Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Zero Punctuation)

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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
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[@nono9543]

You know the idea of a former hardcore adventurer being restricted to Suburban life and watching him fumble about sounds like comedy gold to me.

[@reservoir_flow]

Darrius Cooper Not a game, but I'd watch like two seasons of it

[@Starphoenix]

Someone get Nathan Fillion on the project!

[@strangething7379]

@@JaelinBezel Yeah except for we want it to be good

[@zelg.5551]

Crocodile Dundee?

[@airesbattleblade732]

He actually has a really funny but where he is doing target practice in his room and he says lots of action movie catchphrases.

[@XShadOBabeX]

"Come join me now, ye gentles all, and crouch behind yon chest-high wall." Friggin' brilliant writing right there! XD

[@TylerInTraining]

You remember the Patriots in Bioshock Infinite? How before they go rogue on you they speak in a two-verse rhyme about something in the museum? That's the voice and inflection i just heard in my head while reading that quote. haha

[@carwyn3691]

There's always room for "Uncharted 0.5: We Totally Thought Of This Game From The Beginning And Are Not Just Looking For Money - The Prequel"

[@filipmelzacki9969]

You mean Golden Abyss on Vita?

[@hollandscottthomas]

See, now I sincerely hope the DLC is UNCHARTED: Forgot A Bag At The Supermarket And Have To Go Back For It But Traffic Is Awful And The Car Won't Start.

[@darkhpokinsngaming8889]

Nope

[@redeye4516]

They should make a DLC where Nathan Drake has to dumpster dive for some reason. Hell, I'd buy a whole game centered on that. You'd have to fight other hobos, beg for money to buy liquor, and dumpster dive for what I can assume was food at some point.

[@hollandscottthomas]

Redeye Hahahahahaha... "Hey Sully! Can you believe they're throwing these tomatoes out??"

[@TheAwakeOrangutang]

See, this is the slow process of how Uncharted turned into Heavy Rain.

[@darkhpokinsngaming8889]

+TheAwakeOrangutang Except not at all

[@NetNeelsie]

That's true, we South Africans can't stand other South Africans. Unless there is a braai, in which case we just drink and maybe fight later on.

[@TheMeanMongoose]

**shakes fist** Damn South Africans! They ruined South Africa!

[@rinusluijk3514]

Sooth Efricens* Get it right, man.

[@u4tiwasdead]

+Rinus Luijk siff ifrikins*

[@dorksword1294]

awe my bru

[@dorksword1294]

Copperbeard​ I blame Zuma, that's what everyone does when shit hits the fan

[@Traveler_of_the_Stars]

"...A Thief's End." ...until the inevitable reboot.

[@timebomb4562]

it's gonna happen

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

The reboot will have even less gameplay.

[@ValorDucky]

Nah. There will be some crappy sequels from another developer and the franchise will die, just like previous ND franchises.

[@user-pc9jq5qe9i]

edgy!

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Twinsanity and Crash of the Titans were not crappy, you impossible-to-please-purist!

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

I suppose that I've been watching this channel long enough, because I know this review is the Yahtzee Croshaw equivalent of moderate praise.

[@loyal-tf-fan]

yeah I noticed that myself

[@mentallychallenged]

Yeah, I mean, he didn't outright say "this is a bad game" or "this is a good game" so it's definitely moderate praise in so many words.

[@MCHellshit]

He said its not boring. Thats basically high praise

[@DragonDDark]

really? seems like high praise to me lol

[@koolaidmangiggity]

2:55

[@chase_h.01]

Uncharted 5: The Search For More Money

[@Megalomaniakaal]

The sad thing is I would buy that.

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

Technically all Uncharted games are about characters trying to get rich.

[@thegreatespeonplays5026]

SpaceCharted 5 the quest for more money

[@CD-Gaming]

Complete with publisher's jizz!

[@Y2JLionHeart]

LMAO

[@HiiroRocker101]

I am disappointed at the lack of complaining about all the arbitrary boxes with wheels.

[@chillbro1010]

Boxes with wheels are a good way to move things around. I mean, cars are technically boxes with wheels if you think about it.

[@ThePhantomGazz]

boxes with wheels that are centuries old, that just happen to be in a place you need them. I too thought this was too convenient.

[@chillbro1010]

The Phantom Gazz What? At the first prison: You mean to say that the boxes and barrels and shit that were obviously put there recently are CENTURIES OLD? (are you saying the grappling hook that the corrupt guard obviously put there was actually CENTURIES OLD?) In the area near saint dismass church: You mean to say that the the box with wheels that the military group put there when searching for Avery's treasure was CENTURIES OLD? I've only just gotten to the bucket puzzle, so maybe I'm missing this ancient one you are talking about, but the only boxes ive seen were obviously recently built/moved there.

