Red Dead Redemption 2 (Zero Punctuation)

This week Yahtzee reviews Red Dead Redemption 2.
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[@davidpoole7098]

The bit about how somebody had to model and animate the horse "plops" reminded me about how some poor guy was so excited to be working on Thor Ragnorok only to come in one day and be told he's animating the Hulk's ass.

[@fadhil5749]

is that true?

[@adeeb0704]

@@fadhil5749 indeed it is friend, indeed it is.

[@stanstanstan2597]

What about the Cyberpunk character creation coder?

[@matthewteo3111]

@@stanstanstan2597 Fuck, how about the Cyberpunk asset artists? The city looked gorgeous but everything beneath the facade was so dead.

[@largemonkey]

Not dissimilar to the guy who missed the birth of his kid because he was was modeling Mr. Incredible’s bulge

[@_dr_ake]

I knew I was playing a truly great game when I went into a stable and found a dead guy with his pants around his ankles next to a calf wearing a pink bow.

[@DrGamelove]

And a gold wedding ring laying next to them.

[@noxkoimax356]

well fuck

[@AK48smoker]

i can't believe horse bollocks are a thing but this is the first i'm hearing of this. internet, honey, u know i love u. but i am very disappointed.

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

Wtf? For real?

[@09Santanico20]

It was a pig.

[@matt4193]

Ah yeah, Rooty Tooty Cowboy Shootin 2, from the makers of Stealy Wheely Automobiley Five

[@gastererror2563]

Rotin Tootin

[@sartanko]

Rootin Tootin

[@georgethompson913]

with a side of salt

[@dirtyblackhobo]

A fellow Redditor I see

[@Frostile]

Nice, Tootin* Automobeely* Christ

[@stug6974]

"The open world only impresses me the same way I'd be impressed if you drank a liter of cooking oil - more so by the effort than the wisdom behind it." I'm so stealing that one.

[@gibberconfirm166]

It is strangely accurate. "Wow, i can't believe they mo-capped a fire dancer for this dumb shit."

[@Tamacat388]

@@gibberconfirm166 The fire dancer lady was cool though!

[@gibberconfirm166]

@@Tamacat388 But were you sitting in the theater to be genuinely entertained or be kinda just impressed with what Rockstar wasted time and resources on? I'm not sure it's a design philosophy that will age well. Warcraft 3 is more playable than San Andreas, which is designed like you should constantly be impressed by the world you're exploring. It's 13 years later: I'm kinda not.

[@Tamacat388]

@@gibberconfirm166 I just thought of all the performances the fire lady was cool. I stopped thinking about the effort by Rockstar once I reached chapter 3 really. I just started following the story and ignoring most else by that point.

[@mdc123-v2v]

@@gibberconfirm166 Warcraft 3 is an RTS, San Andreas isn't. You cant compare two different genres from a design perspective, it isn't fair nor logical. People are still playing GTA V years after release due to it's online component.

[@Anonymos185]

The biggest mystery of our time is trying to figure out if Yahtzee likes games, based on his reviews

[@GONZOMAF]

Dank Potatoes usually to me if he nitpicks about one thing the whole time it means he likes it. Plus he said in the beginning it had an emotional impact

[@maxximumb]

He likes them, but there are lots of channels gushing over games or vomiting up press releases verbatim. Being a bit harsh is his shtick, but rarely is his harsh without merit. So far I've found his game reviews quite accurate. Plus the videos are usually entertaining.

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

He doesn´t just likes games. He loves them. And he doesn´t love them, he doesn´t swall... I MEAN! And it´s pretty obvious by his reviews.

[@-Foxer-]

Holding X to watch a horse run is not really a game. =D

[@matthewb391]

Maybe he's just fond of realistic horses, like in Skyrim...

[@qrangejuice8225]

THERE'S A FAST TRAVEL MAP?!

[@kartikayysola]

Yes. Craft the second upgrade to your lodgings at camp and you'll get it.

[@nickstav08]

Its 300 so find some treasure

[@nickstav08]

@360Ragequit its not a far cry style fast travel map, its great for if you need to get from your camp to say roades,

[@Superschokokeks]

lol like in the latest south park episode..

[@aurelius8734]

water is better than orange juice

[@MinbadTheFourth]

“And what did you do at Rockstar, Mr. Smith?” - I was aaaaaa... Sound Designer. “I’m sorry Mr. Smith, but I have to call horse shit on that one.”

[@zigmar2]

"Cowboys Getting Cross at Each Other" Seems like a nice book. The movie adaptation should be great.

[@edisontrent618]

It's called the Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

[@orkutfinance]

Yeah they made a movie about it already, it's called The Good The Bad and The Ugly

[@harryread7663]

Now Yahtzee, all I'm asking for is a little faith! I have a PLAN! Just a few more reviews and we can leave this place, free men. RockStar games doesn't need to hear this constant whining and dissenting. So please, do it for me.

[@meinraddreizacker5845]

But what IS the plan, Harry? I can’t help but feel that every time we try to get a few more reviews, it all goes to shit. Besides, where will we be free men, Australia? Tahiti? What will we even do there?

[@popefacto5945]

@@meinraddreizacker5845 We'll be emu farmers. Obviously.

[@xemnas1997]

Read in Dutch's voice

[@GaryX2k3]

Mr@@popefacto5945! I noticed you've stopped paying into the box! We all have to eat, Mr Facto!

