Remnant: From the Ashes (Zero Punctuation)

[@theescapist]

Watch the Blair Witch episode of Zero Punctuation early: www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/09/18/blair-witch-zero-punctuation/

[@onedeadsaint]

as someone with combat PTSD, the dog's ever-changing PTSD related names had me genuinely laughing!

[@sophiavechnyak6763]

Escapist your video player is so horrible I'd rather wait a week

[@Radar_of_the_Stars]

I was sure he was gonna do an Astral Chain review with his well known love of Platinum games

[@ElecTrishian924]

But if I watch the Blair Witch episode now then what will I watch next week? Riddle me that, gravy trumpet

[@dankayur2910]

Thanks but no thanks. I've been challenging myself to listen to Yahtzee at 1.5x speed for so long now that he just isn't the same without it.

[@Dantarn]

Good thing to mention is that the devs are VERY open with communication. Also another huge bonus is that there was one armor set that was miles better then everything else so what did they do? They literally buffed every other set in the game to be as fun as the busted one. So instead of tearing down fun builds they just make new ones for people to try out. A+

[@ProjectXA3]

Oh shit really? Was it Leto's set, the Cultist britches, or the Bandit set?

[@Nitrinoxus]

Games that make you feel, versus games that make you numb... You know, I'd never considered it that way, but it's spot-on.

[@JABRIEL251]

What about games that make you feel numb?

[@elizabethstevenson9707]

Probably why nostalgia is so valuable. It makes people feel things by association.

[@alexanderdiaz2196]

@@JABRIEL251 "Games that make you feel emotions, versus games that make you feel numb".

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@JABRIEL251 Pretty sure those qualify as 'numbing' games.

[@JABRIEL251]

@@Nitrinoxus I know, just being a smart ass. lol

[@Nitrinoxus]

"...and I'd kind of like to remember how the f#!k I *got* there." Yeah, I've had mornings like that.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Wait, does that mean that there are mornings that AREN'T like that???

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 In theory, anyway. I've only heard of them in stories.

[@lackusshock]

Ive actually kinda wondered that when I played. One moment Im walking through the brown post apolyptic city landscape, then a giant invisible skyscraper suddenly materializes right before my eyes in explosive fashion.

[@Psychoangel-d23]

@@lackusshock As somebody who sunk quite a bit of time into the game... The root is just Nature being tired of everyones shit and went on a multi dimensional genocide that makes combine look like fucking pacifists. And you´re out to stop it. The crystal made you immortal. Thats pretty much all there is to know really. Outside of the occassional Questionable choice (to put it rather fucking mildly)

[@zxzxmatheus]

letting the days go by

[@bcaudell95]

Me last night: "That Remnant: From the Ashes game I saw a while back looked kinda fun. Maybe I should look into it." Me today: "Oh holy fuck, Yahtzee sort of tolerated it? Take my money!"

[@OrionX700]

It's really good, but some of the bosses are kinda easy

[@ObsoletePerson]

Thing is, 'Dark Souls' was the sort of thing that electrified him and ignited his passions. If a game is merely okay, that doesn't say much of it.

[@xxkillbotxx7553]

@@ObsoletePerson I think it's the fact that Yahtzee considered it "merely okay" that makes it worth playing. He has always been really brutal with his reviews, but there is one for sure that he didn't have much to say bad about, that being Portal. Personally, if Yahtzee has a hard time berating a game, it is either a masterpiece, or it was so bland that he couldn't quite pin down what he wanted to berate.

[@Darman0430]

Don't ever try to determine whether a game is good or bad from Zero Punctuation. He's not an actual reviewer, he makes comedy videos.

[@Zack_Wildfire]

@@Darman0430 but his overall opinion seems alive compared to the corporate ladder that just makes stupid remarks that have nothing to do with the product.

[@Mcaark]

Okay, I actually really like this idea of a game that “emotionally stimulates” vs one that just “makes you numb.” There’s a psychology thesis in there somewhere.

[@animorph17]

Dude, that's like a 40 year old concept that's already been in several far left academic publications for ages. I still have my old college textbook on the history of game design and this distinction was already well noted since before Lord British got shanked. If you want to see discussion about it on youtube then you have to look at the libtard stuff, because the conservative position on art "Stop thinking about it, what the author said goes, there is no deeper meaning to find, no a game where the women is a trophy you have to fight over isn't sexist stop saying that" doesn't lend well to in-depth analysis of any particular media.

