TOP 5 BEST & WORST GAMES OF 2013 (Zero Punctuation)

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[@uzernam303]

Maybe he didn't predict the COD game.. maybe the devs just saw this video and thought it sounded like a good idea.

[@justanothercheetah5720]

You do realize they were working on it for 3 years

[@uzernam303]

Just Another Cheetah >CoD game >"working on it for 3 years" You mean 3 months, right?

[@finnelhumano6096]

Just Another Cheetah AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA No but serously what kind of hacks does it take to make that crap in three years

[@hyperslow1233]

+Neenjah Rammus Let me know when you played it, then I'll listen.

[@doggknight2k7]

+Neenjah Rammus Either Way, Yatzee was right. But why would a Giant like Activision need to use ideas from a critic...nvm my mind just shot itself thinking about it...

[@ryuzaki1756]

"I speak no hyperbole when I say that releasing every box with no disc inside would be less of a mistake." Gets me every time.

[@icevlad148]

Funny how this is exactly what Bethesda did with fallout 76 and still screwed up

[@SirAdrian87]

Amazing how close to the actual plot of Advanced Warfare Yahtzee got.

[@joelholstein]

I was just thinking that, did the whole *nervous cough and shift of gaze*

[@allenhernandez3350]

Woah

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

I thought ot wasvthe Metal Gear series that invented some wacky story about a virus that kills people of specific ethnicity

[@ThePhantomGazz]

Holy Fuck! He Perfectly predicted the plot of COD Advanced Warfare a year before its release and 6 months before it's teasers at E3.

[@MyTeaIsMighty]

I just noticed that as well hahaha

[@i_Newell]

Link where he predicted it

[@ThePhantomGazz]

In this review. Listen to his Cod Ghosts part.

[@NamelessPlayerOfficial]

If he could only predict what the next Assassin Creed's plot could be.

[@dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938]

Derpy guy generic "hero" runs through beautiful city, climbs and jumps buildings and fight far too easy battles with a non-existent fighting system? basically, *ALL "ASSASSIN'S CREED" GAMES HAVE BEEN THE VERY SAME FROM THE FIRST TITLE ON!* they are all equally lame and if it hadn't been for the naval battles in "AC III" and "Black Flag", those games would have been dead to me. "Unity" is about the biggest pile of failure Ubisoft ever released. it's a shame to actually sell this shit - the bigger disgrace though, is that there are idiots who still buy and even like this trash!

[@SymphonyOfTerror]

"Fnarr" "Right back at fnarr" I love this show.

[@darkspirit7294]

"A game where we can stop all terrorism in the world by releasing a deadly virus that targets only people who arent 1/3 white and 1/4 bald eagle" Well MGSV ALMOST did that.

[@tedthecommenter5364]

Except it did nothing like it. The virus had nothing to do with stopping terrorism, it was spreaded as an act of terrorism.

[@darkspirit7294]

CakeIS based It was a virus that attacked people who spoke certain languages, I'm not saying they are exactly the same, but they are similar.

[@prettyflacko9860]

Nah

[@mattsmokes2505]

+Deathlord126 Fuck you deathlord you dont even know who Zelda is! Let alone Solid Boss!!!1

[@jroldo8353]

+Eric Shin MGS 4 < MGS 3

[@contempt5280]

5:11 Oh shit! Exactly that happens in CoD AW, with this gene-targeting virus bullshit [edited]

[@marknutt4049]

True that mate. Literally was just rewatching and noticed that.

[@daniildanko]

+Robert L Wasnt that also a major plot device in the metal gear series?

[@MrTKHolmes]

+Battleballs Well, somewhat right. Just replace the 3/4 white 1/4 bald eagle bit with 3/4 human and 1/4 Nazi lamprey

[@TheDamnBeast]

"Yes. You fucking pricks." One of the funniest ZP moments ever.

[@wyattw9727]

Y'know. I almost want a sequel to Ride to Hell. Just to laugh at the shitstorm in videogame media it'll cause.

[@Stairc]

Ride to Hell DLC would be even better.

[@TheSoulreaper6000]

Ortheos NO>they are actually going to make 3 more....with or without the money.

[@justbillie13]

Ride to Hell: Total Abhorrence Edition. Includes less textures, more buggy animation, and the last third of the game has just been removed entirely.

[@wyattw9727]

Yessss. I would feast on the rant videos posted, the lulz reaped would be glorious. Because that's all Ride to Hell should be seen as. Not a game, but a joke.

[@Alenthas]

***** Wouldn't removing parts of the game only improve it?

[@69johndz]

Bioshock Infinite was a beautifully rendered game set in a vibrant, imaginative world...or so I have been told. I wouldn't know. I spent the whole game staring at the floor and the baseboards scavenging for f*cking coins.

