no way in hell that was all coincidence

[@Shaun_Jones]

I actually came up with a theory why Sonic games eat shit in 3D while other franchises made the jump with relative success; it’s because of the pacing. With say, Mario, you are expected to have to wait for things. Wait for platform to move, wait for the enemy to get into jumping range, wait for the hazard to disappear. This is easy to change over to 3D, as you just have a little more waiting to see all directions. But Sonic games expect you to always be moving, and the hazards and enemies are intended to be dogged or avoided. In 3D, you have to watch all directions so that you don’t get blindsided, and that means stopping to look around, which absolutely kills the pacing and fun of the games. It doesn’t help that the style of Sonic games is to get your little blue ass from one side of the level to the other as fast as possible, which kind of falls apart if you throw in a switch hunt in an office building. I think that’s why these games can never get above average no matter how much effort is put into their quality.

[@hoodedman6579]

The first few 3d games played just fine, they just weren't as refined as they should have been; the questionable elements were not playing as Sonic.

[@MrOmegatronic]

Honestly, it's more that Sonic Team just seems to be really bad at reading player opinions of games & game mechanics. They never figured out what players liked about _Sonic 2_ and _Sonic 3_ , or about the _Adventure_ games, which leads to an interesting phenomenon where _Sonic_ games tend to be just fine if they're made by a third-party company but suffer if they're first-party, which is pretty much the exact opposite of almost every other series. The last two big ones are a prime example of it: They made the 3D game themselves, and _Sonic Forces_ you to buy that shlock; they dumped the 2D game on series fans and basically said, "You guys know what you liked about the series, make more of it," and you'd almost have to be a _Mania_ c not to buy it. Sad thing is, I half think _06_ might've been the closest they would've come to capturing the magic themselves, if not for its infamously atrocious development cycle and barely-functional, Christmas-rushed release.

[@sambaclassfor1959]

I really wasn't expecting the wheel of time reference but sure as hell made me smile :^)

[@twinkiesmaster69]

"the main thing driving you to complete is it probably spite"

[@patrickmcnicholas1999]

the fact Yahtzee has made a wheel of time reference has made me very happy 11/10

[@PhillDante]

Despite Yahtzee's legitimate gripes, I'm still keen to play Crash 4 because I absolutely adore the visual style and the animation, and the gameplay I have seen seems really fun! And as someone who loves anime, anime does indeed ruin everything!!

[@Dragoblade811]

yes but it really depends on how it ruins it

[@owenstephens3389]

Anime has ruined anime

[@tejasgarhewal7509]

Fire emblem sure didn't get ruined though...

[@Xatzimi]

@@tejasgarhewal7509 It absolutely did. Fates went full force on the tropes and ended up as one of the worst. Three Houses just wants to be Persona. But the series has always had some degree of anime-styled art, so it's hard to draw the line

[@tejasgarhewal7509]

@@Xatzimi I was talking in terms of sales though. 3 houses has sold 2.87 million copies as of March 2020. That's almost the best ever figure the series has ever reached. I don't dispute that the overall novelty of the games has gone down, but financially, it seems to be doing better than ever

[@thibaultd7979]

that intro reminds me so hard of ensemble studios with age of empires and microsoft

[@aforcemorepowerful]

"Character appears and disappears as if by magic" is literally the plot of The Prestige

[@ndJssFlurt]

Wait, so, It's About Time. is basically Frankenstein's monster but in video game form? More evidence to prove that this game sucks!!!

[@Weed4daSoul]

This is honestly one of the hardest roasts of a game I've heard in a while. GG man, that was hilarious.

[@EvangelionPower]

When you totally disagree with a review but cannot be angry at the critic because the presentation is incredibly entertaining AF. :D

[@BioMatic2]

that sums up Yathzees. Honestly i rarely follow his opinion to purchase video games but because he is fucking entertaining.

[@just9019]

Yeah. i disagree with some of his reviews (like the sekiro one), but he does call out things he doesn't like and you can sort of get where he's coming from most of the time. Plus the writing is funny

[@ryanjones_rheios]

Pretty much. His Fallout New Vegas one still nettles me, but I love his review style.

[@frostyblade8842]

This. I still strongly dislike his dishonored and GoW 4 reviews and would never actually use him as source for what game to buy but his reviews can be pretty humorous. He's at his best discrebing really bad games imo

[@RedEzelt]

ayyy

[@computernoise2209]

Where are my hommies at who were exposed to female humanoid cartoon animals multiple times as a child and never developed a kink for it? Honestly, everyone makes it sound like I dodged a bullet.

