CRYSIS 3 (Zero Punctuation)

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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Crysis 3.
Fast-talking Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw reviews a new game each week in this animated series that combines informed critique with cutting humor. Watch the next episode of Zero Punctuation a week early, only on The Escapist.
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[@Deathclaw-lh5tl]

"I like my porn to have a story" And thus my respect for Yahtzee keeps growing.

[@MegaZeta]

I'm with Yahtzee on the point he's making, though, because I _did_ start cloak-sprinting like a connect-the-dots puzzle through large parts of _Crysis 3,_ since the game kept emphasizing stealth. I stopped playing when the dialog made plain that I'd hit the halfway point of the story right around when I asked myself, _"When does the story start?"_ I'd assumed that when I was out of the learn-the-ropes part of the game, I wouldn't be encouraged to sprint-pause-sprint through 75-100% of a chapter.

[@killerbee2562]

He referenced _Red Shoe Diaries_ in one of his lets plays with Gabe.

[@nitaishneor6214]

I agree with Yahtzee completely

[@gampolo2o]

I like to imagine that throughout crisis 2, Alcatraz's personality is absorbed into the suit, the same way that Prophet's was. So now, even though Prophet may be "in control," Alcatraz is still in there doing... I dunno, housekeeping?

[@Chocl8215]

+gampolo2o He's playing minesweeper like Nail.

[@TheAwesomeHyperon]

+Chocl8215 Alcatraz: (Talking to Prophet in his Mind) Hey man! Can I talk you about something really quick? Prophet: I'm seriously in the middle of something right now. Alcatraz: Yeah I know but I've been looking around and you've got like no apps in here. I have already played the crap out of Minesweeper. Prophet: Could you just--wait I have apps? I have minesweeper!? I just thought I could connect to the internet with my visor. Alcatraz: I didn't even know we could do that. Prophet: Well you learn something new everyday. Now could you let me focus-- Alcatraz: Hey! You wanna play me in Minesweeper? (Prophet begins to uncloak) Prophet: You can't play someone in Minesweeper. That's a single player game! Alcatraz: Nah, see first I go then you go and try to beat my time--ah hey, are we being shot at? Prophet: Huh? DAMN IT!

[@CMGThePerson]

Well, Prophet can now get what he deserves the fucking wanker

[@PelinalWhitestrake36]

@@Chocl8215 Honestly my headcanon is that at the last part where Prophet almost gives up, Alcatrez is the one who “wakes” up and screames NOOOO, was a way to metaphroically smack prophet in the face for being a wimp

[@josha5933]

conversation at crytek "we cant think of anything to stick on the box art" "ok just put a bow and arrow in there" "ah ok...so we can make it useful while cloaked?" "nah, no-one really does stealth, lets make this bow insta kill every enemy and also be able to use to to shoot bombs and ceph stunning lightning arrows" "ah ok but we can balance it with a small range and drop off which will require skill to use?" "nah, that would take making a new physics model..."

[@drakkenmensch]

2013 was the YEAR OF BOW in games.

[@ryandane2134]

Yes it was..., BF3, FarCry4, CodBo1, Crysis3

[@jeevithrai7994]

@@ryandane2134 Tomb Raider too

[@Tube_Chaser]

@@jeevithrai7994 Pretty sure the Tomb Raider reboot started that trend

[@Gnenguin]

@@Tube_Chaser Yes and the craze in general probs started because of the Hunger Games film in 2012

[@aelechko]

@@ryandane2134 wasn’t it far cry 3?

[@aegis027]

I don't see why they couldn't just have Prophet be a voice in the suit, and keep Alcatraz as the semi-rational glue holding it together (no pun intended). It's better than "Yeah, the suit needed a body so I just got some random I found washed up on a beach and shoved him in there. Not like he had a family or a life of his own. What? Find some way to remove him and give him the honor he deserves for saving humanity? Nah, I like him as a reverse puppet" Seriously, it reminds me of those combat harnesses moving skeletons in Fallout NV Big MT.

[@DILFDylF]

Those skeletons kind of gave me the chills. Also it was New Vegas.

[@MegaZeta]

Because it's a lazy substitute for developing characters that wouldn't survive development. It's like if they made a sequel to _Commando._ What more can you do with John Matrix? You can't make him complex without breaking the character. So, I don't know, you have someone chop his forearm off in the first 15 minutes, then you give him a prosthetic with a combat knife in the wrist and have him slice up bad guys in a whole new way.

[@MegaZeta]

@@DILFDylF Fallout NV = Fallout New Vegas.

[@xcellentcreations3312]

Like, I get that the nanosuits in the crysis games are pretty much a wolf in sheep's clothings thing....but what the hell was prophet thinking?!