[@Proctor_Conley]

I was spending the game disgusted by the linear gameplay, shallow storytelling, and simple plot. The only thing I found to be interesting was the setting (Racist Disneyland: USA Conservative Heaven) and even that was boring as everyone wouldn't stop shooting or I wasn't allowed to look around.

[@Darkerxz]

Proctor Conley SIMPLE PLOT?! I must be very fucking dumb cuz that game is goddamn confusing

[@TheDrCN]

Bruce Wayne It can be simple and confusing at the same time. It's an easy trick. All you have to do is not make sense. That said, up until the end, I didn't mind the story too much (I watched an LP, but didn't play it because I don't really like shooters). I would agree with Proctor Conley that the setting is ultimately more appealing than the story though.

[@Exxo107]

Proctor Conley Let's compare it to The Last of Us (which is even more overrated). TLoU has linear design and gameplay as well, the shallow storytelling of "survive in a world were everyone is an asshole", simple plot and a reused setting and story. So about the same level as Bioshock, except the characters and setting in Bioshock didn't want to make me blow my brains out so TLoU takes the cake as the most overrated game of last year

[@69johndz]

In all actuality, both games were my favorite of the year. I just had some major disappointments with a lot of the game changes in Bioshock Infinite. And I do not think that BI is overrated, but more over hyped. I loved the story and the characters. However, I hated the fact that they turned Bioshock into a straight forward shooter. I did not like TLoU in the beginning. I was going to return it once I realized that there was very little tension due to the fact that there are no consequences to dying. However, once Joel and Ellie hit the road, I was totally hooked.

[@CYBORGSABBERZ]

Don't have an xbox one but want to simulate the fun of having one? Get your laptop/computer and fill it with Norton security and then try accessing anything.

[@NoLChefoTSM]

Norton is actually a ton of fun. I installed it by accident (forgot to uncheck all the optional software from another installation) and figured I'd let it scan for viruses... Yeah... my Windows didn't boot again, had to reinstall. 11/10 would pay to see the developer swallow acid.

[@Jaceblue04]

"It alienated its own aliens, ironically" lol

[@LittleLionRawr]

6:03 _"I suppose next year will just be a bottom 10 followed by a gunshot"_ ..fade to black.

[@glamazon6172]

This video is how I got to know and love Adam, Bruce, and James. Their play-through of Ride to Hell still cracks me up.

[@Linosek279]

Welcome To The Haus Of Fun

[@Servellion]

Must say I was surprised by Revegeance making the list. Then again, carving your enemies up how you want to is a lot of fun....wow that sounds horrible.

[@ZuKCe]

Same reaction about his Top 5.

[@iainrickwood2623]

Impressed neither Hunt Down the Freeman nor Fallout 76 caught the Total Aborrhence award for 2018...

[@mtndude96]

It's hilarious that even Black Flag seemed like too many Assassin's Creeds back then

[@joshroomwymbsy312]

And, 9 years on, and Ride to Hell has yet to be unseated from its throne. One for the history books that one!

[@colers2366]

.....2014. COD brings a bom that only targets specific people. Holy shit, r u a wizard

[@Deathshead1923]

bryant suiskens At least Advanced Warfare has the ostensible bad guy drop the Genocide Bomb, rather than it being something the "heroes" do that you're supposed to cheer for like what Yahtzee imagined. The Call of Duty franchise hasn't sunk that low yet.

[@DigitalGamersX]

A weapon that only targets certain people... DIDN'T THEY DO THAT IN AW WITH KEVIN SPACY RELEASING THAT POISONOUS THING?!

[@TyroneDeMarcusWilliams3rd]

YOUR A WIZARD YAHTZEE

[@colintilson2808]

you miss-spelt bomb that annoys me

[@colers2366]

Moustache gun yea, its "bom" in my language. thanks for correction

[@nukeclears]

Putting this out there for convenience. *Best 5:* 5: Metal gear rising 4: Assassins creed black flag 3: Saints row 4 2: Papers please 1: Bioshock Infinite *Worst 5:* 5: Star trek 4: *correction* Simcity 3: Aliens Colonial marines 2: Beyond two souls 1: Cod ghosts TA: Ride to hell Retribution

[@urbandave]

Why did you leave out the game that was actually mentioned in the 4th worst?

[@TheJazzGuy75]

4 was actually more pointed towards Sim City

[@The7wc]

4 was Sim City

[@nukeclears]

*corrected*

[@crimsonorbital]

Thank you for this. The entire video I had no idea which ones were good and which ones were bad. He sounded negative toward all of them.

[@armjjb5189]

Yahtzee thinks that a game worse than Ride to Hell won't come along until apes have retaken the Earth. Does anyone think we should tell him that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes comes out in just a few months?

