Necromunda: Hired Gun (Zero Punctuation)

[@theescapist]

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[@aayushsahay5451]

How come y'all stopped the community posts about it? Those were really helpful Edit: nvm it's up! Must've just been an oversight last week with all the e3 madness

[@LightStrikerQc]

Does he need a copy of Hellpoint?

[@ianlachey1726]

Hey Yahtzee, please review Chivalry 2! I would love to hear your thoughts

[@theescapist]

@N. Warner He's not begging for anything and he can still use curse words. The subscriptions make creating this content easier for everyone and makes sure people get paid. You wanna insult people for making content you've been enjoying for free, you should probably check yourself and your entitlement.

[@qreeves]

@@theescapist This response is just unprofessional and is in no way likely to get people to subscribe. The Escapist may be under new management, but the attitude remains the same...

[@archellothewolf2083]

"There's more hot lead in the atmosphere than breathable air." I believe this is also referred to as "Dakka."

[@blackgem12]

Probably not enough dakka, but god damnit there is a lot

[@archellothewolf2083]

@@blackgem12 There's no such thing as enough when it comes to dakka.

[@blackvial]

Well Necromunda is a Hive World that specializes in the manufacturing of guns, I am really surprised it took this long for first person shooter to take place on Necromunda

[@Nerdnumberone]

I imagine people looked at the 40k universe and got fixated on the power armored superhuman poster boys or the world hopping Inquisitors/Rogue Traders, plus all of the aliens. Necromunda definitely has its charms and plenty of room for the occasional mutant monster, cultist, or ork, but most underhive gang wars involve humans with relatively conventional weapon shooting at each other. Definitely enough to carry a game, but it doesn't show off as much of the shiny things as often as it could.

[@hilkmeister1382]

@@Nerdnumberone That is more because GW wants us to only care about Space Marines and literally nothing beyond that. Most new miniature releases for 40k tend to have at least 1 space marine. Space Marines get the most books and stories. Space Marines tend to have the most games made about them (DoW, DoW 2, Space Marine, the 1000’s of shitty mobile games, etc.)

[@Batchall_Accepted]

It's the 80s retro obsession that brought it back, imo

[@AmericanZergling]

@@hilkmeister1382 At least DoW1 gave equal focus to the other factions in the expansions. But yeah, space marines are annoying. Even chaos space marines are treated like garbage by GW compared to their OP younger cousins. And even non Ultramarine factions are forgotten about compared to Ultramarines.

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

@@Nerdnumberone I personally would like to see a Rogue Trader video game because it's like a Pirates of the Caribbean equivalent of Star Trek where you could bring Beastmen, Ork Freebootas and Dark Eldar Corsairs with your crew. You could even use technology that the Mechanicus would often consider heretical.

[@blaflargasnogger7045]

I can't believe gaming has been going so long that we've cycled right back round to Doom clones again

[@emptank]

"Wait they're ALL doom clones!" "Always have been."

[@divinebeast6664]

most games these days just copy whats popular because thats where the money is

[@joshrobins130]

I'll take the Doom clones over the COD clones anyday; the doom clones at-least are fun and fast paced

[@Robert399]

It's more of an EYE Divine Cybermancy clone (by the same company). People described that as "the unofficial 40k FPS" so they thought, "hey, let's make an official one!"

[@Aska2468]

@@Robert399 Except they made one, Deathwing, and it wasn't really good so they tried again

[@CashWiley]

I guess it's telling that the cover to this game was shown many times (and I've seen it in ads elsewhere) and it wasn't until Yahtz drew a red circle around the dog that I realized there was a dog on the cover. Also the first time a red circle on the Internet has been helpful in finding something.

[@Darraya55]

Honestly same thing here, this just makes me for something like judging by the cover to return to talk more about those things

[@Tustin2121]

I still can’t make out the dog even after he drew the red circle around it...

[@freedomsflame688]

Just think, if that's the visual clarity on the cover of the game, how bad must it be in-game?

[@bonogiamboni4830]

For a split second i thought he photoshopped the dog inside the red circle.

[@thenegromancer4695]

Just look down

[@rayanderson5797]

"Get an apprenticeship carving skulls in the 40k universe and you're set for life." I think they call that a Mechanicus Adept

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

I think that's called a khorn worshiper

[@rayanderson5797]

@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 Depends who the skulls are for, I guess.