[@alwest4472]

@@xemnas1997 no shit

[@kicksledkid]

No mention of the horse bollock physics, yhatz?

[@Deathshuck]

I think he's better than that. 😄

[@SavageGreywolf]

literally no one cares about the horse nut physics other than Rockstar "We abuse our employees because they can't unionize" Games.

[@UrSSuL]

That' s the 'emotional impact' bit.

[@SuperSmashDolls]

I dunno, I assumed "horse plop-plops" counted

[@Demokaze]

He was too preoccupied looking at their asshole going off to notice what's going on lower.

[@troyareyes]

I think the word "indulgent" is the best word to describe RDR2. It's like one of those giant, overly complicated cakes people make on those reality shows.

[@kartikayysola]

Still a damn good cake, all things considered. I think he's totally right though.

[@troyareyes]

@@kartikayysola Oh undoubtedly. I had a lot of fun with the game, but I can see how it might not be for everyone.

[@blondbraid7986]

Do you mean like those cakes that are nothing but generic sponge cake all covered in sugar paste sculpted into things and that looks cool on the surface but has bland and boring taste when you actually cut into them?

[@mrcheesemunch]

Yeah and so much of it is pointless too. Okay so I can vaguely realistically skin animals then I have to manually put their skin on my horse. And then I have to manually go pick up the animal and put it on the back of my horse. Where magical ropes will appear and tie around it. I also just have infinite rope and can carry a mountain of weaponry. Because it's the most realistic game ever. But also not. But it is and therefore it's the best game! PROTIP: if anyone ever shoots you just make sure you have some Moonshine. Moonshine cures all.

[@cbremer83]

@@kartikayysola but it would still be just as good to eat if a little less flashy.

[@chaosmorris5865]

Can't wait for him to crucify Fallout 76.

[@joshuastoughton9444]

I have been waiting since before horse armor for bethesda catch a train load of shit for their "innovation", "player-choice", and, most of all, the abundance of "features" that are left for modders to fix.

[@WillyV089]

Naw meng, dats low hanging fruit. I don't think he'll waste his time.

[@vladimirlestrad3120]

Was it really THAT bad? I’m not defending it or anything, I just wanna know what your opinions on it are.

[@hubismal]

Degenerates like Todd belong on a cross

[@coadacatalin4510]

There's gonna be a splash zone.

[@testgoober193]

I really appreciate Yahtzee's reviews. They're not bothered with over-emphasizing if he likes the game or not. He has a great ability to describe certain elements of a game very well, and that's impressive to me. Even his jokes aren't always there for their own sake, they help to get his points across. I really do get something out of these that I won't get anywhere else.

[@lukepavitt4603]

I had a similar feeling that this game had something buzzing about it when a "professional" review by one of the big companies thought it was a selling point was the horse bollocks weather physics... glad to know I wasn't being petty by noticing an unusually focus on horses taking dumps and have nuts that shrink in winter, "thank god for that because the lack of attention to such things would completely take me out of the experience".

[@stellarsorcerer3569]

Luke Pavitt this game has spoiled me. From now on if a game doesn’t have realistic testicle physics then I won’t play it

[@rociosilverroot551]

"...goes to bed at nine and bangs on the walls for the rest to keep it down." I feel attacked.

[@TagBackTv]

Been watching Zero Punctuation for Almost 10 Years, Been Waiting for This Episode. Keep Up The Amazing Work!

[@jordann2879]

I too have been watching ZP for many years. Funny thing, I just watched one of your RDR2 videos too. Congrats to you on your growing channel :)

[@17nick02]

Hey everyone TagBackTV is an awesome channel I recommend the sub

[@SPM0717]

You've been watching for 10 years, but don't realise these videos come out a week earlier on the Escapist (note: new version of the site is on a different URL)?

[@jordann2879]

@@SPM0717 maybe KZbin is the preferred platform for him? What does it matter :)

[@bismuthcrystal9658]

Why aren't "watching" and the "for"s capitalized? But "The" is? Even if you're going by titling rules, or reverse e.e. cummings rules, you've broken them.

[@Zw285]

4:07 Onwards nicely sums up my issues with this game, and really, all Rockstar games. In Rockstar games, the open world game and the game that moves the plot along are two very separate entities with very big, hard borders around each one. One is fun, organic, reactive and full of freedom. But obviously because of that, doesn't have much purpose or direction. On the other hand, the liner sections are restrictive to a frankly infuriating fault, so much so that having them be the factor that keeps open world gameplay opportunities locked makes them feel like an imposition on the rest of the game. Which is only exacerbated by the fact that Rockstar loves to tutorial-ise the everliving bollocks off of every gameplay feature in their games, and don't even give out all their unlocks in the first third of the game but rather spread them thin over the entirety of the game. And they're not even things that massively shake up the game, they're always arbitrary quality of life improvements, like being able to carry a second side arm. Unlike open world games like Breath of the Wild or The Witcher 3, where all facets of the game's content are made to work in tandem with all the others.

[@2000Doriyas]

How is the Witcher any better at handling an open world than red dead

[@quibquiberton4184]

Zyron I have probably 100 hours in Vice City as a kid, and I never even touched a story mission. I would type in all the cheats, go on an hour long murder rampage until I was finally taken down, wake up at a hospital or police station, and do it all over again. I tried Red Dead 1 a few years ago, was enjoying the scenery, then noped the fuck out after I realized I would have to sit through an arduous cutscene, and then coral cows or follow some fuck on a horse for 20 minutes every time I wanted to do ANYTHING. And this is someone who sunk 60 hours into BotW, loving every second of it. I couldn't agree with you more. Rock Star is great at making immersive open worlds, and then they try to shove in a well-written novel with a crowbar. It fucking SUCKS.

