RESISTANCE 3 (Zero Punctuation)

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[@JQ20010]

"Like a blind butcher assistant, I dont have a feel for the stakes/steaks." God fucking damn that was beautiful.

[@ChaplainDMK]

Chimera is an ancient greek mythological creature that COMBINEs different animals, and in genetics it's used to describe organisms of COMBINEed distinct cells. Combine, bearded scientists, unlimited weapons and no-regen health, portals, Nr. 3 in title? Resistance 3 IS Half Life 3?

[@dionisietarlev7081]

/(0.0)\ It all makes sense now

[@IONASPHERETHREE]

Well at least Insomniac can count to three :)

[@captainhwdie2888]

Hear that?, that is shit hitting a fan

[@bloodstoneore4630]

+Žiga Auer combine vs. chimera vs. turrets anyone?

[@Overlord0011]

+Žiga Auer Dear god, we're through the looking glass now!

[@alexmagneispokkenchannel7332]

Wow, Insomniac Games IS an anagram of "Amassing Income" mind = blown!

[@leongotget4157]

Alex Magnei holy shit i need to clean all the mind that just got blown all over my walls

[@Antiformed]

Insomniac is a fantastic company and they have a pretty solid track record. Resistance, Ratchet&Clank, Spyro the Dragon, they've created some truly amazing stuff.

[@Valiordruid]

It's worth noting they also made Fuse. Although that can be chalked up to EA being terrified of anything original.

[@Tazdragon1]

***** The original design of that game could have been so much more... I'm putting that one on EA.

[@theBraxil]

***** The bitch wanted to make money, bitches love money. I'd do the same.

[@theBraxil]

I'm all about cunts.

[@ebtrax4081]

+Legendoom They did sunset overdrive as well, my favourite is the one they've been doing for tbe longest time: Ratchet and Clank.

[@Fester95x]

"Giving the benefit of the doubt, Resistance 3 is a very solid and well-worth a-WAIT A MINUTE! That scientist has a beard! What have you done with the rest of the body, Insomniac?!" I loved this so much, and it's nice to hear a conspiracy about Half-Life that isn't ending in HALF-LIFE 3 CONFIRMED.

[@Vecchio_Rhosod85]

I've played part of Resistance 2, and I think it has one of the best pistols in gaming: a magnum that fires bullets that double as remote-controlled explosives!

[@jakedubusker3090]

They keep that in Resistance 3, it's really fun.

[@zekariavanwood1983]

they keep it in resistance 3, it then becomes the same exploding rounds that also when shot let out other bombs that are also explosive, and the same bullet thats in the bloke. lol.

[@louis922]

i went skydiving today yet this video was the highlight of my day

[@ThatOneTrekkieGuy]

***** Or about Learn Quick's skydiving location.

[@spookyboob5611]

Learn Quick I believe you. I would find a KZbin video the highlight of my day if I had effectively commited suicide, but much, much higher and with a parachute.

[@RexTheAlbinoGecko]

@@spookyboob5611 not like the most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the place or anything

[@spookyboob5611]

FlyCaster your right, they don’t do extensive safety tests every single time you drive a car because it’s *so fucking dangerous*

[@RexTheAlbinoGecko]

@@spookyboob5611 and they dont before skydiving? lol. the reason driving there is so dangerous is because of accidents, not the cars themselves. Skydiving is actually insanely safe.

[@Langtw]

Insomniac games clearly isn't ripping off valve, because Insomniac can count to 3.

[@MisterBork]

Insomaniac=9 letters. 9 is 3x3, so Half Life 3 confirmed

[@blkmattymatt]

Insomniac games doesn't rip off any game, It's a good company and make awesome games. (:

[@beep-beep]

blkmattymatt Says the man with the Ratchet and Clank profile picture.

[@blkmattymatt]

The Hiphopopotamus I'm glad you catch on quick! ^__^ Good for you!

[@andrazprelec8263]

this hasnt age very well

[@jakedubusker3090]

Yahtzee, I can't thank you enough. I bought Resistance 3 because of this review, and it's so much fun, most fun I've had playing a shooter in a very long time. I'd have never considered getting it if I never watched this. My life is better from watching your videos.

