Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Zero Punctuation)

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[@DrShaym]

What I don't understand about the Gears of War games is that you can hide behind a corrugated tin wall and high-powered rifle bullets won't go through it, but bullets will go through body armor designed specifically to protect you from bullets.

[@Klishar122]

Yeah, that's pretty inconsistent. It's like Kilzone, where the Helghast has perfect aim yet their weapons are so inaccurate when the player gets ahold of them.

[@josecabrera7819]

it's a video game....

[@ChestOfDoom]

+Jose Cabrera Not a good explanation. More like, dumb developers.

[@josecabrera7819]

ChestOfDoom​ seems like alot of people praised it. So good luck with your statement. And also, the reason why I said" it's a game" is because the part when this dumbass stated about bullets going through armour but not walls... again it's a game, things aren't ment to be real. Gtfoh.

[@ChestOfDoom]

Jose Cabrera If someone did the same thing for a film people wouldnt just say ''its a film'', lazy developers who cant think past space marines killing evil aliens is the problem.

[@JackFroster]

It always comes back to Kane and Lynch 2...

[@Blahsheep]

+Don Qco I actually loved it. I don't know why, I played it on the ps3 with different people. Co-op was a blast. I'm guessing solo would get boring quick but I had fun with all the different guns and stuff.

[@kekula69]

+TheJackFroster kane and lynch 2 would of been better if they had the wrestler kane and chris jericho

[@SupaKoopa1]

+Cutie Pyro That honestly would probably make me buy it again had I not returned it 2-3 years ago.

[@kekula69]

kazoojar well there is a mod for a twinstick tombraider game that lets you play as kane and lynch, and it is a good game

[@MasterchiefJakamoko]

+TheJackFroster Well Kane and Lynch 2 is fresh on my memory, and it has been a couple of years since I finished it. Even though the gameplay is flawled, the scenes and situations of the game make me rember them. This scar on my memory I believe is the same scar Yahtzee has (sweaty buttocks).

[@RagingGoldenEagle]

Cover based shooting: A textbook example of when realistic doesn't always translate into fun.

[@ScarletAssasin]

+Raging Golden Eagle I don't know man, I really liked the trench shooting and ruin-cover based shooting during the Russian campaign in call of duty 2.I think its the linearity of gears of war that breaks it.

[@billlllllltard]

+Fadestrider You may like Verdun then, it's world war 1 rather than 2 but a lot of trench style warfare and from what I have heard really fun too.

[@ScarletAssasin]

George Pearson When i was hunting the snipers in the ruins of Stalingrad at the age of 14-15 when i first got my hands on cod 2 right before i run up to tanks to blow them up with sticky bombs it didnt feel linear to me at the time man, i could be wrong but in no way cod 2 was more linear than a frigging drag race.

[@Valdetiosi]

Try Just Cause 2, it's grappling hook based shooting.

[@TheAaronLad]

+Raging Golden Eagle gears of war is extremely fun and more than most people would give it credit for the story (3 especially) is very emotional and deep but nah people review and base it of their inability to play the game right (ie sticking to walls is a player flaw) or like yahtzee said its brown pah whatever you made your bed sleep in it or get a new one.

[@ariofirdaus9050]

watching zero punctuation is how I train my english listening skill

[@DipolarApathy]

It’s been quite a while homie. How’s the English going?

[@Stynze]

not even a joke, it's actually a very good exercise

[@SH_DIS_LN]

That doesn't help me sadly

[@WisdomThumbs]

*gets shot twelve times and nearly dies* “What are we even wearing this armor for?”

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

"They're all built like the Sugarpuff Monster cosplaying as a DOOM 3 environment" I've never been able to put into words what style their armor was until now. Literally wearing any texture from DOOM 3 is spot on perfect.

[@PunchPerfectPlayer]

Gears wasn’t the first cover based shooter, just the first popular one.

[@jonhenry8196]

Kurt Kobain suicide reference 00:19 seconds in. This is going to be a great video.