[@someguy3263]

Pokemon Have you played Bully?

[@testgoober193]

RDR2 does feel like it's pulling me in two separate directions, even more than in other Rockstar games. On one hand, it's the "immersion" where you're not at the mercy of an NPC all the time, where you can go where you want to, and just admire the scenery and the details. Then there are the story missions, which don't only hold your hand, but they keep you in a stranglehold. It's often painful how little freedom or agency you have when you play them. Often you can't even stray away for 10 meters by accident without it failing the mission (even RDR1 was better in that regard). And whatever is happening, an NPC always tells you what to do, always bothering you like a nagging wife. If you don't do something in 1 second, they'll bitch at you immediately. The game might even change my weapons for me, because why not, everything else is decided for you already, and there's nothing really in there but a movie that pretends to be a game every now and then when you have to shoot 30 people from behind a cover. I got some horrible The Order 1886 flashbacks where the game just had to pretend that a cutscene is somehow playable, and the pretense only ruined the immersion further. The story itself is alright, the voice acting is very good and there's lot to like, but damned if the game isn't kicking itself - and my immersion - in the balls by being two entirely different games at once. They're like opposing forces. I like RDR2, because some things are just so damn well executed, but I don't like it as a game. I like it more as some weird relaxing digital walkabout in some pretty forest, and sometimes as a story, but as a game it's awfully conflicted.

[@kloakovalimonada]

Completely agree. I'm glad someone talks about this. Latest Rockstar games are always divided in two - extrém linear handholding story missions and impressive but aimless worlds. It's interesting how that completely differs from Ubisoft's open world philosophy of creating "experience playgrounds" in which player is free to play as they want. Rockstar=great writing and craftsmanship Ubisoft=great gameplay

[@movietalkwithtpodcast202]

The writing in this one is hilarious, it actually made me laugh out loud. Now I know how that feels, thanks mate!

[@thenotoriousdig610]

"Hardy Har Hoo" is the new official title of RDR2

[@wasteland6961]

Hunting in first person in this game was so enjoyable. That you can see every little hair on a fox or a squirrel, the level of detail was mind blowing.

[@TheSwabbyOne]

I don’t know...there’s so many games that give you nothing for the full price of a game. RDR2 May have things you can criticize...but it’s damn well immersive. I can give it shit for certain things, but overall...loving the game.

[@ShimodaNexus]

I think it's the oft-debated balance of gameplay vs immersion. Some games are very obviously "video gamey" for lack of a better word, but are a blast to play. Others are immersive and interactive as hell, but have mechanics based in realism that might detract from the gameplay experience for some. Whether any game does both excellently is a matter of opinion.

[@Gaudaloth]

I mean good for you why would you care for others opinions if you like it

[@TheSwabbyOne]

Gaudaloht it’s called social media. Where we speak to each other. Hence, why you bothered to comment.

[@johndough6225]

@@TheSwabbyOne y u being a dick bro

[@TheSwabbyOne]

John Dough no I’m not. It is social media. It’s where we all give opinions. I gave one and then was met with, “good for you if you like it. Why you have a problem with someone else’s opinion?” (Paraphrasing) uhhh...that’s kind of the point. I can be a dick and talk about how sensitive you and him are acting over a differing opinion if you like. Or I can stick to the fact that I just gave a disagreement. I like the game. It’s not a big deal to say so.

[@Puzzl3man]

I wish rockstar would watch this review

[@HandmadeGoose97]

I love going into a gang soot out, then realising that my Dead Eye core is gone and getting imediatly shot up

[@matthewb391]

Is that something to do with chimney sweeps?.

[@Ganjerful]

@@matthewb391 incredible.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

@@matthewb391 apparently I misspelled shoot out..... Red dead redemption, chimney sweep edition

[@matthewb391]

@@HandmadeGoose97 I think it was the mental image of a gang of outlaw chimney sweeps having a rooftop showdown...😀

[@HandmadeGoose97]

@@matthewb391 now your giving me that mental image, if Red Dead Redemption 3 takes place in old fashioned London then I'll gladly spend money on it😂

[@TheArchanjel]

Dropped you a like, purely for making me laugh, and for not spoiling anything. Thank you, based Yahtz.

[@mraj8372]

Does this video really have NO spoilers? I'm still playing and don't want any spoilers but I want to watch this video, a reply would be appreciated :)

[@TheArchanjel]

@@mraj8372 It really doesn't, lol.

[@potatoboy6094]

Thats the thing about yathzee reviews sometimes he spoils plot points to make HIS point, other times the vid is spoil free, it really depends on how hes feeling

[@hoagielamp6543]

@@potatoboy6094 He usually gives spoiler warnings though, famously yelled "SPOILER WARNING SPOILER WARNING HOOT HOOT PUT IT ON MUTE".

[@user-eb8ti2vf8t]

It's weird how Yahtzee never brings this up as an example of a game that has faith in its world and doesn't force the player to see everything. Maybe it's because as a dev he sympathizes with how the development drove its devs to near suicide.

