Immortals Fenyx Rising (Zero Punctuation)

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[@theescapist]

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[@NinjaMaster-og8ti]

When will the review for Demon's Souls remake come out. thats the one we all want to see. considering Yahtzee's love of the souls franchise.

[@theescapist]

@@NinjaMaster-og8ti We've finally obtained a PS5 for Yahtzee so early Jan.

[@YourFatherVEVO]

I'm just glad yahtzee tried to look past the bugs on this one

[@manavsridharan3811]

I was looking for this in the community tab for a while lol

[@theescapist]

@@letsBrn Nada. Very nice community member is helping us out. We'll shout them out in the first ZP PS5 review.

[@hedgehoundable]

So we have "Like God of War But..." "Like Dark Souls But..." and now "Like Breath of the Wild But..."

[@dnothstylez]

Diablo-likes, rogue-likes, etc. Doom clones. Originality is hard.

[@hedgehoundable]

@@dnothstylez I was talking specifically about Yahtzee's show. He even makes gags about how he has stamps for such occasions.

[@daveman985]

Lol I must know the source of your profile pic it’s too perfect

[@NinetyNineNo]

What games are "like God of War but...", exactly? The genre that the original GoWs belonged to (whatever you choose to call it) has many better exponents before and after them, and GoW 2018 isn't exactly a paragon of originality either.

[@Waffletigercat]

@@NinetyNineNo He uses it for games like the old God of War games, not the 2018 God of War. Including for the Devil May Cry series, which actually really irritates me because the first DMC came out before the first GoW. So if anything it should be "Like Devil May Cry But..."

[@pieoverlord]

Blimey, did anyone else underestimate how much Yahtzee liked Breath of the Wild?

[@georgesears934]

I had to go back and rewatch that review because I do not remember him liking it that much. The review was mostly positive, though there were several big caveats.

[@NathanCassidy721]

I was thinking about that game recently having gotten Horizon Zero Dawn and playing through it. You don’t realize just how much of a fucking shake-up to the formula it was until you play the game that imitates every single open-world game ever.

[@Mene0]

I did. Good thing though, the more time passes the more you realize BotW really was a gem

[@nintendoentersoft]

@@Mene0 It really is surprising how changing the little things in an open world game snowball into such a big change from being bored of a generic sandbox to actually quite liking one.

[@griffingamer8624]

I think a bigger problem was how much the game is similar to BotW, so all you one can say is, 'It's like BotW but...' Western game makers have outstanding vision, but lack originality. Eastern game makers are vice versa. If only we could combine the two outlooks, this game would have been better.

[@francesco8000]

Just a reminder that it's not their fault if the name kinda sucks: Monster energy forced them to change the name because it had "monster" in it so they argue that consumer would be "confused". Because clearly people can't tell the difference between a drink and a videogame if they both have "monster" on it.

[@Squall0506]

Honestly as dumb as some people are now a days i wouldn't have been surprised if some people DID get confused over it or thought it was a Monster branded game

[@ALifeOfWine]

This can't be the full story, otherwise Monster Hunter World wouldn't exist.

[@Enchie]

So how does Monster Hunter get away with it?

[@Pear_chan]

@@ALifeOfWine Chances are Monster Energy didn't bother with a case there because MHW is made by Capcom, a Japanese company. There's a whole level of language and translation issues they probably couldn't be bothered to contend with. Ubisoft caters primarily to an English language market.

[@francesco8000]

@@ALifeOfWine The difference is that Monster hunter is an established franchise with multiple games so now it's too late to complain. It probably slipped under the radar because it was just a japanese game that no one knew when the original was made (almost 2 decades ago). Immortal phoenix (Gods and Monsters originally) on the other hand is a title made by Ubisoft so they instantly noticed it. Sky tried to do the same thing with "no man's sky" but failed. In this situation Ubisoft could have won probably but they simply didn't want to be bothered and told the team to change the name.

[@RedMimicry]

"The all powerful beings that run your life might be fickle, self-centred and dangerously incompetent..." Sounds like they stayed on point for the myths.

[@gracelandtoo6240]

Yeah I didn't understand the criticism there, first they complain about Ubi not coming up with an entirely new IP and idea and then they're mad Ubi portrayed the gods accurately? That's just complaining for complaining's sake.

[@Karak-_-]

This was ghost written by Ovid.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

@@gracelandtoo6240 Granted I think he more meant the theme that that's somehow totally okay snd we should just forgive and forget because they're The Gods. Which coming from Ubisoft and its countless controversies is suspicious. Also I think the game would've been so much better if we could actually choose to kill Zeus and take his place

[@nikitaivachtchenko6375]

Seriously, when are we gonna get a game based around Aztec mythology? You'd think a culture that believed in regular world-ending catastrophes would make for an easy premise, but nope!

[@KyriosHeptagrammaton]

Curse of the dead gods sort of is.

[@lettuceman9439]

Same with Hindu

[@alexahegao842]

MKX?

[@demonic88]

aztec isnt old enough to be a mythology, the university of oxford is like more than 300 years older than the aztec empire and no one is crying out for Grand Theft Oxford

[@tomstonemale]

@Jemime Disraeli ""aztec isnt old enough to be a mythology" I don't think you know what mythology actually is.