[@ihave2cows]

@@animorph17 hi anita how are you

[@Mcaark]

Randal Jeffrey ... Your entire thing is a misrepresentation... of the Far-Left (it’s not what it was even 10 years ago, let alone 40), the Right (with consistently oppressed artistic expressions) and most offensively, Me. You basically assume I’m not exposed to “libtard” stuff. I don’t even use that term. It demonizes the actual original isn’t definition of Liberal (denoting liberty, freedom, individual autonomy) Having been hijacked by the Left to denote “change” even if that change means surrendering individual liberty to big government authoritarianism. Something decided un-liberal. Now, if you wanna set politics aside long enough to discuss the topic I mentioned better identified as “Escapism vs Critical Thought” sure, we can do that. I’m not unfamiliar with the idea. I just like the words he used to describe it in his video. I’m really not in the mood to discuss politics with someone who started from literally multiple bad-faith positions.

[@dillonstorie6102]

I don't even think it's unique to video games. Its something that can be applied to culture more generally and its a criticism that resurfaces in different ways in specific art forms like music every few years. Yahtzee went there first, so If we are going to get communist manifesto about it: producers find something that's valuable and reproduce it to the point where it's essentially worthless and then start over again.

[@camhcom]

@ Michael Anderson >far left isn't what it was 10 yrs ago I could be off base here, but I think maybe they're more consistent than the mainstream Left, which has moved violently in their direction. So the main change is maybe less in beliefs, more in size and broadcasting power? >the Right is artistically oppressed wait what the fuck does this even mean

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

"Remnant: From the Asses" might be the best poo joke I've heard so far

[@visionofdisorder]

i scrolled down as soon as i heard it to see if anyone else caught it and sure enough it's the most upvoted comment

[@bellystraw]

I highly recommend it. I prefer to put the bread with beans and a slice of cheese on top in the oven

[@SevenDayGaming]

You know, for Yahtzee, this was an overwhelmingly positive review.

[@gavinkujava6141]

This shit has been getting funnier and funnier for like 7 years

[@chadschmaltz9790]

@Nikos papadopoylos idk, I thought his Bloodstained review was pretty funny.

[@MrMetalforever5]

I think it’s stayed about the same, which is pretty incredible for how often this show comes out, and being made by one person.

[@alexanderson4497]

Helps I've become an alcoholic too.

[@Damiv]

That was a bigger recommendation than I expected. He must have quite liked it.

[@justinreich2023]

It's a pretty good game, especially for $40! Despite the bosses constantly spawning ads, there are only a couple that come to mind that were really exhausting to deal with. Most of the ads can be taken out in a 1-3 shots, depending on your gun. At the end of the day, it's more of a challenging "souls like" game solo, but due to how co-op scaling works, it's more of a strategic traditional RPG with a full team of 3. Especially at higher difficulties, you'll start really needing players to fall into specific roles like healer, tank, DPS, as even trash mobs will be able to tank your health considerably. Levelling up seems trivial when you start the game, but as you progress through bosses and dungeons and various achievement-bound challenges, you'll gain a plethora of different traits to level up to a max of 20 points each.

[@TheRogueWolf]

@@justinreich2023 The respawning minions do feel kind of necessary as a delivery vehicle for ammo (since you're using guns and all), though it does sometimes irritate me when they won't even give me a moment to breathe.

[@TheNextBiggieThingTR]

@@TheRogueWolf those running suicide bombing gas monsters during the root brute boss fight remind me of that, I am having enough trouble dodging a giant machete wihtout needing 3 bastards with an instakill attack exploding around my ankles

[@nyutrig]

@@kyotheman69 i suggest trying it. its pretty damn fun.

[@reksraven]

​@@kyotheman69 WEll it is slightly positive and that is for yahtzee like giving a 9/10. Also the comparison to dark souls is somewhat mute tbh. It is just a slightly challenging game that features Stamina and dodgerolling. Bloodborne sure has guns but it has no real gunplay. Also Remnant is a Looter Shooter. And one of the better ones at that. Saying that this game is Dark Souls with guns is like saying Tetris is the Dark souls of puzzlegames. Just cuz it's Challeging doesn't mean it is like dark souls. (The only thing this game shares with dark souls is a Stamina Meter and that is something that existed way before dark souls)

[@Dontfollowplease]

Yahtzee: a strange mystical threat called The Root Me: heh Yahtzee: a name that was not presumably suggested by an Australian Me: ...ok we’re pretty predictable.