[@gijswillemvanwaltmeijer9898]

i dont think thats a good idea

[@glewin7]

that movie actually looks pretty good ha

[@spinningninja2]

I'm watching this like 3 years later and I totally forgot that Bioshock infinite came out in 2013 so when Yahtzee named it game of the year i vocally squeeled

[@Centuries_of_Nope]

I like that people disliked Bioshock Infinite. I for one am obsessed with it but if everyone liked it, than no developer would try something different. I wasn't a fan of Spec Ops the Line but the story was fascinating, and The Last of Us couldn't grab me but I could easily see the attraction. It's that kind of variety that makes the gaming medium so unique. From story filled works of art, to Nintendo's fun for the sake of it; there is a game for everyone. Oh and Double Dash will always be the best racing game...

[@DissolvedGirl]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT how do you remember your username??

[@Centuries_of_Nope]

I have a guy who does it for me. He's expensive.

[@jordanw5163]

I can remember the entire username just by reading it once :3

[@83rdgec17]

@@jordanw5163 its been five years. are you still a massive virgin?

[@a..27stephenson]

Lol

[@blinkingnora]

I'd say based on gameplay time, my top game of 2013 was Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. But my personal favorite game this year was Pikmin 3, aside from the fact it's been 10 very long years since the last one I found it to be really fun.

[@Xyzvch]

Ya, monster hunter 3 ultimate was a really addicting game for me

[@blinkingnora]

Nick_Nier47 I think I got around 250 hours out of it. XD

[@vissenekku]

It is somewhat weird that there has been no mention of Stanley Parable on these videos.

[@MJIsThePedobear]

I think he didn't get to review it, and he said in the beginning he only rates the ones he reviewed.

[@vissenekku]

It's true, he never reviewed it. I wonder if he even played it. A shame if not.

[@FallingDownAyar]

vissenekku He wrote an article about it in his "Extra Punctuation" segment.

[@vissenekku]

Found it www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/10695-Beyond-Two-Souls-vs-The-Stanley-Parable Thanks, man!

[@E1craZ4life]

He based one of his Dev Diary games on The Stanley Parable.

[@Terrachotic]

I love how his comment about anti-terrorism gas was spot on... XD

[@Kemonokami]

New New Year's Resolution for 2014: Use the "Hamster in a Moebius Strip" metaphor in a conversation.

[@SARRIMAVEA]

So, in the end: "It would be better to smoke some crack instead of playing Knack"!

[@DailyGamingVideoss]

that EA part was gold.

[@pieeater108]

lol yeah "..With the reliability of a gingerbread space station" Cracked me up xD

[@Managarmr420]

My personal top 5 1. Bioshock infinite 2. Papers Please 3. GTA V 4. Assassins Creed IV 5. Surgeon Simulator 2013 Dunno what that says about me but fuck it, I gotta say Bioshock infinite is the best game for first place.

[@MrQwerty999222]

***** It's kinda like a fan-made version of Watch Dogs before Watch Dogs has even come out.

[@TheRealSkeletor]

James Oldfield QWOP

[@ThaMythbuster]

That seems much more reasonable than the top 5 in the video, sadly...

[@Managarmr420]

Mythbuster It really is a small internet, good to see you here MB.

[@evilfreak7]

Managarmr420 you know that account is fake right

[@joesatmoes]

2 examples of good ways to improve interactive storytelling: Bioshock Infinite and Papers Please 1 example of bad ways to try to make interactive storytelling: Beyond 2 Souls

[@TheNugettinage]

The Stanley Parable didn't even get a mention? Though then again, I'm still in the process of plowing through all of these reviews and don't know if he's even reviewed it yet.

[@user-zf3fc9tn5k]

He didn't. But I wish he did.

[@dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938]

that "game" definitely was a contender for "best game" in the year it got published! then again, I am not 100% convinced that "The Stanley Parable" even is "a game". I find it to be more of an interactive story than anything else! in any way though, it is a very fun experience for as long as it lasts.

[@isaacargesmith8217]

ZeGermanGamer Why so?

[@NoLChefoTSM]

Hold on to your butts, we're going on the "Bioshock Infinite is mediocre" hater adventure!

[@TheLastPredAlien]

Like my fellow Alien fanboys, I had high hopes for Aliens: Colonial Marines. It's ABUNDANTLY clear that the people who wrote it had never paid attention to the film. Aliens was about mankind's overconfidence being our undoing; it was not about how "badass" the M41 Pulse Rifle is. The Xenomorph is an apex predator, evolved to survive at any cost; NOT a bag of acid that ignores "natural selection" as it blindly runs up to you in a wide open map. Thankfully, Alien Isolation held true to the franchise's roots. So our hopes and dreams weren't shattered like a Faberge egg in a pinball machine for the 3rd time in the past decade. *Glares at Alien vs Predator: Requiem with molten hatred*

[@benwasserman8223]

Well at least Alien Isolation made up for the acid blood-filled mess of Colonial Marines by making the Xenomorph so terrifying that most of the game was spent crawling about in hopes of reaching the next save point. Or making it out alive.