[@numberjuan5837]

Ubisoft is like the guy in school who would laugh at your jokes and then tell them as his own when girls were around

[@yarchowschannel]

But he would mrss up the punchline somehow

[@Weezygeeza97]

And whenever they do come up with an original joke, nobody laughs, and the cooler, more talented kids tell it better anyway

[@666spalony]

And then sexually abuse them, like Ubisoft's employees.

[@Cudgeon]

@Eric Lee thats what ubisoft is known for these days.

[@numberjuan5837]

@slapypenguins101 lol. Do you think Immortals fenyx rising is better than Breath of the wild?

[@carbodude5414]

I find it pretty hilarious that Ubisoft made a BOTW-clone, a game specifically made to avoid all the pitfalls of a typical Ubisoft open-world, and then proceed to add in all the usual Ubisoft open world clutter unironically.

[@marcstarvaggi]

I have been saying this for months. BotW was a rebuttal to the Ubisoft model. It was a game intended to show what was missing in open worlds that feel fake, with icons haphazardly strewn about everywhere. It is a game that contains a sense of discovery, specifically discovery of an already extant place that is real and vibrant and full of life. It's an extraordinary achievement and trying to replicate it with the specific design principles it refutes is just sad

[@brya9681]

You said that based on a 5 minute review and never having played the game. My gods games are fucking sheep

[@Phillz91]

I am curious whether you have actually played this game, or watched any actual gameplay. This is a Ubisoft game, there are *some* world markers, but this is like the 'Covid, socially distanced' version of a Ubisoft game. There are very few native markers on the map and the only other ones that pop up are for things you scan, which you can just not do and find everything by wandering around and seeing what is over the next hill.

[@carbodude5414]

@@brya9681 My god, Ubisoft sheeps are braindead

[@carbodude5414]

@@Phillz91 I'm curious whether your brain functions even exist to make that observation

[@2CPhoenix]

Oh come on, we all know I brush my teeth everyday on the off chance I’ll get to make out with a beautiful Valkyrie.

[@Pattyobrien3]

Yet the worms will not care in the end.

[@PyroSirBrad]

@@Pattyobrien3 But *I* care, and that's the important part.

[@Pattyobrien3]

It is, actually! That is basically the difference between nihilism and existentialism.

[@daddysempaichan]

@@Pattyobrien3 Like, we all gonna die one day, might as well enjoy life while we're here.

[@DarthCody700]

Typhon driving out the greek gods is also an original myth, in the story, the Greek gods fleeing to Egypt take on the form of animals, this is how the Greeks explained the different gods in Egypt

[@jmurray1110]

Well not entirely Typhoon’s main attack was ripping Zeus’s tendons out and no one was turned to stone On that note he did father the gorgons with echinacea but they didn’t fight and depending on the telling on Medusa could turn people to stone and might not have existed yet though that is the Roman interpretation

[@but_in_space_though2919]

*Gex voice* : "This game looks like a party at King Augeas' stables!"

[@faustlican5566]

How dare you bring Gex up in 2020

[@Ashurman666]

Now i need to know: USA Gex or EU Gex? Cause they had different voices

[@EnsignGeneric]

That can't be a Gex bit, it was actually funny

[@FamousWolfe]

@@Ashurman666 I loved USA Gex, no surprise as I'm an American lol.

[@jstn9914]

This is the comments-section crossover of the century.

[@15oClock]

This is the game that's has been making KZbin ads infinitely more annoying lately!

[@superchroma]

Not to mention clogging play queues of LPers. It looks extremely dull and I haven't seen anyone able to muster good commentary over it.

[@doomy_mcdoomerson]

@@superchroma It’s actually a really good game. Check out the streamers on Twitch playing it.

[@demonic88]

youtube has ads>?

[@Enchie]

Really? All I've been getting are to good to be true ads.

[@IllMatic97]

@Svenger Mc. Spazzy that's cool but no one asked

[@chrisrebert9271]

REP-LI-CATE! RE-GUR-GI-TATE!

[@vihneirh]

His Dalek was pretty good.

[@jacklarkin1383]

That cracked me up.

[@klydekadiddlehopper5349]

if he doesn't call this "Immortals: Phallus Rising" or some variation thereof I shall be sorely disappointed

[@deusexvesania1702]

@@effdiffeyeno171 That joke was just as forced as the attempt at giving the game an original name.

[@WhyName]

4:33 he subverted ya. Sorry.

[@deusexvesania1702]

@@effdiffeyeno171 No, that's why it's illegal ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@hansjavis5854]

Like a true artist he subverted your expectations and went with “Immortals: Penis Softening”.

[@azyrael96]

it is by far not exciting enough for this kinda reaction..

[@superwildejellyfish]

I love Yahtzee's tangent around no point of doing anything, it really encapsulates the feeling of playing a modern ubisoft game.

[@CephDigital]

To be fair about the name, they did want to call it "Gods & Monsters" but Monster Energy drink went no-no to it for some god damn reason

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

The funny part about Yahtzee’s annoyance at the name is that he says “Phoenix “ but I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced “Fenyx “ with a solid E, like pen/Ken/hen/Ben 😂😂

[@TheKmork]

@@TheFlash-rh2el Nope, it's actually pronounced the same as the mythical bird ingame. So the same as phoenix :)

[@just9019]

yeah idk why they did that when there's other games with monster in the name, like monster hunter

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

@@TheKmork Damn it! Name is worse now lol

[@tompotter8703]

@@just9019 probably because monster hunter is a beloved and long running franchise that was around before the drink became famous. Weird fact, the drink was first released in 2000, two years before the first monster hunter game. The company that made it, Hansen’s, renamed themselves to Monster and sold all their other products to CocaCola in 2012.

