The Outer Worlds (Zero Punctuation)

This week Yahtzee reviews The Outer Worlds on Zero Punctuation.
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[@theescapist]

Watch today’s ZP early that’s completely and totally focused on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-zero-punctuation/

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

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[@theescapist]

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[@SPM0717]

But watch out for the spoiler Yahtzee casually drops about the last cutscene at 01:44, talks about nothing else about the game, and then reviews Disco Elysium. No joke. Edit: Just noticed The Escapist's very tongue-in-cheek wording there...

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

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[@theescapist]

@SicParvis, now who is the one giving out spoilers? 🧐

[@SolarFlairIsBestPony]

"I willingly finished it" is a glowing review from Yahtzee, you have to admit.

[@UsernameInvalidTHIS]

He does still enjoy games at the end of the day. 10 years ago I thought, wow, Yahtzee has a cool job. Now I'd honestly prefer a normal job to playing some of the shit he has to play.

[@davidwatkins4709]

@@UsernameInvalidTHIS I can confirm a normal job is oftentimes a lot less stressful than some of the trash Yahtzee plays through and reviews

[@heavyarms2076]

@@UsernameInvalidTHIS lol just reminds me of him reviewing aliens colonial marines that had to be painful beyond all belief

[@tomhill3248]

@@heavyarms2076 That game was so broken it was funny. I'd take reviewing games like that over a "real" job. It'd be a riot.

[@lachlanmckinnie1406]

Always be careful turning your hobby into a job. It can ruin your hobby for you real quick.

[@CountCocofang]

"Still, the corporations might be entrapping its workers into lives of soul-destroying labour but at least they're not charging 100 dollars a year for the privilege" Solid shade in the ending quip.

[@GuvernorDave]

best end card ever

[@DarienCaldwell]

I'm not sure who it's aimed at.

[@pskeifk]

@@DarienCaldwell probably Bethesda. The Fallout first subscription for Fallout 76 costs $100 a year

[@willowarkan2263]

@@DarienCaldwell probably fallout first, the fallout subscription service that charges 99.99$ per year.

[@Carewolf]

@@pskeifk I was thinking Apple and iPhone game development.. It works on many things.

[@GingePlaysMinecraft]

"maybe it was a mistake to try and jell the dashing space captain-thing with on the nose societal commentary-thing" yahtzee have you read your own books

[@MrCrow05]

Based on this comment I'm not too sure you've read his books.

[@woofcat9363]

@@MrCrow05 judging by your comment you haven't read them all.

[@MrCrow05]

@@woofcat9363 You tried.

[@MrCrow05]

@@woofcat9363 Admittedly I have not listened to the new audible book or read differently morphous.

[@woofcat9363]

@@MrCrow05 Hail Satan.

[@greatgoblin3065]

I really wanted to roleplay as Jack Black, who leads a rebellion against the corporations by using Rock and Roll to incite riots.

[@theinvincible316]

Isn't that just Brutal Legend?

[@JesusKrispies]

It's kind of what Brütal Legend pretended to be before crossing its eyes and spraying RTS elements everywhere like a hippo with diarrhea.

[@hemidas]

Cyberpunk 2077 would like to know your location.

[@bionicdragon5]

Unless your right hand man was named Elmo, we have nothing to talk about.

[@zigmus00A]

And the entire last battle is just a reenactment of the last scene in The Pick of Destiny

[@ApocalypseMoose]

"There's no pacifying a giant alien scorpion." Isn't there a perk that lets you yell at enemy aliens to get them on your side?

[@doodlecrazydc]

No, that's Fallout, easy to get them mixed up admittedly.

[@francesco8000]

@@doodlecrazydc Imagine how interesting the world would be if everyone had that perk. Political conversations on the internet would be way less annoying.

[@drthmik]

@@francesco8000Everyone DOES have that perk; Political conversations on the internet *ARE* yelling at enemy aliens to get them on your side

[@vidarDJ16starkill]

If you have a high enough skill in the various weapon skills you can cause enemies to either run away from you or to target other enemies instead of you. But its not an ability that you can activate, rather there is a percentage chance of it happening based on how high your skill is.

[@francesco8000]

@@drthmik Well we either all suck with that skill or the success rate is shit because i think we both never saw someone change side after the Yelling.

[@ggt47]

Bioware: Look how old you've become. Obsidian:Something much worse has happened to you.

[@aze94]

Obsidian: Old, not obsolete.

[@3MAR443]

You mean after Baldur's Gate I

[@LordAlacorn]

@@aze94 it can only use growing cancer tumor as make shift crutches so long.

[@theviniso]

I'd say whatever happened to BioWare is EA's fault. They have a habit of buying and then destroying smaller studios.

[@theviniso]

@@terrylyn I don't give a damn about any feminist bullshit you may be talking about. I'm talking about whatever happened to BioWare to stop making brilliant RPGs and makinh generic open-world shooters instead.

[@merrittanimation7721]

3:13 "What do you have?" "A knife!" "NO!"

[@luizcastro5246]

if this is a reference, i got it.

[@shadyklawz7259]

Bad Lucy!