[@beagletv6054]

I like how Grand Theft Auto V shows up several times in the video, despite showing up on neither list.

[@ianmaymers1170]

Apes re-taking the earth? But I thought we already had done that.

[@Vofzolne]

Every bad movie has a sequel.

[@edgajam]

Yeah bitch! Bioshock!

[@angus7021]

The ACIV part gets me every time. It's nice that the series is heading in a better direction.

[@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953]

Years later and they managed to fuck it up when more

[@Wilybat]

Metal Gear Rising at number 5? I sure didn't expect that.

[@erttheking]

No Man's Sky couldn't even take Ride To Hell's Throne.

[@TARINunit9]

Ride to Hell is just lucky Yahtzee didn't play Air Control (the Steam one, not the pretty decent iOS one)

[@BFedie518]

erttheking No Man's Sky was mostly functional and more bland than bad. In Ride to Hell, literally nothing works. Also, No Man's Sky's marketing was a bigger problem than anything in the game itself

[@commandermynas]

erttheking that's because No Man's Sky had actual fun in it. At least for the first hour or two.

[@DaLatinKnight]

Am I going to maimed if I walk through this comment section and am willing to defend (to an extent) why I think Bioshock Infinite is a good game, or at least be able to say I really liked it?

[@derpaderpy4931]

+DaLatinKnight Maybe. Lots of people these days get so triggered.

[@AzureKite]

+DaLatinKnight Well, the thing is that if you say it's good, you're not saying _you think_ it's good, you're saying it _is_ good, which some people wouldn't agree with. Now, if you say _you_ really liked it, that's your opinion and the worst thing someone can do is say you have a shit opinion, but then that's just their opinion and you can safely disregard it because it's not like you have a special type of disease that can only be cured through other people's acceptance... or do you?

[@timebomb4562]

+DaLatinKnight to be fair on it it doesn't look bad i mean i was skeptical about first person games in the past but i've been wrong before

[@TriToneTiefling]

I was not expecting you of all people to pick Bioshock as number 1 honestly. huh.

[@zerginfestorhots6132]

Same, not with it's terrible storyline, especially the ending. Plotholes here and there. Vigors doesn't make sense in the setting or why it's there, it's just..well there. But fuck it.

[@unomanequalsredgrunt]

Lol, the video was abruptly stopped by bad connection when the random guy said 'But what about THAT game?' Perfect timing.

[@mobucks555]

thanks for making these videos. you are the man.

[@Action-Hero]

FUCK YES!!! Thank you Yahtzee for putting Metal Gear Rising over The Last of Us. YES!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

[@aelechko]

Why does that matter to you though?

[@Action-Hero]

@@aelechko tf kind of question is that?

[@ilyasasilgaly2744]

Reading these comments, people really seem to hate a game just because other people like it more or because they like an another game more and bash against someone who doesn't.

[@koulokoe]

"the reliability of a gingerbread space station" I have to steal that one from you xD

[@99sonder]

I love your videos Yahtzee (not only because your opinion matches mine the most compared to other reviewers) because your videos doesn't drag on for an hour * looks at angry joe *, and you use comedy really well.

[@Vhavoc11]

We'll I am happy that Black Flag got on the good list. Good for you Ubisoft

[@thevibesgaming1]

I'm just glad someone finally had the balls to depict the Call of Duty franchise for what it really is: a worse game year after year. Kudos for giving Ghosts exactly what it deserves.

[@PSyCHoHaMSTeRza]

Though CoD isn't all that good anymore, I still think its worth a trip to the Bay once a year... Unless they bring it down to $4.99 or something.

[@HapplyFace]

implying that's not popular opinion

[@dkill34]

i enjoy some the call of duty series because most of them are fun at times but ghost is just bad

[@DevilSlayr]

well lets hope they can do what treyarch did and take a shitty cod (BO1) and make it 3x better in the sequel ( BO2) cuz we all know there's going to be a COD Ghosts 2...

[@SigmaSyndicate]

PSyCHoHaMSTeRza I've never seen a Call of Duty game for less than $20, even several years after release during a Steam Sale. They're like pre-torn designer jeans.

[@RahulGPrasad]

Was waiting for this video so badly

[@cooldude56g]

At first I didn't know what games were in his best list and which were in his worst list. Then I started paying attention to the sound effects.

[@chaolinpescain]

First youtuber that dosen't put GTA 5 in his list (that I know)

[@trevorphilips9025]

Wait that's a video game?

[@trevorphilips9025]

Nope just for humor

[@Golemoid]

good, because it doesn't deserve a spot on top 5. To me it was just another generic big budget hollywood wannabe dudebro the movie the game crap. +that's totally my personal opinion but i didn't like the characters and the city.

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

Bolek Lolek Something is really wrong with you.

