Sunset Overdrive - Trying Too Hard? (Zero Punctuation)

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[@unwritten_zephyr]

"Why are you winking to the camera with every line of dialogue?" "BECAUSE I'M HAVING A STROKE!"

[@Vulkans]

This is a game where the line "Oh sorry, I was checking Reddit" is uttered at some point. It's Ugh: The videogame.

[@IonxZone]

Wow! I was checking Reddit at some point! This game understands me!!1!!

[@srbrant5391]

Tell me you’re joking.

[@MrGamelover23]

You say that like it's a bad thing. I'm on reddit all the time and I don't even have an account.

[@sebastianlacroix5871]

@@MrGamelover23 I think you missed the point.

[@MrGamelover23]

@@sebastianlacroix5871 what was the point? That it's problematic somehow? From what I've seen of the game, even the annoying parts have a certain charm because of the nostalgic feeling the game gives, it feels like a Saturday morning cartoon in game form.

[@enkephalin07]

I sense a pattern here: Yatzee gives a more positive assessment to games when he's comparing them to the ones he's expressly bashing than he does in the review for that game.

[@formorian5]

@Silent Solitude yes, but he also pointed out a lot of the flaws and things he just didn't like. Yahtzee has expressly said he's a critic first, and focuses on the bad, so even positive reviews can vome off badly. A better example is BOTW, which he didn't praise much in the review, but was in his top 5 and he referenced fairly often in later reviews. Especially since BOTW kinda, sorta, maybe caused open-world games to become the new genre every company staryed milking.

[@akiraigarashi2874]

@Silent Solitude He played and completed plenty of kinda hard games tho such as the Dark Souls series

[@jaiden3473]

@@formorian5companies had been milking the open world genre for half a decade before BOTW came out

[@dogofwar1325]

As a law student, I hereby state that I truly appreciate the joke at 2:50. I hereby declare that I laughed out loud.

[@lordfury18]

DogofWar 1 that's only two according to the your contract you must have three puns in one sentence or we'll throw the book at you

[@jasonneu81]

+DogofWar 1 Hereby I like this comment (Does not include that I hereby take any liability for responses to your comment). Hereby you shall have a good day mate [Guaranty not included].

[@omrishoval6581]

Yo man I hope you are done with that and are well and prosperous!

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

You better be in a firm now!

[@bait4sale9001]

Sunset Yellow Overdrive!!!

[@kendromeda42]

Lets paint this wall with this happy little zombie.

[@tcoren1]

Muda muda muda!

[@BMF396]

The real reason i clicked on this vid

[@JmastersJ]

nicu.

[@pitchblack5422]

Yolodrive?🤔😅

[@marshymoo7888]

"Like a firing range target from the mirror universe" is definitely the best metaphor I've heard yet

[@merrittanimation7721]

Shooting down a pony with a bazooka

[@ZeeDDD65]

That's a simile

[@DesertCavalier]

"...flagpole." Why is that so perfectly hilarious?!

[@footprinter2]

comedic timing :)

[@ZerogunRivale]

When I was watching the trailers to this game, one thing I felt was that the entire thing didn't feel organic. The comedy, the relevancy, the attempt to be cool, it just didn't feel like it was something genuine. Instead, it felt way too forced. I think rather than "try too hard", I think terms such as "organic" and "forced" work much better in terms of this game.

[@nmat6183]

I was gonna go with soulless, but yeah.

[@c0rn651]

i believe the word is "Corporate"

[@ZerogunRivale]

***** I'm a fan of that style of game as well. On the other end of the spectrum, there are way too many games where the "dark" and "serious" tone can feel just as forced. It's just that when I play a game, regardless of what it's going for, I want it to feel genuine. For example, i'm very much looking forward to Splatoon which I feel does the whole cartoony shooter concept much better.

[@midlifecrisi]

Kind of like the kid at school nobody likes who comes one day in shorts, t-shirt and a backwards baseball cap, using words like "word" and "dude" whenever possible, and wonders why everyone still thinks he is a dork.

[@the.seagull.35]

"forced" = "try too hard"

[@roborock97]

This is one of the nicest reviews I've seen you give for a game, despite its flaws

[@Eggbeforechicken]

this isnt his nicest at all.

[@spacegandhi7815]

His nicest review was of the walking dead survival instinct

[@Eggbeforechicken]

Eduardo El Bandito(Creative Chaos) the game was shit, he was being nice about it.

[@roborock97]

nicest I've seen

[@Argidisparken]

He's had a nice review for Wind Waker.

[@kaithompson9746]

There's actually a mission were the floor is lava.

[@michaeledwards9312]

Kai Thompson how tf did u get top comment

[@verticaltoast2488]

Wasn't that also the leech induced drug trip one?

[@cobraviper5188]

Yes

[@lavetissene339]

QUIRRRRRRRKYYYYYYY

[@JJJackson777]

*"were"*

[@WolfFang884]

The last sentence... and then the outro... irony

[@jordanj809]

I listened to the game's soundtrack, he wasn't lying...

