Zenless Zone Zero with a side of salt

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[@ScottFalco]

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[@evanallaire2829]

I like wolf Guy

[@thomasroehrman7587]

Have you never played Mr. Driller? That's what the pupper game is based on, in fact it's a straight up reskin.

[@evanallaire2829]

@@thomasroehrman7587 No, im talking about the Playable Character Werewolfy Butler who is A Martial Artust in a Suit

[@gamefan64]

Ever try their other games? Honkai impact 3rd and Tears of Themis? Though I’m not sure you’d be interested in the latter as even though it’s an Ace Attorney like for the most part it’s Al’s majorly an Otome game.

[@gamefan64]

@@thomasroehrman7587The protagonist of Mr Driller is the son of the DigDug protagonist right?

[@Deadsphere]

The animation in this game looks fucking awesome, so full of bouncy energy. No, this is not a joke about certain physics.

[@Elmithian]

It is funny because one of the most bouncy characters, the catgirl has no-

[@dragirby]

@@Elmithian the most bouncy character is Ben-

[@Elmithian]

​@@dragirby "ONE OF" the most bouncy is what I wrote. I have been trying to write super short comments to try to avoid people just skimming, but you sir, you sir managed to skim a single sentence! I kid, I know we all sometimes miss stuff like this. : P

[@wantfastcars]

This makes Senran Kagura look realistic

[@Archflip]

I watched some streamers play the beta and it was very consistently distracting, particularly with Nicole and Grace.

[@okashiad6930]

Someone mentioned that Billy moves around like he's from Hotel Transylvania and I can't see it any other way now.

[@Ramsey276one]

XD

[@stellathefoxgirl3648]

OH THEYRE RIGHT I CANNOT UNSEE IT EITHER NOW

[@TheCoffeeCrow]

HE DOES OH MY GOD

[@plxlnnt]

"i find the monotone characters a bit dull" your favorite princess is rosalina edit: i feel like i should say this is a joke since i didnt expect anyone to actually see it

[@steevie9423]

Damn brother you went straight for his throat

[@phantompop3192]

Fucking cooked 😭 lmao

[@LiberTea90]

Bro didn't let him cook for a second

[@Tyranicalroomba]

Is Rosalina monotone?? I have never seen that

[@metayoshi1712]

Nah Rosalina is fan service. XD

[@Gam3Junkie7]

If THIS was how 3D Anime looked, NOBODY would complain except for the purists.

[@PoorPlyser]

Other than Trigun Stampede, yeah

[@dorf7219]

yea red jacket guy was movin around like classic trigun or like brock in pokemon. ever since spider verse (and to a lesser extent guilty gear xrd) theres been alot more energy that been being put into 3d animation i feel

[@LyaksandraB]

Yeah, it's weird how everyone can do better 3D anime than the japanese anime industry, barring a few exceptions. I single out the anime industry, because their gaming industry is fine. The new guilty gears come to mind.

[@sagehanson190]

@@LyaksandraB The issue with the anime industry is that it sucks. Animators are constantly overworked and underpaid and most studios try to rush out as much anime as they can for as cheap as possible.

[@doorsareforopening]

​@@PoorPlyserArcSys games too

[@JeffreyThrash]

The "bouncy" animation style found in most Hollywood animated movies, like Hotel Transylvania, combined with an anime art style is incredible!

[@codywilliams7557]

Not entirely, this was seen a lot in late 90s-early 2000s anime. This was the vibe I’ve been getting from ZZZ since the first trailer of it.

[@JeffreyThrash]

@@codywilliams7557 Which ones? I grew up with some of the cheapest-looking anime of the '90's and 2000's--mainly Pokemon, Sonic X, filler arcs in Dragon Ball and Naruto, I was young and inexperienced, then. This is one of those instances where I MUST be proven wrong!

[@Jason75913]

​@@codywilliams7557 examples? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Animaniacs, Freakazoid, KND, and other Western 'toons don't count as anime, zoomer.

