Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Zero Punctuation)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Kena: Bridge of Spirits.
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Ah, I see.
Why no subtitles in this video?
They really help
Please put them back
thank you for reading :D
hey will you guys please review Bravely Default 2 as its coming to steam now.
@@krisvsthew0rld As are we. We already notified the parent company. Sorry.
@@tejasgarhewal7509 The person that did them got a new job, so we're working on replacing them. Might be a couple weeks.
Either Yahtzee's writing has gotten funnier or I have gotten so old in lockdown that I find his old man rants funnier than ever.
Probably a little of both.
He was pretty on point in this one
Who you calling old?
He beat the game in like 2 sessions, so he probably had a lot of time to write a script
Lockdown or no, this here is some prime Yahtzee.
“Possibly bitten by a radioactive team fortress 2” hit me like a supersonic dump truck
"Dump Trunk" is a hilarious word for a vehicle.
That shit got me outta nowhere lol
as someone who has a bit of a hat problem I know the feeling, and there is help out there, hopefully
@@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth *DUMP TRUCK*
This says more about the current gaming ecosystem, but I was impressed they put out a playable game. After how many failures have been being released it was nice to see a fresh studio put out a playable game.
Yeah, he was like "It was fine" and I was like "oh, Game of the Year then?"
I'm just happy it wasn't an Early Access title.
The bar has dropped so low lol
@@alldayagain At least 2021 was an indie game that won, It Takes Two
"It's playable 9/10, subverted all expectations."
Never thought I'd hear Yahtzee referencing "The Legend of Korra".
Yet I never caught her name just like Yahtzee did. What IS her name anyway? Such a mysterious mystery...
"The Legend of Korra was a bigger dissapointment than my son." Mr.Plinkett.
Or the Brigadier
@@HattaTHEZulZILLA86 I think her name is Zelda, idk I never watched it.
Twice in the same review!
Hopefully Yahtzee got all the markers back out.
Otherwise he'll just have an intelligence surge in 15 years, before eventually deciding to put them back in.
One of them is now a festering tumor pushing on parts of his brain. It shall keep him in the Old Man Yells at Cloud mode for many years to come. Thank goodness.
"...and what's-her-name from The Legend of Korra."
Dammit, Yahtzee, now you made me forget the name of that boat from Titanic!
You mean the boat that also appeared in the lesser-known animated movies The Legend of the Titanic, its sequel In Search of the Titanic, and the unrelated Titanic: The Legend Goes On?
@@KeithFraser82 I think you mean titenic, the legend goes on.
"couldn't give two pumps of a second hand fleshlight," is *chef's kiss*
Jonathan you freak. 😆
"What's her name from The Legend of Korra."
Yahtzee please, I'm in stitches.
as always the most damming fact comes in the credits.
"There isn't even a bridge in it"
in a game, called "Bridge of Spirits"
i havent played it, but im going to guess that kena herself is the bridge, since shes like, connected to the human world and spirit world. if so, turns out that legend of korra reference was more apropos than we thought.
This looks to me like a buy during a sale. I want much more linear games as of late and honestly being able to 100% a game in a reasonable amount of time feels much better than 100+ hours of no "ending" on AC Valhalla
I think it released at 40$. It is more of a proof of concept in the form of a finished product for a new developer than a real attempt at a AAA title. though... from many accounts I've followed it might be closer to a AAA title than some AAA titles.
@@McGeistly its a good AA game. something reviewers keep asking about all the time... its not amazing, its not best game of the year, but its also not mediocre. its a good, zelda like game that looks like a pixar animation.
I feel that, I love my monstrous 100+ hour completion games even some of the more repetitive ones, but the market saturation is getting ridiculous and leading to completion withdrawal when I spend all my time on one game without getting anywhere near done instead of a nice quickie like Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom or something, that I can complete in about a week but it's fun and memorable.
Longer games are fine if they have good pacing the problem is if you have good pacing in a longer game you have to have a ton of content
Thing is... i finished the game around the 10-12 hour mark... and i was actually fairly bored in the last third of the game.
Its always nice when a game isn't designed to be a 100+ hour grindfest but honestly, something about Kena just deflates very quickly after the first few charming hours.
Atleast Ryse Son of Rome & Order 1886 had the good graces to wrap up after 6-7 hours.
