Ghostrunner (Zero Punctuation)

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This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Ghost Runner.
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[@theescapist]

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[@sanskarmishra5309]

Oh boy

[@stpirate89]

So did Yahtzee like/recommend WD:L? I couldn't tell

[@E1craZ4life]

Is there a livestream this week?

[@LightStrikerQc]

Does he need a copy of Hellpoint?

[@Matrxmonky]

If someone made a half-decent Logan's Run game, with Jenny Agutter doing her own voicework, I bet it'd be the only 5 star review Yahtz ever does.

[@Miziziziz]

I'm gonna make a cyberpunk game called Runrunner

[@Psycheitout]

And the main characters name is Dash Rush

[@God-zu6yc]

Will the antagonist be called Dasher Dashlane?

[@andreasbuehler1821]

@@Psycheitout I'll name my main character Cy Bearpunk.

[@howmuchbeforechamp]

Dystopia where cyborgs running sport has taken over

[@Triumph263]

The fact that there is a significant chance you will follow through with this comment and actually make it makes it so much better.

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

A question I ask myself almost daily: "What AM I on about?"

[@silenceundying]

Defending us with the MG42, clearly.

[@CommissarJimbo]

Ross Scott reference?

[@mattevans4377]

2020 in a nutshell

[@quinkydinkers3102]

@@CommissarJimbo It seems we've come across a Ross Scott reference Now things are beginning to make sense, more later.

[@landonletterman831]

_Oh, for the love of Agnus-_ Are you on about that again!?

[@skeletor8951]

The moment Yahtzee sorta breaks character to say "What am I on about?" is still one of my favorite ZP moments lmao

[@chrisrebert9271]

What you're on about: "I should really stop writing reviews right before lunch"

[@gr8effect]

The Daft Punk helmet was hillariously fitting.

[@lewispoma5257]

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[@sudokee7063]

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[@Pineappolis]

Managed to get mixed up with CM Punk... ...while I was _looking_ at the incredibly distinctive Daft Punk helmet. Just another day in the life of an utter space cadet (albeit one who's been watching too much wrestling-related content recently).

[@nicklager1666]

So you have some grudges against the latest sandwiches you have bought from Subway. Got it.

[@Alikaoz]

Look, if Spyro is at the counter, just walk away

[@dr.velious5411]

@@Alikaoz Goddammit.

[@aelechko]

I asked for pesto and she put mustard on my chicken sandwich

[@LP4ever088]

@@Alikaoz I don't get what ur getting at....and I think that is probably a good thing.

[@ryanbradleyrankin]

@@LP4ever088 Dont look into it. I mean it. Dont.

[@ralgore]

0:35 Tech Runner ? Oh you mean (William Shatner's) TekWar !?!

[@hyousai]

From Capstone, the pinnacle of entertainment software.

[@Ramsey276one]

THAT is what I was thinking!

[@williamberry4597]

I believe Civvie 11 covered that one.

[@FireTalon24]

*CV-11 screams in the distance*

[@dubstepbeecorsi6892]

but what about Metarunner

[@jakebit9467]

There it is; a decade later and he asked the vital question: "What am I on about?" I have no clue, I never had one, and please don't stop

[@DarkLightProduction9]

We've finally gotten to the point where Yahtzees metaphors are so out there that he has begun to question himself.

[@jcace13]

I’m sure the developers of this game were worried about it coming out after Cyberpunk. Oh wait...

[@ThrottleKitty]

Developer: Here's a cool power! Me: Oh, that sounds awesome! Developer: With a long cool down Me: **aggressively forget about it**

[@iannichols2334]

Hey, Yahtzee! Been watching you for over 10 years now and I always look forward to your videos! You're fantastic; keep up the amazing work!

[@nomad_boreal]

The first Yahtzee vid I ever watched was on the original Bioshock. This channel's only gotten better over time.

[@Royal__Kitsune]

My first ZP video was Diablo 3 for some reason. But my most rewatched ZP videos are Sim City and Mortal Kombat (2011)

[@rndmcmmnt]

pffft... newbies, my first time watching Yahtzee was even before he made videos, through a pair of binoculars, heavily breathing....

[@iannichols2334]

@@rndmcmmnt Hey! You sound like my uncle watching my little sisters as they... you know what, maybe leave that for my therapist and not KZbin.

