Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom & Phantom Fury | Fully Ramblomatic

[@davidmelon9409]

You know he's got respect for a game when he can say a title like "Yellow Taxi goes Vroom" three or four times without twisting It Into something rude and/or silly.

[@LocalSlasher]

I hadn't even noticed. Well, it's also possible he enjoys just repeating "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom" verbatim 😆

[@PickleJello]

@@LocalSlasher It is a pretty fun name to say.

[@LocalSlasher]

@@PickleJello Yes, Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is pretty fun to say! We could all use more phrases like Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom in our lives

[@mrrd4444]

I love Yahtzee's thoughtfulness, warning us against the dangers of both flashing lights for people prone to seizures and horse buggery for people who are alive

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

And also against using phrases like "purity and greatness". This really was a PSA-heavy one

[@plainlake]

That is my weekend plans ruined...

[@Ramsey276one]

Wait WAT

[@Ramsey276one]

3:09 Oh okay XD

[@DangerB0ne]

PSA to Mr. Hands reference pipeline

[@methanolfortheblind]

Honestly, "Children of the Sun" is such a badass combination with that cover art that I can forgive the out of context forgettability

[@jamesboyle6134]

The title is also the same as a kick-ass Judas Priest song!

[@MegaZeta]

Dishonestly,

[@bondfall0072]

The title reminds me of the swans album children of God

[@ahumanshitpost]

Children of the Sun is actually a bloody class game on top of it all. Wonderful if short.

[@HA-ot6uf]

I love the title, but I don't think it matches a game as focused into one mechanic as that. I'd want a title where at least one of the words alludes to an element of the gameplay.

[@Gnomable]

"Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom" looks painfully adorable

[@Yohoat]

It's a freaking delight. Already restarted the game like 5 times, the movement is just so fun.

[@idktbh6841]

goty for me

[@BrickInTheHead]

bought it off this review. it's genuinely great. i'm in my 30s and it's like being transported to my living room in 1996. it feels like what those platformers felt like at the time. but better.

[@pauldaulby260]

can't wait for the phantom fury devs to start saying yahtzee waited to see what everyone elses opinion was before releasing his negative review

[@Ceece20]

Seems kind of thin skinned

[@alex.g7317]

@@Ceece20skin so thin it’s translucent

[@gustavohuehue7460]

Are they acting weird towards public response? I didn't really follow this game so i don't know a thing about ir

[@Ceece20]

@@alex.g7317 I get wanting to respond like a fanboy gamer would, but there is a huge difference between being a gamer and a dev.

[@pauldaulby260]

@@gustavohuehue7460 they got a bit unlucky with it, they were throwing around wild accusations at reviewers in a private discord, but it got leaked by someone there

[@quazillionaire]

To me "Children of the Sun" sounds very cult-y, which seems pretty relevant to the game's whole vibe.

[@tnarwhal]

Played the demo and yeah it's the name of the central cult iirc

[@pretends2know]

Maybe because "Children of the [anything]" sounds culty. There's even a movie called "Children of the Corn," and it's culty as all get out.

[@acetrigger1337]

Phantom Fury's hype train derailed so hard, even Yatzhee cared enough to look over at it.

[@OptimusCrime1223]

Honest question: was there ever any hype for it? Like I know the first game was good but I legitimately didn't hear about Phantom Fury's initial announcement and eventual release until big-name youtubers made videos on it a week later. Legit no hype for the game outside the diehard Ion Fury audience.

[@Saint_Gerund]

@@OptimusCrime1223Same here. The first one was rather good and scratched my Build Engine guilty pleasure itch really nicely, but the sequel just went under all my radars up until very release. Or it’s been a week since? Anyway, I wonder how did they massacre my girl Shelly this time. Was it even possible to screw such a solid foundation established by the first game? Unfortunately, I have zero interest to find this out for myself T_T.