I'm getting "high score on this years bland list" vibes, all the more impressive for it not being a ubisoft sandbox.
I'm not sure, I feel like the game is in a limbo of competent enough, not trying too hard but also not delivering anything special. its too decent to call it bland but too... simple to call it good.
@@danilooliveira6580 That might just make Yahtzee forget about it, which would give it the upperhand on the blandness competition
@@danilooliveira6580 I tried the game and I have to say after the first 40 mins or so I don't desire to keep playing, the game seems to be geared towards kids around the 5-10 years range so it's no surprise adults won't find anything remarkable about it.
@@BombaJead For me it's definitely not. The story while simple has some deeper and darker themes underneath the cuteness and the gameplay I found brutally hard. I'm not that good at video games but at least I manage to finish almost everything at normal difficulty but this I had to go easy for most boss battles.
I'm more under the impression that it will be on the low end of the top 5 best games. Or at least honorable mention.
Funny you referenced The Legend of Zelda since this studio was an animation studio before making this game and they created the Majora's Mask Terrible Fate animation.
That video was awesome, and bloody terrifying
Woah...I personally enjoyed Kena. I think it was a breath of fresh air out of all these open world empty games. I mean this one was empty too, but at least it was short and focused towards the story. The enemies were interesting too.
I hear a lot of people comparing AC games and other action-adventure AAA games as "comfort food" meaning a game that is nothing extraordinary but something fun and easy to get into. Well I think that is exactly what Kena managed to do without any of the bullshit shoved into AAA games like the mandatory crafting system, useles rpg progressions etc etc. All in all a short and enjoyable experience to do in a weekend.
Root vegetable sized Tam O’ Shanter is actually the first five words of my subliminal kill-phrase. Lucky there’s still two more to go before the sleeper-agent rampage kicks in.
Are the last two "cells, interlinked"?
@@KeithFraser82 *stares blankly, grabs a kitchen knife and backflips out the window*
XD why did "what's her name from Ledgend of Korra" slay me XD
I couldn't give two pumps of a second-hand fleshlight about your opinion is now a thing I will say to people. Thank you, Yahtzee.
Considering the studio that made it (Ember Lab) primarily did work for commercials and that Terrible Fate Majora's Mask fan film from a few years ago, I'd say it's not bad for a studio's first game.
If you played any platformer from the 2000s, it's nothing special, but going from a CG production studio to game development could've gone so much worse.
The problem with that argument is you can only get away with it if you’re just making short films.
I don’t give points to art styles because, In the games industry, you have to do more as a good art style is secondary to more important things. Like level design and story.
@@NathanCassidy721 I'm...not sure what you're trying to argue.
I didn't mention the art style, level design, or story at all. I only mentioned the studio that made it, what they've done, and how it's not too shabby for their first game.
I wasn't even making an argument. I was only saying that similar studios that did the same thing in the past (i.e. BAP Interactive) made much, MUCH worse games.
@@HiddenGemsReviews I think I had that argument on my mind in response of another comment.
But my point was the size of the studio doesn't make you special because there are literally MILLIONS of studios with similar stories. And you only get more irrelevant if you make a mediocre game.
@@NathanCassidy721 Now that I can agree with, which is why making your game stand out in this day and age is more important than ever.
I think Kena and Ember Lab will do just fine, regardless. They had quite a lot of hype and build up by the community, and reviews have been generally positive all around.
I do find Kena Bridge to Terabithia to be middle of the road not good not bad. It feels good though with a game that arent a huge Ubisoft sand box.
The little burrowing terrier sounds a more interesting character than anything the game developers could come up with. A tam o shanter hat on a border terrier would have sold me on playing :keen as a bag of spigots.
Gerbil in a helium cupboard caught completely offguard
Future people will have long forgotten about TF2 but they will still make reference to it when hats are discussed. It is inevitable.
Trying to pick out a game for my partner for xmas and trying to decide if Yatzee's reviews are helping or making me judge everything more aggressively than I should
Did not expect the Doctor Who reference
I rarely laugh out loud at videos, but "Jesus f*ing Christ the gerbil got into the helium cupboard" actually had me in stitches. You did it again, Yahtzee
Possible candidate for one of the 2021 "Blandest" award winners?
Tore this one apart more than I expected lol, I really liked Kena
I don’t think he really did, seemed more nit picky because he thought it was average.
