Neon White (Zero Punctuation)

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Neon White.
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[@kornx10]

Eyes down here too. 👀

[@sl0thilicious]

I feel your prawn cocktail pain. God I miss Skips 😩

[@LazyFuzzBall]

I like the implication that a single speed runner can burn down multiple cities before anyone has a chance to stop them.

[@spongebobfan78]

They're called speedrunners for a reason after all

[@yummines]

If beating Usain Bolt in a sprint was what was necessary to shave a minute off their WR a speedrunner would do it.

[@Axl4325]

You can't just easily catch the fucker, he glitches out of bounds every chance

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

​@@yummines that's the minimum a speedrunner would do, if they out to outdo the kill count of Stalin, Mao and a certain Austrian/German dictator to get a wr, then half the current population of the earth would be pining for the fjords within the week.

[@barleysixseventwo6665]

They’re a menace to society! One minute the cops got them cornered in an alley, then they grab a cardboard box, shove it into a wall, glitch out, and suddenly they’re on a plane headed towards Toronto.

[@sincereflowers3218]

My issue with Speed runners is as soon as you catch them and try to put them on trial for their crimes they pick up a random object, push it into a wall, disappear through it and next thing you hear they've burned down a MWTN Dew factory 3 states away.

[@2Rice]

Before burning it down, they looted it for the stamina and speed buffs that mountain dew provides.

[@StHappyfaces]

Wouldn't their goal be to repair and restaff it? And finish that in less than an hour?

[@Xirdus]

@@StHappyfaces Save the frames, kill the Mountain Dew factory.

[@trithos7308]

Sounds like a great scp concept.

[@timebomb4562]

all on a guitar hero controller

[@ThatGuyChristo474]

It's refreshing to see Yatzhee just having fun with a game. Makes me happy for some reason.

[@Haan22]

Tickled me a bit to see him skipping away with Shipbreaker for an hour of good, life threatening hard labour in space.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Im shocked that he actually doesn't dislike the visual novel part, since everyone else tore into it

[@ni1ix]

This review is so positive, I'm ready to bet at least a couple of euros that we will hear about this title again in the new years ranking. An endorsment like this from yahtzee means I'll atleast have to check it out when its on sale.

[@asianonboard9695]

It's actually only like $25 full price which is nuts. I believe it's on sale at time of writing here to commemerate its launch as well

[@Rincewindl]

Its really good gameplay wise, i kind of like how instead of dating youre just, figuring out the past of your life. Ngl i teared up a bit during your last talk with Yellow

[@Kuraerisu]

buzz buzz

[@Tangarisu]

And Sonic Origins gets at least 5th for worst.

[@user-n9990]

It’s worth full price tbh, it’s fully finished made by people who know what they’re doing.

[@HUNbullseye]

That envelope sealing almost killed me.

[@mdfkrz79]

Was about to write a comment on that, knew someone else must have literally laughed at that 😆

[@kaylee4816]

got me too lmao

[@xboxcrusher]

There is a reason Yahtzee is so popular, and this? This is why. :D

[@sid6645]

Timestamp?

[@MusicoftheDamned]

@@sid6645 It's one of the visual gags at 03:57 if you haven't found it by now, when he's talking about the game's gift system.

[@NobodyEvenReadsNames]

Yahtz touched on this but some of the optional presents that you can collect in the game really are straight up puzzles (and fun ones at that). The clever ways they have you change up your route or conserve your shots so you can get the right cards to reach them really did require me to think hard about where to go and what to do at times in a way that was charmingly reminiscent of other first person puzzle games like Portal. I might even go as far as to say that a game consisting of only the present puzzles would work on its own.

[@LovinTheSickBeat]

I also love how it's another way to provide a break to the speedrun portions of each level. You get to let the level design sink in and get your bearings while looking for possible solutions to reach the gifts.

[@android19willpwn]

honestly I think the guns are cards just because that makes them easy to see and identify from far away and while moving at high speed, and because it lends itself to an easy, clear way of showing how many of each you have at any given time. It also more intuitively works with the idea of discarding them for benefits than just tossing a gun away. Why does throwing a rocked launcher over your shoulder give you a grappling hook? Dunno, that's weird, why would I do that. But "discard the cyan card and you get a grappling hook" just works within the context of a game.

