Days Gone (Zero Punctuation)

[@theescapist]

Once you're done watching this episode of Zero Punctuation, be sure to tune in for the next episode which takes a look at Close to the Sun: www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/2019/05/22/zero-punctuation-close-to-the-sun/ Will be available right here on KZbin next week.

[@theescapist]

We applaud your patience!

[@backlogbuddies]

Nah. Your site sucks on mobile

[@theescapist]

@Backlog This is something we are working on. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[@robcarlton2341]

Have you ever thought of gettin an oculus quest its everything you said you wanted in a vr headset mainly wireless

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

kaioken gay

[@GreatDestroyer90]

Well, It took more then 10 years to get to this point, but were finally here. After watching Zero Punctuation since 07 when I was in high school, he finally took a wee on something I worked on (art wise). The mix of emotion can be best described as the one you would get if you were to release your pet out in the wild and then watch it be immediately savaged by a group of wild hounds while you watch on mournfully rubbing yourself.

[@waaaaaaah5135]

What part of the game were you involved with?

[@makeda6530]

Oh, sorry for your loss, bro

[@iluvskylines1234]

Days Gone is a masterpiece, congrats for being involved. Seriously one of the highlights of the console generation for me

[@Renounceded]

Just wanted to drop in and say I agree with Skylines. I recently nabbed a Ps5 after playing PC for several years and saw Days Gone was free so I grabbed it. I didn’t expect much after the reviews but I absolutely LOVED this game. Sure, there are some awkward hiccups when it comes to some things - mainly dialogue based - but overall it’s just such a good game that I had slept on since release. I would gladly pay for this game, and feel like it was a steal for it to be part of the PS+ collection. You contributed to a fantastic game.

[@hardwatergaming7965]

Hey man, sorry to necro, but I just got done 100%ing Days Gone on PS5 and I thought it was one of the best open world games I've played in years.

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

I'm sensing a strong candidate for the "Blandest Game of 2019" award.

[@sportfuryman]

Anthem has that award on lock

[@Bird_Dog00]

Yea, sounds like a real contender. However, am I the only one who sees the irony in looking for a bland game that sticks out from the mass?

[@Micras08]

@@Bird_Dog00 that's what makes the category so interesting :D It's after all a feat worthy of some respect to make the blandest of the bland games I'd say.

[@sonicisdisappointedinyourr1158]

The bread awards

[@stephenbutler9432]

Lets be honest, this is the most bland game I’ve seen this year so far. At least rage 2 is colorful and has decent combat. Anthem has the Bethesda problem of having every “patch” break the game in a slightly different way. Days Gone is simply functional. From what I’ve heard it doesn’t have anything particularly offensive about it, and every game mechanic simply works as expected with nothing particularly noteworthy about it. Set in the most over used “post apocalyptic zombie game” setting, and also its an open world game. To be perfectly honest I think it trumps all the bland games from last year too.

[@XDRONIN]

I like to think that in the zombie apocalypse Yahtzee would be the one selling all the ammo and he'll be telling a lot of people "you're not getting any ammo, your personality needs work".

[@youmaboi5279]

"but that's crunch time for ya" damn, son.

[@RusticShadow]

There was true disgust in his voice there.

[@westforlols1425]

RusticShadow I heard it, crunch time has been pretty much one of the reasons for the terrible games comming out

[@alfredwinchesterjr]

Where'd ya find this?

[@youmaboi5279]

@@alfredwinchesterjr 5:27

[@hazukichanx408]

Crunch is the means by which publishers press insane deadlines and destroy the well-being (read: capacity to exercise creativity or produce quality) of already overworked game developers so their burnt out remains can be shoveled out in the cold like pieces of trash and a fresh pack of eager, doe-eyed youngsters funnelled in to slave away at the next big triple A title, without all that pesky experience or training or competence of course.

[@legateelizabeth]

I genuinely thought Yahtzee was going to pull a FIFA review and just talk about something else for 5 minutes.

[@rotz394]

I thought doing that was called "pulling a Modern Warfare"

[@Deejy1]

@@rotz394 nah FIFA was the OG

[@SERI0USB33F]

I can always rely on Yahtzee to shit on a game, it's like digital crack and I love it

[@probro53]

And it's perfectly legal

[@teamcybr8375]

I mean, he does like some games. He liked Doom and Subnautica.

[@downsjmmyjones101]

I guess IGN viewers aren't also Zero Punctuation viewers.

[@shostakovich343]

2:23 Loved that stab at Randy Pitchford.

[@Jefferu_Nintendomoto]

There's not any good reason to not stab Randy Lying Pitchford.

