LEFT 4 DEAD 2 & NEW SUPER MARIO BROS WII (Zero Punctuation)

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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Left 4 Dead 2 and New Super Mario Bros Wii.
Fast-talking Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw reviews a new game each week in this animated series that combines informed critique with cutting humor. Watch the next episode of Zero Punctuation a week early, only on The Escapist.
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[@tuackanxu]

Incidentally, the L4D2 developers explained that they totally were intending on adding the features to L4D1, as a sort of expansion pack... but some of their ideas wouldn't have worked unless all of them were packaged together, so they decided to give themselves some creative freedom by making it a whole other game... though now you can play all of L4D1 in L4D2 too. Source: developer's commentary

[@firstpersonwinner7404]

And so the $60 Stand Alone DLC was born

[@nickmcgowan6932]

@Bentley Zaid shut the fuck up

[@user-pd2zy3jy5f]

@Cason Peyton why the fuck are there bots in a 10 year old video

[@philip9830]

"...but as the disbelieving friend said to the inventor of the feces-powered helicopter; This shit will not fly!" Simple, but fucking brilliant.

[@bliffity2692]

In a Bowser vs. Tank scenario Bowser would obviously win just because of the fact that he never fucking dies.

[@guardingdark2860]

+Bliffity Only because Mario isn't allowed to blow him to teensy little bits.

[@bliffity2692]

Bel-Shamharoth Mario threw Bowser into a sun, dropped him in lava, crushed him, and destroyed his guts from the inside out. Believe me, Mario gives it his all.

[@guardingdark2860]

Bliffity But he didn't physically powderize Bowser.. As brutal as Mario is, that little fact makes a difference. If he were allowed to paint the walls with Bowser and a shotgun, you can bet that Nintendo would be down one IP

[@bliffity2692]

Bel-Shamharoth Throwing someone into a sun is more effective, I believe.

[@guardingdark2860]

Bliffity Absolutely. But if you recall, he actually survived that. and then survived being swallowed by a lava planet not 5 minutes later, and then survived the collapse of the entire universe into a black hole shortly after that.

[@baconsir1159]

I noticed he was still actually expecting Half Life 3, so I checked the video date and of course this was half a decade ago.

[@32bitosserc84]

Never give up hope

[@godfather5894]

L0gicz They actually had this channel in 2009 they would upload only few vids on youtube back than to promote their website and get people to visit it. but in 2011 they realised they will earn more money with just uploading it on youtube so they re uploaded all of the videos from website which they already didnt have on youtube. Hope this helps

[@krukblood-axe3649]

Welp, we've hit a decade, boys.

[@happyhapsly]

Hehe, this comment is now dated

[@muhumads]

His still waiting lol

[@UltraVast]

Cheeseburger spider? Yahzze predicted Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2!

[@zyad48]

LOL

[@Dice12K]

UtraVast Oh my god, you're right! xDDDDDD He's been making that joke far before either movie! xD

[@BoneBeastKimimaro]

Didn't Spongebob do that a long time ago, though? With Plankton.

[@oaktwig]

BoneBeastKimimaro yknow, maximum overdrive, etc.

[@ObsidianHunter99]

8 years later and at least we got half life: alyx

[@DavidJoh]

You know, Super Mario Brothers WII looks like Super Mario Brothers World War II. I'd play that.

[@RatBoyDunce]

+Mr Streakman in the counties that were a part of axis versions but in the countries that were a part of the allies we would be allies

[@expressrobkill]

basicly nintendo fans will play any number of repackaging of games that nintendo produce without questions hesitation or wanting innovation, how is this a thing, i hear people complain because the frame rate is not 60 fps, but there's this magical pot o gold nintendo found that pays them £50 for 25 year old games.

[@blackfiredragonthe13th43]

The jetsons are wonderful and all, but seriously valve, you ready yet for half-life 3? At this rate you're turning into the new duke nukem: forever, never to see the light of day. I was too young to see the first two games and now I'm just left sitting here with spunk left over from people who played them, wondering what joy and amazement they must've felt to create such patterns on the walls and floors.

[@scootza1]

Oh god you may be onto something there

[@biggaypatientzero5121]

You can still play them, the hl1 and 2 plus all of the expansions would only be about $40

[@tamathemaid7171]

Well at least they making some steps since L4D3 has been leaked so Half Life 3 has to be on its way. My guess is 2020

[@hakjobtm7472]

+Black Fire Dragon the 13th The way you wrote that actually reminds me a lot of Yahtzee's sentence structure.

