Death Stranding (Zero Punctuation)

[@theescapist]

Watch the Zero Punctuation episode on Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order early: www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-zero-punctuation/

[@fireisawesome1466]

Question: what are neck holes

[@28Sora]

Could you review Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

[@justjrandomuser]

Beat Saber!!!

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

@@Vindicator12Music No. Nobody did. They were going to but at the last minute there was an emergency meeting of the Illuminati and the Illuminati decreed that all reviewers would review the game the same way, without playing it. It's all part of a scheme to bring about the New World Order.

[@blebgoegbleb]

Superliminal?

[@kattastic9999]

For the record, no, there isn't a urine algorithm. However there IS a multi-player function where if multiple people piss on the same spot it grows a mushroom with healing items!

[@NeonSaber112]

Actually, there kinda is! If Sams max stamina is low enough, there will be blood in his urine, which can make the EX grenade no. 1+

[@ASpaceOstrich]

God I love Death Stranding. Tactical Package Delivery Action just works so well in a way that I'd never have expected. @@NeonSaber112

[@SonOfAGunYYH]

yahtzee i told you about my attack on titan crossover idea in confidence, how could you do this to me

[@WTFyouDAMF]

Now everybody's gonna be making one

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Attack on Goofy wen?

[@MP-lc7vy]

@@WTFyouDAMF yep....then a producer is gonna pick it up and have michael bay direct. What a waste

[@devildevious2646]

No, its all about SAO x Pokemon

[@SehnsuchtYT]

Last of the Summer Wine x Attack on Titan sounds amazing

[@MasterCharlie104]

So Death Stranding is set in a world where a severe disaster has taken place, most of the population have isolated themselves in confined spaces and they rely on couriers for supplies. Damn this game was ahead of its time!

[@mpitt0730]

By about 6 months!

[@vex3488]

And the ghosts are the idiots who make a mess for all the essential workers by “exercising their freedom”

[@sydious_s_snake]

Kojima always is

[@user-tt3js1yb9u]

I'm glad people move on from shit in a week cus the quarantine comments were lame af

[@shindean]

@DAWHIM with less sales, there's a reason why nobody wanted farm simulator on PlayStation Network.

[@brainflash1]

Remember kids: 90% of life's problems can be solved with ladders and staying hydrated.

[@WTFyouDAMF]

and monster energy drinks

[@michaelpalacio5]

The Marine Corps taught me that the other 10% can be avoided by changing your socks

[@gobzdzilla]

Didn't know boredom could save the world.

[@specialpatrolgroup92]

You need a good ladder guy.

[@avatareternal3204]

And piss grenades will solve the other 10%.

[@BugsyFoga]

Kojima's next magnum opus , Brought to you by Monster Energy

[@Zeon081]

so that is why his piss was so dark...

[@gobzdzilla]

I love the smell of liver cancer in the morning.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

You should be able to drink the piss to refill your Caffeine Bar

[@angrybrony]

WATCH THE RIDE ON NETFLIX WITH NORMAN REEDUS!!!

[@YoungMachette]

@@angrybrony FUCK YEAH!

[@taylorakinser]

Sam who is a transporter and also goes over some bridges.

[@elix485]

He also ports the stuff.

[@VanVelding]

Had to stop the video and google to see if that was his real name or a gag Yahtzee made up.

[@harry_kaiser]

Princess beach

[@ThrottleKitty]

Not as bad as Deacon Saint Dean

[@DariyusKabraji]

I remember watching the trailer and thinking just how long they spent mulling over a name for him. No no Don't make his first name Amazon, that's way too obvious

[@DrShaym]

I didn't play it, but I did watch the eleven-hour cutscene movie on KZbin.

[@nikki5499]

Dr Shaym and what is your prognosis? I’m deep 1/2 into the game, so spare me the spoiler would you kindly

[@normadicn5700]

@@nikki5499 how was it? Pls am curious

[@dud5606]

@@normadicn5700 Confusing

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@Scroolewse oh no death stranding just has that much game, until you unlock ziplines you spend more than 70% of the game walking from place to place and dealing with the hiking mechanics

[@ColasTeam]

@@Scroolewse 11 hours of cutscenes in a 140 hour game.

[@DavidBeaumont]

I just built all the roads and drove everywhere, then every delivery was "Legend of Legends" and I quickly got 500k likes from everyone else driving on them.

[@davidhoffman2028]

Yea and that huge like increase from the first road I ever built wasn't bad either. Went up 50+ levels from one delivery.

[@StrikeWarlock]

Thank you for your service

[@DjDolHaus86]

It's only then you realise that the currency of likes is entirely worthless and levelling up does precisely nothing. What a weird game (term used loosely)

[@danilooliveira6580]

@@DjDolHaus86 the likes ARE worthless, that is just how likes are on social media, but the leveling up does give you some buffs.

[@SprDrumio64]

The gradual build up was pretty great, cause at the end I actually just felt doing everyone's deliveries to 5 stars

[@theatomiclemon1]

This game kind of reminds me of the times they let George Lucas off the leash. Yeah, it's more authentic, but that leash was probably there for a reason. Still, refreshing to see a game be boring for the right reasons, to paraphrase Yahtzee. Just on its own merits, instead of being monetised to the point where microtransactions burst out of its tear ducts.

