The 2010s’ Most Significant Games (Zero Punctuation)

[@15oClock]

I like how Ride to Hell just gets a question mark, not a declaration of quality. That's the best way to do it.

[@makotoplush9776]

The game came out the same year as Assassin's Creed IV and The Last of Us it has no excuse to be that bad

[@kittyplayzz3628]

In Yahtzee’s words “it’s not a game it’s congealed failure”

[@joeyparkhill8751]

@@kittyplayzz3628 He also told us to buy it... Just to fuck with some heads!

[@The_Viktor_Reznov]

I fucking cheered when I saw that. That game is something else.

[@Lemau]

Well it already has the "Lifetime Achievement Award for Total Abhorrence" award!

[@dihyaneverforget5163]

you can see that Yhatzee regrets not giving game of the year to dark souls at the time and he tried to make up for it ever since

[@JuicyRocksMinecraft]

Why wasn’t dark souls in his top 10 of the 2010s? Do you think he really thought it really didn’t top Shadow of Mordor?

[@SImrobert2001]

@@JuicyRocksMinecraft He didn't play it until the following year.

[@Kaunte]

What was his goty in the whatever year Dark Souls came out

[@theultimatekody8117]

Dark souls isn't game of the year just looking at the first half (anor londor and before) it is goty but the second half is bad. This brings down the quality of the game overall but nobody talks about how lost izaleth or catacombs are which should've been cut but it wasn't. Still a good game

[@aerodblade1601]

@@theultimatekody8117 yup every one likes to shit on Aids Town but every time I see myself looking at lost izalith and tomb of the giants I want to run back to it so I can have some fun again.

[@EnsignGeneric]

"2020's an important year." Aye that'd be one way to put it

[@Sebass1999]

I am here in November 27th, 2020. This year was like a collective migraine for anyone with a brain.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Actually important year to be remembered as dumpster fire

[@rorysparshott4223]

@@Sebass1999 surprisingly, it got worse

[@gameguild2396]

@@Brandonhayhew more like a house fire

[@roguenoob]

A metal straw up my nose until it hit my brain. Well you fucking asked for it, at least they used cotton swabs so I guess it wasn't as bad as it could have been

[@nerdwiththehat]

It took me a few minutes of squinting at it to realise that is indeed "Hunt Down The Freeman" sitting pretty at "worst of the decade".

[@MoodyMaestro]

Thank you for your squinting because I completely forgot that this game existed and had no idea who had the (dis)honor to be the #1

[@theeutecticpoint]

thanks!

[@samuelthegreatoo]

I couldn't tell what that was honestly.

[@SirkSirk]

I havent touched half life in so long and I assumed it was half life 2 based on the 2 diagonal marks on it. And was like nooooooo

[@theragepig7636]

Worst *except for Ride to Hell* you mean.

[@hoodiesticks]

"Undertale would probably be my game of the decade if I were in a room full of people wearing internet meme T-shirts" *Gives game of the decade to Undertale* I guess you know what his opinion of us is, then.

[@filipwolffs]

I don't think he's entirely wrong either. Which is ironic since as much of a fan as I am of memes Undertale never clicked for me.

[@rhodiumthunderbird]

I don't think that was a pure decade end list, I think he was just taking the Number 1s from the last decade of year end lists and ranking those. So just of those 10 games, Undertale was number 1.

[@kitsunefire1]

He's always viewed us with contempt. That's why I like his opinions. He knows that we all hate certain game companies, but some of us still stay with them like we've gotten Stockholm

[@Thegreatercheese]

My sentiments exaclty.

[@guguy00]

@@kitsunefire1 You just described me and my relationship with the Pokemon Company

[@Sazazezer]

Ride to Hell earns the reward for Most Confusing Victory for Something!

[@E1craZ4life]

ZPLAATA

[@vladimirlestrad3120]

Reward for Total Abhorance is what it got. Ride to Hell isn’t a game. It’s congealed failure.

[@PopcornLover200]

It’s fucking terrible and you should totally buy it

[@noizepusher7594]

Someone wake them up from their shit comma!

[@Anonymos185]

Technically, if you think about, Undertale is the sole Zero Punctuation review that is 100% positive. "Undertale is a good game"

[@qaasi95]

Portal

[@LuciferonMinecraft]

Are we ignoring Portal?

[@142doddy]

Psychonaughts?

[@Waveboy24]

@@LuciferonMinecraft He did find something bad with it during the portal 2 review

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

I don't know if this counts but he wrote about it in Extra Punctuation and came up with a couple of criticisms there (didn't like the art or the sound design).

[@PurposelessRabbitholes]

Man, I can't believe The Binding of Isaac came out almost a whole fucking decade ago. Modern classic.