[@TARINunit9]

@@Saint_Gerund >"Anyway, I wonder how did they massacre my girl Shelly this time" Because they keep handing the IP off to different teams. They might all be published by 3DRealms, but Bombshell was made by Interceptor, Ion Maiden was made by Voidpoint, and Phantom Fury was made by Slipgate-Ironworks. Nobody has any idea how to build off anyone else. It's the Star Wars sequel trilogy problem all over again (and I say that as someone who actually likes episodes 7 and 8)

[@Luos_83]

@@TARINunit9 ex-dev who worked at interceptor/slipgate here, *some* (don't know exactly how many) people who worked on bombshell also worked on phantom fury. Interceptor basically got purchased by the *bleeps* at embracer group and that eventually got turned into Slipgate Ironworks. Cant tell you much more as I was working on an unannounced canned game.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

It's certainly disappointing, since Ion Fury was actually pretty neat. Thing is, Ion Fury was made by the folks at Voidpoint, while Phantom Fury was handled by Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms. But while Phantom Fury likely suffers from similar problems to the ones present in Graven, it's probably a fair bit better than Graven.

[@Puffleman24]

Amongst all the other fantastic phrases, "suck my carpet" is so clean and funny that I actually had to pause the video and laugh...aloud, like a genuine amused person

[@mrheisenberg83]

ew, genuine feelings. ugh. ;)

[@owlson2527]

Thank you for the epilepsy warning Yatzhee! ❤

[@kurtmueller2089]

How could anyone ever forget S.I.N: The fact that the its demo took so long to load led a pair of guys to create a certain webcomic named penny-arcade

[@nicholas209]

"I also knit you this sweater."

[@donowa5637]

is that the same demo that had a virus on it that wiped your bios

[@mrsejanoz523]

@@donowa5637 I think that was Myth II: Soulblighter.

[@tzeentch7118]

@@mrsejanoz523 and the "virus" was an uninstall button

[@donowa5637]

@@mrsejanoz523 that only wiped your hard drive, the one i'm thinking of had the power to wipe your bios, completely bricking the pc and preventing you from reinstalling windows

[@Rocketboy1313]

Was not expecting "Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom" to borrow the idea of Dark Energon from the IDW Transformers stories.

[@HenryGreenEngine3]

love to see it

[@Umbra_Ursus]

Bizarre the whole "Find the turret's turn-off terminal long after trashing the turret" thing is a problem that crops up in Fallout, too. You'd think they'd just cut the terminal, or move it forward, but I guess nothing ever changes, franchise regardless.

[@Fishfish458]

I think it's mainly to appease stealth players who like the idea of sneaking through a base and turning turrets against their enemies. It makes sense in that manner but it is still a very odd concept. If you were to put a terminal before the turret that say requires a password or hacking gate, players might look at it as something that NEEDS to be done even if they are not specced for it. It's hard to really to get down right, I think the closest would be the Deus Ex series but even then the usability of such placements were pretty limited.

[@FeepingCreature]

@@Fishfish458 I think Deus Ex could make a good run at it because it had big levels filled with relatively controlled paths - a lot of urban spaces, usually with you moving to a defined destination. So you can put reasonable expectations on where the player will be coming from and what elements they'll see in what order, at least, with some probability.

[@geraldposter1496]

I always thought it mostly made sense from an in universe perspective. It sounds obvious to place the controls for the turret behind the turrets away from the people who'd want to get past said turret. Of course if it's all automated, then there's the problem of "how do we get back inside" if something goes wrong and now the guys who are supposed to be behind the turrets are now on the wrong side of them. So having a manual bypass would make sense, and could give a justification in game play for why it's out of the way. You don't want to put it somewhere obvious so any jack hole can find it.

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

@@geraldposter1496 also, alternative routes

[@tbthegr81]

From a story sense it does make sense to put the controlpanel for the turrent behind the line the turrent defends, otherwise intruders could just turn off the turrent before it gets a chance to shoot The only time it makes sense is if ya use an alternative route, lockpicking into a controlroom or some other way of entry that doesn't invalidate the placement of the turret

[@millennialcaveman8383]

“…Lorena Bobbit.” I got that reference!