[@WolfFang884]

Jordan Jolivette Did I say he was?

[@jordanj809]

No

[@WolfFang884]

Jordan Jolivette ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º) RAISE YOUR DONGERS ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)

[@Gordon519]

+PootisPigeon ...

[@Floydthefuckbag]

Thank you Yahtzee once again for convincing me I'm not missing anything.

[@RynKen]

His videos are entertaining, but if I'm looking for reviews to decide on whether or not to buy a game Yahtzee usually isn't one of my top picks.

[@Sprzina]

RynKen Why? He's rarely wrong and doesn't really tell you whether or not to buy a game, just states the rights and wrongs of the game. Take this video for example, he mentions the Gameplay being quite enjoyable but the main focus is the general bad writing and "LOLZ@RANDOM" quirkiness the game is failing at, take from it what you will.

[@RynKen]

***** If I only took his word for it I wouldn't have tried games like The Last of Us, Demon's Souls, or Zelda: A Link Between Worlds despite them all being very enjoyable titles. His video on Demon's Souls makes it especially hard for me to trust his judgement because he didn't even get to the first boss and decided he had a good enough understanding of the game to make a video on it. I'd basically have to look for reviews on his reviews to make sure he knows what hes talking about with certain games.

[@tomstonemale]

***** Well, on the top of my head: SR3 and 4 werent that great, Just Cause 2 is below average without mods and the TLOU review is mostly bullshit. I like Yahtzee, but besides his top 5 games of the year, his opinions on the game dont tell me much about the game itself. He's funny but not really informative.

[@Zagreus.]

You really shouldnt limit yourself to only having the fun people tell you to have. Also he did say it was fun, just fun for no reason. Which it is. The onpy downside i saw was that the game was too short. Im just saying you should at least try something and decide if its shit for yourself rather than basing it on someone else's opinion else you are limiting yourself quite alot in life.

[@gingerinajacket8519]