[@BroskiPlays]

And now we get a final dlc

[@ECL28E]

It's the worst game I've ever played for 300 hours

[@Peanut83176]

@@pantyeater-kun5788 ye

[@OneOfTheLoveless]

"modern classic"... I hate this and I hate you for using it. Good game though.

[@turnt_barbarian]

Just realised Yhatzee never reviewed Enter the Gungeon.

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

He once mentioned that he didn't like it as much as isaac

[@EeveeShadowBacon]

It's like Isaac, but GUNS and a little less fun

[@flaco3462]

He didn't review Nuclear Throne either but I have a feeling he'd probably hate it.

[@titanscar2183]

Honestly? I don't see the hype in Isaac outside of atmosphere (seriously it fucking KILLS it in that department.) There is such a vast array of better titles that I really don't understand what people see in it, again aside from the atmosphere and visual design. Enter the Gungeon is vastly better imo, it's not even a close comparison. I'll admit that my Isaac playthroughs haven't been completely perfect as I've only unlocked one or two characters but even from high level gameplay I see online the game just feels really, really stale. So does Enter the Gungeon but it at least has more going on to catch my attention. Isaac always felt like a weird romhack of Zelda 1 but just the dungeons to me.

[@TheStrangeBloke]

he did though. I could swear he did.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

I'm genuinely surprised that Binding of Isaac got that slot considering none of its iterations ever got a proper review.

[@quetzalthegamer]

Exactly!

[@moe4b]

Definitely thought he'd choose Minecraft, he gave it a nice review after all

[@jcohasset23]

I know a lot of people liked the Binding of Isaac games but I always found the rng rogue games to be too frustratingly difficult. If Steam ever makes it possible to regift and give away games BoI is near the top of my list.

[@Gagneto]

@@moe4b minecraft is 2009

[@ijones36]

@@Gagneto Pre-alpha release doesn't count as the year a game came out. MInecraft came out in 2011

[@KayRHCP]

Is anyone else absolutely floored that Yahtzee gave his 2nd best game of the decade to Portal 2? I remember him being extremely critical of it when it came out.

[@johnrobinson3382]

Iirc his criticisms were more comparisons to the first game which was a tough act to follow. It was his game of the year 2011.

[@BFedie518]

That really shows just how far above most games Yahtzee thinks Portal and Portal 2 are. He shit non-stop on Portal 2 because he was comparing it to Portal 1, but compared to anything else 2 is basically the second coming of Jesus.

[@technobabble123]

He wasn't extremely critical. One of the first lines of the review was him saying it was good. It only came across as critical because he kept comparing it to Portal 1, which he thinks is literally perfect.

[@theatomiclemon1]

Here's to 13 years of sweary video reviews and phallic euphemisms as far as the eyes can see! Thank you, Yahtzee.

[@jlshel42]

...oh God, I'm getting old. I remember being in college when I first began watching these.

[@junkmail1337]

Here's to another 13

[@theatomiclemon1]

@@junkmail1337 Indeed, my friend!

[@jonathanrouse]

I began watching in 2009, so I’ve officially been watching for a decade...

[@TuffMelon]

I agree.

[@MrWatcher6931]

In 2010 I was watching your videos on 0.5% speed and pausing every 5 seconds to catch up because I was just starting to get into learning English. It's 2020 now and your videos are one of the rare ones where I don't have to put the speed on 2x and fiddle with my phone every 3 seconds. I've heard your sniveling more than I've talked to most of my extended family, so thanks for that.

[@seasong707]

And here's a heartfelt cheer for you, Yahtzee, the most significant game critic on the internet. No hiatuses, no drops in quality, no staleness. Thirteen years of stellar writing, punchy delivery both visually and verbally, and a practically unmatched ability for cutting right through the industry's bullshit and trends, and unwaveringly speak about the very core of what quality games are made up of. There's no doubt in my mind he has opened up countless eyes to the power of finely crafted criticism; no matter how much you might disagree, you just cannot dismiss the words of this man.

[@SGresponse]

Yeah. No drops in quality. Really now? Allright. Name a review that is from the last ... let's say 3 years and you would consider a True Classic Yahtzee Review, on par with Ride to Hell. Can you? ... Cause I sure can't. Only recently (past month or so) Yahtz got a few chuckles out of me. Goes to show - 13 years can push the wind out of even the biggest bagpipe.

[@mmorpgkitty]

@@SGresponse What exactly would you chuckle at?

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@mmorpgkitty he does these vids for comedy, no one takes his somewhat questionable gaming taste seriously lol

[@mmorpgkitty]

@@MorrisseyMuse I like Yahtzee. I'm just talking about that SGr guy

[@uhrguhrguhrg]

@@MorrisseyMuse he is consistent in his questionable tastes, though, as such his reviews can be used to make decisions. Mainly he likes listing a lot of downsides. If any of them sound like a deal breaker to you, there is a good chance you won't like the game. If everything or most of his complaints sound like minor gripes to you, the game might work out for you.