[@ryallenquake]

So, Guise of the Wolf came out recently, and I don't see our ape overlords. Was Yahtzee wrong?

[@dkill34]

also Day One Garry's Incident came out and there are no ape overlords so he must have been wrong

[@Jaceblue04]

dkill34 He probably was, Pinkie Pie.

[@shadowknight1990o]

I don't think he reviewed either...

[@raicoron3466]

Guise of the wolf was not nearly as bad as Ride to hell.

[@buca117]

dkill34 To me, Day One GI doesn't count. It was made by an indie studio, and considering an indie studio could be comprised of industry veterans or guys that just picked up programming, you can't really treat it the same way you would a AAA title. In this case, DOGI was simply a game made by an incompetent studio. Ride to Hell was a horrible game made by a fairly competent (technically speaking, anyway) studio. Not only that, but one owned by a major publisher and given actually decent funding. If we included every shit indie game that came out, the list would be buried with them. It would be like trying to fill out a Razzie list with Direct-to-DVD titles.

[@WildFungus]

I love how he keeps referencing Kofi Annan like anyone knows who he is any more.

[@jrodificator1]

remember when Yahtzee predicted the plot of Advanced Warfare?

[@BrandonB...]

Great list, I seriously miss 2013 in terms of selection. Solid year for games.

[@Xumenade]

Between Hunt down the freeman on the indie end and anthem and Battlefront 2 on the massive publisher side rife with anti consumer bs, I think RTH:R was a frankly more innocent kind of bad game, one from a bygone era.

[@sacredeight]

Love how people complain to complain. I want to see someone say, "AIR IS OVARRATEED OMZG METHANE IS COTY!!!!!2!!1!!1!2!2!" then end up getting methane poisoning. Perfect way to weed out the whiny.

[@olasarcasm]

the closing message of this video makes me worried, and it STILL made me giggle. What have you done to me, Zero Punctuation?

[@angeldeb82]

Man, this vid is so hilarious! I like the way the Top 5 represents heaven and the Bottom 5 represents hell. So very funny. Especially when drifting away to sleep surrounded by kittens and money is so adorable. I love kittens and cats!

[@epitomeofcake132]

Man, watching this video, I realized how fucking shit 2013 was for video games in general. Yes, there were a few good ones, like Yahtzee named. But there was so many more bad ones. And the thing is, you put Bioshock Infinite against games that are considered the best by Yahtzee generally, like Wind Waker, Portal, and Spec Ops The Line, and it pales in comparison. But the bad games were SO bad, it stands out.

[@epitomeofcake132]

***** Too true. 2015 doesn't seem like it's going to be much better.

[@XxRobloxPlayerxX1]

PenguinHQ Especially with the bullshit that thr Star wars Battlefront is going to be

[@Haruhater]

Nah, if you look at those games, Bioshock Infinite stands head and shoulders above the rest, ESPECIALLY Wind Waker. And I also have to decree that what with coming off an incredibly strong year for fighting games in 2013, an unbeliavable amount of artistic masterpieces being released both in the big budget and the indie side, and what with the console generation launching, 2013 was absolutely one of the greatest years in the history of video gaming.

[@epitomeofcake132]

Pálinkás Dávid I disagree with everything you said, but I respect your opinion.

[@aBDKstan]

Pálinkás Dávid How are you comparing Bioshock Infinite to Wind Waker...? Also what makes Infinite better than other shooters like Bulletstorm, Wolfenstein The New Order or Shadow Warrior?

[@certifiedicecreamtruckmoment]

I wonder what old Yahtzee would say to hunt down the freeman. The literally one game he has put as more unplayable than ride to hell.

[@nothankyoutube]

Now I just want a gingerbread space station.

[@DouglasDundee]

I like how Yahtzee doesn't want to admit that he enjoys games. Then again, maybe he thought all these games were shit, and that the less shitty ones deserved to be on the top 5. Probably the latter.

[@evilfreak7]

>doesn't want to admit that he enjoys games Half Life? Deus Ex? Silent Hill 2? SAINTS ROW 4!?

[@DouglasDundee]

I said doesn't want to, not that he doesn't in general, otherwise half of this video wouldn't exist

[@GrumpyBritishJedi]

I agree on the majority of Yahtzee's choices here (although to my shame I haven't played Bioshock Infinite yet). Anyway, I rather think MGR would have have been somewhat higher on the good list because it is a really good game. Despite a few things that I won't spoil, I really thought the combat mechanics and story were very nice indeed. It's nice to see a proper single player game amid all the multiplayer titles where 9 year-olds suddenly grow a pair of balls for no apparent reason.

[@doorslammer633]

ive been waiting for this one!

[@nachiggity]

Yahtzee went no-mercy on Ride to Hell. Not even fried by a jet engine, fried by a space shuttle booster rocket.