[@AutisticHighHeeler]

"Vomiting rarely seen outside Zyklon B frat parties" OH GAHD! xD

[@Marx_D._Soul]

God, I love it when I find a ZP episode I have yet to watch.

[@atlanticsquib7232]

I don't even watch his reviews for advice on games, I just find him funny as fuck

[@nanyubusnis9397]

2:25 It was an innocent time for Yahtzee. Before his last spark of hope that shooters might have started to see the errors of their ways, got crushed by all the other shooters that played exactly as he expected this one to..

[@CERTAIND00M]

That ending was the highlight of my day.

[@Hotspur560]

At least insomniac finished resistance. I fear that valve will never finish half-life

[@papaaeon7210]

Probs_Asleep 3 years later and still no sign 😂

[@herbbirb3766]

holler, men

[@ShenDoodles]

Hello, commenter, as you wrote this Valve were getting started on Half-Life: Alyx, a new entry in the franchise that’s better than some of Gordon’s adventures.

[@rangingaway92]

"If you rearrange the letters, lose some of them and add a few more you get - WE WANT TO BE VALVE" best... words... ever

[@HORRIOR1]

I really loved the anagram of insomniac games to "amassing income" XD

[@Knuxfan24]

'least Insomniac can count to three. #oldjoke

[@zombieowen]

😂

[@Shakti3o0o]

If a game tries and succeeds (at least somewhat) to copy a good game, I say play it. It's like the whole favorite-snack-in-a-new-flavor phenomenon. maybe it will be good, if not better, or maybe it could taste like a restroom in a Texas steak house after holding the international eating Olympics.

[@Luckinji]

And it will be more interesting than brownbrownshootbrown either way.

[@Shakti3o0o]

The experience of dry-rubbing the dead skin from your body is a more enjoyably experience than spunkgargleweewee AAA brown-bang-shoot-the-other-cultures.

[@MinecraftMaster404]

Jonah Birdman-Hayden FrostBandanaDude You need to read this in Yahtzee's voice. I mean I did. I read everything in his voice. His sweet, soothing, cynical voice...

[@Shakti3o0o]

I typed it in his voice.

[@ChrisMMMMerritt]

It more like a knock-off of a favorite snack though. I'm prefer new experiences to doing the same thing I already did, except this time it isn't quite as good....

[@sator_project]

To be fair, the health, and weapon slots, and lack of cover, and crazy weapons are there because that's what Insomniac did with Ratchet and Clank. So perhaps Resistance 3 is a gritty clone of a slightly raunchy cartoon game that updated the anthropomorphic collect-a-thon genre by adding Halflife-esque shooter mechanics.

[@karfsma778]

Insomniac Games is a pretty decent developer overall. They also made the first 3 spyro games (I.E. the good ones) and the ratchet and clank series.

[@theodorehodbor5080]

I think we might have uncovered what happened to the fabled Half-Life 3.

[@jeffbezos3200]

I wish they would make a 4th one…after getting superhero stuff, though, I doubt it. This is one of my most nostalgic franchises because it’s my dad’s favorite series and we used to play the co-op for the first game over and over again back when I was 6

[@TARINunit9]

It's almost a game how many levels they can rip from HL2. You start off in the underground as it gets raided, go on a boat, go into the zombie town with preachers with bad accents, go into the mines, go on another vehicle section in which trains are important, go into a prison, release aliens into the prison by turning off critical pieces of hardware, then fight the alien city, then fight the alien tower...

[@Marshal_Lepus]

There's no zombies in R3 they're called Grims.

[@TARINunit9]

julius2199 To quote another Valve game, "THEY'RE ZOMBIES, FRANCIS!!"

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

+TARINunit9 its got water hazard, nova prospect, ravenholm, the mines are antlion mines, the tower is the citiadel and there are no doubt plenty more chapters ripped off.

[@stevenchoza6391]

I'm surprised he didn't put this game in his top 5 for that year, especially since he keeps talking about until now.

[@nunouno001]

He said in a personal article that this game would have made his top 5, if it wasn't SO similar to Half Life 2.

[@stevenchoza6391]

nunouno001 I see.