[@solanumtuberosa]

Well, there's always monster energy

[@theatomiclemon1]

@@solanumtuberosa I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't even a sponsorship. Because Kojima.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

It’s refreshing yes, but being familiar with the prequels, soulless is soulless, wether the work was done by an made for life auteur that no one questions and is too lazy to leave the computers alone for 5 minutes or done by a committee of rich people and their advisors who then whip thousands of underpaid programmers, writers, VA’s and artists into overwork.

[@sanskarmishra5309]

nothing about it is soulless lmao

[@genyakozlov1316]

Prequels are the best thing about Star Wars outside of the music.

[@The2econd3vil3xes]

The idea of Mads Mikkelsen saying _"biff me in the nads"_ is hilarious

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

Nads Mikkelsen.

[@Remove_Status]

"Kojima is a man of contrast" Proceeds to show an over satursted image of kojimas face..

[@iamaunicorn1232]

"Do not feed the auteur" I'm not sure why but that is now my second favorite Yahtzee joke. Ever.

[@XEL777]

What is the first?

[@hussainrazvi1786]

Death stranding: You’re a fed ex man with a baby that can see scary ghosts

[@hussainrazvi1786]

But it lacked action and the story telling was phenomenal but extremely hard to follow

[@dudestep]

I know this is a cliche, but when I played Death Stranding I did actually feel like I was a fed ex man with a baby that can see scary ghosts. Everything in the game has so many weird little layers to it. Honestly haven't been so immersed in a game since Prey.

[@guaceldono7231]

Fairly normal for Kojima

[@loomick]

@@hussainrazvi1786 If the story telling is hard to follow, its not good story telling. Kojima is renowned for poorly writing interesting, but convoluted stories

[@nikki5499]

you forgot to add, also having a grenade launcher that shot 4 types of bomb and exosuit that can leap through huge cliffs.

[@ethanblack27]

“Run?” “Yes, like Mario and Princess Beach” -Death Stranding (2019)

[@_zealos_8213]

When I heard that was a thing, I vowed to hate this game during the few minutes this plays. Other than that, pretty zen man.

[@BigDaddyWes]

You know, I've been thinking about how much I hated that line ever since I first heard it. I've settled on the conclusion that It's supposed to be stupid, obnoxious, and annoying. It's actually an incredibly stand out moment in the INTENSE emotional bombardment that is the final hours of the game. I think it was written in there to remind us that not everything needs to always take itself seriously.

[@gateauxq4604]

I loved the game EXCEPT FOR THAT my immersion uwu

[@GoblinModeKnives]

Luckily I had avoided the memes and managed to not hear about that line and experienced it for what it was. The classic Hideo Kojima "What the fuck?" moment. sponsored by Monster Energy

[@Ramsey276one]

In Mario Sunshine Fiesta!

[@stevebob240]

I'm somewhat surprised he liked it as much as he did. I think it's pretty good overall too. I understand the criticism but it was a unique, beautiful and enjoyable game.

[@dylanmitcham1069]

​@James Horvat It has one of the highest metacritics for a triple A game this year. Stop acting like everyone hates this game just because Dunkey doesn't like it.

[@cortezbaldur413]

@@dylanmitcham1069 Dude the metacritic is 82 with only 103 reviews while the user score u know by gamers. Is only 51 with nearly 2k level of ratings. Also when I went to see the user reviews themselves it's very obvious people either love it or absolutely hate it as most reviews score it a 1 or a 10 and both of those scores are really rediculous. As no game is perfect and a game to be rated a 1 means it should be borderline broken as in non functional. Also I don't trust the 82 metacritic score as those reviewers often rate very bad games or games that are nearly universally hated at a high score. This game has alot of people not enjoying it to the point it's got a very mediocre score.

[@dylanmitcham1069]

@@cortezbaldur413 The user score is now 7.1 because it turns out people were review bombing it. Metacritic literally had to remove over 8,000 reviews. So I think it's clear that Death Stranding is overall well received even if some people like dunkey think it's one of the worst games ever made.

[@cortezbaldur413]

@@dylanmitcham1069 Wow so now there removing bad reviews? I hope they also removed those rediculous 10 scores that were only there cause people saw all the 1 scores. Of ur gonna be fair be fair. Nearly No game deserves a 1 unless it's literally broken and no game deserves a ten. But yeah ur right it's a 7.4 now and has over 10k reviews. But I don't like it when they remove reviews unless they can prove there just there to be insincere so if they remove the bad 1 scores I wanna see the 10 scores removed too. The game has too many flaws to be a ten. So it's insincere.

[@dylanmitcham1069]

@@cortezbaldur413 I don't think they just randomly removed bad reviews. They probably looked at which ones were reported, fake email addresses, along with the content of the review. If a review said "I haven't played this but it sucks" or "I'm just giving it a 10 to screw with the trolls" then it would be removed.

[@deathsyth8888]

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: This game isn't for everyone. Death Stranding: Hold my tube baby...

[@android19willpwn]

it's funny, the games are targeted at exactly opposite groups of people with completely opposite speeds of play, yet detractors of both are likely to have their first complaint be "I hate it when a game wastes my time"

[@CP-uw4ts]

@@android19willpwn I used to think Kojima was the best Japanese developer. Now that opinion has changed to platinum and from in recent years.

[@YoungMachette]

@@android19willpwn as games should be, we live in a great time for games. Even if there are a lot of loud vocal winey bitches that want people to only play games that vibe with them as well.