[@f1r3-y_l1on2]

I totally didn't know it was a thing until I grew up and found a website that was basically dedicated to Krystal from Star Fox. Wish I could go back and not stumble upon that tbh, t'was a very explicit site

[@talltroll7092]

Cheetarah may have held a special place in my pants, but the original Thundercats looked essentially human, but with quite high cosmetics and hairspray bills. I can say with some certainty that she didn't seem to spend much on underwear, unless you count one-size-too-small leotards

[@Quyzbuk86]

*raises hand* 'Considering what those weirdos do with those characters more often than not, you certainly did. I enjoyed the characters for what they added to the show and brought to the table. I didn't need anything else. I'm gonna go ahead and blame anime for the majority of them, it truly does ruin everything and needs to go the way of the dodo.

[@Scarnehu]

I think it's weird they're still using Bob in the promo video even though they didn't renew his contract

[@ZhaneX24]

When you think about it, isn't Yahtzee's stickman just a Vtuber too?

[@tornadoawe]

That is an extreme deep take; no wonder the nanny had a shovel.

[@shadowlightnign]

Nah it's more like his "rantsona"

[@MrOmegatronic]

He's never been one to shy from self-deprecating hypocrisy when it's funny.

[@crimsonstrykr]

I see, the plot thiccens!

[@MegaZeta]

Yes, and I'm sure he realizes that

[@yvetteszentesi6077]

1:14 - 1:19 - Wow ... just .. wow. XD That was awesome. Where does he find those verbal grenades I wonder? :)

[@MetroGexual]

2:01 Last time I checked you couldn’t stop time, flip gravity, phase objects in and out of existence or become an indestructible vortex of dark matter in Mario Galaxy

[@sachanadeau5444]

You could flip gravity tho

[@Hysteria98]

I think Yahtzee was referring to the amount of Peyote he took whilst playing.

[@MotiviqueStudio]

"and she looks like she got hit in the face by a bucketful of the early 90s." I mean, don't we all?

[@Wandergirl108]

"Still a better ending than Last of Us 2." That cracked me up so hard. XD

[@kingslayer86]

Yhatzee translation: It's a crash game. Shocking. If you like crash you will like this. This game will not convince you to like crash if you didnt before.

[@Lolbama2012]

Frothing like a poorly supervised coffee machine. I'm using this.

[@doclouis4236]

You lost me on the whole "Crash is edgy" comparison to Sonic when they couldn't be more different, personality wise. Maybe you could say the marketing for those games was edgy.

[@facetron9658]

the original crash design is edgy asf. The jeans, the red high-top shoes, the mohawk, the fingerless gloves...

[@doclouis4236]

@@facetron9658 Edgy in aesthetic only. Crash's personality is mostly him being dumb and goofy. Thankfully, he doesn't say cringey phrases like Sonic does.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@doclouis4236 Sonic was very good back when he was mute... At least we still have ROM Hacks.

[@panqueque3441]

@@doclouis4236 you havent watched skylanders and im glad

[@ketrub]

i mean it was clearly just a buildup to the anime ruins everything joke so

[@AllHailToTypeSun]

"anime ruins everyting" Well, Tawna says kawaii at some point, and I don't particularly like this iteration of her so I guess he's right

[@slifer875]

wai really? in the english dub?

[@Cowboycomando54]

Kawaii is one of those things that make you want to take 12 gauge to someone's waifu.

[@Kaefer1973]

@@Cowboycomando54 I feel the same about all needless loanwords.

[@salmon-stan]

oh sheesh, really? That's lame :/

[@MegaZeta]

oh

[@Wolfs0n]

When I said Crash was stuck in the 90's I DIDN'T MEAN KEEP HIM THERE ALL THE WAY TO 2020!

[@JesseGolo]

"Anime ruins everything." And I took offence to that.

[@andrecarvalho6691]

Heh, take it with a grain of salt as he probably means both weeaboos and the more ludicrous shit you usually see in more young-oriented anime. Pretty sure he could appreciate something like Bebop

[@crimsonstrykr]

Jesus man how new are you to this series to take offense to things like this, Yahtz hates so many things I find to hard to even pinpoint what to be triggered about and just forget about it.

[@andrecarvalho6691]

@LAW ok

[@numbuhilostcount]

Good.