[@Myu142]

Gensin Impact: Breath of the Wild steal your wallet edition

[@tyleredge5349]

Idk. Its a free game and you don't have to spend a dime on it

[@purpleisdebeste]

Botw but Gacha

[@tyleredge5349]

@@purpleisdebeste accurate

[@deusexvesania1702]

​@@tyleredge5349 That's always the first thing people say to defend shitty cashgrab games likes this... Let me paraphrase Yahtzee and reply with "You die anyway, no need to brush your teeth."

[@lacasadelvideojuego3880]

@@deusexvesania1702 well all my friends and me haven’t spend a single dollar on it, PLUS the content on that game is better than Zelda specially once every region is released the game will be even better. I have like 100+ hours on Genshin for free that’s totally more worth to me.

[@erwinlimawan3158]

Dear Yahtzee: “YOU WOULD MAKE A GOOD DA-LEK.” Thank you, that is all.

[@Manganization]

Really wasn't expecting a reference in the video for one of my favourite Doctor Who villains.

[@si_w8201]

I'd watch a snarky dalek episode written by him...

[@vcom741]

@@si_w8201 I mean Will Destroy Galaxy For Cash's villain is kinda like a dalek. A psychic apathetic dalek.

[@Onewhoknowslife90087]

You know what would be interesting? Instead of the Greek or Norse pantheons, why not have a game where the mythology is based around West African gods and heroes? Like, how about you have a series of side-quests that are based on the stories of Anansi, the spider god who won stories for mankind? Or, a mission where you have to either stop or assist in the destruction of a town where a cruel old woman and the literal, actual Devil are betting on which of them could cause the most destruction and chaos in said town? You know, change it up for once.

[@faustlican5566]

Sounds interesting indeed. But at this point, I'd take anything that's not Greek/Norse. There's a wealth of cultures/mythologies out there that can really spice up a story.

[@cameronhalliday8553]

That might require original thoughts though

[@bionicdragon5]

There was Asura's Wrath, which was a space-opera/Dragon Ball Z-esque take on Tauist (I think) mythology. Sadly, it wasn't so much a game as it was a movie strung together with monotonous combat sections and (HURK) QTEs. Even so, the art style and character designs were absolutely gorgeous, and the story was pretty damn good. Just a shame that the game part of the game was trash. And they paywalled the true ending.

[@MogsnOB]

Black Myth Wukong tho

[@kr4ftt]

Or maybe Brazilian folklore... There is a dude with snake heads instead of hands

[@MANofSHAZAM]

“The parry window is roughly the length of an episode of The Great British Bake Off”

[@chumbucket3475]

Ew soggy bottom

[@Stroggoii]

I can't remember the last time sassy, self depreciating dialogue added anything to a game. Maybe VtM:Bloodlines and only because it came in between slip ups about how fucked up kindred are. You know, like in real conversation when you pull off a one liner to distract from a Freudian slip. Not as your only means of communication.

[@virtualcynical8515]

Outer World's dialogue was pretty great. Hugely satirical of corporate and capitalist culture, while also self-deprecating and more importantly, Self-Aware of itself. The game is okay on its own merits, but the writing and world building is why we all love it

[@Stroggoii]

@@virtualcynical8515 Not a fan of the "Corporation suck! Right fellow proles? Buy our luxury product and stick it to Capitalism!" brand of satire, specially when signed by Californian corporations.

[@virtualcynical8515]

@@Stroggoii You.... Haven't played Outer World's have you?

[@viljamtheninja]

@@Stroggoii Reminds me of how Hollywood-produced kids movies always had that hand-wringing Businessman Who Wants To Turn The Park Into A Parking Lot-villain.

[@jman2050]

The Stanley Parable, but even then the narrator’s antics are kind of the whole point of the game.

[@wesleythomas7125]

"Immortals HUUUURK! Fenyx Rising"

[@joyrowancasey788]

The plot sounds like a Percy Jackson fanfiction

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

Because you emntioned it first I can now go off on one about the weird ass percy jackson fanfic I've read. Holy shit there's some weirdly well written and horribly strange shit out there. I read one where Percy became the goddess of magic and also lesbians, no really

[@thedarkoracle4807]

@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 That is the kind of claim that requires proof.

[@matthiasbindl7085]

@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 Yeah i second the command for the sauce

[@thedarkoracle4807]

@@douglaslamar1530 Absolutely. Even if it's bad that's the kind of bad I need to see.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@thedarkoracle4807 it's not even bad, that's the thing. Well it's not bad for fanfic it's just such a weird concept and the author just runs with it

[@Highlander77]

This is pretty much exactly how I would expect Yahtzee to react to this. Having said that, I think the game is actually great and I'm having a blast with it. Worth mentioning that I've barely played any modern Ubisoft titles prior to this though, so I haven't gotten as burned out on the formula as some have.