[@sadboy-dn1pc]

there was a tiktok of his that I saw where said he used cards because he just gave up on the gun models but I'm pretty sure it was a joke, your explanation does make a lot of sense tho

[@perianh]

I think the developers should've just abandoned guns altogether. Leave cards, make them grant abilities, spells, something else. The gameplay remains unchaged, but we get rid of this confusion.

[@shionkreth7536]

@@perianh Speed Yugioh!

[@renlevy411]

@@shionkreth7536 Yugioh but more balanced and less bullshit. 1 turn checkmate is a bullshit mechanic.

[@maxwellwellman]

There was supposed to be a deckbuiler element (Un)fortunately (depending on who you ask) it was scrapped Cards remained

[@vivekk.subramanyam8400]

If you're just tuning in now, Yahtzee made "Neon White" his game of the year.

[@chersegems2315]

Fucking shocked me when I saw. I had a sneaking suspicion Elden Ring would be #2 but I also thought that #1 would be Tunic or something.

[@InteriorCrocodileAlligator86]

Good

[@BladeBlur]

Tbh whenever Yahtzee gives any game their GOTY and rarely criticize them, it makes me intrigued. He is known to nitpick EVERYTHING, especially if it's AAA game. So, if a game comes out and he doesn't have a bad thing to say, it makes me want to play it. Now it didn't happen to me all the time (Spiritfarer or Obra Dinn aren't my kind of games), but at least it makes me pay attention.

[@adamsouthall7891]

Absolutely loved playing through this game. Over a hundred levels that will make you want to keep repeating them to see if you can get your time down even further than the last time. There're also level rushes after you fully unlock character's romance routes to keep you busy, especially White's Hell Rush, where you have ONE LIFE to complete ALL 96 main levels in ONE GO.....Whoever made that Challege is sadistic, but people have been beating that in 41 minutes now....

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

I love how Yahtzee keeps teasing his acknowledgement of Inscryption

[@danyf7429]

"Ben 'still gleefully not revewing inscryption - Yahtzee' Croshaw"

[@Dr.Death8520]

I found it funny because I'm currently playing Inscryption and I do wonder if it would have been a better game if it "did one thing right" (i.e. stuck with the card game escape room and focused on that aspect instead of it being a vehicle for it's narrative)

[@Mabswer]

@@Dr.Death8520 no, it probably would not have.

[@Subject_Keter]

@@naransolongoboldbayer8030 My only two issues were the devs offended the game is literally a open ended fartfest balance wise and how you pratically need to hammer the foe in to win some fights. Seriously they balanced a roguelite in the worst way possible and managed to bollocks it up by killing the fun of planning ahead to transfer powers and stats. Also imo the Hex is a better game, Inscryption is clear story wise but The Hex leaves me thinking about it all.

[@travisfrazier3407]

@@naransolongoboldbayer8030 But there are already so many "proper roguelite card games" already. This is completely unique and for that I don't see how being like everything else would make it better.

[@WNolan-cp8yo]

Honestly I love the way Neon White incentivize doing present puzzles and getting gold badges without fully requiring them. They are almost entirely optional achievements and just give you more of the game you enjoy

[@gingerinajacket8519]

Hard agree, like on occasion there is a minimum amount of levels you need to do well, but past that it is just the shiny blue (or on occasion, red) medal

[@Dethmaster64]

I see this game fitting nicely in Yahtzee’s Top 5 Games of 2022

[@guguy00]

Yeah the review makes the game have "Easy top 5" all over it

[@JamesThorWolf]

I mean not like theres very much stiff compition this year :/

[@bigbruno2232]

Other than the famous Elden ring but maybe soon we’ll some much needed competition.

[@thundursa8700]

Oh, no doubt

[@pigfish99]

And indeed it is! At.... NUMBAH ONE!

[@GayBearBro2]

As someone that's been craving a good ol' Icelandic Hot Dog, I get Yahtzee's need for prawn skips.

[@SethTheOrigin]

Icelandic hot dogs are the shit

[@Tyler-gg6xt]

I would like to thank you for not giving Diablo Imortal any more time or attention. I want to just right it off as a loss and move on with my life. But thats a hard thing to do when people won't stop complaining about it...

[@GuvernorDave]

Hand-waving away the problem only makes it worse. We should be louder than ever about this bullshit when it's a major triple-A franchise. Stop just bending over for this shit. If you give them an inch, they'll take your whole colon.