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

@@rayanderson5797 he cares not for where it flows, only that it does

[@ranjaxwolf9725]

Skulls for the Skull Throne

[@TARINunit9]

Honestly it's just fun to see another 40k game where it's BOTH "not turn-based" and "not total garbage." I picked this game up on another review's recommendation, and for all its schizophrenic difficulty, a story that's missing all its establishing shots, and the absolutely _godawful_ animations, Yahtzee is right: the shooting part of this shooting game is really fun. Hell, even the terrible animations at least carry some visceral weight, even if every character looks like they're all suffering rigor mortis

[@Slaking_]

It is a surprisingly fun game as someone who doesn't give a shit about Warhammer. Not quite DOOM, nor quite as good as DOOM, but still a good time and a nice challenge.

[@Epiclyspeaking]

Was it Mandy?

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

I think I know how to improove those preanimated takedown animations (aka Glory Kills), or at least hopefully improove them for Yahtzee; Once you grabbed an enemy with one button, it unlocks a whole slew of different buttons to press whereas each one will make you do something specific to the enemy; for example, E to slam head on the floor, F to lift them above you, Right Click to smash them with the butt of your gun, and if you mix them up the glory kill will be even more coloful, and I'd essentially result in dozens of different unique takedowns depending on enemy type, buttons pressed, and speed with which each button was pressed. Unlikely that any game company would put that much effort into it, but let me dream

[@caesarspeaks]

The shooting was awful wtf

[@TARINunit9]

@@caesarspeaks Get in close and start popping heads, scrub

[@scoman91]

Shows what you know, Yahtzee, those are real skulls, not carved ones.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Gotta put those poor bastards who die on the assembly line somewhere.

[@Ogihci2]

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL PRODUCTS!!!

[@KMCA779]

shhh.... don't tell him.

[@RylanStorm]

I have a CSM army to paint. I feel I may have to get good at painting skulls.

[@NHGJordanAbbott]

He doesn’t care he said that already

[@friedipar]

The developers of Necromunda used to make "EYE: divine cybermancy", a game that had the feeling of a 40k game, just without the license. They always wanted to make a 40k themed fast shooter, and after Space Hulk Deathwing was successful enough, they finaly could do just that

[@deadinside8891]

I hope this leads to even better games in this style from them. They seem to really love the 40k franchise.

[@espio87]

Since Yahtzee likes Xcom so much he should try Mechanicus, although the game is two years old already so I doubt it would qualify for a review.

[@alexbaker1569]

Same here I'd like to see his options

[@kardasdragon7933]

I mean if he has one of those drought weeks he might give it a go

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

if nothing else he'd love the soundtrack.

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Im still waiting for that Darkest Dungeon review and at this point were probably more likely to see a review for the sequel so good luck

[@FireTalon24]

The soundtrack you could say is... heavenly.

[@lithobreak3812]

I must say that the existence of this game in itself is a bit wholesome to me, this studio got off the ground with a few people making a weird deus ex kind of shooter in the source engine and it was clear since then that they were big WH40k fans, the universe the game took place in was pretty much just barely legally distinct from WH40k, and look at them now, a proper mid-range game studio making official licensed WH40K games that never fail to pay justice to that universe

[@Vihara2]

I didnt even care if the game was good or not, i bought it because i have a moral obligation to reward any dev who tries to make an actual 40k game that isnt a boring cash grab mobile, or a turn based snore fest, or a space marine power fantasy, altho i will also be getting space marine 2 to be fair, but still. Its a decent game and the visuals and environments look excellent, im happy with my purchase, hope they make more cool stuff in future

[@RepellentJeff]

“Like horny cats in a taffy-pulling machine.” You really know how to paint a picture with words.

[@EricTheKei]

I think we're gonna have to compile a tome for the ages that contains the best of his lines for posterity.

[@Conservative4]

What does that *MEEAANN*?!

[@zarteraj]

That was considerably less negative then I was expecting.

[@wackyworldofwyatt5041]

The title of the game made me fear for it's safety tbh

[@wackyworldofwyatt5041]

@@catmadethat it could have been "don't bother, sodomize yourself with the chainsaw FROM Doom instead because that's about the level of joy this game brings" For instance

[@prettyflyforacompsci7725]

Before watching, I don't know if this means it was a nice review or if you were really expecting him to tear it apart.