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

I'm an old fogey, so I got it too.

[@imthetube44]

@@Unknown-jt1jo Hello, fellow oldie.

[@TheOwlinbayern]

Taxi game title is awesome. Reminds me of "No-one Can Stop Mr. Domino".

[@kingsleycy3450]

Even players of SiN don’t remember SiN for the main character of SiN lol

[@DannyboyO1]

What I remember from Sin: The game is extremely horny for the bad guy, but your sidekick in the 1st and only "episodic" entry was more my type. There was also a secret room in that which pointed out that they'd made it to release before DNF... twice. And that's it.

[@kevadu]

I remember Sin existing...I may have even played it. But I don't remember anything *about* it...

[@mattcouture2579]

I remember SiN's loading times being the focus of the very first Penny Arcade webcomic. Don't remember a thing about the actual game.

[@xizar0rg]

Sin is most remembered for the character the game is named after and a scene you can only view through noclipping.

[@danielbrown5986]

@@xizar0rg "Rub a dub dub..."

[@Melsurigan]

Yes! Someone else knows about Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom! That makes me happy.

[@ZergrushEddie]

The fact that people had to look up Lorena Bobbit makes me feel oh so old...

[@thehumanian634]

I love the topgear-grandtour style jabs at the old show.

[@NEEDbacon]

The best one was Yahtzee going back to swearing. Love a good ol' unlubed version for free.

[@MoraFermi]

Clearly we must complete the circle and the next title in the series will be "Phantom Maiden".

[@jamesbevan9939]

Well it took until May, but we finally got a title that could appear on Yahtzee's Top 5 for the year.

[@SimpleSaemple]

Hasn't he reviewed Balatro?

[@Mene0]

Pacific Drive will definitely be there too. Ironically also a car game.

[@DemonicEngineer]

​@@SimpleSaemple I don't think he did, but he talked about it in a Semi Ramblomatic video.

[@armorhide406]

I only know about Sin from Ross Scott. AKA the guy crusading to stop games getting killed

[@MegaZeta]

I'm crusading for the sun coming up tomorrow! Please give me donations

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

Did you watch the last second wind ("windbreaker") podcast?

[@PsychoNerd92]

​@@MegaZeta I feel like you thought you were saying something clever there but for the life of me I can't imagine what.

[@kairider1770]

For me, I know SiN from Internet Historian’s Expleened video

[@PrKr1111]

Ross is a true hero.

[@GretgorPooper]

Just played the demo to Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom and can confirm it's extremely fun!

[@VonBlade]

I didn't expect a Mr Hands reference today, but here we are.

[@Aeropunk08]

Yeah it's a deep cut. Possibly too deep.

[@DavidRichardson153]

3:13 Anyone else appreciate how the timing of "Let's shift gears" lines up well, if not perfectly, with the background color change?

[@chrismorris6865]

Last time I was this early this show had a different name

[@thegrimmarcher202]

Last time I was early it had the same name but mildly worse audio

[@owlson2527]

DUNE

[@jackiemoon7073]

The first one of these that's gotten me. Congrats?

[@minetogiveaway]

this show has never had any other names and we have always been at war with Eurasia

[@chrisjones5411]

Wasn’t it called something like Minimal Grammar?

[@MrSirSarin]

Took me way too long to realize you were missing Yahtzee, glad I found the new channel.

[@TheMarkoSeke]

"The female Duke Nukem, Duchess Nuchem if you will" lmao

[@thetophat6833]

Great to have you back Yahtzee. For the love all that is good, please review Helldivers 2 so I don't have to listen about how 'amazing' it is from a friend.

[@dennisdavidov782]

This comparison to Soldier of Fortune was a bit harsh as it was actually a pretty good game for its time (2000). Might as well mentioned an actually mediocre/bad game like Blood 2: The Chosen or Requiem: Avenging Angel.

[@MegaZeta]

No, it wasn't

[@ReverendTed]

Soldier of Fortune was _fantastic_ and _iconic_ and I will _not_ abide this egregious slander! (Says the guy who liked the game so much that he worked for GameSpy's Planet Soldier of Fortune back in the early naughts.)

