Sonic Boom - Boom or Bust (Zero Punctuation)

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[@DreddPirateRoberts]

LOL "What makes you think I'm this stupid, Sonic Boom?" "You bought _me_."

[@LucisLou]

"Touche."

[@MrMarker8050]

I liked this video just for that joke. xD

[@cadlyn]

i busted out laughing at that line...why i guess it was unexpected

[@OzixiThrill]

Zachary Erickson Hey Listen! Alternatively, it just might have been a reminder of a certain fairy...

[@cressedangel123]

Joke's on you Sonic Boom, I only downloaded the demo!... Which I don't know how it makes it slightly better about myself not buying the game but screw it!

[@IanDouglasVO]

The funny thing is that the QA department said to game grumps "Yeah we gave the devs a laundry list of things they needed to fix, but they seemed to think otherwise"

[@nomobobby]

I'd put money on one of two scenarios for this game- Executive told them they had to kick out the door for the Christmas rush or the developers were IP cowboys with no respect for the franchise and wanted it done and over with already. Regardless, SEGA has no idea of what to do with that franchise, with such random ups and downs with every release.

[@WaffleWiz]

+nomobobby If you watch the DYKG for Sonic Boom, you'll learn that the developers were screwed over left and right since the publishers got a Wii U exclusive deal, hardware that was inferior to the other next gen concoles and couldn't run a stock Cryengine.

[@nomobobby]

Well then get a last gen engine or build one to order. Point is if they cared, it wouldn't look and run look like fat ass on a treadmill. Complete with more bugs than an acre of rain forest.

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@WaffleWiz being screwed by a deal isn't enough to make a game bad. It wilm certainly limitate its performance, but the Wii U isn't a brick, games can run fine on it What was the real issue was the incompetence of the studios. I remember that the one who did the coop aspect of Sonic Boom has 2 other projects under their name: a very crappy FPS game, and the first attempt of solo player star citizen (yes, that star citizen) tried and which never got released. The publishers might have not helped, but it's unfair to just blame them for everything. Alright games can be made by competent team under over-controlling publishers, but Sonic Boom isn't alright. It's bad.

[@hibubgames7667]

Erutan Egaro The issue isn't that the Wii U wasn't strong enough to run Cry Engine, the issue was that no builds of Cry Engine made to run on the Wii U existed.

[@SendyTheEndless]

"My hammer should break this without any problem!" Said most people after they bought this game.

[@nullpoint3346]

And then the hammer breaks, somehow...

[@Ward1706]

Shut up and take my like, you bastard.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

Me: Sees the likes on this comment. Also Me: Does not reply with the first thing that comes to mind, because as soon as one more person likes the comment, it will no longer make sense.

[@Ward1706]

"What makes you think I'm that stupid, Sonic Boom?" _"YOU BOUGHT ME!"_ *_"Touché"_*

[@coolcat001100]

"SANIC HAS IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS!!!" -Sammyclassicsonicfan, 2013. Wonder what he's thinking now that this game has come out...

[@BlackVulpine]

coolcat001100 “We all make mistakes sometimes. Sonic will bounce back.”

[@GalanDun]

Sonic was on a nice upward slope until this game came out.

[@BlackVulpine]

Alex Shannon Part of Sonic’s biggest failing is his inability to find relevance in this day and age. Sonic Forces should have been the ideal game to fix this problem, but shunting your custom character off the screen pretty much defeated the whole purpose.

[@bookfound]

Just like Sisyphus.

[@MiagolioMaxwell]

Best quote: "What makes you think I'm this stupid, Sonic Boom?" "You bought me!"

[@unoriginalusername1284]

A fucking egg with a mustache in a flying teacup. I love it. Also, Yahtzee should review Tropical Freeze, a good Nintendo game that got hardly any attention.

[@Absolynth]

Yeah, Sonic Generations has been absolutely delightful for me as a fan of the Genesis titles. It's not a great game technically, but it's self aware enough that it knows what the player wants and skips everything else. Definitely a step in the right direction. Then they did this...