[@GarbageEPYC]

Then you were expecting what?

[@Ezael]

From what I've heard it is a fun but janky game.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Not used to Yahtzee saying something as straightforward as "The UI is horrible."

[@ReturnTheSlab932]

Really puts it into perspective just how fucking awful it is

[@akimbofurry2179]

@@ReturnTheSlab932 Not realy, this game could very well end up on his good list by the end of the year. Looks fun as fuck.

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

@@akimbofurry2179 the bolter is extremely satisfying

[@ReturnTheSlab932]

@@akimbofurry2179 oh no no no, I meant the UI hahaha, the game's a blast when it's working properly, on console it's full of stuttering and frame drops, but even still it's fun as hell

[@Th1s1sm11]

I'm kind of shocked he didn't dry heave when he said the title. There's clearly a colon there, SO WHERE IS MY DRY HEAVE??

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Unnecessary colons

[@redthunderboar1323]

Well Necromunda is actually a series of things, like a LOT OF THINGS. The colon is actually needed here.

[@positivitybot03]

Didn't he say he was going to retire the dry heave after a double colon? Idk I seem to remember him mentioning it

[@alyssinclair8598]

there are already necromunda games on steam right now, nevermind the board game, books and miniatures. The dryheave is for meaningless subheadings, this one legitimately wouldn't even legally get to sell without a subheading

[@supercool559]

Since this video is about 40k, I can share my fav bit of dumb 40k lore! So, did you know that the Imperium's land speeders aren't named for the obvious reasons, but because the ability to produce them was rediscovered by a tech priest called Arkhan Land. They're literally Land's speeders.

[@socksleeve]

I fucking love 40k, lmao

[@zakcl00]

Ditto for the Land Raider, iirc. Busy dude, Land.

[@supercool559]

@@zakcl00 the Land Crawler too, he sure did a lot

[@KeithFraser82]

My personal favourite bit of silly 40K lore is that Earth's entire solar system got moved in the Dark Age of Technology, which is totally not a retcon to explain a mistake in a map of the galaxy, honest guv.

[@timothywillox8564]

And the Emperor's name is actually Jimmy Space, who engineered the Space Marines

[@Snickersnek]

Translation: "Not terrible, but you could just play Doom:Eternal and get a better experience unless you're *really* into Warhammer 40k."

[@Daniel_deez_nutz]

You're spot on.

[@luigivercotti6410]

Well, see, that's kind of the sticking point, isn't it?

[@mr.pavone9719]

The sprawling universe of WH40K is just too damned big to make a good FPS out of it. Either quit trying or wait till quantum computers become accessible and cheap enough to do it justice.

[@THB192]

@@mr.pavone9719 Well that's a lie. They don't have to cover it all at once. At the very least the 40k fans are breathing a sigh of relief because this isn't Fire Warrior. Christ.

[@mr.pavone9719]

@@THB192 That's hardly a lie. Lying implies intent to deceive. Try "exaggeration" or "hyperbole". You know, just like 40K.

[@Xalerdane]

As someone who’s been into 40k (the setting, at least) since the second grade, I can confirm that Yahtzee’s initial summation of the game is 100% accurate.

[@pierre-mariecaulliez6285]

"'Cause at any point in the game there is more hot lead in the atmosphere than breathable air" ... Still not enuf Dakka !

[@JFJD]

*WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* •coughs• sorry, can’t keep that up.

[@KeithFraser82]

Yooz got ta paint da gunz red, cuz red wunz go fasta so red gunz shootz faster, roight? Logic innit boss.

[@xenogorwraithblade2538]

@@KeithFraser82 But ya also gotsta paint yer rounds yellow so's they got more dakka.

[@hoopyfrood7887]

"Eat the Guilders" See Yahtzee you get the lore, at least the bits that matter.

[@DwayneTheGlockJohnson]

Yahtzee spitroasting the dog at the end killed me lmao

[@finler3]

Scary phrase taken out of context

[@paulrus-keaton439]

@@finler3 And it just so happens there's a Zero Punctuation tag on E621...

[@sirapple589]

P K The fact that you know that is _deeply_ concerning.