Having recently played through it I definitely get what he was going for. The characters are a lot less interesting than the mechanics they find themselves using, and way too many of the weapons just dont... well they just dont exist right for a fast paced Bloodborne tempo'd game where the core mechanic is environmental traversal. One thing I really think wasn't touched on well here was the core disconnect between the combat system and the traversal: The actual weapons. I beat the critical path + a few side missions by mostly the starting shotgun, the token revolver they gave you, the automatic rifle purchased from the shop (ahead of the actual unlock for it in the missions because they didn't pace those really well) and then another shotgun, and when I was feeling frisky I switched to the Teddy Bear RPG launcher. Let me go over a brief summary of weapons I tried and gave up on: The Record Player: Same reasons as Yahtzee, but I really don't think he homes in on why it is so bad: The game gives you a rating system for how good a weapon with between 1 and 4 stars. 1 is a terrible matchup and you should switch immediately, and 4 is the perfect response. The record players were rated 1 star for 75% of the enemies without exaggeration. Being good at fighting the token zombies isn't a selling point, especially if my starting shotgun can do the same with less effort. The Bowling Ball: They added a railgun into a game about fast paced combat. A fucking charge up railgun, without any sense of understanding the point of a sniper. The Harpoon: Same reason as the Bowling ball, but instead replace the charge up with a single hit attack that has almost no ammo. The Firework Launcher: Differentiated from the teddy bear because... it is worse. Like its radius is laughable, the actual ammo doesn't seem to do anything in a standard fight, and it fires faster, making it easier to deplete. The Boomerang: This one I tried really hard to like, but it has most of the same problems as the Record Player with none of the issues of... ammo. Like I used it whenever I ran out of other ammo types but it was always an intermediary when I was running out of options. Being the last one picked because you are still standing isn't a win. Anything that created a turret/mine: In a game about traversal, zombies need to be improved to pose a credible threat. That means they can traverse with some amount of skill, to get in your way when you are trying to land/grind your way around them. When, in the history of fuck, did area of control weapons actually matter unless you were on a TD mission. I cannot express how little help a mine in the middle of a crowded battlefield is when I need to kill everyone. I get that the point is to take out clumps, but our protagonist only has like, 10 hits from normal zombies before they are KO'd, so why am I bothering with weapons I can't control the outcome of? The turrets might theoretically be a good thing for the TD, but I only did the TD like, 5 times. I might revisit this one. Still, stationary weapons in a game centered around being light on your feet is a failure of game design. Traps, other than the freeze bouncer and the spinny blades: I went through the entire game, and only found those two to be useful. When do you use them? On one incredibly specific type of mission. What should you do for that mission? Get your rocket launcher and start throwing grenades around like you are the world's worst juggler. Traps as a concept are flawed, because a main premise of this game is combo collection, and you gain nothing but the deaths from traps. So now that that is out of the way, what would I want? I don't know. I only tried a handful of reliable weapons, as every attempt to deviate from it was met with dumb weapon choices. I would maybe try out the acid gun later, but ultimately, there is a fundamental problem: Guns that take a long time to use (in the sense of fire) should either be so powerful and rare that they instantly clear the battlefield of *everything*, they should be the only weapon type in the game to give the players a unique challenge of balancing fast paced combat with critically slow weapons, or they shouldn't exist at all. What is the point of having all these different types of weapons if I only use like, 5 and for different parts? Flame shotgun and RPG for fodder zombies, Automatic rifle for robots and raiders, Heavy pistol for anything that has a hitpoint bar. Utilize the last shotgun for when your first one runs out of ammo. If there were some guns that were intrinsically useful but clunky, like the Harpoon if it actually did something against the zombies with health bars, then I might say there is a tradeoff there, but nope, just shoot with the standard flame shotgun, then take potshots for about 10 seconds, and it is dead. Fighting and traversal should not be separated when the objective is to have both of them interact. You know my favorite thing to fight in this game? The bosses, not because they were particularly interesting (though the mascot blimp was pretty cool for a fight), but because the bosses all had combos and traversal centered around fighting them in some major way. That was when the game felt in its element. But lets talk about another major problem: The grindathon, and not the fun kind about what the character does to anything that has a ledge. No I am talking about the collectible mayhem and random loot drops. I don't know about you, but if I kill 2 dozen zombies in one blow, it is disheartening to see it contribute 0.00002% towards my cash supplies, and that is just how the combat, other than what is necessary, is unrewarding. Then we get into the absolute sin of their collectibles gathering game. 5 separate non-currency collectibles, all in places that felt unnecessarily blended in. Saints Row 3 has a lot of faults, but the collectibles were not one of them, nor were they ever crucial to the critical path. You obtained the collectibles because you were trying to earn a little extra money or do something cool or they were just over there with no fuss to get them. Here is a short list of specific ways you have to collect the collectibles in Sunset City: -Undergrind, a thing that your character defaults to only if you are 3 feet or below the place you are trying to grind on, and good luck navigating buildings. Grinding normally still has bridges, but they aren't everywhere. -Vault off of a small bar in hopes of grabbing toilet paper. I wish I was kidding. -Random Aerial Challenges -Smashing a camera that if you are lucky, is on the grindrail. If not, you may want to just waste the ammo, as ammo is everywhere. -Wall run in specific manners and heights. Wall running is a combo continuing process and it doesn't work on all surfaces so usually the best way is to just grind or bounce it out. These aren't as much of a problem but they are still an active effort. Now what does Saints Row 3 have you do? -Drive like you are a Skyrim player and the world is your mountain. -Collect item on the ground, either by foot or vehicle. -Fight random encounter of like, 10 dudes then leave. -Another ground collectible. Granted, Saints row 4 also added in some gimmicky locations for its collectibles. You know what else Saints Row 4 had? -A jump button that works on solid ground -A top speed faster than the player in Sunset Overdrive, but also more rewarding and understandable. -Vertical Wall running -Glides that last longer than you in bed. It had the tools to pull off a collectathon well, because the thing you were collecting was scattered all over the place. Sunset city had it all over the place in the sense that they were sparsely populated across the map. Saints Row 4 expects you to hop from one building to another and collect a collectible at both of them. That being said, when the game isn't focused on the collectibles or the characters, it is a hell of a lot of fun. Yahtzee barely covered the surface of what fun you can have with the traversal mechanics, and so am I.

[@tigertron007]

I had loads of fun with Sunset Overdrive. Easily my favourite game of 2014.

[@ECL28E]

"The humour relies almost exclusively on sarcasm, pop-culture references, and fourth-wall breaking" So Deadpool...

[@WannabeWryter]

A version of Deadpool, there are many.

[@Lance012012]

The gameplay is a ton of fun, especially the ways to move around, but I completely agree with the trying too hard to be funny and cool thing.

[@jordanj809]

Tru. I had fun and even got a couple laughs out of the game. But most of its jokes just made me stop, shake my head, and silently say "no". :(

[@EatThePath-7]

Just started playing the game since i'm checking the free Trial for Game Pass, and this is exactly what im thinking so far, Gameplay is really damn good, is like R&C + Infamous with better movement, and it feels great. Graphics are solid aswell. But the plot and writing... eeh, it tries too hard, even if you're not taking anything serious is still too stupid. I think worst of all, is that you can't skip any cutscene or dialogue, it seems. I found it just as bad as SR4 in that sense (which i'm suprised to see many people thought it was really good on this comment section).

[@KromeDrone]

I liked Sunset Overdrive. It had great gameplay, the type of which I believe is really refreshing. The visuals and art style were pleasing, the music (which albeit Yathzee didn't like) I enjoyed because punk rock is a great genre that is incredibly overlooked, and overall just a fun experience. Out of every piece of shit we've gotten from the new generation this year, this was nice to play. So far it is my GOTY, but Pokemon ORAS doesn't come out till tomorrow soooooo.....

