TOP 5 BEST & WORST GAMES OF 2013 (Zero Punctuation)
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Maybe he didn't predict the COD game.. maybe the devs just saw this video and thought it sounded like a good idea.
You do realize they were working on it for 3 years
Just Another Cheetah
>CoD game
>"working on it for 3 years"
You mean 3 months, right?
Just Another Cheetah AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
No but serously what kind of hacks does it take to make that crap in three years
+Neenjah Rammus Let me know when you played it, then I'll listen.
+Neenjah Rammus Either Way, Yatzee was right. But why would a Giant like Activision need to use ideas from a critic...nvm my mind just shot itself thinking about it...
Amazing how close to the actual plot of Advanced Warfare Yahtzee got.
I was just thinking that, did the whole *nervous cough and shift of gaze*
Woah
I thought ot wasvthe Metal Gear series that invented some wacky story about a virus that kills people of specific ethnicity
5:11 Oh shit! Exactly that happens in CoD AW, with this gene-targeting virus bullshit
[edited]
True that mate. Literally was just rewatching and noticed that.
+Robert L Wasnt that also a major plot device in the metal gear series?
+Battleballs Well, somewhat right. Just replace the 3/4 white 1/4 bald eagle bit with 3/4 human and 1/4 Nazi lamprey
Holy Fuck! He Perfectly predicted the plot of COD Advanced Warfare a year before its release and 6 months before it's teasers at E3.
I just noticed that as well hahaha
Link where he predicted it
In this review. Listen to his Cod Ghosts part.
If he could only predict what the next Assassin Creed's plot could be.
Derpy guy generic "hero" runs through beautiful city, climbs and jumps buildings and fight far too easy battles with a non-existent fighting system?
basically, *ALL "ASSASSIN'S CREED" GAMES HAVE BEEN THE VERY SAME FROM THE FIRST TITLE ON!*
they are all equally lame and if it hadn't been for the naval battles in "AC III" and "Black Flag", those games would have been dead to me.
"Unity" is about the biggest pile of failure Ubisoft ever released.
it's a shame to actually sell this shit - the bigger disgrace though, is that there are idiots who still buy and even like this trash!
"I speak no hyperbole when I say that releasing every box with no disc inside would be less of a mistake." Gets me every time.
Funny how this is exactly what Bethesda did with fallout 76 and still screwed up
"A game where we can stop all terrorism in the world by releasing a deadly virus that targets only people who arent 1/3 white and 1/4 bald eagle"
Well MGSV ALMOST did that.
Except it did nothing like it. The virus had nothing to do with stopping terrorism, it was spreaded as an act of terrorism.
CakeIS based
It was a virus that attacked people who spoke certain languages, I'm not saying they are exactly the same, but they are similar.
Nah
+Deathlord126 Fuck you deathlord you dont even know who Zelda is! Let alone Solid Boss!!!1
+Eric Shin MGS 4 < MGS 3
Y'know. I almost want a sequel to Ride to Hell. Just to laugh at the shitstorm in videogame media it'll cause.
Ride to Hell DLC would be even better.
Ortheos
NO>they are actually going to make 3 more....with or without the money.
Ride to Hell: Total Abhorrence Edition. Includes less textures, more buggy animation, and the last third of the game has just been removed entirely.
Yessss.
I would feast on the rant videos posted, the lulz reaped would be glorious. Because that's all Ride to Hell should be seen as. Not a game, but a joke.
***** Wouldn't removing parts of the game only improve it?
Bioshock Infinite was a beautifully rendered game set in a vibrant, imaginative world...or so I have been told. I wouldn't know. I spent the whole game staring at the floor and the baseboards scavenging for f*cking coins.
I was spending the game disgusted by the linear gameplay, shallow storytelling, and simple plot.
The only thing I found to be interesting was the setting (Racist Disneyland: USA Conservative Heaven) and even that was boring as everyone wouldn't stop shooting or I wasn't allowed to look around.
Proctor Conley SIMPLE PLOT?! I must be very fucking dumb cuz that game is goddamn confusing
Bruce Wayne
It can be simple and confusing at the same time. It's an easy trick. All you have to do is not make sense.
That said, up until the end, I didn't mind the story too much (I watched an LP, but didn't play it because I don't really like shooters). I would agree with Proctor Conley that the setting is ultimately more appealing than the story though.
Proctor Conley Let's compare it to The Last of Us (which is even more overrated). TLoU has linear design and gameplay as well, the shallow storytelling of "survive in a world were everyone is an asshole", simple plot and a reused setting and story. So about the same level as Bioshock, except the characters and setting in Bioshock didn't want to make me blow my brains out so TLoU takes the cake as the most overrated game of last year
In all actuality, both games were my favorite of the year. I just had some major disappointments with a lot of the game changes in Bioshock Infinite. And I do not think that BI is overrated, but more over hyped. I loved the story and the characters. However, I hated the fact that they turned Bioshock into a straight forward shooter. I did not like TLoU in the beginning. I was going to return it once I realized that there was very little tension due to the fact that there are no consequences to dying. However, once Joel and Ellie hit the road, I was totally hooked.
"Yes. You fucking pricks."
One of the funniest ZP moments ever.
"Fnarr"
"Right back at fnarr"
I love this show.
Don't have an xbox one but want to simulate the fun of having one? Get your laptop/computer and fill it with Norton security and then try accessing anything.
Norton is actually a ton of fun. I installed it by accident (forgot to uncheck all the optional software from another installation) and figured I'd let it scan for viruses... Yeah... my Windows didn't boot again, had to reinstall. 11/10 would pay to see the developer swallow acid.
Hold on to your butts, we're going on the "Bioshock Infinite is mediocre" hater adventure!
Am I going to maimed if I walk through this comment section and am willing to defend (to an extent) why I think Bioshock Infinite is a good game, or at least be able to say I really liked it?
+DaLatinKnight Maybe. Lots of people these days get so triggered.
+DaLatinKnight Well, the thing is that if you say it's good, you're not saying _you think_ it's good, you're saying it _is_ good, which some people wouldn't agree with. Now, if you say _you_ really liked it, that's your opinion and the worst thing someone can do is say you have a shit opinion, but then that's just their opinion and you can safely disregard it because it's not like you have a special type of disease that can only be cured through other people's acceptance... or do you?