[@BottleWaterson]

@@sirapple589 "Feel weird yet"

[@abuttnugget6753]

@@sirapple589 Well given Yahtzee's love of dolphins it really shouldn't be that surprising.

[@ObsidianHunter99]

0:58 Skull "Carver" Guy: wait you're not supposed to use actual skulls?

[@martincann5052]

You can if you want to, it depends on what you're designing really.

[@KeithFraser82]

*casually sweeps pile of headless corpses into the acid vat*

[@android19willpwn]

real skulls aren't always practical in size, color, or durability

[@KeithFraser82]

@@RabbiHerschel I apologize profusely for my heresy. Please send me to the Penal Legions or convert me into a servitor or servo-skull so that I may serve the Emperor better and expiate my sins!

[@chiefkeef74]

Wait a 40k game that DOESN'T feature the Blood Magpies or the Ultrasmurfs?!

[@Ragetiger1]

*record screech*

[@blackvial]

Look up Mechanicus, no space marines in sight.

[@AmericanZergling]

At least Blood Ravens were just Relic's thing. I feel bad for old school ultramarine players, their chapter has become a meme.

[@chiefkeef74]

@@AmericanZergling blame Matt Ward for the Ultrasmurf wank. Plus the only good thing about the Blood Magpies is the TV thorough debate between Boreale and Diomedes about scones.

[@Mrkabrat]

That's what you get when people who like the setting do a game vs when GW decides to do a game

[@orangesouls7112]

I went in with low expectations and ended up having quite a bit of fun. Grappling hooks make everything better. Those menus are absolutely unforgivable, though.

[@MBOmnis]

Reminds me of Turok (2008) where your most lethal weapon is the knife, because it allows you to walk up to any dino and instantly kill it in a "sync-kill" animation during which you're invulnerable.

[@FamousWolfe]

We don't speak of Turok 2008...

[@nicklager1666]

I must say it is something a bit refreshing about simply throwing the plot out the window and just have some brain dead action on FPS planet.

[@kentmiller808]

I hate to be that guy but like, how is that refreshing? Ion Fury, Dusk, Amid Evil, Doom 2016 and Eternal, Overkill, probably more i’m forgetting about too… we’ve been taking the plot out of FPS games since the first Doom.

[@SH_DIS_LN]

Yea I'm with Kent here it's everywhere now

[@USMC49er]

@@kentmiller808 Experiences vary, but out of the ones you listed; only two of those have I touched for a hot minute. (Ion Fury and Doom 2016) Not everyone has played those games you listed.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

@@USMC49er Just because you haven't played them doesn't mean it's a new trend.

[@spookyghostwriter3110]

As a 40k fan, Necromunda technically isn't all factory- just the inhabited bits are.

[@akatoshslayer7599]

I forgot this game was coming out. In 10 minutes I will have forgotten it even came out.

[@user-bf5sc8pn8x]

5.5 minutes for me

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

in the grimdark of the video game industry there is only activision EA and loot boxes

[@KeithFraser82]

Forget the promise of indie gaming, for there is no hope or creativity in this universe, only an eternity of microtransactions and the laughter of greedy executives.

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

@@KeithFraser82 microtransactions sound like heresy to me time for Exterminatus!

[@chickencurry420]

Remember this isn't a triple A Warhammer game. This is an Indie game made by fans that has official endorsement

[@Celeste-hu5vg]

Made by the same developers that did E.Y.E.

[@Grinnar]

Nice.

[@Mrkabrat]

Better something made with passion by fans than GW who blew up a setting because it wasn't making as much money as 40k

[@Snarfcakes]

@@Mrkabrat To be fair, Fantasy was such a small sliver of their sales it makes sense they created some kind of event to gain interest. Take a look at Vermintide anyways the only reason we got that was because of end times and I'm sure it brought alot of people to AoS in the end of the day. Think the only bad part was they never updated total war so their were dead links leading to old fantasy minis.