[@rndmcmmnt]

@@iannichols2334 why would that affect you and not your sisters? did you have to hold the binoculars?

[@rwarrior6213]

this is probably one of the few times I've beat a game before watching a zero punctuation on it and one of the very few times I've 100% agreed with it.

[@onechilldude4247]

I agree But its a great game non the less

[@rwarrior6213]

@@onechilldude4247 Indeed, most complaints aren't nearly enough to ruin the game. When ghostrunner hits, it hits hard.

[@JirayD]

@@rwarrior6213 Indeed. It's no masterpiece, but it's fun and enjoyable.

[@broisyougobbling]

Oh my god you literally stole those words from my brain

[@catmoonkenobi]

Even down to specifically mentioning the second bosses parrying windows doesn't properly sync with her animation in a way that makes sense. I nodded.

[@TheCreepypro]

this actually still sounds good to me despite all the flaws

[@broisyougobbling]

It is, he understates how much of a blast it is when the combat clicks. If you’re thinking about getting it, I really do recommend you do. And on top of that it’s only $30

[@TheCreepypro]

@@broisyougobbling thanks for this I was on the fence but now I've made up my mind

[@broisyougobbling]

Of course! What genuinely made it for me was the environment, the tower you’re climbing up is SO cool and I adore cyberpunk settings.

[@TheDilettante]

Anyone else notice that Yahtzee used the American biscuit?

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

HERESY!!

[@FrostedCreations]

He also said takeout instead of takeaway. More heresy!

[@callumunga5253]

His living in California is corrupting his very soul!

[@DoratTheKiller]

The cultural assimilation is drowning out his Britishness

[@Megalomaniakaal]

You mean it wasn't a soggy one?

[@Borti_Ovi]

0:35 Homestar Runner isn’t cyberpunk. Granted, the webshow was inspired by the Olympics; however, that whole concept barely gets mentioned in the grand scheme of things.

[@HellecticMojo]

Xeriouxly Forxe Everybody! E-e-e-everybody! Revamped for the nineties! So much more exciting! Pointy elbows and lots of lightning! Edgy and angry, so zesty and tangy! Reach new demographics when nobody asked for it! Everybody! E-e-e-everybody!

[@Borti_Ovi]

@@HellecticMojo Holy crap, I did not make that connection! 🤣 I always thought that short was a jab at Loonatics Unleased!

[@HaloInverse]

The residents of Free Country, USA were (at least partly) aware that their world was a Flash animation (until the Adobe Cataclysm forced a migration to HTML5). In other words, there was some awareness that they were living in an artificial computer-generated reality. That's... _sort of_ cyberpunk, isn't it?

[@RatelHBadger]

Tell Strongbad about it

[@BugsyFoga]

Ghostrunnner : hopefully something to hold you over before Cyberpunk 2077 eventually comes out.

[@Mothman1992]

In 2077?

[@merrittanimation7721]

@@Mothman1992 Just in time for the Great War to start and northern Italy to get smashed by meteors.

[@a..27stephenson]

To be honest I don’t see why people call it that, I mean the gameplay is so much different. Cyberpunk is an RPG, this is a balls to the walls action game not what cyberpunk is. If tryout waiting for cyberpunk play ac Valhalla

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

Aged badly. Ghostrunner was fun, Cyberpunk was boring in just about every way

[@BenReierson]

‘What am I on about’ - such a good phrase.

[@wmdtone]

Aside from the cyberspace platforming sections, this game is an absolute blast

[@gu3z185]

The bosses are like really ultra super mega trash. I think TOM is a really great boss, but Mara is embarrassingly bad, the voice actor switches for some reason, and the fight with the other ghostrunner is literally just a shittier version of Sekiro.

[@signalredd8906]

The final run in Cybervoid is a hell of a lot of fun but that's mostly because it doesn't play like any of the other Cybervoid sections - it plays like a proper level.

[@lubieplacki2772]

What I really liked are Cybervoid puzzling sections, when the game went Antichamber.

[@EifiE]

I like all of the boss fights but Mara was disappointing in how few actual patterns she had and how easy it was to figure it out after the first or second try.

[@jonm3915]

I played the demo and the cyberspace part at the end made me second guess buying the full game. I don't get why every action game that comes out now always has sections where everything slows down for an extended period of time for no reason. Like why did that section take away the dash ability, wall running and grappling hook? Those are the things that made the game fun.