[@Pecisk]

I just loved Yellow Taxi going "I am still not saying it" 🤣

[@CiromBreeze]

"Yellow Taxi goes I'm Still Not Saying It" is obviously what the sequel's gonna be called :v

[@Finners2012]

John Wayne Bobbitt (born 1967) and Lorena Bobbitt (née Gallo; born 15 May 1969) were an American former couple, married on June 18, 1989, whose relationship received international press coverage in 1993 when Lorena severed John's penis with a knife while he was asleep in bed; the penis was successfully surgically reattached. Lorena, an Ecuadorian immigrant, claimed that her husband John, a bar bouncer and former U.S. Marine, had raped and abused her for years. John was charged with rape later that year but was acquitted and, subsequently, starred in two pornographic films. The next year, Lorena was acquitted of assault by reason of insanity and went on to start a foundation for domestic abuse victims and their children. The couple divorced in 1995. From Wikipedia, in case anyone else was curious like I was~

[@charlesplante]

Oh...

[@jamesrule1338]

The need for the Bobbitt joke to be explained makes me feel old as hell. Thank you.

[@SteveElOtaku]

This would not be the end of JW Bobbit's fame, however, as he would later come to the rescue of Val Venis on WWF Raw, where Wally Yamaguchi attempted to castrate Val, only for the lights to go out, enabling Val to get away. John Wayne Bobbit had turned them out, informing Val that no one should have to go through what he did.

[@pirojfmifhghek566]

This set of reviews flipped my expectations upside down, not unlike Benito Mussolini's... ankles.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Damn, I''m old. I remember a taxi game on Windows 95 that awful but I played it anyway. Now I have to go look it up.

[@BlankinBlankets]

Thanks for reminding me Sin was a thing, now I am off to watch inside gaming

[@nickmajora]

Thank you for informing me of a 3D platformer. I miss them.

[@pauljennings6741]

SiN reference made me smiley.

[@Dr.Death8520]

Im glad Yahtzee got to play something he (at least appears to) genuinely enjoyed. Definitely gonna give Taxi a look

[@justcallmexen]

Wow, there was so much imagery about eyes in the first half I thought he'd come back around in the final portion to more talking about eyes.

[@CJBooks4]

"Look it up" I'm good Yahtzee👍

[@mastermavrick]

What a reference lol, ah SIN should pick up for nostalgia's sake on steam... wonder if i can find the OVA anywhere (cause yes it has one).

[@antzpantz]

That Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom release trailer reminds me of that Zorba's Dance Europop version by LCD in sound and aesthetic.

[@Yohoat]

Seriously, anybody who is interested in 3d platformers needs to check out Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom. It's probably my favorite movement in a 3d platformer since Super Mario Odyssey in 2017. There's this simplicity in mechanics, paired with these little hidden intricacies, and it's all tied together with just the right amount of randomness introduced from collision jank, and you have something that's just constantly compelling.

[@Jaemccoy]

Anyone else been a fan of his since like 2008? Ima huge fan. I could listen to this man read the dictionary 😊

[@thomaskuzma4360]

that yellow taxi goes vroom game is so on my list now.

[@Michael-gi7nx]

Wow, didn't expect a Yellow Taxi review. It's a fun little game.

[@gardenclaw82]

"as on the nose as one can get without getting bogies in it's hair" Beautiful xD

[@alanwood5064]

I'm one of the 12 people who can remember "sin" 😂😁

[@TARINunit9]

This is by far the most positive review Phantom Fury has gotten so far

[@TPrime85]

I always go through the end credits, the song slaps and I need to see the end gag

[@arnebuhringandersen2471]

yahtzee having a thing for eyes today

[@artman40]

No wonder Lords of Exile slipped past everyone's eyes.

[@jonathanhill6064]

Hey I liked Sin. Don't remember a thing about it but I do know I enjoyed it.