[@First-Last_name]

@@MegaZeta they did give bionic commando caricature. His bionic arm is his wife (seriously, look it up) Seriously though, if they can make BJ blaster deep in wolfenstien, they can make alcatraz have depth.

[@agc93]

I love that the thumbnail for this video is the same as the thumbnail for the Crysis 2 review. Same box art, anyone?

[@ClonesDream]

Crysis 4, featuring sticks and stones. Preorder now to recieve a additional stick so you can hold 2 to do 69 times more damage then a nuclear warhead. Guns? What's a guns?

[@CannonBolt112]

Crisis 5, featuring name calling. While it can never hurt me, it will do 4 times the damage of a sun crusher to my enemies.

[@theflahplayer9]

Cannon Productions crysis 6 is just a bag of shit nailed to a wall with a arrow

[@Upsetkiller456]

flashplayer 9 I don't know if they'd know what an arrow is by then.

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

Cannon Productions crisis 6 will contain a heavy breath of air, if you pre order you can make it a warm puff of breath which increases its damage but decreases its fire rate.

[@dydlus]

Crisis 8: Featuring existing, which instantly de-materializes every enemy in the game. Preorder now to... Erm... Idk, conjure black holes or somethin'.

[@alexanderstilianov]

I too like my porn to have a story. It makes it more slightly engaging and memorable after you're finished.

[@miaben1212]

Like us two fucking.

[@SuperLordGaming]

+amal ben Kinky shit right here.

[@ryanb.5274]

+SuperLordGaming Ayy lmao

[@alexanderstilianov]

amal ben We meet again...

[@ryanb.5274]

+Alex indeed you have, don't mind me, I've been stalking you and Sir Fur, don't ask why, you can probably guess.

[@JABRIEL251]

Truth be told, I do like my porn to have a story.

[@CrucibleOfHate]

I would just like to say that when fire arms were first invented, bows were significantly more effect; longer range, faster firing rate, better accuracy, and ultimately more likely to kill the person you're trying to kill. Of course, before it was even conceivable to actually mass train soldiers in the use of longbows, they were made obsolete by guns, as you said. It just took too long to teach someone to use a bow.

[@ColeBlueford]

"but will Prophet ever be able to escape from Alcatraz" Somehow I have a feeling that will be the hack job excuse plot to fuel the next bloody game.

[@aconfusedlacroix3965]

Yea about that next bloody game

[@zold5]

Crysis 3 as a sandbox would be AMAZING!!!

[@Nikke-nn5mn]

Crysis 1 is basically that.

[@TARINunit9]

Nikolas Orava Only if you append the words "except every mission is to get from one side of the sandbox to the other."

[@zold5]

Nikolas Orava Crysis is not a sandbox

[@PivotXX]

2:05 Video games have to have at least 1 betrayal. Metal Gear Solid 1 - 4 all I have a betrayal Borderlands 1 and 2 have a betrayal. fuck..he was right

[@sharrpshooter1]

Halo had alot of betrayals

[@trustworthytim4762]

Why a bow? Of all the weapons, why a bow? Every game at the time seemed to do this: Far Cry 3 (which kicked ass as a stealth weapon), Tomb Raider, and now Crysis 3. Is that a +3 defense against gameplay stagnation card now?

[@trustworthytim4762]

Ah. That seems a little strange for Crysis though, when you could give him a more outlandish tool like a gatling crossbow with corrosive bolts, or a grapple gun with multiple barrels, or a quad barrel shotgun.

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

Francis Drake OR a Lightning-Shuriken gun!

[@CMGThePerson]

2013: The Year of the Bow

[@ryandane2134]

Battlefield 3 had it, Call of Duty Black ops had it. It Fucking weird alot games had it. Even Farcry 4 had it too.

[@zyad48]

"how forgettable you ask? I'VE FORGOTTEN" XDD that line kills me

[@loupax]

This video made me want to play Crysis 2... Look, I got it in a cheap steam sale a few months ago, didn't even know it was there!

[@Skyk0rn]

i've been seeding it on the piratebay for a few years already, what a lucky guy i am!

[@Petman1325]

I got it from the Origin Bundle and gave none of the money to EA, so I felt good about myself.

[@loupax]

Petman5312 Thats where I got it from too. Just pointing out that I was very disappoint

[@shaunpaulcroft]

Κώστας Λουπασάκης I bought it properly, and now I feel like a twat :p

[@23madberty]

Κώστας Λουπασάκης I traded it with a friend for Resistance: Fall of Man. Good call on my part.

[@thaddeushamlet]

Honestly I put this game down for a while just because I couldn't see a fucking thing through the grass while all the enemies clearly had infrared auto-targeting systems on their guns.