[@WanderingIdiot81]

+Jon Henry It's ok, yahtzee jokes about his own suicide sometimes.

[@Bigfitz2]

Can't tell if you're trolling or just extremely sensitive if you're really that sensitive the internet may not be the place for u js

[@jonhenry8196]

+DWarren2084 Who; me? I'm not sensitive.

[@Bigfitz2]

I was talking about *****

[@jonhenry8196]

+DWarren2084 Ahhh, true

[@ICantSplel]

I like the 3/4 difficulty. Game won't shit on you but retains some challenge. Hardest difficulty for if the game is worthy of a replay.

[@DAS_k1ishEe]

cosplaying a Doom 3 environment xD You are the best

[@sledgehammersssssquad3624]

Yahtzee, when there is 4 difficulty settings, it's Easy Medium Hard Very Hard Unless explicitly stated otherwise.

[@sqwyd]

+AmateurHourGaming Minecraft: Peaceful (Good for building) Easy Normal Hard At the end there's a gamemode called "Hardcore".

[@sledgehammersssssquad3624]

"Unless explicitly stated otherwise."

[@AlanStagner]

+AmateurHourGaming Let's see... how many games fit this pattern I wonder. Halo: Easy Normal Heroic Legendary Yep, fits the pattern. Another one.... let's see, Kingdom Hearts 2.5HD Easy Normal Proud Critical Yep, still fits.

[@sledgehammersssssquad3624]

Call of duty: Recruit Regular Hardened Veteran

[@BansonOfficial]

+AmateurHourGaming Unless you're playing WAW, then it's: Recruit, Regular, Hardened, OH MY GOD WHY WON'T YOU DIE! *Smashes Controller On Face*

[@mraybabb69]

"Can't take more hits than an asthmatic bong user." ~Quote of the year

[@matthewwhite7251]

This was one of the best Zero Punctuations of all time.

[@TheTerraImperator]

wtf Rudolf hess? 00:41

[@josephpallett1499]

+TheTerraImperator I was just thinking that! Man, Yahtzee is weird...

[@AxelKonzern]

succoria whitewing started it sarcastically and fehkin look where weve dug ourselves now.

[@collinhicks37]

++Escapist Nice try

[@Jamushu]

++Escapist >0 Subscribers Well at least you tried Cake

[@DarkW0lverine]

+TheTerraImperator Everyone has a peculiar person they love. *Jim Sterling loves Willem dafoe*. I love Dean Cain (who is a terrible actor) but we can't help what we love, so mustn't be so judgey

[@stephen3281]

I believe Gears of War Ultimate was more or less remastered for true fans of the series, as it is a cult classic, Gears of War 1 was my childhood on the 360, and in my opinion i was more than excited when i heard it was being remastered (especially adding extra content that was only available on the PC version to let original players finally experience it). All in all this is just a game either you love it or hate it.

[@The_Fat_Turtle]

I enjoy this episode, both as an asthmatic bong user (no joke) and someone who likes medium difficulty and is flustered when there is an even number of difficulty settings.

[@K0sm1cKid]

fewer hits than an asthmatic bong user lol I love that line

[@theaether3124]

Cover based shooting can be decent, if you have the right way to do it, the right AI and patience it's fun. Look I may get attacked by plastic spoons for saying this but the divisions combat is great fun, i like how when the enemies don't actually know you're moving around and they keep shooting that one spot you were at, for all it's faults the division is fun in some ways.

[@designatedhealer5830]

Best thing about this game was the 1st beszerker part, facial animations were amazing (you could see great detail of terror in doms face when it kills the COG soldier) and I still found the beszerker friggin terrifying to fight.

[@EggheadsGuide]

Prediction for future comments. Yahtzee review Until Dawn Yahtzee review Soma Yahtzee review Sonic Dreams

[@EggheadsGuide]

+ TheKeyser94 I'm just saying this is what people are going to be saying in the comments soon.