[@grodon909]

It's actually pretty easy. You just don't click on the associated videos or links. Look, I'm doing it right now! See, easy!

[@Aditya-sn4sr]

If this was the attitude everyone took about every bad game, the industry would have become doubly more complacent and rotten, if that's even possible. If you don't complain, you are not going to get anything better next time. Imagine if everyone took this attitude when Cyberpunk dropped, would we have gotten so many fixes? You know the answer so do I. Don't care for it personally? Try not to check out stuff about it.

[@grodon909]

@@Aditya-sn4sr I mean, technically, if everyone took that attitude, no one would even engage with Diablo immortal, and no one would care that Cyberpunk didn't get fixed. If no one cares, there's no sales, thus no money, thus not good for game devs either.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Some of the worse jackasses still harping on about Immortals are either A, Twitch streamers who dumped shitloads of their subscribers and donators money in order to show their audience how bad the game is or B, the demographic who watches said streamers and then proceed to do some mental gymnastic to justify/defend said streamers behaviour of clout chasing and still giving Activision Blizzard all of the money while being dismayed at Diablo immortal making a killing in the first couple weeks.

[@ronjohnson6916]

Nice to know that Yahtzee would be happy as my barber. Literally "number 3 all around"

[@jlshel42]

Sound like the opening of Full Metal Jacket. "Hello Vietnam!"

[@kennyrichardson3842]

I'm very similar, 1 and a half on top, 1 on the sides and back. Done, call it good, let me get on with my life

[@Rebar77_real]

Threenus

[@becomingsentient1208]

I go between "5 on top, 2 on back and sides" and "F**k it, just let it grow for a year or so"

[@garethhughes7430]

I mean, I feel like he wouldn't mind a more complicated hairstyle. as long as you were sure of exactly what you wanted.

[@blackhammer5035]

Well, now we know Yahtzee wants the entire pineapple up there, not just half. Don't try to be cheap with your juice cleanses.

[@kamanira]

The thing I like most about the story is that it all feels very... Aware. It's a story about a crime gang who got themselves killed and ended up in heaven "Doing God's Dirty Work" by purging Demons, all while wearing its heart on its sleeve and being more than happy to dive into wacky bullshit when it wants to. It wants to tell a story, yes, but the game never once felt like it was expecting you to take Violet's line about her tits being heavy, yellow's character, or really anything else in that vein seriously. What DOES work when it goes serious is in the memories (and in the later points of the story, but spoilers). You get to experience the tragic story of a gang that took one last job that was going to set them for life, only to end in the deaths of every member. You get to see their struggles, their thoughts, and when the story does take itself seriously, you can really tell, compared to the (mostly) goofier main story. Overall, I feel Neon White, in the story department, is pretty good. Not amazing, I wasn't on the edge of my seat wondering if the Heroes would win or not, but it was enjoyable, and was a good vessel for the game's premise that tied itself up fairly well, while presenting some themes that are actually worth thinking about.

[@undyla-chan1675]

I fully agree, people shit on this game's story too much. The whole thing is whacky and random, both in visual style and gameplay, why would the characters ever be any different? It's honestly a wonder that there even are serious story bits and the ones that are there in the memories can really pull at your heart strings sometimes

[@turtle4llama]

"Use me to seal envelopes" made me recross my legs. I think you may have discovered the female equivalent of sounding.

[@MoskalMedia]

I had to google what "sounding" after this comment and I immediately went "What the FUCK?" when I read the definition.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

im pretty sure sounding works on females as well

[@ReinBelmont]

"Alexa, play B.Esposito"

[@TS6815]

1:34 I think this is the first time Yahtz has depicted one of his kiddos in ZP. and surprisingly as an imp!

[@Agent_Deko_]

He also did in his Tunic ZP while warning them about Kirbys blasphemy against god

[@dmc1673]

“If you describe a card as a gun maybe you get a tax break from the government of indie games”

[@ishnoll]

"Use me to seal envelopes." That killed me.

[@hmmyou2544]

Talking about the speedrunners and a lack of Mountain Dew, the fear isnt them setting fire to everything, its them turning around, jumping and then flying across the country fast enough to give a missile enthusiast a hard on

[@Katie-hj5eb]

Im sad he didnt mention that the side puzzles you get for each character are attuned to their personalities. It was a nice touch I feel likena lot of devs would have missed the opporunity for.