[@Hostilenemy]

Uncharted 5: A Thief's Bottom End.

[@turkidot]

Uncharted 6 : Butt...

[@QQx9er]

Uncharted 7 : Butts

[@Segeric]

Tubbs.

[@unknownanonymous2651]

Uncharted: Ate Butts

[@magnushusemoen]

Uncharted 8: Revenge of the butts.

[@MaoTseFunkadelic]

As a dual American - South African citizen, this might be the existential catharsis I've been looking for.

[@eugenideddis]

I found this review incredibly positive. For Yahtzee speaking about Uncharted anyways, fairly negative, but when we're talking about a person who gives insulting reviews to his favorite games, and has repeatedly insulted this series, this was a positive review v

[@AimForMyHead81]

I noticed that too.

[@Rkader11]

same

[@DragonDDark]

ye

[@timbuktu777]

Keep lying to yourself....

[@eugenideddis]

MrMoonwear Well relative to his other reviews, his E.T. for the atari is a positive review, and this is about on par with that.

[@BacchusZA]

Ahahahahaha "Sooth Effricans" Ehehehehehehe

[@Piledriver86]

What I like about this game is that for once, the treasure is what it was advertised as, the last three games all sort of ended up being the same at the end.

[@samboneymachine9058]

Surprised he didn't mention the refined gun and stealth mechanics. May not have changed that much, but the tweaks they made certainty prevented quite a bit of frustration that the other games didn't.

[@dstarr3]

Hey guys, Yahtzee said something negative about Uncharted 4. Let's start a petition to have his opinion changed. Bevause obviously this game is as faultless as the undoubtedly very cool and handsome fanbase would have you believe.

[@JohnnyBoy7267]

Yes this is an opinion a real one unlike that disgracefull turd of a "opinion" that clearly never should have been writen or shown to the public.

[@leepierrendombe6889]

I read that in Yahtzee's voice for some reason.🤔

[@assassindark89]

That's for a few people, but for me. the way how he review it, it felt like he didn't listen to the character dialogue to see how much they grown from the past games. Also he thought this game shouldn't have the action set piece's when this the last game, and to that fact the ones in the game was great, the car chase part was the best. lastly, yes not everyone gonna see it as a great game, but when you don't talk about how detail and how good the story end. then yes people will be upset.

[@brycemcewen6146]

+assassindark89 to be fair Yahtzee never pretended to be a rewivew it's a comdey series

[@DragonDDark]

doom Fanboys did the same thing lol

[@Murillable]

Other youtubers talk about how bad Uncharted 4 is = Everyone loses their shit Yahtzee talks about how bad Uncharted 4 is = Everyone is cool with it

[@DevilHunter1994]

Well with Yatzee, it's more of a shock when he isn't negative. We've just grown numb to it at this point. XD

[@android19willpwn]

people watch Yahtzee to hear him talk shit about a game, so the people who would be butthurt buggered off a long time ago.

[@lefthand9672]

yahtzee is a reviewer like a electric scooter is a motorcycle

[@Rkader11]

okay

[@rozza1903]

so when he likes a game (spec ops the line) its a massive surprise and you should get it immediately

[@thereisnospace]

Be ready for the uncharted reboot with a angsty teenager as nathan drake and its called: Uncharted (2019)

[@ussocomfreak]

Well, Tom Holland is apparently going to play him in a movie soon so..

[@NoobPlaysGame]

"Uncharted 4: A Thief's Bellend "

[@pnx073]

Uncharted Effect commencing in 3...2...1...

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

"LIKE THINGS AS MUCH AS ME"

[@GreenFighter86]

I haven't seen anyone angry.

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

***** Oh btw, what's wrong with your faaace?

[@superbot3994]

+Followthategg One might say...it's Uncharted.

[@Decon7]

As a South African. I approve of the way you pronounce it.

[@redlegsgreaves8754]

watching this now makes me realize how much parallels to TLOU II one can draw. :D

[@Ineedgames]

Strong female character beats up leads, only to get away in the end. Characters who don't know how to communicate. People doing shit for selfish reasons never learning from them?

[@Kezzeract]

"Come, join me, now. Ye gentles, all. And crouch behind yond chest high wall." This needs to be put on a t-shirt.