[@Insan1tyW0lf]

0:55 Not to focus on the wrong thing, but the rule for _The Price is Right_ is "closest without going over", so the smarmy guy bids $1 _more_ than the previous guy. Bidding $1 less guarantees you lose except in the bizarrest fluke circumstance where you get it exactly right and the other guy is $1 over.

[@yarchowschannel]

That's why he is so smarmy

[@mcmonky637]

Solid gold comment love it haha

[@Darkpumpkin21]

What if it is less than what you bid?

[@Dale---]

@@Darkpumpkin21 If you are both over you both lose. Who is closer doesn't matter.

[@Jeorin]

I was hoping I wasn't the only person who noticed this. It was pretty clear this is what he was going for, but forgot the direction it goes in :p

[@misternull4753]

"What an I going to do, not take a +10 to engineering" As someone that regularly threw pawns into oceans in Dragons Dogma. Yes. That is exactly what I'm recommending you do.

[@rr2637]

Upping this. Anytime a pawn pissed me off or wouldn't stop talking, I'd chuck them into oceans, off cliffs or just any satisfyingly tall structures.

[@RGcrasyRG]

+100kg to weight limit on the other hand...

[@FortressLordJP193]

The game is so short you probably won't need engineering points beyond dialogue to be fair.

[@kickenerbutt]

@@FortressLordJP193 Science was the good one.

[@Asterra2]

I never found out what Nyoka's special bonus was, because I refused to take a trauma-inducingly ugly, alcoholic, pink-haired clown as a crew member. And I'll refuse again when I replay the game on Steam.

[@meursault7030]

Yahtzee: Only spends 70% of the review shitting on the game Me: "Aww, he likes it."

[@RisqueBisquet]

I feel like "Flash Gordon fights an insurance company" is the whole point. I for one find the plot brilliant. You're the wrong person for the job, but there's no one else to do it.

[@zacharyheine4177]

I did like the plot point where a battle ship crashes into the ground literally because the insurance agency contested all of their mantinence claims

[@tomhill3248]

@@zacharyheine4177 Couldn't the battleship just, fly over this company and use it's weapons to destroy it?

[@zacharyheine4177]

@@tomhill3248 That's not how we solve our interpersonal disputes here at Halcyon Holdings, Tom

[@tomhill3248]

@@zacharyheine4177 No wonder the battleship crashed. Pacifists always lose!

[@tomhill3248]

@M33ble Why do they even have a crew then? Just give the AI the job, robots don't require pay.

[@RodneySanders]

I do love how the game explain the time slow down thing. It is literally like: “...yeah you can slow down time 🤷🏽‍♂️” and I was actually ok with that much story development 😂😂

[@Grim_Pinata]

But if it were Bethesda, we'd all be rioting about how terrible they are at worldbuilding and writing, wouldn't we? Ah, the double standards of gamers. I'm not directing this passive aggressive comment towards you in particular, by the way. Just venting my frustration.

[@demonintellect9834]

@@Grim_Pinata they said it's the way your character perceives time due to being cryogenically frozen for 70 years. They arent actually slowing down time. It's a scifi game with weird scifi logic. Much better than releasing a game with no NPCs and expecting people to like it.

[@RodneySanders]

@Grim Piñata for me I think it was funny because this game doesn’t try too hard to take itself too serious and this was just an awesome way to move the story. There was something about being frozen, but when you bring it up the dude is just like “yeah that’s a thing” I think the writing around it is what makes it good. I don’t think it’s a double standard here. It’s just a part of the over all presentation 🙂 but you spend $60 on Bethesda games... please vent away ... I’m listening 😊😊

[@shizanketsuga8696]

@@Grim_Pinata A major discerning factor is that Obsidian is pretty self-aware about the less than certain explanation for the time dilation power. They even pull it back into focus during a dialog for a late-ish game quest for Sublight. One throwaway line by an NPC (which I don't want to spoil) caught me off-guard and planted some serious doubt in my mind. If vagueness serves such a storytelling purpose I don't think it's right to mark it up as a fault.

[@CerpinTxt87]

@@Grim_Pinata No, we wouldn't. I don't think I was ever concerned why VATS was a thing, and the fact that they even bothered with an explanation here is just humorous.

[@nunyabiznasty8914]

And just like that, Yahtzee has reviewed approximately 70% of Borderlands 3. It's almost a two-for-one deal.

[@2Scribble]

Except this game wasn't put out by a team of ass hole pilchards :P

[@theviniso]

@@2Scribble Why are the Borderlands devs a team of asshole pilchards?

[@inquiz9747]

@@theviniso because they didn't care. Nobody fucking cared when creating that shit.

[@akiramiller9025]

@Derrell Conger there both good games

[@mofinebovine1597]

The gameplay of Borderlands 3 is just as good as, if not better than, the gameplay of Borderlands 2. ie. excellent. The gameplay of Outer Worlds is just as good as (well, maybe slightly better than, but similar enough to) Bethesda's Fallout games. ie. dog shit.

[@garsedj]

I personally under-used the stealth mechanic, especially when the plot gives you a perfect camouflage that you can recharge with ANY speak check. It also recharges by killing them. But you know, choices.