[@devilsMasquerade]

"and also the music was done by machine girl"

[@powerless_imp0682]

I’ve played 3 of the chapters so far and 100% everything in them along the way, this game is soooo fun

[@benabaxter]

I love how it explicitly pays respect to speed running techniques.

[@StrikeWarlock]

>Number 3 Buzz cut! I didn't know you were my barber. Ill be seeing you in 2 months.

[@jacobquinn12]

I love Neon White. But you know it's good when Yahtzee spends most of the video praising it.

[@Bruhx10]

He named it his GOTY so yeah

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Genuinely surprised to see this be his game of the year. I mean I could tell he _liked_ it, but I didn't know he liked it _that_ much.

[@Mcdigits]

it's been a long time since i've played a game with controls and mechanics this well polished and tailored to this genre and it's been a lot of fun going through and getting the best rank on every level and the music and animations are also fantastic

[@Fizz-Pop]

Ah prawn Skips. I live in the UK and I aint seen those in years. I know they still exsist, but my local shops don't have em :(

[@saintallison]

I love your profile pic

[@Fizz-Pop]

@@saintallison I know you have great taste and culture

[@Gojiro7]

this is an alarming amount of positivity coming from Yahtzee, as someone who used to watch his Lets Plays with a friend, I know the man personally makes it his goal in life to be a pedantic kill joy in the face of things other people like.

[@IanDunbar1]

I really do miss "Let's Drown Out". Was good content

[@maromania7]

It's been a long time since then. He moved to australia, then the US. He has a dog, a wife, a child. Those are even different creatures! Seriously though, he's been at this for like 15 years. He's probably just sick of playing it up for the camera all the time, I know all the pedantic killjoys in my life lightened up years ago.

[@EmperorSeth]

It does feel like a good year for his kinds of games, despite a real stand-out in his favorite genre of "Sad people in boats." We're halfway through the year, and we've already got Neon White, Tunic, Rogue Legacy 2, and a handful of other indie games he at least leaned positively towards. And Elden Ring, of course, but that goes without saying. At this rate, actually picking out a top 5 might be challenging this year.

[@MysteriumArcanum]

I think the reason he was so bitter back in the day was because he DIDN'T have a lot of the things he has now. Also Gabe is a nice guy but if you had to sit through his pretentious, annoying diatribes you'd be salty too. He had a really bad habit of explaining his answer to a question BEFORE giving his answer.

[@andrewmurphy2093]

@@MysteriumArcanum Ah, good old Gabe and his waffling. Always got a chuckle out of his tangents, but that guy could not give a straight answer to anything.

[@skeletonking2501]

Apparently machine girl created the soundtrack for this game

[@oneevilchef]

After 5 year hiatus from watching Yahtzee, I really needed this

[@samclark4652]

Honestly, it’s just so refreshing to see Yahtzee do a game where he’s pleased as punch. I’ve been terribly worried you were going to give up on the video game critic shtick and go full time author (I say worried as if I haven’t bought every audible copy and several hard copies to share your word like some kind of hive mind) but again, it’s just pleasing to see you do something you enjoy. I can’t disagree that most video gaming is the equivalent of super hero movies, but damn if it’s not a breath of fresh air outside of a ABCs of Death Fart joke to see you enjoy yourself. Take time, Yahtz, enjoy your play through. Don’t rush through like a meat grinder. That’s what America has the military for. Ask any vet.

[@charliemeyers2449]

Utterly hilarious revelation that Yahtzee and the 3MR guys actively compete behind the scenes for who gets to review what.

[@AlwaysSomeone]

It seems Yahtzee would be a lot happier and more optimistic of the game industry’s trajectory if he completely abandoned the AAA industry altogether and just became an indie reviewer We’d lose the gems like Alien Isolation and Shadow of Mordor, but seems like a fair sacrifice

[@gabrote42]