[@nickh179]

SiN actually has underrated level design and mechanics. Ive been playing it off and on for like 20 years and I'm always finding new shit. Im going to buy Phantom Fury solely for the Blade cameo

[@dinglebloopynoop5053]

Starting to suspect he said Laysara Summit Kingdom’s name wrong on purpose

[@matthewtaranto8340]

King Graham! Long time no see, wow this review keeps on giving, some deep cuts here

[@Serenity_Dude_X]

I don't think that SiN was a terrible game. It's an underrated game that came out at an unfortunate time.

[@MegaZeta]

Nope

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

SiN certainly has enough of a cult following to warrant Nightdive making a full visual upgrade, despite already having released a sort of remaster in SiN:Gold. But what I'm getting from the reviews is that the appeal is not so much in the gameplay as in the setting. Which is fair enough, but something fans should probably be mindful of when trying to sell a modern gamer on it.

[@kveller555]

It would've honestly been way better if it hadn't been so rushed. As it stands, it got overshadowed by Half-Life anyway and we got a buggy, unbalanced mess of a game.

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

If it came out in the 80s it would have been awesome.

[@brettbewley5798]

I will never understand how there hasn't been a legitimate spiritual successor to the HL games to this day. Not a clone, but something that evokes the same feeling and experience those hames did. How about a FPS where you're a fugitive trying to flee the country. Maybe a WW2 prisoner or a downed pilot whos just trying to get to Switzerland.

[@matthewtaranto8340]

the chihuahua abattoir line i think is the loudest i have ever laughed out loud all by myself at anything ever, like holy shit

[@MissSallyB1]

claiming "squirrel getting a contact high from the floor of a Columbian disco" as my forum signature, thanks

[@AxeMan808]

Hahahahah! "This is the line for merch, right?"

[@fishpop]

4:18 I played Soldier Of Fortune a lot as a kid... :(

[@ReverendTed]

You and me both, brother! Never forget!

[@mitechko]

Soldier of Fortune was quite good for its time. I remember that game rather fondly.

[@Potidaon]

Eiyuden Chronicle is named as such because English speakers are usually allergic to completely foreign language titles.

[@Suckassloser]

Glad you're giving Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom some exposure, it really deserves it!

[@asterixobelix20]

Wow, didn't know I'm part of a 12 people society, that remembers Soldier of Fortune and Sin fondly.

[@DannySmith-]

I wanna see Yahtzee do a "games I liked this year" episode

[@monsterurby]

He does those at the start of every year. Top, Bottom and Bland 5

[@theuglywolf2536]

That's me! I'm one of the 12 people that liked Sin! I feel so seen!

[@killblade6]

How did we go through yellow taxi goes vroom and there's no crazy taxi mentions?

[@SarcyBoi41]

Hey now, King Edmund II is remembered! It just so happens that he's remembered for his cause of death, which was "stabbed up the ass with a dagger by a viking hiding in his poo pit"

[@ivanwilliams7413]

You just unlocked a Core Memory with Soccer Kid. Even more reason to check out Taxi Goes Vroom.

[@paxdriver]

Lol larina bobbit, haven't heard that reference in ayyyges. I come for the wit, but I stay for the high brow middle aged potty humour.

[@nealangelo5759]

I really like John Egbert's new youtube channel.

[@DarkShaman667]

03:06 Yeah. I think, Mr. Hands would have liked that review. d=

[@88Opportunist]

Yahtzee "signal-boosting" Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a fantastic thing

[@markdowling9020]

Well, now I want to play Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, and replay Soccer Kid (which did have great music, now I recall).

[@playedtoomuch5259]

4:20 i think your underselling soldier of fortune, it was pretty good

[@Dhaat]

Colombia mentioned 🎉🎉🎉

[@chaddingitup2815]

Was kind of hoping to see Yahtzee review Stellar Blade this week.

[@SaraGrapes]

Wow. Big disservice to King Edmund II, aka Ironside. Bet Cnut isn't forgetting him anytime soon.

[@troIIdier]

Hey now, I thought Soldier of Fortune was a good time.