[@ellisscott9840]

shostakovich343 why the fuck would he do this to him

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

*Bitchfraud*

[@Jefferu_Nintendomoto]

@@ellisscott9840 because Randy Pitchford is a greedy, incompetent, lying sack of shit.

[@isiahalcindor6278]

@@Jefferu_Nintendomoto jesus christ you'd think the guy stabbed your mom it's just cosmetics guys 😂😂

[@noahfasoformoso]

It was so generic that I thought he had reviewed it before

[@nahuelkid]

Ikr!

[@shirshanyaroy287]

That was World War Z...I think

[@tannenottup5036]

@@shirshanyaroy287 I think it was DayZ

[@vocalist92]

I was thinking Metal Gear Survival

[@DPCP-h9u]

@@tannenottup5036 except DayZ has the excuse of being a mod game, so the crafting and zombies are a given. If a AAA team makes a zombie game, people expects something different than just "kill zombie, craft bombs".

[@AHKonoValles]

"Jeffrey Cuddletrousers"?!?! I love callbacks!! :D

[@IamaPERSON]

What was that referencing again?

[@IamaPERSON]

@@thegreatgoatking.kingofall4001 ah, thanks for the reminder.

[@IamaPERSON]

@Samuel Fontaine Ha! Trust me Sam, I am (rhyme not intended.)

[@hazukichanx408]

Let this be a warning to you, parents. If you name your kid Jeffrey Cuddletrousers, bad things may happen and it will probably be at least partly your fault.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

I have to admit days gone is a very strange sequel to the force unleashed series.

[@JustCozItsMe]

literal lol'in.

[@TheSimmus]

How so?

[@laterferaligatr2947]

@TheSimmus the dude that plays Starkiller is the same dude that plays Deacon in this game

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Solid Snake that’s is the most bizarre way I’ve seen to spell pajamas. I enjoy it a lot

[@DeadlyYellow]

Division 2 was also a sequel to XCOM: EW focused on fighting splinter Exalt cells. Dunno why they scrubbed the xenos though, would have made the game much more interesting. Maybe they were off prepping the invasion force.

[@DocDoesGamingTV]

It's called Days Gone, because nothing can give you back the time you spent playing it

[@Ward1706]

Arf arf.

[@DrDemento456]

That and you have to spend days playing it

[@sababugs1125]

I have this theory that the Jedi are constantly jacking off using the force. Like when luke is looking at lea he is secretly jacking it. We wouldn't know because they wear robes all the time .also they could jack others off as well .this theory would also explain anikins birth cause we don't know who his father maybe it was Jedi who put his jizz inside his mother to impregnate her

[@unr3markabl393]

@@sababugs1125 firstly what has this comment to do with anything that happened in this review or in the comments? Secondly now that you brought me to actually think about it I honest to goodness hate you

[@sababugs1125]

@@unr3markabl393 i just needed to get the word out there

[@MemeDealer69]

Days gone: we can render a fuckton of zombies Dead rising 1,2,3: are we a joke to you

[@Inevitibility23]

Don't forget Left 4 Dead

[@MemeDealer69]

Epic Bongus who could forget left 4 dead or left 4 dead 2

[@vingadivo8707]

Also the zombies in dead rising at least had some detail, in days gone they're all the same bald generic model just using diferent clothing.

[@dirpyturtle69]

@@guy3nder529 the difference is that world war z is actually fun

[@hoodedman6579]

Dynasty Warriors 2 on the PS2 didn't have zombies, but it did render a fuck ton of people, and the amount only increased as the game got more sequels.

[@jean-francoissoucy8340]

I'll never be able to crouch walk somewhere in games again without remembering the knife wielding goomba.

[@ArtificialDjDAGX]

"To call the game soul crushing would still be too dramatic a [sic] phrase, more like it put a large beanbag chair on my soul and then a cat lay on it, and I don't want to wake it up." Best quote I've heard in a very, very long time.

[@YTDeepshock]

Soul encumbering.

[@gracelandtoo6240]

"too dramatic a phrase" isn't grammatically incorrect, therefore your [sic] feels out of place

[@ArtificialDjDAGX]

@@gracelandtoo6240 technically, there should be an "of" in the sentence.

[@gracelandtoo6240]

@@ArtificialDjDAGX Technically, you're wrong, lmao. This is simply a formal way of phrasing it, and putting "of" in there sounds - at least to my ears - wrong. Maybe that's correct, too, but Yahtzee definitely did not forget an "of", the phrasing is 100 % correct this way. Besides, it is completely ridiculous we're both wasting our time on a three year old comment of yours that was basically just saying "This.". Have a nice day.