[@camerontrivett3808]

Hamlet Enthusiast thou have infrared sight

[@thaddeushamlet]

Cameron Trivett Yeah, don't know why, but it just wouldn't help. That and power drain.

[@R3GARnator]

Power is a non-issue, with the right suit upgrades with their unlocked improvement a) power recharges faster and b) you can take almost as much as armored mode damage to health.

[@cheatsenabled1662]

That reminds me of when I heard Alcatraz's name in Crysis 2. I immediately shouted at my friend "I AM AN INESCAPABLE PRISON!"

[@greywalker505]

4:30 It’s funny, because when you get down to it, that’s why the Predators hunt. They’re big game hunters. They do what they do for sport, for entertainment. Look past the honor and standards and shit, and you’ve got creatures that don’t have the (limited) excuses that the Xenomorphs do (e.g., they simply want to survive and propagate their race).

[@vilanous28]

SHE HASNT SMILED THAT WIDE COZ HER HUSBAND RECOVERED HIS SIGHT

[@hikeskool]

"Pssshhhh" @1:26 fucking fantastic.

[@PetersaberHD]

1. The bow is so powerful because it's integrated into nanosuit's strenght thingy. Psycho explains that before he gives it to you 2. If you want to cloak past enemies and spare them, nothing is stopping you. That's the point - multiple ways to approach objectives

[@dik4316]

1) Because a string's elasticity works that way. 2) It's a first person shooter, though, not a stealth-em-up. I think. It was supposed to be that, at least.

[@PetersaberHD]

Di, k 1. it's no a string. it's some kind of weird metal. 2. it's both

[@bladez479]

A bow's power has nothing to do with the string, in fact the string does not stretch whatsoever. The bow's power is given by the elasticity of the limbs, limbs that are harder to bend equate to more power while also making it harder to draw. Therefore it would make sense to have a bow with an extremely heavy draw when you have the strength of an elephant that has been shooting heroin into its scrotum.

[@michaelkemel9711]

As Yahtzee has pretty much said in his reviews, the whole "play it your way" concept often leads to at most two or three different approaches with one usually being way more efficient, easy, and fun than the others. Why start a fight when you can sneak past all of the enemies?

[@PetersaberHD]

Michael Kemel because blowing shit up is really fun?

[@TreyDobe]

For some inexplicable reason I now want to learn archery...

[@JetJenkins]

Joseph Murray Because you're easily impressed. I remember back when you made that super hero version of my OC for that one computer game. And my OC was super dumb by itself already.

[@TreyDobe]

So...do I know you are something?

[@JetJenkins]

Joseph Murray Kanon? Monochrome Kanon? From GTW?

[@TreyDobe]

Ahh yea I remember. I suppose I'm more surprised you remembered who I was.

[@TreyDobe]

***** Indeed.

[@FoxDr]

The reason that bow is so OP is that it's not just your normal bow. It's so tense that you NEED the nanosuit to take the arrow back of even a nanometer. And if you put tremendous force into that bow, and that it gets transfered into that arrow, it will destroy whatever's in its path

[@Skwalker]

"property of twats" It's the little details in Yahtzee's vids that I love.

[@runningcommentary2125]

Interestingly enough, most guns didn't become more effective than bows until near the end of the nineteenth century. The reason they replaced them was because they were easier to use and didn't require years of training. To use a medieval longbow required regular practice from childhood. You could train some to fire a musket in a few hours.

[@Klovaneer]

Interestingly enough you confuse 19th century with 13th (or thereabouts) and firearms with crossbows.

[@Mr1234d]

This is probably a bit nit picky but the most britishman ever explains that the bow and arrow is mad so that its power multiplys with the amount of strength the nano suit gives the wearer but the keep up the great videos yahtzee

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

for me, the game was all "ooohhh look we have a bow!" and then have ammo on the first and last missions. yes i went the whole game with using the bow for 2 missions, and the bow ran out of ammo very quickly. i probably should've searched the area yet i used the binoculars (that can see through walls for some reason) and could only find regular ammo and "special" ammo, which i only used for the electric ball slingshot gun.

[@justarandomguy996]

and for some reason,in the demo for the game the bow had 25 arrows,and in the full game it was about 10

[@etocadet]

Crysis before EA = A very beautiful Shooter only available on PC because current consoles couldn't handle it and therefore they didn't want to sell themselves cheap After EA = A generic shooter with just more graphics

[@INFEDnoX]

Crysis 1 was generic as fuck as well, the only saving grace of that game was the (somewhat) sandbox-y nature of it, and even that got boring after a while.

[@R3GARnator]

Crysis 2 was pretty darn good.

[@TheAwesomeHyperon]

This game feels like it tells a different story like Prophet was the main character as Both Nomad and Alcatraz are only mentioned by name once.