[@Force2reckonVods]

Small nitpick, it resets when you're detected as hostile. If you kill a guy straight out it doesn't reset xD

[@bugthesda3480]

"So that's how it works. You plod along, putting one foot before the other, look up, and suddenly, there you are. Right where you wanted to be all along." -Todd Howard.

[@toffeecrisp2146]

@firered sk there's only one solution and it requires a can opener, a rusty spoon and more than a little patience, possibly towels. You know what to do.

[@mephistophelesthesilentchi3446]

The secret does seem to be hard work, yes, but it's also a kind of blind passion, an inspiration.

[@auturgicflosculator2183]

That's Poison Dwarf*

[@jacobsmith4428]

I would Todd if the ground didn't bug up and I fell through the map.

[@bananafreddy6547]

Isnt that a level up quote in Oblivion as well?

[@RandKin]

Acquired Robophobia and decided immediately that Sam was never again leaving my party. Helps that there's a line or two of dialogue specifically when this happens and you talk to him

[@sasukesarutobi3862]

"I can't fault it for being nostalgic for any time period other than the current one, in which half of us will die in climate disasters and the other half will get bombed by foreign despots because they called up the President and asked him nicely if they could." Ah, the simpler times before the pandemic.

[@Accurize2]

“I fail to see how having 500 more murders around will help anything” A: They’ll be your murders.

[@philipfahy9658]

This game was great but could have really used longer questlines to get companions. There has to be more side stuff to do, or like secret companions, or places to go.

[@karmakittenz69]

On my second play through and i do have to admit, you can change the story pretty massively. Sell out you know who early to gain whole new story line

[@techpriestemily]

@Nospam Spamisham That's one of my current runs. I can kill literally everyone? Time to kill literally everyone.

[@DaftJok3r]

This was a surprisingly positive review from Yahtzee. I take it he enjoys those Obsidian rock games

[@maxastro]

Outer Worlds is simultaneously everything I wanted from a Fallout game and everything I wanted from a Mass Effect game. It's lovely. And he's not kidding about the depth of choice, even though he barely touched on it. I sentenced an honest man to almost certain death and I'm still only mostly sure it was the least wrong thing to do.

[@harkingmadwing5112]

I was about to post that it was surprisingly negative!

[@maxastro]

@@harkingmadwing5112 Haven't seen much ZP? This is about as positive as he gets. XD

[@harkingmadwing5112]

@@maxastro I've seen them all, I just thought he'd like this game a lot more!

[@maxastro]

@@harkingmadwing5112 Subnautica was one of his favorite games he's reviewed, IIRC, and he was barely more positive than this.

[@azureblaze8318]

Idk what it is, but whenever I hear his voice, my conscious starts to sound like him and I start viewing everything with that mindset for a week or two.

[@makotoplush9776]

Mass Effect Andromeda: Who are you The Outer Worlds: I'm you but better

[@RoadtoArkham]

Cosmo the blue peashooter not a high bar

[@UMADBRO64]

"better" as in it actually functions Or "better" as in people are so fucking hungry for an actual Fallout game they'll felate Obsidian and the goat fuck that is Outer Worlds, till their testicles fall off?

[@jerekheadrick3379]

Better than ME:A in most area's yes but when it comes to companions and your choices for interacting with said companions I feel like ME:A is slightly better. The original Dragon age is still the king of companion interaction for me though. Honestly though, I loved The Outer Worlds and hope Obsidian has more time, money, and resources for the next one. I also hope they get off their god damn high horse about romancing in game. Yes, it is difficult to write without being cringe-y but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. Especially if you create characters that people want to love.

[@alibouk227]

@@UMADBRO64 Yes, and Yes

[@dumbdumb572]

@@UMADBRO64 okay you can calm down with your Yahtzee impression.

[@tommerker8063]

i don't know if the dificulty makes a difference, but i found that the enemies use cover quite effectively and the only ones i have encountered that are charging you blindly are mauradeur melee guys (wich makes sense to me since they are crazed hobos on so many drugs it's a small wonder they have any motoric abilities left), sometimes they also run away from you or cower in fear

[@minioli01]

This game actually gave me vibes similar to the “will ... the galaxy for ...” series.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

Yahtzee forgot to mention how Obsidian made Knights of the Old Republic 2, which was like the BioWare game it was a sequel to, but with better writing. (And, unfortunately, a lot more bugs.)

[@DoctorLazers]

Strongly, strongly disagree. KOTR 2 is inferior to its predecessor in every department other than cool coats.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

@@DoctorLazers Kreia is easily my favorite Star Wars Legends character. Also, Atton Rand is way more likeable than Carth "I need to talk about my feelings but I don't want to" Onasi.

[@Kaefer1973]

@@DoctorLazers They were both good as far as writing is concerned (after all Bioware still had it's actual talents working for them back in the day), but KOTOR 2 wasn't only buggy but released unfinished, so part one pretty much wins by default.

[@BloodyAltima]

@@DoctorLazers It certainly has significant structural faults forced upon it by its rushed release, although the fanpatch fixes many of them. It's biggest advantage is narrative- it has an actual theme! A semi-focused story with a mostly-consistent tone! One of the most memorable characters in a Star-Wars game in Kreia! It also has the slight advantage of fixing my biggest gripe with the original, where you want to play as little of the game as possible until you become a Jedi to avoid those basic bitch non-Jedi levels.