[@timwoodhouse688]

"Still a better ending than the Last of Us 2".Damn right

[@lordgenerias]

I gave up around the halfway point, or thereabouts. What with the game constantly trying to make me feel bad for wholesale slaughtering bad guys, bad guys that left me no options but to commit said slaughter. Around the winter episode in *her* scenario is where I said 'bollocks to this' and sent it back to Gamefly.

[@timwoodhouse688]

@@lordgenerias I gave up before playing the game,good call too.

[@lordgenerias]

@@timwoodhouse688 Very good call. The whole game was depressing.

[@arlopullman6836]

@@lordgenerias you realise Joel slaughtered people constantly right? I swear Last of Us 1 fanboys didn’t even play the game right.

[@lordgenerias]

@@arlopullman6836 I played the first game all the way through, and I didn't see a way to do a pacifist run, so I'm not sure where you see another way to play. At only the very end did I feel like Joel was doing anything one might call evil. Just about every single person Joel kills is trying to kill him, and never for a worthy reason. Bandits want his supplies, the bastards at the end want to use him for food, the infected are basically zombies. Only the Fireflies aren't total monsters, and even then they're not exactly shining paragons of virtue, and what they wanted to do with Ellie wouldn't have produced a cure, because it's not the fungus in her brain that's useful, it's Ellie's DNA creating a mutation that makes her immune. They were killing her for something that wouldn't have done them any good. In 2, your enemies are neutrally trying to survive at their best, selfishly taking from others at most other times, and Abby murdered Joel. I get why, but I don't sympathize with her because she wasn't a likeable person, and her motive boiled down to "he did what my dad would have done for me, but because he wasn't my dad he's evil for it and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever for doing it, and he deserves to be tortured to death". The theme of the game was "revenge only creates a cycle of hate, which begets more revenge", but you don't make choices that allow any other results, and there's only one path you can follow. Joel was wrong for murdering the Fireflies, but ultimately his reasoning was that Ellie was becoming as a surrogate daughter, and he couldn't let some military style group take another daughter away from him, which one can sympathize with. Abby killed Joel because she wanted revenge, not justice. Which makes her a villainous character. But what bothered me, and many others, wasn't just the plot. It was that the whole game was a series of "you killed this person that didn't deserve to be a target of revenge" barring maybe a few of Abby's associates, and both sides losing people important to them. Ellie becomes a worse person for it, gives up on having a stable life with the woman she loves and her (murdered) best friend's child, and loses two fingers, robbing her of her ability to play the guitar (one of her last gifts from Joel that brought her a little bit of happiness). Abby loses her friends and ruins several people's lives, and only gets away because Ellie couldn't bring herself to finish her off, making all of Ellie's sacrifices pointless. What's to like about a game that makes me feel miserable about playing it?

[@Jedasis]

This episode has some of the best visuals in recent memory.

[@viktorsaurus]

Agreed. One of the better and more inspired reviews in general :)

[@joeblaster8770]

Fun but when are you going to do GI Joe: Operation Blackout?

[@RavenousDrake]

*Builds LEGO Star Destroyer *Has box for LEGO UCS Super Star Destroyer

[@joe4339]

I'm so glad that Yahtzee not only knows what Wheel of Time is, but clearly shares my deep desire for the many many loose ends to be tied up. Or just like one book that answers some stuff. IDK.

[@gloweye]

Yathzee is not a hot girl, therefore batting eyelashes doesn't work on me.

[@nomblob5592]

Gloweye He said that to mock Vtubers like the end card credits. And yes Im a riot at parties

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

@@nomblob5592 no he said it in the intro bit at the beginning, which is also in videos where he didn't mention vtubers. also no plz, we've had enough riots

[@nomblob5592]

Z The riot is figurative for fun. Im not joining actual riots dont worry

[@MegaZeta]

Keep telling yourself and your parents that, kid

[@chaotea2042]

Isnt alphabitising a can of beans really easy? It all goes under B.

[@DKannji]

But if you accidentally bake some of them, you must sort them under Ba instead of Be, and some are bound to be bruised, thus sorted under Br... Then there are those that were baked and bruised, and that's a nightmare to alphabetize, do you sort them under Ba Br or Br Ba?

[@chaotea2042]

@@DKannji Its a can of baked beans, so theyre all baked beans. And you dont generally alphabatise by physical condition :D

[@DKannji]

@@chaotea2042 Where I work we alphabetize based on condition. How else does one package beans efficiently in cans?!