[@BornFlunky]

Hm, if I had to pick... 5. Rayman Legends (Smooth as butter) 4. MGR: Revengence (Cyborg ninja flipouts) 3. Pikmin 3 (It's f*ckin' Pikmin) 2. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Immersive as all hell) 1. Wonderful 101 (Most original game I've played in years) Honorable mentions include Mario 3D World, Towerfall, Injustice, Link Between Worlds, and Wolf Among Us.

[@8wrath8child8]

Story wise, wolf among us should have been higher. Gameplay wise.... Well, you don't play for the gameplay anyway

[@BornFlunky]

8wrath8child8 Honestly, I didn't play Wolf Among Us entirely for the story. I'd already read Fables. But damned if Telltale aren't the kings of story *presentation.*

[@thegentleman7307]

We may have to revisit how awesome shaking hands with Kofi Annan would be.

[@maxx_2245]

FINALLY!! I wanted this, like, forever.....

[@Schlorgan]

My Top 5: 1. Bioshock Infinite 2. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon 3. Saints Row 4 4. Battlefield 4 5. Remember Me

[@ThaMythbuster]

Swap SR4 and BF4 wit GTA 5 and Papers Please and I'd somewhat agree. SR4 was awful imho, and too much like SR3 DLC, and BF4 is just like BF3 in a lot of aspects

[@Darkerxz]

Mythbuster Remember me is a mediocre game, but your opinion, dawg

[@Schlorgan]

I also haven't played a ton of games from this year, so those are out of games I finished.

[@BoostedMonkey05]

Remember Me! Certainly will

[@FullmetalTelecaster]

metal gear rising revengeance is the only game here I could play over and over and over... and...over without getting bored

[@wilto-kun6028]

I'm addicted to this..

[@charliesparkle007]

I don't think anyone knows how long I've waited for this vid...

[@MrCombinesoldier]

A year?

[@charliesparkle007]

MrSingularityCollapse well played

[@SpriderMonk]

He was actually pretty close with advanced warfare

[@Linosek279]

SpriderMonk8812 How so? I know jack shit about CoD, so I find this concept intriguing

[@elinfini]

About the bio-weapon that targets specific ethnic groups. It totally happens in CoD:AW.

[@Firan25]

It didn't target specific ethnic groups if I recall, it targeted people that wern't on the PMC companies list of members. In short, if you didn't have a chip implanted into you that the bio weapon recognized you died. This included people of all races, the only people who could get chips or whatever like that had to be buddy buddy with the PMC.

[@strahinjadjusic6190]

+Firan25 and ironacly 95% of all Atlases' soldiers are white and American soooooooo.

[@kiddavid97]

nevermind. don't bother looking down into the comments. its people hitting on infinite and what they thought should be number 1(mainly TLOU).

[@Jaceblue04]

If I made a countdown list like this, I have my top 5 best games stand on increasingly tall blue columns, and my top 5 worst games on increasingly tall red columns.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Back when he said David Cage and not Dievid Cige

[@fiktivmiki9530]

Finally, someone who won't force GTA V on his list just because everyone else is doing it. Most expensive-to-make is not necessarily best

[@IOutDoSyndicate]

Is it impossible that it's genuinely a very good game because a lot of people like it? Smells like a fallacy

[@fiktivmiki9530]

IOutDoSyndicate It's not impossible at all. It's a good game. But a year is a very long time in gaming, many excellent games came out. GTA V's Game of The Year status on other sites were never about its quality. It's a popular game, and a lot of critics are too afraid of their audience to come out and say they think something else is better. Not Yahtzee

[@IOutDoSyndicate]

Fiktív Miki No, not Yahtzee, because he's too busy rating highly of games that are no more content than a satirical joke, shit references, and euphemisms. Looking at you, Saint's Row.

[@fiktivmiki9530]

IOutDoSyndicate You completely miss the point of his reviews, then. He rates games on not technical stuff like graphics, but by how much fun it is to play. Back then, everyone gave GTA IV 10/10 because it was well-crafted and had lots of stuff to do. Only Yahtzee pointed out that "...aand it has plenty of faults and is boring as hell." He rated Saints Row 2 better because it was a non-stop fun joyride. And time proved him right. If I had to pop in one of those two right now, I'd play the hell out of Saints Row 2 while my GTA IV collects dust.

[@IOutDoSyndicate]

Fiktív Miki To each their own, but I don't enjoy mindless fun. I've beaten GTA IV 6 times and couldn't imagine doing another playthrough in SR. Maybe because there's nothing to do. Maybe because the series isn't innovative. Maybe because the quality of the game and its content are on par with a one man indie developer. What would you do in SR2 that you couldn't do in GTAIV, or that GTAIV did worse?