[@bestpseudonym1693]

+Black Fire Dragon the 13th my suspicion is that they're specifically trying to avoid DNF syndrome by waiting until all the Half-Life 3 hype has died and then silently kicking out onto steam

[@General_Fuck_Yeah_AnimeTitties]

The gore version got released in Australia and Dear Fucking God It’s actually amazing. It doesn’t change the gameplay that much but it was so noticeable that I turned off all my mods just to enjoy it completely and finished the campaign over the course of two days purely because of the gore. It’s genuinely that much of a difference.

[@mittensbro]

If you look into some of Valve's developer commentary stuff, they worked really, REALLY hard on making the gore look as good as possible.

[@iim4xii129]

That Is Absolutely Fascinating

[@Jofe000]

In all these years I never noticed that imp at 1:03 says the start of "Scatman"

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

I went to a Stones concert just recently. They came on an hour late, but what amused me was that about 10 minutes before coming on stage the big screen-thing played something that seemed like a trailer for a documentary consisting exclusively interviewees gushing about how great the Stones were. All through it I was thinking, "you don't have to keep selling us, everyone in here has already bought a ticket."

[@RantingRamsay]

One of my favorite parts of a Yahtzee review/critique is how he progressively maims the title of the games he is reviewing/critiquing. Never fails to bring a smile to my face.

[@GreenLinzerd]

Four years later... and still no Half-Life 3.

[@hisho2255]

j0njn and we ALL know how that turned out "shudder"

[@MrTombombodil]

Hey. Everyone. Internet. Listen: It's NOT Half-life 3, it's Half-life 2 EPISODE 3. Why does everyone get this wrong? I'm beginning to get the impression that most people haven't even played any of the half life games. xP Love you all, night.

[@GreenLinzerd]

Willie Gross Why no I haven't played it. I've just heard a lot of people whining about it.

[@ShimoGames]

Willie Gross Same difference

[@ShimoGames]

BrownieComicWriter That's sad

[@mastermcchief3694]

Tank wins. Bowser is so old that if he'd take one step his knee would give out.

[@zaracondemi6375]

MasterMcChief No!

[@MintMovies]

I just love the Mc Jagger flip off at the end. Never gets old.

[@mc-ps-playa5569]

"L4D2 Springfield 30-06" lol

[@Watheverable]

"This is the supposed to be the future dammit" You sir just made my day

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

Valve probably won't ever release Half Life 2: Episode 3 because it'll never live up to the hype no matter what they do.

[@harrygoad329]

Ah yes, in the industry we call that "Pulling a Duke Nukem Forever"

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

That has only happened cause they kept on never making it after many years.

[@Arthurschkil]

No they are just waiting for 5d immersion technology

[@Gabriel-doodle]

3:13 Well, how we know where they got that idea from in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

[@Lukyo1984]

But as the disbelieving friend said to the inventor of the feces powered helicopter "This sh*# will not fly!" That line never gets old.

[@maxkennedy8075]

Wow, an 8 year old video wondering where half life 3 is. God damn thats sore

[@cringelord9568]

After binge watching this series, I all the comments i read in my head i hear in your voice

[@LilianOrchard]

@xmentosx How DARE you call 16 bit graphics shitty! /watch?v=V2qsxWCrxo4

[@roykelly6147]

3:16 "...this shit will NOT FLY." Best. Pun. Ever.

[@SwiftyStardust]

Cheeseburger spider? Sounds somehow familiar

[@sgtslime5560]

+Equestrian Idiot Cloudy with a chance of meat balls I believe.

[@BFedie518]

this video actually came out a few years before CLACOM2 side note: that is an interesting acronym

[@SwiftyStardust]

Brandon Fedie I know.

[@GamerCainey]

I flippin love Yoshi's Island on the SNES

[@Z1gguratVert1go]

I’m listening to a video review of a computer game where the reviewer mentions half-life 3 not being out and I look at the date and it’s eight years ago. Hello from the future, and yes we’re still making “where is half life 3” jokes.

[@kwnzorhoodini3508]

I lol'd hard at the Uncle Phil/Coach Imp

[@linkmanplays]

I got L4D2 for free on christmas. steam had it for free, it was not a gift.....i have no friends.

[@lereff1382]

linkmanplays Same here :D

[@sgtslime5560]

+linkmanplays Same, but for some reason, It had Gore on low as default(I'm in canada, no national shit.) and was amazed that there was head exploding.

[@AlejandroSilva-mr7yy]

well, good for you bye ;)

[@TooCooFoYou]

+linkmanplays Either Valve must've felt bad for you, or it was just a free weekend.

[@linkmanplays]

mabey, you never know.