[@donvoltonus8898]

Billy is DRIPPING with chaotic Deadpool energy, and I'm here for it. Also, if you like Soul Hound, you'd probably enjoy the game it's based on, Mr. Driller.

[@lShadow426l]

Dunno if Hoyo still doesn't do this but for the love of god, *either archive story related events or don't make story elements a limited time event* I don't care about missing the rewards but there isn't much reason for new players to play a game with a major lean on story, and then tell them they can't enjoy all of the story while reminding them they missed character introductions that came from a one time 3 week event

[@AndrewS-vu4ji]

This is exactly why I'm never playing genshin impact. FOMO only drives people away once the time period is over if it was important content.

[@Kuruyami]

They actually do this with Star Rail, and I suspect that they'll make a point of doing it going forward. They've been talking about finding some way to do it reasonably with Genshin, but I think the big issue for them on that front is disk space (Since a lot of those big events are pretty big and having them permanently in files would massively increase disk space usage, which'd be rough on mobile/console players).

[@BNuts]

@@Kuruyami What they've started to do with _Honkai Impact 3rd_ is allow players to choose which parts of the game they keep the data for. I think it'd be awesome if they did this for their other games too. Maybe even make it possible to choose what you plan to do from the game launcher to cut down on load times, especially in _Genshin_ . Resource management like this could save some players' phones, seriously.

[@Kuruyami]

@@BNuts It would definitely be nice. If they made it possible to like archive/clear out audio files/cutscenes from completed portions of the story quest, that could theoretically save dozens of gigs of space. Not sure how they would handle it for new players though.

[@jeefberky9101]

"I find the monotone characters a bit dull." As someone who likes monotone, I'd be willing to bet (or be proven wrong) it's the shitty writing for most of said characters that bugs you. A *lot* of writers make monotone characters then fail to make up for the inherent deficit in intrigue with more than maybe a single other trait. Also, you advocated for maid characters, their main shtick is being efficient and composed. And let's not forget a certain princess you like (same).

[@akiradkcn]

Ikr

[@Fazeshyft]

Yes, Scott, I'm sure you loved studying the "bounciness" of some of the characters.

[@thardump859]

Ehh...I'm not really into the bounciness if I'm honest.

[@FilthyCasualty]

@@thardump859 Like the bouncy animation or uhh “bouncy” characters? Either way, valid opinion

[@withercat1801]

@FilthyCasualty The boobs physics are pretty egregious imo and serve as a reminder of how blatantly sexist Hoyoverse is

[@Fazeshyft]

@withercat1801 Public interest/profit ⚖️ People choosing to be offended You can say what you want, but anime have made bank off fan service for decades. Meanwhile, companies choosing to appease the pearl clutchers never wind up well off. In short, sex sells.

[@Laylae.e]

@@withercat1801 ehhh imo it just makes it look like a porn game which are cool but there is a time and place for everything come on.

[@GoGoSqueezeWorksToo]

Whoa just watching these intro clips the characters seem so full of life and not stiff its honestly really impressive

[@Bluecho4]

I saw a clip of this game's cutscenes, and it was jaw-droppingly good animation. The animators worked hard and CARED about what they were doing. It's insane.

[@EmperorOfApathy]

The first time ive genuinely considered playing a hoyo game, besides honkai impact. The combo of bouncy animation, hoyo's signature fan-service, gameplay style, fan-service, mini-games, and did I mention the fan-service?

[@AquaticLotus7552]

And this has the fanservice I love, BIG BARA BEARS

[@xtrem5428]

I'm tempted to try it too, but I just know I'm gonna be disappointed by its monetization. MiYoHo have a track record of making good games with horrible pricing.

[@Jason75913]

​@@xtrem5428 there's plenty of worse in terms of monetization, chill, dawgity

[@truewhissan]

​@@Jason75913 By your logic, just because one murderer murdered 30 and the other murdered 5, we should let the one who murdered 5 off the hook. It is thinking like this that got the gaming industry comfortable with their scummy practices.