[@Mrkabrat]

@@Snarfcakes They did make the Storm of Chaos (a player driven world wide campaign about Archaons invasion of the Old World, among other things) back in 6th ed, which had the hilarious result of chaos getting stomped pretty badly and Archaon getting headbutted by Grimgor out of nowhere. We could also point to the main issue WFB had at the end of its life; 8th ed had a huge model count (horde units of 40 minis each was favoured) which made the entry difficult due to the hobby being expensive (in some cases the plastic kits contained 10 minis for around 35€). Add to this the lack of support by GW at the time, and voila! AoS has a lower model count and due to GW changing its marketing style they have made Start Collecting sets that make the entry level easier, as well as the rules being simpler. Though AoS had a very rocky start. On the bright side, WFB is now on the hands of players, who can play whatever edition they want with all the material GW has printed over the years (some considering 6th ed the pinnacle of it)

[@justrok79]

2:50 that's exactly what I did a lot of the time. It made me think if I was surrounded and went into that animation then everyone is just standing there, watching me, shooting, and then say "ooh, my turn" as I pivot to face em.

[@scionofdorn9101]

I think my avatar indicates exactly where I stand in this discussion.

[@WinstonKillDeath]

… f… for the emperor?

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

Agreed and CEASE FORTIFYING THE COMMENT SECTIONS!!!

[@largepurplemonkey]

Your official position is 'small and vaguely mustard coloured'?

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

@@largepurplemonkey I thought of it as a highly defensive one which is why I told him to not fortify the comment section again. On the colour I can only agree.

[@rayanderson5797]

Somewhere well fortified, no doubt.

[@feznaughts]

So enjoyable gameplay and an overcomplicated and exhausting menu system? Yep that’s a 40k game

[@davidfarmer1859]

We just need $200 of bullshit DLC added, and then it's every 40k game

[@weresquirrel]

I mean, I do know a bit about the 40k setting, and even I didn't give a shit about the plot. There's much more interesting parts in 40k that don't get any screen time. Other than that, Doom but Janky as hell is the best summary I can put to this game.

[@BaranZenon]

One of the most funny thing is that in this game there are some serious Tyranid shenanigans going on down there, like the PC acknowledges that there is something weird and still nobody gives a crap about that :)

[@alexkaplan6581]

@@BaranZenon There's a massive Genestealer cult in the underbelly of some of the hives, but they're too busy fighting everyone else to actually do anything significant.

[@jasonrhome710]

With the 10,000 souls per day being dumped into the Golden Throne, I sorta figured the skulls were all... skulls.

[@gelgamath_9903]

Does this mean we get to use the term "doom clone" again without sounding like 40 year old man who just decided he's going to get back into video gaming

[@Grymbaldknight]

As a long-time fan of both 40k and ZP, a review like this has been a long time in coming. 10/10.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

One day I want "Shittiest In Game Menu/User Interface" competition from Yahtzee. It could even be a top ten list

[@DJohoe28]

2:25 I was about to say Yahtzee already used that joke in "Blood: Fresh Supply" (and possibly another review I can't find), but if they're reusing FPS tropes, why shouldn't Yahtzee, fnarr fnarr.

[@Ramsey276one]

LOVE THAT XD AND THIS! ;)

[@nitishkapur8193]

The other review was for Gears of War remastered I think

[@UwURainUwU]

As a long time Warhammer fan, I am both offended and in complete agreement with everything from this video.

[@Malganis85]

"Iron Shovel" Oh boy, here comes the Krieg fanboys

[@blahthebiste7924]

Not Borderlands Krieg, I would assume?

[@KeithFraser82]

[URGE TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR INTENSIFIES]

[@IvanTheChemist]

@@blahthebiste7924 As long as the lands around the border feature trenches, barbed wire, charging autocannon nests, clearing bunkers, and dying for the Emperor, it can be Borderlands :D On a more "serious" note - no. There is a planet Krieg in WH40k that provides the most fatalistic and almost suicidal troops that look like WWI soldiers, always with their gasmask on and fond of military shovels for combat use.

[@zachm5623]

Me seeing any shovel: “is this a market garden?”

[@mrblack5145]

Maybe that'll be a DLC in 2 months.

[@andrewhickinbottom1051]

I loved the Silent Hill description for the environment haha!

[@stax6092]

This turned out to be a very accurate rendition of the Imperium's Bureaucracy if what Yahtzee is saying is true. XD

[@FlamingAtheist]

Its odd, I didnt even notice the dog on the cover until Yahtzee pointed it out

[@Sora383]

I saw the menus during his livestream, the motion/camera shaking and horrid menus made the gameplay just hurt to watch.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

The kludgy aim down sights, at least on consoles, is pretty arse too.

