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Hey Escapist just letting you know that youtube put a woke warning on one of your videos that made me confirm that I wanted to watch the "inappropriate content" while signed in. It was the Transistor review for reference
@@NinjaMaster-og8ti Yahtzee doesn't have a PS5 yet. Sony isn't sending us a review unit, so the only way he and many of our team can get it is by pre-ordering like everyone else. We're not holding back any content, just the current state of things.
@@theescapist I guess that's the same reason the Cyberpunk review is taking a bit. Well that and the embargo only lifted two days ago. Also because he's probably trying to enjoy the game. (also that it's not out for another 3 hours and he's likely playing on either PS4 or PC. Or he's holding out for the PS5 update?)
I loved closing shifts where I worked. Almost nobody comes in that late, and it lets me have my favorite sleep schedule of "stay up until 4AM and sleep until noon" even when I work the next day.
I mean they actually did that. There's an episode where they unmask the monster and Velma says it "doesn't count" because it was someone they haven't met.
Ah, Scooby Doo. The tale of a group of young adult investigators who spend their entire lives continually disappointed by an endless stream of fake magical creatures, whilst accompanied by a TALKING FUCKING DOG.
@@mistertaffy6720 TBF, Lex after getting possessed by Brainiac gained level 10 Intelligence on top of his natural intelligence and Near Perfect memory. So assuming that every leaguer knows each other and only about 10% keep a secret identity, he was hoping The Flash would be a well known individual. We don't even know if Cadmus (or maybe only Waller knows) briefed Lex about the civilian identities of the JLA members.
I don't remember where I heard it, but I at some point I came across the term "Expand-alone", and have been using it ever since. Might have been Totalbiscuit.
I remember there being an in universe joke about how you weren't a real villain if you hadn't fought spiderman. Some upshot supervillain was claiming they were all that and someone commented "you haven't even fought Spiderman yet".
Yeah IIRC there is a comic short or was just a passing mention where would be thugs and goons would only be initiated into the inner circle of thugs and goons only after they fight against Spidey. As it is general knowledge around the goons that Spidey is the "nicest" hero to fight against despite his quips. With Spidey, most they would get out of is getting webbed and beat-up. Avengers, getting blownup by Iron Man's rockets and/or repulsor blasts. Thor's Thunder, Thrashed by The Hulk. Fantastic Four, Burned by The Human Torch or crushed by The Thing.
@@jled787 Then there's the X-Men where you keep getting calls afterwards by supremacist groups, assuming you survive Wolverine, or Storm or Cyclops isn't having one of his "episodes".
You know how a game could take advantage of that web traversal ? They would need some big enemies, with a few weakspot very high, so that you would need to sling around them to find and hit them. You could call those big enemies something like Giant. And since the weakspot mechanic is so integral to the game play you could call the game Hit on Giant. That name might need work.
Sandman or Hydro Man fit that subject a tiny bit... i guess. What insomniac needs to dive deep upon in Spider-Man 2 are the vehicle missions... those should really make better use with our web swinging, and the ways that we can take them down. It can be deep and layered, something insomniac could easily achieve.
I mean, it basically happens in-game as your first sidequest you try to rescue this guy's cat from a local power station, only to find a gang of thugs are in the process of trying to wreak the place and one of the big, burly lads is even trying to adopt the cat
Have you ever played Xenoblade Chronicles X? Go to save a dog or a cat in that game and there's bound to be 1) at least one Tyrant ready to fight, 2) like three enemies high enough level to pull aggro, or 3) like 5 ambush type enemies that spawn out as soon as you get in range to interact with the animal.
The fact you used silhouettes of actual Cardiff landmarks (the Noman Keep and Mansion of Cardiff Castle, the Pierhead Building and think that's the Millennium Stadium poking in from the right for example) made me very happy at the effort you put into representing my city in that I paused the video to write this. Well done Yahtz
"the way a retail manager rewards their most diligent employee by giving them the closing shift every fucking night" can say from experience. This is very accurate
4:05 - 4:13 you can actually regain your energy abilities by also doing air tricks, and that fills it up pretty quickly. So you don't actually have to take a break to beat up bad guys
"Downloadable content sequel" makes much more sense, it's just a better portmanteau to not repeat the sound. I would have assumed with his penchant for coining terms he'd have caught that one.
"Turns out you can only make it as a villain in New York if you've been to at least three of Spider-Man's birthday parties" Me: *glances at news of the kindred reveal* accurate
Only half true, as Shocker, Rhino, Hammerhead, Scorpion, Sandman and a lot of b-listers were already working as hired hands to Crime Bosses like Kingpin, Tombstone and The Maggia. Or do these thugs don't count as Villains?
@@jled787 Technically Scorpion was originally created and hired by JJJ and worked with Pete for a bit, well, stalked him, whatevs. So he still counts for the analogy. In case you are wondering, why YES this IS another case of JJJ commited a major crime and literally not even getting a slap on the wrist for it! Sure, it's not as on the nose as when he met his second wife by comissioning her to build a series of SPIDER-SLAYER ROBOTS BY WHOSE NAME INFERENCES ABOUT THEIR LEGALITY MUST BE MADE but it's still pretty bad.