[@EggheadsGuide]

TheKeyser94 Just saw it. Doesn't change the fact that people are still going to be asking when he is going to review it. Because the majority of people on youtube will not bother to go off of youtube to watch a video.

[@NekoNiv]

2-11-2-10 10-19-18-4 since no one else is going to say it. Theses are things you want to see him do. Don't sit pretending you dont. "oh I know... I make myself like cool by saying someone else wants something I want to see"

[@EggheadsGuide]

Kevin Varner So nothing you said was wrong I don't deny that I wouldn't like to see these things reviewed, and since nothing you said is wrong I will now attack your shoddy grammar to protect my masculinity. I'm guessing you meant look cool since like cool doesn't make sense. Since should be capitalized. You included an apostrophe with your first don't but not your second dont. Shouldn't the oh be capitalized?

[@NekoNiv]

2-11-2-10 10-19-18-4 you have fun with that... The sad prophetic little amount fun that comes from that. Kiss kiss

[@ryanforsyth956]

As much as I love gears I found this really funny good work mate

[@1337Lads]

I was halfway through the video then got the notification saying it had been uploaded. Well done youtube.

[@theshadowdirector]

Why are re-releases like this referred to a 'HD' re-masters? I thought the original was already HD! Or has there been a secret real-life retcon and 720p was never really HD and we were lied to?

[@As_Expected_of_Pieck]

It doesn't stand for high definition, it stands for higher definition.

[@GalanDun]

Yeah. They should be onto releasing 4K remasters now. Shame only Crash did that.

[@wednesday8174]

HD is one of those words that gets constantly redefined as tech improves

[@GalanDun]

Nope. HD refers to 1280X720, FHD refers to 1920X1080, EHD is 2560×1440, QHD+ is 3200×1800, UHD is 3840×2160 and 8K UHD is 7680×4320

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

Once upon a time, 405 scanlines was considred hi-def

[@SayVandelay]

Totally agree with the point about higher difficulty = enemy gets more health/you get less health, that's it, and the devs call it a day. It's lazy as fuck. Goldeneye and Perfect Dark had an interesting way of adding onto that model by extending the mission and adding more objectives to complete depending how high the difficulty is. A little creativity like that could go a long way.

[@Carlisho]

Corky64 I know right. Also I loved The Last of Us for that reason. On the higher difficulty you lose the super op and totally unnecesary power of "super hearing" more like "see everything through walls" bullshit, and the enemies were more unpredictable, always moving around and even flanking you. It was a way more immersive experience and way closer to realisim like the E3 demo actually told us it was going to be.

[@nieildilsonsouza4747]

mass effect 2 is another one to ride the lazy train. on insanity difficulty you deal less damage, take more damage and enemies have a shitton of health and damage. just fucking ridiculous, you need to waste alot of minutes glued to the wall because 12 headshots from a anti materiel rifle only takes 30% of a pissweak enemy... not to mention that some missions impose time limit as well...

[@goa141no6]

Corky64 Actually i liked, the core of the game is a reward-system, Locust take a lot to kill unless you flank or use shotgun/chainsaw and enemies push back on other words zone control. Gears of war 1 and 2 campaign is basis on push for zone control, the 3rd lack of this feature thanks of their "open escenarios".

[@viyhexe131]

Killing floor 2 is a great example. Enemies gain entirely new abilities at higher difficulties, and visually distinct 'super' version of basic enemies get added into the mix.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

It's worth noting that Goldeneye and Perfect Dark came out in 1997 and 2000 respectively. So why is it taking so fucking long for developers to learn how to do difficulty right? Trick question: because it requires _effort,_ of course!

[@TheMeanMongoose]

Marcus Phenix? Getting cross? Yelling at people? I'm pretty sure that never happened.

[@Shyolite]

+Copperbeard I was thinking the same thing, Most times i remember him being a very logical and rational man

[@FamousWolfe]

He was referring to Gears of War 3 when (SPOILER ALERT) .....Dom died and Marcus was still grieving. Marcus yelled at a man because he wouldn't help the group progress and also to let out his emotions.