[@johngregorio6555]

@@CP-uw4ts people think Kojima is the best until they realize the only thing he's ever made was MGS. Nothing else he made was ever good. And lets be real other than MGS:V no one is replaying those games very often, unless you're obsessed with the franchise

[@WoodlandDrake]

@@CP-uw4ts wait, what has platinum done recently?

[@barbutahelmet8966]

1:03 >how Death Stranding can be simultaneously very weird and very boring Makes me wonder: does Yahtzee like Pathologic or not?

[@Darkerxz]

I watched that video too

[@juliuspoensgen4369]

When the reviews for Death Stranding came out literally all i could think of was "Tons of boring walking with short instances of combat? But a deep and immersive story/world? Yeah Kojima made an american Pathologic somehow."

[@Sunupu5150]

You don't "enjoy" Pathologic. Speaking as a fan, it's deliberately unpleasant

[@amyar123]

@@Darkerxz Mandalore or HBomb?

[@juliuspoensgen4369]

@Liam Berentschot-Cooke yeah i should have said *set in america, my bad

[@Nitrinoxus]

Any game by Hideo Kojima can be summed up in four words: "It's certainly a *thing."*

[@Carewolf]

_A_ thing? It is usually at least five..

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@Carewolf Touche.

[@palladiamorsdeus]

@@Carewolf But only about two of the things are ever related at any one point in time, and usually only tangentially.

[@barrybend7189]

Meanwhile Zone Of the Enders: Gundam but made by Kojima.

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@barrybend7189 Which is certainly a *thing,* I'm sure you'd agree.

[@Crazelord91]

Love how Yahtzee almost always has the contrary opinion. While the majority of reviews are on either extreme that the game is a masterpiece or indulgant shit, Yahtzee is like "pretty good"

[@lbsc1201]

I mean it is a highly qualified good. I don't think Kojima was going for "good like Euro Truck Simulator and Elite Dangerous are good".

[@kitten-inside]

Pretty good for a walking simulator.

[@FutureMartian97]

Yahtzee: Meh

[@SPM0717]

Revolver Ocelot: You're pretty good!

[@ad1170]

Crazelord91 tends to be the case when you’ve paid reviewers in ether money or ego stroking. The fact it has the most nominations at the TGAs while coincidently having the Goeff Keighley (the host of the TGAs) in the game kinda says it all as to why it is getting very generous reviews. But of course as we learnt many years ago there is no collusion or dishonesty in the game journalist world. We as gamers are just toxic...

[@SuperReno3]

That 1 hour long medicine mission was my favorite. Felt like I was in one of those crazy survival movies.

[@nikki5499]

SuperReno3 fuck the terrain tho

[@SuperReno3]

@@nikki5499 ***SPOILERS***Agreed but what stressed me the most was I took the straight route which was full of BTs. The BTs without BB did piss me off so much so that on the way back I went around. Added like 10 more minutes but no BTs. Even with the All terrain exo skeleton it is a pain because of load capacity with those

[@polarice3611]

I enjoyed getting an hour to do it and getting it done in 9min because I put zip lines down from A to B

[@burnouttx2415]

I heard this game described as the ultimate marine simulator - You got large amounts of useless crap strapped to you while slogging it through god knows what while taking care of someone else's kid.

[@honestjoe9417]

"Like a anxious post graduate at the optician, it desperately needs to focus on something"

[@GretgorPooper]

After the Covid19 quarantine has turned the streets of most major cities into deserted landscapes populated by a handful of mask-wearing delivery workers and confused homeless people, I'm starting to believe Kojima is some kind of psychic.

[@asmolblueberry]

It makes me worry about what he'll predict next with how he is if he is indeed psychic

[@thinkiamsad]

@@Secret_Takodachi I mean the sky hasn't started raining instant aging serum either. the sci-fi trappings aren't the point, the greater sociopolitical messaging is. MGS is about the use of endless meaningless wars for profit and how media and political narratives can control society, all of which seems pretty damn prescient today.

[@mr.p215]

@@Secret_Takodachi for fuck sake its like you've never heard of a joke.

[@deadlysnakeman]

Who did it better? Death Stranding or Euro Truck Simulator?

[@Avarice21]

Elite dangerous.

[@Number-6]

Euro Truck, in which you can actually climb hills while carrying cargo and you are not hit over the head with unsubtle entry-level freshman-tier pseudo-philosophy such as "Like, technology is handcuffs, bro!"

[@GodOfOrphans]

Neither, it's Pathologic.

[@dragonmilkshake4135]

One game is £15 and the other is £60.

[@MrOzzification]

@Itch-HeSay Yeah same. To me Kojima is on par with Kanye West when it comes to self-aggrandizement

[@vampireguy24]

Literally completed the game yesterday and see this appear in my feed. Well, let's look at the condition of the package... Wow, it's in perfect condition, not a scratch on it! Great work! S Rank

[@pureevil9496]

This comment made me laugh out loud unironically so thank you for that

[@nikki5499]

keep on keeping on!

[@warrust]

It's awesome!

[@엄마손은_약손대공]

Legend of Legends

[@sbjosepha]

I'm surprised there was no mention of the online collaborative elements, rebuilding the lands infrastructure with other players is a big part of what makes this game interesting!

[@ZipplyZane]

Yahtzee doesn't review the online portions of games. It's a conscious decision to limit the amount of work he has to do completing so many games. Maybe he's made exceptions--but that was the rule when he started.