[@nunouno001]

Steven Choza Here it is: www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/columns/extra-punctuation/9349-The-Not-Quite-Best-Games-of-2011

[@stevenchoza6391]

nunouno001 I see,

[@Dreamerx47]

Oh god they released Half life 3 long ago and we just never noticed ಠ_ಠ

[@mrman6035]

:O

[@DrownedInExile]

"What did you do with the rest of the body Insomniac?!" 😁

[@TheChaosDragoness]

"The Jimi Hendrix Experience" xD

[@Reanitheory1]

I don't know why, but I love the sudden change in his voice when he says "It's more comfort if I can't carry 10 weapons at o...I can carry 10 weapons at once".

[@Lastcastor]

I loled hard at the end.

[@jackryan444]

In fairness to Resistance, Resistance 1 had multiple weapons, health packs, and no cover mechanics and that was right as the above mentioned features first started disappearing. So Resistance 2 comes and copies the industry standards, which hurt. So at least Sony had the right idea to reverse their changes in the 3 go at it.

[@astroknightsunited]

Maybe resistance 3 IS half-life 3!

[@astroknightsunited]

GoodEvilProductions Ech.

[@astroknightsunited]

GoodEvilProductions You must not watch JonTron.

[@fistoftheaxis]

GoodEvilProductions He always does this "ech!" when things don't go his way.

[@Auditer2009]

It -WISHES- it was Half Life 3.

[@chrishall2594]

is that why it sucks?

[@neiledwards7423]

he forgot to mention the fact that the prison level was identical to nova prospekt from half life 2

[@ZetaGundam336]

I liked resistance 3 well enough but the multiplayer is just GOD AWFUL BORING I wanted the 60 player thing back again that was fun as shit

[@cardiacade]

It was an awesome game until the last few levels, where all the cool and fun things left it and it became pretty dull. I don't know how they managed to fuck that last bit up .Appalling ending too.

[@magnusm4]

Charles Harris why is it i hear so many console games have only 32 - 24 player count?

[@ZetaGundam336]

magnusm4 because the servers can't handle all the those people but as networks fsg more powerful some games are upgrading to 30 v 30

[@magnusm4]

Charles Harris huh. I find it funny when a game focus on 6 players or so like l4d being 4 and then I get into a server with an army XD all them Francis's

[@christianwright5874]

Whoever you are, LogicPortal, I praise you. Your response is eloquent, calm, and reasonable. If only more people on the internet were like you, it would be a better place.

[@KillerSerpant6]

Well, at least they copied Half Life instead of Call of Dooty.

[@DerNamenlose1991]

CoD copied CoD huehue

[@mohammadwaled409]

Call of booty

[@Drayle88]

I must say one of the most entertaining reviews he's ever done.

[@cjbos81]

The last great single player campaign FPS.

[@blitzburn2871]

Play Bioshock: Infinite and Wolfenstein: The new order. They are great single player campaign first person shooters.

[@monsterhunter66]

+BlitzBurn Call of Juarez: Gunslinger had a awesome single player campaign too.

[@adabezijones]

Bioshock you fucking wierdo

[@NidorinoAlliance]

Wolfenstein: The New Order, Doom 4, Bioshock Infinite, The Darkness 2 and Metro: Last Light are worth your time as solidly-built single-player FPSs. Most others don't come close to being as good, but I heard Gunslinger was fun.

[@randomguy6679]

cjbos81 what about Doom?

[@tallheadguy97]

I love the way he sounds so confused when he say giving the benefit of the doubt

[@EldritchAugur]

This is my favorite Zero Punctuation.

[@heraissilly]

mine was the Ghosts one

[@StrikeWarlock]

This video is one of my favorites. Mainly due to how much fun Yahtzee seemed to have in making this review.

[@joekun4840]

Yeah for Jimi Hendix!

[@FraserSouris]

Resistance 1 had health bars and "carry all weapons" feature, Resistance 2 had regenerating health (which is acutally kinda justified since the game established that chimera and humans with chimera powers have crazy healing powers like in a Call of Duty game) and only 2 weapons at a time, Resistance 3 follows 1's example but becomes more emotional

[@Montesama314]

What is this "plot" supposed to be? Did the writers of Resistance 3 just stitch a bunch of movie climaxes together?

[@semvision]

That really does feel like it.

[@BGame46M]

"Apparently protagonists in this series work the same way as Roman Emperors." Fuckin' Hell Yahtzee, you made me spit out my soda through my nose.