[@Khoros-Mythos]

+Pix-Elated I don't care how much you hate Gears of War, Dom dying was sad as fuck...

[@RonFortnite]

+Copperbeard Yeah it was when Marcus yelled I JUST LOST MY FUCKING BROTHER to Darius that jackass

[@FamousWolfe]

+Снаяои «ΨMADDИESФ» cry hate Gears of War? No man, I love Gears. Yeah Dom's death was emotional and touching. So was Maria's death. Just a great series what can I say? Lol

[@adrellisartarnovalrus2093]

trying to remember back, years ago..didn't Yahtzee make a joke about Marcus hailing a cab and his arm pits gushing blood as a result?

[@WanderingIdiot81]

+Adrellisartar Novalrus Did you know Yahtzee has transcripts for all of his videos? Try typing what he said into google.

[@adrellisartarnovalrus2093]

WanderingIdiot81 that ruins the fun of remembering, as i'm certain it was him.

[@FamousWolfe]

+WanderingIdiot81 personally I don't mind if he uses scripts for his videos. No mere mortal could review a game speaking as fast as he does while making hilarious jokes and crude references at the same time lol.

[@WanderingIdiot81]

Pix-Elated Man, I'm really glad he does! I really wanted to know which vid had him refer to a "Mad Ocelot God," I google it, and find out its Dead to Rights. One of his funniest reviews.

[@jackjackson2026]

+WanderingIdiot81 Hey! I LOVE Dead To Rights! Still haven't played Retribution on the 360 though.

[@ShinobuSakurazaka]

"I had trouble telling the enemy apart from my NPC squad mates as they all look like the sugar puff monster cosplaying as a DOOM 3 environment". I haven't laughed that much in a long time, I love re-watching old ZP videos because you forget a lot of the jokes so they're still funny the second time round.

[@timebomb4562]

my personal favourite line is twenty litres of chunky beef stew poured into a onesie and taught how to swear just cracked me up

[@TheLazarusOperation]

At 3:14 I almost blew out my bowl laughing.

[@andrearupe6035]

hopefully youre not asthmatic xDDD

[@Smokin438]

Man I have probably wasted a few grams of weed watching this guy by spilling it, blowing it out, etc..

[@regislourenso]

That was nice. The review, not the game.

[@PonzooonTheGreat]

Cosplaying as a Doom 3 environment. COSPLAYING AS A DOOM 3 ENVIRONMENT.

[@Klishar122]

Another thing we (or at least, I've) learned is that 3rd person cover based shooting is somewhat flawed. Like I've played Spec Ops: the Line and Uncharted and I've found that often your character's body (most likely his head) will get in the way of your view. So an enemy will be off to your left so you won't be able to see him because the protagonist's head is in the way. Then of course there are the melee enemies who will circle around you and attack from behind. And aiming is kind of moot at that point because the camera will be trying to compensate for the wall you're pressed up against, so it will zoom in even closer to the character's head. All in all, Killzone was better functionally, if only because it was 1st person instead of 3rd.

[@philpyung4831]

Wow he is so funny. "scratch one grub" and then my brain died a little bit he said! What a treat.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Like drawstrings on a hoodie

[@ChumblesMumbles]

Halo1 - first time I played it I just HAD to finish it through, it was that cool and addictive. After a while I got tired of it but that first time was totally captivating. Gears of War - first time I played it I had absolutely zero idea why I was supposed to care about the plot or the characters, I didn't like the gameplay, and the enemies looked just like my mates. I got immediately tired of it and never bothered getting past the 3rd chapter.

[@retropulse03]

Gears of War did not introduce cover-shooting. It sure as shit took all the credit though. Winback: Covert Operations FTW

[@blackstarfreeman34]

I laughed so hard at that chunky beef stew bit i popped a bloood vessel

[@Svstrauser]

Gotta love the fact that you used Henry VIII's armor as a prop in the video.