[@GodRustang]

Wow the dialogue, characters, and story were my favorite parts. First time I disagreed with Yahtzee

[@McFasty3924]

Pretty much, but i suppose it's open to intereperation. Loved the game but i felt some of the story bits dragged on - as awesome as they were.

[@bergonath8851]

Wasn't the dialogue too cheesy, though?

[@McFasty3924]

I always liked drake for his jerk attitude and cheesiness, but yeah it did not mix so well with the seriousness of this games story, as such. I'm just glad the actual puzzles and combat were as good as ever. I'm usually playing serious games like arma, men of war, exanima etc, so it's nice to play a more relaxed game with epic adventure sometimes =]

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

That what makes it FUN ! sometimes you need those cheesy lines. When everything is generic and 'edgy', it means nothing :D

[@catiseith]

What's this!? A cool-headed disagreement over a negative Uncharted review!? The world is going mad, I tell you! MAD!!! /s

[@therupoe]

Eh, to each their own. I get your gripes but I think they did quite a bit to improve on the formula. I always hated having to fight off two waves of 20 baddies every 10 minutes in the previous games. At least in this one you can be sneaky and sometimes even skip encounters. The animation and graphics were fantastic! I think the characters were more believable and, for the most part, Drake seemed like he wanted to grow up and stop shooting people and acting crazy. He just couldn't get over his love for the treasure, the chase.

[@lefthand9672]

agreed sir

[@gregoryyoung1141]

All true; and I actually think Yahtzee would agree with you if he could be bothered to do so without sarcasm. As the comments above point out though, this was actually Yahtzee's version of "good game, here's the questionable bits." He doesn't dwell too much on the good parts because he knows we all come to see him rag on the bad ones.

[@DragonDDark]

I agree but yaahtzee can't be himself if he didn't bash anything in a game :p

[@Rkader11]

ye

[@NHLman27]

In yahtzees owm words: its harder to be funny about things that are well done

[@mikeumm]

I just wanted to say thanks for using Pittsburgh's skyline in your video. Always nice to see your city show up in random places. Especially when it's the day of game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Pittsburgh. LETS GO PENS!

[@theamazingguy150]

This and tombraider are ruined because of the climbing segments. Either commit to platforming or don't do it at all

[@d_alistair-years]

Personally, the funniest part of the game was when Nathan’s brother quipped that he hoped he wouldn’t be damned to Hell for breaking an ancient religious artefact, as if God would overlook his body count

[@Traxiconn]

As a South African I strongly approve and enjoy the South African jab.

[@Ange1333]

4:50 with the ps4 standing in the sunset. Comedy GENIUS

[@SPM0717]

3:07 Technically the first game didn't have a mythical city. "El Dorado" was in name only, as it turned out to be a statue not a city.

[@FraserSouris]

"Like it or not, consoles are the real drive behind technical innovation in games. With the exception of a handful of titles like Star Citizen, few PC exclusives are in the making that really push the visual front on high end PCs, simply because the market's not large enough. AAA developers are incentivized to implement higher end rendering techniques only when consoles are capable of handling them. It's simple economics" -Gamingbolt

[@frankponti]

I am South African and that statement about us not getting along with each other is pretty apt. Even more so now that President Zuma has our country in a lovely nose dive to end up like Zimbabwe. Oh good review as always Yahtzee, your SA accent is still atrocious though.

[@bonecoldplays8518]

Same my brew , lekker comment here

[@Lobajoba]

Out of curiosity, how were the game's SA accents in your opinion?

[@frankponti]

@@Lobajoba Spot on I'd say. There's even a mercenary that sings an afrikaans song that you can overhear in game. I rate they hired South African voice actors to record those lines. The accents from the mercenaries are pretty good.

[@Lobajoba]

@@frankponti oh that's good, I'm glad they learnt their lesson from last time; as a Brit I always felt the ones in three were a bit stereotyped (think yahtzee even brought it up. Ok so the henchmen were good, but what about Nadine?

[@frankponti]

@@Lobajoba Laura Bailey is an amazing voice actress... but she can't really do a South African accent. I was watching some KZbin clips now to refresh my memory, it's pretty clear she's American putting on an accent haha.

[@elijahgemmill2000]

Funnily enough, what he's describing at 3:20 is actually how Bruce Wayne became Batman in Year One. "Yes father I shall become a bat"

[@dw-nl9ph]

It's great to know that when a game gets hyped up to annoying levels, we always have Yahtzee to put it back in its place.

[@chillbro1010]

I didn't even know this game came out... So it wasn't hyped up at all for me... Hmm, looks like I found an opinion.