[@wandererwerewolf477]

To be entirely fair, even the canon Doc Ock doesn't have much mobility. Those are arms, after all, not legs, and he's a scientist, not an athlete. The main reason he uses the silly things to move around is because he gets winded on a donut run. The main advantage of Doc Ock's tentacles is having multiple hands attached to big metal arms that you can hit and block things with.

[@geoffreywilson7008]

Exactly, he's a grappler, not a whirling cartwheel of doom.

[@ohmboytrance2128]

I was so perplexed as to why you call him "Doc Ock" when Octavius nor Octopus have a 'K' in them. So I looked it up. No explanation, just referred to as that even in official channels. I am baffled by this.

[@pnealiv7443]

0:13 I thought we were already there?

[@jriedmatter]

The daft Punk helmet is a perfect touch lol

[@Markus_Andrew]

There's a game where you run around shooting cooked animals. It's called "Roastgunner".

[@1982Obsidian]

I kek'd. This needs more ratings.

[@JessieShadowhold]

I am possibly too deep in irony to know if the fluffy bunny or sturn task master will betray us. Seriously, both seem kinda trite at this point.

[@martincann5052]

Ooooh, so THAT'S what happened to my Chesterfield sofa..... Ew.

[@ttatertottlive2308]

Love these vids dude! keep making great stuff!

[@Darasilverdragon]

the "what AM I on about" did not make me bust out laughing at my computer desk no, it was the casual seamlessness of the transition into it that did that

[@superspider64]

That's my favorite sort of comedy, seamless transition from one state of mind to a completely different one like it's completely normal

[@MeleeTiger]

"What am I on about?" My train of thought while trying to sleep.

[@hjalfi]

Many imps died to bring us this episode.

[@looneyalchemist5641]

Many cyborgs too but their on contract from cyberpunk dystopialand so we don't care about them

[@laylaruan]

The little credits gag is top-shelf today

[@sipofsunkist9016]

"and stone cold uncoil a dudes flesh like he's the wrapping on a tube of biscuit doe" Marvelous imagery xD

[@supercellcyclone6468]

The second boss was by far my favourite, it took a while to figure out, but VEEEEERY satisfying when you figured out when to parry. First and third boss were really just trial and error though. Overall I was really pleased with it for AUD$30, even when it only took me about 6 hours to finish

[@thewalker7064]

Ah the highlight of my Wednesday. Gets me through the week.

[@trevorburke8660]

"What am I on about?" is like the chorus of my life.

[@MitoseNorikoFan]

Thank God I got some rollerblading practice when I visited Vietnam before covid happened. I'm set for the cyberpunk dystopia.

[@DStrormer]

Yhatzee: *stops for a single, solitary moment* Game: お前はもう死んでいる

[@bowmanc.7439]

なに？

[@ivanrzhanoy9389]

*_SCREECHING SOUND_*

[@ethantaylor1866]

Never thought I'd hear a reference to Midsomer Murders on KZbin :D

[@psychosemantics]

I am stealing that analogy at the end, that was comedy gold!

[@bakersbread104]

can we just appreciate the line "it takes longer to cool down than the horniest cat in the furnace" 3:08

[@KeithFraser82]

Zero Punctuation indie rock track name of the week: *Breathable Air For Premium Subscribers* (sung by the *Little Queefing Robo Vaginas* ) Runners-up: *Wall Run Along The Knick Knack Shelf* (sung by the *Core Traversal Moves* ) *That Last One I Made Up But You Thought It Was Real* (sung by *Nudist Debutante Ball* ) *A Tearful Bunny Rabbit With Glimmering Eyes* (sung by *Midnight Jizz Fountain* )

[@matthewroddick9737]

Chesterfield sofa, I'm making a note of that one, I'll have to try that when I'm off the IKEA watch list again.

[@angeldeb82]

Sign: Welcome to Very Low Down Place. Imp: I am very low down. LOL! Also LOLed at the imps and the ways they get killed. Also the repeated Vwooshes and "Burps"! The running gag of people wetting themselves, and the imp kids shouting the words in unison! XD

[@jellybean358]

The game has a free demo on steam. I highly recommend you try the demo out and see if its for you. The main gameplay loop is so satisfying and fun.