[@Zekonos1]

"cover based shooting is lame, and like all lame things it needs a crutch. Uncharted had adventure setpieces. Kane & Lynch 2 had sweaty buttocks." my favourite line

[@Erik-qv5ue]

"bite down and think of england" everything all right in australia, Yahtzee ?

[@StG45m]

I can't believe that everyone failed to understand the joke with Rudolph Hess. Absence makes the heart grow fonder - Hess tried to broker a peace with Britain and was captured, and spent the rest of the war in custody and then served more than 40 years in Spandau. He basically missed the rest of his life (absence) and he took his life at the age of 93, where he just couldn't take it anymore.

[@ShasOSwoll]

4:36 Shoutout to the Blackadder Goes Forth reference

[@jeffcnut]

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! It had to be in caps otherwise wouldn't fit the Gears of War theme of everything chunky all of the time. I've been waiting years for someone to put my feelings down in youtube form and this has summed it up more than nicely

[@reasonablenamehere]

"...the sugarpuff monster cosplaying as a Doom 3 environment..." I Can't breathe. I think I might have pissed myself as well.

[@satanicdude]

"...can take fewer hits, than an astmatic bong user" I lost my shit :D

[@abby4ner335]

To be honest I don' play games at all but I watch and love your reviews since they are so ridiculously funny!!!

[@georgiosgeorgiou167]

my fav KZbin channel. can't stop watching your videos dude :D

[@robbyshenanigans255]

I need a gif of that Imp in power armor spazzing out while vaulting over the sandbags at 2:14

[@SpecAgentChris1]

Say what you will about Gears, I still love it

[@Dynam1cDr3w]

this guy's analogies are priceless

[@AlluMan96]

I always like it when there are more than 3 difficulties, honestly. I'm always the person that plays on the second-to-hardest setting, because it provides the catharsis of having to master the game's design without making every checkpoint a session unto itself for it's brutality. The second point is a definite agreed though. I hate lazy games that bump difficulty with nothing but unfair stat de-balances to make sure nothing goes in your favour. Something like Tales of Graces F gets away with it just barely, because they dangle the carrot of better item drops and during the hardest difficulty, provide a counter-balance that doubles damage given by abusing an enemy's weakness, so they give you a reasonable insentive to punish yourself and it's something easilly toggleable, so you're not necessarilly fucked when choosing a higher difficulty.

[@TooManyBongos]

I'd love to see his take on undertale

[@featherycoffee1401]

"Undertale is a good game" There you go, transcribed the whole thing for you

[@critterking2871]

Is it just me or is Yahtzee the only person who can make you laugh while making you hate yourself

[@kwazhims3lf]

his description of animated movement in this game made my day. thank you yahtzee :)

[@Bluecho4]

It's been nine years already? Fucking hell, it felt like yesterday that we were moving into "next gen", and now it's the next next gen. I feel profoundly old.

[@Phe0niz]

Weird thing to point out, but I just noticed in 4:09 a bit of the back of Yahtzee's head just reforms.

[@uutarn]

"Re-releasing the loom" That killed me!

[@TheWayoftheSith]

Also the chainsaw always works, but its best not to use it since your locked in allowing enemies to get in close to you.

[@TVlord5]

I think the problem i have with Gears of War (aside from ZERO weapon variety) is the fact that, like Yahztee said, theres very little you can do to be proactive since its so linear. They have AMAZING "defend a point" segments because that's all about cover, defense, vantage points, and teamwork to fend off a horde. But its so linear that to assault a place always feels like you're taking the hardest possible route. If you're in a big open arena area you have the fun of sneaking up to the side of the enemy position to flank them, but otherwise its just slooooooowly moving forward. I LOVE the cover mechanic but theres just not enough places where its used WELL.

[@juanjimenez8985]

Zero Punctuation at 0.5 speed is hilarious. He sounds pissed off his face.

[@ferghalicious1480]

0:42 Holy fuck that caught me off-guard 😂

[@nothankyou818]

the references are gold on this one

[@MRSketch09]

So Marcus Fenix or however you spell his name is really a bear that learned to swear? That explains so much.