[@gabeslist]

You know he brings up a good point I never thought about. At the most basic level the point of the game is to feel open. But the missions are super linear and tight. I wonder if there were anyway the missions could have been more open. Like maybe you have to search for a missing person or a bounty and you have to gather clues or use the hunting mechanics. (which that type of thing is in the game but I mean in the story missions)

[@SPM0717]

NakeyJakey did a vid all about the game's design. I recommend checking it out.

[@gabeslist]

@@SPM0717 I actually did after watching this funny enough.

[@ICantSplel]

@@gabeslist They definitely need to look into it going forward, but I can't see them changing now. They like strict control on their narratives, but as Yahtzee says there's already dissonance between story and gameplay when Niko is using old ladies as car ramps, and Artur is tying old ladies to train tracks.

[@noxteryn]

Generally, the rule for sandbox games has always been: Linear main-quest, open side-quests and activities. I don't really see a reason to change the formula. Yahtzee complains about this because he only plays story missions for his reviews, so the linearity makes him feel confined, I guess.

[@edgarallanpwned6666]

@@noxteryn Its more the issue of conflicting design philosophies that completely divide the game in half and honestly feels like you are playing 2 games. The story missions involve no skill other than: *Follow Instructions > Beat Game*

[@entry-levelhipster9469]

Thank God this was posted, now I have my opinion figured out for me. Thanks Yahtzee!

[@Powl_J]

Who the flip treats ZPs like actual reviews? They're just funny anekdotes using Yahtzee's experience with a video game as a basis and that's all they have to be

[@artemlarionov7084]

I treat them as review because I can relate my taste in video games with Yahtzee's and make some very good purchases or prioritise one game to another.

[@Powl_J]

@@mcyeet4206 I know he was making a joke But he's clearly mocking the people that use these videos as a source for their opinion I was just reiterating the absurdity of that specific mindset Did you really think someone using the word flip instead of fuck was genuienly mad at someone?

[@nuanceblacksywin4868]

Same. I've been following Yahtzee for a while, and now I hate games in general, with a vengeance.

[@entry-levelhipster9469]

@@Powl_J I'm making fun of the people who only watch Yahtzee for his opinions and parrot them incessantly. I had a group I hung out with in high school who treated this guy like a God even if they liked a game that Yahtzee hated, like BL2 Well, it's making fun of those guys and the majority of people in gaming subreddits lol

[@nis5e]

01:00 The delivery really nails this joke

[@stevenclubb7718]

I always find I'm more impressed by Rockstar games than I find them particularly fun. The moment I finish all the scripted content being the moment the game gets uninstalled and I never even contemplate playing it again. Say what you will about Far Cry and Assassin's Creed, but I enjoyed the core gameplay enough that I'd fire them up again.

[@gamefan987]

Actually I can play GTA for hundreds of hours without doing the story

[@stevenclubb7718]

@Ronin Martinez I'm a side content junkie, but I'm talking more about basic game mechanics. I find Rockstar's combat mechanics to be serviceable. It gets the job done, but it's nothing special. So I'm not mucking about in the open world like I do in Saint's Row where I habitually cause random mayhem because there's so many ways to go about it. I don't need scripted content to stay engaged.

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

“Game where the horse does plop-plops” is what I’m calling the game from now on

[@imtired9395]

I almost never fast travel just because I enjoy the long horse rides between places. The world and Arthur's journey just resonate with me. I'm here for every moment of it.

[@unclexbox85]

You sound like you never played a game before

[@leaheppes2805]

Same

[@user-eb8ti2vf8t]

@@unclexbox85 how.

[@vintagevideogamenights2923]

Indulgent really is the best word to describe this game. There is so much to see, to explore, but not many reasons for it. You can hunt, fish, collect cards, complete challenges, explore remote locations, but all you get is 10 bucks and a very long ride home. After reaching 30% completion, I started to do just the marked missions, because it all felt very unfulfilling.

[@vanderz1012]

You could say the legendary animal quests give you some reward I guess cause hunting them allows you to craft trinkets that give you perks at least

[@VaKaRiS13]

@@vanderz1012 Yeah, but the game isn't challenging enough that those trinkets would actually be needed and make that much of a difference

[@theflyingdonkeypunch]

This is the gaming equivalent of Led Zeppelin. Expansive, epic and exciting but also flabby in parts, sometimes derivative and now infamous in the media for abuse of women.

[@M8ffinF4ctory]

That's the best comment I've seen so far, bless you for writing this

[@Sonylombax]

Underrated comment

[@Chinchin40274]

just because i abused a specific npc for hours on end doesn't make me a bad person

[@labwabbit4336]

A special ed kid once flooded the school file system with about a thousand pirated copies of this game and went down forever as a legend. I think it also took weeks of staff time to get rid of it also

[@ewetwentythree]

That's awesome

[@thor1to3for5]

"Every story mission plays like a tutorial for a game play mechanic you're never going to use again." That perfectly sums up all of GTA V. Half way through the game I thought it was going to be the most robust game of all time, then I realized Rockstar was sort of just saying "weeee look what you can do ONCE in our game".

[@TheOdd]

4:15 There was a mission that was the worst offender for this, someone you're helping out in a mission gets shot and is mortally wounded but the two characters who come along with you refuse to go faster than a trott and just shout at you to slow down instead of riding quickly to help save the guy.

[@MegnZ1]

Blue poo atonement 2 review has finally arrived.

[@paullaing5921]

Green Spleen Submarine

[@vasxus]

I am wearing a button up shirt over a regular t shirt like a cape and I am now a wizard

[@vasxus]

With only one button done

[@johndough6225]

that hot ohhhhhhhhhhhh

[@robonerd125]

with a fashion sense like that, you'll make it to sage in no time.