[@DoctorLazers]

@@BloodyAltima My main issue with 2 is its complete lack of memorability. I cannot really recount anything that happens in the story with anything more than vague, half memories. KOTR 1 on the other hand, every character, location and major scene are iconic and permanently burned into my mind. KOTR 2 is just flat.

[@tmtmtlsml]

Bids one dollar below? Yahtzee, have you ever seen an episode of The Price Is Right?

[@mikerhoa]

Thank God I'm not the only one who caught that lol.

[@silverlight6074]

That was the check to see if people actually watch The Price Is Right

[@Dendarang]

@@Flufferpup How does that work if the first contestant got the right price? Surely then bidding a dollar more or less would be the wrong price and the first contestant would win?

[@DoubtX]

@@Flufferpup No. That's not at all how it works. The aim is to get as close to the price as possible without overshooting. That's why $1 is a common answer. If everyone overshoots, you win by default. There's even a clip where someone guessed $1 below the last contestant and Bob Barker asked them if they were sure they wanted to do that (since it was almost certainly a guaranteed loss.)

[@level12lobster8]

@@haldir108 Similar to playing black jack where you want to be as close to 21 but not go over but guessing random store item prices such as a washing machine instead. Guessing $1 dollar less is the same as playing black jack and one player has a 18 so you go for 17. Be guaranteed to lose. Should be $1 more. This always makes you closer to the actual price with out much risk or skill if it is under the actual price with the least chance of going over.

[@Shalkar]

"I'm a Freelance Adventurer. Call be when there's someone to fight with a sword." - Yahtzee, 2020 Presidential Race

[@dissuede6949]

"..at least they're not charging 100 dollars a year for the privilege". Badum-tsss.

[@Halcylion]

3:05 strange... ranged enemies I fight always prioritize running to cover and then shooting me. Melee attackers do rush me, but that's their nature. Anyway, in my opinion, the real combat experience of this game is found on the hardest difficulty.

[@DarkAuraLord]

He definitely only did one playthrough of the game and judged the entirety on that. It's evident by some of the misinformation in this Review like TTD being useless for melee, which is just the opposite, or his complete lack of understanding of how the skill system ACTUALLY works in the game. Persuasion and Intimidate, for example, have VERY real impact on combat scenarios when leveled to even 20 or 40 (AKA Novice and Competent ranks).

[@3MAR443]

A baby is drowning in the lake: -Fallout 1 -Ask for more information. -Agree to help. - Decide not to help Accidentally say something that pisses the NPC off, failing the quest. - Reveal too much information about yourself, causing the Super Mutants to track your vault more easily. -Fallout 2 -Ask for more information -Agree to help. - Decide not to help. -Accidentally say something that pisses the NPC off, failing the quest. -Pop culture reference about the baby. -Fallout 3 -Yes, I will save the baby . -Depends on the caps . -I will not save the baby. -[Intelligence] The baby is drowning. -Fallout New Vegas -I will save the baby. I will not save the baby. -[Barter 30] Double the caps and I'll save the baby. -[Medicine 30] Thanks to my medical knowledge, I will easily be able to save the baby. -[Survival 15/30] Uh... yeah, I totally know how to swim. -Fallout 4 -Yes -No (Yes) -Sarcastic (Yes) -Hate babies' So what about The Outer World Edit: format

[@andrejh.6335]

It’s New Vegas-ish.

[@3MAR443]

@@EnolaGay15 [cannibal] eat the baby.

[@shahood8116]

Fallout 76: (pay 1000 atoms) spawn the baby (pay 9000 atoms) spawn lake (pay 100$ to start the quest) Game crashes and now you are an indentured labourer for godd howard

[@3MAR443]

@@shahood8116 plot twist: There's no baby

[@arfraticus]

-the outer world -I will save the baby baby -I will save the baby but I want more money -good bye

[@mononoke721]

Ah Yahztee, the one video game reviewer who still sounds exasperated even when he likes a game.

[@Kruxxen35]

To be fair, the companions you run around with can change conversations based on their own attitudes and beliefs. So there is some level of development there. Plus they each have a questline to go down.

[@LostToys]

But they are largely superficial. They do not help/harm you in a conversation, and unlike a Bioware game, your companions will never threat to leave you, then actually do, because you are going against their moral/ethical code. There is a point in the late game where one of your companions threatens to not make them choose between them and their people, but then does absolutely nothing before or after mass murdering her people.

[@sephy26946]

@@LostToys I know for sure its possible to make Ellie leave

[@BradTheAmerican]

@@LostToys Companions will leave if you kill certain people though. Spoilers: Ellie's parents for example, or Parvati's girlfriend.

[@LostToys]

@@sephy26946 The only time I had a companion leave was when I pressed the wrong button to end a conversation and told them to get lost. Otherwise, in all other cases, no matter what I did, whom I talked to, and whatever ending I was after, all of my companions stayed by my side.

[@LostToys]

@@BradTheAmerican Both of those are extreme cases that no one would normally pick, particularly on their first playthrough. The more classic examples come late-game with Parvati and Felix if you decided to side with The Board. Parvati should be totally against it since you eliminate all of Edgewater (at least in my playthrough since I had Reed replaced) and Felix should be against it since he was looking to be part of a rebellion and was against the corporations.