[@BaxtheIron4th]

For its time the first one was kinda fresh then after that it lost its freshness with the same style used over and over again and like Yatzee said it got boring

[@BaxtheIron4th]

***** I'm not talking about graphics I'm talking about gameplay there is only so many times you can hug a wall till your realized its pregnant with two kids on the way but sarcasm a side it does look nice and polished

[@BaxtheIron4th]

***** that doesn't really explain much of a gameplay change right now your just explaining the performance specks not the gameplay aspect 

[@BaxtheIron4th]

***** agreed let's just move on from this

[@skullkid325]

Yeah but the multiplayer kind of sucked in Gears 3. Gears 2 and 1 had the best multiplayer.

[@wesleythomas7125]

Gears should have gotten an Xcom-like adaptation way sooner than it did, since, you know, cover=survivability. It's basically a TBS from the perspective of Faceless Soldier #5,672,987.

[@JohnDoe-xz9uo]

I have to agree with cover being a better stealth mechanic then combat, in combat it becomes a battle of who can shoot the guy about to go down to reload or trying to hit the edge of a hitbox sticking outside the cover.

[@thesurivor0777]

dom dying in gears of war 3 was the only video game scene to ever make me cry how could you forget that

[@skylercox939]

+Homelikejet It's the only game that makes you cry, not only for the largest sacks of meat and armor, but it also somehow makes chainsawing people never get boring. Don't forget the multiplayer. More shotguns than a fucking hunting retailer.

[@TARINunit9]

+Homelikejet Because Yahtzee couldn't figure out why Dom had sacrificed himself in the first place. "Oh, it's the final game in the trilogy, I guess at least one of us has to sacrifice themselves to let the player get to the final boss. Sorry Dom, you got the short straw"

[@thesurivor0777]

***** trueeeeeee, never even thought of that

[@RonFortnite]

+Homelikejet AHEM the end of tell tales the walking dead game anyone?

[@thesurivor0777]

Pennie Joe TRUE

[@the_flawless_gun9213]

Got here as soon as I saw the notification

[@GinkgoBalboa142]

Yes. Telling the heroes and locust apart is practically impossible in the heat of the moment. Like, it's a game - make their armour red or some shit.

[@blitzburn2871]

I think i might buy it if it ever goes on sale on Steam, if only so that i can form a opinion on it

[@Raptor302]

The polished graphics weren't nearly as important as the crispy frame rate.

[@TheSugarRay]

Wow, fuck. give me a minute to get over that opening gag and suicide reference.

[@freakyskull516]

masseffect did cover shooting pretty well in that it was not mandatory to succeed running and gunning was just as viable as popping in and out of cover and in many cases it was more viable (boss enemies in masseffect3 im looking at your teleporting instakilling asses)

[@Arjjacks]

I think the four difficulty arrangement is better translated to 'easy, medium, hard, extreme', so if you're like Yahtzee, lean toward "medium A" rather than "medium B".

[@eisenfell2818]

the only channel i can hit the like button even before watching the video...

[@Huli-Man]

"Imploding from sheer force of suck" :,D

[@SergioSergio12345]

"I guess you didn't want to bank getting through another year without everysingle Xbone imploding from sheer force of SUCC."

[@Checkmate1138]

I just love that image at 3:04 XD

[@cpt.shmitt7387]

Ten points for the picture of Rudolf Hess

[@Canadiansamurai]

Actually Winback covert operations on the N64 introduced the cover mechanic

[@Phantasma3]

Didnt Winback introduce cover-based shooting?