[@AvatarOfInsanity]

Insert Face of viewer. Good one Yahtzee, good one.

[@EquinoxWarrior]

I love the Resistance series (not Burning Skies) to death but that was great.

[@kapiteinlulhaas7612]

Ive forgotten everything about Resistance 3. Nuff said.

[@1337ijs]

I have to say, I bought Half Life and the Orange Box a month ago in a steam sale... and I was rather underwhelmed. I was so underwhelmed, my playthrough of Half Life 2 is still stuck on the beach where enemies pop up if you walk on the sand. I think it's cause the internet has been treating Half ife 2 like the goddamn holy grail of games for the last decade (now), and my expectations for it were so unrealistically through the roof that I'd forgotten that the game was also one month away from being ten years old. There are few almost ten-years-old games that even come close to holding up after almost ten years (the first Halo, Jak and Daxter 1, other games I can't remember) and I feel like I can safely say that Half Life 2 didn't age as well as those. There are times when its funny or cool, like the scientist who has a defanged headcrab as a pet, that jumps on Gordon's old security-guard-co-worker's head and then later jumps into the teleporter Gordon is using and fucks everything up (side not: you'd need to have played the first ten minutes of Half Life and interacted with the first security guard you meet a few times for the guy who gets jumped by a headcrab in the sequel to feel significant at all); or the time I was escaping a helicopter on a motorboat and pulled this awesome slide-up-the-wall-of-a-drainage-ditch move. Also, the priest in Ravenholme was pretty awesome, once I realized he wasn't going to try and kill me. The facial animation, for being a decade old, was also admittedly outstanding. Oh, and you get to play catch with a giant robot. But for every awesome or funny thing I experienced, there were just as many things that grated on me. For one, mandatory first-person platforming and walking across tiny rails over death-falls. There's a reason those things haven't been seen in FPS games in the last eight years, and that's because those things suck. There was this one part where I had to crawl beneath and jump across the broken frame of a bridge so I could turn off the force field that was blocking my car. Then, once I turned off the force-field and fought off the living gunship with my lazer guided rockets that I had to guide around it's goddam invisible force-shield, I had to jump and slow-walk BACK across the underside of the bridge. That bridge can go fuck itself and die and burn in an everlasting hell. Driving said car was also rather clunky and unresponsive, and I often kept accidentally driving into spaces I could not back the car out of (there was also this one part along the car drive to get to the bridge where I had to look for three batteries to power a gate; the first was already in, the second was laying nearby, and I furiously searched around for half an hour and ended just blasting things with the gravity gun in a desperate attempt to extract some amusement from the game (the gravity gun really isn't as awesome as it's been made out to be either, because it's only useful at killing enemies if there are explosive barrels or sawblades readily on-hand (pro tip: they rarely ever are) when I accidentally shot a upturned bathtub and saw that the last battery had been hidden beneath. I then swore angrily under my breath for a full two minutes) and every section with a vehicle that I played seemed to drag on far longer than it should have. That bit with the motorboat felt like it should have ended by the time an alien fused a machine gun to the side, and then it dragged on for what felt like another hour, when it had already been going for quite a while already. By the time I was forced to get out of my car, I didn't want to have to drive the thing ever again, I'd been in it for so long. There was also this bit with the car where I had to use the speed boost to dodge an oncoming train, that spawns and moves giving you barely enough time to react even when you know its coming, and it doesn't help that it's hard as dicks to tell if you've even turned the speed boost on. And there's that bit I stopped at, the bit where the game basically turns into "the floor is lava" except this lava summons giant bug-crabs that waste precious ammo. To be honest, even playing catch with the giant robot feels like it lasts longer than it should. I'm sure Half Life 2 was awesome when it came out, and we were still accepting of First-person platforming coming standard, along with cryptic puzzles and direction (the giant enemy car powering a force-field comes to mind, as does the courtyard in Ravenholme (there's this one point with a spinning blade trap that I'm almost absolutely certain I got past in the wrong way (I just wedged in a crate and hurriedly rushed through before the crate got knocked out of position)) and so wowed by the physics and novelty of being able to shoot boxes at enemies with wild abandon that we forgot that shooting them with boxes doesn't hurt them in any way. A truly good gun based on gravity manipulation wouldn't need something that is already fairly lethal to be a useful weapon; you should be able to pick up anything and blast it with enough force that it kills the first thing it hits. When you can pick up and blast things away with a gun that has no power meter and can be used ad infinitum, don't relegate said gun to what is basically the status of Puzzle-Solving/First-Person-Platforming-Enabling-Device (PSFPPED). Man. I think I channeled some Alternate-Reality-Yahtzee for a few minutes there. Flame shields up.