+DaLatinKnight to be fair on it it doesn't look bad i mean i was skeptical about first person games in the past but i've been wrong before
FUCK YES!!! Thank you Yahtzee for putting Metal Gear Rising over The Last of Us. YES!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
Why does that matter to you though?
@@aelechko tf kind of question is that?
I like that people disliked Bioshock Infinite. I for one am obsessed with it but if everyone liked it, than no developer would try something different. I wasn't a fan of Spec Ops the Line but the story was fascinating, and The Last of Us couldn't grab me but I could easily see the attraction. It's that kind of variety that makes the gaming medium so unique. From story filled works of art, to Nintendo's fun for the sake of it; there is a game for everyone. Oh and Double Dash will always be the best racing game...
HOLY FUCKING SHIT how do you remember your username??
I have a guy who does it for me. He's expensive.
I can remember the entire username just by reading it once :3
@@jordanw5163 its been five years. are you still a massive virgin?
Lol
.....2014.
COD brings a bom that only targets specific people.
Holy shit, r u a wizard
bryant suiskens At least Advanced Warfare has the ostensible bad guy drop the Genocide Bomb, rather than it being something the "heroes" do that you're supposed to cheer for like what Yahtzee imagined. The Call of Duty franchise hasn't sunk that low yet.
A weapon that only targets certain people...
DIDN'T THEY DO THAT IN AW WITH KEVIN SPACY RELEASING THAT POISONOUS THING?!
YOUR A WIZARD YAHTZEE
you miss-spelt bomb
that annoys me
Moustache gun yea, its "bom" in my language. thanks for correction
The Stanley Parable didn't even get a mention? Though then again, I'm still in the process of plowing through all of these reviews and don't know if he's even reviewed it yet.
He didn't. But I wish he did.
that "game" definitely was a contender for "best game" in the year it got published!
then again, I am not 100% convinced that "The Stanley Parable" even is "a game".
I find it to be more of an interactive story than anything else!
in any way though, it is a very fun experience for as long as it lasts.
ZeGermanGamer Why so?
Yeah bitch! Bioshock!
Must say I was surprised by Revegeance making the list. Then again, carving your enemies up how you want to is a lot of fun....wow that sounds horrible.
Same reaction about his Top 5.
Apes re-taking the earth? But I thought we already had done that.
Every bad movie has a sequel.
My personal top 5
1. Bioshock infinite
2. Papers Please
3. GTA V
4. Assassins Creed IV
5. Surgeon Simulator 2013
Dunno what that says about me but fuck it, I gotta say Bioshock infinite is the best game for first place.
*****
It's kinda like a fan-made version of Watch Dogs before Watch Dogs has even come out.
James Oldfield QWOP
That seems much more reasonable than the top 5 in the video, sadly...
Mythbuster It really is a small internet, good to see you here MB.
Managarmr420 you know that account is fake right
Between Hunt down the freeman on the indie end and anthem and Battlefront 2 on the massive publisher side rife with anti consumer bs, I think RTH:R was a frankly more innocent kind of bad game, one from a bygone era.
I was not expecting you of all people to pick Bioshock as number 1 honestly. huh.
Same, not with it's terrible storyline, especially the ending. Plotholes here and there. Vigors doesn't make sense in the setting or why it's there, it's just..well there. But fuck it.
Glad to see Ghosts at the #1 worst. It was one of the main two modern military shooters that had had absolutely horrid campaigns this year. HOWEVER, it was the one that didn't have a very good (though buggy, because fuck EA) multiplayer to redeem most of it. That's why it was at the bottom.
We'll I am happy that Black Flag got on the good list. Good for you Ubisoft
Putting this out there for convenience.
*Best 5:*
5: Metal gear rising
4: Assassins creed black flag
3: Saints row 4
2: Papers please
1: Bioshock Infinite
*Worst 5:*
5: Star trek
4: *correction* Simcity
3: Aliens Colonial marines
2: Beyond two souls
1: Cod ghosts
TA: Ride to hell Retribution
Why did you leave out the game that was actually mentioned in the 4th worst?
4 was actually more pointed towards Sim City
4 was Sim City
*corrected*
Thank you for this. The entire video I had no idea which ones were good and which ones were bad. He sounded negative toward all of them.
I'd say based on gameplay time, my top game of 2013 was Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. But my personal favorite game this year was Pikmin 3, aside from the fact it's been 10 very long years since the last one I found it to be really fun.
Ya, monster hunter 3 ultimate was a really addicting game for me
Nick_Nier47
I think I got around 250 hours out of it. XD
First youtuber that dosen't put GTA 5 in his list (that I know)
Wait that's a video game?
Nope just for humor
good, because it doesn't deserve a spot on top 5. To me it was just another generic big budget hollywood wannabe dudebro the movie the game crap.
+that's totally my personal opinion but i didn't like the characters and the city.
Bolek Lolek Something is really wrong with you.
Impressed neither Hunt Down the Freeman nor Fallout 76 caught the Total Aborrhence award for 2018...
Yahtzee thinks that a game worse than Ride to Hell won't come along until apes have retaken the Earth. Does anyone think we should tell him that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes comes out in just a few months?
i dont think thats a good idea
that movie actually looks pretty good ha
Like my fellow Alien fanboys, I had high hopes for Aliens: Colonial Marines. It's ABUNDANTLY clear that the people who wrote it had never paid attention to the film. Aliens was about mankind's overconfidence being our undoing; it was not about how "badass" the M41 Pulse Rifle is. The Xenomorph is an apex predator, evolved to survive at any cost; NOT a bag of acid that ignores "natural selection" as it blindly runs up to you in a wide open map. Thankfully, Alien Isolation held true to the franchise's roots. So our hopes and dreams weren't shattered like a Faberge egg in a pinball machine for the 3rd time in the past decade. *Glares at Alien vs Predator: Requiem with molten hatred*
Well at least Alien Isolation made up for the acid blood-filled mess of Colonial Marines by making the Xenomorph so terrifying that most of the game was spent crawling about in hopes of reaching the next save point. Or making it out alive.
It is somewhat weird that there has been no mention of Stanley Parable on these videos.