Yes I've grown up with Yahtzee & now I'm too time-poor to actually play the games he rants about. Oh well, soon my offspring will fill that role & keep the tradition going.
They work mechanically the same as well, as in a cool idea which makes combat more fun initially until you realise it puts the combat on easy mode. Except unlike the shock gloves, you regen venom so easily with some of the visor perks that you can use venom attacks almost infinitely. Too be fair, endgame spiderman 2018 gadgets broke combat in a similar manner, webbomb could easily wipe out an entire encounter in a tight alleyway.
Funny thing about Spiderman and villains he personally knows: in the olden days, Steve Ditko wanted the Green Goblin to be some random guy (since anybody could be evil), but Stan Lee wanted to emphasize melodrama (hence all the Osborn shenanigans). I guess it set a bit of a precedent for Spidey antagonists.
Yahtzee jokes, but I really liked that scene in Justice League Unlimited where Lex Luther successfully unmasks The Flash only to realise he has no idea who the person under the mask is.
I platinumed it (and the original for a second time via the Remaster). It was actually really good. Great ending too. It is shorter but like Yahtzee said it has a lot less ancillary bullshit padding it out. I really didn't expect the story to be anything like as good as it was.
What's that Skippy? A new Zero Punctuation video is out? What good news! Now I can get out of doing household chores for an extra 5 minutes & 35 seconds!
Exactly. Why would you buy a console to play a game that's not only smaller than its previous installment but the console itself opens you up to, what 3 new games?
@@youngodonkor6595 I don't understand this question. Are you asking where you could buy the games? Because online. Online is where you would.get the games. All games have digital download versions
Miles has much more of a defined personality in the comics at this point and of course the movie gave him charisma and his own struggles, while this game really just makes him a more boring version of Peter.
@@sarafontanini7051 You know you're actually right. It was something he struggled with far more because he believes he could have helped Peter and doesn't know if he could live up to a literal legend.
I would like to mention that the "If you punch dudes a load of times, you build up your enthusiasm for punches meter which enables you to do the super spicy punch, which is like a punch but more so." is the greatest line to describe an ability of all time. Thank you.
It was roughly the length of all 3 DLCs combined with a few more mechanics and additions that helped to cover some of the more annoying issues in the original. Most notably, you can now call on specific crimes to be committed, making some of JJJ's criticisms seem oddly on point.
4:50 Wow, that sounds awful... Screw taking my own fun route to try and cut the bad guy off, no no no... You follow the game's path or you LOSE. Thanks game.
Well of course! Everybody knows that the point of playing a video game is to recreate exactly how the developers want you to play it! They made the game so they get to tell you how to enjoy the thing YOU bought!
To be fair, if you're doing a chase scene there needs to be some penalty for getting too far away from the target. Does sound like they took it too far though.
@@nonuvurbeeznus795 Having that option to have your plan fail is what makes it fun. If you don't give your player the chance to screw up, then you're holding their hand and it's boring. That's why (for example) Subnautica's hook shot system is so fun to move with. Long story short, you shoot a hook and it connects to surfaces for you to swing with. But you HAVE to aim it, and missing the shot will cause it to just flop and leave you mid-air and falling (since the mech walker can't really swim, it needs the hook for good mobility.) - Giving the player the option to try things and fail is fun. Also, here's a quick and easy fix for, "what if u get lost." Initiate an auto-save at the start of the chase, and give the player the option to load that save from the menu real quick. Boom, ez.
@@DetectiveMekova you should be bro its a great game, just a little steep when compared to the original, gameplay wise its great, even better since you got it for 30
@@DayOldMeat I completely agree but that price to me does justify this content, full price is ridiculous for a standalone expansion which this is, but its definitely got more content than 90/100 other games dlc's, infamous and uncharted are the only 2 i can think of which come close to it
Peter is Spiderman. I don't get why these companies think we want to invest in a racially/gender altered version of something we already know. Its just Ghostbusters again
2:45 'So now you know, it's me.' 'Riiiight, um, who are you again?' 'You put me away!' 'Oh, did I? Cool!' 'Don't pretend you've forgotten, I was the Chameleon's right hand man!'
Why can't we have the moments in PS2/GameCube's Spiderman2 where you chased black cat or had to traverse the floating platforms to get to the top of the statue of liberty to use the web swinging in proper game play
It's funny he mentioned the "Spider-Man unmasks the villain and has no clue who they are" because that's exactly what they did back when Electro debuted (and pretty much never again, mind you)
Most diligent employee remark... it’s sad, but true. People who do their best are worked harder, and kept in their positions. The talent rarely advances.
I just came to this video after watching a China Uncensored episode on how wall street have sold out to China. And the first thing I see is "will destroy the galaxy for cash" poster. It's little things like that in life that make me chuckle with childlike warmth and joy.