[@revick2769]

Can someone explain to me how Sonic has so many fanboys, I am genuinely curious, Sonic 1-3 were fantastic but he never had any sort of character, it was just running, and it was all downhill after that, so how in the world does he have so many fanboys.

[@draco0rex]

that's just it, we love to run through his worlds. There is so much to see, as you blaze by. In some games you go by too fast to appreciate all the detail and love that went into the worlds... and then you have sonic boom which has zippo creativity

[@andrewbruce9950]

Damian Freeman You missed the "in my opinion" on the end of that statement. You can't categorially say any game is bad (aside from maybe ET cause it crashed the games industry -_-). I've actually enjoyed some of the more recent ones as well. Sonic Unleashed had, in my opinion, a good story and sonic generations had all that wonderful platforming. None of them are perfect but I, personally, wouldnt go as far as to say "Sonic Team has tried and failed to make a good game"

[@revick2769]

I guess my comment is more towards the character, I see just as many fans of him as link or mario.

[@andrewbruce9950]

Damian Freeman I guess I'd be willing to call those games good for how they preform in the aspects they do well however it would take a balance of both done right for another great sonic game.

[@andrewbruce9950]

Damian Freeman I wouldn't be so sure about mario. All his top sellers are still is 2D platformers while things like super mario sunshine or paper mario and the thousand year door sold considerably less, though still a lot. The games industry often claims it wants innovation and then turns away when it's given to play the new fifa or new new new super mario bros new new 7 new :L

[@Mae_is_gae]

a haiku dedicated to this episode: sonic is quite bad zero punctuation truth it's snowing on mount fuji

[@sailoritaly]

The last line should have 5 syllables

[@Tobygamesiscool]

Bad day?

[@MrSpookersMcGeeThe1st]

+Sailor Italy It's a Game Grumps joke. Don't worry, I'm sure a lot of other people wouldn't have gotten that, either.

[@sailoritaly]

Oh! Which episode was that from?

[@DeathafterDecay7]

+Sailor Italy it was from sonic boom, near the end. Can't remember the number. But they were in some sort of thorny vine place as knuckles.

[@BrandonTrex]

*Generations:* Excellent step up from Colors. *Lost World:* Ok..... not as good but not bad... *Sonic Boom:* SEGA WHAT DID YOU DO

[@DarkMeridian0]

*sighs* this game had such potential. I have a pretty sensible theory as to what happened. BigRedButton was making this game into a collectathon with a brawler battle system. Then, around the halfway point of development, BRB had to deliver a progress report to SEGA, which SEGA responded with "oh my god what have you done theres not nearly enough linear running segment that has made sonic so good over the years fix it now or we terminate your contract!" Then BRB had to spend the rest of development time on injecting their half complete collectathon with the worst part of any 3d sonic game. obligatory "gotta go fast in exactly 3 lanes" running sections.

[@Adam-br3ub]

The last joke... Why don't more people watch this? It's just comedy gold with gaming attached

[@adrian.c6460]

Merry Christmas Everyone also I feel sorry for the people who got this game

[@AarturoSc]

That egg with just his mustache... Dammit! The subtle jokes are always the ones that hit me harder!

[@preciousinfinity]

I don't mind the neckerchief, I don't mind the bandages, but every time I look at Knuckles I can't help but wonder where his neck went, which is saying a lot in a game series where the characters have never had necks!

[@TheSovjetCat]