I think he didn't get to review it, and he said in the beginning he only rates the ones he reviewed.
It's true, he never reviewed it. I wonder if he even played it. A shame if not.
vissenekku He wrote an article about it in his "Extra Punctuation" segment.
Found it www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/10695-Beyond-Two-Souls-vs-The-Stanley-Parable
Thanks, man!
He based one of his Dev Diary games on The Stanley Parable.
It's hilarious that even Black Flag seemed like too many Assassin's Creeds back then
6:03 _"I suppose next year will just be a bottom 10 followed by a gunshot"_ ..fade to black.
The Last of Us wasn't even that good.
In light of TLOU2 this comment seems to have aged wonderfully.
Tomb Raider had wayyyy too many Scripted Scenes... and too much fucking moaning.
I have to at least give it credit for the death scenes. They are, for lack of a better word, fucking brutal.
and way to fucking Scripted.
every time you die in a river you get impaled by a beam? every fucking time.
also some of the pc controls were a bit weird
Fair point, especially on the controls front. Also, totally not trying to defend the game whatsoever, couldn't bring myself to play it past a couple of hours.
To many scripted scenes? Did you only play the first five minutes? The QTE's were very few and far between. As for all the "moaning" I'm not sure what porn you've been watching, but it certainly doesn't sound like that.
So, in the end: "It would be better to smoke some crack instead of playing Knack"!
Damn it,,, now I have to go get Papers, Please... :)
ah i see what you did there lolololollolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololo-**gets shot**
I wouldn't. The game's difficulty curve spikes really quickly and unless you devote a lot of time to it you'll end up starving to death within a few days.
I'm just glad someone finally had the balls to depict the Call of Duty franchise for what it really is: a worse game year after year. Kudos for giving Ghosts exactly what it deserves.
Though CoD isn't all that good anymore, I still think its worth a trip to the Bay once a year... Unless they bring it down to $4.99 or something.
implying that's not popular opinion
i enjoy some the call of duty series because most of them are fun at times but ghost is just bad
well lets hope they can do what treyarch did and take a shitty cod (BO1) and make it 3x better in the sequel ( BO2) cuz we all know there's going to be a COD Ghosts 2...
PSyCHoHaMSTeRza
I've never seen a Call of Duty game for less than $20, even several years after release during a Steam Sale.
They're like pre-torn designer jeans.
"It alienated its own aliens, ironically" lol
Man, watching this video, I realized how fucking shit 2013 was for video games in general. Yes, there were a few good ones, like Yahtzee named. But there was so many more bad ones. And the thing is, you put Bioshock Infinite against games that are considered the best by Yahtzee generally, like Wind Waker, Portal, and Spec Ops The Line, and it pales in comparison. But the bad games were SO bad, it stands out.
***** Too true. 2015 doesn't seem like it's going to be much better.
PenguinHQ Especially with the bullshit that thr Star wars Battlefront is going to be
Nah, if you look at those games, Bioshock Infinite stands head and shoulders above the rest, ESPECIALLY Wind Waker. And I also have to decree that what with coming off an incredibly strong year for fighting games in 2013, an unbeliavable amount of artistic masterpieces being released both in the big budget and the indie side, and what with the console generation launching, 2013 was absolutely one of the greatest years in the history of video gaming.
Pálinkás Dávid I disagree with everything you said, but I respect your opinion.
Pálinkás Dávid How are you comparing Bioshock Infinite to Wind Waker...?
Also what makes Infinite better than other shooters like Bulletstorm, Wolfenstein The New Order or Shadow Warrior?
I like coming to videos where people say positive things about infinite just to see people in the comments say it was a bad game and then try to convince everyone why they didnt like it and if one person doesn't like the critically acclaimed game then they are right
nevermind. don't bother looking down into the comments. its people hitting on infinite and what they thought should be number 1(mainly TLOU).
wait i just got the best game of the year for 10 bucks...Fucking love steam.
Almost 2300 comments (and for the really, really intellectually challenged - I mean almost 2300 comments as of the time of this writing) and nearly half of them are a version of "Bioshock Infinite isn't the best game of 2013 AND HERE'S WHY! MY OPINION IS THE RIGHT OPINION, SHEEPLE! LISTEN TO MEEEEEEE!"
Time for a revelation: Don't like BI? Or you liked it but didn't think it was the greatest game of 2013?
Here's the puzzle you must solve to receive this revelation
Cobody Nares.
Need a hint? Switch two letters.
Need a second hint? Switch the first two letters.
Still stuck? Switch the "N" and the "C". So put the "C" where the "N" is now, and put the "N" where the "C" is now.
Wow, Bioshock... really? Meh, alright.
Good lists, mostly agreed and enjoyed the usual fancy smancy dialogue.
Finally, someone who won't force GTA V on his list just because everyone else is doing it. Most expensive-to-make is not necessarily best
Is it impossible that it's genuinely a very good game because a lot of people like it? Smells like a fallacy
IOutDoSyndicate
It's not impossible at all. It's a good game. But a year is a very long time in gaming, many excellent games came out. GTA V's Game of The Year status on other sites were never about its quality. It's a popular game, and a lot of critics are too afraid of their audience to come out and say they think something else is better. Not Yahtzee
Fiktív Miki No, not Yahtzee, because he's too busy rating highly of games that are no more content than a satirical joke, shit references, and euphemisms. Looking at you, Saint's Row.
IOutDoSyndicate
You completely miss the point of his reviews, then. He rates games on not technical stuff like graphics, but by how much fun it is to play. Back then, everyone gave GTA IV 10/10 because it was well-crafted and had lots of stuff to do. Only Yahtzee pointed out that "...aand it has plenty of faults and is boring as hell." He rated Saints Row 2 better because it was a non-stop fun joyride. And time proved him right. If I had to pop in one of those two right now, I'd play the hell out of Saints Row 2 while my GTA IV collects dust.
Fiktív Miki To each their own, but I don't enjoy mindless fun. I've beaten GTA IV 6 times and couldn't imagine doing another playthrough in SR. Maybe because there's nothing to do. Maybe because the series isn't innovative. Maybe because the quality of the game and its content are on par with a one man indie developer. What would you do in SR2 that you couldn't do in GTAIV, or that GTAIV did worse?