The next game should let you play as both Peter and Miles. Imagine you and a friend racing through the skies together, bopping bad guys in the nose like, Batman and Robin. I'd buy it. lol
"Like how a retail manager rewards their most diligent employe by giving them the night shift every fucking night" damn that hit close to home, even before the crazy busy Christmas rush.
The cloak aspect reminds me I think of either a cheat or special Spiderman costume in the old original "Spiderman 2000" game for PC and PS1 that allowed you to cloak as well, making you invisible to enemies. Though I always liked that Spiderman game because of the "unique" aspects of the plot and gameplay mechanics (at least as far as 2000 games go) and of course the "What If" mode that changed some aspects of the game to be more ridiculous and funny (Black Cat can't stop dancing, go up to a blimp and fight a police helicopter, Scorpion's "Here's Johnny!" and Marco Polo between him and JJJ, Mysterio's head bowl has a golden fish, fog producers become GIANT BANANAS etc.)
One small correction, you don't have to go find someone to punch to fill up your "punch meter" while swinging. You can do point jumps or tricks to fill the bar as well. Venom powers was a seriously stupid name for them though.
@@jlev1028 sorry I meant not too different. And also I don't want to argue with a stranger online. You are entitled to your opinion and i an entitled to mine. PEACE ✌️
@@jlev1028 If it smells like DLC, feels like DLC, it probably is DLC. The game feels like something Sony tasked the devs to do midway into production so that they can have something to release on the console. After all, it's not even a sequel. His character and abilities being different don't prove much at all, except that they benefitted a bit by making this standalone.
Zero Punctuation indie rock track name of the week: *Pieces Of Our Broken Civilization* (sung by the *Super Spicy Punch Powers* ) Runner-up: *Smash A Dude Into A Drum Kit With A Howler Monkey* (sung by the *Usual Collective Brain Aneurysms* )
Well, this is going to sound really nerdy, but the whole reason Miles has the "Spider-man" title in the comics is due to the fact that, sigh, he comes from a different universe where Peter Parker died and he took up the mantle, and not really because Peter is a total narcissist. In fact it's only really due to Miles' popularity that the two of them came to have the whole "teacher/student" relationship at all, since there's been practically half a dozen people to get spider powers over the years that Peter has barely exchanged a few words with, despite them actively naming themselves "Spider-_____" directly because of him and his influence.
Also, yeah, Miles character in this franchise has been essentially neutered to "Peter Parker for people who think that liking Peter Parker has gotten to mainstream", and they're practically the same character. In the comics it's a bit less so, but he's at his best in "Into the Spider-Verse" where he's portrayed as artsy and emotionally intelligent in contrast to Peter's bookworm persona. But you can't make a combat mechanic out of a graffiti habit, so in the bin it goes.
I hope the inevitable sequel-proper makes the web-swinging and parkour a little more skill-based. The game is so pre-occupied with looking pretty that it doesn't give players much first-hand access to mess around. It doesn't have to be super-difficult, just make it more interactive
0:23 This is how I feel about every console generation now. The Sixth Generation was the last time most of the consoles were innovative in some way, and the Seventh was the start of Nintendo including some new gimmick (but just a gimmick) and everyone else just upgrades the old hardware with as few changes as possible. Gens 7-9 are basically the same thing over and over going on fifteen years now.
But they have SSDs now! ... Seriously though, it's all about graphical fidelity these days sadly. At least Nintendo making a home-handheld console was a smart move for the Japanese market, where people were spending the bulk of their non-working hours commuting and not at home.
If one wants a game where you traverse a city like Spider-Man, try Swing Rider on mobile. You can download it, disable cellular data usage and have a little fun swinging about a city, although it’s in a fixed linear path.
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why do I have a feeling that the Demon's Souls remake review is being held back because that's the one we all want to see.
Hey Escapist just letting you know that youtube put a woke warning on one of your videos that made me confirm that I wanted to watch the "inappropriate content" while signed in. It was the Transistor review for reference
You made my day.
@@NinjaMaster-og8ti Yahtzee doesn't have a PS5 yet. Sony isn't sending us a review unit, so the only way he and many of our team can get it is by pre-ordering like everyone else. We're not holding back any content, just the current state of things.
@@theescapist I guess that's the same reason the Cyberpunk review is taking a bit. Well that and the embargo only lifted two days ago. Also because he's probably trying to enjoy the game. (also that it's not out for another 3 hours and he's likely playing on either PS4 or PC. Or he's holding out for the PS5 update?)
“The most diligent employee getting the closing shift every night” stung me deep. I also long for death
It's too real to be funny to me honestly. I think I only laughed cause I felt that. Old wounds run deep I guess.
@@FangFeraligatr You seriously... Got that?
Fuck, shitty employers really are international. Oh, care about your job? Here, have more!
Too real. Of 15 late shifts in December I got closing shift 12 times.
I also felt that extremely deeply.
I loved closing shifts where I worked. Almost nobody comes in that late, and it lets me have my favorite sleep schedule of "stay up until 4AM and sleep until noon" even when I work the next day.