Ever since the time OFF cane out, but especially since Undertale went BIG, the indie industry has consistently overtaken the AAA industry in many ways. More and more industry paragons fall (CDPR) and more and more indies become the best games ever made (Omori good example). Any genre I even remotely care about, except multiplayer FPS, is better covered by an indie. Need plot? Omori is second only to Nier: Automata, or so they say. Need deep strategy? Dwarf Fortress, Dominions 5, Aurora4X, take your pick. Platformers? Spelunky is actually one of the less great ones. Metroidvania? Many picks. Horror? Many kinds, especially dread horror, but also Space Beast Terror Fright. Survival? Minecraft used to be an indie game, but I like Unreal World and Cataclysm. City Management? Rimworld, and again his father Dwarf Fortress. Competitive Visual Novels? Play Monster Prom! Grunt-level Empire building? Do One Hour, One Life or Foxhole count? Roleplay? Space Station 13 is the home for Syndie-Hating curator ninja! Need I say more? Literally anything the indie industry can do better. Feel free to ask for more! Thanks for reading!

[@ChuckShnozwell]

@@gabrote42 deep rock galactic is a strong indie contender for one of the best multiplayer fps, if you consider co-op only shooters to fit the mold

[@gabrote42]

@@ChuckShnozwell Thank you! I completely forgot it existed. Exactly the example I needed. I hope you agree with me and have a nice day!

[@gabrote42]

@@AlwaysSomeone not entirely sure what exactly you mean with "same scale" but the indie library is a little more limited here. Main contenders tend to be AAA. Maybe Stars in Shadow? Not certain. Still, thanks for asking.

[@elberethgilthoniel1397]

Esposito is a great last name. Reminds one to aspire be the best in their neighborhood, some would even say around, but those would be 80's kids.

[@AccidentalNinja]

That last name could be incorporated into a parody of "Despacito".

[@elberethgilthoniel1397]

@@AccidentalNinja Joe Biden is wondering how you got ahold of his cue cards. O_O

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Well that’s going right on the top of my prediction list for Yahtzee’s “Game of the Year”

[@Saltysamz]

the spit on the floor pause gag accualy had me lol'ing x) thx 4 that

[@Unownshipper]

“It’s just hard to find prawn cocktail flavored skips outside of the UK” Gee, I wonder why…

[@DBM013]

Shrimp chips exist and come in a few varieties in Canada iirc, unless its a verrry specific brand and flavour 🤔

[@marti5420]

Sea food is a common flavor, and it tastes nothing like seafood, more like a sharp-sweet flavour we just call seafood or shrimp or prawn cocktail

[@LaEmporoar]

Lol the "use me to seal envelopes" line 🤣

[@skyllalafey]

A Yahtzee segue into a snack craving that wasn't creme eggs; almost more of a surprise than a positive review 😉

[@corwin32]

According to his dictionary, Yahtzee pronounces "fun" as a three syllable word.

[@Hariol_]

You don't?

[@keithadams7619]

Well considering the games industry has seemingly forgotten what that word means because they were busy lying through their greedy, disgusting shit eating teeth to convince us to hand over all our money, I can't blame anyone having to take the toddlers approach to getting the point across on this one.

[@corwin32]

@@Hariol_I’m too lazy for proper diction

[@akashpisharody]

fuh-ah-nuh

[@gabrote42]

"-Which meant even More fun for me. FUN! EFF, YOU, EN! Provides mirth or amusement. Look it up, GAMES INDUSTRY!" Top tier quote and sick bur all there.

[@abubakarejaz5539]

I am really glad to see Yatzhee just having fun with a game.

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

"Use me to close envelopes" gave me a hearty cackle. Thanks Yathz

[@leiagabriele980]

Jesus the last line of every Zero Punctuation always fuckin gets me

[@hogonalog406]

WOO! This just went on sale in the Nintendo Shop!

[@Rwededyet]

Hey Yahtzee, have you tried looking in the 'Asian section' of your local grocery stores? They usually have a lot of prawn flavored snacks there.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Nice and funny video. Keep up the good work.

[@CaptainIcebeard]

I'm so glad he included a mention of how fucking prevalent card battlers are now. Every other interesting game I find on Steam has some sort of card system worked into it, like a virus spreading throughout indie games.

[@Subject_Keter]

That indies for you, it like some massive wirey vine mess that wizards use different fires on to trim - Platforms, Dark Souls lite, Limbos, Card Battlers, Rimworld lite all just spreading to and fro. I like Card Battlers as a Idea but i swear most games have pretty normal cards to make a deck out of or go full Diablo 3 "You need a full set" to compete.