I for one loved it because I’ve been following the teams that collaborated on this for several years: Art of Vic (art style), Theophany (music and sound design), and Ember Labs (animation).
@@Sharkwizard Yeah, it seemed like a recommendation if you like the story/style!
Think the main issue is it's not his cup of tea. As he points out at the end. Pretty sure this game is geared more towards younger audiences and people who still are naive enough to have the ability to be optimistic. My critique of the character design on the other hand isn't that it's "Too cute", but the main character is kinda bland in it's design. (Kena looks like a random background villager from the Korra or Avatar series)
My take from this video is that it's just a mediocre version of horizon zero dawn and there's no point in it? Didn't sound great or awful but not worth playing?
I have a new concept, a platformer where you go around clearing all the bad dead red stuff from the map then halfway through you find out you are killing previously immortal beings who where just living a fine life on their own.
But all your citizens attacked me!
Yes! We can't die a smack across the face is our polite hello!
if the protagonist makes up for doing this in the end, you could call it red dead redempt--oh wait
It had "generic third person action game" written all over it... but that didn't stop every person already bored of their PS5 fawning over it.
I've never made a comment fawning over it lol... But as a PS5 owner who has bought the game and not played it yet, I'd like to defend the logic...
I have no interest in watching pixar or Disney 3d animation...
But I think I can speak for our hobby enthusiasts in general, when I say, I think we all have been waiting a long, long time, to experience games that truly deliver on actually looking like these high quality animations.
(this game is made by an animation studio as it goes)
And yeah man, it seems like this is one of the very few, to deliver on that promise.
I was hyped for a similar launch title released on the xbox 360 back in the day as well for the same reason... Began with 'K' as well I think.
As it stands, the only other option is Rachet n clank, and I refuse to play Sonys game, of paying their thieving prices for their 1st party games this gen.
I really like the rachet series... But I refuse to pay their full price for it. It simply isn't worth it.
Kena doing what it does, for 35 at launch, half the price of RnC... Is completely worth it, I don't feel ripped off, so I supported the indi studio.
I refuse to buy returnal or anything else at their RRP.
I have digitised my ps4 collection, but every ps5 game I have has been purchased on disc and 2nd hand, a while after release.
Sony can get their greedy mits out of my pockets. Unless their giving me a handy, they can gtfo.
Apologies for the need to defend.
But really the likes of fanboyism has nothing to do with the defense of this game I feel. Imo.
Peace.
@@Quasiguambo All Well and Good if you didn't have that level of animation done as well if not better a game generation ago.
But with Sony for plenty of them it likely does come right down to fanboyism's and claims of "Mah Representation" as much as anything else.
It was praised by everyone for like a week and after that nobody even mentions it anymore.
@@Quandry1 Mmm. Perhaps I wasn't clear about what I meant...
Which game are you referring to?
@@shawklan27 People talk about games a lot when they first come out, and then they tend to not talk about them so much because other things have now come out.
The Native art geek in me really appreciates that Zuni owl :)
4:43 ironically Frozen 2 did try to infuse the same overwhelming spiritual edge.
No Yahtzee, you're not the only one who's noticed that corporate realistic-bod-cartoon-face style that's been creeping into video games the last few years. I don't know what about it irks me so much
Name a few, I’m just curious
For me it’s just formulaic.
They took an art style that was original and interesting and coy/pasted it to the point of it being generic. Only because it’s a decision made by EXECUTIVES rather than CREATIVES.
A lot like what the Music Industry did to Hip Hop/Rap.
@@jacopovilla1590 That Ubisoft BotW clone, Fenyx: Something something
"I am Fish" is a recent example of Pixar face rigs. After all, it is clearly inspired by Finding Nemo.
uncanny valley mostly
"Poorly thought out wank accident" is going to be the name of my band
I remember watching the trailer ages ago, and practically thinking the same thing about the artstyle.
It has that "Generic CGI Movie" aesthetic every CGI movie now has since Tangled was released. I dislike it about as much as I dislike it when games go for a realistic aesthetic. It's boring!
I used to hate low-poly 3D. Back when the PS1 was new, I just thought to myself "Why would you bother making your game 3D if it's going to look this bad? Just make it 2D!" Nowadays though, I love the unique aesthetics they all have!