I agree on the majority of Yahtzee's choices here (although to my shame I haven't played Bioshock Infinite yet). Anyway, I rather think MGR would have have been somewhat higher on the good list because it is a really good game. Despite a few things that I won't spoil, I really thought the combat mechanics and story were very nice indeed. It's nice to see a proper single player game amid all the multiplayer titles where 9 year-olds suddenly grow a pair of balls for no apparent reason.
And, 9 years on, and Ride to Hell has yet to be unseated from its throne. One for the history books that one!
Rising but no Metro? Oh dear.
Yeah...
metro is good but rising is a billion times more fun than it i beat metro twice but i played rising for 100 hours because chopping shit into 198723849712398417=-234817023851723941 pieces just never gets old
It fits in the "dirty people getting their shit ruined" category.
imthetube44 Real life fits in that category too.
AdecostarElite Ouch! Right in the reality :D
I literally die laughing when people say Bioshock Infinite is overrated and then say TLOU is GOTY. Just another generic, predictable, zombie game.
What about it's story and the relationships between the characters? TLOU, while having pretty alright gameplay, is a story-based game.
Yeah. Zombie games aren't all that great now. And now, it's getting to the point humans are a bigger threat than zombies to keep it "interesting." Nothing interesting to introduce zombies in the mix if the humans are more threatening than them.
I disagree, honestly. Look at the other similar zombie game, The Walking Dead. That's a really loved game. It's not so much about the gameplay, it's more about the characters.
You gotta give credit where credit's due.
ILCOVERU Because it was original. The Last of Us is generic.
ILCOVERU Except the Walking Dead focused on its story instead of having shit game mechanics. It's focus on narrative makes it loads better than TLOU.
i don't get it! it's a top 5 best and worst but i only say 5 games which i couldn't tell if you where talking bad or good about and ended it with a sixth game that suck!
It's pretty obvious which games are bad and good. Obviously when a game is standing on an animal and lovely harp music is playing, it means that the game is good. If the game is shown dangling over a fire and flame noises play, then that game is bad.
Will Lu Textbook explanation right there!
I love how his comment about anti-terrorism gas was spot on... XD
My picks for 2013?
Hmm.. Rayman Legends. Sure, it has some idiotic design choices there and there, and dissapointing final levels, but it's still brilliant.
Metal Gear Rising, because good god does the entire game change on Very Hard, which forces you to realise the depth in the combat system and then master it. And those boss battles are freaking awesome, and controls.. actually have no flaw. It's a timing based game so if you're getting hurt: your timing is off, you didn't see the incoming attack and thus couldn't block or dodge it, you forgot what animations cannot be canceled, or the camera just screwed you over which is the biggest flaw of the game. Oh and it's short, but that's pretty much all I can complain about it.
Stanley Parable, because.. why are you even reading this? This is my opinion and I'm willing to defend it if you begin to question it. Isn't that what people usually do with their opinions anyway, form them based on your thoughts and form explanations for them so you can understand better why you even think so in the first place? Seriously, why are you even reading this if you will just end up complaining about me being a different person? Do you have something against being different, wanting to be someone who you are, instead of some copy pasted person based on norms of the society you live in? I didn't make this comment for you anyway, so stop reading it. I said stop. Stop reading.
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Why are you still reading this? Do you expect me to make some sort of joke or analysis based on the nature of the game's writing? Because if you are, then surely you have noticed that I'm not very good at it. I didn't make this to entertain you, I made this just so I could express my opinion on the internet. Sure, I will get judged for it, but I'm willing to stand up for my opinion as well, and help others see why I think of it this way, like a civilised person. ... A civilised person can sometimes act like a child, don't pretend like you have never done that!
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Stop reading me. There's nothing to see here anymore. Oh? You mean those dots? Well they are there just for the sake of connecting the statements together that belong under the same to.. actually no, they are there for the sake of artistic vision. Are you questioning my artistic vision? ... Screw this, I'm done with trying to please everyone. I work hard for my comments and then you just go and ruin it with your thoughts.. I quit.
Why are you still here? Are you still expecting that joke? But you already saw that my sense of humor is awful, so why do you still keep reading? I mean, isn't this painful text to read, self-aware and trying to be clever, but ends up being pretentious? Why would you do this to yourself, why would you read something that brings you displeasure? Just out of pure curiosity? ... but I have no joke to make, so leave me alone!
STOP DEMANDING THINGS FROM ME!!! I'm not making a joke, alright?
Oh right, this is sort of meta already, but.. okay, what do you want? Just something funny? Alright here: This sentence is a lie.
What? I have different sense of humor.
What now? Expecting some sort of closure? ... No.
I said no.
No means no.
No!
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
I have no idea what I'm doing with my life.
There, are you happy now? It's a closure, referencing how I as a writer have no idea why I even made this and.. you're not even interested in the explanation, now are you?
Fine: Congratulations! You reached the crappy ending, because this is just a comment so there are no multiple endings anyway!
There, is it better now? No? Well screw you too.
Give this man a medal. NOW!
the only funny thing about this comment is how much of your own time you wasted. congrats, you made 6 people laugh, you must be very proud.
this man needs a cookie, stat
TL; skimmed through it.
I'm going to assume because of how random this comment is that it's some kind of Stanley Parable reference, since I've never played the game and know nothing about it.
that EA part was gold.
lol yeah "..With the reliability of a gingerbread space station" Cracked me up xD
Lol at everyone confused by the video structure that HE ALSO DID LAST YEAR. Its really not that hard to tell if you listen to how he's talking about the game.
ALSO, REVENGEANCE OVER LAST OF US AND TOMB RAIDER, RULES OF NATURE. SUCK IT NERDS.
that would be all well and good, if it wasn't for the fact that for every minute of a Yahtzee episode, I spend three seconds listening, and fifty seven seconds laughing and missing everything else he says.
styk0n thats fair.
So, Guise of the Wolf came out recently, and I don't see our ape overlords. Was Yahtzee wrong?
also Day One Garry's Incident came out and there are no ape overlords so he must have been wrong
dkill34 He probably was, Pinkie Pie.
I don't think he reviewed either...
Guise of the wolf was not nearly as bad as Ride to hell.
dkill34 To me, Day One GI doesn't count. It was made by an indie studio, and considering an indie studio could be comprised of industry veterans or guys that just picked up programming, you can't really treat it the same way you would a AAA title.