[@RiseUpToYourAbility]

It's just a way to make it easy for player to know exactly what kind of gun and powerup they currently have and are available one the battle field. Plus this game has non of the elements of a card system. You don't make decks, you don't draw cards or anything.

[@Tortferngatr]

Apparently card battlers/Slay the Spire-likes have one of the biggest markets of any genre if not the biggest genre market for indie games right now. My guess is that a lot of indie devs are just following the immediate money.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@Tortferngatr I guess card battlers allow you to make a game that is unique enough not to get in legal trouble. A direct result of the arbitrarily applied inconsisten definitions of IP. For some reason incorporating an ancient game mechanic, in this case cards, decreases the likelihood that you will get sued. Possibly because cards were around before the entire idea of intellectual property existed. In the past if you didn't want someone else to use an idea, you kept it secret like an adult instead of arguing about it like children playing soldier "You can't shoot me, I am wearing a bulletproof vest!" "Well I'm not shooting bullets, I am shooting lasers!" "Yeah well, it is laserproof as well!" "You can't do that!" "Mom/Judge!"

[@tivvy2vs21]

Was interested in this since that Nintendo direct it was in, this is making it sound like lovely planet so I'm in

[@MissSallyB1]

the haircut metaphor capped with the pineapple line *chef's kiss*

[@deusexvesania1702]

Oh boy, another upload! Time to visit their site.

[@houcemfehri155]

For the first time in forever, I am certain that Yahtzee like this game!

[@Raida7]

That floor spit was perfect

[@conundrumcast7695]

Is the eyeballs used in the animation a reference to machine girl who did the soundtrack ?

[@racistpandagod]

The story beats are predictable and definitely written to be kinda corny but the characters are interesting enough that you don't get bored of those segments and the gameplay is just super fun. I personally found red's bonus missions the best.

[@akanta5746]

Yeah the story was designed to be as cringe as possible and I'd say they succeeded. I physically walked out of the room for 10 minutes after the big boobs joke

[@Dickinabox]

Violets were the best imo because they were trying to kill you the whole time

[@robertgoode6713]

"Use me to seal envelopes" 🤣

[@robertlowe6367]

Love to see an inspired Yahtzee.

[@denmark1226]

If you're starting to get into speed running, I suggest watching Summoning Salt. It's great to relax to on a Sunday evening with a drink and/or joint

[@saintallison]

Thanks for the reccomendation! Karl Jobst is the only channel I've seen cover speedrunning, but I'm always fascinated by it.

[@Wandergirl108]

I am one hundred percent behind Yahtzee saying "How about we try some much-needed positivity?" The way the world is going now, there's SO much negativity to go around, so someone who's known for being negative stepping up and saying "You know what? I'm not going to acknowledge more bad stuff, I want to talk about something good!" is something I can wholeheartedly support. It's the most heroic thing Yahtzee could do at this moment in time and I am here for it. And no, I'm not exaggerating when I call it "heroic"…I could write an essay on why not, but it's the internet and no one cares, so I'll leave it at that. BRAVO, YAHTZ!

[@leohex8767]

You're right, I don't Care. Woooooh! Go Yahtzee!

[@Graknorke]

I don't think it's that so much as lots of bad games are bad in very boring ways. what's the point of making a video on something you can sum up in a couple of sentences?

[@firstcynic92]

Hard to find prawn cocktail Skips outside the UK? It took me about 2 seconds. Amazon has them. So does Walmart. You do have a large shipping charge for any of these.

[@CorpseLink]

God damn it. That last line got me right as I was taking a drink.

[@JTByrd386]

I wonder if we could look at the primary color characters the same way as we could the graphical elements: made that way for streamlined processing. Not complex or ornate or unfamiliar, so they don't slow down your video card at a time when they aren't widely available due to other crisis.

[@roogy1622]

I thought this game looked awesome at its initial announcement and haven't thought of it since, good to see its lived up to my original excitement

[@turboprint3d]

my town has an Esposito park

[@TJ-vh2ps]

Ah, inevitable beach episode: it must be contractually stipulated in all anime contracts. Probably gives the writers some extra time to figure out where the storyline is going and animators some time to work on action scenes. Or more likely, everyone is completely burned out and they need to finally sleep a little.

[@Subject_Keter]

I hear they send girls in bikinis to harass you if do hurry up, it gets them working fast af.

[@javonhernandez4927]

I love how he said it gives him Suda51 vibes because that's exactly what I was thinking for the same reasons.