[@mitchypdx]

Honestly, I read your whole comment, and IMO I think you totally missed the point of the game. I think you were looking for something like HALO, where you're blasting baddies, all the vehicles drive like a Lexus, and the enemies are unvaried and totally predictable. Not to slight HALO, but from what I garnered from your opinion, you'd rather play a rail-shooter. Sorry it didn't impress you

[@1337ijs]

I'm not saying I didn't like it. The first couple gunfights were cool, and managed to maintain interest as they kept dropping in new guns to expand my options. And, there was that bit I mentioned with the motorboat-dam-slide that made me smile to myself at how cool it was to do. Like I said, I think this was a case of infeasible expectations; I was expecting the greatest game mankind had ever created, and nothing can possibly meet those expectations. Admittedly, I haven't played much of it since I stopped. For all I know, it gets better past the sand bit. I also think I myself was part of the problem; Half Life 2 requires a way of thinking in FPS games that the last decade of games has slowly bled out of me. I'm not talking about health and shields being non-rechargeable, or being able to carry tons of guns. I'm referring to the platforming and puzzles and fairly open-ended-ness of the whole thing. The most open-ended modern FPS moment I can remember playing that even comes close to HL2 levels was that one bit near the middle/end of Bioshock where you have to collect bomb/Big Daddy parts. And the only modern cases of FPP I can think of are Mirror's Edge and Dishonored, and Dishonored barely counts because you can teleport almost everywhere. And, like I said, I'm fairly certain I might have been channeling the Bizarro-Yahtzee when I wrote that; a man who derides Half Life 2 and likes cover-based shooting and regenerating health. Hence the title of Bizarro-Yahtzee.

[@EldritchAugur]

ISchulz I get what you are saying and I went through the same experience as you. I played it with all of the hype and expectations and was slightly disappointed. But it's a difficult game to get into, what really grabbed me is the subtleties. Like the Gman. I was playing the airboat section and noticed him watching me and when I got closer he walked away. It was shocking and weird and made me look everywhere for him, and all of a sudden, he was everywhere. Always watching you. That's when the game really grabbed me and I couldn't stop playing because I wanted to find out what was going on, and once that happened I found myself enjoying the game so much that once I finished it I immediately wanted to play it again. Oh and if you are wondering if it gets better. YESSSSSSS. Sandtraps, the chapter you are currently on is the worst chapter in the game and one I have to slog through every time I play the game. But the best of the game is coming, once you get past that chapter you get to lead an assault on Nova Prospect and after that the uprising in City 17. It's a brilliant game it's just kind of weak from a narrative perspective and that makes it seem kind of overrated. But just keep playing the game and pay attention to the background details and then will you find the true strength of Half Life 2.

[@fellower]

Why did you post a full on hl2 review here?

[@1337ijs]

I actually also got Half Life 1 in the same Steam sale. Couldn't finish it either. It was around the point where I had to cross a bridge with a gun emplacement on the other side, and then go through a lake full of monster alien fish (monster-filled swimming in FPS's is also something that has slowly disappeared over the years, I've noticed) and I decided to stop there because I realized I simply wasn't having much fun. I know that if I'd played Half Life 1 when it first came out, my mind would have been been blown to somewhere near Jupiter, because considering the time it came out (I was big on Star Trek Elite Force around a year or so at the time of Half Life which was very similar in style and mechanics (though it had cutscenes and no monster-lakes)). I'm not saying that Half Life 1 and 2 weren't incredible examples of gaming in their own times, and are fun in their own rights as examples of good times long gone by; the times of limited health and first-person platforming and swimming and giant fish monsters coming standard in large bodies of water. I'm saying that I personally feel that they don't hold up as well as everyone says they do.

[@CPCGamer]

"I have no mouth" reference. Many points.