In this case, DOGI was simply a game made by an incompetent studio. Ride to Hell was a horrible game made by a fairly competent (technically speaking, anyway) studio. Not only that, but one owned by a major publisher and given actually decent funding.
If we included every shit indie game that came out, the list would be buried with them.
It would be like trying to fill out a Razzie list with Direct-to-DVD titles.
Thank god Saints Row 4 is finally getting some good appreciation. It was nice to get away from the harsh confusing plot-line twist stories (*COUGH* BIOSHOCK INFINITE WHICH WAS A GREAT GAME BTW *COUGH*) And go to a much easier and fun 3rd person shooting game where you don't focus on taking out sinister governments and bullshit like you did in GTA 5.
FINALLY!! I wanted this, like, forever.....
I haven't played Star trek but I agree that fucking POS movie was a train wreck
It was quite entertaining.
Eh I don't think Bioshock Infinite deserves the praise it gets. Fascinating story and quite pretty, but the gameplay is clunky and the level design is abysmal compared to all Shock games before it. It's just running and shooting from one set piece to the next, I wasn't compelled to push on for the fun, but just to hear more of the narrative. That is not good for a game in my honest opinion.
System Shock 2 and Bioshock 1/2 cleverly wove the story in with the gameplay, Infinite did not, it is a very watered down experience and it disappointed me greatly. It's not a bad game, but I just wish people would see it's not up to par of the previous Shock games in terms of gameplay.
1) Keep in mind it's only Yahtzee's #1 by comparison. I'm willing to bet Portal 2 from 2011 and possibly even Spec Ops from 2012 would beat out Bioshock Infinite
2) Gonna disagree with you on the "bad level design" by virtue of the skyrails. I fucking love those things and they make for great level design. Also the museum was above average... moving on
3) The supposed "disconnect between story and watered-down gameplay" is actually intentional. It's a metaphor for Booker's PTSD
4) Infinite was actually my first foray into the Bioshock series and Ken Levine games. Are you saying it only gets better from here? :D
***** 1) Well I was speaking in general to the praise Infinite has gotten, not its place on the list, which is perfectly fine. Like I said, not a bad game, but in my experience not great, but still a lot better than 95% of other stuff that came out this year.
2)I do like the skyrails too, that was one part of them I liked. However, they have been done before, specifically in Metroid Prime 3, though they do of course look a lot more thrilling in Infinite.
3)Oh? That interests me. I always intended to go back and actually finish the game, guess this is a good thing to keep in mind while I play.
4) Yes. get the original Bioshock for however cheap it is now :) Bioshock 2 isn't as good story wise as 1, but has pretty satisfying gameplay that's a bit better than 1's was.
System Shock and System Shock 2 are also great games to experience, but they're much harder, so keep that in mind if you get them.
I pretty much feel the exact opposite. Never got the praise the original Bioshock got. The story and visuals were excellent but the gameplay was more tedious than fun. Like you mentioned I felt like I was only completing the game to see how the story ended. Overall still a good game, but I've seen it ranked as one of the top ten video games of all time. To me that's just ridiculous.
Infinite kept me more entertained with some of the new mechanics and equally great story/visual. At the end of the day it probably was the best game I've played this year.
I got through the first game with a wrench...please go on about how the gameplay was an integral part of the first game...
Evan Ash Oh, someone thinks they're clever :P So have I. When I say gameplay, I mean the tonics, plasmids and all that have purpose within the story, their presence directly influenced the events of Rapture, using them was in character to the atmosphere, per say. In Infinite, there would have been no real difference if Vigors existed or not, they had no impact on the actual story. The mechanics of the vending machines were a direct comment on the policies and state of Rapture.
The same is true of the predecessor, System Shock 2. everything about hacking and modules, all your upgrades is part of the story, not just a gameplay thing.
Too bad there is literally a generation of CoD kids now and they will continue to buy these games no matter what.
What's worse is Activison came right out and said these people aren't real gamers they called the "casuals"
ya I wonder when those poor kids will realize that playing a giant smelly cock of a game all the time even though there are a bunch of them they are just the same thing over and over again just with new stuff to kill people with, does not make them a gamer.
well if they like the games, they should keep buying them. Doesn't matter if they're "real" gamers or not, as long as they enjoy the product they bought.
*****
But the people who like those games are the main one dismissing others choice in game as not "hardcore" or "mature" when the publishers of their favorite franchise doesn't even conisder them "hardcore" it's ironic
***** I see a lot more people ripping on CoD than i see the CoD community rip on other stuff. Don't think I've ever seen a CoD gamer complain another game isn't "hardcore" enough.
*****
Go to a Nintendo video, see someone call the games "kiddie crap" go to their channel and find CoD
Yessss Metal Gear Rising somehow made it!
Back when he said David Cage and not Dievid Cige
Personally, I enjoyed the new Star Trek films... but the game was horrid, to say the least.
Christopher Church
It's too popular, the nerdy people are pissy that their special thing was made popular to those damned average mouthbreather.
Vesania Fanatics, the lot of them. Some of us are OK, though.
Christopher Church Yahtzee's a cynic and we all know it. that's his appeal.
I bet he just really liked the old series and he was like "ARGH, different!" you know it's a good reboot when it is different and it does its own thing so you don't feel like you're watching the same old franchise with modernized special effects. I fucking love the new Star Trek films, and so do the reviewers.
so, yeah. Fuck you Yahtzee.
worst game I have ever played.
Christopher Church its like if they made a citizen kane reboot or something along those lines, no one will like it no matter how good it is
Why are people trying to force their opinions on other people?
well then again, this is youtube.
Yahtzee spent hours making this video trying to put his opinions on his audience.
Forcing them is a small step.
Reading these comments, people really seem to hate a game just because other people like it more or because they like an another game more and bash against someone who doesn't.
I'm watching this like 3 years later and I totally forgot that Bioshock infinite came out in 2013 so when Yahtzee named it game of the year i vocally squeeled
He was actually pretty close with advanced warfare
SpriderMonk8812
How so? I know jack shit about CoD, so I find this concept intriguing
About the bio-weapon that targets specific ethnic groups.