[@ObsceneSuperMatt]

A to scroll left, E to scroll right in menus. No sticking to conventions, and inconsistent. Definitely rough around the edges.

[@ObsceneSuperMatt]

@@realityveil6151 Is there an endless fps game?! That could be pretty sweet.

[@slimebros8664]

I'm just glad that something made by streum on got reviewed by yahtzee

[@fishpop]

I've seen both Rimmy & Mandalore's videos on this game and i think the former did a full livestream playthrough. I'll never play it myself as frantic shooters are above my skillset. I do wanna get a model of that bug robot thing you fight in a sandpit.

[@MrQwertysystem]

Good news then! There actually IS a model for it. It's called an "Ambot" and they're created based on a creature called ambull. At least that's what I'm assuming you're talking about without having played the game myself.

[@vyse102]

Bold of you to assume that skulls need to be crafted in the Warhammer universe instead of just plucked from the ground at the site of one of the universe's *NUMEROUS GENOCIDES.*

[@KeithFraser82]

I initially read that as *NUMEROUS GRENADES,* which is not exactly inaccurate.

[@a-knifu-is-my-waifu]

The intro has the greatest description of 40k I've seen since I've started playing it

[@but_in_space_though2919]

Necromunda sounds like a MOBA character, or a garage metal band, or a virtual metal band fronted by MOBA characters.

[@fighteer1]

Necro = death, munda = world. Using words from other languages automatically makes one’s writing 134% more cool and/or edgy.

[@williamj.6418]

It's no Bolt Thower that's for sure.

[@blackvial]

@@fighteer1 it's been around since 95

[@appelofdoom8211]

So pentakill then

[@boarfaceswinejaw4516]

@@fighteer1 its still a step up from 50% of 40k naming conventions, where you have worlds literally called "murder" "krieg" and "armageddon". and warhammer fantasy is even worse. i say this as someone who likes the setting.

[@gautampressman]

My word, I believe this is the first time Yahtzee has reviewed a game set in the 40k universe

[@joevenespineli6389]

He almost reviewed Space Marine.

[@havcola6983]

He hasn't been shy about how he feels about the setting though. He once called people who unironically liked it amorphous blobs. And to be fair the lore is as dumb as a bag of hammers, but in a very enjoyable way. I love it, but I'd probably be a bit worried of someone who ignored the fundamental humorous and satirical parts because without those most of what's left is a juvenile power fantasy with a heavy indulgence in fascist aestetics.

[@alisonpurgatory85]

@@havcola6983 except those humorous and satirical parts haven't really been present for a few editions and are totally absent from GW's marketing and official media by now, especially in the upcoming Warhammer+ animations, so 40k now IS a juvenille power fantasy with a heavy indulgence in fascist aesthetics. Hell, that's what Space Marine was. There was no critical or satirical element to Space Marine. I think that was part of the start of a downhill slope in the critical substance of 40k, when GW realized it was more profitable to pander to fascist power fantasies

[@nikinikolov6570]

@@havcola6983 If you call 40k "a power fantasy with authoritarian tendencies ", we can safely ignore what you have to say. Power fantasy in which everyone gets killed, mutates or goes insane and in the grand scale of things even the biggest characters are insignificant. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

[@stormtempterf8058]

Hive world, yahtz, hive world. Every one of them is a planet sized cityfactory. They have no other terrain than skulls and guns. He's right about the skull carving profession in 40k though. Thats what you call job security.

[@ajrupert5639]

The last frame of the outro caught me off guard

[@polarvortex6496]

I tabbed to this from Adeptus Ridiculous, so Yahtzee’s lore bit was amusing to me

[@KeithFraser82]

Zero Punctuation prog rock album of the week: *Ninety Billion Bells And Whistles* by *Wallrun & Hookshot* (tracks include *Embrace The Flow Of Traversal* and *Ride The Wave Of Enjoyment* )

[@Seranov]

Streumon are incredible connoisseurs of Eurojank. Everything they do is so very, very janky, but in a way I can't help but adore. I've gotten like 50 hours out of this game and I don't regret a second of it.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

Oooh! Do Cruelty Squad! If you like games with confusing menus you'll LOVE that one!

[@PokemonButcher]

Thank you for your time in this presentation, Mr. Scruffy

[@gabeslist]

Now that's he's reviewed this we need to figure out how to get him to review E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy.