[@platypusking5426]

Always love your stuff been watching for so long !

[@krausercruz2780]

We all have gone down one of those "Metaphor singularities" where you start with the metaphor and never stop

[@anomaly7853]

That was my favorite ending gag.

[@mrdrony8x8]

For some of us Rollerblading never went away.

[@shittysoulsplayer5038]

Nice

[@FerrumAnulum]

KERPLUNK I grew up playing my moms version of it that she had as a kid. Grandma still has it I believe.

[@plutarcouranus4200]

One of the things in this game that threw me for a loop was the lack of a double jump, espically when I found out that it was not on the upgrade tree.

[@arendvandermerwe3309]

WTF THERES AN UPGRADE TREE!?!?! I've been fumbling trough this thing for a week!

[@letmereviewapps464]

I don’t understand: the traitor could be the mean voice OR the bunny rabbit. Which one is it?

[@quint3ssent1a]

It's the rabbit. If your stern commanding voice would turn traitor, that wouldn't be much of a twist. Also, remember that thing with "would you kindly" from Bioshock? Yeah, if someone politely asks you, he couldn't be A FUCKING MAFIA BOSS AND A TEN-FOOT TALL STEROID GORILLA, right?

[@SapphireDragon357]

I'm just guessing here, but the animator did show the bunny rabbit standing over the MC on a cliff, and the second boss was a female ninja. It certainly wasn't as clear as Yahtz made it out to be, but from the other hints he dropped, I'd go with the bunny. After all... ..... .... Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes. They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses. And what's with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?

[@El_King911]

It's the Architect, the stern inhumane A. I. literally telling you how superior you are and how you shouldn't be saving thousands of humans that will die just to make a point and instead they should die for you trying to help you. Yhatzee didn't quite flesh that one out

[@Ninetails2000]

To be fair, both outcomes are so cliche and overdone that it really could be either.

[@letmereviewapps464]

@@SapphireDragon357 OMG! A Buffy reference!!

[@drewcifer9701]

Yahtzee! It's been literally a couple years since I've caught up on your videos. I gotta say your writing is still sharp as fuck and I'm enjoying you going as hard as you can on gross off the wall shit like the queefing jets lol love it!

[@nutboi6093]

Ooooh rollerblading

[@Tyronethehuman]

You provide me with a smile in an otherwise mundane existence

[@gh0stgamez424]

No I think you’re onto something with that poop sandwich analogy please continue

[@linkhidalgogato]

i will never understand how so many people can be unaware of what is going on in a first person game

[@chrisg5219]

Same

[@Saxjon]

I think it's either not being used to first person games or playing on a controller, where it can take way too long to look behind you

[@Liquidboi]

The ending got me

[@dienand_]

Once again surprisingly accurate

[@AdurianJ]

.22 Long Rifle is very scary ammunition :D

[@DinsRune]

I looked it up, and there IS an IT company called TechRunner.

[@monhunterz5430]

close enough to cyberpunk I guess

[@littlebigqualityproduction9756]

After all these years a laugh still seems to escape my mouth. Well done and keep on. . . like my opinion matters

[@chiefofthedesert7070]

even in the tutorial you can cut lasers out of the air if you're fast enough.

[@sikirebirth]

Does anyone know if Yahtzee mentions anything in regards to speedrunning games in general? Because I feel like this games speedruns are one of the most satisfying, technically challenging things to watch/pull off.

[@S1leNtRIP]

Netrunner LCG reference HELL yeah!!!

[@Dyneamaeus]

Gods, how long has been since I last thought about Kerplunk?

[@samuraicupcake289]

You play as Daft Punk?! That's pretty cool! :D

[@sin21ful]

I wish yahtzee would stop making great analogy’s and then acting like he’s talking nonsense

[@tabula_rosa]

yeah it struck me how kind of bad that was. The analogies are a central part of his Voice, so apologizing for them or drawing attention to them suddenly is... weird. Weirdly self indulgent, wish he wouldnt do that

[@viljamtheninja]

@@tabula_rosa Okay.

[@acblook]

Yeah it'd be so much more efficient if he'd skip straight to the talking nonsense part

[@sin21ful]

@@acblook Half of the average Yahtzee video is nonsense 😂 that’s why we love him.

[@diarykeeper]

With age comes wisdom, even for Yathzee.