[@ArtificialDjDAGX]

@@gracelandtoo6240 Have a good day, you too! :)

[@יובלעקיבא-ד6ט]

"talks like he just woke up" talks like yahtzee turing a stream

[@Nmille98]

Ooh, that's a spicy one.

[@Darkfyreofthezenith]

The thing that bothers me about this sort of dialogue is that people don't use um and stuff that much in conversation. It usually only comes up when that person is the only one talking, especially to a group, because they feel a subconscious need to fill space to maintain attention. People don't normally talk that way so people need to stop pretending it's "realistic".

[@droylajarhirthefelinethief81]

@@Darkfyreofthezenith I actually have trouble finding the word I'm looking for when I talk, so talking to me is more 'um' and 'aaaah' and *snaps fingers exactly three times* "Whatsamacallit?, errr...' And yes, I'm very annoying to talk to. Oddly enough, however, I don't have it when I write.

[@Darkfyreofthezenith]

@@droylajarhirthefelinethief81 Writing is a naturally slower method of communication than speaking is. I find that when I talk, I'm thinking a few words ahead but when I write, I'm thinking a sentence or so ahead in terms of word choice. Writing also allows for you to pause for longer periods of time to select a word without it feeling strange to you. It likely takes you a similar amount of time to select the germane word or phrase when writing, but the decreased time pressure from having more time to think about what word to use makes it feel shorter when writing. People, myself included, do sometimes have trouble coming up with what to say and write next, but it isn't nearly as common as this type of writing makes it out to be. If I may offer some unsolicited advice, if you want to reduce space filling utterances from your speech, slow down your cadence until you can comfortably talk without being at a loss for words and then slowly speed back up over the course of a few weeks, staying at a set speed each week until you can talk at that speed without saying um. Think of it like resistance training.

[@droylajarhirthefelinethief81]

@@Darkfyreofthezenith Huh. This could work. Thanks. I'll try it.

[@priceyyeti4058]

You know it's generic when Yahtzee speaks with Punctuation in the first third of the review. That or I've finally learned how to speak Yahtzee.

[@lukeohara6047]

Wait, so that's why it's called zero punctuation. I am dumb.

[@MrPixelMonster]

@@lukeohara6047 how long have you been watching Yahtzee without knowing this my Guy?

[@lukeohara6047]

@@MrPixelMonster over a year

[@D_2_da_K87]

@@lukeohara6047 the more you know. Lol

[@D_2_da_K87]

Perhaps I'm learning too. I'm noticing the punctuation 😂🤣🤔

[@PencilSticks]

Brought to you by the creators of Bubsy 3D. That is not a joke.

[@vespenegas261]

The stuff nightmares are made of... I can still hear the music. And the voice... Calling to me. The horror...

[@guguy00]

Christ I checked... You're actually right.

[@GothmogTheOrc]

Yes but naughty dog made the last of us 2 so that means everything they make now is shit.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Well that just explains a lot of why this game is terrible

[@MrEnzio777]

So basically it's The Last Of Us meets Breath Of The Wild starring Aiden Pearce with the loading times of Sonic '06. Got it.

[@mixtubedz9779]

Freaking hell that was pretty accurate

[@ethanedwards3357]

You realize Aiden is a deconstructed Anti hero?

[@yuppiecake9097]

Sounds like the worst video game imaginable.

[@samuelhunter4631]

With all the nuance of the first two games stripped out

[@oscarmccormack1611]

@@ethanedwards3357 Who postes dumb memes on billboards and has a fucking Batcave. Watch Dogs is dumb, and it took till the sequel for the creators to realize.

[@sekaro4270]

Dev: How many AAA game mechanics can we put in a single AAA zombie game? This is basically what this game amounted to. They couldn't stick with one coherent theme so they just mix and match as much AAA game mechanics as much as humanly possible and hope for the best.

[@nicklager1666]

Interesting choice form the devs of Ride to Hell: Retribution to go for open World in the sequel.

[@CountCocofang]

Also, don't forget all the """""""""content""""""""" the open world offers! Meaning the exact same busywork littered across the map 50 times.

[@unformedeight]

As generic and uninspiring a silent protagonist is they are better than bland or annoying ones coz you can forget them. Unless were talking about the doomguy from 2016, he might be silent but he has more personality than some RPG love interests and controlling him is less like embodying a crowbar wielding scientist and more like being in the cockpit of a crashing plane, you are technically in control. But you can only adjust the course, the plane is still going to crash.