I feel in a typing mood right now. Get rich everyone, here's my 2 cents; *Apologies in advance for incoming textwall!* Sega isn't too bad of a company, I mean really, they're not. But what they're doing to Sonic is unbearable. Capcom may come second best with Megaman, but I've never seen a games company treat their mascot and it's related games so poorly. Christ, their rival Nintendo treats both of them better than they do themselves! And keeping on making more despicable sonic games is pointless because they barely sell enough to actually make a profit over it's ridicoulous investments. What Sonic needs is not a new look or different game modes and new characters to have any kind of redemption. It needs to do a reality check to it's core; What make Sonic games good? Discarding almost anything past 2000 immediatley, since those games simply weren't. You can't deny that while keeping a straight face, Sega. ( You too fans ) The earlier Sonic games were based on speed, showing off it's debut console. It's the same as all the other platformers, but with a lot more momentum, action and adrenaline. This has to be preserved, the player is required to stay alert, time their moves, and think fast to avoid obstacles and enemies. The boring 'locked in a arena, mash buttons to defeat enemies' has no place with Sonic, it kills the momentum. Perhaps such a combat system might exist whilst Sonic still speeds along the tracks. Rolling up as a ball whilst running would, as he is a hedgehog, become a simple combat mechanic, retaining speed. Hell, look at the earlier Dr. Eggman boss battles. The scenery kept scrolling past, and you had to keep up in order to not fall behind of the boss. Sonic is fast, and that means he doesn't just have to run in the game; the player must experience this too. In a ENJOYABLE WAY Sega, not putting the camera behind the player, blocking vision and throwing every possible hazard at you! Design the game to feel speedy and requiring constant attention, where such attention is rewarded with better control of the flow and action and with more points, better looks at the scenery, short cuts, etc. Racing games might prove a good example. Slow platforming kills momentum too! There's no need to 'go back to 2D' for this to work. It's about setting clear goals, thinking long and hard about core game design. If you want to start completely anew, that means disregarding any story, gameplay or character background of the game besides the original. Sonic's source material might be another Mario clone of sorts, but so was Rayman; Glorious games, even today with Origins and Legends. Hell, even Kirby still stands and remains enjoybale or sometimes even challenging with it's very simplest of platforming and combat. Sonic has been dead for years now, nothing came up to par with the fun people had with him first. He must either stay in his grave,or make only real, reasonable and at the very least acceptable games from here on out. Too bad Sega can earn money with other titles, otherwise they'd actually be forced to. But if I were you, dear reader, who has endured my insufferable rambling up until now, I wouldn't be suprised if the next Sonic sucks just as much, don't expect anything but a pile of crap. Set the bar at it's lowest, and abandon hope. At least that'd make it more enjoyable if by divine intervention the opposite would be true next time.

[@fearanger1]

My good sir, I am utterly confused that there are not more likes or replies. At least then it would mean more people paid attention to you. What you said is practically what every SEGA and Sonic fan (maybe even general gamers) needs to read. =)

[@Sir_Bone-Head]

I think Sega should also realize what made the older games fun. The fun gameplay, the great level design, and the fact that when you played as other characters, they could go through the same stuff Sonic could, but still played in their own unique way. Nice comment btw, and I do agree with you.

[@michaelkemel9711]

TheSovjetCat What you said is all well and good, but I still think Colors and Generations were still worth playing.

[@deffdefying4803]

TheSovjetCat Holy shit TL;DR, but the conclusion summed up what you said so it's all good

[@rbwjakfjenwbw1009]

You were pretty on the mark in your post, but I think there's one key thing you missed when talking about what makes Sonic games good. The reason the classic titles were so good wasn't just because they were fast, but because they made you EARN the ability to go fast, make you EARN your speed, and with this speed, you could use it to maintain the FLOW of the level's pace. These games were all about FLOW, and the mastery of the mechanics in order to achieve it, that being: -Understanding the way the levels are designed thus allowing you to not only anticipate obstacles but find faster routes through skillful play -Mastering Sonic's controls and using them in creative ways in order to get through the level. This is a trait that the best Sonic games all share, the fact that the skill floor of these games were relatively low, but the skill ceiling was very high. The best Sonic games make the player see that there is always room for improvement, always room to finish this level faster, always room to time this jump better. Thus, these made these games insanely repayable. To illustrate this, there's a Sonic fan game that I play called Sonic Dimensions. It has no story and only 8 levels, all one act long. And yet despite it's short length in terms of how long it takes to finish, I estimate that I've probably put at least 40 hours into that game, because it's levels are that well made. This, in my opinion is what makes Sonic games truly amazing (well the not-buggy and just generally bad ones anyway). They encourage the player to get better and better at the game, facilitating replayability as a result and allowing the player to get a more satisfying gameplay experience. THIS is the core of a good Sonic game. Sure other factors definitely matter, but this is the most important one. Tl;dr: Sonic games are best when they're easy to learn, but hard to master, basically.