This review better contain the exaggerated swagger of a British guy .
Hilarious & original
Australian
@@TheShadesOfBlack actually British. He just lived in Australia for a while
“British 40-something” might’ve been truer to the meme lol
@@doomdoktor I agree
It was pretty funny glad that you also have an eye for quality
Audiobook: you don't know how the names are spelled
Printed book: you don't know how the names are pronounced
As an audiobook reader I agree with this. I have no idea why it's here but I agree.
@@FireFox64000000 Watch the first 10 seconds to know why it's here
Especially true for scifi-names, e.g. Roboute Guilliman
younger me felt that line about "being the best employee but getting the night shift."
More responsibility for the same amount of pay? Sign me the fuck up!*
* Said no one ever.
Should have slept with the boss I guess.
Literally my older job lol
Did that for two years with the government as a 22 year old. Never again.
Current me felt the line about trying to find a vagina in the dark- I'm not watching video game reviews on UA-cam because I'm great at sex.
He made silhouettes of real Cardiff buildings for that Cardiff gag - Cardiff Castle, Castle Coch, the Clocktower(?) and the Pierhead building
we have truely been blessed
I think its the coal exchange in Cardiff Bay
You can't beat a bit of Cardiff Coch.
There's also the Millennium Stadium right in the corner. (Still not calling it the fucking Principality)
Attention to detail saves lives...
"GASP, NO IT CAN'T BE, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE!" I feel like Scooby Doo can relate to that.
I mean they actually did that. There's an episode where they unmask the monster and Velma says it "doesn't count" because it was someone they haven't met.
@@angelartiyalvt9574 Ah, yes; the episode of What's New: Scooby-Doo with the centaur. I remember it well.
Ah, Scooby Doo. The tale of a group of young adult investigators who spend their entire lives continually disappointed by an endless stream of fake magical creatures, whilst accompanied by a TALKING FUCKING DOG.
@@jlev1028 I remember that! Lol. I mean did he actually think he knew the person from 7 billion people on Earth?
@@mistertaffy6720 TBF, Lex after getting possessed by Brainiac gained level 10 Intelligence on top of his natural intelligence and Near Perfect memory. So assuming that every leaguer knows each other and only about 10% keep a secret identity, he was hoping The Flash would be a well known individual.
We don't even know if Cadmus (or maybe only Waller knows) briefed Lex about the civilian identities of the JLA members.
We used to call these kind of games 'Standalone Expansions'.
I don't remember where I heard it, but I at some point I came across the term "Expand-alone", and have been using it ever since. Might have been Totalbiscuit.
@@Tralldan Blessed be his name.
Getting some Far Cry Blood Dragon vibes lol
@@Tralldan He mentioned it on his Gat Out of Hell video
Fuck, that was trippy to type
Remember Infamous: Festival of Blood?
I remember there being an in universe joke about how you weren't a real villain if you hadn't fought spiderman. Some upshot supervillain was claiming they were all that and someone commented "you haven't even fought Spiderman yet".
"She doesn't even go here!"
Yeah IIRC there is a comic short or was just a passing mention where would be thugs and goons would only be initiated into the inner circle of thugs and goons only after they fight against Spidey. As it is general knowledge around the goons that Spidey is the "nicest" hero to fight against despite his quips.
With Spidey, most they would get out of is getting webbed and beat-up.
Avengers, getting blownup by Iron Man's rockets and/or repulsor blasts. Thor's Thunder, Thrashed by The Hulk.
Fantastic Four, Burned by The Human Torch or crushed by The Thing.
@@jled787 Then there's the X-Men where you keep getting calls afterwards by supremacist groups, assuming you survive Wolverine, or Storm or Cyclops isn't having one of his "episodes".
You know how a game could take advantage of that web traversal ? They would need some big enemies, with a few weakspot very high, so that you would need to sling around them to find and hit them. You could call those big enemies something like Giant. And since the weakspot mechanic is so integral to the game play you could call the game Hit on Giant. That name might need work.
Go Shadow of the Colossus on them
Or Amazing Spider-Man.
Ooh I get the joke! It’s an attack on titan joke! I get it!
Sandman or Hydro Man fit that subject a tiny bit... i guess.
What insomniac needs to dive deep upon in Spider-Man 2 are the vehicle missions... those should really make better use with our web swinging, and the ways that we can take them down.
It can be deep and layered, something insomniac could easily achieve.
The “saving a cat from a tree only to be ambushed by a bunch of thugs” idea is actually gold though
Great sidequest idea
One of the sidequests is actually going to take a selfie with someone when the building in the backdrop of the selfie explodes...
I mean, it basically happens in-game as your first sidequest
you try to rescue this guy's cat from a local power station, only to find a gang of thugs are in the process of trying to wreak the place and one of the big, burly lads is even trying to adopt the cat
Have you ever played Xenoblade Chronicles X? Go to save a dog or a cat in that game and there's bound to be 1) at least one Tyrant ready to fight, 2) like three enemies high enough level to pull aggro, or 3) like 5 ambush type enemies that spawn out as soon as you get in range to interact with the animal.