[@BloodyAltima]

Your standard silent protagonist when instructed by a probably shady robot man to deactivate a satan-powered reactor canister follows the orders blandly and with no objection. Doomguy pauses while the robot man talks, feels up the canister to get a good feel for it, and kicks the fucking thing into broken glass and torn metal.

[@unformedeight]

@@BloodyAltima Aye, its great, hoping the new one will be good aswell

[@Revalopod]

Nope doomguy became a total loser

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Days Gone: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re freakers Last of Us: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re Clickers The Walking Dead: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re Walkers Left 4 Dead: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re Infected Halo: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re Flood Mass Effect: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re Husks and Thorians Final Fantasy: Oh they’re not zombies, they’re Cie’th *JUST CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE. FUCKING ZOMBIES.*

[@harryburke1253]

What if it's in a copyright clause and only enters the public domain in a few years?

[@01ChaosWarrior]

Most of those actually aren't zombies. A zombie is a reanimated corpse, so series like Halo, Days Gone, and Final Fantasy aren't using zombies in those cases.

[@jackgarcia5926]

I'd give the husks a pass, they are pretty fucking different while at the same time being more or less the same shit.

[@lnsflare1]

Aren't the Freakers still technically alive and somewhat sentient? My understanding is that they are more like really energetic meth heads than zombies.

[@misterbadguy7325]

I appreciate how half the people in Left 4 Dead call them zombies anyway.

[@Bojanglez667]

Deacon St. John, the perpetual bad idea machine.

[@karl6942]

Yahtzee isn’t wrong with any of his observations, but I’m still having a good time anyway. It’s a good game to potter about in for an hour or two every few days and not every game has to offer lasting memories or a reinvent the wheel.

[@sachigame924]

Agreed, I've been having fun playing it, and there actually were some memorable moments for me, like this one part where I was trying to break into one of those government checkpoint buildings when a huge horde came by so I wound up climbing up on top of the building and hiding behind a short wall while I waited for them to pass. I just like how you have hordes that seem to randomly wander the worldspace. It kinda makes everything feel a little bit more alive.

[@TheKrossRoads]

Hey, some people like painful mediocrity. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's how Nickleback managed to stick around.

[@petersutor5845]

@@TheKrossRoads But it's not painfully mediocre. If the things Yahtzee listed imply painfully mediocre, then so is RDR2.

[@jameswatsonatheistgamer]

I enjoyed it. On my second play through.

[@petersutor5845]

@SaviorOfNirn Heh. Well, fair enough then.

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

What counts for innovation these days: -survival horror realistic-graphics zombie shooter about a gruff middle-aged man with a car- survival horror realistic graphics zombie shooter about a gruff middle-aged man with a motorcycle

[@incognitomode4895]

Innovation 5 years from now: -survival horror realistic graphics zombie shooter about a gruff middle-aged man with a dog- survival horror realistic graphics zombie shooter about a -gruff middle-aged man- woman with an annoying kid

[@negative6442]

@@incognitomode4895 Remove the "shooter" part and you've got Plague Tales or whatever it's called

[@incognitomode4895]

@@negative6442 I was referring to that game specifically. Felt like they wasted "talent" being "innovative"

[@negative6442]

@@incognitomode4895 Ah, alright

[@hazukichanx408]

But if we put zombies in a cooking game, wouldn't that be fabulously creative? Ooh ooh, or how about a dating sim, but with zombies? *We must put zombies in everything, because zombies!* Seriously, I would love to see how the game industry would handle just one decade with zero zombies allowed in any games of any kind.

[@angeldeb82]

LOLed so hard at the mumbling sleepy Deacon! XD Oh, and the imps too. And the kitty... Awwww.

[@Jcz487]

I actually really enjoyed this game for some reason. I hear all the criticism about it but I still had a blast playing it.

[@OrkSword2]

really big same

[@jaredbowman7764]

Then you are a decent human being who can enjoy a game and laugh at its zero punctuation in the same breath. Props.

[@OrkSword2]

@@jaredbowman7764 take away the decent part and you've got a deal ;)

[@dexlab7539]

Me too! I thought Deacon was perfect for this environment. Yahtzee just couldn’t connect…too bad, the game is great!

[@Elcrisso1]

Half way through playing the game, there was a line of dialogue when we first meet Rikki in which she mentions that Deacon’s freaker-killing ways (i.e. us as the player killing zombies) was morally questionable as they are still considered sick humans by a lot of people. By this point I was half way through the game and about 500 freaker kills under my belt, so I had this odd moment where I thought to myself “huh, what I had been doing for all of this game without a second thought turns out to be morally ambiguous at best and evil at worst... oh look, another Horde for me to waste all of my melee weapons, scrap, throwables and ammo on” and preceded to play the rest of the game not giving a moral fuck

[@queermelancholy1562]

You always have the best Crystal Meth jokes. Biker Gangs? lmao.