[@philipcollier4883]

00:54 The winner of Price is Right is the closest guess without going over. He'd have to bid $1 above not below. If everyone is over they all just guess again.

[@gctcauto]

If you bid one dollar less would get it, because you would be the only one not over bidding

[@philipcollier4883]

@@pygmalion0451 then he got a really lucky guess. The optimal play is $1 higher. If the first guess is lower than the real price your +1 guess will win. If over everyone guesses again in the same order and you repeat the tactic. Thats why it's considered a dick move

[@LittleBlue42]

people that think the other person bid too high, only bid 1 dollar, because if the other person is over, than the person who bids 1 dollar wins

[@sovereignmind6822]

Yeah pretty much. Bidding one dollar under would literally be you guessing the price exactly. The only way you could win in that situation is if the person you bid a dollar less than actually guessed a price that’s only $1 higher than the actual price. Otherwise you’re both over the price and it resets or youre both under and the person who guessed $1 higher than you is closer to the actual price. The two cheeky plays are bidding a dollar HIGHER or just bidding $1 or some other obviously low price because you think the prior guesses are all too high.

[@mikeystones8853]

I failed a quest to go drink in a bar with a shipmate. It said in the quest log I failed because she was dead. She was standing beside me. And I was playing on "story" mode where they can't die. So I kinda feel like she was just playing dead to not drink with me.

[@laurent5176]

Mikey Stones I had that too! I loaded an earlier save and it didn’t happen again. I have no idea why that happened. She was literally in my party but ‘dead’ in my journal.

[@skwerleyz]

Melee combat is excellent, there's a perk and an armor mod that let you zip around in slow motion and get health from dealing damage. Also enemies run for cover if they live long enough.

[@biscuitboi9478]

I find it ironic how a game with anti-corporation themes ended up being an EGS exclusive for 6 months...

[@Fir7shadow]

Actually, it won't be on Steam for a year, not six months. That said, it's actually not an EGS exclusive, as you can buy it on the Microsoft Store and it's part of Microsoft's PC Game Pass.

[@biscuitboi9478]

@@Fir7shadow You are correct, didn't have all my facts straight. Regardless, it's still being held from Steam

[@Kevin_2435]

I think they kind of see it as using Epic for the instant cash to make the game better, then abandoning them for Microsoft first chance they get. Still not seeing how that meshes with the anti corporation thing. Even if the relationship is more hands off like Activision and Blizzard in the early days, look how far Blizzard has fallen recently.

[@88Fallon]

@@biscuitboi9478 Then that more proves it is anti-corporation, have you ever tried getting a refund from Steam?

[@RESNone208]

Fallon Star I tried getting a refund from steam. It was automatically processed in like, less than a day.

[@dustinlovejoy1]

Just finished; will save the galaxy for food, will destroy the galaxy for cash, jam, and differently morphous, and im half way through mogworld right now. Please keep writing, i love your work and you do an execlent job narrating in in audiobooks. Cant wait for your next Jacques McKeown novel.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

I think the weird way the AI companions act if set to defensive is because they are technically seen as appurtenances. They only function in relation to you. The other npcs don't even recognize they are there unless it involves you somehow. I discovered this because of a section I was trying stealth through and realized the enemy npcs did not care if my buds were crouched obviously outside the door I was hiding behind. Only that if they could see me.

[@KyleAlexJohn]

I heard "rocketship iced lollies" and got really concerned for a sec

[@panzsan5963]

Onii-chan what are we gonna do on the rocket? -I'm sorry-

[@KyleAlexJohn]

@@panzsan5963 Don't be, the joke was necessary at some point, even if it means you've condemned us all to hell

[@ShermTank7272]

Right, stop that. Silly. And a bit suspect, I think.

[@GameLeaderR]

How else am I suppose to keep them fresh?

[@KyleAlexJohn]

@@ShermTank7272 Been forever since I've heard a Monty Python reference

[@Yobamos]

My first playthrough I maxed speech and the game was a total cakewalk. found a way to make everyone happy. This time, I'm a skilled marksman with absolutely 0 social or technical skills and it honestly made me appreciate it in a totally new way. Say what you will about the length, weak story, or unbelievable circumstances the game creates, the amount the game adapts to how you specifically want to play it is completely unmatched in the RPG genre.

[@WhyName]

I'm really glad youtube realized these are the only Escapist videos I actually want to watch.

[@k3salieri]

I like Outer Worlds quite a bit, but Yahtzee was right about the characters. I'm honestly not invested or really care about any of them. I see some people comparing them to the characters from the Mass Effect trilogy in terms of development and depth, and personally I think that couldn't be any further from the truth.

[@PebkioNomare]

One dollar *above* Yahtzee.