[@jmurray1110]

Definitely prefered it to BOTW That durability system seriously yanked my enjoyment and the weapon types just didn’t speak to me

[@thomasbedient9191]

I've been agreeing with Yahtzee a lot lately, but here's apparently where I diverge. I'm having a lot of fun with IFR. It reminds me pleasantly of those old PS1 era games like Spyro. There's a lightness of tone and absence of stakes that I find incredibly refreshing. Its a good game to sit down at and just feel.. nice. Combat is punchy enough to be exciting (though admittedly, its not very hard). Puzzles are simple enough not to get frustrating, but in depth enough not to get boring. Its not a perfect game, of course, but I think it might actually be my GOTY. Of course that comes with the massively qualifying statement that it has been a pretty shitty year for games.

[@titntin5178]

Well said mate, feel the same!

[@voidnihl]

Ghost of Tsushima wants to know your location

[@abdullahahmad4239]

@@voidnihl Ghost of Tshushima literally makes the exact mistakes as this game . Yahtzee's review sums it up perfectly It's literally assassin Creed but less clunky. The only interesting idea it had was the wind mechanic.

[@thomasbedient9191]

@@voidnihl eh. I played it and didn't find it as enthralling as other people seem to. Loved the atmosphere and aesthetic. If we were judging just on art direction it might win game of the decade, but I felt like every other aspect of the game was too shallow. The moment that soured the gameplay for me was when I was in the middle of a duel and, just for giggles decided to switch to a different sword stance. The game immediately froze and a prompt appeared telling me to switch back to the "proper" stance. Game literally would not let me continue playing unless I did exactly what it wanted me to do. Combined with the tissue thin stealth... lets just say I finished the main story, but having done so felt no desire to keep playing. I barely think of the game anymore. I legitimately forgot about it until you brought it up.

[@TomBrunsdon]

@@abdullahahmad4239 just saying it’s “literally” another game and has no interesting ideas, is clearly untrue and a lazy, cynical review. For ghost, and this game. The story and setting is completely different. And when talking about game mechanics or control schemes, yeah, if a game does something well, others will use those ideas. That’s why there’s a million souls like games.

[@sydious_s_snake]

It will never fail to amaze me the combination of words he can come up with When you click on the video thinking you'll hear something similar, you'll always hear something new

[@samuraipanda851]

Gotta admit, I was not expecting a praising review of Breath of the Wild in this review.

[@nintendoentersoft]

Holy crap, AAA Jiminy Cockthroat games have been wearing Yahtzee down so much he's been getting nicer and nicer towards Breath of the Wild as time goes along. First he talks about how Rage 2s mechanics needs a world like breath of the wild to properly grow and now he's retroactively praised the weapons durability for varying fights in comparison to this game. Are we like a couple smug annoyingly quippy protagonists away from Yahtzee going "Link may have the emotional range of a wooden blank drowned in epoxy, but at least he's not actively annoying my bollocks into reverse puberty" or something?

[@hoodedman6579]

Remember the singular time that Link showed some emotion, in Wind Waker? Why has literally every other Link had less character? And why is every game uglier than Wind Waker, for that matter? Breath of The Wild almost looks fine but it feels like there's a shitty filter making the whole game look worse a lot of the time. Something was just worse about Skyward Sword that I can't put my finger on, and Twilight Princess is one of the ugliest games I have ever seen, with the HD remaster barely helping.

[@Alexander-the-Mediocre]

@@hoodedman6579 This is just your own art bias...a lot of people don't like cell shading or the art work of wind waker. Its a little to simple and bright but dynamic shading and light made it interesting. So that art style was love/hated depending on who you asked. Twilight Princess was darker but looked good at the time and for the hardware that was out. Once again people either liked the darker atmosphere or they hated the lack of color scheme. Most people loved Breath of the Wild style so I doubt you will find many that agree with your statement as it is sharper and more detaile dthen wind waker while keeping the dynamic lighting and colors or it. I do agree with your less character statement though.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

@@hoodedman6579 BotW Link has a lot of personality in very subtle ways, like small monents showing his love for cooking, or his being ecstatic with the water bed in Zora's Domain. To some more serious things like the implication that he put up a stoic facade because of his role as the Knight that Seals the Darkness

[@takeachance9100]

How dare you compare the leaders of the video games industry to daleks! Daleks are actually interesting and fun to watch!

[@wesleythomas7125]

[Audience] ooooo-OOOOOO-oooooo!

[@MasterCharlie104]

Well they were until the writers used them in every single fucking series. Then they just became dull, generic and their evil schemes just got stupider and stupider.

[@telpit1680]

Actually.. I kinda think he's spot on using a dalek as an example. Don't tell me you don't feel screwed and invaded by the current industry leaders? And yeah, daleks might have been interesting back in the day, but not anymore. Hell even the fans themselves had to make a C grade animation just liven them up a bit... endorsed by BBC since they couldn't do any better..

[@alphaamigo9688]

On the subject of the name, apparently this game was going to be called something else (Gods and Monsters iirc) but then they got threatened with a lawsuit or something so they had to change it.

[@richthekev6366]

Over a year and a half later since release, & I personally still enjoy the game. 🤷🏽‍♂️💯

[@nonchip]

hey you forgot the dry heave between IMMORTALS and FENYX.

[@dnothstylez]

I thought that was only in the case of a colon?

[@nonchip]

@@dnothstylez pretty sure i've seen him do it on games without a colon too, when it sounds like there _could_ be one (or it's suggested to be a "subtitle" by a line break). in this case it's clearly "Immortals _heave_ Fenyx Rising", since Fenyx is just one character who's rising while the first word being plural implies *all* the immortals.