[@johndough6225]

@Thomas Corley im gay

[@johndough6225]

@Thomas Corley thank you and i agree 1000%

[@kevinjacques3160]

Not only the only honest game journalist one the internet but one of the only honest JOURNALISTS on the internet. I still get a sense that he genuinely likes the game but he doesn’t blindly ignore its faults like everyone else. Love your videos Yahtz, keep up the good work!

[@lilchris9cmb]

This isn't Animaphonics

[@willashcroft7686]

Nexo good

[@maxresdefault_]

Yeah, why else would we come to the channel?

[@firstname3388]

Lmao

[@parkervaughan7262]

Please don't encourage them... 😅

[@jekblom123]

Uh, it's pronounced "Animorphs" , and it was a very overrated book series...

[@hunterking572]

I was keeping my distance from this game and since Yahtzee nailed the reasons other Rockstar games felt like a chore for me, I'm going to assume he nailed this one too

[@connorweir1993]

Did you ever play it?

[@hunterking572]

@@connorweir1993 I did! I may revisit it one day but it wasn't really for me.

[@monsterhunter66]

I'm so glad yachtzee remembers Red Dead Revolver. On f my favorites. I'm surprised he hasn't done a retro review of it yet.

[@aurelius8734]

I can back up the claim that it deserves a retro review

[@Eatinbritches]

Meh... it's not that good. Great presentation, but stupid and irritating gameplay. How about 10 body hits to a single bad guy and they get back up and get a head shot? How about a kick attack that doesn't knock down? How about spotty collision detection that allows a bad guy to stand slightly above you while every round you have goes straight through him? Ultimately there's just too many faults. Even the story is so forgettable as it's completely disjointed. I got half way through and gave up.

[@steamedhamlet]

The crunch most certainly wasn't worth it. The free from the laws of man concept doesn't mesh well at all with rockstar's mission gameplay design. Makes you dread main missions because you know you'll have zero freedom and god forbid if you try to improvise. You'll fail instantly with a very dumb reason for a fail state like: "so and so was abandoned." Really? You're telling me this big bad rootin tootin cowboy can't fend for himself for two seconds while I go loot a body or diverge from the predestined path for half a millimeter and a nano second? I thought all the hand holdy missions at the start were just tutorials and once the game progressed I would be able to choose my own method of getting the mission done. A bit like MGS V. But that time never came. And stealth in this game is so difficult to pull off. At the same time NPCs yell in close vicinity of the people we're meant to hide from. I don't know how much replay value it has either. Yeah I'm doing a second playthrough with low honor but the main missions still make you do the honorable and/or shitty thing without it affecting your honor level anyway.

[@mybrainidont]

I'm not quite sure yet, but I wonder if your point about crunch and the idealism of Dutchs gang might get me out of a bad spot of writers block I've been having with a paper. Thank you... I think.

[@steamedhamlet]

@@mybrainidont Hope you get through it partner. All the best to ya

[@TweakaliciousTV]

As a true and not-entirely-shameless Rockstar fanboy, I've been eagerly awaiting your review. Did not disappoint. Honest and fair in a way only Yahtzee can be.

[@adamscaife6931]

That cooking oil analogy is actually perfect

[@ellisscott9840]

Damn, your review of the first red dead redemption was the first video of yours I ever watched. Still here 8 years later and have all your books.

[@duzziewuzzie4388]

I am gonna give my thanks to Yahtzee for pointing out the attention to detail that I thought about too. Indeed, people are so fascinated by it and it is impressive, but I made a comment of it on Jim Sterling's video of attention to detail that to me, that much attention is pointless unless it is for story reasons. And it makes me happy to hear that Yahtzee also see's that attention isn't really needed either.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

"Better clean the shit and mud off my Borchardt C-93 pistol I should have no realistic way of acquiring!"

[@xemnas1997]

For the sake of immersion I want as much detail as possible. It's crazy to think about all the work they put into the little things like horse poop, but it's also those little things that can suck you in and make you forget you're playing a game. This is one of the few games that actually surprised me with the level of detail, most games I wonder "will this be like real life" and the answer will be no, but with this game the answer has been yes almost every time. For example, I threw a body on my camp fire not really expecting anything to happen, but the body caught fire and the fire slowly spread until the body was burnt. Another example, an escaped convict approached me as I was riding along asking for me to shoot his shackles off, but I wanted to see what would happen if I hogtied him an brought him into town. I took him to the sheriff and he actually paid me for my trouble! This game is truly a masterpiece, I don't care what anyone says.

[@icedmosquito109]

I think the attention to detail paid off in spades. I've never felt more in tune with an open world.

[@Naz-xk6hq]

There’s nothing wrong with a game being indulgent, so long as that game doesn’t unnecessarily force you to go through any stuff that you deem pointless in the first place. It’s nice to go through some background stuff once in a while for pacing.

[@dantechusa9355]

I love how the epilogue is longer than most single player campaigns nowadays!

[@2Scribble]

1:42 - be fair, the Ducks had it figured even before the audience did...

[@FizzleFX]

A brit missed the chance to say BOLLOCKS!? .... cmon!

[@gravynavy516]

Might be wrong but isn't he Australian

[@cartoonnetworkdisneyxdsupe6864]

GavyGaming No, he’s British. He did live in Australia for some time before moving to America.