[@nonamepasserbya6658]

@@DKannji Im taking a blind guess that you work in quality control

[@DKannji]

@@nonamepasserbya6658 Actually, my job title is "Canned beans analysis and packing specialist".

[@MCSorry]

Vtubers are great - Yathzee Croshaw, 2020

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

Mark my words, one day there will be some wave of ai virtual KZbinrs that makes game review videos based on machine learning algorithms replicating yahtzee's style, and we'll see who's laughing then

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

I still think the end of Yahtzee's promotions should having Yahtzee yelling away from the mic, "There, Nic, I did it! Happy now?!"

[@ytmatx]

I'll be honest, when I first saw the video title, I thought it was Yahtzee saying "It's about time" as in he was really, REALLY excited for this one.

[@omarelfakihperez4466]

The bit about someone else making a sequel to your franchise might become relevant again if the people left at the escapist try to make something similar to fill the void, or worse, are force bu gamurs to continue the series with another guy

[@lucsparrow8804]

The caramel Cadbury quote absolutely killed me! Was speaking about that today! Haha yhatzee your a gent! 😅

[@TheAngelo55]

Whoa, shots fired at the end there yahtzee.

[@qqq386]

I think Brandon Sanderson did a fairly good job closing the Wheel of Time

[@Dao128]

There is one point I have to disagree Yahtzee on: quality of life improvements: The addition of the shadow marker makes the 3D platforming much more bearable [though not easier, the difficulty I imagine is par for the course], and the option to choose whether to play using the extra life system or not, there are a couple of weird bugs here and there, but overall...I had fun...still having fun [completing 100% IS an absolute bitch though,]

[@jakefromstatefarm8964]

Yeah, honestly, retro mode alone is such a good improvement, not to mention all the little stuff they sprinkle in here and there like the gem bar, the shadows etc. The thing is just that the game is hard because it's *supposed* to be hard. I think this game made a lot of great strides in the right direction.

[@Dao128]

@jocaguz18 I meant the highlight on the shadow actually.

[@floatsyourgoats6200]

There are even colorblind filters and subtitle size options as well. I can't imagine things getting much more quality of life than that.

[@mrkat1999]

Caddicarus called this game “cash banooca 4 in a big tent”

[@fatwe1992]

Ngl... I was not expecting the wheel of time reference but I'm laughing now so good job!

[@nigralurker]

Difference is that Sonic takes itself too seriously, meanwhile Crash knows what it is.

[@MrOmegatronic]

Honestly, I think the difference is more that the devs never actually figured out *why* the players liked _Sonic_ games, really. It's kinda sad. xD

[@hyperon_ion9423]

Got caught off guard by this one. Yahtzee is the first person I’ve heard that generally hated the game. Yes, I know the whole point of his show is that he actually criticizes games, but almost every other review I’ve seen _loved_ all of the stuff Yahtzee hated. Except Tawna... I think she was just average across the board.

[@ariakhalaji4676]

Triple a developer's could shit on a dish soaked in piss and gaming " journalists " praise it lol

[@jpnuar1]

*sees credits gag* What the hell is a Croshaw anyway?

[@MasterScopesvids]

I didn’t know I could love you more Yahtzee but that fuckin wheel of time reference earned you an even deeper, unexplored level of love

[@JackOfAllSkillige]

Love the WOT reference

[@deusexvesania1702]

Hearing him talk about -Coco- Tawna gave me a flashback to the Bratgirls of 'Crash of the Titans' Furry gothloli schoolgirl dominas... How many new fetishes do you want to unlock? Yes.

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

he wasn't talking about coco was he? she's crash's sister and he was talking about a girlfriend i didnt know crash had right

[@deusexvesania1702]

@@user-zr9hu3tf1y Right, thanks for correcting me. I was looking for so long how those enemies in CotT were called that it obviously shifted from Tawna to Coco in my head. On a sidenote: Do not search for them with input like 'bandicoot goth enemy' ... The fandom is very weird.

[@randomsandwichian]

Is the island reference hinting to one Crash Bandicoot cameo crashing into one island hopping adventure story? Ah? Ah?? * wink wink nudge nudge*

[@TheInfamousMrLinder]

That wheel of time bit made me nearly spit out my water xD

[@sebastiangarda191]

Y'know I watch these whenever they come out and to this day I still can't tell whether he likes games or not

[@StarkRaven59]

Ah, how I've missed the ocelot in Yahtzee's head that tells him to kill everything.