[@Jason75913]

@@truewhissan unholy sh1t, son, no one said or implied that _

[@TheClargest]

From what I’ve seen from the rest of the Genshin/HSR community regarding this game, they all seem to mirror your opinions here pretty closely. Animation and characters are great, minus the male MC being kind oof boring, combat is good, the TV world is not great and could use some love since it’s the main content of the game. People are a little concerned but enthusiastic because it just looks incredible and the animation is top tier.

[@AB-jt4rs]

Male MC is an acquired taste I fear

[@pyronado4320]

​@@AB-jt4rsyeah you acquire that taste after eating raw bread and water only for a whole year

[@AB-jt4rs]

@@pyronado4320 I meant being attracted to men and maybe having a specific kink but yeah ig that too

[@OfficialTroof]

"Oh, and add a lot more maid characters, you can't go wrong with maid characters." Truer words have never been spoken

[@BNuts]

Rita Rossweisse and Noelle are in full agreement.

[@pitioti]

@@BNuts Noelle is, to this day, the backbone of all my genshin's team ! She's a swiss knife that can Tank-DPS-Heal-Coffee making-Return of the loved one-etc... in one character XD

[@2manytabzz]

💀

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

The animations of this game look great, almost would want them to make a CC character just to see her in this style

[@alexdragon260]

If they do add CC I'm definitely playing it

[@Skully34]

Another excellent salt! I'll definitely be checking it out, it seems like there's been a lot of love put into it by the developers!

[@barrelracer318]

I played the first Hoyoverse game Honkai. I liked it, but the emphasis of THIS IS A MOBILE GAME was getting to be waay too much for me. Same reason why I havent played Star Rail.... As you stated, this animation is top tier. Its crazy fluid looking full of energy and just seriously fun to look at. If they did an animation series, "Hoyo... Hint hint, Do this." I would seriously watch it, even if it was kind of bad. To see the character interactions with this kind of animation and style would just be a lot of fun. If hoyo did make an animation, I seriously doubt it would be bad considering the effort they put out in these games. Its just a shame they choose to do the mobile market.

[@pitioti]

I really wish they will, one day, do normal game instead of gacha games because they have everything to make great games ! (Good writter, good art team, good developper team)

[@QuiteSpiffing]

Squash and stretch is incredibly underrated in animation, so many game and animation studios go for the hyper realistic and never really seem to be able to pull it off convincingly, so I'm happy to see this animation style growing in popularity. You can make characters uniquely expressive with this style and it's wonderful to see.

[@topcat59]

My god the animations are so good, they all ooze personality and charm.😺

[@r.i.n793]

I think hoyo saw genshin and their Honkai series and thought to them selfs, "Do you know what we failed to do on our past games, we didn't give the gals azur lane levels of jiggle".

[@MokipokiBeautiful]

No, they have those jiggles in honkai impact

[@vitorcacabelos1274]

I'm afraid that I must inform you of how wild Hoyo was before Genshin put them in the chinesse govern view, there's a reason why some Honkai fans call them Hornyverse

[@zaakbate]

"Nobody ever sits still when they talk and i love it"-scottfalco perfectly describing adhd.

[@yaboicdog]

"My body... is wiggly." -icecreamsandwich

[@RobertAniFreak]

2:39 he is honest to god giving off some Deadpool vibes and I love it

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

im proud of hoyoverse for simultaneously offering game play and fan service most games of the same vibe as hoyoverse titles either stylise there characters into little blobs or are like a match 3 puzzle game hoyo is out there doing both and i think its good to counteract the steryotypes

[@dustybunny6716]

I love how jiggly the character animations look. That one guy reminds me of an anime Deadpool. Really hoping it comes to PS5.

[@makotoyuki9498]

Pretty sure it is releasing on PS5, all recent HoYo games are on there, and I thought it got announced for it already?

[@makotoyuki9498]

Scratch that, no PS5 announcement yet, probably a similar situation like HSR where it will drop like a year after release.

[@imissdtac]

The Bag, My brother, he got the bag.

[@wealthybone2990]

Well he got the best bag because he enjoys these sorta games no?