[@FizzleFX]

@@gravynavy516 , besides... He loves this word. Watch Sims review...

[@gravynavy516]

alright thanks for clearing it out for me

[@Tir3d219]

Honestly, I don't care that Yahtz doesn't like the game as much as I do. This review is probably my favorite he's ever done, and his description of Dutch made me laugh until I cried. Thank you for making this piece of art.

[@brainflash1]

Ironic that they focused so much on the horse's balls, since that's what the horse and the player character control like.

[@blunderingfool]

Funny thing is, it's something you can do in about half an hour at most; code, textures, programming and all.

[@hazukichanx408]

+brainflash1 - Oh, but it's Rockstar. If there is a weirdly ironic coincidence in or about their games, it's because they planned it, just to be ironic! ... ...Totally!

[@w00ds98]

BlunderingFool And here we have somebody with no clue about gamedesign. With kind regards Somebody that has a clue about programming

[@dominokos]

@@blunderingfool Not siding with anyone on this but you'd have to 3d-model two pairs of horse testicles. One large, one small. You'd have to texture them which does take quite a while. You can't just make "brown texture" and slap it on there. All horses sort of have different color fur so they'd have to make different color textures. Then they'd need to make sure these textures go well with the 3d properties of horse balls. Next they would put it on there and then they'd need to code it in so that it reacts to the weather system. It's not that easy honestly.

[@hazukichanx408]

+domino2515 - Quite so, and then there would be the inevitable glitches and movement realism issues and things like that, which take a while any time they pop up... and might pop back up after a code optimization, for instance, as I understand it. Depending on how you go about it, I guess, but programmers working on a video game tend to have a lot to do, so they might not always do everything perfectly (being human, after all). In closing, I strongly agree that it's not a simple thing; in cutting-edge big budget game development, I dare say very few things are simple or quick... even small things can be deceptively time-consuming, which is why we see all the delays and/or vague release dates on things. As they said at college, these things all tend to take longer than anyone planned for.

[@MissSchnickfitzel]

I have played rdr2 4 times with all side missions and i still fuckin discover new things. Someone get me out of this loop hell. I can't stop

[@euchre90]

-"So honey, how was work today?" -"I was coding horse shit. Literally."

[@TalkingRaven_]

The horse plopplop segment got me good HAHA!

[@tumbles8350]

150gb??? Does each horse turd have a unique texture?

[@LecherousCthulhu]

Actually Yahtzi someone didn't actually have to spend any time creating the sounds for it or even doing much more than generating a simple animation that someone decided with a few lines of code would be in the game. All in all the horse going plop plop probably took up about 15 minutes of planning and 5 minutes to generate. That 5 minutes being spent actually making the horse crap look like crap from a distance (an asset that they might have just taken from their previous game and slapped onto this one because its easier to be lazy with things that don't really matter)

[@revengedealer]

Having played (but not beaten and still playing) this game, this review is spot on. It's really a shame too, cause like he said, the game is beautiful but it's all for naught. The crafting system is completely pointless, especially for what you have to do for it. Side missions are almost equally pointless. But I have no motivation to do any of this stuff that you can tell took a lot of effort to make. The game is just wasted effort which really puts a damper on it. 7/10 at best unfortunately. Still a great game, but just so much wasted effort...

[@MementoMori7777]

It's also pointless to take baths but it's an option.

[@Sanjay-fg8qh]

I do not think so, I don't think the effort was wasted. I don't think every mechanic should have a reward or should be connected to the main story. It's for you to engage have fun with it or do not engage if you don't want to. Some people might like something in the game that you didn't like. I think the effort payed off.

[@Flanker-NineZero]

That part about someone programming the plop plops instead of cradling their child really tickled me.

[@ALAPINO]

I'm surprised this is already completed. You worked with a fire under your butt on this one. GG.

[@ethanedwards3357]

I do like this game, and there is reality. Trying to invoke Skyrim level horses won't work, and they'll slide down, and even start falling if they slide too long. Arthur can swim, though, thankfully, though "not well", so if you happen to fall into the water, you can get out, but get out soon, or you'll be fish food. Also, depending on how fat (or skinny) you are, it'll effect your stats, like in GTA San Andreas. Being overweight decreases your stamina, but raises your health, and being underweight increases stamina, but lowers health.

[@orangetoes223]

How is it that you can summarize a game so perfectly?

[@Blandco]

I greatly enjoyed the way he said stew. It was the highlight of my entire day.

[@davidmiler7831]

This one is gonna be hilarious so fallout 76 soon XD

[@SergioBocanegra]

Sorry but probably won't happen, besides everyone has already shit on that game and we all know yatzee doesn't like to beat on a dead horse

[@sfmTz]

I believe he's the king of post mortem equidae spanking.

[@astrodreamer946]

​@@michaelwesten4624: Fallout 76 can hardly be called a "multiplayer game." More like taking a half-assed attempt at making an already soulless single player DLC, then rapidly cramming a shitty multiplayer element into it, and to top the cake off then Bethesda proceeded to sell it at full price.

[@memnarch129]

@@michaelwesten4624 Quarter? Try only 1/5th as good as 4.

[@StyxTBuferd]

@@astrodreamer946 Did anyone in this comment thread actually PLAY Fallout 76? It's not nearly as bad as the press would have you believe.