You're the guy who suggested that Paper Mario should have a hole-punch boss after Yahtzee suggested it in jest
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles before we can actually get a PS5.
Marvel's Spider-Man: MIles "and miles away before the PS5 comes back in stock" Morales
Nice
Spider Man: Miles Moral is gone out the window with these bullshit scalpers.
Cause all the rich arseholes are being as corrupt as big companies.
hey at least it’s backwards compatible with ps4! (But your PS4 probably got sold long ago along with your kidneys to just get enough MONEY for a PS5)
The fact you used silhouettes of actual Cardiff landmarks (the Noman Keep and Mansion of Cardiff Castle, the Pierhead Building and think that's the Millennium Stadium poking in from the right for example) made me very happy at the effort you put into representing my city in that I paused the video to write this. Well done Yahtz
Can’t wait for the Swansea expansion. Dammit I need to hear a Spider-Man with a Welsh accent now.
@@borismuller86 Or valleys Spider-Man. He'll be swinging off the hillsides instead of buildings
"the way a retail manager rewards their most diligent employee by giving them the closing shift every fucking night"
can say from experience. This is very accurate
4:05 - 4:13 you can actually regain your energy abilities by also doing air tricks, and that fills it up pretty quickly. So you don't actually have to take a break to beat up bad guys
um excuse me, it's actually Kilometres Morales
Ah, yes. The greek Spider-Man!
I was told it was Furlongs Morales
It's actually Yards Family Values.
I think you'll find his full name is Kilometres Degeneracy.
I am absolutely BAFFLED Yahtzee said "DLC sequel" and not "DL-Sequel"
Its like when characters in Fallout say "FEV-Virus"
Missed Opportunity
"Downloadable content sequel" makes much more sense, it's just a better portmanteau to not repeat the sound. I would have assumed with his penchant for coining terms he'd have caught that one.
He used up all his creativity writing jokes for Watch Dogs Legion. Give it time, it'll come back to him.
smh my head
"Turns out you can only make it as a villain in New York if you've been to at least three of Spider-Man's birthday parties"
Me: *glances at news of the kindred reveal* accurate
Only half true, as Shocker, Rhino, Hammerhead, Scorpion, Sandman and a lot of b-listers were already working as hired hands to Crime Bosses like Kingpin, Tombstone and The Maggia. Or do these thugs don't count as Villains?
@@jled787 Technically Scorpion was originally created and hired by JJJ and worked with Pete for a bit, well, stalked him, whatevs. So he still counts for the analogy. In case you are wondering, why YES this IS another case of JJJ commited a major crime and literally not even getting a slap on the wrist for it! Sure, it's not as on the nose as when he met his second wife by comissioning her to build a series of SPIDER-SLAYER ROBOTS BY WHOSE NAME INFERENCES ABOUT THEIR LEGALITY MUST BE MADE but it's still pretty bad.
I don't even play games anymore and I still love watching these videos weekly.
Damn that really got me
For me i play only old games and i dont have money for expensive bs, as for these, they are some goods and well some bads, but he stil is funny
Yes I've grown up with Yahtzee & now I'm too time-poor to actually play the games he rants about. Oh well, soon my offspring will fill that role & keep the tradition going.
Same. And I still find E3 very exciting.
"Inform Upon Dissidents Win A PS5" - this should be the motto of our age.
Zombae would like a word
A happy and educated populace runs contrary to the interests of our leaders.
(To call back to a previous ZP review.)
Keith Fraser
What review was that from?
@@sirapple589 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
I remember Miles starts calling himself 'Kid Arachnid' at some point in the comics so at least he gets his own name
He should have called himself the arachkid
Which is an unbelievably dumb sounding name to call yourself
@@prufan To be fair, so is "Spider man." And most superhero names, while we're at it.
I just realized the "venom" punch in this game is the same thing as the electric gloves in Batman Arkham origins
Ah yes. The "No, screw _you,_ special sturdy thug, I _am_ going to punch you!" gloves. Possibly the best part of that game! =D
@@hazukichanx408 oh yea I loved it, unfortunately that the best part of that Game was just copied from the wiiu version of arkham city but oh well.
This game makes you _feel_ like Bat-Spider-Man
@@ShermTank7272 this game makes you feel like a guy with daddy issues
They work mechanically the same as well, as in a cool idea which makes combat more fun initially until you realise it puts the combat on easy mode. Except unlike the shock gloves, you regen venom so easily with some of the visor perks that you can use venom attacks almost infinitely.
Too be fair, endgame spiderman 2018 gadgets broke combat in a similar manner, webbomb could easily wipe out an entire encounter in a tight alleyway.
Funny thing about Spiderman and villains he personally knows: in the olden days, Steve Ditko wanted the Green Goblin to be some random guy (since anybody could be evil), but Stan Lee wanted to emphasize melodrama (hence all the Osborn shenanigans). I guess it set a bit of a precedent for Spidey antagonists.
I mean I like both approaches but Ditko's is probably the one that's the least annoying if overused.