[@brentchayka4093]

yahtzee seems like he WAS in a really good mood when he made this.

[@E1craZ4life]

And the Croshaw name is going to be passed down to a new generation.

[@Ward1706]

He's married now and he was convinced that he should breed.

[@Ward1706]

Nah, you're just a cynic.

[@TooLateNate]

... I cannot believe I've been watching you for 10 years almost... Welp, time for another 10 down this magically yellow rabbit hole.

[@alexanderwhitney464]

I used to watch ZP on the Escapist site while grinding Netherwing Rep in BC WoW... Now I feel old ...

[@gigaman6]

Glad to see Obra Dinn making it to the top 3. It was Yahtzee's review of it that made me pick it up and it easily topped my list for the decade as well.

[@Richard-jm3um]

Couldn't really understand it, I understand the basics and what I'm supposed to do, but everything gets very confusing very fast

[@manavsridharan3811]

@@Richard-jm3um I finally played it and finished it today, and I have to say I started it and quit in a day about a month ago. Decided to pick it back up now, and absolutely loved it. Just try to keep piecing together stuff that you're sure of and brute force the name. It isn't that hard if you just rewatch the scenes, walk around and take note of which character is where. A bit of googling to understand nautical terms helps. I also googled for the language once, however maybe I shouldn't have done that. I was fumbling like a dumbo for the first 3 hours and then I got the hang of the game slowly and then started ploughing through it. Was very satisfying and I'd put it as my second place in game of the year, first being Outer Wilds ❤️

[@Richard-jm3um]

@@manavsridharan3811 Well thanks, I might give it another try :)

[@ng_canadian]

“A metal straw pushed up my nostril until it penetrates my brain cavity...” I see Yahtzee predicted the COVID swabs

[@ZoruaHunter]

What kind of COVID swabs have you been getting?

[@OneOfTheLoveless]

You do realize those things existed before covid?

[@JonMSanderson]

"Waiting around a corner to twat you with a poleaxe"! Dude this line got me good! Love your work! Keep shining a light on good art bud.

[@davidb8815]

I hate to be the "I'm surprised X didn't get mentioned" guy, but... I'm seriously surprised Skyrim didn't get mentioned.

[@Illyme]

I would guess that what Skyrim does, The Witcher does better and that's why he didn't mention it.

[@corradoalamanni179]

Also morrowind and oblivion are very like it and from the last century

[@Laticia1990]

@@Illyme The Witcher is like... Imagine Skyrim, but not broken.

[@wesleyscott1633]

animesoul167 imagine Skyrim, but with actually good stories

[@alvedonaren]

But this was about the most significant games, not the best games. Compare the number of games aping Skyrim this decade versus the ones aping Witcher 3, it's not even comparable.

[@b33byt3]

Dark Souls has revived my love for gaming, so I'd say it's the most important for me for the 2010s. Non-stop played it and then DeS, and I still, no matter how much AFPS I'm playing, pick up sticks and play souls games.

[@azzzanadra]

I love how yahtzee now loves the nintendo switch, when everyone used to dismiss it when it came out

[@Kaunte]

Jim Sterling keeps bangin on about how much he loves the damn thing every chance he gets. Reminded me of him

[@sammybrown5997]

The Switch is the only console which isn't doing what the PC does but worse, making it the only console you need or want if you have a decent PC.

[@Willie_Pete_Was_Here]

Sammy Brown A reminder of when consoles were consoles, not PC wannabes. PC is so great that Xbox and PlayStation copy it.

[@astra_m00n]

Willie Pete was here If they are 'PC wannabes' nowadays, maybe they should try a little harder. Exclusives are almost the only thing that keeps them up-float and I find it hard to compare them to PC's in any way, unless it's the year that a new gen was released, but then they still only look better then their previous gen but only slightly on par with a mediocre desktop. The Switch is the one console that gets rid of most of the complaints and still can give the option to a lazy couch-day.

[@astralharmony3742]

That's how it was for me, too. I love the Switch now and play it most everyday, but I didn't buy it until over a year after the release because there were no must-have titles if you weren't a fan of Nintendo's first party stuff. It took Xenoblade Chronicles 2 to get me to purchase mine.

[@LautrecOfCarim]

It's been a decent decade... I just wish I hadn't been forced to spend nine years of it getting kicked off a cliff. Heh...

[@burningstar1793]

*Whips around corner and kicks Lautrec of Carim off a cliff*

[@jargon850]

i wish you hadnt spent 9 years ganking me in Anor Londo with these magic dudes

[@real6562]

@Amalaric GoTH TF are you guys talking about ? Skyrim? Shadow of Mordor?

[@real6562]

@Amalaric GoTH which one are you talking about?