[@blackdahliagaming4696]

Jumping spider was my favorite RDR 2 character. Such a deep backstory

[@lilianahudler4378]

It's the definition of an inch deep and a mile wide. That being said, I did genuinely enjoy my time with it, and while the visuals are unnecessarily decadent, I won't lie that I felt something the first time I saw every new environment. It is very beautiful, shame it's not a very good game

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

I think you might have missed the entire game other than the story missions I know it's all based on opinions, but how do you manage to say that the game is "an inch deep" when even maintaining your weapons changes the experience. Do you only play overwatch and dota 2 and expect the story and depth to be presented on cards while you shoot things?

[@lilianahudler4378]

@@nonautemrexchristus5637 are you serious? Like, I don't even understand the origin of this line of questioning. I did literally everything in the game. And I do mean literally, I was very very meticulous. It's got a great World, Rockstar is excellent at world-building, but for the most part the gameplay is utterly generic. The shooting is exactly the same as it has been in every single Rockstar game for as long as I can remember. the stealth is only useful in an extremely limited number of scenarios. The survival elements aren't expanded enough upon, and even if they were that's still not anything original or new or exciting. Other than that the gameplay consists of hunting, which is mostly random chance, unless you're going after legendaries then it's just follow the waypoints. A bunch of mini games, and that's pretty much it. other than that, it's spending hours on a horse enjoying some very gorgeous scenery, and exploring this very Well realize world. But a game is supposed to be a game before anything else. And Red Dead Redemption 2 is a cinematic experience before it is a game.

[@lilianahudler4378]

@@nonautemrexchristus5637 and I have literally never played OverWatch or DotA

[@lilianahudler4378]

@@nonautemrexchristus5637 what do you mean by maintaining your weapons changes the experience? Like... Barely. Only to the point that it's an annoyance. I can play the entire game after smashing one of my thumbs with a hammer and it would change the experience, doesn't make it positive

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

@@lilianahudler4378 it's a small detail, that's the point I'm making. They put a lot of effort into the game even into small details, but you dismiss them as annoying and not worth it?

[@93BlazinFire]

What about the guy that made the horse's balls descend in hot weather and retract in the chilly mountains? Did he spend his time well enough?

[@itsme2313]

Old Town Road Is both Country and Trap.

[@Meiklejohnable]

Most immersive game I've ever played to the point that the only thing I have left to do is win 3 hands of poker in a row, yet I still enjoy just going around the map, doing random encounters, robbing shit etc. If you have a game in mind that is better, more immersive, amazing etc please let me know... (I'm about to start on kingdom come deliverance)

[@Burninator-ef7ng]

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY FRIEND GAVIN?

[@-nightraider-1169]

Burninator 1130 Always looking for his mate Gavin.

[@JoninJordan]

*GAVIN!*

[@MrTheonepack]

Those are fair points, but I’ve felt that hunting has been organically challenging as you need to take your time so you can get the good pelts that anything is worth. It’s also a quick way to get plenty of food for the camp if you run low. They’ll eat anything so if you don’t care about the quality you can tell the star system it has to fuck off. Granted the only reason you would care about pelt quality is if you want to craft cosmetic or or other items with dubious advantages

[@6447912]

I want a ten hour loop of Yahtzee going either just "ploplop" or "horse going ploplop". I had to stop the video every. single. time.

[@justicetaylor2695]

LMAO! The now needed caution for ordering meatballs! The visual humor! It's absolutely perfect humor! "Plop plop"

[@Lifesizemortal]

it always makes me happy when a AAA game winds up being a generic pile of tropes because then i won't have to add it to my backlog

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Games are becoming such long chores nowadays. Devs need to start focusing on well-paced under-20-hours experiences.

[@zedjay72]

Glad other people are sharing the same sentiments. Some of the mini games-especially poker-and game mechanics are really cool and well thought out but just don't tie back into anything worthwhile or integrate with the main story. Hosea gives you a map with almost all of the legendary animals on it-I mean, why couldn't I win a bet / beat it out of a guy in a shady ass saloon out in the middle of nowhere? Missed opportunities.

[@teal_m_101]

What would've been better if we had Tom Hanks voice everyone.

[@angeryboi873]

Teal Marjira Replace all the interactions with *GAHH* ! *I'm gonna kick your ass* *Propane* *Dammit Bobby*

[@angeryboi873]

Wrong Hanks *WRONG HANKS*

[@teal_m_101]

@@angeryboi873 *dammit Angery Boi*

[@teal_m_101]

@@angeryboi873 God Hanks

[@Dr.Yakub22]

There is a snake in my boot.

[@Killgore9998]

4:10 there's something stuck to your screen, on the right side

[@Talik13]

4:41 - Let's also remember horse testicles shrink/grow depending on the weather. Someone programmed that.

[@batskink533]

Thanks for sticking up for the workers at the end bit there, youre a cool guy Yahtz

[@djspacewhale]

rdr2 is prob the worst great game I've played - rly solid writing, but u wonder if the writers would rather hv an HBO series than a video game

[@Cloudx7strife]

Just finished. Kinda felt like they were going for Witcher 3 in the old west. It's a good direction. I didn't like Arthur at first but tailoring him to your morality really ends up making him the best character I've seen by rockstar. Wasn't as humor-laden as the others. Gavin, and Bertrum had me chuckling but walking away, this was a serious game. Down to Dutch's redemption. Losing Arthur affected him enough to drive a wedge with Micah. I'll miss that cowboy. They've been experimenting with rpg choice systems for a while now. Glad they took their time. It really shows.