[@ajtheva6694]

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this review!

[@leezeebub]

Presumably its been less than a month

[@dimitrisg45]

So what do you think about his opinions ? Do they happen to be true ?

[@ajtheva6694]

@@dimitrisg45 personally I think it's an okay game. Has a few problems here and there. Like the story is the greatest, the world feels empty, enemies are spread out to much. But I love traveling by bike, the mele combat, the stealth. I think if the people put more effort and time into i would have enjoyed it more

[@dimitrisg45]

@@ajtheva6694 so it worth the money , that's good to know mate

[@ajtheva6694]

@@dimitrisg45 to an extent

[@BugsyFoga]

Days Gone : Yet Another Zombie Survival that no one really cared for .

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

Except for Sony fanboys who thought it'd be Uncharted with zombies... for some reason

[@insertnamehere8723]

@@thegoldencaulk2742 Except they didn't you fuckwit 😂. It's basically sons of anarchy with zombies and not even bad as the other fanboys make out, it's just formulaic. Besides, it got a fair and average metacritic score, contrary to the same fanboys slamming God of war (game of the year) because it was exclusive. Even if it is the weakest in their lineup (No man's sky doesn't count) it's hardly the worst *cough* state of decay and the walking dead Game *cough*. Everyone is pretty much waiting for the last of us 2 which is one of the freshest takes on a zombie/ technically not a zombie apocalypse, and which is the best Sony have to show (another game of the year winning game). It's nowhere near state of decay bad because I honestly think no amount of teraflops, xbot fanboyisms and hyperbole with make that game look current gen or play like something released that year.

[@BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42]

@@insertnamehere8723 Sir, this is a Wendy's.

[@emeraldkat2167]

@@insertnamehere8723 GoW needed to be called something else. And I liked the game, but it really wasn't a GoW game. Where was Kratos running around dismembering massive gods in shocking ways? Instead, I got emo Kratos who also happens to be a terrible dad along with his son. I never played GoW games to find an enriching story, I played them to see brutal deaths of massive creatures. I don't know what game was made, but it certainly wasn't a GoW.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

It's like Walking Dead that didn't try anything different, with the negatives from The Last of Us

[@ghettofridge]

Where can I swap my current soul-crushing lifestyle for one of a cat laying on a beanbag chair?

[@TigerKirby215]

The most memorable part of this game is that it made Yahtzee mention Hatred again.

[@limpskimp6794]

I gotta appreciate the fact that you still have the numetal intro a decade later. Love ya

[@kailomonkey]

I liked it. And to be fair there is the third option with hordes to carefully and methodically destroy it. But I never had a hope so never tried until a later part blocked my path with one and I was stuck forever. Still I liked it until that area in general. You tactfully avoided spoiling the area I speak of, but difficulty spiked, locations depressed, and the main story... Took a turn that mostly removed what I enjoyed about it.

[@gabeslist]

I played this game because it came out on PS Plus, and listening to this review feels really gratifying. Because I had no way of explaining how I felt about this game, and Yahzee does it perfectly. Painfully generic is perfect, I just can't express how much of a waste of time this whole thing felt like, despite it being a mostly well made game. It's one of those games that I will forever wish to know what happened during the development where, like yahzee says, there are all these potentially cool or interesting ideas and gameplay elements but no focus. I am so happy to hear this review. It's like all my frustration feels justified, because it's not just me.

[@meatbeatmania]

I will agree it's generic as shit but idk something in it just clicks for me days gone has been the most fun game I've played in a long time

[@SaveMeXenu]

"I played this game and needed somebody else to tell me what my opinion is." Fixed your post for you.

[@steik6414]

2:25 I never noticed Randy Pitchford on the wanted poster before

[@LinktheSamoyed]

I am extremely late to the party and just finished it. It's amazing how all the 3 year old comments are mostly negative, then most of the ones in the last year are mostly positive. Death Stranding had this too, with at release being generally panned and a couple years later people praise it. I thought it was great, with fantastic voice acting (in the cut scenes), and pretty decent gameplay and interweaving stories.

[@TankJr.]

Same here.

[@Taheen93]

Damn, that 'crunch time' zinger. X-D

[@ruby_wired]

1:55 broke me, sounded so unnatural to hear Yahtzee speaking like that

[@TankJr.]