[@asdaasdsa]

ROOT YA MOOT

[@ministryofsillyarguments7794]

@@Christian-gr3gu 'Root' is aussie slang meaning nearly the same as the verb form of 'Fuck', as in 'have sex with'.

[@victorsimmons6769]

@@ministryofsillyarguments7794 "Shit, we're being overrun by the Fuck!"

[@SemiIocon]

A friend of mine enjoyed Remnant From The Ashes so much, he now got into Dark Souls as a result. The game is a gateway!

[@duckboiii4441]

From now on I’m going to call arses ‘gravy trumpets’

[@Jesse__H]

Yahtzee, you're the only reviewer who actually says remnant instead of something like remenant, and I thank you for it.

[@darksaga2006]

I was almost expecting the internationale to play instead in the ending credits

[@GretgorPooper]

In French, as God intended.

[@yesyesiagreewithyou]

soon

[@MAJ0ROCEL0T]

That statement Yahtzee made about games that make you feel vs. Games that make you numb is actually insanely profound and thought-provoking framing it like that really Alters the gaming Stratosphere for me

[@mr.j7444]

@Mac mcskullface in which case remnant is best described as a bag of really good dill flavored chips.

[@abrahamclarke8557]

I think it's especially great because, despite Yahtzee's clear preference, it doesn't inherently place one above the other. I love games that make me feel things, but sometimes I've had enough of feeling things for a day and just don't have the energy, and I want a game to just help me relax. And, at the same time, the dichotomy is perfect for telling people what to expect from a game and whether it'll give them what they want, whatever that is.

[@felipeboero2532]

Thing is, you dont know WHAT you will feel... A game could make you feel angry. The bad kind of angry

[@MAJ0ROCEL0T]

@@abrahamclarke8557 Yeah and as a lifelong gamer I prefer both at different times. After a rough day at work or a long week. I'll play something like Minecraft, Stellaris, or Skyrim where my brain can turn off. If I'm in a good mood or have energy I'll play Arma, Witcher, or try a new game

[@derrickmelton5844]

Look up Skinner's Box experiment and compare it to most games. I apologize in advance for what that realization will bring about.

[@KyteM]

I think this brings up a core dichotomy between reviewers and regular players: Yahtzee, and other reviewers, end up doing this for a job. They'd rather have stimulus, so they prefer games that make you feel. Most people play *after* work, to relax. The numbing is the intention. And that's why those games Yahtzee hates so much are so popular.

[@AlvarVraal]

Sorry for reviving this, but I just saw the review and I was thinking about something along these lines. I think there might be a misinterpretation in what you said, because I believe there is a difference between games that make you feel relaxed vs games that make you numb. I'd argue that the distinction is important, and could very well be used as a stand in for quality.

[@PsyrenXY]

I think it's more accurate to say that *everyone* can benefit from games that make them feel (reviewers and regular players alike). But regular players certainly don't mind games that make them numb, at least not to the degree that reviewers like Yahtzee hate them.

[@Hawbitten]

That Bioshock joke made me happy in a way I can't describe.

[@jp5394]

I'm actually surprised he was more positive than expected.

[@TheRogueWolf]

Yahtzee's had to slog through enough truly bad games by now to where he'll throw a bone to the "it's okay" ones.

[@Alexandra-ez8rj]

Personally I'm really enjoying Remnant (heave) from the ashes. Co-op is a fun 3rd person shooter with some slight puzzle solving for secrets and boss gimmicks, and single player is immediately a goddamn horror game. The NOISES man. I'm also really digging that the Devs are clearly in it for the long haul. They've already added a new boss and new game mode since it released and more seems like it'll be coming down the pipe pretty regularly.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I'd given the game some thought as I played through it, but one thing I realised is that the game is ONLY a horror game for the opening stretch on Earth. Once you beat Ent/Singe and reach the Labyrinth (and also get your first boss weapon) the game ceases being scary at all. Rhom and Yaesha just aren't scary, while Corsus can be at worst a bit nerve-wracking and gross. It doesn't start being a horror game again until you're back in Ward 17 for the end boss (or in Ward Prime at the start of the DLC, which plunges right down into full-blown survival horror until you reach Reisum). Frankly, the Root are terrifying enemies, post-apocalyptic Earth is a bowel-clenching environment to explore, and the first chapter of the game when you're still at your weakest is easily the hardest, but it lightens up a LOT after that. Note that this isn't a _criticism,_ just an observation. I think it's a good thing that the game has more than one string to its bow.