[@dramamine755]

sucks when you don't have internet ):

[@BigDaddyWes]

And, you know, the entire narrative.

[@BigDaddyWes]

@@RagingUtai For me the most interesting part of the game is the narrative and how the story of the world influences every minor detail of the game's design.

[@ThePlayer920]

We're talking about a guy who does all he can to avoid contact with other human beings as much as possible, so I don't think he'd care much about some multiplayer gimmick

[@matthewcibor4601]

At first I thought you were joking about the whole piss thing. Now I’m not so sure.

[@sacb0y]

He's not, you can actually piss on enemies, can even save your skin.

[@TheBerzekerC]

I think he refers to the hydration level changing the color of piss

[@pureevil9496]

I noticed that Sam's pee was very light when I play so that segment blew my mind a little

[@Bloodhurl67]

Was that last sentence supposed to be a reference to MGR?

[@dr.docdoctor5597]

If you had told me a couple years ago that I would be enjoying a mail-man simulator for 60+ hours, I would have died laughing.

[@nikki5499]

Dr. Doc Doctor i hate myself for liking it either. Oh fuck there goes 300kg of cargo down the river..

[@Limubi1]

The double punch of 'disinterested handjob' and 'postman twat' absolutely finished me. God bless you sir.

[@glenngriffon8032]

So you're saying this game _literally_ takes the piss? and turns it into a weapon.

[@edparadis6685]

and no 2t and shower water, blood etc. its all part of the game and storyline

[@jim191185]

Glenn Griffon Nice to see someone use 'literally' correctly for a change.

[@aurorafina]

Don’t forget they also use his poop, but all three grenade types are better off as recycling materials for chiral crystals imo. Just piss on the BT sludge directly. It’s far more entertaining.

[@zensoredparagonbytes3985]

Play it. Urine for a treat

[@DaRkPlUm]

Can also pee outside and grow a mushroom that, if enough people pee on, you can grow a nest where bugs that replenish health grow. Found that if you have more pee in you (literally measures from 0 to 1000ml) and you pee in the private room, the more EX-1 Grenades it will make.

[@azzzanadra]

I think death stranding is more of a zen game to relax. I wish Kojima added some audiobooks

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

Rai Hanzo or at least a kickass soundtrack like MGS5

[@thaddeushamlet]

Having the ability to unlock music for an area to play whenever would have been best. I think it unlocking after you've gone to the next area would work, that way you have the silence intially, and you can't mess with the transition song when it does come time to move on.

[@millerwrightt]

It would have been great to be able to listen to the interviews while walking

[@Imbalanxd]

@@juanpablomontalvo4715 the game most certainly has a kickass soundtack.

[@juanpablomontalvo4715]

Imbalanxd Eh not really my style of music for a long roadtrip, which is basically what the whole game is. And its also not something you can really choose to play

[@Montesama314]

But seriously, imagine a crossover between "Attack on Titan" and "Last of the Summer Wine"... The elderly trio of Eren, Mikasa, and Armin sitting in their hometown in retirement, ruminating about their crazy pasts and getting in youthful antics with the other people in town. If not for the whole "Titan Shifters have a short lifespan" thing, that concept might actually work!

[@dihyaneverforget5163]

he was surprisingly kind to the game ...I thought he is going to shit on it

[@Corusame]

(shit in it)

[@andreiiiksavvv6054]

Why

[@sanskarmishra5309]

did you just use incels unironically lmao

[@sanskarmishra5309]

he did make fun of the game mechanics lmao. just because its not what you expect doesnt mean he is paid off suddenly

[@sanskarmishra5309]

i see so many people shitting on the game. jim sterling shit on it and i am pretty sure he got a review copy. dunkey teared this game apart and he likes kojima. dont think thats the reason. but then again, just speculating

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

3:41 actually a great idea, have more conversations/exposition in games play out like they would: while doing something else, because nobody has the time to stand around like a wax-figure.

[@Ginko1396]

everyone is isolated and the couriers keeping the society alive. what kind of stupid future is that

[@holidaytrout5174]

Have you seen society right now lol

[@MasterCharlie104]

@@holidaytrout5174 I think that was the joke.

[@DarthSironos]

@@holidaytrout5174 Man, the joke flew right over your head

[@dread9030]

I don't know if Norman Reedus was able to shill his AMC show enough times. What a masterpiece.

[@WASTEDgameplay]

Attack on the last of the summer titans

[@blakecasimir]

I was hoping for Fawlty Titans, personally. Or Ever Attacking Decreasing Titans. Some Titans Do Ave ‘Em. I’ll go now.

[@Shieldwall100]

Only fools and titans

[@geordiewalker2102]

@@Shieldwall100 Attacking up the Titans Titan are you being attacked? Titan Adder Only Attacks and Titans The Attackers Guide to the Titans

[@athousandfeethigh]

@@geordiewalker2102 I want so badly for action anime/british tv staple crossovers to reach the same ubiquity and emotional resonance Coffee Shop AUs did

[@Alex_K221]

I'm just immagining That it's normal Last of the summer Wine, but the trio are the Titans, and Compo's Ferrets are just some humans he captured.

[@mizushimo]

Yahtzee sounds so annoyed whenever he's shilling merchandise, I love it

[@dani_was_taken]

This was... Surprisingly positive. In a Zero Puntuaction way

[@fennecwolfox]

I've been waiting for this and finally Yahtzee delivers (presumably after carrying it over two mountains and a patch of angry ghosts).