[@MatrixTheHedgehog123]

Thank fuck! A Sonic review by Yahtzee that actually has LEGIT CRITICISM ABOUT THE FUCKING GAME instead of Yahtzee just ranting about the fanbase and repeatedly making the tired joke that "Sonic is dead lol" for a solid 5 minutes. Who knew, the secret to making a good review would be to ACTUALLY REVIEW THE FUCKING GAME. Seriously, just compare his Unleashed or Generations review to this one, you'll see in those reviews he only makes about 1 or 2 minor criticisms about the actual game itself.

[@Dragonova2]

Silly Sonic, you spent years building your reputation up from Sonic 06, and what do you do? You blew it man, you blew it all up.

[@goodfarsight5212]

That ending dialogue exchange was great.

[@kaneingham24]

What the fuck has happened to Sonic

[@AdiG1]

***** WHAT THE FUCK IS A SONIC?!

[@Kaalcite]

AdiG1 They make games, I think.

[@ECL28E]

The fanbase

[@AQWoy]

You say this like you've only just come to the realisation that sonic has been run into the ground, Sonic died a long long time ago and he's now the video game equivalent of a Tupac hologram.

[@TheDustyMuffinsss]

ECL28E Oh no! I'm inexplicably inflating again!

[@TrollBreaker]

Ben: What makes you think I'm this stupid, Sonic Boom? Sonic Boom: You bought me. Ben: Touché.

[@robertburbank3202]

"Sonic Boom!" These were Sonic's last words before he suddenly exploded for unknown reasons.

[@LondonRavenZero]

4:13 the cover of Final Fight for the Amiga! Keep that dream alive, Ben..

[@dinkelwandersee2403]

Don't forget the part with the riptide where if you hit something they insult knuckles witch is just a paper thin cushion of saying "Drive better you screw up!"

[@berengerchristy6256]

ROLLIN AROUND AT THE SPEED OF SOUND!

[@LSSTyranus]

hmm...now why hasn't Yahtzee realized that the whole idea of Sonic is "Gotta go fast!", in every way.... even in release times no matter how shitty the game ends up being, afterall, its "gotta go" out "Fast!"

[@lonnorcake1629]

I like the show based off this because it's cynical and self aware with rare upbeat moments

[@charmedpluto6851]

That last line was the greatest burn on the Sonic franchise I've ever seen. XDDDDDD Nice one Yahtzee.

[@greenvolt6236]

Best idea ever. How about Escapist does Zero Punctuation, THE ESCAPISTS!!

[@insloanwetrust]

Hahahaha "What makes you think I'm that stupid Sonic boom? You bought me"

[@RarefoilB]

(This will only make sense if you've seen the end credits slapstick) Last frame: Sonic: BOUNCE PA-_TWACK!_

[@joesatmoes]

You remember that prize Yahtzee gave Ride to Hell Retribution last year for being a total atrocity, and that he said that he doubted he'd ever be able to give such a prize to any other game ever. When he said that I thought,"You probably won't even need a whole year". I think I was right.

[@naphackDT]

Nah. Ride to hell was shit on an entirely different level.

[@Nixel85]

Sonic was cool and edgy when he barely if Ever talked. His actions and mannerisms were very endearing, esp since he was supposed to be your avatar, giving You more respect.

[@matthewfrye6061]

You know a franchise has gone done the crapper when "Ty the Tasmanian Tiger" shows better aging than Sonic Adventure.

[@battlion507]

Man, why did EA had to axed that franchise, it could've held on well on the PS vita or 3DS.

[@johnfakename1178]

Matthew Frye You know it's gone down the shitter when Kid Icarus on the NES aged better than Sonic Adventure.

[@Rockymann27]

Tucker Stackow No it didnt D_D

[@johnfakename1178]

Rockymann27 Yeah it has.

[@Rockymann27]

Tucker Stackow Kid icarus aged far more terribly in comparison.

[@zomgl2pnoobffs]

My hyper five-year-old nephew liked it for a few days. I think he's the audience.