[@EldritchAugur]

That first bit is so true. What the hell happened to linear shooters? I like linear shooters, sometimes I just want a nice simple game with polished gun mechanics and flashy graphics. I don't want every game to be open world and cinematic like so many games that come out today. I can't believe I'm saying this but I miss linearity, I'm just so tired of generic sandbox games. Wolfenstein the New Order is pretty much the only solid linear shooter we've had in the past couple years, and I adored it. The 2 generic gameplay styles that have taken over is this Ubisoft sandbox template and this wishy-washy 3rd person stealth shooter. Can I just have a game where the goal is to shoot things without the game guilt tripping me into using nonlethal options with a contrived moral choice system. Or a game that I can beat in a few hours instead of playing for a few hours and then getting bored with generic sandbox activities. Holy shit, I still can't believe I'm saying this but I just want more games that are nice and simple.

[@MelodicQuest]

Uncharted's set pieces distracted from the less-than-simplistic playstyle, but at least now they give you an option to stealth. Or at the very least the illusion of stealth.

[@sumomanify]

tbh, I was expecting worse

[@CraparellaSmorrebrod]

You know what, I'm starting to like what you're saying more and more. Does that mean I'm getting old and grumpy?

[@dependencyonlove8751]

Urm, "SCRATCH 1 GRUB", was the name of the planet! Silly Yahtzee!

[@shakusmeet5819]

4:07 Gear's crutch is always having a shotgun

[@SpectreGamers]

"twenty litres of beef stew poured into a onsie"

[@Ceser1999]

about the "cover based shooting needs a crutch" thing, an example of a game that is very good that dose that is Deus ex Human revelution

[@AshyGr33n]

"This fucker." - Cliffy-B

[@orleyfenelon1002]

0:19 Best. Joke. Ever.

[@ASpaceOstrich]

Gears of Wars crutch is that the cover isn't something you should be hiding behind, rather it is a slingshot you to propel you shotgun first directly into the enemies face. Because you run faster when you're sliding into cover. Flanking and good old blitzkriegs is the crutch of Gears, and I don't think Yahtzee ever figured that out.

[@KillerOrca]

+ASpace Ostrich Well he DID say he didn't spend enough time to get "autistically good"...though I figured that out the first time I played through and spent most of my time shot-sliding into Locusts like a lethal rockstar performing an epic solo with a Gnasher instead of a guitar.

[@ASpaceOstrich]

It really was a guitar strumming animation with the guitar swapped out for a shotgun wasn't it?

[@KillerOrca]

***** Thats what it looked like to me. Maybe they recycled it from another game? Then again I was seeing it from the back or the side, and most of my attention was on making sure I didn't get outflanked....

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

Here's the thing there's something called dominant strategy when the player finds a way to use a weapon of mass destruction in a simple click or a way to cheat the game THE WILL USE IT so that's gow crutch

[@ASpaceOstrich]

Except as he clearly stated, he had trouble on anything other than the second lowest difficulty, and many fights took a long time because he couldn't seem to beat them by just sitting there and popping up. It's not a FOO strategy if it doesn't work very well, because it isn't optimal. The developers should have made the game highlight how powerful flanking and "wallbouncing" was in the early missions though. Would improve the experience for quite a few people.

[@Owltoppus]

Great work as always. Keep up the good work!

[@Jimboola]

Sugar Puffs reference for the WIN!

[@VioStarclad]

That colorful way of insulting things is why I keep coming back. You don't get "twenty liters of Chunky beef stew poured into a onesie and taught how to swear" from anywhere else.

[@dataportdoll7918]

Whoa whoa, Yahtz: Late to this party, but Killzone was a full two years before Gears of War xD

[@UltraPrimeHunter]

wheres until dawn on the website? it wont work....

[@arcanethink]

For a good fps , try republic commando. It's great.

[@Inevitibility23]

I know you're obviously not a fan of cover shooting, but I highly recommend Rainbow Six Vegas. The first game, more than its sequel. It actually makes cover shooting really intense by blending it with first person shooting. Try it if you want. I think you'd like it.

[@YinandYangGaming]

Gears 2 and 3 were amazing

[@singed420snowinit9]

Loved GoW, I remember my first time playing it, I was hooked, I couldn't stop playing, from the great story to the awesome squad based combat, It was such a badass game, stopped after three though cause they just went too far, three was a good end but some people just don't know when to end shit -.-