[@jkouw]

Papers Please is so stressful sometimes

[@plumaDshinigami]

I know, time was running short, I had this last bloke and didn't know wether to help him get in town or kick him out. But as I put the right stamp and I got no penalty I could only sigh in relief and feel like I had made it in time out of an exploding room. I think that's the charm of the game as Yahtzee says, to make your little successes feel like something.

[@usmh]

Have a strict routine! It helps.

[@JDAtTheDriveIn]

MR. HOPPY! "I hadn't done it. I only said I done it so the policeman would stop squeezing me naughty bits with the workman's vice."

[@The8bitbrony]

Great choices! Apparently I've got some interests in common with Yatzee

[@CMGThePerson]

"Cyborg Ninja Flipouts beat dirty depressed people getting their shit ruined" Fair point, I don't see Joel flipping 50 feat over Zombies hacking them into nice giblets and I don't see the new Lara Croft being anything but boring.

[@SwSDemom]

Tomb Raider had wayyyy too many Scripted Scenes... and too much fucking moaning.

[@LintLoaf01]

I have to at least give it credit for the death scenes. They are, for lack of a better word, fucking brutal.

[@SwSDemom]

and way to fucking Scripted. every time you die in a river you get impaled by a beam? every fucking time. also some of the pc controls were a bit weird

[@LintLoaf01]

Fair point, especially on the controls front. Also, totally not trying to defend the game whatsoever, couldn't bring myself to play it past a couple of hours.

[@hairhelmet24]

To many scripted scenes? Did you only play the first five minutes? The QTE's were very few and far between. As for all the "moaning" I'm not sure what porn you've been watching, but it certainly doesn't sound like that.

[@Accio_Eloise]

"I suspect next year will be a bottom 10 followed by a gunshot" 😂

[@GayBearBro2]

Coming back to this to see if the new Doctor Who game would be a contender for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

[@pokemonmanic3595]

He just laughed at it and said it sucked

[@E1craZ4life]

And the game came out last year, so unless another version comes out this year, it wouldn’t be in the running.

[@loftylazerus3007]

Damn it,,, now I have to go get Papers, Please... :)

[@thewafflefriends]

ah i see what you did there lolololollolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololo-**gets shot**

[@1krani]

I wouldn't. The game's difficulty curve spikes really quickly and unless you devote a lot of time to it you'll end up starving to death within a few days.

[@matt4045]

Rising but no Metro? Oh dear.

[@TheBellman]

Yeah...

[@Bourikii2992]

metro is good but rising is a billion times more fun than it i beat metro twice but i played rising for 100 hours because chopping shit into 198723849712398417=-234817023851723941 pieces just never gets old

[@imthetube44]

It fits in the "dirty people getting their shit ruined" category.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

imthetube44 Real life fits in that category too.

[@imthetube44]

AdecostarElite Ouch! Right in the reality :D

[@DataProwler]

Only after careful scrutiny did I figure out which games were on what list.

[@ANoobNot]

I like how the comment section is talking about what the best game is and I am just here reading them

[@legofreak18]

The fact that bioshock infinite it Yahtzee's GOTY confuses me. It was a dumbed down version of the previous two games(two weapon limit which ruins the upgrade system, bullet sponge enemies, bad AI, etc), so I didn't think he'd rank it that high.

[@MrCombinesoldier]

Dumbing down can work both ways. A lot of people didn't like not being able to carry an arsenal, but for met the two weapon limit was a lot less to manage, and didn't present Booker as some overwhelming force. But hey, that's just me.

[@legofreak18]

The problem with the weapon limit is that it messes with the upgrade system, which is something you 100% NEED to use on the higher difficulty settings. You could spend all of your money on upgrading that pistol/shotgun/machine gun you like to use, but the game could suddenly switch to a sniper/rocket launcher segment, and you are now stuck with underpowered weapons since ammo for your other guns won't spawn in the area. On normal difficulty, this isn't an issue, but on 1999 difficulty(or whatever that mode is called, I forgot its name), it's unfair and rage inducing, since the difficulty settings just boosts/lower enemy health and the damage they deal to you.

[@RuiRuichi]

legofreak18 Don't see how that's a problem. I did 1999 mode without using the vending machines for the achievement and it was pretty doable. I rolled through 1999 with a hand-cannon and shotgun combo lol. I don't get how people found it hard especially the last fight.... It was all in the gear(people underestimate this mechanic in the game), and the vigors I use I guess. Wintershield+OverKill+Storm was pretty awesome.

[@bchwil]

legofreak18 If only there was a vending machine where they sold ammo that would really help

[@ChickenWilickers]

I still don't get why Bioshock infinite gets all the praise that it does. Sure the world design was pretty nice, but Elizabeth's AI wasn't even AI, all she does is act like a vending machine, and the story was pretty damn predictable. AND THE BUILDINGS ARE FLOATING, WHY_WHY_WHY_WHY- they're supposed to be simply not falling.