[@humane143imperfection6]

Word! I still don't understand the hate for this game.. we never got another competent Tony Hawk Pro Skater. THPS with crazy guns and a wacky oddly broken storyline - that's my kind of fun. I understand this released as an Xbox exclusive, I imagine that's where the true spite stems from. It's stupid mindless fun coupled with a semi engaging story. To parrot the comment above, you would like Jet Set Radio. We just need to get Sega to hand the title over, if YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT SEGA then sell it to the people! I'd Kickstart a "Jet Set Radio: Forever".

[@The123zoe456]

This is one of my fave games, bought it both on pc and console both came up to around 20 quid

[@ciaranhayes3212]

“ORAS had too much water” -IGN

[@TXFDA]

I actually like that the game points out that it's a video game a lot. There's so many goddamn overly serious games that try to be realistic and explain everything. Sometimes I just want to play a game and have fun. Lore and explaining is great, but sometimes it's not needed. "Why can I grind on everything with seemingly normal shoes and no propulsion?" "Why not? It's fun, go shoot things. There's a mission icon over there." Where as the usual answer in most modern games would be more along the lines of "Because I'm apparently from an ancient race of beings that look nearly identical to humans but have a weird ability to propel themselves forward. Let's spend the next 4 hours explaining it in great detail and then never mention it again." And if you're an Elder Scrolls game. You can also find about 400 books on the subject of said ancient race.

[@JoeMartinez18]

And you know you won't read theese books so you can't be sure if what's written in it is complete crap.

[@calebmauer1751]

Or because your mom dipped you in the river Styx by your head instead of your heels (thanks Mom).

[@pandagamer-hg5be]

You are right, this game is cool

[@DemonicEngineer]

A game being fun and not taking itself to seriously can be enjoyable. But i don't need a game to keep telling me that every 10 minutes. A game can be ironic without having to break the 4th wall all the time.

[@m.webster1261]

@@DemonicEngineer I guess it came at the perfect time for me when I played it. I was going through some stuff and I just needed sweet relief where I could turn my brain off and never think about it again. I had an absolute blast, and even though the multiplayer is sparse these days, when you do get eight people just blowing everything to hell it is some of the most fun I've ever had. I don't regret saying I loved this game. It's far from perfect, and the destination isn't that cool. But by God that journey there is amazing.

[@cinammonstyx7622]

But you know what? I would a rather a game aim for being fun and come off pretty fake than every game being a dull traipse through the least interesting gray-brown industrial area in the world and be okay at that.

[@Gonger02]

XD

[@giovannicervantes2053]

They even mocked it in the trailer where the box dude jumps into a modern warfare warehouse fight and the call of duty stand in gets eaten by the main bad dude mutants

[@mark9960]

This comment hasn't aged well.

[@Clownbelt-u2s]

@Adrian Scott when one thing becomes popular, too many people follow

[@MrAndersn]

7 years later, playing it for the first time, I gotta say this game fucking slaps

[@belltolls1984]

I just started playing yesterday and am having a damn good time.

[@sickfuckingshit]

Yea he's just being a stinker abt it

[@NamelessPlayerOfficial]

This video was entertaining... especially the way that Yahtzee looked with an angry face at the game's humor, FUCKIN HELL xD

[@ReturnToCinder]

I recognize you. You ever on the /r/letsplay subreddit?

[@NamelessPlayerOfficial]

No, as far as I remember anyway.

[@ReturnToCinder]

Derpy guy fair enough. Maybe youtube is just smaller than it seems

[@Duhya]

Derpy guy Fucking what?

[@inwhichidie7171]

Lmao, that jab at the music at the end was good

[@witchBoi_Connor]

The shaving cream rocket launcher was my favorite weapon on account of being extremely OP.

[@ladamedesaraignees1764]

Of course it didn't try to hard. It didn't try hard enough. Sunset Overdrive is like being presented with a list of funny words: Moist, Elephant, Dingle, Filibuster That's not funny. However, if it was weaved into some elaborate metaphor or story it would be far more enjoyable.

[@queequegtheater6093]

Dingle the Elephant's Moist Filibuster Coming this fall to NBC!

[@twichyshrimp6322]

How dare you have an opinion

[@midlifecrisi]

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

[@MegaJustforcomments]

Evidentally youve never heard of "booby-booby bum-bum"

[@queequegtheater6093]

***** Why are you even here?

[@NoahWeisbrod]

His quote about just strumming three or four chords followed by THAT outro. Coincidence?

[@nickkapp1736]

Noah Weisbrod That sure as hell didn't sound like 4 chords to me.

[@NoahWeisbrod]

Nick Kapp The lead guitar that comes in after a few seconds was not strumming idly, but the outro is structured around four chords.

[@omlas4404]

I think it was an awesome game, had good gameplay and was funny too. Kind of sad it ended so fast though.

[@Ange1ofD4rkness]

I personally love when the 4th wall is broken, not sure why, but it always gets me, and I love how you are resurrected in this game. Now granted I haven't beaten the game. Long story short, we got it free at my job, and I play it when I am waiting for something and I have done my work for the day. Anyway, my biggest pain was "Grind so you are shot less" and I spin around and around in these tiny battlefields. Where I'd much rather go around and beat up stuff with a melee weapon in stead of spinning around in tiny circle, trying to spin the camera fast enough to target and land on another rail!