[@Justin_in_NC]

Next week: Yahtzee apologizes to Rockstar after playing Fallout 76.

[@SPM0717]

Next week it's Call of Cthulu.

[@chadschmaltz9790]

Yahtzee apologize?

[@CaptainBagman]

Yahtzee isn't that predictable though.

[@EdindroWhitehall]

@@SPM0717 oof...OOF

[@theviniso]

Apologize? Lol

[@DougW130]

At least those meatballs will be exquisitely tendered and include sound effects so realistic you can reasonably expect to find one rolling onto the floor after it falls off the fork.

[@als3022]

THis was a good review and rather funny. Now for the comments section. The hype has died, and now comes the backlash to the high praises as the best game ever becomes the worst game ever that got everything wrong. I will wait a year until some rational discussions have been reached on what this game actually was. Cause the hype is always wrong, and the backlash is always wrong.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Everyone wants to be cool for hating on the new things

[@dorchevsky2556]

What did you find then, boss?

[@dr.bright6272]

The first time I played through I spent all my money on upgrading the camp to the point where I never had any money for the bare essentials. The second playthrough I kept all the money and every now and then donated my useless junk to the camp so by the time I got to John I should have had enough money to sail to Tahiti but John had mysteriously lost it all. He lost an emerald the size of my fist.

[@funnyhahaname5594]

This game really makes you feel like horse crap

[@drakenfist]

Yep, played the whole thing...scoured the entire map. Looked under every rock and cranny and I still couldn't find the "Redemption" part anywhere.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

Stealth is a vital part of metal gear online for all players.

[@ianforsure]

@@drakenfist I mean, the fact that Arthur redeemed himself of his criminal past by saving John and his whole family. And if you play the stranger missions around the end of the game and literally give like all your money away to the family you wronged in the debt collection game around the begining, and help the nuns and monks in Saint Denise. I saw a pretty good amount of redemption and a pile of big ol regret lol

[@drakenfist]

@@ianforsure For the most part it was meant as a joke. but, call me a romantic, I would love if we played as at least one character who at least got a heroic, walk in the sunset type ending. I mean John sort of does in RDR2 but we all know what happens to him!. I agree with you though, I did most of what you mentioned and that was quite beautiful, I really liked a lot of chapter six.

[@ianforsure]

@@drakenfist Lol I apologize if I came off a little serious. Alot of the comments on this video are pretty dumb, and ive been seeing some who said what you said, but were actually fully serious lol. I agree, it would be kinda cool to see a more heroic, rather than tragic story outta the rdr franchise. I think though, that would ruin the feeling they are definitely going for across the games. While GTA satirizes the modern era, RDR is going for a flipping the western on its head, showing the brutality and tragedy of what we consider the last true freedom of the new world

[@LnPPersonified]

What he says about someone programming the plop plops reminds me of the day I noticed a butthole on a mount in another game. The first thing that popped into my head was, "Someone sat down to a computer one day and said to themselves, "I'm now going to texture this animal's asshole. I'm being paid to do this." And this was probably proceeded by several minutes of giggling and/or crying as they realized this was their actual job.

[@aatishbrian]

I like how watching this video then playing the game makes Arthur feel like the most generic wild west guy and a real deep character you genuinely love at the same time

[@MrJMB122]

Pretty much you find out about his personality is how you play him and how he interacts with people and watch die god damn watching him die.

[@Zathren]

I feel like 4:41 sums up this game nicely.

[@MunkeyChips]

Good stuff, Yahtzee. I can only imagine the scathing review Fallout 76 is going to get.

[@edisontrent618]

Probably something a lot like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmjYnqWJa9SqjtU

[@slameradon165]

@@edisontrent618 I dont think he's gonna bother with F76. Its been doing so bad recently that I dont think he's gonna do it.

[@edisontrent618]

@@slameradon165 Yeah, probably just a brief mention while doing some other game, if anything.

[@rodrikofharlaw6848]

You know they gave the horse plop plop animation job to that guy with an MLP computer background. He enjoyed every moment of that

[@beokendoorstop]

the last joke of any of these rewiews hits me the hardest

[@ClarenceDass]

I'm on chapter 3 but I've been playing the game since a week after release. All I've bene doing this whole week is hunting and getting animal-skin gear. I love it! the sum of it's parts is what makes the game for me.

[@SetsunaTheGreat00]

I agree with everything you said about this game EXCEPT for side missions being just another way to earn money. Red Dead 2 side missions has effect on Authur and his choices which also can change the world in game so no it's not just for money like other Rockstar games.

[@mafermononoke]

I thought I was the only who couldn't figure out which of the talking characters on screen was the one you were controlling for the first two hours of the game.

[@Tamacat388]

There is an option to have the characters names appear in the subtitles. Dunno why it's off by default. Everyone does sound super similar in the beginning.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

I think it might be deliberate because they are in a snowstorm

[@Chlorate299]

I very much enjoyed the usage of the phrase "plop plops".

[@Greycatuk]

‘Goodies’ reference! 😂😂😂 #obscureBritishjokes

[@The0riginalname]

Great review. I love this game but its good to see someone point out its faults rather than just have generic youtube review ~146464 say its a 10/10 masterpiece

[@iim4xii129]

"All right, Rockstar, I know your sandbox games tend to have somewhat sprawling plots, but just give us a quick summary of RDR2, and don't be too confusing." "Well... RDR2 takes place before RDR1-" "Oh, you fucked it up already, Rockstar..."