[@real6562]

@Amalaric GoTH oh..k

[@DPCP-h9u]

I love how Yahtzee made Undertale his game of the decade. Then again, the internet is where meme culture is the standard culture. Here for another 10 years of dissapointment, anger, joy, and sexual innuendos, Zero Punctuation. May Yahtzee finds another baby seal to club due to his efforts.

[@flaco3462]

he didn't do it for meme culture

[@Carewolf]

His top game of the year of the decade. Note he only listed games that had already won game of the year. And Dark Souls never got that honor because he only started liking it a year or two after he first reviewed and burned it.

[@AthrunTalan]

"2020's an important year." This aged well.

[@kingofthewasteland]

ahh my highlight of the week. listening to a middleaged man complayning about everything without stopping for breath... wait?? slight positivity? my world is turned upside down :O

[@BathedInMilk]

Middle aged?! He's in his thirties! Jesus Christ. That is not 'middle aged'.

[@TheEnderLeader1]

He was talking about the decade that begat Portal 2, Undertale and Dark Souls. Honestly, I'm surprised he hasn't jabbed the forks in his eyes yet.

[@joaomarcoscosta4647]

@@TheEnderLeader1 And popularized microtransaction/loot boxes-filled games as services with no meaningful campaign or story mode, and open-world giant task lists - plus, AAA games have become so extraordinarily expansive that companies are deathly afraid of taking risks. The "blandest game of the year award" has a lot of competition. Also, this was the decade in which Blizzard fully became Activision, and Konami, a slot machine. Surprisingly good decade for indie games, tough. And some AAA games (especially from Nintendo) do stand out from the crowd. Nice to see From Software joining the major players as well and proving there is still a space for AAA games that actually reward skill and exploration.

[@Solid--Snake]

i just cherish the fact that yahtzee loved bioshock infinite

[@CashWiley]

Best part of that game was the couple watching the floating barbershop quartet near the beginning. Just stand in front of them and don't move for hours. They never stop. It gets weird quickly.

[@GuestZer0]

I still love that bit from his review of it: "Don't you mean second sequel, Yahtz?" "…GET OUT."

[@fedja4121]

With all due respect, I never really understood why Yahtzee of all the people liked it. It has barely comprehensible story with cliche gritty detective as protagonist, extremly generic guns/powers, boring gameplay with bullet sponge enemies and cartoonish shooting up hordes of racists on the streets...Bioshock 1 is somehow superior in every single gameplay and story aspect even though it came out 6 years earlier, and is somehow even mechanically more satisfying. Bioshock Infinite is one of biggest letdowns I've had in gaming honestly.

[@bobbykbobette7426]

Audiologs: the game

[@Solid--Snake]

i love infinite and yahtzee is with me so yeah that's it guys

[@606hunter1]

Glad to see him distinguish good and significant

[@josephmartins8882]

“Is is strictly necessary that every enemy be themed around feces?” My first thought: Poopdie!

[@JD867]

My first thought as well. Apparently my brain's in need of a good bleaching.

[@johanngambolputty5351]

Glad to see Just Cause 2 up there in some capacity, I always thought it was really underrated... I certainly remember enjoying it alot anyway

[@E1craZ4life]

That was his #1 best game of 2010.

[@Luis-ij1jk]

The simple statement of “games are games” encapsulated how I feel about Dark Souls. It’s the only thing that I can say to justify why I bash my head into the brick wall in the hopes of breaking it.

[@maxresdefault_]

Minecraft. No doubt in my mind that it had one of the biggest impacts of any game ever. The indie game boom, the survival game boom, the open world boom, the online gaming scene, casual gaming scene for young people. Minecraft played no small part in making them so big.

[@distractedFreek]

It came out in 2009, just barely edging it out of this video.

[@toaster_toaster2398]

@@distractedFreek That depends, do beta and alpha count?

[@vitorsly]

@@toaster_toaster2398 In Minecraft's case, where it was a commercial success already as an Alpha, yes.

[@ChocolateVanille]

Minecraft is not responsible for any of this besides survival. Online gaming?... Seriously? There were games before Minecraft, believe it or not. Indies too. And yes, "young people" played them casually.

[@SnowyK]

While Minecraft is popular and I love Lego, I was surprisingly glad that word wasn't uttered in this video although maybe it should've been(?). Wouldn't give credit to making all those genres "boom" though, you're over-crediting that game there mate.

[@SalsaSeth]

1:51 Was not expecting to hear Lord Awesomeo's voice.

[@Skrempl]

"Real games never went away, they were here all along waiting around a corner to twat you with a poleaxe." I'm dying, this is the writing I always come back for!

[@davidoutten5879]

Yahtzee, thank you so much for getting the year punctuation correct in the video title to indicate both plurality and possession. You have no idea how weirdly happy this makes me.

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

I felt Skyrim or Fallout: New Vegas deserved at least a passing mention for the amount of mods being released for them, even today. It’s a hard challenge to make a game people still care about a decade later.