[@Olter_]

+Connor Hill So you say you have not seen any ads of it? You live under a rock or you are lying. SONY had ads running 24/7 on all media sources.

[@chillbro1010]

MrOlterman Adblock m8.

[@Rkader11]

he sounded like he like the game tho

[@personla-m3g]

+Connor Hill Ad block is a scam

[@fallensparrow6402]

as a south african, i can confirm we do not get along, but why are we always portrayed as mercs?

[@sanktkaj1781]

Hey, I have a question. Does South Africa have female soldiers, because if you've played the game, Nadine is a mercenary and the leader of an army, but all her soldiers are men. Thanks in advance

[@fallensparrow6402]

our military does employ female soldiers, but i do not think there are female mercs, because the mercs that come from here were drafted about 30 years ago when they turned 18, and spent so long in the army, that, when the border war ended, they did not know how to do anything else, so they started to do some... independent contracting work.

[@sanktkaj1781]

Hm, interesting, i couldn't really find any info about that myself;. it's just bothered me for so long why Nadine wouldn't hire any women for her army

[@fallensparrow6402]

yep, now you know

[@Zippish]

I absolutely freaking love Uncharted 4, but this review was spot on regardless.

[@Werezilla]

Got to love how Nathan, played by Nolan North, an actor who's in everything, has a brother played by Troy Baker, who is ALSO in everything.

[@sanktkaj1781]

It's like if Samuel L Jackson's brother was Samuel L Jackson

[@Changetheling]

They are oficially registered as a bromance, specially after Shadow of Mordor/War. And let's not forget Troy's advice for future voice actors at the TGA 2015: "save up your money for a microphone. Then, wait for me and Nolan North to die."

[@thomasraines1396]

@@Changetheling amazing.

[@CowNamedMuffin]

All I have to say to Yatzee about his rant for Uncharted 4- YES OMG YES.

[@chillbro1010]

Can't get your rocks of without a hate fueled rant?

[@MrX626]

0:43 I just realized that city in the background is Pittsburgh

[@CobusHerbst]

I am Sooth African. lol

[@NetNeelsie]

Fully boet! Guys who played in Egoli did the Sooth African voices.

[@seriaasly3297]

+Niel Fourie holy hell, you're right!

[@NetNeelsie]

Seriaas I know right, hahaha.

[@Nightraven26]

English is not my main language so I was like "what's a soothifican"? XD

[@Anastas1786]

Suuth Effrican.

[@alecnava5465]

Was this astoundingly postitive review of Uncharted (for yahtzees standard) a sign that Yahtzee is ready to settle down and spawn children?

[@chillbro1010]

"spawn" would be the word for it, eh?

[@alecnava5465]

Yea "the offspring of a person".

[@DFxVader]

"Been married for years and still can't fucking communicate." Welcome to the real fucking world mate.

[@Rkader11]

every black on black relationship

[@chillbro1010]

"This writing doesn't exactly copy an accepted romantic archetype, that means the writing sucks."~Yahtzee

[@DFxVader]

Haha I wouldn't be surprised to hear him say something along these lines in a different game/story "This writing exactly copies an accepted romantic archetype, that means the writing sucks."

[@stevin53]

“Marvelous lost cities, in international locations” meanwhile he uses the cityscape of Pittsburgh.

[@Piewarrior27]

huniepop review when?

[@gigiugulava8218]

never!

[@isuckatlifemutechannel6050]

RRRRRIGHT NOW

[@redeye4516]

When cruel and unusual punishment becomes legal

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

when you fucking jump off a cliff because nobody actually wants a review of the game

[@TheReZisTLust]

@@redeye4516 you mean hardcore bdsm?

[@SpiderKnives]

All valid points. Still, it's a crowning jewel of its genre. And I sort of feel where it truly outshines Tomb Raider is by having NO RPG ELEMENTS AT ALL which is bloody great honestly.

[@kilroy987]

Played it once, haven't touched it since. Zero replay value. I at least played through Tomb Raider again to find more scrap and build more skills to build an explosive bow, even if taking a side trek to explore a tomb while lives are at stake made no sense.

[@TheBawbag88]

spoilers ofcourse, but I really liked the playing crash bandicoot moment, and it lead to a really funny moment near the end of the game. I burst out into hysterics just after the moment when him and his wife are stuck in that net and they cut themselves free and run away from the explosions. It looked identical to the crash bandicoot game running away from the rolling boulder, and then drake says "just like old times"

[@duploman1000]

I can't stand characters who nonchalently murder henchmen and joke about it during and after combat, or try to pull you aside after for a heart to heart like they're not a massive sociopathic douchebag.