[@elcidbob]

This is why I love Yahtzee's content: he makes an attempt to appreciate the game on its own terms.

[@UlfMTG]

honestly I think Yahtzee would appreciate any polished triple-A game that is trying to do something different, just for that reason alone. I imagine after having to play the same game with different names 56 times, something like this is a breath of fresh air

[@elcidbob]

@@UlfMTG while that's true, even his reviews of things like the CODs still give them credit for doing what they do well, albeit under a heavy dose of why he personally is bored with them.

[@An_Amazing_Login5036]

Not strictly true, he did name a genre ”spunkgargleweewee”. Usually he does though

[@elcidbob]

@@An_Amazing_Login5036 go back and watch the video where he did that. He did give the game its due. The naming bit was more an expression of genre fatigue.

[@elcidbob]

@@An_Amazing_Login5036 and I know that seems like a rather fellating reply, but his point was pretty much what else can you say about these games? They're here, they're doing what they're designed to do. They're polished. He gave that credit to the game itself, then went on the "oh dear God I'm bored of these games even in spite of how well they're done" as more of a metacommentary. If that makes sense.

[@jordangiles9222]

The picture describing the zipline was perfect.

[@bravepart]

Finally someone who could actually explain the story for the average man

[@everydaysniper9390]

Personally I loved every second of the 110 hours I've spent playing the game so far, I just finished it and I am planning on playing again on very hard difficulty. I don't know what it is about it and I understand why a lot of people don't like it but for me it's one of the best games I've ever played.

[@cutthr0atjake]

2019: What a ridiculous unbelievable concept. 2020: Oh!

[@StevoDesign]

As I see the impeachment joke: "Oh, wow it's wild to think that was happening all the way back in November" Then I see the upload year and begin weeping

[@jax3636]

Something I always like reminding people is that the baby you carry in Death Stranding is submerged in Monster Energy, that's the canonical truth.

[@goldengamegod1439]

I don't think that's true

[@abbaszaffarkhan1872]

this is untrue btw

[@Imbalanxd]

when you explicitly state that what you are saying is the truth, it immediately stops being sarcasm and starts being deception

[@Carewolf]

@@Imbalanxd No, it is just deeper sarcasm. Things STOP being sarcasm if you make it explicit that it is sarcasm.

[@edparadis6685]

No its in some stupid biological fluid. He drinks monster drinks cause of its product placement and maybe its the only thing they have ii find it amazing that he does not have any health problems cause of it. really it is an energy drink. Kinda makes sense after eating those stupid cryophobic worms i would drink anything to rid of that taste.

[@francesco8000]

I knew that he would like the gameplay, it really fits his fondness for slow relaxing games. Now i just wonder if he will put this in his top 5 games...it's possible just because there hasn't been many "Great" games that he reviewed, the only other game i'm sure will be in his top 5 is Disco elysium.

[@francesco8000]

@BoldTomato Nah that sound really unlikely. His idea of bland is something that is really generic and forgettable, something that you see every year. It's a top dominated by Call of duty and assassin's creed. In this video (and in the stream he did) he clearly said that he thinks the game is original. So it will either be in top 5 good game or it won't be mentioned at all.

[@BIadelores]

Won't get a mention, he straight up says he was bored through the majority of it. He respects it for being unique however so he won't slag it off in any of the bottom top 5s but if this gets a top 5 spot in best of the year it says more about how awful this year has been than the game itself.

[@francesco8000]

@BoldTomato this will be just my opinion from this review+the streaming but i think he found the story boring and the gameplay interesting. That's why i said that it MAY end up in his top 5 because this year the only game that he completely praised was disco elysium so his top 5 will inevitably have a some games where he complained and, considering how Yatzhee love when games do something different, death stranding may end up in 5' place.

[@francesco8000]

@Channel07 and elite dangerous

[@ianwagner4281]

Just finished watching a 40 minute long review of this game and immediately had to come back here. As I suspected, good ole Yahtzee Croshaw tells me more about this game in 6 minutes and makes me laugh more in the process. I hope he would agree with me when I say this is his calling.

[@Hans_Vader]

yahtzee honestly how do you manage to literally summarize every single thought I had about this game perfectly every time?? are you in my head or something????!?!?!!

[@Buriedwithdrawingpad]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate The Last Of The Summer Wine being used as a reference

[@Beegrene]

Look, I just wanted Hideo Kojima to be super weird at me for 40-50 hours, and Death Stranding absolutely delivered on that.

[@GiftOfKnowledge-np9vg]

I kinda like the Zip-lines, they're the best thing in the game for getting across its themes of connections and how they help people. Its super hard to make a network of those things your self and you could only really use just your own on repeat trips, since you have to make them before you use them and you can't make them your first time _to_ a place so you could only make them on the way back. But if you play online you find that lots of other players have set up these networks for you, and you usually just have to fill in the occasional gap, making some of the biggest challenges trivial thanks to their support.

[@KamenRachel]

In the crossover presented early in the episode, I'm 90% sure the giant engineered murdermachines have no chance against three quirky old men who can survive suburbia in Britain.

[@EquinoxIV]

Planning and building zip line connections across the mountains was a blast and the whole progression from walking to vehicles to zip-lining everywhere was ingenious. Did I say that I love Death Stranding?