[@matthewvandevort9136]

If I remember correctly he didn't like falloutnjew vegas but he did like skyrim. Honestly I was surprised that skyrim wasn't mentioned for the sheer popularity it had

[@Cloudx7strife]

@Virgil Jones, Jr. same here. Compared to dark souls or roguelike games the combat in most open world games is little more than mindnumbing. You can kill stuff in only so many ways before you realize the game has presented no challenge, and there is no feeling of accomplishment when you dont have to try.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@Virgil Jones, Jr. Lol don't go all edgelord cos you jumped on the hype bandwagon for Dark Souls kid :) You think Dark Souls combat is amazing because the reviews told you it was. It's not complex, it's all about simple timing, just like Skyrim on hardest difficulty. The difference is Skyrim makes combat fun and isn't a glitchy, clunky mess hidden behind a 'steep learning curve'...

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@MorrisseyMuse lmao skyrim combat comes down to hit with bow from stealth, wack, or fireball. Dark Souls combat is significantly better, the core gameplay loop is significantly better, a fucking dodge button adds more engagement than skyrims combat could ever provide

[@victordrunkenstein3592]

Actually that only proves how pathetic the games are, as the games are shit without the 3rd party mods. The fact you need the players to improve the games to make them fun makes them a failure. Also the 3rd party mods are to blame for the games being shit. Bethesda simply noticed how many 3rd party mods are being made for their games so decided it's pointless to put in any real effort as they knew the players will "fix" whatever they fuck up so why bother if it earns them money regardless? Which is why I said that the next Elder Scrolls should just be a new construction set with improved graphics and the game should be called "Elder Scrolls VI: Do it yourself"

[@JDMStav]

That "Tidying up" point is spot on. I even say it when I'm playing... "Just gonna tidy up some side stuff". In other words.... Just get it off my f#*king map. Also, good news: the next Assassins Creed is apparently the "biggest open world yet".... hahaha Facepalm

[@pantslesswrock]

0:55 yahtzee predicts the covid test

[@Nitrinoxus]

It's a little mind-blowing to think of just how much the games industry has shifted over the last ten years. Several major triple-A studios have lost face in a way that might've seemed impossible (do I even need to name names?), while the field of indie game development (that we were all told we'd never make a living at) has _exploded_ in a similarly unexpected way.

[@ctrlaltdestroy91]

“Press X to accuse Fredo” lmao that’s a great blink-and-you’ll-miss-it joke.

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

I feel like I SHOULD know what that's a reference to, but I'm coming up blank.

[@ctrlaltdestroy91]

@@Kiss_My_Aspergers Godfather (specifically 2).

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

@@ctrlaltdestroy91 ahh, gotcha! Thanks! =)

[@rorygibson3124]

Absolutely. DS is the most influential game of the decade by far and one of the most influential of all time. That shit was like Nirvana.

[@theragepig7636]

I was gonna say COD 4 was more influential, but then i checked and realised it's from 2007. Fuck I'm old.

[@paradoxacres1063]

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

[@zero-gi6gp]

HE'S BACK AT IT EVERYONE!

[@E1craZ4life]

If you're going to pick back up on this, at least wait until the sequel comes out.

[@theatomiclemon1]

It's okay Yahtzee, I forgot Minecraft came out this decade as well. Edit: I know it technically "came out" in 2009. It was officially released in 2011. Feel free to stop pointing it out now xxx

[@nathanclark2424]

In his defense, it came out in 2009. Although it wasn't "completed" until 2011, so you have a point.

[@ijirving]

Initial release date: May 17, 2009

[@leguan278]

to bad for you, it dident, 2009

[@h4724-q6j]

It's not officially done yet as of 2020, unless I've missed some big news.

[@Whiterabbit124]

Stop pointing out someone is wrong on the internet? But how else will they learn?

[@Poixat]

I will never get tired of this content.

[@grumble2009]

"Press X to accuse Fredo" - I spewed coffee.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

"There's no substitute for putting the fucking work in". Truer words have not been spoken.

[@BugsyFoga]

I consider Borderlands to be pretty significant to the Looter Shooter genre , now whether that's a good thing is up to you .

[@vcom741]

I mean, it showed that you can make the simple act of shooting fun...it was everyone else that decided: "hey we can abuse the shit out of that"

[@wolcamophone4783]

Nathaniel Foga It was the only looter shooter, at least that anyone can think of

[@BugsyFoga]

@loafhero Gonna highly disagree with you on that .

[@alakazamhippity3192]

@loafhero someone is upset lmao

[@theweddingsinger1970]

Borderlands came out in 2009

[@TheGrimLlama]

No mention of Skyrim? That was 2011 and had a huge impact on the gaming community

[@twoteesful]

Genuinely surprised that Skyrim wasn't mentioned, particularly given its cultural influence. I also thought Yahtzee would mention some of the bad developments in the industry, loot boxes, Early Access, games in perpetual alpha, pre-ordering.