[@serenity8839]

"Why do you brush your teeth youre just going to die" Pff, Coy of you too assume i brush my teeth.

[@serenity8839]

@Zack Smith Dont worry im English, we dont even own toothpast. Aka... yes im single. (I do brush my teeth plis dont think im serious)

[@nickg1317]

As a dental lab technician: Thank you for the job security ;-)

[@GD-vj5zc]

@@nickg1317 Jokes on you ;) a pair of clean pliers and a 2-6 of alcohol.

[@serenity8839]

@@GD-vj5zc Dirty pliers if youre looking for that extra sexy risk factor

[@hazukichanx408]

@Zack Smith Lies, you are clearly a robot bear controlled by a megalomaniacal teenage superstar.

[@BlackWolf398]

This video is further proof to me that the interactions of systems in breath of the wild is something that can't just be replicated and a lot of that creativity comes from the weapon degradation. People have explored the depth of the systems and created many unique interactions. And those who felt limited by it showed a limit in their own creativity not the games.

[@jmurray1110]

It’s not that people feel limited by it, it’s that it makes finding powerful weapons feel pointless as they have the longevity of a pack of lemmings at the nested on Everest

[@WMUser3]

I have to say, he's more complimentary of BotW here than I remember him being when it came out. Guess he was just trying to offer some balance to the gushing praise it garnered from every other review at the time.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

I've never heard a more accurate description of Geshin Impact in my life

[@JakeNubbin]

"Weapon degradation encourages you to find crafty alternative solutions to combat" is the absolute spiciest endorsement for weapon degradation I've ever heard in my life

[@BloodyAltima]

@@isodoubIet Depends wildly on the game. Dark Souls II, the game with the most active degradation in the franchise, still encourages you to enter combat, because A. EXP. and B. dead people can't ruin your day later. You just have to have a backup weapon, and make sure you keep it handy if you suddenly need to switch to it in combat. Degradation is a system, and systems are not inherently good or bad, it just comes down to their usage.

[@Nitrinoxus]

I'll be honest: from the moment I first saw a trailer for _IFR_ (which I mentally abbreviated as _If Found, Recycle_ at one point), I thought to myself, "This looks like exactly the sort of game that Mr. Croshaw is going to absolutely _vivisect_ at some point." (Granted, it wasn't a difficult thing to guess.)

[@camhcom]

this is the best argument for reversing disney's century of copyright extensions. daddy corporate needs more free shit to rip off so we can stop drowning in the infinite tsunami of greek mythology ripoffs

[@sirbobulous]

Why not rip off Egyptian myth? We too can go on a quest to find Osiris' wang! Or maybe the Yazata? Deva? Manitou? Tuatha? Shen? There's a whoe world of myths to rip off!

[@caoilfhionndunbar]

@@sirbobulous yes! someone please make a game about the Aos Si, I want a fully interactive Tain Bo Cuailng

[@camhcom]

i mean i'd be down, but u know daddy's ad bois pre-nix anything that hasn't already penetrated the gelatinous zeitgeist of the illiterate doritos bro

[@sirbobulous]

@@camhcom So you're saying we need someone to make a breakout Indie hit using different mythology so the EAs of the world can steal it from them.

[@camhcom]

@@sirbobulous it'll need to be anthropological edutainment at no less than the blockbuster scale of undertale

[@Blanco8x8]

Yahtzee is essentially confirming that Nintendo, like them or not, can make some damn good video games.

[@thedorklord1029]

@slasherflicks I won't defend the corporate side of Nintendo, but I will kill anyone who says that the creators who make their games just do it for the money

[@BloodyAltima]

@@thedorklord1029 That's neat. The creators aren't the company, the corporate side is. Creatives are disposable per the corporates, and if they cock up or underperform, will be replaced. See also, guy who made, among other things, Kirby got absolutely dumped on after the Virtual Boy.

[@the-engneer]

They will always be the best💪

[@the-engneer]

@slasherflicks So Halo, Ass Creed, and COD don't do that, but with more copy and paste, and less "let's try new things that have never been done before"?

[@ramp8536]

So we have reverse Orpheus and now reverse Kratos, when's reverse Odysseus, where we have to escape the clutches of our significant other in order to fight in a war... Wait, that's just the Iliad.

[@sonfoku73]

I have played this and Genshin Impact because they were supposed "botw clones" and only after playing both did I realize botw is more of a masterpiece than we realized. It just feels so much deeper even though at first glance you'd think Genshin is deeper with all the characters and weapons and shopping mechanics. Everything is face-value with fenyx and Genshin but botw has so many game design choices and mechanics that allow imagination. I've watched videos that showed me new things that could happen I didn't know about even though I've got 400+ hours in botw.

[@barrybend7189]

Bombs are surprisingly effective weapons for mobs.

[@caoilfhionndunbar]

I just wish I could play Botw, I dont own a switch and there will never be a PC port. is their a good emulator?

[@barrybend7189]

@@caoilfhionndunbar nope.