I now love what I used to hate! Think about why that is. Because I'm telling you, it's not nostalgia.
Maybe you just have contrarian syndrome where you just hate whatever the most common or popular style is for being whatever is most common or popular
@@shipkipsamazingchannel3248 Ok, yep, that's absolutely true. I mean, there are some things that I like that are really popular and common, for example, I do rather enjoy the Marvel style of storytelling, despite how overdone (and admittedly bland) it is. But yeah, I will be the first to admit to generally hating things because they're too common and/or popular. I won't even try to give a lame excuse. If I hear everyone liking something, the hipster in me makes me want to not like it. (Until I actually play it or watch it myself, in which case I tend to change my opinion. That being said, I think contrarian syndrome is the perfect description for me.)
But still, it'd be nice to have a bit more variety in the aesthetics of CGI. I understand that most people like this Disney/Pixar style. But most people also like football as well. So maybe we shouldn't be trying to make the perfect pasta sauce, if you know what I mean.
"What's-her-name from Legend of Korra" made me laugh more than it should have
Tater Tot dress-up is now the only thing I want to do with my life.
This was probably the densest episode in awhile. An entire bit about potato species names and that's only the halfway point.
Choked on my drink a bit @4:56. Hilarious!
Love your sense of humor and delivery Yahtzee, thank you for your hard work!
It might be interesting to have the black and red "corrupted" stuff be more morally ambiguous. Have the mutated forest animals be gifted with intelligence and self awareness. They want to stop you from lobotamizing them. The animals still seem to like you after being "purified", but you may hear the enemies talking about how creepy it is that the light magic manipulates the those who are hit by it to serve the caster.
I think just about any other thing would be more morally ambigous than the forces of Corruption lol
@@Kriss_ch. The blue/white magic people call it "corruption" and they have the support of the powers that be, but the black/red magic creatures do not use that name themselves (or use it sarcastically).
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST !!?.
_looks like the Gerbil got into the Helium cupboard _*_again_*
LOL I've never cried so fast .......
Kena’s design was the only one I found not to be off putting.
Exactly. Game makes me want to HURT those fat children. They are probably the ugliest, disgusting...est (Is that a word? It is now cause I say so.) characters I've ever seen. And the rest that are not Kena are only slightly better.
The fact i saw her and said "Is this a tak & the power of juju remake game" says alot but then again--go google tak and compare
The title does kinda inspire me: I'd love to see a game where the "moral choice aspect" allows you to either drink spirits or encounter spirits (so you either get one of those "my character only responds to the controls half the time" effects that makes you stumble around a lot, or you get the classic "everything's a bit blurry" that comes from fear-induced sanity loss. ;)
What could be happier than heliums and gerbils? They go together like strawberries and cream!
"Normal Portions, Normal Portions, Normal Portions, Jesus Fucking Christ, Gerbal gotten into Helium Cabinet!" 🤣
"What's her name from Legend of Korra". Yes, who is that mystery main protagonist.
We need a ZP on Metroid Dread!
"There isn't even a bridge in it"
The main thing that made me reluctant was living in a post-Spiritfarer world.
1:06 "One part what's her name from The Legend of Korra". I'm pretty sure it's Aang
I hope someone is tricked by my shitty joke about not getting the joke
From what I’ve seen Keena seems like a pretty neat game.
Incorrect, Keena is quite clearly a punk rocker
Yeah I just beat it the other day, it's pretty fucking hard TBF, gave up on the hardest difficulty towards the end, but it was just nice to have a game with a little story to tell, the odd feels to give and it's actually finishable and has an end
Most games nowadays I give up on or they bait for a sequel before you even know how well it sells
Thank you, Yahtzee, for the shout out to Nicholas Courtney. It brightened My day!
Hey, wait a minute, the title card is from last week's review.
Not once in 15 years of watching this guy did I think I'd ever hear a Legend of Korra reference.
I wish to nominate "Bitten by a radioactive Team Fotress 2" as the best line of the year.
First time in a while that the "Yahtzee shags dolphins"-joke made a comeback, it's like seeing a friend from high school again
The whole magic colour thing in games is utter nonsense anyway, since we all know it's a sort of greenish-purple. It is, after all, octarine - the colour of magic.