[@danielhale1]

Why give the player an archaic bow when older games have done it just as well but stayed in theme? Half-Life 2 had a jury-rigged crossbow that literally shot super-heated rebar at the enemy. It behaved, for all intents and purposes, like a bow and arrow... but without betraying the futuristic-junkpile setting of the game. In fact, it was pretty awesome. Putting an ancient or even "year 2014 modernized" bow into a futuristic game just screams "designed by committee" or "we're just doing what's popular, please don't judge us by our actions". There's a lot you can get away with in a story if you just put a modicum of effort into it. Hell, I could justify putting a slingshot into a futuristic game if it were themed and explained properly. "Oh dear, I have all these impact-sensitive anti-matter pellets and no way to fling them long distances because the gun that fired them is broken. But maybe I could jury-rig some ridiculous-but-endearing shamble of a weapon to fire them?". Could be an amusing aside in an otherwise serious story, have fun with it. And even it that's a terrible plot device, it's better than "we're a super-armed future military force and we use bows because reasons". But not even that level of effort was placed into many of the futuristic games I've played lately. Why is Turok choosing to fire arrows at dinosaurs and armored soldiers? I don't understand why a high-velocity armor-penetrating bullet couldn't do the job better... and don't give me that stealth crap, silencers were invented long before any of us were born and they're kind of in use for a damn good reason. :) In summary, if your video game player wants something to die, give him a weapon that looks like it could do the job. If you deliberately hand him a weapon that is thematically out of place or underpowered, tie that into the game in a sane and thoughtful way. Listening game devs? No? *sigh* Well it felt good to rant to myself in public, anyway. I'm going to be a lot of fun when I go senile, if by "fun" we all agree I mean "eyed suspiciously and finally locked away".

[@zacharybowler28]

Totally agree if you can make it fit in in some way an "archaic" weapon can totally add to a game. Although I will say that if a game had me come out of some type of cell, and I had "anti-matter pebbles" to throw/shoot at someone that would be all kinds of funny, especially if you did make a slingshot to shoot them even if only until you got a better weapon. Maybe make them destroy everything in a radius including the guards weapons?

[@Tuberuser187]

They kinda do explain it the same way as HL2, the bow is made from modern materials and can change the tips to specialised incendiary or explosive ones instantly and it only works with the nanosuit because the draw weight is far higher than a human could pull.

[@danielhale1]

Tuberuser187 Yea, but it still doesn't explain why you would use even an advanced bow over equally advanced guns. A bow is still more awkward to use and less potent than a silenced sniper rifle that fires high-velocity depleted uranium death (or something futuristically appropriate). You need a good reason why the step backward into more primitive is a good idea. In HL2's case, several of your weapons are often jury-rigged from other equipment as it is, out of necessity (making it very thematically fitting). Further, the ability to use a common material like rebar as ammo makes the crossbow a very valuable tool in such an environment. Weapons like the combine's rifle can certainly out-perform the crossbow, but you have to find ammo for them and that's not always plentiful. In a game like Crysis where foes supposedly have advanced armor or shields designed to deflect bullets more effectively, you could reason that the lower velocity of an arrow or its unique materials & structure let it more easily bypass that protection (which only activates at bullet speeds or in response to certain materials). But someone may have to call me out on that -- it may not be an excellent reason. And game designers often screw up this reasoning when they apply it blindly, like to unarmored foes. For example, the unarmored, unshielded bear in the woods absorbs bullets like a pincushion just as well as the aliens/soldiers, but the arrow that's supposed to be selectively useful against shielded foes kills the bear in one shot. ;) You have to follow through with your excuses, or they become just that.

[@Tuberuser187]

Daniel Hale The thing is at medium ranges the bow in Crysis 3 bow with the draw weight of the predator bow would probably be as effective as a marksman rifle with all the advantages of its easily changed specialised ammo. A skilled bowman can fire 20 rounds per minute, not all the different to a modern sniper at around one round every 3 seconds and the wearer of a Nanosuit wouldn't tire from it. The bow would have a much greater overall kinetic impact because of the projectiles weight, you are really under estimating the effectiveness of a bow in general. Given some practice (well okay a lot of practice) and a good modern average bow a person could be as lethal with it as many firearms, no they are not fully automatic but spraying bullets is ineffective so the shooter of a firearm would take time to aim shots anyway. There is a real reason Longbows where considered to the machine guns of their day, modern compound and recurve bows retain much of the power of those bows but are smaller.