[@orinanime]

Well now I have to look up Creatures 2 for the C64. Thanks Yahtzee

[@malachichampion]

Hey Yahtz, might you consider doing a full review of Undertale? We know you love it (we all love it), but personally, I'd like to hear a more specific breakdown of what precisely it did to earn all that love. It'd probably be good for the record keepers, if nothing else...

[@NintendoAddictNAD]

He wrote an article about it when it came out, it's probably the closest you'll get to him doing a proper review of it. Just google "Undertale Yahtzee" and it should be the first result.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

@@NintendoAddictNAD bruh so he is a journalist

[@lightchipster]

What I like is that ZP has been going so long that he's covered multiple entries in a franchise and you can compare them. See Resident Evil, Gears of War, Call of Duty, God of War etc

[@Hckerman-fc2uw]

Yhatzee coming around to Dark Souls is like Squidward admitting that he likes Krabby Pattys.

[@LazarouDave]

The Creatures 2 music used (and mentioned in the end) is "Stage Intro Music", just thought i could save you time if you wanted to find it

[@TobiasWhisperwind]

You missed a few question marks above Ride to Hell: Retribution 1% Revengeance Part 2 In Stunning 2.5D

[@zombie0ate0my0brains]

As a fat bearded bloke who unironically owns multiple swords, I am vaguely offended.

[@Hepburner]

Brilliant video. Thanks for the last decade, Yahtz!!!

[@Nugnugnug]

I have the Witcher III paused as I'm watching this.

[@stormwolf4989]

@@imicca I'm watching this during some downtime at work wishing I was home playing Witcher III

[@Iamjimpage]

1:21 i love that you chose Birmingham for the map :D

[@carlrogge94]

I feel the whole cinematic trend could also be represented by 'Until Dawn'.

[@theragepig7636]

Not TLOU?

[@Rory626]

Who'd have thought the gaming landscape of 2010's would be partially defined bt Lucas Pope inventing the "bureaucracy-em-up" genre

[@JakeFace0]

I keep feeling weird that no one in these 2010s retrospectives seems to mention Skyrim. I suppose it wasn't as influential to the industry as its popularity might have suggested but it's still worth mentioning.

[@JakeFace0]

trequor that’s what I said bro

[@Harkness78]

My Games of the decade: 1. Witcher 3 2. Last of Us 3. Mass Effect 2 4. Red Dead 2 5. BloodBorne Haven't played Breath of the Wild or latest God of war yet.

[@davidgribble6313]

I'm glad someone else appreciates mass effect 2.

[@xevpennman3517]

i think everyone fainted when they heard the binding of isaac

[@Accultus]

A little surprised that Skyrim didn't make the list in some way.

[@erlendstaavi1151]

I'd love to see a full rewiew of undertale! given he put it on top of his reviewed games, and his only "review" of it is "its a good game"

[@E1craZ4life]

He did a meatier review in Extra Punctuation.

[@erlendstaavi1151]

@@rinnegansr5980 absolutely, but it has been out for almost five years, and i think think anyone who wants to play it has played it by now. giving it some attention, and not revealing the biggest spoilers could be managed, and still being a true to heart ZP review

[@neilmoffitt8215]

Love Creatures 2 for the C64 music!

[@samhay4143]

Cheers for citing the music; was driving me nuts trying to remember which game it was!

[@chestedarmor5578]

Yahtzee, you inspired me to try out new things and Im thankfull for that! Without you, I'd be still sitting in my nostalic corner with TF2 and Pokemon.

[@JustinCage56]

I'll just leave this here for my own reference. Feel free to add your own. : ) Top ten games of the decade 10: Far Cry 3 9: Portal 2 8: Hotline Miami 7: Deus Ex: HR 6: The Wolf Among Us 5: RDR2 4: Fallout: NV 3: The Walking Dead Season 1 2: Spec Ops: The Line 1: Undertale

[@jonweisensale227]

JustinCage for me: 10: Fallout NV 9. Slay the Spire 8. Witcher 3 7. Jedi Fallen Order 6. Breath of the Wild 5. Dark Souls 4. Minecraft 3. Divinity: Original Sin 2 2. Dishonored 1. Bloodborne

[@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598]

10) Gravity Rush 2 9) Starcraft 2 8) Elite : Dangerous 7) Xcom 2 6) Life is Strange 5) Undertale 4) Transistor 3) Dark Souls 2) Bloodborne 1) Nier : Automata I actually excluded some entries by the same creators otherwise the list would have included DS3, Sekiro, Drakengard 3, Bastion, Pyre and Hades and would have been only 3 studios.