[@SirMordred524]

So this is pretty much the attitude I've been witnessing over the last few years regarding Sonic: *Sonic Colors is released* "Hey, a Sonic game that's actually not bad. It's a step in the right direction." *Sonic Generations is released* "Wow! This has the classic 2D platforming the original Sonic had and the 3D platforming of modern Sonic, which is similar to Colors! This is great!" *Sonic Lost World is released* "Okay, this isn't quite as good as the more recent Sonic games, but it has some neat ideas. Overall, it's okay." *Sonic Boom is released* "OMG SONIK IZ DED THER HASNT BEN A GUD SANIC GAEM SINC DA GENISIS LOL SEGA SHULD JUS KIL IT ALREDY!!!" Yes, Sonic Boom sucks a big fat one. But for fuck's sake, people...GET OVER YOURSELVES! This doesn't mean that every modern Sonic game is bad, and it doesn't mean that they can only be bad from this point on. Good Sonic games can still be made. Also, keep in mind that this is mainly a SPIN-OFF and was made mostly to be a tie-in with the new cartoon. I don't have any reason to believe that Sonic is "dead" just because this game turned out to be shit.

[@Sir_Bone-Head]

I think Lost World was decent, but I just didn't like how the took the levels, nor did I like the automatic homing attack, always pissed me off for sending me in the wrong direction. One thing I did like (for the 3DS version) was that wave kick he had, I thought it was a pretty cool addition in dealing with certain enemies. Though the level design in the 3DS version pisses me off more.

[@SirMordred524]

mechking4511 If you press B instead of A when locked on to an enemy, Sonic will do a regular jump instead of a homing attack.

[@dumpstercast-refuseradio8429]

Creepy_Chris I'm still surprised that all the coke Sonic's on hasn't worn off yet.

[@splatoonsavage7384]

I like that he throw in the TARDIS from Doctor Who.

[@zyad48]

"yahtzee: what makes you think im this stupid sonic boom? sonic boom: you bought me! yahtzee: touche' " rofl

[@Catslug]

at this point, they're probably making really broken games on purpose just so game grumps will play it

[@ethantaylor9613]

Jesus christ that was 4 years ago

[@jaih5529]

I'm surprised he didn't take a dump on the big dramatic flash forward scene at the beginning where it looks like Sonic is killed after being shot by multiple enemies only to reach that part of the story and Sonic just gets back up and continues on as if nothing happened rendering all the foreshadowing pointless and further cementing the complete lack of threat the enemies pose.

[@bibniebt]

Can we at least all agree that Sonic Colors was great?

[@ianlongosky3054]

From what I've heard/read, Colors and Generations are the two best Sonic releases in the last ten years (which, granted, isn't saying much, given the competition).

[@kingarthurpendragon134]

My favorite was unleashed day stages, but that's just me personally.

[@alessandrobozzi7085]

+The King of the Penguins Not if you don't want to attract irate Yahtzee fans. Given the replies to my own other comment, you either have to agree with Yahtzee's definition of the game - "tolerable" - or accept to be described as a butthurt fanboy by the reviewer's fanbase.

[@austinreed7343]

Ian Longosky Yeah. It's not saying anything. I think they've aged badly, too.

[@keithgould8733]

well the stages may have memorable themes but not with its separate segments each map. it's like new super Mario Bros all over again.

[@SecretWalrus99]

Merry Christmas!

[@SauceApple51]

"Only a few people seemed to like Generations", only a few, *only* a *few*...

[@RiseOfTheKumquat67]

The dialogue in the opening cut scene basically sunk the whole experience from the get-go. If you're not good at writing dialogue, don't try and make cutesy quips about game cliches. "Now comes the part where I ambush you," says Eggman as another villain runs up next to the group (in no way taking them by surprise), runs along-side them and gives them an unreasonable amount of time to react. And it all goes downhill from there.

[@Wintersmith12]

Sonic Colors is the only 3D sonic game Yahtzee seems to have liked but it doesn't seem like he ever did a ZP video of it. I was kind of curious what he liked about it.