[@TrinityPayne]

I've spent everyday since its release trying to figure out what this damn game is about. I've watched video upon video, I've dug deeper into the story than the FNAF games... I was deep in the pit when I saw a shiny beacon of hope in the dark! Yahtzee was going to review it! Finally I would know! As it turns out, that light was a floating baby in a jar strapped to a train driven by Yahtzee. Suffice to say, I still have no idea what this game is about other than I think Hideo Kojima is just making shit up as he goes along. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[@BigDaddyWes]

You have to play the game in it's entirety to understand. It actually explains everything quite well.

[@TrinityPayne]

@@BigDaddyWes probably, but doesn't that seem counterintuitive to you?

[@BigDaddyWes]

@@TrinityPayne No not at all. You can read a summary of a 6 part novel series, but you'll have no concept of what it feels like to have consumed the work in it's entirety unless you do it yourself. You simply cannot boil the experience of Death Stranding to a couple of opinions of random content creators. It's scope is far too large to condense into a short easy to consume format. If you have specific questions about something in the game I may be able to answer some of them though. I've not collected every available piece of information in the game even though I've completed it and played about 100 hours.

[@justinmiller2132]

I like micromanaging the gear since pretty much all of it serves a purpose outside being cargo; Boots to make sure your feet don't get messed up after long treks, spare bloodpacks to keep your health AND weapons supplied incase you enter BT territory, hematic weapons that you can monitor the durability of when traveling through timefall, ladders/climbing anchors so it's easier to traverse hostile terrain, and PCCs so you can create structures to keep your routes efficient and make the trip back more of a breeze.

[@bluemooninthedaylight8073]

The only post-apocalyptic postal worker we need is Courier 6.

[@CH3353N1NJ45]

The game was rigged from the start????

[@CH3353N1NJ45]

The Game was rigged from the start

[@monkeybomb1232]

I seriously hope Kojima actualy watched this.

[@Docsfortune]

I love this game. It’s so peaceful. I wish there was an engaging narrator or voice, or they let you play the music constantly (it’s so good!). But otherwise, it’s great

[@Montesama314]

"Ambivalent Erection" is Kojima's next game.

[@bw6188]

I’m surprised that he didn’t do a “Norman Reedus fighting Mads Michelson over who gets to carry the baby” joke.

[@intellectualInsectoid]

I love the idea that the neck hole in a shirt is an extra feature and not a distinct absence of material

[@gasolinejoy]

It's not extra, but it IS a feature. If the neck hole is just an absence of material, then your mouth is just an absence of skin...

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

your relationship with the baby is what Kojima thinks parenthood is like

[@mikearisbrocken8507]

I have a friend who was a fan of the game for some reason. He told me "it's about to end! Come and see!" I found it boring before but I shouted so SO many times "WHY DOESN'T JUST END?!". THREE FUCKING HOURS OF TEASING AND THEN A FUCKING FINAL MISSION?! HELL NO!

[@philips.5563]

I hereby declare this to be canonically Boondock Saints 3.

[@Plant_Parenthood]

I remember the scale of this game's world being really confusing. Like, the map is shaped like America but you can walk across the whole thing in an hour

[@nicklager1666]

Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat, Early in the morning, Just as day is dawning, He picks up all the post bags in his van. Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white cat, All the birds are singing, And the day is just beginning, Pat feels he's a really happy man.

[@theburningman5047]

DaThings would be proud!

[@CommunistPanda7]

@@theburningman5047 "Time to run away!" said Tap with a laugh.

[@theburningman5047]

@@CommunistPanda7" I need a new battery in my hearing aid!" "EEUGH AAAH EEUGH!"

[@kattastic9999]

Can you FUCKING. BELIEVE! THAT THIS WAS ONLY FIVE MONTHS AGO

[@RebornVengeancex]

This game makes you feel like a norman reedus

[@MarioGMan25]

The true criticism of this is "There should be more podcasts and should allow you to play music whenever you want." I couldn't agree more

[@lucas1309]

Yahtzee: *Mentions Okami* Me: *NOSTALGIA SPLURGE* ...I wasn't prepared.

[@Hysteria98]

'Postman Twat' is where I absolutely fucking lost composure.

[@Independent365]

"A Tribe Called A" - LMAO!

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

I have not played it and i'm really not interested to do it but if we can give some credit where is needed at least Kojima could do a game he wanted to make.

[@BigDaddyWes]

You should play it. You really can't understand why it exists and why any of the design choices were made unless you experience the story in it's entirety. It will make you feel emotions no other game could. Many gamers aren't prepared for an experience like this. I know I wasn't.

[@cortezbaldur413]

@@BigDaddyWes I'm really not trying to be mean but what u said all of it is subjective. It isn't garunteed to make u feel emotions. Like me for instance the most emotional games if played was rime and was unreal 2 and the second game was actually a pretty bad game to be honest. But I loved the story (and a voice actor) and if u don't love the story ur in u won't feel much except disappointment or annoyed.

[@LaLloronaVT]

A part of me still hopes that Kojima will buy the Silent Hill franchise and horrify the shit out of us

[@antonioboscaroli1502]

Doesn't he direct the franchise?

[@JeffreyThrash]

That P.T. demo may be the ONLY time I was genuinely scared for my life and fully suppressed my "it's just a game" coping mechanism. I would be thrilled if he gave horror another shot.

[@BannerMirror501]

Or he could just make his own new IP.

[@leeharley2470]

I love this game, the way Deadman hugs BB’s pod throughout the game is what I did to my copy before letting my friend borrow it

[@BauliusTorvoltos]

Deadman is hands down the best character, followed by heartman.