Yeah, i´m late to the party, but i completed the game last week and i liked it very much.

[@corin418]

"The man who is less sparkling company than the top half of a mangled squirrel trying to drag itself off the road" is the quote I now need to find time and a relevant situation for in my life. Bravo, sir, bravo.

[@hunterclementine3268]

I actually thought Days Gone was amazing and I like Deacon.

[@TheMysterieRPGguy]

0:47 I wasn't awake I didn't realize there was anything wrong with that until you pointed it out.

[@Nymphonomicon]

Yahtzee said "Deacon St. John" so much that my mind wandered and invented a better version of the game where Deacon is voiced by Jon St. John.

[@E1craZ4life]

The day Yahtzee reviews Roller Coaster Tycoon Marks the day I sold my soul for a cupcake.

[@bfkc111]

"Days Gone" is a new game? Because I kind of would have sworn I heard this name every week since 2014 or so.

[@Joshua_Shadow_Manriguez]

Yahtzee: **explains the general plot of Days Gone** Me: When is Yahtzee going to do a Zero Punctuation of Asura's Wrath, so I can smoke a bowl and laugh about how hilarious it is because Yahtzee is awesome and I love his Zero Punctuations.

[@slambangaction]

I wonder if replacing Deacon St. John with Jake Conway would liven this game up.

[@blakemilitti8908]

I think replacing the writer with someone who's heard of fun would improve the quality a fair bit

[@steveejohnson7932]

This was a really good zero punctuation, but you changed the outro so 0/10 from me.

[@imaloony8]

Brought to you by the same studio that brought us the instant classic: Bubsy 3D. No, I'm not kidding.

[@JTtheMid]

Best part about these is that sometimes I love the games, but I can't disagree with your points.

[@flared9921]

When yahtzee said soul my Google assistant on my phone popped up cos it obviously heard something it wants

[@petrifiedtoaster8572]

Good to see Geoffrey Cuddle-Trousers is still around.

[@GearheadDaily]

I like the game and having a good time revealing the story. *shrug*

[@GetTheFunkOut46]

Same, i genuinely don't understand the hate

[@GearheadDaily]

Same here, not sure why people hate it, its a solid 7/10 for me. Not great but I'm enjoying it.

[@Ineedgames]

@@GetTheFunkOut46 I don't know how you cant? The game plays like every generic open world game ever.

[@mixtubedz9779]

The hate isn't from it being shit it's from it just being the same shit we seen before

[@imnotchikao6317]

Gearhead Daily Hey man, as long as you’re enjoying it, that’s all that matters. The game can’t please everyone.

[@Endercraft-kf3tk]

I'd play a game about a knife-wielding Goomba. Not that Nintendo would have the guts to do it.

[@paradoxacres1063]

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

[@seanurbik2689]

KEEP GOING!!!

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

DEW IT!!!

[@levejurgensen7007]

That's the best "just woken up" impersonation i've ever seen

[@Andri474]

"Hey Yahzee, wanna play a zombie game?"

[@jeffbloke2157]

considering he says that all you do with hordes is run away from them, and i've now killed four of them and its the most intense, satisfying, and fun part of the game, i feel like maybe (and this is also bad game design, but of a different kind) Yahtzee didn't quite make the connection that you were supposed to start killing them after you got all upgraded properly. they make it really clear that you have to run away from them, at the beginning, but there's a late game level where they really drive the point home that the hordes are killable, and he mumbles something about killing all of them under his breath a few times, which i think is a late game achievement. its even on the "stuff to do" list in the area hover menu along with the other collectibles.

[@jeffbloke2157]

there's a fight where you have to kill an entire horde while trapped under a cave that makes the whole lighting system just SING. fighting in the dark, the pile of zombies closing in on you, the focus slowing time, every time you fire your gun the muzzle flash blanks the screen and takes a second to come back and the zombies are that much closer... its fucking intense.

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

You know the format is good when it hasn't changed even slightly in almost 10 years. Here's to another decade of Yahtzee

[@L.Ron.Hoyabembe]

Days Gone is a great game.

[@generalbash89]

Video has been up for 11 minutes. 3k views. Thats true love....or hate.

[@ForbiddenRazor]

Yahtzee, You have the uncanny ability to make every video of yours original without losing your comedic touch. You do not re use the same jokes, but you use the same funny concepts over and over in fresh and in original ways. You're brilliant.

[@TrensGemini]

You forget to add that Deacon jump from 5 to 100 when dealing with Reapers. In normal game "Mhh you go this way" or "This could be useful" to "How about I leave here bleed up to make all nearby Fricks happy" in a matter of seconds.