[@thomasraines1396]

It’s crazy.

[@SnowyK]

Those two lines of poetry were gold out of all the zero punctuation vids I've seen.

[@RRW359]

"What happens when uncharted comes to a new generation?" It's great but everyone forgets about it and the console it's on. Oh, you mean non-handheald consoles.

[@royceatkinson]

The skyline you used was that of Pittsburgh, PA when you were talking about marvelous and exotic international locations. I've lived in Pittsburgh. That does not describe it one bit.

[@tigerex777]

this was one of his more positive reviews

[@zellevia4293]

1:28 is now my favourite quote of anything ever

[@WalterBrosINC]

Still waiting for the DOOM review...

[@TheDuckClock]

It just came out on the Escapist website www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/116880-Doom-2016-Review

[@KarstenMelchers]

+TheDuckClock thanks!

[@CinosTheHedgehog2000]

Little did Yahtzee know that that bit with Crash Bandicoot was actually a little hint at the N Sane Trilogy

[@lr4164]

if you dont parse crowshaw. he liked it: i guess the score is 7/10

[@Rkader11]

too much dialogue 4/10 Washington post

[@juliopiotti8807]

+Rkader 11 Too much detail xD

[@peytongonavy]

Personally, I would've rated it a solid 5/7.

[@cdkumquat4953]

the 5/7 is a joke from a string of facebook statuses, where somebody said that Fight Club was "a perfect 5/7"

[@SORROWCODE]

One thing I did like about U4 is that there wasn't any supernatural or old science crap going on, it was just "well all these no-longer-pirates are now dead what the hell happened?" "Oh it seems they all betrayed each other, how surprising" No magic, just plain old greed with some "pirate ingenuity".

[@TheStapleGunKid]

True, I did like the lack of supernatural elements, though it does make one wonder why Rafe was going after the treasure. If you've got enough money to hire a huge private army and take it all over the world, why bother risking your life for treasure hunting? I think that's why they included the supernatural elements in the prior games. It's the only valid plot justification for why rich warlords with entire armies at their command would go after them.

[@SORROWCODE]

Glory, that's why

[@Ineedgames]

The writing in Uncharted 4 is shiet. You'd think after hearing Sam's story, Nathan would at least take 5 minutes of his own time to look up that the guy has been dead for 6 months.

[@GBDupree]

Not to mention Sam's story is just another foreign prison escape sequence right after the first one with little difference between the two, and the only real gameplay between them being Crash Bandicoot.

[@Ineedgames]

+GBDupree They made Sam come out as hatable running around killing guards in that sequence.

[@GBDupree]

Aya ya Which is what they did in the first sequence with Rafe too though. The only difference is that in the first sequence they have a cliffhanger of Sam possibly dying, despite the fact that its been established he's still alive beforehand. While in the second one they have a cliffhanger of that bad guy still being alive, but he's actually dead this whole time. Its the same but reversed.

[@stefano7036]

Nice use of the Pittsburgh skyline 50 seconds in Yahtzee. Putting it up when you were talking about a "marvelous lost city" was funny.

[@gothicwolflight1075]

Sooth Africans, LOL love it

[@OmegaBlack2609]

I had to rage quit this game when I couldn't blow up one of their tank trucks with my newly acquired RPG; I thought that was the point of having one since I LITERALLY BLEW ONE UP FIVE MINTUES AGO! I didn't know I was supposed to turn around 3 seconds after it showed up to trigger an interactive cinematic that took forever just to lodge the fucking tank truck into a ditch to where I could shoot at it with an assault rifle and have it blow up like a typical Michael Bay movie.

[@GebTM]

Last time i came this early i was early

[@GebTM]

*original

[@lukewithann7256]

who took a shit in your cereal this morning james?

[@russianspy5307]

Ahoyhoy

[@badass6300]

as original as the next fifa or PES.

[@harrylonsdale3142]

+Luke with an N me

[@SachoManMandyRavage]

"Tragic early 2000s haircuts" I've got that haircut... Rip

[@SinHurr]

I always appreciate when Yahtzee hits a game I have no intention of playing. I feel like it's a super bonus video.

[@zelg.5551]

Hello from the future. They made another bloody Uncharted game, yay.

[@SPM0717]

Zel G. They can be let off seeing as it was originally DLC for 4 but grew into a standalone expansion.