''i now know what it is '' xd
Pics make it 10x better
actually, it's not a gerbil, it's a Paolumu that got into that teleporter
you got me with "One part what's her name from Legend of Kora"
"... Jesus Christ, the gerbil got into the helium cupboard!" - what sort of household has a helium cupboard?!
I completely forgot this game was even a thing.
So that dolphin thing.....is he ever going to elaborate on it?
*intro* bursts my eardrums
*Yahtz starts talking* is he whispering?
Anyone else notice the ‘Lost in Random’ opening slide?
Would be nice to see a game thats set in a forest/mountain area that doesn't use bird shit to mark off the ledges you are supposed to climb. Who the fuck is out thinking "yes, that bird shit covered ledge is exactly where I should put my hands and will not undoubtedly be far more slippery than...anything else".
For a second, I saw lost in random and thought Yahtzee was gonna ramble for 5 minutes about an aimless week, and go over, I dunno, stuff like the most boring parts of his job. Browsing steam during the drought months, not engaging with internet trolls, that kinda thing
That zelda mention. Now I'm hunting your channel for old reviews of games like LttP and Majora's Mask.
once I got past the "I'm literally playing a Dreamworks movie" phase, I actually really enjoyed this game xD
0:59 and her name is Johanna Kena!
DAH-DA-DA DAAA, DAH-DA-DA DAAA...
Anyone notice that the title card says its about Lost In Random?
Now I'm really jonesing for a game in which you play some Tim Burton-esc Adams Family reject who has to travel an over-saturated garden of Eden, converting it all into various shades of drab and gray in your quest to goth the place up.
Love the Dr. WHO reference.
2:10 might I suggest a cutout of Matthew Perry’s face for the third child.
Classic Yahtzee this one, wouldn’t be complete without an obscure Doctor Who reference.
Was that a reference to Mark Llama: Gerbil Farmer?
Aww but that terrier is doing such a good job! Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? Get those rabbits!
Did anyone else notice the title card is wrong? It says Lost in Random still
4:33 - Isn't that more of a Dreamworks motif than a Disney one?
Great work as ever, please review the procession to cavalry. Literally saved 2021 in gaming terms for me.
I'll start referring to the toilet as the treat cupboard.
Props on the coy Doctor Who side character reference.
So, how many whiteboard markers?
"What's her face from Legend of Korra"
You mean Kuvira? Wait....I think that was a villain....although she didn't feel like one.....
Yahtzee missed the Mr Potato Head sleight.
2:10 Parry?
[Insert image of Bruce Parry]
4th Blandest Game of the Year
"You know, it's bad enough that AAA games are a constant parade of bland open-world swill, but it's really taking the piss when indie games get profile boosts for aspiring to be the same fucking thing. 'Ooh, come and join the popular kids' table, Kena: Bridge of Spirits! You'll fit right in, with your bland world design and Disney Pixar characters and unspecific, vaguely spiritual theme that's slightly environmental, but not so much that it offends our investment company that's also got shares in Oil-Drenched Seabirds PLC!'" -- Yahtzee
I have trouble remembering the name of that girl from The Legend of Korra too
So it's like the Kevin Sorbo Hercules show, minus his past driving him forward, and the interesting characters, or the unique encounters
"My the plebs are restless..."
1:07 "One part What's-Er-Name from 'Legend of Korra'"
I don't know if that was intentional, but it's funny none the less.
I keep reading the title as "fridge of spirits" for some reason.
1:00 BOY IS THAT RIGHT OR WHAT?!
XD
Title card said Lost In Random. :P
I am just trying this game right now and all I gotta say it's a decent, if unoriginal PS2 era adventure platformer but with crisp graphics.. and that's it. As someone who grew up on that era, I found it nostalgic, but I was expecting a little more. I think that were it not for the Pixar esque art style, nothing in this game would stand out.
Yahtzee makes a good point tho, at least it's not bloated with ave bullshit, sometimes an average ps2 like game is all one needs.
2021 Blandest Nominee, then.
Was there From Software sprinkled on the cake?
I felt largely the same about this one. Glad it wasn't just me.
Is it me, or is the sound quieter than usual? Music is still loud af, but Yahtzee's voice sounded so low I had to wear headphones
He was possessed by raging indifference
2 pumps of a second hand flashlight :D
One of your better videos, and that's saying something! I don't know what it is but this video just tickles my funny bone