@@jlev1028 That's not the version I heard, but go figure.
I understand wanting more of a payoff when unmasking the villain, it's just a shame that it's become so predictable by now.
@@jlev1028 Someone has a ton of Comics Journal back issues. 😉
The lowering the stakes/steaks joke actually made me laugh out loud, kudos
"Web Developer." Hah! Oh Yahtzee, what a hilariously clever way to describe your propensity for spurting white fluids in unwelcome places.
Wow, this was an especially sexually frustrated episode.
I came here (intended) just to say exactly the same thing! Must be all the webs he's been slinging.
Been a while since he's had some chubby australian poon is all
@@realKenM lmfaoo
The way he reviews video games is just full of the exaggerated sexual frustration of a middle-aged Brit.
Yahtzee jokes, but I really liked that scene in Justice League Unlimited where Lex Luther successfully unmasks The Flash only to realise he has no idea who the person under the mask is.
I platinumed it (and the original for a second time via the Remaster). It was actually really good. Great ending too. It is shorter but like Yahtzee said it has a lot less ancillary bullshit padding it out. I really didn't expect the story to be anything like as good as it was.
Cannot wait for Yahtzee's next novel, loved them all so far!
We need a sequel to dif. Morphus
@@jollyredgiant203 i wouldn't mind another one in the vein of jam either.
@Henry Bushell well I don't have time to "read" anymore but audiobooks are a godsend ;-P
@@jollyredgiant203 I'd love "The Further Adventures of Jim"...or Mogworld 2 as it'd be called by the unimaginative developers
For anyone reading this comment, I would highly recommend you buy Yahtzee's book. It's super good and surprisingly engaging
What's that Skippy? A new Zero Punctuation video is out? What good news! Now I can get out of doing household chores for an extra 5 minutes & 35 seconds!
Have you not eaten him yet? 😜
@@michaeldunleavy3868 That comes after the chores!
Hi I love your reviews thank you so much for years of this
Remember all, Spider-Man: Miles Morales might be a fun game but...
It does not justify a clunky new console with SOME backward compatibility!
James you are technically correct, the best kind of correct!
Exactly. Why would you buy a console to play a game that's not only smaller than its previous installment but the console itself opens you up to, what 3 new games?
@@kin-3877 then again, let say it was realised with 20 exclusives. Where you planning on getting all 20 of them?
@@youngodonkor6595 I don't understand this question. Are you asking where you could buy the games? Because online. Online is where you would.get the games. All games have digital download versions
@@kin-3877 no what I wanna is how many games do you expect a next gen console to release with, in order for you to be satisfied.
That Nutty Professor (visual) reference at 2:06 is so good.
"The way a retail manager rewards their most diligent employee with giving them the closing shift every night!" 😂😂
Miles has much more of a defined personality in the comics at this point and of course the movie gave him charisma and his own struggles, while this game really just makes him a more boring version of Peter.
hell, the comics had him take up the mantle after peter died! this new origin is lame in comparison!
@@sarafontanini7051 Seriously. In the comic s right now, having Miles still being called Spider-Man is insulting as it is stupid.
Lowpyde They should call him "Brown Recluse"
@@sarafontanini7051 You know you're actually right. It was something he struggled with far more because he believes he could have helped Peter and doesn't know if he could live up to a literal legend.
I would like to mention that the "If you punch dudes a load of times, you build up your enthusiasm for punches meter which enables you to do the super spicy punch, which is like a punch but more so." is the greatest line to describe an ability of all time. Thank you.
It's so weird hearing him make all of these British references, since...well...how often has he been to Britain in the last fifteen years?
The real question is how often has Britain been in him.
I'm sensing some suppressed themes in this review. Even more so than usual, I mean.
It was roughly the length of all 3 DLCs combined with a few more mechanics and additions that helped to cover some of the more annoying issues in the original.
Most notably, you can now call on specific crimes to be committed, making some of JJJ's criticisms seem oddly on point.
As someone from Cardiff, I'd love to see spiderman pissing about there
"Hitting a bad guy into a drumkit with a howler monkey" 😆
Seeing this for the first time while holidaying in Cardiff gave me whiplash lol
I wouldnt mind seeing a welsh spiderman for some reason. Would be interesting to see Marvels take on such a spinoff.
They would need to be able to pronounce any of the names for that
not many skyscrapers here sorry pal
Gives Noire Spider-Man voiced Nichols Cage
Wouldn't be 'diverse' enough.... apparently.....
I mean there was the Captain Britain Spider-Man
Imagining the nutty professor swinging through new york is a visual I didn't know I needed.
Until now.
As a resident of South Wales, about 45 minutes drive from Cardiff, I would be 100% up for Spider-taff.
4:50 Wow, that sounds awful... Screw taking my own fun route to try and cut the bad guy off, no no no... You follow the game's path or you LOSE. Thanks game.
Well of course! Everybody knows that the point of playing a video game is to recreate exactly how the developers want you to play it! They made the game so they get to tell you how to enjoy the thing YOU bought!