[@SolaScientia]

I was exploring the second dungeon, which was the one that actually progressed the plot, and I started getting creeped out by the noises when I knew something big was being spawned in, but couldn't actually see it yet. On my way to that second dungeon I also kept getting a bit spooked by various noises. They did nail the noise design for sure. At least we get guns to help us kill whatever scared the shit out of us, lol. I'm finally playing through it and beat my first boss last night. Goreroot or something like that. He kept spawning in those annoying exploding puffball enemies and I'd get stunlocked to death while trying to run and heal. Thankfully on the attempt that I won I got thrown a bone. I'd died by some stairs and the boss was spawned in where I died. Turns out he got stuck in place, lmao. I'd run around avoiding the puffballs when he summoned them, and then go shoot him some more with my hunter rifle that I added that fire bullet mod to. I'll take an easy win given that I'm playing solo and those puffballs were being right shits to deal with. I'm looking forward to the sequel and I like what I've seen of it so far.

[@MangoLassie142]

Calling all these games "Dark Souls Clones" feels like when we called all FPSs "DOOM clones." I think it's more that From Software pretty much pulled an ID and created a new genre

[@justinreich2023]

To be fair, there really aren't many "soul like" games that really break the mold much. Sekiro shook up the formula a bit, The Surge added a novel way of acquiring weapons and armor, but Remnant honestly feels the most different. It's essentially a third person shooter with souls-like elements instead of a souls clone with minor twists.

[@Jedimasta21]

Is it really a new genre though? Just feels like an rpg to me.

[@kronksstronkstonks6360]

I wouldn't class soulslikes as a new genre, but it's definitely an extreme shift in the general template of RPG systems. Instead of focusing heavily on numbers and passive/active skills gained through levelling, it relies more heavily on player skill/perceptiveness whilst tying skills to item/weapon use and levelling a rather minimal (yet still very important) aspect.

[@beancheesedip8337]

I’d classify “Dark Souls clones” and “Souls-like” as a sub genre more than I would a genre. It’s apart of RPGs as a whole, but it’s its own classification of RPG.

[@RisenSlash]

Sekiro shook up the formula "a bit?" It plays more like a rhythm game than a souls title imo.

[@MalcolmGrant]

"A boring Darksiders-esque apocalyptic city" It's like it was almost made by the same devs

[@Cudgeon]

Not an improvement.

[@user-dz3cy1tx4y]

"The Bourgeoisie has stripped of it's halo every occupation hitherto honored."

[@davidarmour4395]

I legitimately thought that was a jab at Halo made to sound like one of Marx's metaphors

[@Los499]

@@CallanElliott That's patently untrue, as anyone who's ever actually read any Marx, Lenin, or Trotsky knows. But dishonestly misrepresenting Marxism in order to build strawman arguments is basically all that capitalist philosophy has been able to muster up over the last 170+ years, so I guess it's par for the course.

[@Hakusheri]

i know its been ten years but plz for the love of god change the audio volume of your intro and outro to match your video

[@sineadthomas2024]

No!!!

[@waity5856]

I agree with thomas

[@onewhosaysgoose4831]

This music is the only reason I don't binge watch these episodes. It is like putting 3 colons in a game title and then taking a sledgehammer to my ear.

[@ty_sylicus]

Oh shit. Just left a comment saying the same thing and somehow yours in right below mine. Haha

[@onewhosaysgoose4831]

@Axiom Steel26 your lips are moving but I can't hear what your saying. Yahtzee's intro has ruptured my esrdrums

[@Rebazar]

This is like, an actual game, and a good one. I wish that meant anything anymore.