[@jdcandido]

nice review, NAILED IT :D keep it up

[@OfNoImport]

I played Shadowrun on the SNES back when I thought they were spelling run with a W - you know, like Shado Wrun. Never did beat it... back then, anyway, but then when I came back to it I did manage to figure it out. Was a fun game.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

How are these always so damn creatively funny XD

[@timdunbar1352]

Was 1:15 a cheeky Public Service Broadcasting reference?

[@Matrxmonky]

Legit went back to watch the Bombshell (and VERY well justified review of The Witness, spot on Yahtz) and realized how amazing it could've been.

[@cripple8339]

-wall running -grapple katana Karlson isn’t happy with you

[@abdrhmn7093]

one of my favorite ending lines of zero punctuation.. and I don't say that lightly

[@Almania612]

Ikr

[@thepoetoffall7820]

Ah, Yahtz, you forgot that seminal cyberpunk Classic, Kite Runner.

[@billybob9495]

This game is great. Reminds me of cluster truck but you're a ninja

[@Jaylooker]

Rollerblading did come back in 2020

[@ScreaminMadMurphy]

Yes, yahtzee. I too am annoyed by food delivery. At least when i pick up the food i know why the food's all mangled by the time i get home.

[@ReprehensibleTed]

At least I have these videos to fall back on. These days I find myself hating a lot of games I’m very interested in. Starts to feel like maybe I’m the problem. These vids let me know I’m not totally crazy

[@JohnnyThousand605]

Nose Runner: A Cyberpick Adventure =P

[@mrmadmax420]

0:25 im okay with it, i always got prime

[@zacharygreen4404]

Hit all the funny buttons. Whew.

[@Sephlock]

Wait what WAS the bit from the ending of Robocop he's referring to? Its been a while. I assume he doesn't mean the remake.

[@dragmire3D]

Man... I haven't heard Kerplunk mentioned anywhere in a looong time.

[@Rodrigo-ei4ht]

Yahtzee getting thrown off by his own analogy xD

[@beastdrummer555]

For a $30 AA game, it is pretty solid. Lots of frame dips on on current gen consoles but I am sure looks fantastic on the new systems. Pretty inconsistent in terms of AI behavior, but it's not unplayable or anything. Other than that this review is pretty solid. I recommend it if you wanna kill an afternoon.

[@TheOsk1e]

My new FAV Chan.

[@Torguish]

"Queefing robo-vaginas" is something i didn't think i'd hear today.

[@SheezyBites]

When you gave the two characters thing I totally thought you were about to say they're both the same person... Maybe I'm too deep in Cyberpunk

[@merrittanimation7721]

So the main antagonist is basically the version of Doc Ock from Into the Spiderverse?

[@CreditR01]

4:27 - It's true.

[@CarterMcartmart]

It took him about a decade but Yahtzee finally turned around and asked himself what he's on about.

[@JP11155]

Karlson: Am I a joke to you?

[@fivefingerdelta5215]

Please review Hyper Light Drifter.

[@billveusay9423]

I'm sure that if girl-ninja pulled out her mask, she would turn out to be Nariko from heavenly sword. Exact same spastic flailing in Yathzee's animation

[@mark3845]

In conclusion: Just wait for Karlson to come out.

[@alexrogers7951]

The second boss timing is when her sword goes yellow. It's hard to time but possible.

[@TheFolros]

Also her sword making the swoosh sound. It always felt like I hat to parry after she finished the attack.

[@1slayer959]

Yeah that part kinda sounded like yhatzee jist wasn't eatching his opponent. It becomes even easier to follow her movements once you realize she just does the same few moves everytime.

[@thekiddshow]

I love mirrors edge. One of my favorite games, I feel like this will be fun for me.

[@broisyougobbling]

^ This

[@Lockdown2102]

Upvote for the bunny alone.

[@Chris_Sizemore]

Logan's Run is just a dystopian future science fiction. Cyberpunk is also a dystopian future scifi, but the subgenre is distinguished by being about the disparity between the rich and the poor, corporations are the rulers of the world, and a blurring between machines and man, and a question of what makes something 'human'. Also greed is a central motivator. Another hallmark is the old world contrasted and seen through the new. Signs of things we can find in our own world, covered in a thin veneer of high tech. Another common trope is the 'just barely obsolete' technology being used everywhere like yesterday's magic trick.