[@danielhale1]

Tuberuser187: The problem being that even at medium ranges, a bow lacks the precision of a sniper rifle, nevermind discussions of impact and penetration (and I'm still dubious about even a high-performance bow playing that role, but I don't have the training needed in these things to be certain). Bows were displaced by guns in real wars for a reason. Hunters use bows on occasion for the sport or experience (and because deer make a less dangerous opponent than enemy militants), but you won't take one out onto the battlefield in real life. At least, I've yet to see a serious marine choose to take down an opponent with a bow -- it only ever happens in movies and games, for the image more than the pragmatism. A semi-automatic rifle with iron sights (no scope) is likely to be at least as accurate, and against armored targets, a rifle designed for anti-armor or anti-tank is a more reliable choice than trying to wield a bow. Trying to make a bow with a high draw strength compete with a metal bullet propelled by explosives may be a lost cause, even assuming the human has the powered armor to help him draw it back. And simple explosion-propelled metal bullets are old tech -- you can go further with guns even with existing technology. You might build & use a rudimentary bow if you had no other equipment (lost everything, need to build from what you have), I can see that. But you'd discard or shelve it as soon as you had firearms available again. And spending cash on a state-of-the-art bow vs an equally expensive rifle seems like a starry-eyed choice. Bows are awesome and they invoke some useful responses from an audience playing a game or watching a movie. But they're not the practical choice for a military, even a crysis suit warrior with incredible strength. At that point, just give him a heavy machinegun with explosive or penetrating rounds, followed by "good luck, have fun". Relatively minimal investment into existing tech outclasses even futuristic bows.

[@Kamfrenchie]

the thing is, fallout 3 had something which was an aberrtion for many, me included: level scaling. Seeing an unarmored lvl2 character take out 2 brotherhood paladins in full armour was painful. But that did let everyone go around withou fear of facing an overly strong oponent for their level It's true that the beginning was more linear, but it helped understand the region's situation much more. It also imo, made discovering New Vegas feel more rewarding than finding it in 1 hour

[@westonparker5940]

>Bow and arrow Shut up and take my money!

[@Endless-River]

It's one of the main reasons why I bought the game. Now I own all three games and love the Crysis series almost as much as the Halo series. Halo goes much more in-depth which is what I like.

[@scourge7373]

I don't get the obsession with bows in games, at least Farcry 3 and Tomb Raider had the protagonist using it because of their situation and for hunting, but it makes no sense here. They're not as silent as the claim is, the impact alone is fucking loud. Then add on the super strength prophet has to fire the bows at a high draw weight, and it's not ideal for stealth, plus they'd need material that can withstand the force without shattering the bow on firing with prophet's strength. Farcry 3 at least required you to check for arrow drop and measure distance, and it wasn't insta kill

[@OzixiThrill]

You CAN fire a bow from cover. Also, if both weapons are in the same condition (eg: the gun is cocked/safety off roughly equals an arrow ready to be fired) [or you have to cock/torn off safety, while I have to load an arrow, in which case I might actually get to shooting faster] Also, depending on the strength of the bow, you can fire pretty rapidly. And if we start talking about advantages of each weapon (like how guns can fire '6000' bullets), bows can be accurate while you're in motion.)

[@punman5392]

By the end of Crysis 3 Prophet basically becomes a super hero which throws stakes out the window

[@pesokpesok]

i love this guy!

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

You're kind of wrong on that one Yahtzee, due to the fact that the arrows have more mass they usually get more penetration power (insert snarky remark here) than a bullet would when going to through the flesh, bones and even clothes of a man. Of course that guns do get more range and speed and it can be fired multiple times, but as you mentioned early, they are silent and you can retrieve the arrows. btw, some modern bows and arrows can penetrate kevlar quite easily, and others, though they don't penetrate the kevlar, have so much impact that it would essentially hammer its way through the body of the poor sap leaving a crater and crushing bones.

[@laydengoddard7048]

Yes, and it's the same for bullets (minus the whole greater mass thing) but there are specially designed bullets the can hammer an opponents armored anything so hard that they sometimes wish they would've been hit by an explosive. Then there are Bullets that can pierce through an inch (or more) of steel and wiring. A.K.A. a tank. So again, I wonder how the Bow and arrow were replaced by some of the most advanced weaponry we've ever made?

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

that's true, but i was referring to the current ages and not so much on the time period of this game, because in the time period of the game there is only 2 things going its way, and that is stealth and ammo recoverability. I mean, in the time set of this game there's a gun with ten barrels that fires 500 rounds per second... Fuck stealth! :P

[@laydengoddard7048]

KRIMZONMEKANISM I was referring to modern times, but the way they show the "military" weaponry is actually quite realistic by the time period in the game we're supposed to be able to use laser based weaponry and gauss rifles, witch some of the soldiers in the game have already, but the way the AI thinks and reacts basically makes them seem like robots. So like you said. Fuck stealth. XD

[@KRIMZONMEKANISM]

Glad you share my opinion :D

[@grmasdfII]

If great mass alone would be the deciding factor in penetration, baseballs would be very deadly indeed. Arrows have certain things going for them, but if you take a set of comparable examples (recurve bows vs lower caliber Pistols/SMGs, Compound bows for the higher caliber auto/semi-automatic rifles - not even touching on large caliber rifles) with comparable ammunition (granted, the variety of guns and ammo to choose from is bigger in the firearm department, but there are several popular arrow tips), bullets will pretty much always emerge victorious - to the point where you would have to resort to "but if these conditions are met..." scenarios to find one where they don't. I'm an archer myself, not at all into firearms, but yeah - they're a lot better at killing and causing general mayhem.