[@Master_Baites]

A silent protagonist!? why did they do that after the protagonist wasn't silent in resistance 2, really makes no sense to me.

[@CJNiiva]

As he stated in the video, the protagonist in number 2 got killed by the protagonist in this game in the end of 2

[@Master_Baites]

Chris "CJN" Niiva yes I am aware of that, but what's that got to do with making the protagonist silent for the gameplay section but not for the cutscene.

[@overzealouseuthanasiast9731]

Benefit of the doubt, my furry friend. Benefit of the doubt.

[@troin3925]

It's like the first game, Nathan Hale only speaks in cutscenes, even if it wasn't much lines.

[@baconsir1159]

Gordan Freeman

[@deepfriedsalt567]

"WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE REST OF THE BODY INSOMNIAC?!" I lost it. Yahtzee is fucking amazing.

[@catiseith]

At least it's better to copy Half-Life 2 than CoD. Doing the later would be as unique as drinking soda (everybody knows it isn't the best thing to do, but they keep doing over and over and over) #notanotherspunkgargleweewee

[@Nielsblog]

Well Yahtzee, to answer your question: Insomniac put non-generation health, 10 weapon slots, non-cover based shooter features in Resistance because it just fun! Insomniac has a rich tradition of including these kind of features to every game they made (all Resistance games and the Radget & Clank series for example). If you ask me you can say that Insomniac are the "Valve" on their Playstation-only terrain.

[@Envy987001]

Resistance started before the metro games.

[@CrescentGuard]

Aye, but it didn't start before the books (One year earlier in Russia). Regardless though, he's just poking fun, not being serious. Post apocalyptic games and stories tend to share aspects--that would be like saying every medieval fantasy story rips off Lord of the Rings and/or Dungeons and Dragons; technically true, but criminally unfair.

[@Envy987001]

I think he was refering to the gameplay, as was I. Which I tried to make sure i made it clear i was talking about the game.

[@TheBellman]

But not Resistance 3...

[@Spinosaurus1231]

TheEliteGir Resistance 3 followed the gameplay of Resistance

[@TheBellman]

Spinosaurus1231 But not the level design.

[@jackryan444]

Resistance 1 was the first new gen game I played... Love the fuck out of it

[@Evannco]

Insomniac created RATCHET AND CLANK! PLEASE NOTICE THAT!

[@ebtrax4081]

True!

[@ethanor]

+Pylon Jumper 2002 they also made Fuse, so........

[@ebtrax4081]

ethanor​ We don't talk about that one.

[@ethanor]

I actually liked Fuse, but only because I got it for 5 Euro

[@ebtrax4081]

ethanor Yeah but certainetly insomniac's weakest game.

[@michaelbarney4060]

*"WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE REST OF THE BODY, INSOMNIAC?!"* So *that's* what happened to Half-Life.

[@TheDrRandomness]

i wonder if yahtzee likes the ratchet and clank series.

[@sinistersweet5236]

The Jimi Hendrix machine. Wow.

[@SlamifiedBuddafied]

Well if they copied what some others games do, at least they copied bits from what are generally felt to be good games. And I have to say, playing Metro feels like cheating on Half-Life. I'm lost in a bleak love triangle somewhere between the Russian Metro and City 17. Oh dear. That said, finally got around to Resistance 3, really is a good game that leaves you feeling like playing it again.

[@alpha6387]

"gears of war 3, serious sam 3, battlefield 3, modern warfare 3, um... caffine free" made me laugh. loving the puns dude

[@XiYen]

"Mismanage Sonic". No, that's what SEGA did.

[@jonofthehill]

my face has never caused nausea thank you very much!

[@retromac2992]

Regardless of the points made, I still enjoyed the Resistance games far more than the Half Lifes. Because that's exactly how they felt: Half arsed!! Valve has only ever impressed me with Portal and Portal 2. Albeit a touch generic in choice, but it felt more beloved and cared for throughout development thus resulting in a superior end product.

[@stratigangames508]

What's your opinion on TF2?

[@retromac2992]

It's never intrigued me enough to play it. Not huge on First Person games. Doom, Quake, the Portals, The Resistance games, and Dishonored are amongst the very few I actually play.