[@angeldeb82]

LOLed at the imps getting attacked, imp knifing Yahtzee in the leg, Yahtzee uncovering an imp trap at the credits thing... and "The Root, the Root, the Root is on fire!" XD

[@PhilosophyTube]

Yahtzee is LeftTube now

[@halflifeger4179]

Oh damn it's you! Amazing that I found this comment here in the wild. Yahtzee going communist would be the best timeline

[@goldenhorde6944]

A HAPPY AND EDUCATED POPULACE RUNS CONTRARY TO THE INTERESTS OF OUR LEADERS

[@kaulenfuhs1630]

@@GeorgePerakis no u

[@garibanibizzeka]

Last time I was this early Yahtzee was more quiet than a librarian

[@Jerubarbaruah]

I'm kind of intrigued by a game that got Yahtzee to go on such a meaningful philosophical rant.

[@genericstickman5967]

So it’s a Dark Souls Clone but not shit like other Dark Souls Clones?

[@HatredCopterOne]

That's pretty accurate. It feels much less harsh, plays real fun with friends or randoms. I was like "okay... $40 isn't bad, fuck it, let's try." Now my main character is level 381 and I have most of the mods/weapons/traits. Fuckin fun.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

It's like somebody played dark souls and tried to make destiny but dark souls.

[@HatredCopterOne]

@@SherrifOfNottingham that's a very accurate description as even my wife made mention of it looking a bit like destiny. Plays a bit like it too, with the bigger focus on gunplay.

[@bauma9015]

not AS shit

[@popneppopnep4357]

This is triple A's new regular output along with 'magenta games', because realistic FPS's aren't selling anymore.

[@Greendalewitch]

Anybody else here that tried to solve the maze puzzle?

[@isprobablyjobhunting]

Faze muzzle

[@sinnison23]

Haze nuzzle

[@togekiss1995]

Was actually pretty easy, but then again I did it from the end to the start which kinda is cheating I guess in theory...

[@Greendalewitch]

@@togekiss1995 The Lutece Twins would say thats all a matter of perspective. The protagonist in that story did work himself back from the end to the beginning after all.

[@togekiss1995]

The Greendalewitch you’re good at making people curious. I’ll have to look them up later.

[@zackwalker2172]

Wait, he liked a multiplayer focused game? It’s a sign bod the apocalypse. RUN!

[@AscendantStoic]

You can totally solo the whole game, Co-op is a nice option, but it's not mandatory at all.

[@thismarxtheendforjoo2298]

It’s not a focus though...

[@Ackalan]

... To where do you run to evade the apocalypse?

[@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251]

@@Ackalan Off a bridge, duh.

[@tristanbennett3553]

I always go into a state of alertness when Yahtzee starts complimenting games like this

[@TheMarkoSeke]

Lmao Yahtzee with the "kill the adds first" pro tip in 2019

[@dylanelliott565]

Yahtzee talks about listening to pod casts while he plays games I’d really like to know his playlist so I can check them out myself

[@kungfuskull]

Ditto

[@gameworkerty]

It was the communist manifesto on audiobook

[@gameworkerty]

@Esben M I recommend Lenin's State and Revolution as a follow-up

[@samk7625]

@@gameworkerty or the bread book

[@gameworkerty]

@@samk7625 Huey Newton is also very readable and approachable

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

That comment near the end there really resonates with me. You could divide any form of entertainment into 'stimulating new experience' and 'numbing old experience', but it's particularly true of a form like games that theoretically could go on indefinitely. A numbing experience that can last as long as you want can eat up your time like little else mankind has yet devised.

[@jacobhenn1504]

4:01 "Daze like mungeon" It's the small things like this that really make this series shine.

[@RaymanRocks822]

That feel vs numb games thing is one of the truest things he has ever said. But only if the feeling is positive. If it's feeling frustrated, annoyed or disgusted I'd rather just be numbed.

[@U_F_N_M]

Remnant mostly suffers from two problems. One: The game never explains that area/enemy scaling is linked to gear upgrade level. Two: The RNG.

[@RandomBeefTaste]

Well the game does show you when you look at your gear score versus the area, and it's either better, on par, or, when you enter a new area, worse

[@SnivyTries]

10 seconds in, I realized the title had a colon. 12 seconds in, a dry heave happened, then a discussion about dry heaves began.

[@ZOMGItsDAF]

Been watching yahtzee for several years, most of which i hadnt gamed anymore. Recently built a pc, and spur of the moment i bought this on steam the weekend before it released. So after decades, this is the first video that reviewed something I'm actually playing at the same time.