[@ralden2691]

Right, or just one dollar. One dollar below would be a horrible strategy

[@tomhill3248]

@@ralden2691 It would make someone incredible smug if it worked though.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

@@tomhill3248 that's a madlad strat right there

[@PebkioNomare]

@@TypicallyThomas That is an incredibly rare event that no one plays for without being clairvoyant. And wouldn't be what assholes do as prescient to his joke. Usually, if someone bets 300 dollars... the asshole will bid 301. Thus freezing that person out entirely as, what everyone agrees to be, a "dick move". Their bid would only count for a min/max difference of 99 cents. Which makes it *very* unlikely for them to win that bid. Thus that person would think that you're a big jerk for doing that to them. Do you get it yet? So if you bid 1 dollar lower... you're giving *yourself* only a 99 cent min/max difference. You'd basically have to already know the answer to do that to yourself. And people wouldn't think you're a jerk... they'd think you're a joke.

[@PebkioNomare]

​@@TypicallyThomas But yet you felt compelled to respond, in full demonstration of your willful ignorance, to my off-handed remark about an unimportant part of his video. How does that saying go? "Silence is the virtue of those who are not wise." You would've done *much better* to have not said anything at all.

[@devinmartin8593]

Funny, playing this game reminded me of Yahtzee's books. The Jacque macquine business.

[@NuBeKiNg34]

what i appreciate about this show is he uses different gun cutouts from time to time. sometimes its glocks, i swear ive seen a Sig Sauer on here, but this episode its the CZ P-07 and i appreciate that diversity. the details man.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

I thought it was a S&W M&P myself.

[@ianmckee4726]

So close to being able to role play as "unnamed starpilot who keeps being called jack mccluein".

[@wybo2]

fyi it's "Jacques McKeown"

[@RiainRamblez]

I'm just happy to know Yahtzee remembers Space Station Nerva. Obscure reference? Yes. Do I like it? Double yes.

[@bentyler3695]

I don't know about y'all, but guillotines are starting to sound like a fun and exciting construction project.

[@allooutrick8266]

Don't forget the peer approved list of acceptable people, i mean objects, to test with.

[@drdca8263]

Guillotines are only useful for executions once one has gained control. They do not allow one to obtain control. For that, you need like, a gun.

[@firstnamelastname7244]

@@drdca8263 Have you ever seen a gillotine used in combat? Jesus, I still remember the screaming.

[@theviniso]

@@drdca8263 Torches and pitchforks are all you need to overthrow a government.

[@drdca8263]

Vinícius Oliveira Ok, yeah I suppose that the proportion of support that you have influences what weapons would be effective. But if you have a large enough amount of support, why not just rewrite the constitution through the “states can vote to hold a constitutional convention” thing. If you just mean, like, taking over the local city or state govt., then yeah, you can do that, and then subsequently get quashed by the fedgov military.

[@redman4423]

I am happy I wasn’t the only one who thought the final “boss” was just thrown in there! When it happened I was like who is this??? Never heard of them till that point. It was very anticlimactic to say the least of a other wise great game!!

[@The_Old_Man_Soul]

I could never get bored of these videos. XD

[@BenCol]

0:46 Is that Space Station Nerva? How the hell did Yahtzee know I was watching ‘The Ark in Space’ today?

[@brainflash1]

"How can I get invested in characters who only do what I tell them to do!"

[@ShadowCoH316]

It's a valid criticism. Party members who have no independence or plot relevance tend to feel less like characters and more like window dressing. But I feel the complete lack of romance options breaks that trend somewhat, allow me to explain. Typically in games like these we're given options for romance of some description with the characters. When Parvati is introduced, what did you anticipate? I was under the impression that she was the first option and I only had that impression because I'd been conditioned by these RPGs to expect it. Instead she tells you shes not even into that stuff, and also she likes this other person who- when you meet them- you learn is just a better person than you no matter what you've chosen up to this point. Junlei dedicated everything to keeping a whole community alive and all you did was shoot some people and irreparably interfere with the lives of strangers. This leans into the flaws Yahtzee stated, namely the constant shooting and murdering you're kinda just expected to do. It uses the tropes of similar games in a way I'd liken to parody. Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect, and Knights of the Old Republic all did this. It's just sort of a given. The reason stated here is just that the world is such a harsh place that you're just required to be armed- essentially the same excuse as Fallout, and it's just that: an excuse. But it's an excuse to provide a style of gameplay that we've grown accustomed to. It would be hard to make an anti-capitalist Fallout parody and then remove the Fallout-like combat style. At that point the parody is gone, and so is it's appeal to Fallout's huge audience.

[@brainflash1]

@Rafael Lopez It's not shitty AI, it was HIS mistake!

[@ismaelcuevas9041]

Rafael Lopez there is exactly a mini menu to control companions tho.

[@ismaelcuevas9041]

Rafael Lopez you can change behaviors whenever you want!

[@Avengedtenfold]

@@ShadowCoH316 "also she likes this other person who- when you meet them- you learn is just a better person than you no matter what you've chosen up to this point. Junlei dedicated everything to keeping a whole community alive and all you did was shoot some people and irreparably interfere with the lives of strangers." That's a very big assumption, especially considering the player's potential ambitions at that point. If they are motivated by saving the colonists and undermining the corporation there's no definitive way to say that Junlei is a better person than you. Especially if you then proceed to help her save her own ship for the time being. Not to mention Parvati doesn't fall for her because of that. Junlei is sweet, flirtatious, persistent and shares a hobby with her. That's why she likes her. The game never gives the player a chance to be those things with her so I dunno, it feels like a raw example for me.