[@ashn3064]

funny, if this had been released on the PS4 people would have absolutely raved about it. As soon as a decent, lengthy, non FPS, colourful, story driven, open world, occasionally funny title is released for the Xbox One, people tear it apart as though it were pork ribs they ordered with their Chinese. Some people are never satisfied...

[@Lightscribe225]

Actually Yahtzee still would have torn it apart as he has equal hatred for all the consoles.

[@ashn3064]

Oh I knew that, I meant by the community in general

[@daneverharen1694]

ⰎⰋⰕⰜⰑⰓⰡⰁ225 I thought he liked the Wii U

[@ethanedwards3357]

You're not wrong. Seriously, why does Xbox always get the hate?! Whenever we get gems, they go "those don't count!" But whenever we get a bad game, they go "LAWLZ SUZ TOO BE MICROSHIT THY SHULD RETIER" Seriously, I'm sick of it. Xbox doesn't do that. Ironically, the CEOs get along better with their rivals. And God forbid an originally PS exclusive franchise like, say... Yakuza, comes to Xbox. They'll go "No one will even play it, they just care about shooters", as if they didn't have the highest total for Call of duty and GTA MORE THAN ONCE.

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

It's ok, Insomniac gave us Spider-Man PS4, we don't need Sunset Overdrive anymore.

[@mofinebovine1597]

I played this game, and as i did i remembered this review. It wasn't "trying too hard to look cool", it's satire.

[@ayyguevara8448]

satire of what? "truly the spirit of Jonathan Swift lives on through thee"

[@ayyguevara8448]

@Avi Agrawal no, it isn't satire. And you're quite the presumptuous twat aren't you?

[@anthonyknight170]

alessandro lunedei ok “Alessandro” you clearly have a higher intellect on wether something is satire or not. Could you give me your credentials first though, before I let you in the “big brain” room 🤡

[@SadButter]

I've been waiting so long for someone to share my opinion about the phrase "trying too hard" and the fact that that someone happened to be Yahtzee makes me feel like I could die happy now.

[@fugnuggets9316]

Jet set radio was everything sunset overdrive aspired to be. Best xbox exclusive I have ever played. Unforgettable music as well. Such a shame this didn't follow in its footsteps.

[@r.b.4611]

The instructive joke about timing was well done.

[@CorpseGodX]

If I see one more god damn Hulu commercial I swear 😡

[@axiom6031]

Hulu? That sure is a funny way to say Mobile Strike.

[@ISuperGenXI]

What's this about Denny's pancakes?

[@stevenpineda7174]

Hello from the Age of Naruto Online, how's the past doing LordyLucifer?

[@ohtosweg]

The Purge? That sure is a funny way to say Suicide Squad.

[@tideofmayo3880]

Man, I sure am hearing a lot about T-Mobile here.

[@AnbusKi]

I would give him a kidney if i was a match but i strongly disagree with this review Sunset Overdrive is the most fun ive had since skyrim.

[@ProxySoldier]

Amen to that

[@Unk3mptLup1ne]

ikr

[@Majoridox]

You are obviously a kid because of your grammar. So your argument is invalid.

[@lukelukey4155]

I agree its a clever game that looks amazing, plays well and has great gameplay that unfortunately has been missed by silly people who care about reviews, the robot dlc is by far the most unique thing to come out of video games in a long time.

[@101Crock]

+AnbusKi Did you forget the part were he said it was fun? Encase you are wondering he says it right around 2:06

[@ldmt1995]

I think that when someone says "he tried to hard" they imply he ultimately failed while embarrassing himself.

[@Sam_596]

I feel that "trying too hard" is only really applicable if the effort put in is immense, but the result is no better than if no effort were expended at all

[@politelyupset]

I had the same problem with Blood Dragon: "Look at me, wow, so 80s, much humour, many lazers, you like it, DON'T YOU?" at which I answered "During several hours you didn't make me smirk even once, goodbye". P.S. Saints Row 4, on the other hand, pleasantly surprised at many aspects, and for two weeks me and my co-op buddy were arguing irl who's the best president.

[@domdanialZASRA]

***** Blood Dragon wasn't DLC, it just used the same engine and mechanics as Far Cry 3. You could buy it without buying Far Cry 3.

[@Thatguy7242]

And whys that?

[@spookyskelebloke5388]

domdanialZASRA You do realize standalone DLC has existed for nearly as long as DLC, right? It's essentially like saying standalone mod made by the official devs.

[@coleciervo8652]

The difference between this and Blood Dragon is that Blood Dragon is actually somewhat self aware.

[@LonkClassicSanicFan]

Hoping Sonic Boom is next :^)

[@Nikke-nn5mn]

Spoiler albert, it's cod aw.