It totally happens in CoD:AW.
It didn't target specific ethnic groups if I recall, it targeted people that wern't on the PMC companies list of members. In short, if you didn't have a chip implanted into you that the bio weapon recognized you died. This included people of all races, the only people who could get chips or whatever like that had to be buddy buddy with the PMC.
+Firan25 and ironacly 95% of all Atlases' soldiers are white and American soooooooo.
I like how Yahtzee doesn't want to admit that he enjoys games. Then again, maybe he thought all these games were shit, and that the less shitty ones deserved to be on the top 5. Probably the latter.
>doesn't want to admit that he enjoys games
Half Life? Deus Ex? Silent Hill 2? SAINTS ROW 4!?
I said doesn't want to, not that he doesn't in general, otherwise half of this video wouldn't exist
This video is how I got to know and love Adam, Bruce, and James. Their play-through of Ride to Hell still cracks me up.
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I'm just glad TLOU finally didn't make it on a top 5 list. It's so bad.
Metal Gear Rising at number 5? I sure didn't expect that.
I may be hipster about Bioshock Infinite. So I found Bioshock and loved it! No one heard of it soo I loved it even more, kinda like a hidden gem. When Bioshock infinite came out I felt like everyone just knew everything about Bioshock and where the "ultimate fans" even though they never heard of the first and second. Bioshock Infinite is good and all but I am very "hipster" about it. I try to never bring it up when talking about games to someone.
"No one heard of it soo I loved it even more, kinda like a hidden gem"
The hell are you smoking? Bioshock was hyped beyond all recognition by the gaming industry YEARS before it was released. Your "hipster" sense is bad and you should feel bad. At least if you are going to try and be hipster with the series, claim you loved System Shock - which noone did because it was rubbish, so you can hipster about System Shock 2 which was good.
Are you insane? No one heard of bioshock??? Everyone talked about those games, they were like, the most popular games when they came out. Haha "hidden gem" yeah fucking right.
To everyone commenting. I thought no one heard of it ,OK? do not have to scream. I had about 7 friends who never heard of it so I thought no one else knew, because I never knew Sytem Shock ever existed until now. The only comment here who actually has a smart comment is not just "are you insane! Everyone knew Bioshock!" is AtomicHearse. I am just stating what I feel like, because that what is comments are meant for. So yes I am SORRY I did not know. Also I thought being a "hipster" means that you liked it before everyone else did. Sorry for the long comment but really MilneYelim? "you hipster sense is bad and you should feel bad" first of all I should not feel bad about a game, and "Bioshock was hyped beyond all recognition by the game industry for YEARS before it was released!" I never heard of the game until it came out, lad. My friends are on steam and I asked all of them "hey you heard of Bioshock?" and almost all of them replied "no" that comment to my friend was made in 2009. 2 years after release.
oh yes and also becuase of all the "hate" I may get I am going to mute the post. In like 2 days so you can atleast see my response.
Your meta-cognition is astounding. How are the breathing lessons going?
2 examples of good ways to improve interactive storytelling: Bioshock Infinite and Papers Please
1 example of bad ways to try to make interactive storytelling: Beyond 2 Souls
BioShock Infinite's story made sense.
And it wasn't generic.
I swear, people who say that it's generic and made no sense really had a negative mindset hopping into the game.
Have you seen a better companion AI? Elizabeth's abilities make up for your weaknesses, and she *Doesn't need to be protected in combat*
+SenecystRemarks Your comment begs for you to be directed to matthewmatosis's review of Bioshock Infinite.
Just paste this after the youtube dot com slash watch?v=VdNhwb7iuI4
I mean... unless you're insecure about your opinion on Bioshock Infinite...
It kind of made sense, but doesn't entirely adhere to certain ideas it presents. And the story isn't generic; the gameplay is, and much worse off for it. The story is just a disjointed mess of unconnected and unexplored "big ideas" that are incredibly impressive at first glance but deflate like fucking bouncy castles once you think about them for all of five minutes.
I will admit that Elizabeth was very well done both story and gameplay wise, although I wish she had a bit more of a presence in the combat than just giving you things (although not so much that she would need to be protected).
I disagree. Elizabeth was bad. Her character made no sense regarding the situation she was/is in. Why the hell is a girl that grew up in near-complete isolation bubbly and sociable? And her "gameplay" abilities consist of elements stripped from the players control to make her SEEM useful (lock picking, healing, scavenging, etc.)
+Alexander Freeman Elizabeth didn't grow all her life in isolation. She was moved to Monument Island after reaching puberty, that's when her powers grew too unstable. I swear, most braindead gamers such as yourself have the attention span of a potato.
Hm, if I had to pick...
5. Rayman Legends (Smooth as butter)
4. MGR: Revengence (Cyborg ninja flipouts)
3. Pikmin 3 (It's f*ckin' Pikmin)
2. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Immersive as all hell)
1. Wonderful 101 (Most original game I've played in years)
Honorable mentions include Mario 3D World, Towerfall, Injustice, Link Between Worlds, and Wolf Among Us.
Story wise, wolf among us should have been higher. Gameplay wise.... Well, you don't play for the gameplay anyway
8wrath8child8 Honestly, I didn't play Wolf Among Us entirely for the story. I'd already read Fables.
But damned if Telltale aren't the kings of story *presentation.*
"Cyborg Ninja Flipouts beat dirty depressed people getting their shit ruined"
Fair point, I don't see Joel flipping 50 feat over Zombies hacking them into nice giblets and I don't see the new Lara Croft being anything but boring.
Love how people complain to complain. I want to see someone say, "AIR IS OVARRATEED OMZG METHANE IS COTY!!!!!2!!1!!1!2!2!" then end up getting methane poisoning. Perfect way to weed out the whiny.
Bioshock Infinite wasn't flawless, but it is completely understandable why it is "Number One". I think the Bioshock series ended extremely well and the 1st one and Infinte Juxtapose fantastically. The combat in Infinite is solid with the skyhook and while the story is pretentious,it's not boring. It's interesting and at the end of the day IT'S JUST A FUCKING GAME.