[@cosmicmuse2195]

That wouldn't really accomplish much though.

[@comrade3813]

Its probably too small a release to do a full review on, but cruelty squad is a pretty good game, might be worth trying out

[@KeithFraser82]

Having played the Necromunda miniatures game back in the day, I can reveal that there are more career options on Necromunda than "gunfighter" and "whoever it is that carves skulls on everything". They include: -Frothing religious fanatic armed with a chainsaw, a flamethrower or some combination of the two -Questionable pseudo-Native American type who lives in the sewers and wears the skins of giant rats -Snooty rich psychopath who likes to dress up in extremely expensive hi-tech armour and compete with their friends to see who can kill the most plebs -Zombie

[@jacobyin5320]

I had a space AR-15 that would allow me to face tank just about everything and out dps anything. It was great 10/10.

[@heartcradle01]

No lie though. After that first patch for consoles it helped the game sooo much! Still studders a bit and I wish we got details on the status damage gun mod pieces but I really enjoy the game. 👍🏿😁

[@CaseyLabAnimations]

0:36 Wait, no dry heave on the colon in the title?

[@mitchboland9591]

I'm excited to see how many terrible games Yahtzee has to rank at the end of this year.

[@SkiLLAGEx94]

And see the overrated shit indiefests that always reach his best pile

[@joeyparkhill8751]

It'll be like clowns getting out of a car!

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@SkiLLAGEx94 Have you played hired gun before saying that?

[@SuperXAsh]

Might need to add a whole honorable mention section

[@appelofdoom8211]

I don’t think this one will be on the worst list though since he enjoyed the core gameplay loop except the menu’s.

[@rockerknight25]

Literally never saw the dog on the cover this entire time.

[@StrikeWarlock]

2nd time Yahtzee references something that MandaloreGamjng has covered. I'm suspecting they might be following each other.

[@Fraggleboss]

watching the viewcount on The Escapist’s videos. seems like people like brutally honest reviews😂 Yahtzee for president.. 👏🏻

[@FlayvorOfEvil]

Just realized Yahtzee has been using the Bren gun this whole episode.

[@Telawin]

I know very little about the warhammer lore. but I do know there's a planet made entirely of blood where whatever you kill will come back after a certain amount of time... which also seems like a natural fit for an FPS game... so maybe they're saving that world for the sequel

[@socksleeve]

The Blood God Khorne captured a band of orks, who fight for eternity against Khornes minions in this dimension/world he created. They kill each other by the end of the day, come back the next, and repeat ad infinitum.

[@ABemis]

"Eat the Guilded" That was a deeper cut than expected

[@derekdrake8706]

Best AI fur baby: Bosco from Deep Rock Galactic

[@jasonhunter2819]

best secret 40k game: Deep Rock Galactic

[@BlackPrinny]

2:31 well played! ;-)

[@SnuggleKingHS]

Scull carver joke really got me.

[@onedeadsaint]

glad the doggo was useful, if only in the credit sequence of the video

[@mrsnippysnoopa8300]

This game runs on jank. I wouldn't want it any other way. But improving some stuff wouldn't hurt i guess.

[@advictoriamsshitposts8689]

There's good jank and then there's bad jank. Good jank might be, say, a character's face fucking up and looking weird in a Bethesda game. Bad jank is the hit registration shitting itself when you need to kill a boss.

[@Daniel_deez_nutz]

The glory kills in this were so janky haha half of the time I wouldn't even be touching the enemy, he would just be glitching out while I stab the air

[@RaethFennec]

I tried to watch someone stream Necromunda. They were somewhat new to the game, only playing for an hour or so. They were in a city and proceeded to spend at least the next 45 minutes in menus. I say at least because that was when I realized the white noise lulling me to sleep in my chair was someone talking and stopped trying to watch anyone play the game anymore.