[@isaacintner5831]

Nikolas Orava proper way to do spoilers proper way see

[@OCMOOO]

***** And wouldn't that be endlessly entertaining? :D

[@dander9620]

le happy face :^)

[@michaelkemel9711]

***** You've got that right. If it wasn't for the Thief remake, which was a personal insult to him, this would have been his worst game of the year.

[@flamedefender1644]

Hey man. We're do you come up with your genius? I swear every time I am in a bad mood I watch your videos to cheer me up. Keep up the great work.

[@Sumaxi]

Literally, the 5% of videos of youtube that I will actually laugh out loud to. Thankee Yahtzee

[@KingMalaxis]

I heard that's the major downfall of the game, the teenage angst-like humor and fourth wall breaks get old. Which is a shame because Ratchet and Clank was quite humorous. Guess those writers took a vacation!

[@Schleicherfreund]

Sounds like just the game for all the fans of that ominous "Deadpool", I hear so often about.

[@slvrcobra1337]

It's WORSE than Deadpool. It's Deadpool without the little bits of dark humor that makes him bearable. Like he said, it's just bullshit internet meme, teen hipster, 4th wall references the ENTIRE game, and Insomniac is delivering them as if they expect the player's sides to be splitting when in reality we 're sighing and rolling our eyes.

[@michaelkemel9711]

slvrcobra1337 Isn't it truly ironic that the "hilarious" dialogue of people just rolling their eyes sarcastically just makes us do the same thing. On second thought, maybe it isn't ironic at all.

[@WilliamMc91]

Ismaal Marks It's still fun to play even after you beat it. It has basically the same weapon upgrade system as the Ratchet and Clank games. :)

[@1.21gigawatts2]

It's refreshing to play a game that isn't trying to be emotional and serious. This game is fun, pure and simple. While I agree that the meta humor might get tiresome for some, I for one loved it. Reminds me of a third person Borderlands in terms of style and humor.

[@jtroopa]

I've seen some truly brilliant 4th-wall-breaking, and they were my some of my favorite moments in some works. But they're usually done as small payoffs, occasionally dished out, not every ten minutes. You can't keep breaking the forth wall without taking some time to rebuild the forth wall.

[@brazilnumerouno7902]

that fucking potrayal of the phone addicted oxfords was such a boomer concept but it made me laugh because of how stupid it was. don’t forget the god damn speech that the player gave that got the oxfords off their asses lol

[@James-C4T]

I love the theme tune for these videos but it does sound hilarious after his final comment

[@Klishar122]

"Air of desperation"? That sounds like Microsoft after the XBone's launch debacle.

[@ProtoMario]

All your base lmao

[@caesarspeaks]

Hey look it’s Proto

[@IncapableLP]

"[...]and the hillarious dialogue wouldn't understand timing, if you'd shove an alarm clock up it's... ...flagpole!"

[@mrgingercow]

Oh Yahtzee, how on earth can you make everything so sarcastic and hilarious.

[@ozzer2010]

So right, this game just seems like a "hey look at how cool we are and how funny we are" just seems so fake and this is coming from an xbox one "fanboy"

[@Eggbeforechicken]

an xbox fanboy saying an xbox exclusive is bad. My god, he will be the one to lead us the land of milk and honey.

[@Wapfgaming]

If you're rational and can think for yourself, you aren't a fanboy. Don't call yourself that good sir, it's not a title to be proud of lol.

[@ozzer2010]

I said that because people would have commented saying your a play station fanboy and I was just jealous that I couldn't play it.

[@432neptune]

It isn't though. It does at some points, but it's mostly pretty funny.

[@ozzer2010]

I hated it from the moment I saw the E3 trailer, making pop culture references and breaking the 4th wall doesn't count as being funny IMO and yes I have played it

[@mBUSHattack]

your analysis isn't wrong, but I still really enjoyed this game. it was my first xbox one game, and probably still the only exclusive worth anything.

[@1krani]

So... This is yet ANOTHER game that was hyped up to no end and then turned out to be a massive turd? This is why I stopped preordering games around Titanfall. Come to think of it, I still need to pick up my copy.

[@Francesco-wi1ut]

Didn't you hear him say that the game was fun?

[@deshawnwright6970]

No one hyped up Sunset Overdrive.

[@forlexer]

Titan fall has just gotten better imo...

[@1krani]

DeShawn Wright Don't give me that. From the fake gameplay footage to the joke "live-action trailer" trailer, this game was hyped up. That's what hype is: getting someone excited for something without really telling them what they're getting. Marketing is what Guardians of the Galaxy did: give the viewing audience a tangible impression of what to expect. Same thing with Halo 3's clay figure trailer.

[@Ikester213]

It wasen't hyped up as much in comparison to other games this year "cough" advanced warefare"cough"

[@TeHPHoBoS999]

Because this is YOUR awesomepocalypse!

[@paperbag2410]

0:24 People in glass houses...you know the rest.