[@gingerqueer22]

There probably wasn't any demand for it. Same goes with Lost World and (in all likelihood) the new Sonic Boom game coming out later this year.

[@jdjohnson1591]

He did briefly mention it in one review, where he said he was turned off by the cutscenes.

[@Sn0wShepherd]

THANK YOU for your creative use of your excellent vocabulary in an environment of anti-learning! HUZZAH!!!!

[@MastaGambit]

Given that, Boom was NOT developed by Sonic Team. Oh, and 06 wasn't bad because of characters, it was bad because of glitches.

[@MastaGambit]

***** I concur.

[@TARINunit9]

It wasn't even bad because of just the glitches. The glitches were one half of the real problem: God-awful heuristics For those of you who haven's spent half their adult life trying to get a software engineering degree, heuristics is a set of design concepts designed to teach the user how to use the software and make them less frustrated. It's a predecessor to the video game concepts of "agency" and "immersion". Sonic 06 does not have good heuristics. Sonic 06 has some of the most frustrating, cluttered, and conflicting user feedback in the history of video games. You can literally die from doing nothing wrong. The game's engine has been known to produce different results from the same set-up. The rapidly-changing characters and gameplay styles give the player no "warm-up segments" -- you're expected to know how to control mach-speed Sonic within ten seconds of seeing it for the first time. This is where the glitches come in. They amplify the problem, making the user die even more often just when they were starting to sort of figure out what was going on

[@michaelkemel9711]

***** "Glitches are not what ruined Sonic 06. I need people to start spreading that as gospel."-ClementJ642

[@johnfakename1178]

MastaGambit It was both.

[@maxg2335]

2:16 sounds like a description of twilight princess ganondorf

[@Nara13ful]

Is he ever going to do a video on Super Smash Bros???

[@Fran_5]

I don't think he wants another shitstorm like the one he got after reviewing Brawl.

[@JonnySpec]

It'll probably be similar to his video on SSBB.

[@innegativeion]

According to his Brawl review, Yahtzee fails to recognize much depth or fun in Super Smash Bros. Baffling, but what can you do?

[@Fran_5]

Not everyone has to like Smash...

[@BlazingSky13]

Fireckrakermola plus, he already has a bias against fighting games so it's pretty much going to be a predictable response seeing how SSB 8 isn't anything extremely new from Brawl

[@PonzooonTheGreat]

CryEngine 3 is ridiculously difficult to use for anything other than an fps I found.

[@LordFiscus]

Sonic Boom: The best game to give to your worst enemy.

[@johani1717]

The WiiU is getting raped even more now. One of the worst consoles out there tbh

[@daedricoverlord6216]

SSB4, MK8, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2... The Wii U had a pretty good year imo

[@Videogamer96_]

Meanwhile the PS4 has... Knack...

[@nachoelmir98]

Oh, really? Does the Wii U ask for your money so that you could play online? Does the Wii U lack retrocompatibility? The catalogue is fullfilled with remasterizations? The same Yahtzee said it, Wii U is a game console, not an inferior PC like Xboner and PS4. From a PC guy.

[@zyad48]

it isnt the worst console out there, it just has some bad games, it has a lot of great ones too, well thats assuming your a nintendo fan, there are ports of other great games too like darksiders 2 and bayonetta 1 and sonic & sega all-stars racing transformed

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

Wii U's core concept is fucking stupid, Nintendo managed to capture lightning in a bottle with the first Wii and the motion control fad shit, and they tried to do it again but it was sooo fucking obvious it wasn't going to work again...HOWEVER, a bunch of exclusive Platinum and Nintendo IPs is slowly really making want a Wii U

[@titaniumdiveknife]

2:58 loloolololol I used to love star wars' miniatures. Oh to be young again!

[@Kalificus]

They treat you like you are stupid because this game is *marketed towards children*, which is why A. The dialogue is cringy B. The mechanics are simple C. The game is lenient in failure that said, it is still very glitchy and unpolished and another stain on Sonic's already-degraded reputation.

[@fearanger1]

Other than the glitches... is this game seriously marketed towards children? Not a general age or something like that?