Honestly Bioshock Infinite's combat was a generic shootemup with hooks and a very underwhelming ability to warp in cover/skyhooks. Overall the actual mechanics were pretty bland behind the veil of hype. The spectacle and graphics along with thought provoking story line made the game good though. I don't however like their explanation for vigors. But hey that's all just my opinion :)
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The storyline wasn't thought-provoking in the least IMO. It brought up issues that could be thought-provoking in certain contexts, but just sort of waved them around and didn't do anything more except to show us that things fairly universally accepted as bad by today's ethical standards were bad. It was just like: "Hey there were some pretty messed up racist and nationalist aspects of 19th/early 20th C. America huh? Here's what it would be like if they were enacted in a floating steampunk sky city!" Okay, thanks for that. It's not exactly Thoreau.
I mean I'd call anything political about it more of a backdrop or a setting element than a story element.
I think I might have just died laughing about how much the point flew over your head!
bboythekidstudios If I missed some deep meaning there beyond what I commented on, by all means go ahead and enlighten me as to what it was, but I didn't see any really meaningful points being made in Infinite. The original Bioshock was about an attempted Ayn-Randian "paradise" gone dystopian and wrong, which is salient because that's not something that has ever actually existed (and no the U.S. doesn't count for reasons that I won't go into here in the interest of not posting a text wall), but *is* something that certain people today think would be great. Infinite on the other hand was, as far as I saw, poking a stick at things that *have* existed and the vast majority of thinking people now recognize were not in any way good. Okay it turned them up to 11 so to speak, but that's just a sort of ideological caricature.
Okay for starters, none of what you're complaining about is even a central theme of the story. You see, Infinite is a completely different story from the first bioshock, though all the things you're complaining about with the racism and nationalism will try to convince you otherwise, because they're meant as a diversion and aren't actually as important to the story as the game want's you to think. The game assumes that you've already played the first two bioshocks (or at least the first one) and tries to convince you that it will be a giant social commentary romp like the first one was by throwing all these social themes at you all at once. What makes the twist ending so perfect is not JUST that booker was comstock the entire time, or that Elizabeth was his daughter, but that the game's story convinced you that it would be a giant social commentary romp, when it was really a much more personal story about a man coming to terms with his guilt and finally taking responsibility for it.
You know, I actually really liked Beyond. And I don't really understand why Bioshock would be number 1 on anyone's list. Thought the story wasn't that impressive, a bit of a generic shooter as well. But we can't all like and dislike the same things, obviously. Last of Us on 1 for me, by the way :)
It may be generic, but it's the good kind of generic. At least, that's my opinion.
PSyCHoHaMSTeRza Is the good kind of generic the type that is more or less so?
The fact that anyone could say with a straight face that Beyond was better than Bioshock Infinite is mind-boggling.
So you're saying that Bioshock: Infinite's story 'wasn't that impressive'. But you really like Beyond: Two Souls.
wat
I'm really trying to get a sense on what you mean by generic since there isn't a big market on shooters that allow you to zipline between platforms while spewing lightning at enemies.
Saints Row 4 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengence was better than The Last Of Us and GTA V according to ZeroPunctuation. You really do have impeccable taste in games...
Eternal Light 'but then again I'm WEIRD'
SR4 > GTA V
Arguing is pointless, because it will make you look even dumber.
Eternal Light Well, he's right.
Eternal Light TlOU is overrated as fuck anyway
Learn Quick overrated it may be, but there is a reason that things are overrated. If your ideology is that the world overhypes bad things then why don't I see ride to hell: retribution as the god of video games.
If only Yahtzee had played Fire Emblem: Awakening.
And monster hunter 3
r15amz I really need to play that game.
ShyGuySez0110 But he did play monster hunter 3.
Tri means 3.
I'm sure I can sum up Yahtzee's feelings towards all the fire emblem games: Interesting gameplay, and he'd be able to play it more if half the characters weren't predictable anime sods.
The_Ideaist He played the first hour or so of monster hunter 3
I still don't get why Bioshock infinite gets all the praise that it does. Sure the world design was pretty nice, but Elizabeth's AI wasn't even AI, all she does is act like a vending machine, and the story was pretty damn predictable. AND THE BUILDINGS ARE FLOATING, WHY_WHY_WHY_WHY- they're supposed to be simply not falling.
they tell you How in the game but im not sure why. have you seen game theorists on youtube? they made a vid about this a while ago.
Cosmuh Actually, GT only made a video questioning why no one in the city is blowing chunks and Booker didn't have to carry a paper bag around with him through the game.
So you managed to find out that Booker is Comstock, Elizabeth is Anna, and the Twins were just the same person right away? You even figured out that it was the twins who set you up in the beginning, instead of just some weird lackeys? That's pretty amazing.
RuiRuichi for the record i did in fact figure that out a little farther than half way.not the thing about the twins though. that took a while until they spelled it out.
Cosmuh One of the twins explains about people's misconsception of her discovery, that the particles in fact aren't flying, rather just fail to fall. She even describes it in a small scale experiment which seems to contradict how the buildings act.
A game in witch you file taxes is number 2.... ok either yahtzee is high off his ass..... or this is just a bad year for videogaming..... unless you own a nintendo console then you're set
Video games are art.It's not just the gameplay that matters
You have no clue what Papers, please is, do you?
Busteaga Mihail I played it for about 1 hour. Does anything change after that except for more restrictions on the passports and lower wage?
You're dissing Paper's Please then flaunting Nintendo?
Damn, I'm going to get off the Internet and possibly go live with monks in the Himalayas to gain some insight into how someone could even begin to format that thought.
Swordsman99k
Guys, it's his opinion, and I see where he's coming from. Papers, Please has an AMAZINGLY knit story. The actual gameplay, however, is admittedly repetitive and dull. Personally, I like the game. Story is one of the biggest draws for me. The starter must like fun gameplay most, which this game unfortunately lacks.
Is it wrong that my favorite game I've got around to playing this year is either Mount and Blade Warband or Warhammer DoW SS?
no, mount and blade warband is a fucking great game. Can't speak for warhammer because havnt played it.
Dawn of War is a lot of fun (and the hilarious voice acting in Soul Storm makes it even better), but Warbands is honestly one of my favorite games. It may look like shit, but damn is it fun.
Chandler Hull proof that graphics don't overly matter
Elesde2 Indeed. All you need is a weird idea, and niche market. Then you have yourself a hit.