[@BladeLigerV]

and is now on Steam

[@canadiantotoro4723]

Someone who is trying too hard isn't someone who put effort into something. They're someone who doesn't put any effort into something, but emphasizes that they did to the point it's obvious they have no idea what they're doing.

[@yehehebe2541]

This hurt since this was one of my favorite games And I was bummed out when sunset overdrive 2 was announced to never come out

[@disnothsi2218]

Eh I wouldn't be too hurt about it, honestly i dont see much of his criticisms as really mattering, to be honest most of what he talks about is subjective and presents as if its a fact

[@ubern00bkye]

I mean, Sony owns sunset overdrive now so it's not out of the question that we may get a sequel or at least another game in the same universe

[@buckheadblue4709]

It potentially can come out, insomniac said themselves they would love to revisit it because they own the rights even tho it was an xbox exclusive so its possible

[@tristinshewmake29]

humor consultant, holy shit 😂😂😂

[@seanhs23]

"alveoli are tickling the belled" Yes I did hear that correctly..

[@Dusty--]

Its nice too see somebody who actually likes saints row 4, lots of people I know don't like it because it isn't saints row 2

[@brandontaylor6677]

"On one hand, Resistance 3. On the other hand, Fuse. Don't shake that hand. It's covered in wee." lol

[@KaiCalimatinus]

So there's a difference between trying too hard, and trying too hard without succeeding. A try hard that succeeds is just success, but a try hard that fails is not just failure, but a sad tragic failure.

[@jtlego1]

So to sum it up for those who have trouble telling if Yahtzee likes game or not: *Good gameplay mix of agility and shooting *Weapons are a bit of mixed reception. Some good, some bad *Has humor, but didn't make Yahtzee laugh *Relies too much on self-aware humor, to the point of pointing out and lampshading game mechanics To sum it up: Good gameplay bogged down by too much self-aware humor....

[@Batman-tz5cw]

To be fair, all you need to do to look cool IS play 4 chords, watch Axis of Awesome 4 Chords. Also, that outro, Yahtzee, based around 4 chords. Finally, you could also just play the notes of the pentatonic with parts of the Highway to Hell solo spliced in.

[@aaroncow1824]

I like how my timer rang at 4:24. Talk about timing.

[@cam-a-lot1973]

First Escapist Zero Punctuation video I've came to after a year or two and I'm so glad I'm back, this was as always: $%#^ing funny! Of course, now I have dozens (if not hundreds) of videos to go back and watch (that I've missed)...actually that sounds rad! :D

[@TheOnlyObserver98]

Have fun.

[@user-zf3fc9tn5k]

Tell me when you get to the Dark Souls/E.T/Ride To Hell videos. All three are excellent. XD

[@kuyxyz]

Well, I personally don't associate 'trying too hard' with putting too much passion and effort into smth. like a video game, but rather desperately trying to be something that can't be achieved, like for example the latest Medal of Honor games 'trying too hard' to be authentic and realistic and failing miserably doing so.

[@harrywompa]

I'm glad that someone else noticed the Infamous similarity, without any of the decent parts of Infamous, of course.

[@Tajiil]

Is anyone here old enough to remember the game Rampage? For those who aren't, it basically had the exact same plot idea but was a million times better. You should look it up if you don't know it.

[@ArkMagician]

games with gold tbh

[@ISuperGenXI]

That's how I got it. I actually found some parts to be hilarious, and the gameplay was far better than I thought it would be

[@jthebro97]

Yahtzee, have you ever considered expanding into other mediums? I'd love to see the Zero Punctuation formula applied to movies or books.

[@psychopunk8817]

Lol the outro is exactly what you described a second before

[@XaramasLP]

Hey that's exactly what I expected when I saw the first Sunset Overdrive announcement at E3.

[@K4RN4GE911]

Wait a minute. Insomniac doing an Xbox One exclusive? Am I in the fucking Twilight Zone?!

[@jumbokins9919]

This is a fantastic game that should not be overshadowed by something so trivial

[@MasterJazz09]

*reads comments* not sure what's worse this guys reviews or people talking his reviews seriously.....good god help us.

[@mywifeleftmeandtookthekids4102]

"Im all about that rocking and rolling music" xD

[@karmicbacklash3763]

Yahtzee has spoke approximately 473,184 words on this show since it has started. 50% of them in some way was bashing a game 25% of them were about the quality 50% of that 25% were good 50% of the same 25% was bad The rest were metaphors

[@americawashington2700]

I feel like they were trying to break away from the standard grey-brown linear shooters, but sort of went too far to the other direction

[@BamfIamone]

Your so hip and funny with that pic and username

[@americawashington2700]

Thanks! :)

[@coleciervo8652]

BamfIamone Alt account detected.

[@BamfIamone]

I'm just offended by his pic and name...what are you on about?

[@coleciervo8652]

BamfIamone I thought you were one of his alternate accounts complimenting him :/

[@Harmonmj13]

LOL. Willis Tower is the "Evil Corporation."

[@katphoodplaysagame9260]

No word on how fun the game is to actually play?