[@flowhannesburg1912]

Sooth Efrikens? More like Saarhth Efrikens. Good try though (4:34)

[@DiggingForFacts]

Well you know: early 2000's, evil private military contractor...Blackwater hadn't made a name for itself yet so everyone only ever thought of Executive Outcomes, so they all get to be happy little Sooth Effrekens with AK's

[@nitishkapur8193]

Remember uncharted fanboys when this game got a 9/10 imagine them of they saw this

[@SPM0717]

Two reviews gave it a 4 and 5 out of 10. For real.

[@B3astMass]

I like how Yahtzee can never get over Drake's haircut. 1.) I think it is a very good trim 2.) Its not like Yahtzee has a desirable haircut

[@Faapu]

Wha- criticism?! We need to take this video down! This will not do!

[@jumhig]

having surf Africans as villains is about as creative as hunting for pirate treasure.

[@chillbro1010]

I mean, Nazis/Germans, Russians, and middle easterners I get... Maybe even Chinese... But I have never seen a game that even had a south african in it before, as the villain or protagonist...

[@benwasserman8223]

Uncharted 4 GOTY 2016 contender. Or winner

[@TheDuckClock]

Nominee yes, Winner? unlikely. Cause while its a solidly polished game it doesn't really deliver a lot in the innovation department and does retread a lot of what the previous Uncharted games did.

[@ViktorKruger99]

DOOM already won the year.

[@spandanpattnaik6083]

+Victor Kruger no man's sky?

[@douglasharris4295]

It's innovative in polish and design. The levels are enormous now with many optional treasures, and the combat encounters are structured in a cause-and-effect sort of way in relation to the plot making it so that you can completely bypass enemies without killing anyone unless they're trying to kill you such as the marketplace escape scene. And how this structure ties in with the plot is sort of a metacommentary on past Uncharted's and shooters in general. It's pretty groundbreaking stuff if you ask me. Also, the subect matter and themes are quite adult and handled with brisk nuance interlaced with optional dialogues, journal entries, parchments, treasures, etc that make the adventure feel truly like alive, especially with how characters interact with everything you do.

[@TheDuckClock]

Douglas Harris Those are more upgrades than full on innovation, Large scale linear levels aren't anything new (see Crysis) It's Shooting is still very similar to Uncharted 3, while its Stealth mechanics feel like a 'lite' version of MGS V's stealth gameplay.

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

And then they announced Uncharted: The Lost Legacy where Chloe (young woman with an old woman's voice from games 2&3) and Nadine (woman trying too hard to be a badass and isn't) team up for a standalone game. Your thoughts on this, Yahtzee?

[@SPM0717]

MLP-Hot-Rod Umm its actually DLC.

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

SicParvisMagna123 Ah right

[@vanyadolly]

I'd take young woman with an old woman's voice over Drake any day.

[@SPM0717]

TheKeyser94 Who's the hell's Cassandra?

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

SPOILER ALERT! Cassandra, or Cassie, is Nate & Elena's daughter.

[@pswijeratne]

crtics were pissing there pants over this game.the great thing about yathzee is that he expressed his opinion like a boss

[@chillbro1010]

Are you saying that other critics were NOT expressing their opinion? You think it is literally impossible for people to exist that have different opinions?

[@Protoman85]

Funny when he mentions the game being too long and the incessant setpieces, I felt that with 2 and that's the only one I've played

[@hauntedheathen2732]

I had fun with the game but found Drake pretty unlikable and his dialogue cringey at times.

[@user-ip3fs9sc5b]

BreakingBeJammin same

[@KeystoneHeavy58]

Traveler's Tales kept Crash alive on the PS2 for, like, 4 games. FWIW.

[@Nicti987]

The reason why they slammed Crash in there is because Crash fans literally beg for a new Crash game every day. I'm sure Naughty Dog would do it, but the greedy f-heads at Activision won't let him go. Sony never owned Crash, you know... (Btw, I LOATHE Acti)

[@creativelaughter]

I thought Naughty Dog basically lost the rights after Crash Team Racing (which is one of their best games, still). The games that came after were total trash - Crash Bash anyone? Ugh. So awful. I haven't played Uncharted 4, but the idea of putting a Crash Bandicoot thing in the game sounds like a great bit of nostalgia for them and the fans.

[@MrShawno1231]

If you've somehow managed to hide yourself under a rock from all the various masturbatory hints Sony have shown of Crash Bandicoot returning since 2013, one of those hints being a very unsubtle in-your-face T-Shirt that quite literally had Crash Bandicoot on it worn by none other than Sony's new CEO Shawn Layden last year at a Sony press conference... Then congratulations. Plus, I am certain that the version of that level in Uncharted 4 was remade and Crash himself was given more than one new animation and for some reason Activision wasn't credited at the end, so you know what that means... Lastly not long after the hints from the trailers, Activsion removed all trace of the IP from their website...