Elesde2 didn't games like minecraft and papers please sort of prove that
*Bishock Infinite was the best game of 2013!*
Now let the shistorm commence ...
I liked it
New New Year's Resolution for 2014: Use the "Hamster in a Moebius Strip" metaphor in a conversation.
Garry's Incident should have tied with Rth but I don't think you reviewed it because if you did you'd probably be in an insane asylum.
Sadly he cant. The whiny devs will just try to put a blanket over it.
Thatguythatwehate I think people have shat all over the devs so much that they wouldn't dare to try it again.
If you found this video confusing, then you just weren't paying attention
No XCom; Enemy Within?
metal gear rising revengeance is the only game here I could play over and over and over... and...over without getting bored
Why does anyone bother, they are just games which we play to have fun. Who cares if someone likes some other game or another genre. Just accept it and play your game!
So he rips Saints Row 3 a new one for being too goofy but puts Saints Row 4 on his top 5 list?
He ripped on Saint's Row 3 for being so much like Saint's Row two, and not adding much. The same reason why he ripped on Bioshock two.
John Riendeau What? Saints Row 4 was basically dlc for Saints Row 3, both of which sucked ass IMO.
Yeah, well that's like an original comment, man.
Not gonna lie....2013 was absolute SH!T for video games, you know it has to be bad when the common #1 of the year is either The Last of Us or Bioshock Infinite, if it was any other year, both games would have made #4 AT BEST. Dear, game developers I am disappoint in you for 2013.
I totally agree. There was'nt one game I wanted this year. The only game I got was Deus Ex: Human Revolution:Directors Cut. And that's technically from 2 years ago, but much improved.
Wasn't *too* shit, but it had its fare of problems, and a hell of a lot of controversy with the idiocracy of major gaming developers, publishers, and manufacturers. That said, 2012 was a great renaissance in gaming, and this year was the continuation, though there were more mistakes than last year.
All the Bioshock games have been bland, boring linear shooters. Slap a big gun in someones hand and make some pretty looking environments and that's all you need to make gamers jizz themselves these days.
Darkness1984
No....just.....no
Zexx4 I concur, this year was shit for most games,only reason why the last of us was considered decent, is that it was a new exclusive for the PS3, I mean we will never have games that were as innovative as Half-Life was, or have a story half as decent as Portal 1.
I wonder how many people in this comment section are salty over bioshock infinite being number 1 just because he didn't give it to the last of us
remember when Yahtzee predicted the plot of Advanced Warfare?
Yahtzee, if you want to be pretentious, you put Bioshock Infinite at #1 on the bottom 5... ;p
Now I just want a gingerbread space station.
Honestly, I found Bioshock Infinite kind of forgettable. After the ending left a sour taste with me, and that's even after watching several analyses on it, I just kind of forgot it and moved on. I know I'm in the minority here, but I just didn't really enjoy infinite that much
That's understandable. But just because you didn't like it much doesn't mean it's not great or something. Bioshock Infinite is a game that appeals to a really small group. Even some Bioshock fans are not pleased with it, stating out that it's not a Bioshock game anymore. But when I compare it to many great games out there, Bioshock Infinite really shines. I even haven't seen any other game from 2013 that came close both gameplay- and storywise.
***** I am a Bioshock fan, and while I can see where my fellow fans would say it's not a true Bioshock game, I still felt very bioshock-esque, with its own "personal" touches. When I compare it to the original Bioshock, I of course consider the original better, and even when I compare infinite to other games I played from the same year, it still falls short, mainly because I saw little interest in it. For me, there was no replayability since the choices have no effect on the narrative, and my dislike of the story from the first reality-swap on just killed any chance of picking it up again. Admittedly, The Last of Us also fell short in terms of replayability for me, but at least I loved that game's storyline - unlike that of infinite.
TheGospelgamer Well I can't change your opinion, but if you think that Infinite still felt very bioshock-esque, then I don't see why you shouldn't like it as much. When I hear the word 'Bioshock', two things come into my mind: master of storytelling and setting. And both games had those.
I would say that Bioshock 1 had the better setting, while Infinite had the better story. The choices in Bioshock 1 weren't that impacting at all, it only effected the ending. The ending was pretty dissapointing for me. For a game that good, the ending felt pretty mediocre and short (both good and bad ending). Infinite had a much, much better ending. So I don't see why the lack of choices would bother much.
I though that the story of Bioshock Infinite was much more colourful, complex, original, innovative, explorative than that of TLOU. I loved the storyline of TLOU too, but it was damn predictable, clichéd and, as yahtzee said, played it really 'safe'. So I don't see a contest here.
I have played Infinite 3 times and it had a huge replayability for me. In each playthrough, I learned more about the story and the world of columbia, hence loving the game more and more.
But anyway, each to their own i guess...
***** As far as the story goes, it just felt bland to me, primarily because of the jumps from reality to reality. It felt more like a cop-out of actual storytelling to me; more of way to send you to the next shooting gallery. And don't even get me started on the dead-but-not-really-but-kind-of ghost mom-but-not-really-mom thing. Not only was that part tedious to me from a gameplay perspective, but it also felt more like filler and forced exposition than anything else. And the ending, again, just didn't resonate with me. I get it, and I can see why others appreciate it, but I just flat out don't. As far as the original Bioshock's ending, I liked the good ending mainly because it didn't try to be too fancy; it gave me the outcome of my choice, and it felt good to have been able to rescue the little sisters and hear they went on to lead good lives. The bad ending admittedly fell short (or shorter, in most people's opinions) in that it basically just said, "Splicers came to the surface and started attacking people. The end."
Moving right along, I preferred The Last of Us over infinite mainly because the characters and environment resonated more with me than infinite's did. Sure, there was depth to the characters in infinite too, but the only one who felt connectable there was Elizabeth; Booker felt more like a vessel for me than an actual character - which may be a part of why I didn't like the ending, but I digress. And while Columbia was aesthetically stunning, I just personally couldn't find a reason to like or appreciate anything in it other than Elizabeth herself. That, mixed with already knowing what was coming my way in the story with no deviation whatsoever, left me no reason to play through again.
But you are right; to each his own. It's one of the great things about this world - we can all have different opinions and still get along if we try.