[@hoodedman6579]

I truly wish I understood what people were talking about in regards to BoTW; to me, it was a mediocre open world game with a pile of unique annoyances on top and nothing more, sometimes with some classic annoyances like terrible instant-loss stealth being added on top. I wanted to like it, but nothing, and I mean nothing, about it was particular fun in and of itself and it constantly missed opportunities or just annoyed me. Shrines were the only particularly fun part and so many of those were either the same miniboss I've already fought several times or they were motion controlled or they were nothing at all and many of the rest were stupidly short. Breakable weapons might add something, but all they really did was force constant menuing with terrible menus and make every weapon feel weak, the Master Sword has never been worse and hardly even fits this type of game. Being able to pause and heal with your entire inventory of ingredients, on top of however many full heals you decided to make, means that the only challenge there ever is is if an enemy surprise kills you in one hit. There isn't much enemy variety and they mainly get harder by making them have more health, which just makes the fights take longer. The only real reward for exploring is shrines; weapons are too fleeting and korok seeds lose their luster after only a small fraction of them. Maybe you'll get armor, but most of that is in shrines or shops. There are only three base weapon types and one of them is a slow and heavy weapon that's only practical against a sleeping target, so most of the time only two are practical. Many unique things are locked behind amiibo's, and what you get from them is RNG. Link's stamina is abysmal and it's incredibly unfun to run out while running around, but it's going to happen constantly until you fully upgrade it. You can't climb during the rain, which is "realistic" except Link's Spiderman climbing could not be farther from realism and you can manually switch time to get rid of it, rendering the rain as just another chore you have to deal with when it randomly happens. The game still does have its moments of course, that's why I think it's mediocre and not merely bad, but I don't get how people ignore or simply don't care about all of these things. None of them are huge on their own but they just drag the experience so much that it's hard to enjoy what good there is, and even that isn't very impressive overall.

[@barrybend7189]

@@hoodedman6579 i think its more its a modern interpretation of the original Legend of Zelda but with a modern twist. As in the beginning after the tutorial your just left to your own devices. Plus all the world is small details.

[@rob98000]

Speaking about the stand on tower and look bit, metro exodus does this well by using binoculars that blur when you look over an unmarked area and then it focuses and adds it to your map, no hud markers for you.

[@hra_Najimi99]

That name just made names like "World's End Club" and "Washington Football Team" sound awesome.

[@BroAnarchy]

... ....ᵃˡˢᵒ ⁱᵗ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ ˡᵒᵗˢ ᵒᶠ ᵐᵒⁿᵉʸ .. 🇷 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇮 🇨 🇦 🇹 🇪  ❗ 🇷 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇮 🇨 🇦 🇦 🇦 🇹 🇪‼️ lol... so very true 😂

[@thedorklord1029]

Aahhhhh... I love the Daleks

[@DeviantRabbits]

* R E G U R G I T A T E *

[@blackvial]

Yahtzee you could have at least mentioned that they got sued about the name by Monster Energy Drink

[@USMC49er]

1:30 I thought that was a tongue in cheek joke about it but I guess not

[@blackvial]

@@USMC49er sounds more like a dig at the stamina bar for climbing than anything else

[@heroponriki6235]

3:15 Laughs nervously in elite dangerous explorer

[@branchmedo]

Tuts in EVE scanner probes

[@The2econd3vil3xes]

Goddamnit Yahtz, why'd you have to use that image at 2:01? You sent me down a rabbit hole for half an hour trying to remember from my college art history classes who that's a statue of... still no idea. The pose looks identical to _Menkaure and his Queen,_ but this one's naked.

[@ThomasG_]

"...offers a bold new take on the interactive narrative experience." Wait, Breath of the Wild had a narrative?

[@barrybend7189]

It does but its not quite in your face.

[@justinfarischon7868]

Yes

[@AchedSphinx]

well yeah, go beat the baddie. but the keyword is interactive. you pretty much create your own stories in that game.

[@barrybend7189]

@@AchedSphinx theres also alot of interactions with what would normally be static npcs.

[@hoodedman6579]

@@AchedSphinx "And then I played hot and cold to find another shrine and it was another fucking test of strength so I went back to that one area with all of the Mighty Bananas and used them to make a bunch of full heals and"

[@theLEGOdude2000]

This is Yhatzee's real BotW review

[@Tralfazz74]

It takes a special kind of passionless indifference to make an onlooker start quoting the most existential panels from Calvin & Hobbes.

[@joshcharles2683]

Genshin Imact aka Breath of the Wifu

[@CarlosIzcoa]

I actually liked the game. I like how it's full of little puzzles to solve. I thought it's one of the sleeper hits of the year.

[@DannyMck]

I'm with you, just a fun casual game to play if you enjoy some light combat and puzzles. People keep comparing it to BOTW which seems incredibly stressful to play.

[@CarlosIzcoa]

@@DannyMck So you haven't played it? BotW is more "survival" focused. Immortals is more actiony, arcady.

[@DannyMck]

@@CarlosIzcoa never played BOTW, never saw the point in getting a Switch since I'm hardly gaming when I leave the house so felt like a bit of a gimmick I'd never use. Anyway yeah I haven't played BOTW but I have watched a full playthrough and honestly think the game looks great other than that one decision that your constantly micro managing weapons.