[@Cosmuh]

they tell you How in the game but im not sure why. have you seen game theorists on youtube? they made a vid about this a while ago.

[@PenTagoNallY]

Cosmuh Actually, GT only made a video questioning why no one in the city is blowing chunks and Booker didn't have to carry a paper bag around with him through the game.

[@RuiRuichi]

So you managed to find out that Booker is Comstock, Elizabeth is Anna, and the Twins were just the same person right away? You even figured out that it was the twins who set you up in the beginning, instead of just some weird lackeys? That's pretty amazing.

[@Cosmuh]

RuiRuichi for the record i did in fact figure that out a little farther than half way.not the thing about the twins though. that took a while until they spelled it out.

[@ChickenWilickers]

Cosmuh One of the twins explains about people's misconsception of her discovery, that the particles in fact aren't flying, rather just fail to fall. She even describes it in a small scale experiment which seems to contradict how the buildings act.

[@ethan277]

At the end of this video I ended up clapping my hands despite watching this video alone in an empty room at 8:45 P.M.

[@thespacecream]

Thats depressing.

[@sh0rtstack888]

Glad to see Ghosts at the #1 worst. It was one of the main two modern military shooters that had had absolutely horrid campaigns this year. HOWEVER, it was the one that didn't have a very good (though buggy, because fuck EA) multiplayer to redeem most of it. That's why it was at the bottom.

[@LossOfEternal]

Saints Row 4 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengence was better than The Last Of Us and GTA V according to ZeroPunctuation. You really do have impeccable taste in games...

[@dickzabreesky7435]

Eternal Light 'but then again I'm WEIRD'

[@FurfaggingIntensifies]

SR4 > GTA V Arguing is pointless, because it will make you look even dumber.

[@SaintGat99]

Eternal Light Well, he's right.

[@louis922]

Eternal Light TlOU is overrated as fuck anyway

[@dickzabreesky7435]

Learn Quick overrated it may be, but there is a reason that things are overrated. If your ideology is that the world overhypes bad things then why don't I see ride to hell: retribution as the god of video games.

[@deadlynicky]

I may be hipster about Bioshock Infinite. So I found Bioshock and loved it! No one heard of it soo I loved it even more, kinda like a hidden gem. When Bioshock infinite came out I felt like everyone just knew everything about Bioshock and where the "ultimate fans" even though they never heard of the first and second. Bioshock Infinite is good and all but I am very "hipster" about it. I try to never bring it up when talking about games to someone.

[@MilneYenliM]

"No one heard of it soo I loved it even more, kinda like a hidden gem" The hell are you smoking? Bioshock was hyped beyond all recognition by the gaming industry YEARS before it was released. Your "hipster" sense is bad and you should feel bad. At least if you are going to try and be hipster with the series, claim you loved System Shock - which noone did because it was rubbish, so you can hipster about System Shock 2 which was good.

[@yamastrife]

Are you insane? No one heard of bioshock??? Everyone talked about those games, they were like, the most popular games when they came out. Haha "hidden gem" yeah fucking right.

[@deadlynicky]

To everyone commenting. I thought no one heard of it ,OK? do not have to scream. I had about 7 friends who never heard of it so I thought no one else knew, because I never knew Sytem Shock ever existed until now. The only comment here who actually has a smart comment is not just "are you insane! Everyone knew Bioshock!" is AtomicHearse. I am just stating what I feel like, because that what is comments are meant for. So yes I am SORRY I did not know. Also I thought being a "hipster" means that you liked it before everyone else did. Sorry for the long comment but really MilneYelim? "you hipster sense is bad and you should feel bad" first of all I should not feel bad about a game, and "Bioshock was hyped beyond all recognition by the game industry for YEARS before it was released!" I never heard of the game until it came out, lad. My friends are on steam and I asked all of them "hey you heard of Bioshock?" and almost all of them replied "no" that comment to my friend was made in 2009. 2 years after release.

[@deadlynicky]

oh yes and also becuase of all the "hate" I may get I am going to mute the post. In like 2 days so you can atleast see my response.

[@H33t3Speaks]

Your meta-cognition is astounding. How are the breathing lessons going?

[@ShaggyTheOnly]

I so do love these reviews

[@petwisk2012]

Now 7 years later i an surprised that Papers Pleasse wasin't Yahtzee's Game of The Year since to this day he still quote It and never Bioshock Infinite (that most people forgot)

[@oobietime8]

So he rips Saints Row 3 a new one for being too goofy but puts Saints Row 4 on his top 5 list?

[@Vashthestampdee]

He ripped on Saint's Row 3 for being so much like Saint's Row two, and not adding much. The same reason why he ripped on Bioshock two.

[@SlamdogX]

John Riendeau What? Saints Row 4 was basically dlc for Saints Row 3, both of which sucked ass IMO.

[@SlamdogX]

Yeah, well that's like an original comment, man.