[@stratigangames508]

+Sam “RetroMac29” McAlpin Fair enough. I myself don't play FPSs all that much, but TF2 is my huge exception to that. I've got like 1300 hours in it. lol

[@Luchingador]

+Sam McAlpin “RetroMac29” Im sure theres people that enjoy One Direction's cover of a The Who song... but does that make the cover better than the original?.... hardly.

[@retromac2992]

No, but like my previous comment, it's all down to personal preference. Everyone's opinions are theirs to have!!

[@VenseyNess]

The way he says beard. WAIT A MINUITE! THE SCIENTIST HAS A BEERED!!

[@TroPy1n]

and tbh, which games developer wouldn't want te be Valve? I mean, at this moment, Valve can release 2 or more shitty games and still be forgiven, because they made a number of games extremely well.

[@herpaderpa7295]

Valve is smart enough not to release the third sequel to any game they make. At this point, a game like Half Life 3 could be nothing but bad. Too much nostalgia and too much time makes it inevitable. I hope it is never released. There has never been a game series in history that had a third game nearly as good as the first two (not counting those that change almost everything at a fundamental level like Fallout 3 - that was arguable as to whether it was better than the predecessors or not - I'd say no - but so different so as to not even be the same sort of game any more).

[@BiscuitHead22]

Cajaquarius Sadly, I totally agree with everything you have just said.

[@intrepidhero]

Cajaquarius So your saying Half Life 3 should be a side scrolled.

[@herpaderpa7295]

It would beat what Half Life 3 would probably wind up being; a military-ish cover based shooter with regenerating health and a heavy focus on multiplayer at the cost of single player. Also, they would probably fully explain GMan and fucking ruin him.

[@halfhalo33]

Cajaquarius I doubt, the last AAA fps game they made (I believe L4D 2) had health kits/no regen health, not a military cover base shooter, and a heavy focus on co-op. CS:GO (budget title), while a MP and military shooterish, had no regen health, no ironsights, no cover based glue yourself to the wall shit.

[@Sareth94]

yeah, their plowing through the games they played in their childhood. Also (as with many good Lp'ers) it's the dialog and the humorous look on the game that makes it worthwhile watching.

[@poke548]

Believe it or not, Resistance 3 is considered to be the WORST resistance title among fans. Sure resistance 1 hasn't aged perfectly, but resistance 2 seems to suffer the exact opposite of middle -child syndrome. It still holds a relatively active community, even today (Though not to the extent of games like TF2 and counter strike). I recommend that you go go back and try it if you ever find yourself sitting around on you're just ass getting tired of making golden cocks 'n balls in Minecraft.

[@SoulRipper66]

To you maybe, each one got it's own thing going on and I loved each one of them 3 had a nice epic feeling to it though

[@petergreen5047]

I liked resitance 3 rather than 2 because 2 was unreasonably hard, although its multiplayer is good. Resistance 3 I had more fun overall, except on multiplayer since it's alot like cod.

[@Greener221]

ARE YOU FUCKING ME?!?! Those stupid Mainstream bastards actually DARE to insult Half-Life 2?! What the fuck is wrong with these people?!?!?!

[@blodoomobob]

Am I the only one who thinks the the 2nd is the worst? I didn't like it as it was so blatantly trying to fit in with other modern shooters like CoD, and had the same boring mechanics. The weapon wheel and health meter from the 1st and 3rd were much better, and being able to play the campaign in co-op. Although I have got to admit that 100 people death-matches were quite interesting.

[@poke548]

Look guys, I was just saying that MANY people tend to lean towards 2, not that it is TEH MOZT MAZING THEENG EVAR, and not that 1 and 3 suck. They all have their strengths and flaws. Props to people who thought before replying instead of shitting all over my inbox, though.

[@ethan277]

Yes of course! My favorite is when Gordon says "......." that one was awesome!

[@spartanB0292]

Huh. I was really expecting a "HALF LYFE 3 CONFIRMED GUYZ" joke. Sorely disappointed.

[@johntibz]

spartanB0292 I think this came out before that started really becoming a thing, though I could be wrong. Yahtzee is also known for his avoidance of things such as memes, and is probably too cynical and jaded to say something like that with the appropriate enthusiasm :P

[@rudyhero1995]

BinkyTheRabbit you are talking about the man who started the pc masterrace...