[@CarlosIzcoa]

@@DannyMck it's not as big a hassle as it seems. At least for me it wasn't. Kept me on my toes. I know others that hated it though. Good game. But imitators will keep popping up so I think as time passes there'll be plenty of alternatives. Like this game

[@Brainhorn]

All jokes aside, I've been having a lot of fun with it and I recommend it

[@gideonstott9353]

solid 7/10

[@DullEyes100]

​@@gideonstott9353actual 7 and not the modern adjusted 7 which is actually anywhere from 3 to 5

[@coolcax99]

I wonder whether the "create map icon by using the on screen circle" thing is because Ubisoft has some shared APIs across their company. It's kinda similar to the eagle thing in assassin's Creed origins and later games. Maybe they just do this to reduce development cost

[@the_flaming_tree_troll9380]

The Dallek joke was beautiful

[@cuboidham]

“why are you brushing your teeth” he says, as i’m brushing my teeth get out if my flat yahtzee, or at least help with the rent

[@nortonthedestroyer]

How are you brushing your teeth while watching a video? Did you permanently tape your phone to your face?!

[@AbiShoukathAliA]

4:36 Yahtzee with Halo: I fought the final boss because I got nothing better to do Yahtzee with horns: We play video games because WE GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO, in life, maybe, sort of. Yahtzee with Halo: shh Hornzee, You are screaming your inner thoughts, viewers must not know the truth.

[@Aliens2Exist]

redditor spotted

[@jonahbyers6183]

the way his voice cracks when he says "stabbing dudes in the bum" makes the episode

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

5:00 Besides Zeus banging anything that moves part, that is basically were most of greek mythos problems came from so they nailed it.

[@spacesolar3699]

Actually, it's a cunning deconstruction of the very idea of having human emotion. By playing it, you feel pain that can only be assuaged by going numb and resorting to sarcastic quips, which is exactly what the gods do. Ubisoft is EMPOWERING US!

[@azzzanadra]

thanks, but i prefer to feel pain the normal way, by stepping on a lego

[@theladoflads7884]

can't believe the folks on muhoyo had the nerve to make breath of the wild an anime mmorpg the madmen

[@elberethgilthoniel1397]

Anyone remember the Dr Who game from the early 80's where the only 2 mechanics were move and warp? Every time the Dr moves in the single screen, the large number of Darleks scattered around the screen move towards you. To escape the screen you have to find the sequence of moves that will let you make it out without touching one of the Darleks. The warp is a Defender style hail mary. You might get away from the Darlek about to touch you, only to warp into a group of them. It was simple, but hey this was when Beserk was considered the height of intense science fiction gaming. I just used my imagination to fill in the story and the Dr making his usual quips in a British accent I found hilarious as a kid. Darleks. Useful game villains and surprisingly incisive marriage counsellors.

[@logainwolfe1988]

La Mulana and La Mulana 2 both have heavy focuses on Zoroastrianism. They're also incredibly difficult; if the soundtrack wasn't so good I would have bashed in my head while stuck several times.

[@Fizz-Pop]

It's an Ubisoft game. At this point, what were you expecting Yahtz?

[@MysticMountainNebula]

This game deserves more credit for what it is. It’s a game that reminds me of the many reasons why I started enjoying video games in the first place. As someone else said, the story reminds me of a Spyro game. The platforming and puzzle solving is excellent and reminds me of Banjo Kazooie. The combat is like God of War but easier. And the exploration is like BOTW mixed with AC. It’s okay to take ideas when they are good. This game has taken things I have loved over the years in video games and made a “greatest hits” of a game to appeal to everyone. Also, I wanted to add, it really seems like Yahtzee went IN on this game yet stayed praising the overhyped, damn near lied about, garbage that is Cyberpunk 2077.

[@honeyjm8324]

I got it on sale and to be honest…..I’ve spent 10 hours in two days on it…..in the second area, shits addicting

[@thesaladman8400]

The day Yahtzee plays Lisa the Painful/Joyful is when I'll fly to the moon in a single jump

[@jakublederer1257]

Can we just focus on Yatzee’s amazing Dalek voice.

[@pokemonmanic3595]

True story: when my friend first saw the trailer he was intrigued and thinking about buying it, until he saw the words “Ubisoft presents” and immediately lost interest.

[@onedeadsaint]

_sigh_ what's point of anything. think I'll rip my eyes out; that's a good trick!

[@roaringbeardragon4531]

I see someone is flexing their wallet

[@onedeadsaint]

@@roaringbeardragon4531 everytime I comment on here

[@roaringbeardragon4531]

@@onedeadsaint lol

[@chongwong]

I read the 'Will blah the blah for blah' series over the last 2 days. Really amusing, well done Yahtzee!

[@variablevaries1228]

Y'know, the premise of the big bad turning a bunch of people into stone and the hero looking to un-rock everyone kinda reminds me of the plot of Spyro

[@petermanfox2535]

Completely unrelated but I recently ordered "Will save the galaxy for food" on Amazon and at first it said I would get it on February, then a day passed and it suddenly changed to the 24th of December. I now believe Yahtzee is a friend of Santa.

[@SilortheBlade]

Makes me glad I am not as cynical as others (mind you that is a relative measurement), as I am getting loads of fun playing this game. It's not perfect by any means, but it is fun. Don't go in to it expecting a serious game and you will like it if you like the open world wonder around to find stuff style of game.

[@SuperPrinnyDood]

When I was 8, my mom got tricked by that exact Alladin VHS, that was part of my childhood

[@typacsk]

2:54 He warned them. He warned them waaaay back in the "Breath of the Wild" review not to pull that shit, and they didn't listen.