[@45johngalt]

Being a skull carver in the WH40K universe has a very different meaning than what yahtzee thinks it means

[@PantheraUncia13]

I've played for a few hours and I feel like they took all their game developing skill points and dumped them all in Environmental Design and Gun Shooty Bang Bang. For real tho I can tell they cared about the end product even if it is jank as fuck, so I do recommend it, just get it when it's on sale lol

[@PirateZ1]

*Opens video, frantically turns down volume so as to not destroy my eardrums, turns volume back up* aaah yes, another Yahtzee review

[@camyron]

re: skulls, i believe that all of the normal sized ones are actual skulls of actual dead people, not carved on for the sake of aesthetics. It's either to honour the dead with eternal service to humanity and the emperor, or punish the disobedient with.... eternal service to humanity and the emperor.

[@NicholasMarshall]

Well, someone is mounting those skulls to the furniture. There has a guild dedicated to this craft. Does make you wonder if they have practice skulls? If there is one thing you don't want to do in 40k it's dishonoring the dead.

[@therealwinston3634]

some of those skulls still have their brains too

[@austingibbs7165]

It's both at the same time 40k is fun yes? THE GOD EMPRORE PROTECTS!

[@ryanswartout7311]

First I play warhammer 40K Second everything you said about it and alluded to is correct. Third I would like to hear more of you thoughts on 40K. Please continue.

[@prcervi]

i've hung around warhammer stores and know this one thing to be true, the most amusing stories that happen typically aren't the ones that are written by the pros(since they are rarely allowed to indulge in a sense of humor) my original age of sigmar team was literally just a gryphhound walkers association(i.e. dog walker association) and a 40k team of renegade tau with friendly a.i. members(also dreaming up a harlequins troop that weren't there to just replay the suffering of their history)

[@andrewhopkins886]

War hammer "gamers" (curators of all war-hammer knowledge that occasionally do painting as a hobby): "no you don't understand! there's so much lore!!!" the rest: "shooty shooty bang bang bing bash boom, I want another doom"

[@fresh2924]

I come for the intro and stay for the video

[@Asaski09]

Last night I found myself wondering whether Lee Drummond or Brian Payne had ever got in contact

[@dersupra]

I quite like this game. I have it on Series S and upon launch it was unplayable. They have since fixed the frame rate and its really fun. The sound track kicks ass.

[@megakiller999]

"Necromunda the Hired Gun" Fixed 👍

[@skelo9033]

Yeah,Necromunda is basically Detroit:the planet

[@Mr_T_Badger]

“Send him to NECROMUNDA!”

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

Mate most hive cities are Detroit but push to 100

[@Pattyobrien3]

Wow, he actually reviewed a 40k game. I think that might be a first. I also sometimes get the impression he is a closeted 40k fan, because no one hates 40k that much who doesn't also love it.

[@stevenking9612]

Wait why he didn’t do the dry heave after the colon?!

[@Broadpaw_Fox]

From 3:45 on- welcome Yahtzee, to the dystopia that is the 40k universe. You have now experienced it properly- as it reaches through the interface you're glimpsing it through to infect you with misery. At least, I think that's how the 40k people will see it - just par for the course of 40k... ;)

[@connorbutters8479]

i agree with the murky visuals, combat can get really hectic so that plus the aforementioned visual can lead to me not seeing the dude shooting me until i've died and revived two to three times. i also find the takedowns difficult to understand because the devs thought it'd be a good idea to simulate real head movements in a takedown animation, it's like watching a phone shaky cam video of a street fight but the recorder is being held by one of the combatants. otherwise its a solid game.

[@davidfarmer1859]

That wasn't messy enough - could we get a retrospective review of Fire Warrior?

[@KeithFraser82]

Would that serve the Greater Good? ("THE GREATER GOOD!" "Shut it!")

[@junecarter2455]

Refreshed right as it dropped

[@chibizion]

Well now I know Yahtzee is familar with 40k, but the question is what army did he collect as a lad?

[@runlevelone]

I swear Games Workshop just spins a wheel of developers to decide who gets a license for video games.

[@S590573]

This is actually very close to their actual strategy. Pretty much anyone can get a license, they just put marketing money behind the promising ones

[@morgansmith1529]

0:58 Oh Yahtzee *those aren't carved*

[@michaeldunleavy3868]

I want a skull toilet!

[@pygmalion0451]

Skulls for the skull throne!

[@DmitriiGlandarius]

skulls for the skull throne!

[@bleachdrinker5448]

Wow, 2:45 in and this is incredibly dishonest.

[@ChrisPkmn]

We're going to see a lot of tech youtubers talk about this game thanks to the fact that this will support FSR and DLSS