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

10) Nier Automata 9) Spec Ops: The Line 8) Dark Souls 3 7) Sekiro 6) Persona 5 5) Breath of the Wild 4) DOOM (2016) 3) RDR2 2) Witcher 3 1) Divinity Original Sin 2 Honorable Mention to Binding of Isaac Rebirth.

[@lievenvanloo6011]

My list 10. Ark Survival Evolved (because I love dinosaurs) 9. Terraria 8. Red Dead Redemption (yes that came out in 10's) 7. Dishonored 6. GTA 5 5. Subnautica 4. Skyrim 3. The Witcher 3 (because it's like skyrim but better) 2. Minecraft (because it's the game I always come back to) 1. Undertale (because it's just a really good game) To be fair I never played Portal 2 (or 1 for that matter) but I plan on playing them soon Also I'm a big fan of survival games and open world games, so my list is mostly centered around that. Also also I used to play on ps3, but now I play on pc, so I don't own a ps4 or xbox.

[@billbjj]

Not often I post on KZbin, but goddammit I had to give a shout out to the Creatures 2: Torture Trouble intro music. Not only was it a great game and had AWESOME music but it also had the best cheat activation method ever. You would (and I shit you not, this is 100% true) lick your finger and rub it against the joystick port vigorously until a mouse called Maximus Mouse would appear on the screen. From there you kept rubbing the port until a glowing fuzzy fountain appeared which indicated the infinite lives cheat had been activated. The 90's were weird man.

[@Andythedrew1]

Surprised he didn’t mention breath of the wild and odyssey during his Switch bit. The two games that put Nintendo back on the map

[@Crazelord91]

I think his point was the switch overall and his changing opinions rather than the games themselves that was the most impactful. Bc those games, while being modern classics, could have come out on another console (like BOTW did) and still be loved. But the Switch itself was a bold and risky venture that paid off well

[@nickparton5663]

Extra points for the use of the Creatures 2 music

[@jodawoe]

So to put it another way: Actual best game: Dark Souls Actual worst: Ride to Hell

[@cavangriffin1514]

I think this video was really well put together, nice job

[@zck2020]

"Unlikely storytelling power of bureaucracy" I died

[@motorcycleman115]

I can’t describe how satisfied I am seeing Undertale as the top game of the decade. Fuck yeah.

[@E1craZ4life]

How would Yahtzee's blandest games of 2015 - 2019 look? 2015: Halo 5 2016: No Man's Sky 2017: Star Wars: Battlefront II 2018: Conan Exiles 2019: Anthem

[@erlendstaavi1151]

well, as this is retrospectively reviewed, no mans sky has gotten a lot better over the years, and might have redeemed itself slighty to him

[@jellyfrosh9102]

Halo 5 came out in 2015? Jesus.

[@guguy00]

@@erlendstaavi1151 He also fairly enjoyed his revisit (well, for his standards) to NMS, so probably would be least bland, at least right now as of 2023.

[@cashewsinacup2438]

Didn’t mention Skyrim which I think is partially why there are so many open world games now. Also minecraft but for survival open world crafting games, (even though it came out the previous decade)

[@SupremeMarioGamer]

Looking back at Undertale, I don't consider it to be the best game of the decade. I didn't even think it was the best game in the year it released but that mostly comes from its multiple routes. There's not much gray in the writing even in the neutral route, it's strictly black or white in how fighting enemies is perceived. The paths you take should've been based more on choices outside of battle that arguably do better at determining your moral alignment. But at the end of the day, it's still a pretty good indie game, just not game of the decade for me.

[@filipwolffs]

You know, that's actually one of the better criticisms I've seen someone provide for why Undertale isn't perfect.

[@lhumanoideerrantdesinterne8598]

Well... Yeah, it's pretty black or white beacause the choice between killing or not killing another sentient being when there is an alternative is absolutely black or white. As for choices outside battle... None of them are as important as this one. Like... You can be a jerk with Papyrus or be nice to him but how important is it in comparison to whether or not you're a murderer ? That's actually one of the good things about this game, it gives the proper importance and context to the action of killing in a game. That being said it wasn't my GOTY either but only because Bloodborne also came out the same year.

[@fleshworm]

That's not one of the better criticisms, that's completely missing the point. Killing is so heavily ingrained into video games that this guy considers it less relevant morally than realistically more mundane stuff. In the new tomb raider games you gun down hundreds of people, then the main character softly coos about the beauty of some trinket. Lara Croft is a psychopath. Undertale puts things back in their places.

[@benjamindeh873]

You have no idea how difficult it is to make games, and how difficult it is to make games with multiple paths. Games with HUMONGOUS budgets and thousands of people working for them like mass effect or fable still barely manage to do something half as impactful as undertale.. And you demand MORE from an indie game? Undertale is one of the best games storywise where your choice matters. Other would probably be chronotrigger (And I do agree chronotrigger probably wins in that regards). If you think its so easy, and disregard undertale's achievements as easily, feel free to mention games that do better in that regard. I'm sure there's a couple, but not many really.