[@johnnydejesus_]

Just got this myself, looking forward to playing it

[@AngryBoozer]

Even though I'm a huge fan of the game, every time Yahtzee criticises it, my reaction is "HEY, uh... yeah... you got a point there". And it's pretty much in every video. That's some damn spot-on critique.

[@Torgo1969]

3:55 A theater that double booked a Greek drama and a Kickboxing tournament, LMAO.

[@danoconnor5138]

Does anyone else’s character not blink? Mine’s cheekbones just sort of dislocate and wrap around his eyes.

[@alexchinowsky3567]

Ooo I've been looking forward to this

[@nicolabatzu1620]

The funny thing about 3:46 is that, if you SPOILER recruit Felix while Max is in your team, Max will react by saying that, now, you are recruiting even stray dogs

[@luigimaster111]

And that was basically a positive review from Yahtzee.

[@nathanharrison8901]

One of the most positive Ive seen actually

[@nathanebluepanda8207]

/s

[@johanninferus4845]

Still I believe one of his less "positive review in disguise" is the one from DOOM, but seems that everybody is happy with this "I just want an old fashioned regular rpg-centered game".

[@pliubumas]

@@nathanharrison8901 Portal was the most positive and he couldn't find a single flaw in it, also Nier:Automata, Persona 5, Obra Dinn, actually quite many others.

[@dragonfire7354]

@@pliubumas Minecraft as well*

[@ntwynn]

“Meow what he said.” Hahahaha

[@evanis012]

This is the first time I’ve seen you advertise the new book but I already bought that and the differently Morphous audio book earlier this week by sheer chance of me going “huh, I wonder if he’s released any more”

[@alecpercy91]

Its amazing how ive been listening to your voice for 12 years. Fucking love it

[@timedforpress]

“Meow what he said” is the pinnacle of all comedy and you’ll not convince me otherwise.

[@VulturePilot]

To add to the Bethesda/BioWare comparison, Obsidian also did Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords (2004) which imo is better than Bioware’s first Knights of the Old Republic game from 2003. Lucasarts rushed Obsidian instead of giving them the 6 months Obsidian requested to finish the game and they still managed to put out a great product. With the restored content mod it is absolutely one of the best Star Wars stories.

[@FortressLordJP193]

They were rushed and cheated on both KOTOR 2 and New Vegas, goes to show how capable they are.

[@geekmechanic1473]

Kotor 1 is recognized as the best of the two and of the time and in my opinion of all time. It makes this game look bad

[@terrencew.pringle1065]

Thank god for Yahtzee being there to tell us like it is!

[@BrutalHamlet]

Yes a new book!

[@Macapta]

Pretty accurate but I found a good connection with the companions

[@legateelizabeth]

For all the talk of Fallout and Mass Effect, to me this game aesthetically and thematically (big megacorps screwing everything up) feels a lot closer to Borderlands than either of those two.

[@shazdeh4693]

@Java Monsoon Exactly! I'm on the first planet atm, my companions are a cute mechanic girl and a church shepherd with violent tendencies. Now just need Inara to join my camp!

[@shazdeh4693]

@Java Monsoon Oh man, Wash... That young man fills me with hope. Plus some other emotions which are weird and deeply confusing!

[@ZechsMerquise73]

@Java Monsoon Thankfully, at least, they remembered to added Kaylee, Shepherd, Simon, Zoe, and HK-47.

[@ZechsMerquise73]

@Nospam Spamisham Are you in the wrong thread? Nobody is talking about Andromeda here.

[@pablodonner5213]

@Java Monsoon you can even get those fluffy cows in the back of the ship and everything

[@FlintWestMetal21]

that was a very entertaining review.

[@TX51]

Holy shit! This guy is still doing these? Good for him.

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

Literally just finished the game and ZP about it out. Neat

[@buttertool6211]

1:16 saving that for later

[@p_serdiuk]

1:13 Damn it hit different after hearing air raid sirens throughout the night lol

[@ty_teynium]

That slowmo feature seems like a good variation of the turn based mechanic. A bit like Final Fantasy VII.

[@rexrip1080]

Never certain if it is a recommend or not with you. Just the way i like it!

[@LazyTitan212]

I'm glad there is one reviewer who hasn't fallen straight to their knees cockworshiping this game

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

It's only spectacular by comparison with the absolute state of gaming today. In years past, this would have been a solid 7.5, maybe 8/10. Good in a mediocre sort of way. It's just that it's one of the only current games that hasn't sawed a leg off in an attempt to sell it to you later that makes it look so good, as well as direct comparison against absolute trainwrecks of games in Andromeda and 76.

[@RisqueBisquet]

I like Yahtzee as an entertainer, but I think he's a terrible reviewer. Not because I feel he has bad taste in games, but because his praise is so slight you can assume that _anything_ he reviews is going to come off looking middling at best. A reviewer who only gives bad reviews is equally as useful as a reviewer who only gives good reviews. Reviews are supposed to be subjective. This way you can find a reviewer who's tastes align with your own, and be informed about what you'd probably like. I don't think Yahtzee dislikes all games, but I think he's trapped because his audience expects a very cynical tone all the time.