[@Nicti987]

***** Where's the confirmable proof, then? We've only been getting hints.

[@MrShawno1231]

***** Anyone denying it after U4's mandatory Crash sections is a complete tool.

[@Nicti987]

***** I'm not denying it. I'm just puzzled. The fact that Sony's still hinting Crash after many reliable sources have told us that Sony doesn't own him (they never did btw, and neither did they own Spyro) is just flipping my head, and it's doing so even more now that we're having this conversation. Plus, I've seen articles in which Activision refused to allow Naughty Dog to hold Crash Bandicoot fan art contests. Something shady's going on. If Activision is relying on attention for their games by sitting their ass on Crash, then that's not good. Or was that about Yahtzee? Maybe he just never heard of the commotion. If that's the case, then it may make a little sense, since he lives in Australia, a country that may have more buzzy internet than USA and many in EU and where Crash may be less celebrated, but given that he's a game critic, he should know about this by now. He works for a website that literally does articles about as many things video games as it can cover, and his company should've let him be aware of it by now.

[@Laugh136]

If I remember the ZP schedule right, Doom 2016 should be next for Yahtzee. I foresee immense praise and several references to Painkiller and/or Resistance 3.

[@Delicoms]

Why does Yahtzee always want some white-guilt ridden plot or something? It's one thing to want better written characters and villains, but complaining about it on the premise of their nationality being foreign is weak. Oh well, funny review as usual.

[@stayfrnds3701]

In previous reviews he mentions how all the villains so far are not american and tha he hopes that one day *Mr.cardboard cut out* will fight an american

[@chillbro1010]

They can't be american military because he thinks the rebel vs. government is lazy. They can't be American Paramilitary because he thinks that is lazy. They can't be an American Gang or Mob because he thinks that is lazy. If an American badguy controls a group of people, he thinks that is lazy. If they are non-american he thinks its lazy. Basically, any force large enough to actually require fighting means you are lazy. There is literally no force worth fighting that Yahtzee would like.

[@Delicoms]

+SirVaxel E'talin (Warning: this comment is unnecessarily long.) Not particularly this review, but in the first review he remarks that the game is essentially a white supremacist paradise because the enemies are non-white. I get it, it's a joke, but Yhatzee just constantly criticizes any game with non-white enemies or villains because it's all about "killing brown people" and only particularly praises games where white people (primarily Americans) feel guilt for killing all those "brown people" (Spec Ops the line). Here is the distinction for me, however. I concede that characters in the uncharted series are not very dynamic and interesting and that serious internal conflicts like guilt are indicative of more well written-characters, but that isn't really the point Yhatzee is making. Nathan does have guilt,specifically in this game (though not necessarily about killing), and an ATTEMPT at better character development, but he doesn't acknowledge it and is only willing to note that he's glad the enemies are whiter (South Africans and an American). He can critique the execution of the attempt of better development (which wasn't very great) and focus on the shift of Nathan critically, but rather he just says "the game is more about nathan but i dont care hes a cocky american but at least he's killing other americans!" Look, it's meant to be humorous, I get it, and it's definitely more funny to shovel in race/nationality jokes than noting the importance of actually constructing interesting protagonists and antagonists. However, if you want to be even more snobby in that aspect (like Yhatzee deliberately attempts to be) it's a bit of a cop-out for actual wit (ironically, he criticizes Nathan for the exact same thing). Just a little issueI had with his reviewing style. Cheers!

[@chillbro1010]

Bryan Cruz I think it's because he himself is not American that he misunderstands the climate in American when it comes to race and it makes his "jokes" seem a little fumbling and childish. I guess some people can't give up the "All americans are fat racists" jokes.

[@idnyftw]

maybe the part about his brother is all just Nathan Drake daydreaming about more exciting times during the good old days

[@ariandynas]

Nah, Shakespearean characters would fit in fine. They can't communicate with each other to save their lives. Oh. Right.

[@Openreality]

In all of the other games his background is actually mentioned that he is a descendant of Sir Francis Drake.

[@SeaToSkyImages]

Amazing review. I agree wholeheartedly. U4 is a beautiful game that runs like a dream. Too bad it's so boring if you're not invested in the story. I'm just not in to these "cinematic" games. I'd rather watch a movie.