[@mewkitsune6978]

Hot take Zenless zone zero is like a kid friendly cyberpunk where you play as a net runner that manages a group of edgerunners.

[@ReikuYin]

Soul hound... Oh, that's why that looked familiar. It Mr. Driller.

[@mechafreak7938]

One more advantage of this game over the other two is that you can rewatch cutscenes whenever you want, while with Genshin the only replayable cutscenes are for weekly bosses, and you can only read dialogue for previous story missions in both Genshin and Star Rail.

[@cuppaal]

THE GAME DID NOT COME OUT YET AND THEY HANDIN OUT SPONSORS ALREADY????????

[@Lui2D2]

I feel like the animation is somewhere between Maxx Steel and Slug Terra, and I'm in love with it

[@Ryodraco]

I love the look of games like these, but their open-ended nature has always discouraged me from playing them. I like my stories to have a beginning, middle and end.

[@asher879]

as a genshin hater and star rail liker, this is a big hoyoverse W

[@123spurks]

As a Genshin hater, I agree.

[@sophiebubbles07]

Billy made me ridiculously happy and I can’t exactly explain it.

[@invisibledoodlewizard]

Talking about animation go brrrrrrr *sits here drooling at my screen while listening to nice voice say the happy words*

[@Husain5XG]

Billy is literally every chaotic anime/animated/cartoon show character built into one character, i like him!

[@divineshrek3307]

Hoyoverse genuinely went all out with this game. All these cutscenes in this game are so exaggerated and expressive and I absolutely adore it. As for gameplay, it's really nice how simplified and compact everything is. You're not running around a giant map to collect upgrade materials for characters at point A and then running all the way across the map to point B to get another material. The combat feels far faster and more fluid as well, perfect switches and guards are so damn satisfying to land.

[@saqvobase4301]

The 3d animation is actually so cool

[@Tsupek]

The thumbnail is uhh….pretty pretty good

[@DarkQueenHelba]

Nice video as always! Also you were right! The animation in the game looks really cool. We just don’t see stuff like this too much anymore.

[@namelessscarf]

Loving how the B and P alliterations just keep flowing at 3:40

[@jameslawrenson1208]

The Hi fi rush style is very much appreciated.

[@TunaKitty63]

God damn, if they ever made a game that wasn't gacha, it would probably be my favorite game of all time.

[@fjordon87]

Forget the maids! Ben and those npc bears are where its at and i want MORE!

[@gameman250]

8:10 - ...This is literally Mr. Driller. If you liked this minigame then look into the Mr. Driller series, it's a blast.

[@magetsalive5162]

Oh good, someone else said it so I don't have to. Thanks for doing that, now I can be lazy.

[@gentlesoul221]

Soul hounds is based off of Mr. Driller, fun fact.

[@KingShado69]

1:32 This dude is 1 line away from saying " I SLAY GoOobliiiinSSSSSsss"

[@the_gordo_L]

came back to this video and man, they really did listen! they've improved so much from this point and honestly i love it

[@Angry_Jetpack]

One of two things can come out of that ending, both of which involve CC. One. Scott, draw CC in a maid costume. Two. Artists who are fans of Scott, draw CC in a maid costume.

[@Son-Goku1227]

That mini game with the dog is literally MR. Driller

[@legosiw]

If it comes to ps5, ill absolutely add it to my daily gaming with genshin. I love how animated it is

[@vaskokabral9963]

i might just play it for the animation, IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!!

[@applest556]

This is my first time seeing this game and what the holy hell why is the animation so good

[@makotoyuki9498]

The animation is good to draw players into the gacha loop. Better looking means more people will be attracted to playing it, works really well for HoYo.

[@AldoAnotherEden]

The closest thing to big action sections is the rally's in the combat story part. Its basically just one long map of action until u reach the boss and u look around for chests for the items that u can take out.

[@mask9306]

Anby's sword is literally Raidens sword from mgrr.

[@DangerB0ne]

Nice knife

[@chaotixspark7934]

Sicilia: Falco, we can't be the only one who wants a Hoyo fighting game. Hoyo Versus. Every character we've seen in any Hoyo game is, "PEAK FIGHTING GAME DESIGN."