@@Em_B Ah yes, how foolish of me. Thanks, lol.
To be fair, if you're doing a chase scene there needs to be some penalty for getting too far away from the target. Does sound like they took it too far though.
Can't really cut the bad guy off if you don't know where they're going, can you? If you didn't insta fail you would just be lost.
@@nonuvurbeeznus795 Having that option to have your plan fail is what makes it fun.
If you don't give your player the chance to screw up, then you're holding their hand and it's boring.
That's why (for example) Subnautica's hook shot system is so fun to move with.
Long story short, you shoot a hook and it connects to surfaces for you to swing with. But you HAVE to aim it, and missing the shot will cause it to just flop and leave you mid-air and falling (since the mech walker can't really swim, it needs the hook for good mobility.)
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Giving the player the option to try things and fail is fun.
Also, here's a quick and easy fix for, "what if u get lost."
Initiate an auto-save at the start of the chase, and give the player the option to load that save from the menu real quick.
Boom, ez.
...argh, thar she blows, Jenny Agutter is back, been wondering why the lack of jokes around her
It’s good but everyone got ripped of paying full price, should have been the final £25-30 dlc for the original PS4 game
What are you talking about? Ripping people off is literally the entire reason for the "triple-AEYYY" gaming industry's existence.
I got it for $30 at Gamestop new.
I haven't even touched the game since i bought it since tbh I'm not super psyched for it.
@@DetectiveMekova you should be bro its a great game, just a little steep when compared to the original, gameplay wise its great, even better since you got it for 30
The very idea of £25 DLC seems abominable to me.
@@DayOldMeat I completely agree but that price to me does justify this content, full price is ridiculous for a standalone expansion which this is, but its definitely got more content than 90/100 other games dlc's, infamous and uncharted are the only 2 i can think of which come close to it
1:17 Yo, it's Opposing Force!
...I miss my Waifu, Adrian R. Shephard.
Can I like this video 5 times? Finally, someone being up front about the whole this is the least next gen of the next gens.
Things must be really confusing "Hey spiderman! Wait, which one? Y'know, the black one! Maybe he needs a different superhero name..."
I love how Yahtzee manages to make games sound like such utter wastes of time and not fun at all and then compliments them just a very little 😂
Holidaying in Cardiff! 😂😂😂
I'll have you know Spidey would be very welcome! 😅
I don't suppose it matters that Miles begged to be trained by Peter.
Peter is Spiderman. I don't get why these companies think we want to invest in a racially/gender altered version of something we already know. Its just Ghostbusters again
@@AkinNath But Miles is into making music and graffiti whereas Peter isn't. Isn't that plus the skin colour enough?
@@AkinNath Whatever loser, lol. You forgot the hyphen between Spider and Man.
A missed chance to call this format a "DLsequel" .
Was literally thinking that as soon as it said it.
Facebones beat you to it.
2:45 'So now you know, it's me.'
'Riiiight, um, who are you again?'
'You put me away!'
'Oh, did I? Cool!'
'Don't pretend you've forgotten, I was the Chameleon's right hand man!'
I'm sure this was good video but zoned out in awe of my home home city getting a mention at 1:35
3:12 you dont have to call me out like that 🤣
Why can't we have the moments in PS2/GameCube's Spiderman2 where you chased black cat or had to traverse the floating platforms to get to the top of the statue of liberty to use the web swinging in proper game play
It's funny he mentioned the "Spider-Man unmasks the villain and has no clue who they are" because that's exactly what they did back when Electro debuted (and pretty much never again, mind you)
He didn't know kraven or mysterio
3:20
I feel so fucking seen rn
1:19 wasted the opportunity to call it "DLCequel"
Cmon Yahtzee they changed some things, they exaggerated the swagger a lot
Most diligent employee remark... it’s sad, but true. People who do their best are worked harder, and kept in their positions. The talent rarely advances.
Yahtzee has the exaggerated swagger of a black teen, and it gives me goosebumps every time I see it.
I just came to this video after watching a China Uncensored episode on how wall street have sold out to China.
And the first thing I see is "will destroy the galaxy for cash" poster.
It's little things like that in life that make me chuckle with childlike warmth and joy.
God Yahtzee you hurt me with that employee of the month joke but damn was it good hahahaha :,)
The next game should let you play as both Peter and Miles. Imagine you and a friend racing through the skies together, bopping bad guys in the nose like, Batman and Robin. I'd buy it. lol
LOLed at the way Miles does to imps and the "Supah Biff" punch! Also LOLed at the end credits with Jenny Agutter, and the ending too! XD
ahahahah the two nutty professors. Genius, absolutely genius
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@Meanwhile, On the other side Figured it was something like that just hadnt ever seen it before
These post credit jokes are starting to feel like confessions
"Like how a retail manager rewards their most diligent employe by giving them the night shift every fucking night" damn that hit close to home, even before the crazy busy Christmas rush.