[@afluka]

Never heard of the game till now, so by the title alone I thought Yahtzee finally caved in and took a mobile game sponsorship deal. This comment was sponsored by Raid - Shadow Legends. (not)

[@lindylou538]

@@effdiffeyeno171 and the new factions battles

[@PsychoDiesel48]

4:02-4:15 SEE!!!! SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THIS! THANK YOU YAHTZEE!

[@alexnoman1498]

I had not drawn a connection, that's so neat!

[@sportsjefe]

Knowing how much hate the degradation system got, this will not make Yahtzee very popular among his fans.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

@@isodoubIet Strange. Everyone always has this same argument that it completely invalidates combat and that's just absurd. Why not fight to see what weapons or materials you can find in the badit camps? Like seriously how is it so hard for people to see how it promotes exploration and problem solving?

[@LordKaftan]

@@PsychoDiesel48 because, after some time you learn, that there aren't any interesting weapons or materials in those camps.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

@@LordKaftan we must've been playing different games then because I've played for over 250 hours on my first file and I never was dissapointed while exploring and fighting. Always something else to find and discover

[@jakobplante3478]

Pro tip: if an ad for anything, at any time, references the skip ad button or it’s absence for that iteration of the ad, think even more carefully than usual about whether or not it might be worth your time and money.

[@jmcauley650]

I love this series as always, Yahtzee always brightens my week

[@ArchMageSynok]

I’m having a lot of fun with this game. But he’s right about most points here, but not being original isn’t always bad.

[@BalthazarDesign]

I feel this way too, but the biggest point Yahtzee mentioned I too hate is the fricking surveilence scanning, especially on the PS5 with that new haptic feedback.

[@definitelynotalpharius5246]

Oh boy, I get to know how to spell the names!

[@fraser7211]

I am very surprised that he didn't make any Kid Icarus Uprising comparisons, especially when he was talking about the quips

[@l88ch3r]

Won me over with the Statler and Waldorf reference.

[@frostyblade8842]

I must say, this is one of Yahtzee's best videos recently imo. He doesn't over the top to criticise every little flaw with the game and is very witty and precise about the games numerous gaping flaws. Plus it shows he's aware of how much of a grump he can be at times. It could just be me, but it seems like ZP has been getting better week on week recently and I can't wait to see if the Cyberpunk video follows that trend or pimp-slaps back into oblivion

[@mr.potato2223]

Will destroy the galaxy for cash Sounds like a sci-fi skyrim

[@Sirozha1337]

A lot of people ask why they changed the word Phoenix to Fenyx. Just try to google "Fenyx", the only thing you'll get is the game. If it were called "Phoenix" then it would probably appear at the bottom of the page.

[@librarianseth5572]

Plus, in the narrative the creature you team up with dies, leading to zeus recreating it bearing the protagonist's name - the game starts before phoenixes are a thing

[@michaelwallace9461]

Got it a few days ago. Not a patch on BOTW but pretty good with the sound down

[@tenzhitihsien888]

So... like Breath of the Wild but with a mythology I'm more interested in, sans the equipment degradation that killed my interest in BotW and by extension the Switch? I'll probably have to get this game eventually when I'm not busy playing a game on XBOne that people insist is unplayable.

[@animorph17]

... why would anyone play on the shit laptop pretending to be a gaming console? Just get a real computer.

[@zoramarslink5788]

Genshin Impact is delivering their open world segments over time, and aside from its monetization scheme (which is considerably horrific) it's a rather well made game with a much more in depth story. It's not really a 'clone' but in line with the same genre. It certainly has tremendous effort put into it, but its community is more toxic than LoL (somehow).

[@DAEDRICDUKE1]

What do you expect weaboo incels?

[@Aurirang]

Once had the 'joy' of meeting one of these after lightly criticising GI. Boy did that dude (or dudette) flip out. So yeah... didn't bother all that much with the game anymore.

[@scarrantsandreviews]

It's sad that this game wears its inspiration on its sleeve so openly and yet it's still Ubisoft's most inspired game since Far Cry 3 , Child of Light, and Rayman Legends in 2012/2013.

[@Marksman3434]

I just love how Yahtzee changes the title of whatever game he’s reviewing every time he mentions it. Absolutely loved the ones for this review: “Immortals Vomit Rising”, “Immortals Bile Churning”, “Immortals Violent Diarrhea”, “Immortals Penis Softening” 😂😂😂

[@LK_tutturu]

weapon degrading doesn't add anything to a game besides annoyance though

[@gleipnirrr]

why did you write something that was disproven during the very video?

[@LK_tutturu]

@@gleipnirrr Nope, he didn't. Feel free to disprove my argument

[@cereal1862]

Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed Immortals.

[@DDLAFFEY724]

I literally just bought this game and for the life of can not stop playing sure it gets repetitive after a while but fuck me up my nostrils if it isn’t addictive

[@Ramsey276one]

0:44 LOVE IT XD

[@GallowglassVT]

Genshin Impact: Breath of the Waifu

[@redgeoblaze3752]

Thank you for properly explaining why Breath of the Wild needed weapon breaking.

[@ssfbob456]

I think we can excuse the name, it was originally called Gods and Monsters but Monster Energy got all pissy about their trademark even though it was completely unrelated to their product and impossible to mix up with them, so Ubisoft was forced to change it.

[@madkoala2130]

1:08 Is that Truck-kun reference!!! GOT ISEKAIED!