[@PropaneTreeFiddy]

"the bloke with the engine filter stuck to his face" made my day

[@Nimbus3690]

The improved gauss rifle when u come down from the frozen mountain is the best!! Ah crysis 1 was awesome, just the feel of the alien invasion, so well done

[@jzzzzzzzzzzzup]

Does anyone else think the stealth in this game is shit? I mean you have to be cloaked at all times to not be seen. If I'm in a bush, it's dark and the enemy is 30 feet away from me he shouldn't see me cloaked or not. Even in daylight, they see you from 500 meters away even if you're in a bush and sometimes even behind cover that only shows like your feet or something

[@Wr0ngW4y]

Actually on the level where u kill hargreve in C2 i hid in bushes to recharge my energy then i cloke sprinted to win. Not one bullet shot for that entire segment.

[@TARINunit9]

The enemy actually has really bad distance focusing if they haven't been alerted. Which is just as well, since every single "tactical objective arena" starts you out on a ledge in broad daylight about 45 yards from two enemy patrol lines

[@eddthehead123]

Oddly enough, I also prefer porn with a storyline. Which is why I never watch any because it ever has a storyline. Much like how WoW never has anything good.

[@crazyboyz313]

What i liked about crysis 3 though was the mechanics that were fixed i.e. the level of customization and the UI it used being like crysis 1 ALSO THE FY71 WAS IN THE GAME, COME ON.

[@dameonlarouge4044]

Loved the review, you're quite the amusing bloke ^^

[@StrikerMk2491]

I still couldn't watch Crysis 3 videos at 240p.

[@Mecknavorz]

Ah, but by forgetting how forgettable crysis 3 is your are remembering that you have forgotten that is is so forgettable, there for you are remembering that it is rather forgettable, but also not forgettable because you remember how forgettable it is!

[@Timberwolf581]

"When that bloke with the engine filter stuck to his face" I laughed my ass off. xD

[@TheTIGSY]

actually the bow being such a high damage stealth weapon makes sense as its a compound bow he uses and im willing to be it has a very unconventional draw weight which from the right range could quite easily be more penetrating than a bullet.

[@vjollila96]

those graphics tho

[@godzillanightmare]

No long intro, THANK GOD!!!!

[@mahmoudtosson]

heeeeeeeeeelp I can't stop watching Yahtzee I watched every single video of his what to do guys ??!!

[@blondbassist]

I agree with this review thingy, Crysis 2 left a real memorable impression on me, Crysis 3 was an easily forgettable but decent experience.

[@litarogers3984]

OHHHH HE DIDNT CHANGE THE THUMBNAIL CUZ THEY DIDNT CHANGE THE GRAPHIC

[@DomIstKrieg]

Sloth Kingdom. Well put.

[@benturner3548]

Crysis gets away with all it's shit because it's shooting mechanics are the best since CoD4.

[@ssbj144]

CoD 4 sucks balls brah..

[@Myoron]

Ahem. Painkiller "Murdering tons of dude for no reason is fun! Who cares about story" Crysis 3: "Why would I want to murder tons of dudes? Obviously I need story to give context" Got your wires crossed a bit there.

[@AlwaysANemesis]

There's a considerable difference in the two games: Painkiller, to its credit, _didn't_ need a complex story: you're a guy tasked with killing demons. Not much more to elaborate. And since the gameplay was so ridiculously over-the-top and psychotic fun, reminiscent of doom, the lack of context where it's not even needed can be forgiven. Plus, it never truly had a sequential predecessor, so it was, to whatever degree, a new IP But in a game as complex as Crysis 3 is, you need to understand it's taking a *lot* of cues from Crysis 2, so there's a level of expectation. Also, keep in mind this is an era of games where story and gameplay are a general hand-in-hand couple: the context complements the narrative. But when a game that _demands_ there be an elaborate story lacks the context, then there's your first big flaw there.

[@Lalle524]

The entire painkiller game is about murdering the fu** out of DEMONS, i don' think you need a Big story to have a reason for ripping their spines out and throw Them at their friends

[@user-tf9xy9bh6i]

You reallllllly misinterpreted what he said.....