[@gyflies]

It doesn't matter if it's marketed towards children and you can't use that as an excuse as to why the game is bad. For example with most things marketed towards children, I can look at that thing in the eyes of a child and see how it might be good to the child. With Sonic Boom I cannot for the life of me see how anyone can find this good.

[@bubbajoe117]

Children are stupid but not _that_ fucking stupid. They can grasp core game mechanics and know when a game feels like shit. It's not like Sonic is trying to tell some deep philosophical tale.

[@magnustherad3597]

Kalificus which is an excuse... how?

[@nighty7913]

also, let us not forget... *the knuckles glitch.*

[@ExplosivePeeps]

The last good Sonic game: Sonic CD

[@supahdupahguy81]

Sonic & Knuckles or even Sonic 3D..... Sonic pretty much died with the Sega Mega Drive...

[@michaelkemel9711]

***** It's fun, but not a typical sonic experience.

[@SketchBookShortFilms]

ExplosivePeeps The last good Sonic Game: THERE NEVER WAS ONE.

[@ExplosivePeeps]

***** Trolls sure try hard these days.

[@SketchBookShortFilms]

ExplosivePeeps Well come on man, the franchise has become so absurdly diverse that there is no decent gauge for quality. People can argue about the quality of the genesis games just as much as the recent games. Not to say I don't like some sonic gasmes, I love Generations and Colors, the Genesis Trilogy was awesome, and I'll take your word that CD is fun, but has become impossible to definitively say what a good Sonic game is. We all know what a good Mario game, good Pokemon game, and good Souls game is because they are all consistent in how they are set up, the Sonic franchise from consistency standpoint is a mess.

[@VengadorDorado91]

I was expecting for Yahtzee to have a field with this one (like with Ride to Hell), instead he was more reserved (well, as reserved as Yahtzee can be).

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"You would think they're setting up some kind of mechanic where you travel between two time periods." God, now I'm thinking about all the interesting ways you can play with that kind of a mechanic and thinking, "Why the hell ISN'T that a mechanic in this game?

[@2Scribble]

1:37 - YOOP. YOOP? YOOP?! YOOP!!!!!

[@PrivateFNG]

Perfect review and it didn't even mention all of the glitches that game has

[@Intothevoid-NIB]

"A Zelda-esque mechanic in which we hop back and forth between two different time periods..." *shows a picture of the OoT box art * I'm sorry, when, other than the Bottom of the Well and beginning of the Spirit Temple (one of which is a brief distraction) did you need to go back to the past?

[@matthewmuir8884]

Mostly for optional stuff like planting magic beans, hunting gold skulltulas and obtaining heart pieces.

[@LozzaBurger]

Every Zero Punctuation is brilliant.

[@walnzell9328]

Games need to hold your hand now, you know why? Have you ever seen a let's play where the player gets stuck somewhere obvious, and like a single power up from Dragonball Z, they keep trying to find it for episode upon episode! They're too incompetent to look at the corners where the tips are located, and when they disappear they get lost. "How do we fix this?" says the game developers. "I know!" shouts one, "Why don't we shove it in their faces!" There's no way they can miss it now!" Later on you see the Game Grumps play Sonic Boom and fail to realize that the button they're supposed to jump on was smack dab on the screen for 40 f*cking years, and they only turn around and look at the God damn tv when the button was off screen! Guess what!? They blamed the game for not showing them what to do! Isn't that funny!!!!!? The game sucks anyway, but saying things that aren't true about it isn't gonna help things get any better! "How do we fix this then? We tried putting the button on screen for half a lifetime, but it didn't work. What should we do?" "I say we make a new piece of hardware that watches the orientation of the players head ($50), and pauses the game when they're not looking. And guess what!? I totally used an old Kinect to make the prototype!" "That's a great idea, but how will we know if they're listening or ever going to turn their head before faffing off to use the sh*tter?" "Well, I also made this cool head band they can put around their heads so we can monitor brain function ($25). If they think of doing anything other than playing the game, the console will use this alarm software ($15) to blare audio recordings of "Muslims" committing suicide bombings (funded by the US f*cking government)!" "This will definitely work!" 2 hours later. "It didn't work sir." "Shut down everything! The gaming industry is dead!" Play Zero Punctuation end theme.