[@andrewjackson1835]

Is it bad that I have and liked New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

[@thelostone7512]

Nah, its not bad. The issue is its the exact same game as the others.

[@thatturkey1]

3:01 may be the subtlest reference to The Shawshank Redemption I have yet to hear of. Ever. So congratulations!

[@vexphoenix]

Oh god that analogy about the rolling stones concert is still so accurate for HL3

[@moviemaker1986]

Wouldn't call L4D2 an expansion; I'd call L4D a beta. :/

[@acephantom903]

L4D was better than 2...

[@moviemaker1986]

acephantom903 Maybe was, but since L4D2 has everything L4D did plus more (and you can play the L4D coop or versus mutation if you're nostalgic). What would attract a newcomer to L4D over L4D2? Yes the sequel came out a year after the first game, but that's not uncommon in the industry.

[@acephantom903]

I don't like the movement in the second game. Too floaty. I let go of a movement key in L4D1 and I stop, in 2 I slide to a stop. I also don't like the new special infected because they are just annoying in my opinion.

[@acephantom903]

BloodHound Gaming. My favorite thing to do in 2 was in Vs. As a jockey and it was to troll the players... that and the gore. Everything else... just felt it was done better in L4D1.

[@moviemaker1986]

acephantom903 Oh, I haven't noticed that floaty movement, maybe because I haven't played 1 in awhile to compare it, but I agree that movement type is annoying. And while I like the shakeup of infected in campaign and think certain levels like the hospital in No Mercy are better balanced because of them, it was always nice in 1 to have a pretty good idea of what infected you'd play just by looking at what everyone else had. Good and bad I suppose.

[@cullenmott7614]

somehow watching this episode of Zero Punctuation at 0.75 speed made it a lot funnier for me. Yahtzee sounds more exhausted and cantankerous. Will try this for other videos.

[@Omega068]

Lol, the random name changing was great.

[@pln9fos]

Huh, interesting reference to "Apocalypse;" I remember learning a long while back that it was the first 3D game to introduce skateboarding (or something to that effect; it was touched on in a short film about Tony Hawk's Underground 2, if I remember correctly).

[@TheAttacker732]

L4D2 is now legal in Australia UNCENSORED!!! Now, go melt Australian processors!

[@justanaverageguy912]

ALWAYS pick toad. he is faster than the other characters, so you can steal all the upgrades away from them...

[@hamza62240]

Not in NSMBW, all characters have the same physics.

[@zyad48]

hamza62240 yeah in NSMBW and NSMBU they all play the same, in super mario 3d world though and super mario bros 2 USA(i added USA to diversify it from the original release which never left japan, super mario bros 2 the lost levels) toad is faster than the other characters

[@hamza62240]

Minecast Zyad48 ...That comment was unneeded. Thanks though. I already knew that, but still, thanks.

[@CaptainZock]

"Uncle Phil" Oooh, I burst out with laughter XD

[@MogAnarchy]

Lmao, I actually like playing as Rochelle. :D

[@PerfectPatrickHH]

I guess Nintendo can't hear yahtzee because of all the money they made with NSMBW Well that's the reason why they don't hear anyone really because Mario sells like bread. It's the COD Syndrome i guess

[@alexanderthorne635]

Left4Dead 2, Sheffield Wednesday 3....

[@Sonnyrazer]

my 5 year old cousin loves the rolling stones, he heard some of their songs a year ago and has been head over heels for their music since then

[@PomLamb]

Hey Mr. yahtzee did you put that shiny gold hat in hatfall?

[@mehdude9999]

Did I just hear Yahtzee say he ENJOYED A GAME???

[@TrollBreaker]

+mehdude9999 He enjoys Uncharted 2 and Bioshock.

[@RatBoyDunce]

+Troll Breaker don't forget portal1

[@TrollBreaker]

derpy chainsaw Yeah.

[@guardingdark2860]

+derpy chainsaw You both forgot the biggest joy of all, Silent Hill 2.

[@SonofTiamat]

Left 4 Dead 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@magnusm4]

i didn't think it was worse. It just added more of everything like sequels used to do. Before they made sequels completely different from the original game and ruined everything the first did great.

[@stars111535]

magnusm4 So first people complain about sequels sucking because they're the exact same thing as the first game (like COD), now they're complaining about sequels being too different.

[@jamesreid9284]

stars111535 And now that we've seen both sides of the same coin, I'd rather sequels stick to what made the originals great, while still adding their own unique narrative/gameplay twists.