[@QaRajhCreations]

Remember when people considered this as a "Game of the Year" title? Yeah, me neither.

[@illusionarywallahead1184]

Hilarious and original.

[@icanusernamebetterthanyou3853]

Old game companies: "We have a good idea, let's make a game that revolves around it". New game companies: "We are due to make a game in 6 months, so what can we add to it to make it actually stay afloat in the gaming market".

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

Basically how Yahtzee says E3 has evolved, back then: "Play a third of our game and consider giving more money to this poor soul" Now: "Pay up bitches, we showed you a logo"

[@isirlaughsalot2675]

As much as I love this game, a lot of what he said was so spot on.

[@Myvoetisseer]

"...wouldn't understand timing if you shoved an alarm clock up its.......flagpole" hahaha

[@FlubbedBunion]

I think ac unity deserves a zero punctuation.

[@tzokke]

But we already know its shit

[@FlubbedBunion]

Yeah but it makes a good video. I mean it would be hilarious if Yahtzee were to rip it to shreds.

[@kiko90079]

No it doesn't he only reviews completed Games and no Betas. #Shotsfired

[@Gossenphilosoph666]

This video was all that I hoped it would be and more. And not at all just because it confirmed the feelings I already had about the game. >_>

[@mattytheghost]

THAT ANGRY FACE LOL

[@12evan89]

i love what you said. But i love the trying to hard critique that he himself made at splosion man

[@DaDoubleDee]

I just finished playing this game and I have to disagree with Yatz on this one. I had a blast with it's over the top humor and crazy gameplay. I found it refreshing, but hey, to each their own

[@ProxyDoug]

I started a few days ago and I'm having a blast as well, can't disagree with him on the story and soundtrack, but the game does feel kinda refreshing, I can't quite put my finger on it but the last generation felt kind of sterile over time.

[@DaDoubleDee]

@@ProxyDoug the story isn't the best and the soundtrack is lacking and not used properly. I found the there were too little songs and they weren't used until you got a combo going. But the gameplay loop is just plain fun.

[@anantrawat2311]

This video was made 6 years ago...a time when meta comedy while kiling hordes of ppl was considered cheasy and zombie culture was dying...it was a time before deadpool came to the big screen...

[@DaDoubleDee]

@@anantrawat2311 true, the cultural context is different now and that'll change the viewpoint

[@inksicle2533]

I feel the exact same dude, its so nice to have a game that just let's itself have fun. idk this review kinda makes me feel like hes part of the no fun police lmao

[@chesterstevens8870]

The chief don of this game is that they didn't license any music from the Offspring or Bad Religion for it. Seriously: this game would have been about 75% better if they'd taken the soundtrack from Crazy Taxi. And how can you have a game that so-blatantly jibes the 90's punk-aesthetic without including 'All I want' or 'Leaders and Followers'?

[@timebomb4562]

more to the point why would you attempt to make any fun video game without the offspring

[@m.webster1261]

to be clear they actually made *an entire score* from scratch with punk-rock bands that still tour. It's pretty impressive.

[@GnashingOvTeeth]

I like how when he said "I'm into that rocking and rolling" he put up a picture of buddy holly who was a musician in the 50s 😂😂 good one

[@RobinOlsen2011]

I love how the thumbnail for this video is still broken.

[@leguan278]

hope you do ACU and AC rogue

[@captinobvious4705]

why ther are two SO vids

[@SolidSpider195]

First he'd have to get the game to fucking work...

[@captinobvious4705]

SolidSpider195 whey i cant watch them

[@lxjoe96]

Lets Pretend Animal Crossing: Unity and Animal Crossing: Rogue? When did they come out?

[@Ineedgames]

I lose it everytime when he starts voicing like an oldman hipster

[@timebomb4562]

i'm all about that rocking and rolling music

[@qwer58j]

Correction there is diversity in the soundtrack. However there is a bit of music exactly as Yahtzee, described that does come up far too often. It’s been a long time since the music in a video game literally gave me a headache.

[@AmericaTheEnslaved]

thank you for liking resistance 3. that game is HIGHLY underrated.

[@TheSaNdMaN5000]

Do people really give more weight to the humor in a game than the gameplay? The game is incredibly fun and there's not many like it, maybe infamous but having played 1 and 2 I think this is waaayyy better

[@matteorizvi6469]

Free on GOLD Guys!!! Guys?

[@larryfrakous1332]

I know my man.... I know -_- (7 hours in)

[@obesekid6947]

+Larry Frakous ive finished it already

[@matteorizvi6469]

i really like it

[@cmdhax]

+Matteo Rizvi I think its a pretty fun game

[@matteorizvi6469]

Aaron M me too. I wrote this before i played like a moron. then i played it and realised how underrated it really is.

[@Howtragicforyou]

when he was talking about hipsters all i could think of was how much i want a Jam movie.

[@ThatIckyGuy]

To be fair, Fuse wasn't the game Insomniac wanted to make. Their original game looks so much different than what was put out.