[@endlessoul]

Upvote for dry heaving.

[@vigorouslethargy]

I'd like to plug Admiral Bahroo here. The dude managed to beat this completely solo on the hardest difficulty balanced for a full squad. Devs said it couldn't be done, he did it. And got an item put in the game in his honor. Pretty effin' cool.

[@NeedyWolf]

"The Root is on fire" I take it your run you fought the dragon made out of wood that spew flames

[@kortneyspivey4506]

It's most likely a Bloodhound Gang joke.

[@TheRogueWolf]

We don't need no water, let that wooden dragon burn!

[@kortneyspivey4506]

@@TheRogueWolf Burn wooden dragon, Burn!

[@nolanerckert4515]

I remember that bridge fight solo. Took me 8 attempts, and by the end I was dodging whichever boss was behind me purely from audio cues and luck.

[@BugsyFoga]

Can anyone even remember the last time Yatzhee actually got invested in a game ?

[@helsingS_]

On the two moths boss there is a cocoon on the other side if you destroy it before the firsts ones health gets low enough the second one won't show it up

[@ZombieDragQueen]

Such a positive review I think it´ll be on Yahtzee´s top list for best games of 2019.

[@lilinu060]

I think the reroll story for different optional bosses and different game modes also added some enjoyment that was different from other games I’m used to

[@loafofbeans2699]

The line was when you could finally leave the first world. Straight up

[@froze525]

The fact that Yahtzee hates the Tories is proof that he does in fact have a soul

[@N8UrM8]

Anyone with a soul hates Tories

[@bass779]

He lives in the USA now; he may not be referring to the Tories.

[@lukedufaur5368]

@@bass779 They're all the same.

[@frederik7338]

Not only that. His punchline in this video hints at some Radical political interest as well. Provided that he actually listens to the communist manifesto, when playing numbing games :P

[@billpeel4408]

@@frederik7338 maybe he's been keeping in touch with Jim Sterling as Jim gets more and more breadpilled

[@halfagallonofboiledeggs2738]

Yahtzee looking directly into the screen makes me feel both arousal and triggers my fight or flight response

[@paradoxacres1063]

Knowing that Yahtzee will one day review *HuniePop* it fills me with determination!

[@E1craZ4life]

I have a deadline set for the first Wednesday in November to upload my own ZP-style review of HuniePop.

[@abhilashmessi31]

Yay !!!! You're back

[@seanurbik2689]

There you are!

[@daltongill8677]

still at it, huh? lemme simplify things for you here: Yahtzee's the kind of guy who sees this and thinks "hey, you know what'd be hilarious? putting any reviews of *insert game here* off again" so you're literally making it so he'll never review it ever with this shtick. but keep going if you must

[@daltongill8677]

@@naransolongoboldbayer8030 it was worth trying imo

[@galvatronus1139]

I saw the title of the game and thought "oh boy, Yahtzee's gonna do the dry heave gag again!" I was not disappointed by the opening. XD

[@Altoryu]

I've been keen to have a look at it so seeing Yahtzee at least a small bit keen on it makes me hopeful it will be a game worth investing my time in.

[@90maducc]

“But I’ll say one thing for numbing games, they are an astounding good metaphor for capitalism.” Looks like someone’s been planning to usurp the bourgeoisie.

[@mesothelimoa341]

@@zeevdrifter2707 The current form of capitalism is evil. With zero oversight all systems become corrupt and ripe for abuse.

[@АлександрКривенков-й5д]

@@zeevdrifter2707 so peasants, for example, could not critique feudalism because they used pitchforks made under feudalism?

[@voydspektre7003]

@@zeevdrifter2707 and yet you live in a society. Curious! I am very smart

[@kindredstyles]

@@zeevdrifter2707 Capitalism didn't make smartphones and video games. People made smartphones and video games....Under terrible conditions while being underpaid. if capitalism fucked off today, people will still be making stuff. trust me.

[@mdd4296]

If that statement is taken seriously then it's just wrong. A lot of people in capitalism work for and live for big financial or artistic or whatever gain. And even with whatever system in place of capitalism the vast majority of people still would prefer doing repetitive task to get a headpat each time the task is done. It's called our ape brain and there's mountain of researches about it.