[@GodSlayerCronos]

Billy's attacks look kinda like Dante from Devil May Cry

[@jzpowell2108]

Scott’s into maids… who’d thunk it

[@DangerB0ne]

What red-blooded American isn't?

[@lambdrey]

3:19 OH HELL NAH! THAT'S RAIDEN'S SWORD- I MEAN TOOL OF JUSTICE!

[@arthurvergolino6859]

copming to this video 7 months latter and... they did it. they actually did it the mad mads. you can click screens to go back like scott wanted, most important missions are a mix of tv puzzle and combat, the animation is awesome, the music is badass... they actualyl did it.

[@ItzRenRen]

Billy honesty has to be my favorites,hes just a cute robotic fanboy whos alway so bouncy and energetic and he reminds me a lot of Deadpool! And hes hot so def gonna be my main for a while sue me

[@markguyton2868]

So if they make a sequel, will it be called Zenless Zone One? Jokes aside, game looks good, would have tried it if it wasn't a HoYo gacha game.

[@spotdot6161]

“Add more maid characters” best feedback ever lol

[@tommylugaresi7431]

If no one has mentioned it yet, your "pupper" mini game appears to be a mr.driller style game.

[@cobalt2672]

Wow, you're not kidding about the animation, that's top quality. Now we know where all their squillions of dollars went! I bounced off Genshin, but I might give this a try if it's not crammed full of spyware.

[@Vynn132]

you can click a tv during those tv sections and will take you there automatically as long as a path is available

[@darkshado124]

Miyhyo also did: Legend of Saha FlyMe2theMoon Zombiegal Kawaii Houkai Gakuen 2 /Gun Girls Z Honkai Impact 3 Tears of Themis

[@akiradkcn]

I didn't knew that last one

[@josephjennings3146]

8:32 wait, you telling me this has Mr.Driller spinoff included? Count Me In!

[@PerpetualIyTired]

7:40 bro was abt to spit facts but fell to the physics

[@conradbarnes9671]

God this animation looks so good I am definitely going to give this game a look, thanks funny magic animation man.

[@caped6453]

Alright, it turned from a no to a maybe. I'm not too fond of Hoyoverse's stuff but I am a sucker for ARPGs and its hard not to fall in love with that animation style. Hope that it doesnt get bogged down by microtransactions

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

It’s Hoyo. Give them a bit to fuck this up.

[@caped6453]

@@infinityheart_tm9270 Its exactly why its more of a maybe. I'd like to be optimistic though

[@infinityheart_tm9270]

@@caped6453 I just wish they actually make an interesting combat system that doesn’t just look at the first hour of KH2 for inspiration.

[@JasmineBrowneyes]

I hope someone makes a compilation of the animations just to see how far they distort their character models JUST to make actions more punchy. That has my interest. It's not enough for me to get it on any platform but as an observation.

[@Atoie402]

I got a zenless zone zero and a honkai star rail ad while trying to watch this video

[@thewinterprince1731]

I reeeaaaally want to see you review Arknights. It's admittedly nothing like this game (it's a tactical sort of gamr) but once you get into the meat of things it becomes its own brand of amazing. That game genuinely made me SMARTER.

[@CompletelyNewguy]

Don't just add more maid characters, more butler characters too! Like Von Lycaon. Ever since I played "evolution world" (for the gamecube for those who want to look it up), where one of your party members is your own butler *WHO WIELDS A SHOTGUN*, I've been wanting more butler characters in games.

[@SioxGreyWolf]

Also on this note, you don't have to click each screen. If you click back to whrre you want to be, you zoom right there... only if the screens have been blanked out... now.

[@CrimsoniteSP]

I can't wait for this game. Holy crud. I enjoyed Genshin a lot and that game's combat was rather simple. This game almost looks like a slower DMC with character swaps instead of hotswap combos. It actually looks insane.