[@Patar_man]

That Hatred callback was great.

[@adrianlangen6700]

Well, I recently finished the game, so allow me to share my two cents: I read that the game was supposed to be influenced by your decisions and that this mechanic was partially already implemented, but thet angle was dropped for a coherent story. This really shows, because you can see where those decisions would have been, or how if you wouldn´t have done something specific it could have affected the rest of the world and story. But because they left it out, you can feel a bit railroaded at these instances by having our constantly-wet-for-a-few-weeks-now washcloath of a protagonist make kind of stupid decisions just because of "story development" or being rude and grumpy to the people HE wants something from. The combat is easy, I played the game on "hard" and that description was only accurate for the first 2 hours of the game. Not even the hordes pose a serious threat once you have a proper amount of consumable weapons and an automatic rifle. But the world does look pretty good, and dealing with the harder enemies and a larger amount of "swarmers" can be fun if you like outmaneuvering your opponents. Plus the flashback scenes of Deacon and Sarah are enjoyable. Tl;dr : Painfully generic is pretty accurate, but it´s nothing insulting and can easily kill a few evenings if you have nothing else to do.

[@brothgurlegion4229]

Took your sweet fucking time with this one didn't you

[@milesmcquerrey2836]

"Taste testing the crystal meth"

[@115Ironwolf]

Thanks!

[@theescapist]

Thank you!

[@MemeDealer69]

Days gone: we can render a fuckton of zombies Dead rising games: are we a joke to you

[@MemeDealer69]

Accidentally posted the same comment twice

[@MemeDealer69]

@Sebastian Orthwaller so do days gone zombies

[@zootsanchez]

I love Days Gone! The PC port is great

[@DrTssha]

I'm not actually tired of zombie apocalypse survival games (for some reason). I'm just waiting for someone to do one RIGHT.

[@frozen-curmudgeon]

The only one that I found came close was State of Decay. Tough at first but once your characters have leveled up then theres no more difficulty to it. Becomes monotonous.

[@olsongc8422]

@@frozen-curmudgeon I would say the perfect combination of games would be State of Decay and Days Gone.......I quite enjoyed the story of Days Gone, and the open world environment......but I could do with State of Decay's camps.

[@ksonsouchou]

Metro Exodus

[@frozen-curmudgeon]

@@olsongc8422 SODs camps and the fact you can lose your character/group member forever if not managed properly gives it that little extra as opposed to just killing and healing one character. If SOD breakdown had a steeper progression it would have been brilliant.

[@DrTssha]

I will admit, Dying Light is the best of the bunch. But it still doesn't scratch that itch. Looking forward to Dying Light 2 though. That's one game I'm really hopeful for.

[@Lucios1995]

5:29 Has two extra lines if you turn on the subtitles, the second one being very elusive

[@settingsun8403]

I don't think being a self-proclaimed Saint is how that works

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

i love that he included Organ Trail: Directors cut

[@BugsyFoga]

Who else pretty much expected Yatzhee not liking this game ?😔

[@josesosa3337]

Yes nate. (First time replying to you)

[@Gohka]

Did any reviewer? Hell even the vast majority of people have no interest in this game. Zombies in video games are so "old hat" at this point that the hat has actually biodegraded. I was tired of zombies in games when The Last of Us came out and that was like 6 years ago yet they still keep pumping the exact same games out over and over again.

[@kaindow455]

He doesn't seem to like any game except obra dull

[@Gohka]

@@kaindow455 and Undertale and Shadows of the Colossus and Papers Please and Hotline Miami and Spiderman 2 (on the GC) and Painkiller and Dark Souls and many more. In fact while trying to remember the name of Painkiller I googled "games Yahtzee liked" and here is a list of games he liked that he's done reviews for. zeropunctuation.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Games_Yahtzee_likes

[@jackgebhardt2932]

@Sebastian Orthwaller This is better than Dead Rising 2 or Left for Dead 2? You serious?

[@Jeorin]

Surprised there's no mention of the bugs. This game is hilariously riddled with them. I caught on fire permanently during a fight with a bear and had to get myself killed because the lighting off the fire made it so I couldn't see in any dark areas. The flashlight is also an actual flashlight object stuck in Deacon's head that always points camera forward regardless of Deacon's position. If you crouch and face the screen it looks like the light is coming out his ass. I also managed to turn in such a way that I was able to see the flashlight sticking through his cheeks, which was just plain funny. I also had a wolf pursue me into water, which caused it to drown instantly. The bears apparently know the dangers of water, so crossing even a shallow brook causes them to abandon attacking you, making for a comically easy fight. Thankfully the devs fixed most of the crashing issues. I've only had one crash so far in at least 20 hours of playtime.