[@TARINunit9]

Here, I think I can explain: In Crysis 3, Yahtzee says he doesn't see any reason to kill enemies that he does not perceive to be a threat or an obstacle. He actually says this in the review. In Painkiller, Yahtzee does perceive the enemies to be threats and obstacles

[@Dice12K]

Here's a good question: Have you ever tried to walk/run through the demons in Painkiller without shooting/killing them? Early on, you'll be mostly fine; maybe a scrape or two. Later on, you're not reaching the other end without dying. Point: The demons in Painkiller ARE a threat and you're going to die if you don't shoot them. Meanwhile, Crysis 3's enemies can be cloaked passed and they aren't a threat with that. The context of the story can lie in that alone. Yeah, I'll note on how you can't actually continue the level in Painkiller until you kill the demons. Lastly, Painkiller does have a story that is rather ignored for a few reasons. You're in purgatory and after 30 years from the time you arrived, you are STILL alive and you get the chance to redeem yourself by going on a quest of stopping/killing Lucifer and his army from hell. Completing this quest will grant you the freedom to go and join your wife in heaven. If you're wondering: "Stop the demons from doing what?" Taking over Purgatory. "Why does that matter?" It matters because they'll prevent anyone from ever getting to go to heaven if they need redeeming. How does that work? Getting "killed" by a demon in Purgatory -> your souls goes to hell. When the demons take over Purgatory you'll never have a chance to redeem yourself to get to go to heaven because you'll be killed by the countless demons and go to hell. That's quite a bit of story-based context on why you would want to kill the enemies before you. It works quite well even without that much knowledge on the subject because if you only watch the game's opening that is around 5 minutes, you'll receive enough context to want to kill them all.

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

Don't forget they are adding the workbench to customize the slingshot with things you bought in the micropayment shop.

[@theagonylord]

I can't stop watching thessseee

[@elementalalliance]

Play on PC, or don't play at all

[@galaxygamerbroficial]

efineter no offense but, engrish

[@elementalalliance]

Daniel Louw Which makes the betrayal even worse

[@DreamyWoIf]

robin huijbregts Lol, what betrayal? The phrase was coined with the intent to poke fun at the ''pc elitists'' and their attitude.

[@Blackopsgod0001]

robin huijbregts If you think that Yahtzee playing a game on a console is a "betrayal," then you really need to get your priorities straight.

[@Rudenbehr]

Everyone here needs to get over themselves and do something fucking productive.

[@ekeclout3941]

Finally, somebody who understands what a steaming pile of shit this game is. I find that all of my friends are mindless idiots, and it saddens me.

[@vubitheman955]

Fixin Good It is a piece of shit, tho its Yhatzee he makes games he likes look like shit ^.^

[@nepnepnepnepnep]

Le respect others opinions.

[@MartinWasTaken]

Fixin Good Yes because people who have different tastes are mindless idiots. Superiority complex much?

[@Rudenbehr]

Fixin Good It's a golden piece of shit that's displayed in a well lit up glass box. Still shit nonetheless but it's something to look and I believe that's why we all played it.

[@harrison6082]

3:26 Lol

[@Dice12K]

0:26 "I didn't say it was always a difficult educated guess, mind..." Enjoyable sarcasm is hilarious! xD

[@FoxDr]

Studying in a university that specializes in nanotech studies. In game they say the arrow is made out of carbon nanofiber, which is pretty much the strongest material we know. It is both extremely elastic, letting it deform slightly then come back to its shape instead of breaking, and yet the force needed to deform it is still gigantic. It could easily withstand "rhino stoping" cinetic energy, a 30g bolt at 100 is suited for deer hunting (xbow). That bow could be made, but no human could use it.

[@drash79]

I ALL WAYS LOVE THESE GUITAR SOLOS IN THE END OF ZERO PUNCTUATION.

[@nuyabuisness7526]

I played with the bow, and never used the guns except in rare situations. Excluding the rail gun, and the typhoon rifle.

[@johnfarley2702]

this and jimqusision got me hooked they are so funny but being serious at the same time.

[@XxwelkyxX]

Thats one hug setup for a new game...

[@vexedrat1874]

The antagonist's name is Cell. Nowhere near perfection though.

[@OzixiThrill]

I think you missed the 'difficulty of use' part. Also, the result would be the same, if we both got hit by the projectiles. Around the same area. Also, having an arrow sticking through any of your limbs will completely disable it (unless you're some invincible super-human called Mr. Big Doesntexist), while bulets usually pass through (unless they hit bone) making movement, while not painless, possible.

[@xaiphen4495]

Forgettable is such an apt description. I remember playing the game, and for some reason remember enjoying it. However, I could not remember a single thing about the game until it was being described in this video.