[@SethAbercromby]

I think they occasionally overdo it with the character animation, sometimes restraint can pay of better than some overexaggerated goofiness. In terms of the work being put into it it is very impressive though.

[@erensy641]

0:56 Pretty good stuff... I can imagine Aether's head moving robotically to the side.

[@erensy641]

Although this game looks good

[@dangangalaxy9759]

Every single Hoyoverse game has catered more and more to me. Genshin was cool and had good music and pretty women, but then Honkai added a Roguelike mode and had maybe even better music and prettier women, and now ZZZ has one of my favorite aesthetics in fiction, a roguelike mode, insane animation, sick combat, maybe the best music out of the three, AND the prettiest women.

[@AndrewTaylorNintyuk]

Scott the Dog Minigame is just Mr. Driller Gameplay

[@hugsterjim2794]

wow of all the times this gets recommended to me lol

[@tighlia3375]

Wait, there's one with a shark tail? Dibs.

[@phoenix21562]

@@tighlia3375 Ellen’s event ends in two days, hop to it

[@ethana.kaknes6014]

The stamina system is a big issue. If I buy/download a game I want to play as much as I feel like not be limited by a cheap system that time gates content

[@RealMilester1]

Yeah, I think sometimes the animation is so smooth that the girls become basically jelly, jiggling, and wobbling all over the screen. But it's the first Hoyoverse I actually wanted to play, and I actually played, and it's really cool. Not one of the characters is under age, I think, and hope, so that's also a big plus.

[@clarkshivers5460]

Not gonna lie, the other two I didn’t like because of how in Genshin everyone had to be human or have a human design and then in Star rail they differ a bit, but not that much and then in this game, it’s perfect perfect blend of human and whatever you wanna say

[@DubbleKoi]

I love your new avatar, but seeing him develop grey hair made me feel second-hand old.

[@aeroon9991]

I'm enjoying the animation as well, although it's REALLY hard to maintain a consistent level of quality for a game that gets monthly updates, like Hoyo's usual business model. The weird Chinese exclusive Persona 5 game is a good example of this, with some of its cutscenes looking on-par with actual P5, meanwhile other cutscenes are just a black narration screen. I HOPE this game keeps its bouncy fun cutscenes. They make the euphoria alarms go off.

[@marrav3794]

For me personally, I agree that the combat is super fun and needs to be more plentiful. I'm not sure how the gameplay as Wise, the male MC option, is. But for Belle, the female option, the overworld segments are super redundant at times in the beginning (still only in the first chapter after the prologue so it might just be a "slow start" kind of deal) because you'll constantly be going to places after completing missions and then reporting back to Wise in a pretty gratuitous cycle. The gacha screens are pretty cool and I love how you can really make use of almost everything you pull from the gachas.

[@cipower3337]

wow, cant wait for this game to totaly legitamtely get an award next TGA

[@newdivide9882]

I don’t think I’ve EVER seen squash and stretch applied to 3D models before. Can’t say I have an interest in playing this game, but it’s a joy to watch for sure

[@sonicthehedgehogfan1108]

Y’know, I wasn’t really a fan of Hoyoverse, the controversy about Genshin impact and the over advertising that was constantly being shoved in my face for Genshin and Honkai left a bad taste in my mouth, and to me, the way they work, looked, and whatnot didn’t seem to advertising, Zenless Zone Zero seems a lot more interesting to me, so good job hoyoverse, you made a game that interests me

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I wanna play it so badly but i had no clue how to play the beta... although idk if I'm gonna be able to handle a 3rd hoyo game

[@blu_223]

this guy mentioned the entirety of the Victoria housekeeping except for the goat von lycaon

[@K.Bbluesword]

That one guy looks like ragna mixed with Deadpool

[@yourself1210]

1:45 anybody else got an ad here. Cause that got a chuckle out of me

[@apollyon4535]

They should put Billy in every game ever

[@jikkermanccini]

Scott definitely plays Zenless for the **plot**...

[@Brown95P]

> "The highly acclaimed and eagerly awaited new game from HoYoverse" ...I'm sorry, who and what army now?