[@ReverendTed]

Thought, nothing! It _was_ a good time. "Forgettable"! The nerve!

[@KeithFraser82]

Fully Ramblomatic death metal track of the week: *Hate Stiffie* by *Protagonist Of Sin*

[@alldayagain]

Can't wait for the Bluely review 😅

[@EmperorSeth]

I'm kind of eager for the Stellar Blade review, after all the "fun" discussions about it online.

[@RobertMcGovernTarasis]

That coat made me think of Grogu.

[@jdjohnson1591]

Am I finally, for-sure losing my mind or was this episode taken down and reuploaded?

[@morganlong1928]

So what I'm getting is that Phantom Fury perfectly encapsulates the trend of Build Engine games getting bad sequels by people who didn't get Half-Life.

[@rofljohn23]

Hey, there’s a new Ion Fury game out!” “Nice!” “It’s made by Slipgate Ironworks!” “….. Oh. Ooooh noooo”

[@cchutney348]

Did you catch the expansion pack, Aftershock?

[@slothfulcobra]

it's Laysara SUMMIT Kingdom, and the point is that you're building a kingdom on a mountain and trying to build up towards the summit. Very straightforward. It's actually a pretty nice game, although as a citybuilding game it's pretty solidly out of Yahtzee's wheelhouse. I do wonder whether he'd like the writing of Frostpunk, but learning the gameplay would be a lot of effort

[@davidharrison1859]

Ramble ramble ramble

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Poor Shelly cannot get a game released without making the internet explode into pointless drama it seems. I like Phantom Fury, it might not be the best boom shoot ever but it's fun and that's all I really wanted from it.

[@cupofdirtfordinner]

oh i played the demo for that taxi game, it was really fun

[@YukoValis]

if anything is going to kill 3D realms again it will be Slipgate ironworks. You think Phantom Fury is bad? Their other title Graven is far worse.

[@MathewHaswell]

They - back when they were called Interceptor - did make the Rise of the Triad revival, which Yahtzee broadly enjoyed. On the other hand, they also made Bombshell. Until several acquisitions and divestures happened, Slipgate - having acquired the Apogee/3D Realms name and catalogue, aside from Duke Nukem - legally *were* the new 3D Realms.

[@YukoValis]

@@MathewHaswell You might be mixing up few things. Slipgate is a developer under 3D Realms. Not the only one. Good things like RoT Ludicrus was made by nightdive.

[@cookieface80]

I had no idea Ion Fury had a sequel.

[@cchutney348]

If you want something good, go for the expansion, Aftershock.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

That does sound odd to have a taxi game focus on platforming, unless it's just long jumps off ramps. On that note, someone get cracking on a Crazy Taxi spiritual sequel- Even Crazier Taxi.

[@shadowsbane171091]

i really really hope Yahtz is going to do a review for "Another Crab's Treasure" its an amazing indie game, may be even double bill it with "Stellar Blade", both SoulsLikes, both released in same week, both really really good.

[@Dzztzt]

He's trying Crab today in less than an hour.

[@shadowsbane171091]

​@@Dzztzt based on it, there might be a fR for it next to next week

[@SnoopSqueak]

I played Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom because it claimed to be N64 inspired, but I didn't get that vibe at all from playing it. It felt more like a hyperactive arcade game. Lack of jump is an interesting idea, but in practice in this game it involves a lot of spinning around, and with the camera behind the taxi and the taxi's fast speed it's easy to get disoriented or even sick. Corn Kidz 64 definitely hit more of the N64 style, though I only played the first world.

[@IamHat]

Phantom Fury makes me actually nauseous every time i play it. My Fov is at max but somehow its just not helping

[@blueasis]

Taxi game is contender for GOTY for me, such a great game!!

[@Ravenlock]

I support King Graham's disgruntlement at being used this way. The disrespect. 😂😭

[@TruePerception]

Eiyuden is Japanese for Hero Story. Not so weird.

[@SocksAndPuppets]

I had a lot of fun with yellow taxi...