[@arkanosvoid6350]

Yahtzee: "I wish my landlord wouldn't keep coming into my house and eat all my family's pie" You are just so quotable.

[@BugsyFoga]

This game is the "DARK SOULS " of third person shooters.

[@SableDrakon]

I thought that was Immortal unchained.

[@exwhyzee276]

As an Aussie, from what I'm getting from this: You're saying this game is pretty... rooted.

[@flash4680]

Funnily enough as a note for those listening, if you level up to a certain degree and then get a weapon or armor piece it does start to scale based on either level or equipment tier. Its not high but picking up a new weapon does not start from scratch later on in the game like this video would Imply. Its also mildly randomized for those of you that like re-playbility al-la dark souls ng+

[@Shnugs]

As an avid podcast-while-playing-video-games person, this episode really resonated with me.

[@RusticShadow]

That part at the end about feel vs numb games actually did a really good job of putting into words the way I feel about the games industry these days.

[@BrasileirinhosGataoPalhaco]

loving the design of the enigmatic creatures, *hel-lo*

[@PandiiMan]

Extremely repetitive maze-like dungeon, repetitive dayslike mungeon, depretitive rayslike luncheon. Please never stop being yourself!

[@dorienrose9982]

Yahtzee: it is not total shit. Long term fans: This game must be amazing because he kinda approved of a multiplayer focused looter shooter!

[@zacheryeckard3051]

Looter shooter isn't *really* accurate, though. All the equipment is placed, not dropped. Procedural, sure, but intentional.

[@ZetaStriker0000]

The boss on the bridge you don't NEED to keep track of. Only one actively targets the player at a time. The other only fires lasers at one section of the bridge at a time, starting at one edge of the bridge and moving one section at a time across until it's covered every section once. Basically move to a spot it already fired a laser at and you can ignore it. When the one targeting you switches, the one you were fighting will fly back out of range to make it obvious you should turn around.

[@Umutius]

This is the highest praise this studio will ever get probably

[@YukoValis]

Just curious if you'd be interested in the game EDF5. Earth Defense Force 5. Sure it is a serious sam type shooter, but it has a lot of variety.

[@spinnyboi9951]

got this recommended again and i should mention something: they added hardcore(aka permadeath) mode, yet the bug where a teleport platform kills you, which was there on release, still hasn't been fixed

[@Waddlesburger]

The laser gun in remnant is a blast to use with the fire attachment, it basically turns into a proton pack.

[@TikiShades]

"Oh, Humble Monthly gave me... Remnant: From the Ashes? Where have I heard about that one before?"

[@omikronal2211]

I do kinda like the idea of defining 'worthy' and 'unworthy' in games as 'stimulating' and 'numbing', especially with the current state of live-service games that all seem to forget making the game interesting in the name of mass-marketability and potentially infinite time investment. I do think however that there is something to be said for what you could consider 'numbing' games that can create like a fun haze. Like Doom (2016) for example, with its haze of constant action. Or slower games that use routine to really build up to something big. For as much as Yatzee hates WoW, the feeling I got standing in the halls of Naxxramas for the first time was truly unique, especially because the routine and simple everyday activities built up it and made it feel truly epic in a way that couldn't excist in another type of game. Not to say that numbing routine games are inherently a good thing, but that developers can use it effectively at times.

[@MonkeyWhoWouldBeKing]

hail comrade yahtzee

[@Firestorm189]

I think Yahtzee may be one of the last game reviewers I actually trust to give me his opinions on the game and not just be a PR arm for big studios.

[@xHideousFoxx]

after years of watching I just realized Yahtzee's character is nakid aside from the hat...

[@TheMightySwash]

Possibly the strangest thing about this game for me was that it's a direct sequel to a VR game (Chronos) which also had dark souls-ish elements to it, but instead of being an over the shoulder shooter was a strange mash of zelda-esque melee combat and a "fixed" camera which works surprisingly well in VR. Sort of like piloting a remote control robot around an elaborate diorama.