[@TheSilvantor]

+And Burn It Shall implying it was on purpose and PC players didn't misunderstand it and didn't start mocking themselves while thinking they are making themselves look superior.

[@rudyhero1995]

TheSilvantor not saying that he approves of it but he is the creator of one of the bigger memes... (and yes I know that it was a joke, good video btw, and his later projections of the pc masterrace also indicate something *rewatching arkham knight*

[@catiseith]

The sole thought makes me shiver, like if I had a cold. *cough* Portal & Portal 2 *cough* Suddenly I don't feel good. I think I'll lay down for a while...

[@timebomb4562]

leaving aside the uhh taking inspiration/ ripping off let's look at the game by it's own merits joe speaking during cutscenes but not gameplay means we can build up the guys personality without it getting in the way of all the shooting which i thought was a nice touch plus it means you gotta be really motivated to make the guy seem more likable than the alien monsters we're killing you have a point about the stakes still an army of monsters making scary noises is enough reason for me to consider them a threat but i get scared by a barking dog

[@CPCGamer]

The scientist hiding in the cupboard with tinned peaches.

[@bulletone909]

It was arguably the greatest moment of my day thus far to see my actual last name (Malloy) used in this video. Now I feel pretty good.

[@Gladerunner2113]

"Insert Face of Viewer" HAH, love it.

[@noober98704]

I lol'd at the Jimi Hendrix Experience

[@pln9fos]

After reading the little quips in the credits, I have but one thought: 'Messianic Mango' needs to be the name of a band now.

[@someguy4667]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD THE "BODY" PART KILLED ME XD

[@crazyj10agains]

Not only to Chimera and Combine start with C and have seven letters they both refer to the stitching together of several things into one new thing.

[@Jaceblue04]

"Wait a minute... THE SCIENTIST HAS A BEARD! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE REST OF THE BODY, INSOMNIAC?!" lol

[@nukeclears]

Probably one of my favorite reviews.

[@angeldeb82]

This is so funny. Alien portal to kitties and puppies, and imps barfing themselves to death all over the place! And the end credits when the imp barfs and tries to pick up the head of another celeb to do the same, but somehow gets decapitated. XD

[@grindorblackout1986]

I just picked this game up today because it looked like a reasonable shooting game I could play with a friend as I`m not a fan of online gaming. It`s not bad at all, being better than a few shooters I`ve played over the past little while

[@trickyricky4731]

You clearly weren't paying attention when the doctor explained that the worm hole was freezing the Earth and he was the only living human being who knew how to shut the tower down.

[@sugarwormwood]

I've found a Zero Punctuation I haven't seen from it's TV Tropes page... God save my soul.

[@TheEgonStetman]

My favourite part of Half Life 2 was when the Combine dropships were dropping troops in your path while on your airboat. Theres just something satisfying about thumping into 6 Combine soldiers.

[@ElderlyPossum]

What, like shoot things with various different guns, drive about in various vehicles and occasionally press E on things? So diverse and interesting...

[@ATalkingShark]

I loved it when he took the name "Insomniac Games" and somehow made it "We want to be Valve." xD

[@TheSmokeyDawn]

"The scientist has a beard!"

[@RyanTheSleeper]

Jimi Hendrix Experience just caught me off guard XDDD

[@Heptometer]

you're* And just before the Great! there's a full stop so the G on the Great needs to be capitalised. As well as the "Not grate!". It's also recommended to add quotation marks around grate and add [sic] afterwards as it is a direct quote which has an error.

[@LukeSparrow221]

The Jimi Hendix joke got me.

[@TheRantDude247]

*watches ending credits* Well time to find everybody that goes to my school!!

[@RuanSmitSA]

Probably one of your funniest episodes, love how you compared the two hehe.

[@AntonyCannon]

And I even like the orange box it comes in.

[@LeBored1]

Thanks, mate. Couldn't wait that five minutes for that joke!

[@Balfoneus]

This review has got to be one the funniest reviews he has done. I laughed my arse off for a good minute XD

[@VerdaTal]

I can't wait to hit the road with my new band, Encasing Mimosa.

[@GTOBRIEN1995]

my favorite part of that game was the part where you used the ant lions as weapons

[@zombieowen]

Great episode.