[@acetech09]

I wouldn't ever buy/play it myself, but I have to say, it was awesome to watch a playthrough on youtube.

[@KEEPTHECHANGE10]

if you aren't fully invested in the Uncharted series, this game is at best a rent, or watch on youtube

[@SeaToSkyImages]

True. I was super in to The Last of Us, but had never played an Uncharted game, so I expected a similar gameplay-to-story ratio. Unfortunately, for me, I found Uncharted 4's gameplay to be very basic, and it was constantly being interrupted by the story. I never really felt like I was playing the game. I ended up selling it for almost full price after I completed it, so it was almost like a rental.

[@KEEPTHECHANGE10]

matterofact I completely understand what you mean. Fortunately for me, I have been a huge fan of the series, so this last game was a pleasure to play and watch.

[@finnishperson6401]

Thumbs up for the Yorkshire's Terrier @ 4:17

[@xtmt1234]

Wait hang on...Skeletor's American?

[@chuckles3116]

Skeletor represents the villain in the metaphor. The striped and starred hat represents the american part

[@xtmt1234]

you must be fun at parties.

[@xtmt1234]

Todd-Jeffery Frederickson Woah dude take it easy. No need to get triggered.

[@Changetheling]

That's what Dolph Lundgren film made me believe.

[@marvelousmehki]

I think the reason why Sam didn't show up in Uncharted 3 when it went into the flashback was probably because in the beginning of Uncharted 4 Sam did say that he was going to be gone for a while so maybe Nate decided to go hunt for a treasure on his own or something

[@noonenoone6843]

The day that this guy runs out of complaints will be day the world ends.

[@dicappriojj]

Yahtzee's line of shakespearian dialog made me choke-laugh in the middle of my office.

[@awesomeflippergamer]

I've played uncharted and I find it boring, the first one goes from solving easy puzzles to cover shooting and it's boring with a shitty story where people's choices don't make sense.

[@xBluegamerx]

I was hoping for a supernatural twist in this game like the others, i mean zombie windigo things in the first, the evil blue man group in the second, and yeti's in the third!!!! When i saw mummy's i was like "oh yeah bring on the undead" then they just exploded in my face, like my hopes and dreams....

[@BoySamusMetroid]

Thank god someone else found the Crash Bandicoot section so egregiously masturbatory. All I've seen is praise and nerding out over it. If you want to put an older game of yours in a new game as an Easter Egg, that's fine, that's cool, just make it an Easter Egg. Not a _mandatory section of the game_. And to top it off, you have to play it _twice_. Once at the beginning, and once at the end.

[@benwasserman8223]

It's an homage to the first game Naughty Dog successfully released, both as a way to show progress of the company as a whole and give 90's gamers a reminder of their childhood. I mean, it's not like this dampers the game in anyway. If anything, I want to see more Nate/Elena game commentary

[@GM-cw9qr]

"Come join me now ye gentles all, and crouch behind yon chest-high wall."

[@MrMagnificentMedia]

Oh please, the dialogue was fantastic especially whilst delving deeper into Drake and Elena's relationship. Other than that, this video is great haha.

[@Ineedgames]

Their relationship is as shallow as a dried up mud puddle. Their relationship was built on lies and the romance between the two was always so forced.

[@MrMagnificentMedia]

Aya ya Their relationship was not built on lies, it was built on having a mutual interest in treasure/ history and the two going through hell but saving each other's ass each time. But yes, Drake has lied to Elena. As for the rest of your opinion, fair enough lol.

[@wildroses2009]

I don't know why but I've always loved that image of Yahtzee telling Drake to "Give kiss" with his mouth full of shit. Maybe because Yahtzee's nearly always the one looking horrified when NPCs are asking him to do horrifying things.

[@Brownwolf502]

How long you want bet before there is a change. ORG petition to take down this review?

[@redeye4516]

Dude, if you don't like the review, don't fucking watch it. If you're gonna petition for something, petition for something significant, not a fucking video game review on youtube. Seriously, videos like this are a type of free speech. If you petition to take this down, you may as well petition everyone you disagree with to stop holding different views than you.

[@Brownwolf502]

Redeye dude I like the review I was joking about the idoits pettioning to have the one bad review out of sea of amazing reviews for this game be removed from meta critic

[@Josearnaldomanuel2]

The best Crash Bandicoot was in PS2, Crash Bandicoot Twinsanity.

[@Elusivekid777]

South Africans not getting along with other South Africans. lol. funny. Almost true. but no.

[@mandece]

dont know which one I love more: the actual game or Yahtzee’s review