[@jeanphare8318]

I loved this game but to each their own.

[@PathWars]

I'm getting these older ones recommended to me now, awesome.

[@sarge5431]

honestly i liked the game after you get past the half way it gets really good

[@BristolianGamer372]

You know that's not a point in its favour.

[@Wizuu0274]

Zombie hordes would be impressive if the L4D games didn't exist, and somehow still did a better job of being them than a game released in 2019 with considerably more powerful tech.

[@khrashingphantom9632]

More and more people are starting to realize that "more powerful tech" doesn't equal better games. This most recent generation of games is the most notable of this.

[@CamJackel]

World war z?

[@khrashingphantom9632]

Howling Wolf World War Z feels and essentially is a crumby Left 4 Dead knockoff. Shiner graphics dont make a better game.

[@CamJackel]

@@khrashingphantom9632 Have you even played the game? Yeah sure it's not the best but it's damn fun

[@khrashingphantom9632]

Howling Wolf It's okay, but it's as fun a a modern game can be. I mean it doesn't even have local split screen co-op. Which is unacceptable.

[@TheBigTunaMunster]

1:25 pretty much explains life with cats.

[@lilking901]

The only game that I’ve had honest trouble remembering it exists.

[@Relek448]

Besides "remember me" ironically

[@ChewieLewis]

5:15 that comparison 😂

[@danielmiller4015]

Didn't realize they made a game starring Cr1TiKaL.

[@jimbobilly9208]

Aww good vid bud. I was worried u wouldn't be able to drop the newest topical buzzword but u got it in the end lol

[@KappaKiller108]

Damn, 30 seconds after upload. Sorry for being late lol

[@caleb6755]

It's okay; I forgive you this one time!

[@NexusJake97]

The jab at people still asking for the synder cut was great

[@Karakuioshi]

Can't believe Yahtzee reviewed Days Gone in one sentence and it's dead-on

[@FullMentholAlchemist]

After 8 years of being subbed it's only just dawned on me that I'd love listening to Ben review the odd movie from time to time as well 😂 I love nothing more than enjoying a game from start to finish only to come here and be educated as to why I'm wrong, and now I want that for films as well..

[@SaveMeXenu]

"Be told why I'm wrong" By a man who plays games on the easiest difficulty, rushes through the story to complete it for work, and genuinely just doesn't really like video games? I think you're more right than he is. I watch these reviews to laugh, not for an actual credible review.

[@boltonatorsaomd9368]

Looks like Yahtzee summed up the game in less time than the opening jingle to this episode.

[@Jeorin]

I'm guessing not a lot of people in the comment section have played the game. Nobody is calling out that Yahtzee clearly didn't fight any hordes (at least successfully), which is one of the most exciting and tense moments in the game. You absolutely will die if you don't go in prepared, but you can destroy them. The first horde the game forces you across is only 50 strong, and it still took everything I had to wipe it out. Since then I've seen hordes as large as 300+, which I don't yet have the resources to deal with. Ultimately, though, your enjoyment of the game will boil down to how much you like stealth gameplay and riding a motorcycle around typical Oregon countryside, since this is most of what you do. Not surprised Yahtzee didn't find it very exciting :p

[@Gojiro7]

Yhatzee strikes me as the kind of person who would have a really heated argument with a parrot

[@Ragnarok2kx]

0:50 For a second there I thought they were doing the Pyre thing and sneaking a sports game into another genre.

[@TheRobuzz]

As much as I love Yahtzee shitting on games, I just finished Days Gone...and it was great, even amazing I would say. I liked Deacon as a character, motorcycle driving around Oregon is great and the zombie horde fighting here was one of the best gameplay experiences I had in years. I really recommend trying it out.

[@They_are_Arthur]

My dad said that one of his High School friends worked on this game, and I just really hope that this friend at least had some good ideas that were trashed during development.

[@RavenfaceBand]

“It’s filled with hordes who you either run away from or you die” I mean, no. Fighting the hordes leads to some of the most organic and interesting moments of the whole game. Plus you have to defeat several to complete the campaign so I’m suspicious of that “40 hours” of gameplay claim Yahtttzz 🤔🤔🤔

[@petersutor5845]

Yeah, I don't think Yahtzee actually played it that long. Also, 40 hours isn't enough to do everything in the story, unless you're rushing it, and Yahtzee sure sounds rushin' here.