[@magnusm4]

stars111535 On the rain slick precipice of darkness episode 1 - 4. From cool cartoon 3d to 16 bit graphics. They changed the gameplay way to much

[@nathanrichards7626]

Left 4 Dead 2: Legend of Curley's gold

[@RealEnerjak]

My dad actually went to a rolling stones concert back in the 70's, and said that they actually did bring out a T.V. and started playing episodes of the Jetsons because their band equipment didn't arrive on time.

[@kgldude]

Boy, these Jetsons episodes sure do go on forever...

[@Kuuenbu]

NSMBW has more differences from its prior installment than L4D2 yet the former gets all the criticisms for being derivative. Never has Yathzee's pro-Valve, anti-Nintendo bias been more fucking obvious.

[@EliteDubGamer]

the butthurt is strong with this one

[@Kuuenbu]

EliteDubGamer Hey at least I typed my comment instead of pasting it from the usual YT stock.

[@southparkkenny2]

Hard to like Nintendo when they charge you 40% of money made (after KZbins 55% non-negotiable take) on any video featuring any of their products.

[@expanddong3975]

yahtzee doesnt have autism so hes immune to nintendo milking the shit out of 30 year old blobs of failure who havent seen their winkies since super mario bros 3 came out.

[@Kuuenbu]

Expand Dong A blob that sells tens of millions of units can hardly be given the descriptor of "fail".

[@ramudasanjuu]

Left 4 Dead 2: Shooty shooty where's the booty? New Super Mario Bros Wii: Jumpy jumpy why can't I humpy?

[@TheHotshot1221]

Zero punctuation is by far the best thing on this channel

[@exiledPostman]

L4D2 also added new monster types in addition to the melee weapons. It reminds me of how Doom 2 was just Doom with more monsters, different maps, and exactly one new weapon, yet everyone loved it all the same.

[@colbeenz]

Valve doesnt know the number after 2... wait what comes after 2?!

[@grimlock047]

at least there's still hope for ricochet 2

[@aTF2player]

Toby turning and then you have Chapter one, then sentance one, then word one, then letter one, then molecule one.

[@zadeinator6187]

***** well I guess, but they probably have their distributors tricking them that they're making games for the PS2.5

[@colbeenz]

aTF2player XD

[@rantblog3525]

They will soon release Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Expansion 1, be patient.

[@BIadelores]

came for left 4 dead 2 free on steam

[@BIadelores]

***** Well yea, when you replied to this it had already been almost 4 months since it was posted. It wasn't gonna stay free forever

[@Darkmistis13]

MrGwuin for a little bit. not anymore

[@BIadelores]

Darkmistis13 quality copy paste

[@PotatoBalls09]

for a little bit. not anymore

[@BIadelores]

Miguel Garcia quality copy paste

[@mrvaldemar66]

when it came out, i only played one world of new Super Mario Bros Wii with my friend.... I haven't talked to him since

[@Lavourrin]

Dude, the biggest fun is "contra mode". Zombie team vs survivors. I usually join to a team of lemmings, but it's still fun.

[@UseZapCannon]

I play the toads in all the Mario games in which it's possible on my own free will... D:

[@zadeinator6187]

yeah, they're so underrated, I mean they're THE FUCKING MUSHROOM ARMY DAMNIT

[@EpicLuigi24]

Almost every game Yatzee hates I enjoy. .___.

[@tobylarone3261]

That's because he hates all games... except half-life and silent hill 2

[@HeartofLion3]

***** And far cry 3,Call of duty 4, just cause 2 ,assassins creed 4, portal 2 and quite a few others:/

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

it's called "an opinion"

[@Toupalacy]

its just part of a character

[@EpicLuigi24]

x1StapleGun No way.

[@the117doctor]

"But as a disbelieving friend said to the inventor of the feces powered helicopter 'this shit will not fly' " aaand now my sides are in orbit

[@toprock30]

I didn't always think these were that funny, but then I started to really think about what he said, now I'll crack up for days over one video

[@Lolwutfordawin]

me and my friends loved playing nsmbw, we would always fight about who got to play the toads, none of us cared for boring old Mario and Luigi xD

[@TheDarkendstar]

so half life 3 confirmed????

[@jaydudeGDX]

I love the ending. "I feel like im at a rolling stones concert but the rolling stones dont feel like coming out so they try to keep us amused with an old TV showing episodes of the jetsons!"

[@Twinrehz]

At the moment, L4D2 clocks in at 24 hours played, that's the time it took me and 4 friends to go through all the missions in the game once (that includes the re-release of those 4 from the first game). And we're probably not gonna stop, gotta ramp up the difficulty.