[@talltroll7092]

Mostly the whores. Mostly

[@calebhall6511]

I love the wheel of time reference! I hope people look in to it

[@herogear_art]

They did add one 'modern life convenience' named...uh, Modern mode, oddly enough. No life count that leads to a game over, always restart at checkpoints, and the game generates more checkpoints if you keep dying in a section.

[@floatsyourgoats6200]

Not to mention the colorblind filters that I don't think I've seen any other game include before. That seems very modern and convenient to me.

[@viktorsaurus]

Can we please get t-shirts with Yahtzee's version of Crash on them?

[@solsol2733]

He mentioned wheel of time!!’ Truly an intellectual

[@juliand6317]

And he ripped on how bad the plot of WoT was. Welcome Yahtzee to the most refined of intellectual circles.

[@SomewhereinIngerland]

The one second of Bob Chipman's face activated my fucking fight or flight instinct.

[@MrMegaManFan]

I didn’t expect a Robert Jordan reference!

[@pinochet3317]

1:30 That’s a very normal everyday occurrence

[@Hollowolfjas4014]

"As does half of my viewership" hey now, Yahtz. Your work is way better than mediocre.

[@jiminyhickerbottoms1846]

Woooow sudden reference to Wheel of Time is satisfying! xD

[@mikemicalroman]

Oh my god, there’s Jack Pakard from Best of the Worst

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

lol you know he streams with yahtzee like every other week, no? it seems like you like him, go browsing around this channel, he does a few things on here

[@FervidWriter]

DID NO ONE CATCH THE EARTHWORM JIM REFERENCE???? 5:14

[@geardog24]

The new Tawna is a huge upgrade from the original, but she'll still give you "confused feelings".

[@Ashurman666]

No...not really. She looks different but that's about it. She still has no depth. She went from generic dame in distress to generic action girl. She's still generic with no depth, no character and no development

[@Ashurman666]

@The Dude No. What i want is for people to realize that Tawna hasn't changed. She's still generic, just a different kind of generic. People go on and on about how this Tawna is radically different from the old one when she really isn't

[@brandymclynn3735]

Was not expecting a Wheel of Time reference. Respect man

[@joaogrrr]

5:18 Hmm, no brother. Sally didn't leave any confusion in my mind :3

[@BioMatic2]

i have to question Yathzees sanity when he tries to take seriously the story of Crash 4. Imagining someone thinking that the side story levels were done for narrative purpouses is hilarious.

[@unformedeight]

As an anime fan I say reee and disagree with the last sentiment

[@zancrus9629]

That wheel of time ref....it hit me right in the feels.

[@nbrikha]

12 years later, still watching you. You literally invented PCMR, you are the godfather of gaming

[@tf2scoutpunch175]

🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓

[@BugsyFoga]

I definitely like the ratchet and clank vibes I get out of this Crash game.

[@petarpoljak6918]

Ironically a cancelled Crash game called "Crash Evolution" was cancelled because it was too similar to Ratchet and Clank, so it was scrapped and and that project turned into Twinsanity. I guess if the gameplay and controls are Crash-like and everything else is not, i guess that's fine by everyone.

[@USMC49er]

Anime ruins everything, unless they are Japanese vtubers whereas you control the internet with an iron fist. Edit: Like minds with the end credits

[@talltroll7092]

"I'm with the Science Team"

[@HardlegGaming]

I'm just happy to see a Wheel of Time reference

[@angeldeb82]

So funny with the way Crash and Tawna are portrayed as rats in overalls. Also LOLed at some parts, especially the imps acting weird and Super Sonic going "Kame hame hame hame..."! XD

[@TheAtheist8]

obligatory "sonic went super before goku did"

[@A1phaz0ne]

I would love to see a ZP on Rimworld. Its would go so well with his style of commentary and humor, holy shit.

[@toaster317]

Oh my god please yes

[@laxku]

Agreed. Haven't played in a while but I love that game.

[@RemiScutlet]

There is always those things yahtzee says that just make us want to look it up. in this episode the Cadbury bunny.

[@ZekeStaright]

I think it was that Sonic was trying to go along with the times, but didn't know how & thus kept falling, while Crash has done what Sonic fans keep asking for: A Return To Form. Run as fast as you can though a 2D level, collect rings and emeralds & jump on robots.