[@torrent0411]

@@RisqueBisquet does anyone really come here expecting a review? I come here to watch someone smack around a game for 5 minutes :P

[@rayserrano1865]

@@RisqueBisquet his dark souls review is pretty positive. He's done positive reviews before. So it shows he isn't just giving everything a bad review, he has his taste but also throws in objective criticism as well. I'd say he is a fair and good reviewer but not one that goes into great depth, which isnt the style of his reviews. His reviews are entertaining regardless.

[@RisqueBisquet]

@@rayserrano1865 Yup! I remember that one! In 2011. I'm not saying he _never_ gives a good review, but they're bloody rare. I guess I can't say he's not "fair" in the same way an avalanche is fair. But not a Good reviewer. My standard for a reviewer being good is I have a reasonable feel for what I'd expect that reviewer to enjoy, and they deliver that perspective eloquently. Yahtzee is eloquent, but I have no idea what he enjoys because I see it so little.

[@reader111089]

Hey!!! Blitzy melee builds are pretty fun, if you spec right you can charge into a group of enemies and bash in about 4 or 5 heads before anyone can even fire a shot at you.

[@MotoCat91]

"Issuing sanitation ticket. ERROR: refill printer paper." "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

[@nomadsgalaxy]

"Will destroy the Galaxy for cash" actually made me want to play outer worlds. Loving these books!

[@arandomperson8646]

hey yahtzee, when the drought comes back again do you think you could do a quick review of the first 2 fallout games?

[@Pooltastik]

Nice reference in the end credits

[@thomasazzopardi6307]

Final credit animation was Henry Lawson's The Loaded Dog

[@Armonis]

Everyone is making all these parallels to Fallout, but I really see a lot of Mass Effect and Kotor in it.

[@geekmechanic1473]

Same even though kotor did it way better. And in truth you're not wrong kotor was extremely successful and was recognised as the best game and mass effect copied kotor and every other rpg did the same.

[@yuurou7927]

OH BOY do we have the chance to quarantine Yahtzee again?

[@Aitenass]

The little skit at the end reminded me how I sometimes wish there were grenades in this game.

[@thaliamayo4893]

It may or may not be relevant that my husband’s main Outer Worlds game is modeled on and named after Jacques McKeown. As a side note, 2H melee benefits from the time slow because it gets you into position. A decent stealth and slowed time means you can get up close and get several swings in before you’re ever noticed.

[@BoJangles42]

I’ve never agreed so completely to a game review like I did to this.

[@ninjartist36]

I like how Yathzee just casually say Nazi while everyone else censors it to avoid demonitization

[@Abbaschand]

He also said the n-word (three times! (with a hard R!)) on his PUBG review!

[@anthonybowen2168]

Ninjartist 36 do you know how to spell the woman’s name he mentioned along with it? Trying to look her up

[@zimriel]

I love how there are one set of rules for media-owned leftists like Yahtzee and another set of rules for the rest of us.

[@jupitersgodzilla7114]

+zimriel Welcome To Conservatism & Reality!

[@jodawoe]

Silver Tongued Social Engineer is by far the best class. Put all your points into persuasion, hacking/lock picking, long guns and leadership.

[@PtolemyJones]

Now I'm dreaming of a game designer that can make games as enthralling as ERB. His books were pretty basic and simple, but they all drew me in so well. What a great thing that would be.

[@stopsleetip5959]

I really want yahtzee to play darkest dungeon

[@ggt47]

Ah, more glorious Yazt. Also I like how your advertisement was short and funny.

[@RGcrasyRG]

Yup, my "lying bustard with a knife" changed by the end to "headshot from a rifle with corrosion, no talk".

[@BigMacsDontNeedPickles]

I was laughing so hard at 3:34 🤣

[@brooklyn560]

Judging from the lack of scathing cutting insults, Yahtzee must of reall enjoyed the game

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Also also, has anybody noticed that my first two characters collected: A spunky young naive southern gal who's great with keeping rickety jank flyin' (cos my ship don't crash) A well read preacher with a murky past involving significantly less Sunday School than you would express. Just need a dinosaur loving pilot His veteran outlaw wife Their gun obsessed hill billy friend The well spoken and educated doctor His manic pixie dream psycho sister The high class lady of the night.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Oh my god, somebody ask Joss if he wants to write some dlc. And write in certain characters. Or, screw it, just get obsidian and Joss whedon to make a firefly RPG. Then, just like hitchhiker's, just tell the story again, but this time as a game with changes.

[@laurent5176]

James Neave Firefly?

[@laurent5176]

James Neave Yes. It was very heavily inspired by Firefly. Even the Unreliable’s design is an homage to Firefly.

[@Altair2000]

if you actually go through some of the dialogue on the groundbreaker during your first visit the main antagonist is mentioned by a board member, and can be spoken to almost right away if you say you want to turn Welles in to the authorities on terra 2. they don't pull Sophia out of thin air she is mentioned and possibly interacted with during the whole game

[@Crimsonpattyletsplay]

I find it funny that i have little to know clue who the villain is, in my story i instantly turned in the doctor and went traveling around the starts till i could take him in for the fun.