[@cyancat5451]

i played this with three friends and can't recall having issues with collisions in mid-air

[@ElderScrollsObbsed]

A Yahtzee rant a day keeps nostalgia at bay.

[@neumoniad]

Gotta love the Shawshank Redemption reference.

[@PhyreI3ird]

I've watched this three times already but I'm gonna watch it again ^-^

[@Lone_Rocket]

Me and friends loved the four player co-op in New Super Mario Bros Wii.

[@Abaraxus789]

Love the Shawshank reference

[@DeaconCobbanBossaru9000]

i don't know why but out of every zero punctuation (up to the current one of, middle earth: shadow of war) for some reason this one has made me laugh the hardest.

[@TomDarkwulf87]

"So many shoes up their ass they'll be couching up odor eaters" I damn near pissed myself!

[@theworks98]

That thing about valve at the end is so true

[@Jaceblue04]

4:12 "Left 4 Dead 2 Springfield 30-06" LMAO

[@kobrien48]

How do you do all the animation?

[@norwoodcraftandforge2950]

L4d2 needs its stand alone review

[@turmspitzewerk]

not really the same game as it was on release. well its got all the content, but at least these days it comes with all of L4D's content too so you can save your money buying one of them. back in the day everyone was pissed because it was just a level pack at full price so they could double dip a year later. there's just not much to be said about L4D2. the difference is that people were mad at valve being stupid and making them waste their money, and nowadays the only person who's stupid for buying L4D1 is yourself.

[@GeneralErlend]

I pretty much know where Poland is. I've never been there, but I've been to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Germany. You could say some of the cities are gray, but far from most.

[@Divinecheese13]

Why do I always seem to stumble into zero punctuation land when I have a paper to write?

[@ShinShadoWolf]

I find myself saying New Nooper Nario Nothers: Knee more often than I should. AKA at all.

[@stanal-adam4914]

Funnily enough, a house of depleted uranium would be a very poor choice for housing. The idea of houses is that they don't catch fire by themselves.

[@lettuceprime4922]

Stan Al-Adam Oh seriously? Crap. I need to call my real estate agent.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@GSSAGE7 i was referring to another Mario RPG game like the one on the SNES, those 2 are alot different from it, i'm asking for another one like it. didn't say they weren't RPGs.

[@japester5927]

Luigis jumps higher The toads jump lower

[@DemonClawShadow]

It was cleaner that a hacksaw lol

[@RealEnerjak]

Yes it is, my dad still has the old tickets and crappy photos he took. Most of the band themselves while playing music, but a couple of them have the t.v. on it, and you can barely make out what the image is. Although I reconize George Jetsons goofy head anywhere.

[@RealEnerjak]

2:22, Yahtzee is right about the chainsaws. They've been in numerous games like Doom and Serious Sam. If we were to cut down every tree in the world for every zombie killed with a chainsaw in a video game, there would be no plant life left on this planet. This makes me wonder if a zombie apocalypse actually happened more people would probably survive because they're having fun killing every last zombie with a chainsaw.

[@NikolajLepka]

@Endaviour problem is if I do it tomorrown, I have to do it in class, the same class it's due to... won't work

[@catz135]

Finally someone picks up on that :U

[@Bopl_]

Yahtzee predicted bugsnax with his cheeseburger spider

[@crossbones116]

Uncle Phil is a surprisingly good description of Coach.

[@hill506]

I like your truthful statement about chainsaws.

[@MisterVercetti]

Bowser: Cartoon turtle-dragon hybrid who gets his ass stomped by Mario on a regular basis. Tank: Hulking mutated monster who would pummel Mario into the ground in five seconds flat. Tank wins by default.

[@SilverKnight16]

"But as the disbelieving friend said to the inventor of the feces-powered helicopter, "This shit will not fly!'" Beautiful. XD

[@BreathingCheese]

3:00 YES SHAWSHANK REFERENCE!

[@Artificeral]

One of the funniest reviews he's ever written.

[@Lawsondgage]

how do these go together?

[@NamelessRedWolf]

You don't have to go to Oxford to know that "You're" is "You are" and "Your" is possessive.

[@Pistoolkip]

10 years later still no Half Life 3

[@arsonist7013]

12 years! :(

[@firefang225]

Good point, I shall now use that to argue my point more! :D Thanks :)

[@firstpersonwinner7404]

Lol, if only 2009 knew that in 2021 we would still be waiting for Half Life 3 AND Left 4 Dead 3

[@1krani]

Well, we're sorta going to get L4D3, in the form of Back 4 Blood.

[@Cowboycomando54]

I like how they now support mods