[@alexwilson1757]

This game takes a special kind of person I know I couldn’t play the game but I’ve enjoyed watching the no commentary play throughs of people that have

[@FenexDragonis]

Nah it just shows how consumers will throw money at anything for arbitrary reasons.. "Oh look kojima was involved with it. Shut up and take my money"

[@alexwilson1757]

FenexDragonis the story it’s self is interesting enough so far it would’ve been a better off as an animated movie

[@JohnnyThousand605]

That image of Reedus giving the finger at 4:47 is so perfect it should have fucking halo XD

[@PaintedBB]

Yahtzee's comedy book Jam is specifically about an apocalypse that literally no one could have seen coming. It's a good read.

[@JimRaynorRaider]

@3:42 He did that...in mgsv with the tapes about the cast and plots. Everyone hated it because it gives the game so little story or no story between missions. In DS, it's like mgsv but done right in telling a story. Yeah, not for everyone. Least it's a refreshing game than like every fps out there.

[@sacb0y]

I actually liked the tapes to play during a side quest or something. It just sucks the game was incomplete...

[@theundeadgentleman4998]

You can't really compare MGSV's plot being stuck in audio logs with a podcast, a major part of a podcast is that it's something easy to listen to in the background instead of something that requires your attention like audio logs do. What would be more fitting for Death Stranding is how MGS4 handled it, where you could literally listen to in-game podcasts by equipping the iPod, it didn't have anything to do with the story or world, it was just a few dudes talking about parts of the game.

[@Tamacat388]

MGSV had more story than any other MGS game. And very very very little of it was in tapes. Lore is not story. And this common criticism just shows how little gamers know about art and narrative. Assuming that if a cutscene isnt happening story isnt happening. Unless it's Dark Souls, but only because countless KZbin video essays have told them what opinions their supposed to have on Dark Souls and its story.

[@isalt5]

Never thought I'd hear Yahtzee even acknowledge Postal 2's existence I wonder if he'll cover the game in the future.

[@hermannabt8361]

We need Yahtzee's recommended podcasts. I pretty much bought everything else he recommended.

[@Red-S-267]

I just got the game and.... It’s kind of great. Like I throw on a podcast or listen to the in game music and just go. I don’t have to care about anything but what I’m doing who I’m doing it for and a very easy to answer why when I look at the shipping manifest. Oh! This place is surrounded by angry ghosts! That’s why they needed all the blood! Or oh! This is a distribution center! That’s why the ordered a printer part! Hope they don’t need printer ink as well!

[@Red-S-267]

@@ResidentO ok so... hear me out. Perhaps they need it because they wear it out making repairs high up.

[@sudarsanvr]

He didn't talk about the social strand system at all

[@spork8655]

Well... Yahtzee isn't a very social dude.

[@talltroll7092]

It's almost as if it's a near pointless addition that speaks to Japanese neuroses about isolation and their own bizarre version of social interactions

[@erichernandez1958]

Tall Troll fuck off. It’s a genuinely cool feature, having other people’s structures appear in your world to help you out and vice versa. It’s probably one of the best things about the game.

[@talltroll7092]

@@erichernandez1958 It's multiplayer without needing other people. That's pretty Japanese, yo

[@erichernandez1958]

Tall Troll I wouldn’t exactly say it like that at least. The culture itself is more prone to having people that are less social/ prefer be alone. Kojima himself even says he feels like this at times due to his upbringing. (He says whenever he gets to a hotel he always turns the TV on in his room so it wouldn’t feel quiet or lonely)

[@WeirdPros]

Hold the Phone Did you just say the MC's middle name is PORTER The COURIER's middle name is PORTER?!

[@twilightvulpine]

And he is one of the few characters with at least one normal name.

[@Yal_Rathol]

there's also characters like die-hardman. because kojima's nothing if not weird about names. in fact, you can find a video by polygon's brian david gilbert that essentially creates an internet quiz to give you your very own wacked out kojima name.

[@supman2600]

The President is called Amelie America Strand; I think it's safe to say that trying to ridicule the absurdity of the names in this game is like laughing at a baboon for scratching its bum only for it to fling its faeces at you.

[@WeirdPros]

@@linkkraft3358 Thank you, Only Guy Who Explains.

[@east-in-west]

I've been putting so many hours into this game, idk how people can say this game is boring unless you were expecting Fortnite or Call of Duty. This isn't one of those games, and I knew that when I purchased it.

[@east-in-west]

@@MajorasWrath1 Bro, your channel is littered with My Little Pony pathetic BS, and you say I'm easily amused? Take the piss, Mate.

[@Wildcard-Jack-47]

Ethan West because some people don’t find being a mailman fun. Do you think people who don’t enjoy Euro truck simulator were expecting a shooter because they didn’t enjoy that? Different people have different preferences it’s as simple as that

[@Frosty4427]

I love the concept of this game. It's so absurdist in in the frustration it gives, and that's hilarious to me.

[@frecklepad]

Surprised there wasn't any mention of the online social system, I felt like it was one of the most brilliant parts of the game. (and kind of amazed it never once bugged or glitched out on me!)

[@suffragettecity853]

Because it essentially just downloads others' structures/vehicles or upload yours to the server once in a while. Those things aren't actually "online."