[@zakumaster]

That last line XD

[@Rogue_Nave]

4:09 to the end is the best commentary on the modern AAA game industry ever written.

[@YeCrustModifier]

“Give me the cyber razor cut”

[@waveringeyes8277]

I'm so glad Neon White has caught the attention of mainstream reviewers and gamers.

[@johnjekyllson28]

Love the ending metaphor.

[@jonathanmette8348]

Just got my hands on this game, and it is definitely unabashed fun. Only through chapter 2 but so far I’m enjoying it immensely

[@Kufunninapuh]

I laughed out loud on my own. Very nice 👍

[@russellblachere5492]

love the positivity

[@BloodWraith777]

3:04 But Yahtzee, Suda51 is aware of other jobs existing. What about all the oddjob minigames Travis can take on in the No More Heroes games that don't involve turning people into paste? Like mowing the lawn, or suplexing alligators.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Clearly those jobs are just assassination jobs for things other than people, in this case grass and alligators respectively. Duh. /s

[@possum8220]

btw the soundtrack for this game was made by an artist named machine girl you should all check out

[@AngryLittleGnome]

But prawn cocktail was the only flavour of Skips, wasn't it? I haven't seen/had them in the UK for decades but they're probably still around if you look hard enough.

[@Juke-Fox]

For as quintessentially unwholesome as Yahtzee's content is somehow the blue hedgehog saying "I'm vewy fast" melted my heart

[@n3gi_]

The intro soundtrack is a fuckin banger! is there a full version of it?

[@leonardorestrepo5196]

That Jhonen Vazquez joke hurt me too much for it to be a background gag

[@Canadamus_Prime]

3:10 I'm so glad there's a term for that. Whenever I come across the debate over is X and anime (usually Avatar the Last Airbender) my immediate question is "is it made in Japan?" If no then no.

[@KeithFraser82]

Zero Punctuation metal album of the week: *Burn Down All Our Cities* by the *Andromedan Plague Larvae* (tracks include *The Black Thorny Anus Of BeelzeBlizzard* )

[@mavolent6332]

the thing about the cards is that they are weapons white used before he died, thus linked to his "soul" the same shit as his katana or to save resources because cards are easier to draw than model a entire new gun for each card

[@Amitlu]

Adding Gusset to my forbidden vocabulary.

[@taylorkeating6884]

Knowing nothing but this review, I feel a parallel to Yahtzee's review of Superhot (which I have played). He enjoyed the gameplay loop, but the between bits were done better here as a break, as opposed to the ones in Superhot, which he say as pretentious and just getting in the way.

[@LordSvzklx]

...do Skips come in a flavour that isn't prawn cocktail? I always found skips a bit gross so never really paid attention but have they diversified out of the one flavour?

[@matvarela]

I would like to see if Yahtzee can freestyle a whole ZP script on the spot.

[@nickmc9394]

This review sold me on it.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

It's super weird to see both Dunkey and Yahtzee cover the same game on the same day (even if I'm a day late to this one due to Internet) issues. Even weirder still to have *Yahtzee* be the one who is less harsh about criticizing the dialogue. Still, given the praise in both for everything else, clearly this game must be doing something right. The majority of games (that aren't just gambling scams like Blizzard's latest product) wish they could say even that much.

[@mattkennedy9308]

So sounds like a bit of Superhot with more puzzle level, less pausing and more storyline? Sounds promising, not surprised he liked it more than most.

[@blomqf]

game feels like lovely planet with extra steps

[@wesleythomas7125]

"Kiss with tongues!" [Transforms into a "The Binding of Issac" monster]

[@vivavaldez87]

I've seen a lot of people question the guns being cards. Take away the "card" part and display it as just a gun in the corner. Hell, keep the single colour aesthetic if you like. It just doesn't leap out while you're focused on the blistering speed of traversal. The cards can be seen as just a block of colour on the UI in your peripheral vision, as well as within the environment itself. Not sure if the guns were just guns at any point in the development, but if so... SOMEONE came up with the smart idea of making the guns more readily apparent from a distance and in our peripheral vision. Amazing (and underrated) touch of game design.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

It's not just that they're displayed as cards though. They are literally cards in the story. Idk isn't thag weird

[@bannanaslamaa318]

Bought this Machine Girl album and came with a free game