The cloak aspect reminds me I think of either a cheat or special Spiderman costume in the old original "Spiderman 2000" game for PC and PS1 that allowed you to cloak as well, making you invisible to enemies. Though I always liked that Spiderman game because of the "unique" aspects of the plot and gameplay mechanics (at least as far as 2000 games go) and of course the "What If" mode that changed some aspects of the game to be more ridiculous and funny (Black Cat can't stop dancing, go up to a blimp and fight a police helicopter, Scorpion's "Here's Johnny!" and Marco Polo between him and JJJ, Mysterio's head bowl has a golden fish, fog producers become GIANT BANANAS etc.)
One small correction, you don't have to go find someone to punch to fill up your "punch meter" while swinging. You can do point jumps or tricks to fill the bar as well.
Venom powers was a seriously stupid name for them though.
This seriously should have been a dlc SERIOUSLY
Nah, they can charge more for "full" games.
@@deusexvesania1702 I understand why the company would want to do it. But it just feels like a dlc
@@jlev1028 my main grip is it is just too short. Also the powers are too different.
@@jlev1028 sorry I meant not too different. And also I don't want to argue with a stranger online. You are entitled to your opinion and i an entitled to mine. PEACE ✌️
@@jlev1028 If it smells like DLC, feels like DLC, it probably is DLC. The game feels like something Sony tasked the devs to do midway into production so that they can have something to release on the console. After all, it's not even a sequel. His character and abilities being different don't prove much at all, except that they benefitted a bit by making this standalone.
Zero Punctuation indie rock track name of the week: *Pieces Of Our Broken Civilization* (sung by the *Super Spicy Punch Powers* )
Runner-up:
*Smash A Dude Into A Drum Kit With A Howler Monkey* (sung by the *Usual Collective Brain Aneurysms* )
The joke about Cardiff not having enough buildings elicited a bitter laugh - we can barely move for high-rise student accommodation these days.
Well, this is going to sound really nerdy, but the whole reason Miles has the "Spider-man" title in the comics is due to the fact that, sigh, he comes from a different universe where Peter Parker died and he took up the mantle, and not really because Peter is a total narcissist.
In fact it's only really due to Miles' popularity that the two of them came to have the whole "teacher/student" relationship at all, since there's been practically half a dozen people to get spider powers over the years that Peter has barely exchanged a few words with, despite them actively naming themselves "Spider-_____" directly because of him and his influence.
Also, yeah, Miles character in this franchise has been essentially neutered to "Peter Parker for people who think that liking Peter Parker has gotten to mainstream", and they're practically the same character. In the comics it's a bit less so, but he's at his best in "Into the Spider-Verse" where he's portrayed as artsy and emotionally intelligent in contrast to Peter's bookworm persona. But you can't make a combat mechanic out of a graffiti habit, so in the bin it goes.
at 3:07 that was a good one i laughed real hard
I hope the inevitable sequel-proper makes the web-swinging and parkour a little more skill-based. The game is so pre-occupied with looking pretty that it doesn't give players much first-hand access to mess around. It doesn't have to be super-difficult, just make it more interactive
0:23 This is how I feel about every console generation now. The Sixth Generation was the last time most of the consoles were innovative in some way, and the Seventh was the start of Nintendo including some new gimmick (but just a gimmick) and everyone else just upgrades the old hardware with as few changes as possible. Gens 7-9 are basically the same thing over and over going on fifteen years now.
But they have SSDs now! ... Seriously though, it's all about graphical fidelity these days sadly. At least Nintendo making a home-handheld console was a smart move for the Japanese market, where people were spending the bulk of their non-working hours commuting and not at home.
You forgot about Bugsnax, the greatest game ever created
Someone has not heard about the One More Day backlash 2:09
You know shit’s hit rock bottom when Yahtzee has an analogy about hot and ugly daughters and the PS4 is the HOT one
That was one of your best reviews. I am getting the feeling you have not been getting your leg over since the baby has brighten your world ;)
1:57 Yahtzee describes Canon Events
I love how he jabbed at hackers. Best strategy is to not care and wait for store stock to come back.
Woo! Shout out to Cardiff 🏴
If one wants a game where you traverse a city like Spider-Man, try Swing Rider on mobile. You can download it, disable cellular data usage and have a little fun swinging about a city, although it’s in a fixed linear path.
This is like a how many smilies can you make in under five minutes and win a lama competition.
Considering what the Venom Strike does, it may as well be rechristened the Super Spicy Punch for the sake of relative name accuracy.
3:48 - Reminds me of AC Brotherhood
This review is full of the exaggerated swagger of a 30-something British game reviewer.
Exaggerated swagger.
No
Of a black teen.
Might need to update your New York background at around 1:33
0:35 - I call bullshit on that, Yatz, you didn't give a shit when the PissPour and the XBone launched either :P
Oh man that Cyberpunk review is gonna be insane.
Cloaking definitely makes for a very lackluster stealth mechanic. It's not really stealth if you don't have to, you know, be stealthy.
2 years later, still nearly impossible to get a ps5 -.-
So basically Infamous: Festival of Blood but Spider-Man instead of Cole?