[@BexiBlitz]

Please someone write that attack on titan and last of the summer wine fic xD

[@clintbrew]

Compo = eren, Foggy = levi, Cleggy = armin

[@talltroll7092]

@@clintbrew No, just have the Titans Attack the LotSW village. Turns out horrifying, maneating, soulless giants with no skin draw the line at Norah Battys' tights, humanity is saved

[@PicaShing]

@i hate anime ok boomer

[@PicaShing]

@i hate anime how old are you?

[@Alex-ni5xk]

@i hate anime what's the problem with two brothers sharing some love???

[@nannerdunlocke1231]

Now that I think about it, a few radio stations out while your hiking threw the wasteland with stories sprinkled in them is what all this game needed, cause music and a bit of talking livens out a boring walk. Kojima sould've asked to be sponsored by an Mp3 player company other than Monster Energy...

[@lunatick3628]

sony makes mp3 players would have been easy for him to get them to agree with this being a ps4 exclusive.

[@tanegram]

i didn't play the game, but i read that death stranding has a great soundtrack. comprarable to the one in botw, where the music will play every 15 minutes or so, but very high quality and rewarding. that being said, i imagine it would be cool to have some sort of radio, gta-esque, with news, podcasts and all kinds of music.

[@vaporwave2345]

Personally i love the game. I love the bizarre story with the lonely atmosphere. *It certainly isn't for everyone* though, but that's why we have preferences, right? ✌

[@BigDaddyWes]

A friend of mine compared it to psychedelic drugs. Some people just aren't ready for an experience like that, but we all can learn something about ourselves from it.

[@ManuelRojas-ec2dn]

Thank you for this comment, thank you for not going immediately towards "hey it's art and if you hate it than you're stupid" or the "this game is shit and kojima is shit" side of things. Why can't we just all get along and respect each other's opinions ;-;

[@thatgreenfur6584]

I started replaying this game again recrntly after it lost my attention the first time around, and while id say im enjoying myself, i simultaneously wouldn't disagree with anyone who criticizes it. It's definitely better than any of its individual parts. But its not broken on any particular level and can be compelling at times. I just hope if they do end up making a sequel, they hire an editor and someone to work actual physics into the gameplay to give us more freedom and creativity in the gameplay.

[@TheGurumash]

49% of every game reviewer: "Death Stranding is a gift from God that bursts into your house in the middle of the night to pleasure you while you sleep so that you have the most orgasmic dream of your life." Another 49% of game reviewers: "Utterly Boring shit that's not worth your time or Money." Ben Yahtzee "Sex Machine" Croshaw: "Boring but unique enough that I still liked the experience and story despite its sizable list of flaws."

[@angeldeb82]

So funny with the imp ghosts and the Pac-Man ghosts and Norman/Cliff attempting to carry heavy stuff through obstacles and falling every time! XD

[@maskofice9432]

Honestly, I have yet to really see a positive review of the game, yet something about this game actually seems like the sort of thing I'd be interested in weirdly. I don't even know why, I haven't even played a Metal Gear game, but from what I hear, something strikes me as at least worth a look.

[@Quasiguambo]

Atmosphere. ITS ATMOSPHERE BRO! ITS THE ATMOSPHERE!!!!

[@warrust]

Do you like Subnautica

[@Peannlui]

Oh same, reviews don't necessarily reflect what the audience will, mysteriously enough, enjoy in their droves (see: any movie that was shafted by reviewers but made loads of money anyway).

[@cortezbaldur413]

@@Peannlui The user score is literally 51 by 2k users. I think it only sold cause it was hyped to hell and back and also cause it was at the time a PlayStation exclusive and we know how PlayStation gamers act with there exclusives.

[@Damiv]

Would you like to hear about my crossover fan fiction between Goblin Slayer and Grave of the Fireflies?

[@WTFyouDAMF]

go on...

[@adamtapparo2168]

Jesus, that's a lot of dead fireflies...

[@thesalvadorianwarrior798]

Oh jesus. My heart but fuck yes.

[@kamikazelemming1552]

Yes, yes, yes . . .YES!

[@vladerag]

Depends, is it erotic?

[@piepigman1878]

You were alot soffter on the game then I expected when all every one did was conplain about every detail because Kojima decided to make something besides metal gear

[@sean306]

@Pink Skull Films I tip my hat to you someone who actually said something smart And true these days ps I'd put in a salute emoji but for some reason there isn't one 😔

[@jefthereaper]

1I actually like the way the game plays, just a while back ago I replayed a classic, Fallout 1, and decided to quickly go through the entire series again. Only to end up quite disguised to noticing how Fallout 4 was less of a dark apocalyptic survival game, and more of a colorful slot-machine with many blinking lights and noises, trying to keep you drawn in, with a comic relief story. A lot of people seem to mock Kojima's methode of storytelling, but you cant deny its interesting, visually pleasing and the game-play actually keeps drawing you in, especially considering its not a shooter looter (as any other company would have made this game if they made it) Where you would instead spend 90% of the time killing anyone you encounter, racking up a larger body-count then you actually deliver packages. Hell this game even puts a severe penalty on killing. Mostly I love it as Hideo Kojima refuses to jump on the copy/paste train like every other company. Playing Death Stranding actually feels like something completely different. Any other game I have figured out in a few minutes as it plays exactly like a ton of other titles in its genre, and the story ends up being so predictable and boring that I won't even recall the plot points later on, or even wonder who the final boss is and why my char has any beef with them.