[@blazrrr-4082]

4:02 I totally get ya Yahtzee, words are hard

[@voyagerwitch]

welcome to the fold comrade yahtzee

[@5kastubh5]

I have been enjoying the outro animations more n more lately

[@menaceiwill1]

the particul rifle is an absolute beast. I'm sold

[@him5698]

At the beginning of the video it made me think of a book I read. I talks about ideas in literature, and that idea was that there is nothing new in literature. The only thing you can make new in literature is a narrative. Games I think can be applied to a similar concept. A lot of games take influence from one another, inspiration comes from somewhere, no thought in making a game is original, we've been making adventure games, FPS, soulsborne games, racing games, and competitive games for years now, and eventually they intermingle and create "new" things, nothing is new in gaming at the moment, but the only thing that's new is the experience playing them. I

[@2Scribble]

I can just see the series now Remnant: From the Smoke Remnant: From the Barbecue Remnant: From the Toilet Remnant: From the Litter Box

[@camendiv]

Who gave the cat Remnant: From the Barbecue? Is grandma feeding the cat again?

[@LOLquendoTV]

Anyone noticed the increased mentions of "core gameplay loop" ever since he started his game design challenge?

[@CompoundInterest-SG]

Maybe it's just the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

[@dreadpiraterobertsnumba5]

3:22 Are the fingers on that hand's nails mostly but not all the way clipped?

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Coming from Yahtzee this is high praise!

[@canonwright8397]

H - the Preparation for the 0n-coming Pain. (or icing) The alternative ending.

[@MySplatterhouse]

Well said, now all I need is a physical copy of this title.

[@rahcollier7006]

Numbing vs. Engaging. I like that.

[@fixedG]

4:39 starts a pretty outstanding philosophical tangent that I think matters a lot, to the extent that a guy talking fast about video games on the internet can matter a lot. Games that make you feel vs games that make you numb is an important observation.

[@Italian_Isaac_Clarke]

I didn't remember the review, but remembered the orange pants thing.

[@maxresdefault_]

This is when I realise that all this time I've been playing games to make my numb.

[@MaxHaydenChiz]

Looking forward to the review of Remnant II now that reviewer copies are out. People are saying they fixed a lot of the criticism the first game got. Wondering how much of Yahtzee's criticism got addressed. (One thing several people have seen from twitch streams is that the bosses have different move sets when you play solo vs when you play co-op as opposed to being only designed for co-op.) Also, might be more of an extra punctuation (or a cold take), but I want to know what people's current opinion is of "souls-like" as a genre label. When it was only Fromsoft games and the Nioh series, then it didn't really matter. But there are enough other studios making these games (or just slapping the steam tag on) that we need something to distinguish between "game play loop similar to souls games", "game marketed to fans of souls games", "game with lots of souls-inspired mechanics", and "game with art direction and story presentation similar to Fromsoft's". All of these get called "souls-like" and everyone disagrees about what a "real" souls-like must have. Right now, I know what I'm in for if I buy a metroidvania. I have no clue what I'm in for if I buy a game tagged "souls-like".

[@AntonyCannon]

This review is kind of like the game in question: It starts ordinarily about an average game and then evolves into an exceptional reflection on videogame categories.

[@NazJones2212]

Hey Yahtzee, do you have any podcast recommendations?

[@gypseytails9053]

Thank you Yahtzee for the Aussie insider root joke

[@BoomBoomBrucey]

Oh that bridge moth boss was insanely hard, even in coop.

[@sirwinsalot]

"the root" Still cracks me up

[@LithmusEarth]

Was that a Bloodhound Gang Reference, at the end? "The Roof the Roof the Roof is on Fire" that is in one of their songs, not "Bad Touch" there most most famous song, although I bet most people don't know it by that name because it doesn't really say that, "Doing it like they do on the discovery channel" line might ring a bell.

[@AmbientSpectrum]

The Marie Kondo approach to game reviews- I like it!

[@krossxeye660]

I feel like the biggest issue I had with progression started with being the Hunter. The semi-auto lever action is about the best gun in the game, high accuracy, relatively high rate of fire, and pretty great for weak spot exploitation and mobs alike. It felt very similar to DS in that the knight's shield and sword at the start are about the best all-round mixes, and as someone who plays jack-of-all-trades it just felt a little bad that I wasn't using the flamethrower primary (that I didn't like for its short range) or the shotguns (low ammo/CC) or even some of the automatic weapons which usually suffered from poor range and worse damage. Dear soulslike devs, please let the "JOAT" weapon come in later, I like having to specialize first to get more used to that style of play