[@maxbubba66]

Few things, so here we go: 1. Dark souls: yep, the realisation that it's brilliant is all the more rewarding. 2. Witcher III: good job you were nice in the end or I would have had to hunted you down. 3. I'm so glad I found your channel. Thanks. P.S. Enjoyed your first novel too. xx

[@Quet00]

I feel Minecraft is oddly left out of this list. Whether or not everyone likes it, the highest selling game of all time is somewhat of an important one. It's also an indie sandbox, which was brought up quite often here.

[@tommyvercetti9434]

1:19 - 1:35 I feel so identified with this

[@easy2bcheesy149]

That description of Peach's peach was great

[@theslenderfox]

Worst game of the decade: Hunt down the freeman Lol I forgot that game existed

[@DrTranofEvil]

Thanks for the very last frame. I was gonna be like, ‘HEY! You forgot something!’ No. No you didn’t.

[@wombat7961]

Dead Cells, Enter The Gungeon and Risk of Rain(2) are the only indies Roguelites you gotta review

[@FUNKOfilms]

Dark Souls might honestly be the newest game to spawn an entire copycat genre.

[@1101Archimedes]

Nah, PUBG.

[@glctcthnkr8059]

1101Archimedes wasn’t pubg a rip off of something else?

[@QuestionmarkTimes2]

@@glctcthnkr8059 Not really a rip off, since playerunknown also made that battle royale mod for arma 2. Definitely inspired by dayz tho.

[@glctcthnkr8059]

@@QuestionmarkTimes2 I was thinking about h1z1 but thanks for the clarification

[@QuestionmarkTimes2]

@@glctcthnkr8059 h1z1 was amongst the first dayz rip offs to come out.

[@oblishoaeeshy666]

And here I'm watching it now as I missed it somehow. Using the music of Creatures unpunctuated it for me even more.

[@jaketaylor8583]

F for Hollow Knight

[@Willy_um]

Honestly I loved that you put portal 2 as 2 game of the decade honestly it’s my favorite game but so many people that I know just dismiss it since it came out on the last generation of consoles

[@jonathanfaber3291]

Surprised minecraft didn’t show up, both for starting a small trend towards sandboxes, and also for being the bestselling game of all time which is quite an achievement since Tetris had like 30 years to get there, and minecraft did it in 10

[@SamButler22]

I half expected you to say Clash of Clans, and I was ready to accuse you of copying Jim's homework

[@therealdgh13]

I’m just glad someone mentioned undertale Cause you know after getting all those game of the year awards it seems to be missing from like half the “Top 100 Games of the Decade” lists

[@michaelshawii6722]

Hey Yahtzee, thank you for Mogworld. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't wait to check out your other novels.

[@zane6450]

Jesus, Portal 2 must've really grown on Yahtzee. I remeber him saying that it was like, half good half boring or something in the original review.

[@E1craZ4life]

Zane His only criticism for Portal 2 is that it wasn’t as good as Portal 1.

[@vcom741]

Pretty accurate I'd say Only thing missing is Killer Instinct 2013, which defo modernized how fighters are distributed to the point of Nintendo copying the idea of seasons for Smash now. If you wanna talk fighting games being brought to casuals such as myself - Mortal Kombat 9 finally perfected its storytelling engine from MKDC to give a reason for most people to give a damn about most fighting games lol For Visual Novels (or at least mystery visual novels) - definitely Danganronpa achieved the most to the point where Ace Attorney was taking its elements.

[@hanakoikezawa8322]

vcom741 you think killer instinct 2013 invented fighting game dlc?

[@vcom741]

@@hanakoikezawa8322 It modernized the model. Before that, DLC was just 4 characters in 1 season pass, 2 characters you had to buy or God forbid, a "super" version.

[@hanakoikezawa8322]

vcom741 smash and mortal Kombat still operate on a season pass model though

[@vcom741]

@@hanakoikezawa8322 Mortal Kombat X had 2 seasons...it's just season 2 was banded together lol Smash is operating on Seasonal model as well. There is a second season pass now.

[@hanakoikezawa8322]

vcom741 just because there’s two of them doesn’t mean it’s not a season pass you brainlet

[@HawlHeed]

Thank-you for your honest reviews over the years. Here's to more. cheers Yathzee!

[@StevenGrace]

Just realised I haven't played video games for 10 years now 😟

[@JessButtside]

Coming from the same town as Yahtzee, seeing or hearing a Midlands UK reference gives me a big stupid smile

[@normadicn5700]

😁

[@LOLquendoTV]

Which town would that be? Also greetings from Brighton

[@normadicn5700]

@@LOLquendoTV greetings from Worthing