[@MahoganyBlack]

If you got this game for Christmas, you may as well consider it a lump of coal from Santa lol

[@PsychoDiesel48]

What makes you think I'm this stupid? "You bought me." Touche! That one really got me.

[@stanal-adam4914]

It's "Perpetrated with Cry Engine".

[@brianhill2701]

Poor sonic this is literally the last thing he needed I say this as a sonic fan myself

[@williamhall2458]

I think you would get along well with Tears of Grace.

[@noahkeu]

Merry Christmas

[@EAPvideoz]

Finally, a Sonic Boom review that I can agree with.

[@Night-Lord]

You should have been harder on this one. Compared to your usual standards of Yahtzee-brand punishment, this was like throwing a shaving cream pie at someone; it's funny, yes, but it lacks the impact it would've have if you had mixed rock and bits of broken glass in with the shaving cream.

[@halhibben]

Always makes me smile

[@jarvisvongigglesportin5542]

Seeing this game played, I kept asking why Sonic can't run any faster than a leisurely jog outside of scripted sequences. Odd that they name the game after a phenomenon occurring at the speed of sound when you're just whimsically bouncing from one bangaded-shoed foot to another.

[@summerycast7936]

0:39-0:45 Hey Yatzee, we are alike in a similar fashion! ;3

[@creeperman26000]

If you turn down the speed to 0.5 Yahtzee sounds off his face.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

I love the way some people are trying to defend this game by saying it wasn't made by Sonic Team. Because Sonic Team are famous for making great 3D Sonic games aren't they?........no.

[@crittermoded]

I'm now just gonna call him Mr Eggrobotmannic

[@Lalle524]

Just as allways yatzee is hilarious on Christmas day

[@quincymaru417]

I'm disappointed that he didn't mention Shadow any.

[@adrianatkins10]

Happy christmas Yahtzee!

[@JackSmith-lv7cp]

Do I get a no-prize for recognizing the Scarborough Fair reference?

[@ThieflyChap]

Those are crisps Yahtzee, not chips. And apologies if I misspelled your name there.

[@Dennydo1]

I'm surprise he didn't mention the bugs

[@thejackbull210]

Opened my mouth in a shower of angry spittle and rum. LOL

[@krazyk2123]

Maybe if Sega made a game with just gameplay like the day stages in sonic unleashed and the modern stages in sonic generations, people would actually buy the game.

[@madoka8372]

somwhere chris chan is raging a bout this

[@paperbag2410]

Is this our Christmas present?

[@figurativefluff]

Since when did chips come in bags?

[@streled5361]

Atleast Sonic06 was fun and more populated.

[@HeWhoIsAlwaysWright]

I have seen kids on the Wii U that adore this game... *Someone please **_help_** us...*

[@fede6811]

WAIT!!! Sonic releases a evil snake in the present, but he already trapped it in the past? Thats Sonic Adventures 2!! I played that game in my Dreamcast AGES AGO! Fuck you Sega -.-

[@Mike60606]

Is a give way sign the same as a yield sign?

[@SaintGat99]

I hope to see a review of Fire and Ice.

[@MastaGambit]

I love you again Yahtzee.

[@crobinson2624]

Jim said it best, Sega and the developers behind Sonic games never continually evolve and refine the Sonic gameplay like Nintendo does with Mario or Zelda they just start over with one gameplay hook and beat it to death until they make a "NOT Sonic" game.

[@PTSDSquirrel]

its this re invent the wheel thing they do, that really makes me wonder if the first 3 games where just a happy accident with experimentation.

[@Tatti12321]

wow.. in the small thumbnail the inquisition dragon is so obvious....

[@KantFromEC]

when are we gonna get the zero punctuation for "survival: infestation stories" or more commonly known as warZ. cause if you thought ride to hell was bad...

[@bjh2o]

It's Christmas for the developers, and this year they are sharing the shame.