[@bokito999]

Also the Portal and Infamous games, Shadow of the Collosus, Silent Hill 2, Deus Ex, Resistance 3, and Rayman Origins.

[@delphidelion]

Hey, I remember that episode of TNG!

[@Mr_T_Badger]

Underneath the Crysis 2 video was the video for Crysis 3 and then directly underneath that was COD Blops 2. COD Blops 2 had a similar looking suit of armour and the rifle in the exact same pose, which made me think “when the hell did I miss Crysis 4?”

[@VankashTV]

4:30 - Thats why I ran through the Game! Cloak-Mode activated> Run > Energy empty?> Run > Energy is full> Repeat

[@Ilovevidgames123]

I think it's one of those words you can use with or without an article depending on the context.

[@LaniakeaDenizen]

2:46 Ayy! USAF boot.

[@curtisthornsberry]

well, since the nano suit gives the wearer super human strength, you could design a bow that utilizes the suits physical power to fire an arrow with more force then a gun of comparable size and weight would be capable of. plus you can fire it from stealth.

[@HoneyDog]

I mean honestly, I really enjoyed Ceysis 3. I played it when I was like 9, great parenting, so I do understand if my opinion is a bit bias, but I had a lot of fun with it. I really likes the multiplayer too, especially the game mode that was sorta like hide and seek where there's one guy in power armor and the others are just "call of duty enemy" soilders. There was one map with a boat and everyone just jumped underwater because you could swim faer than the power suit. But it was fun and felt like community- but it was Xbox 369 and those where the good days I guess.

[@enkousokugetsu]

'his mother made him wear dresses and then his father would beat him' XD

[@neron642]

Not to mention Painkiller, Fallout and he mentioned loving Earthbound once.

[@ToastyMozart]

Of course, the real problem with bows in combat is range and ROF. I'd say being invisible fixes that pretty handily.

[@ToastyMozart]

I'm surprised he didn't mention "Press [KEYBIND] To Shot Bow" at the end of the game. How do you typo something like that?

[@ToastyMozart]

Well, they managed to make a video engine that can bounce and recolor light on the fly while maybe not lighting your computer on fire, so they are at least somewhat innovative (if not in terms of gameplay/storytelling).

[@tuseroni6085]

tbf, if you have a super power suit, you COULD make a pretty fucking lethal bow, something with like a 2 ton draw strength or something.

[@KnightKiller1000]

Depends on what kind of Cloaking Devices you have in Fallout 3. The Stealth Boys only last up to a minute or you attack them, but the Chinese Stealth Suit is a some what perm stealth while crouching or when the duration is 0%.

[@blackbadmac]

He does this to every game

[@MichalIvan]

"bloke with an engine filter stucked to his head" :D:D:D

[@shizuae3743]

I played through Crysis 3 and I thought it was, wait I've forgotten

[@paynekiller70]

"All the character of a Jaffa cake" fucking epic!!!!

[@supercholo64]

Thank you for enlightening me my good friend.

[@ToastyMozart]

Not to mention that another fair chunk of the story/character drama is focused on the nanosuit.

[@Ben_R4mZ]

4:42 I feel personally called out but I can't help but agree.

[@rhymenoceros3303]

yes

[@Snowfox572]

i should note that from the supplementary material and from the game itself its dropped that apparently Alcatraz's mind and personality files got fried during the last moment in crysis 2 and his body is basically a corpse that the nanosuit's using for food. that's all.

[@TARINunit9]

Which is still pissing us all off. Prophet is NOT an engaging character, and Alcatraz in Crysis Legion was so awesome

[@Snowfox572]

***** touche.

[@TroublingStatue]

And as a pre-order bonus. It will feature a leaf wich you can rap around the rock to make it into the...SUPER ULTRA MEGA DEATH ROCK! Which kills enemies just by looking at them.

[@Roeas]

I bugged the first mission on the ps3 by going in the place without getting detected. The guy who was supposed to push all the buttons for the locked doors was glitched at the very start! Perhaps the game designers didn't expect players stealth like Yahtzee did.

[@Horror1408]

I would've been beyond happy if this review was just "HE HAS A BOW NOW."

[@TheSapphirewave]

Not one, not one arrow to the knee joke…. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@HAAHVVAAVV]

I wonder what keeps Yahtzee motivated with these videos for long but then I remember the state of video games in this generation

[@ObsidianFedora]

I would like to see Yahtzee review Antichamber as the main theme of the game is to do something counterintuitive. While simultaneously it is reminiscent of portal in that it involves alot of puzzles. I'm not sure whether he wouuld get stuck midway through and rage about it being difficult or find it incredibly fun and innovative. though It is a relatively small game and in the midst of the things hes reviewing right now It's bound to get overlooked.