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the reason why yhatz was hearing the same songs repeatedly was likely because the game has a 15minute "mixtape" for each chapter that runs on repeat by default (you can find the tracks as collectables to play them individually). Each chapter's mix also focuses on a specific genre of dance music corresponding the dance the gang for that chapter does, which i think is a neat touch.
I watched another streamer playing this game. The modding community was great with this one. You can replace all your tags with images you have. So you can put up things like your twitch/youtube banner, channel emojis, and other art.
@@Ragetiger1also considering a multiplayer mod was created within a week, and recently got an update where you can challenge nearby players to a point battle.
A note about the combat: I found it was much better when I figured out how to use graffiti mid combat. It doesn't feel designed for just kicking dudes until they fall over (though you can do that), instead it felt like it was about popping dudes into the air and slashing at them with air and paint for a sweet instakill. It not only goes much faster, it also feels a lot more punch and stylish, as it should be for a game like this.
There's a good video someone made that actually dives into the combat and I learned there are actual combos and juggles you can do in this game if you put some effort in
@@ckorp666 generally speaking the launch into graffiti is the most efficient however its also one of the only ways to further increase the heat on you especially onc3 you've finished the game you can take out as many cops as you like normally but yours star increase if you take the easy combat route
@@advbassdrop3956really its just doing graffiti that raises heat. The quick finisher raises heat because of the graffiti, rather than because you kicked some piggy back into his pen. You *can* also repaint your own pieces to raise heat.
Yahtzee's lack of understanding as to why a manual doesn't break your combo is proof that the most athletic thing he's ever done is walk to the fridge for a hard cider.
I found it even funnier once I watched a walkthrough of the game and found out two of the first challenges against The Frank's (the first enemy crew in the game) essentially tutorial you on both manuals AND the corner multiplier
@ForgiveZharionSooo, the trick here is to set up an account, get it to a number of subs through a poorly disguised bot, then sell the account to someone so they can pretend they aren't a failure.
while the original devs arent involved, the original composer is, which is what counts here :) their other game , lethal league and its sequel are also really fun. perfect for gamenight with friends. absolutely bangin OSTs aswell.
I wish people would stop focusing so much on Hideki. Yes, he's a very talented artist, his music slaps. But the JSR games were always about celebrating different cultures and tastes. The original JSR games had multiple artists on them, and BRCF is almost entirely composed of independent artists. It's a celebration of multiple artists, not just Hideki.
@@bugjams It's a real shame that everyone focuses on the Hideki aspect of the soundtrack when fantastic tracks like I wanna kno, Feel the Funk, watchyaback, Light Switch, condensedmilk, AGUA, hwbouths, Morning Glow, and Anime Break all exist.
For an indie studio that set out to create a spiritual successor to Jet Set, they absolutely nailed it. I already knew the story was gonna be wild when one of the "main characters" got brutally decapitated before the tutorial was even finished.
Damn, you really are the master of analogies. "Balloons on a conveyor belt" conveys such a clear image and is fucking hilarious. I've been following you for 10+ years, and somehow your analogies just get better xD Love it, sounds like a cool game!
5:40 "REALLY STARTING TO MISS THE DAYS WHEN TH-cam LET YOU SAY F***" me too. Don't get me wrong, even with the youtube ball gag, Yahtzee is a riot. But without the constant multifaceted swearing, he just doesn't mine the same inappropriate public cackling from me anymore.
What I really like about Yahtzee is that when faced with specific language restrictions, he has the ability to find unique and colorful ways around it.
Honestly it would have been nice to know about the porta-potty changing rooms that let you lose the cops sooner, and even nicer to know they only work once per visit to the area. Still this was one of those rare games that i was excited about since its announcement, and couldnt wait for this review to make me laugh about all the shit this game frustres me about.
That, and the fact that you can spin on fire hydrants with a skateboard to raise them up to reach certain areas, and the fact that you can break floor glass by sliding into it with inline skates. There's a lot of stuff the game doesn't outright say that I kinda wish it at least hinted at, but it's still a gem overall.
For the porta-potties : there's 2 or more in each area and only the last one used is disabled, so you can switch between them to lose heat. I agree though, and I heard that the next patch might be adding them to the map which would be really handy.
@@44444444443333333222 Tryce does tell you the toilets let you change clothes *and* lose your heat, but it isn't mentioned that they're a one-use thing. The hydrants and glass floors I had to look up. The bike special areas are just a big warehouse door with a bike symbol. Easy to figure out even with no npc help. The other special interactions for the other 2 styles were obtuse af.
this game was really good, felt like a natural step forward from Jet Set Radio Future in the same way that JSRF was a step forward from JSR glad they were even able to get a guy who worked on the JSR series to make a few songs for the soundtrack
Fun fact: for the Benelux launch of the Dreamcast, Sega didn't market the thing at all and only distributed 5000 consoles (on a population of at the time some 28 million). As a result, I only saw one for the first time in 2010, displayed like some kind of Indiana Jones treasure in a retro game shop. Between that and the bizarre games like JSR and Fishman, I was half convinced around 2000 that my gaming magazine made the whole thing up as an elaborate running joke.
Im surprised Yahtz even bothered with calling the game by its actual title in the first place. I felt that mom comment early in the video. I was one of those kids with a mom like that. Still love her though.
I will always remember how when playing Virtua Tennis, little stick finger versions of your characters would play tennis on the memory card screen, mirroring the exact game you were actually playing on the tv
Yahtzee said that none of the original devs worked on the game is true but missing the fact that the most important person from JSR, Hideki Naganuma did do some music for the game. Something something concept of love
Been really looking forward to this game since I first heard about it. Jet Set Radio Future on the Xbox was a fun game with a great soundtrack. Glad to hear this seems to live up to that.
The Combat mechanic is unsaid in the game but there is a combo with each move leading you to press jump after two off wheel tricks and spray them as they float in the air with you.
I'm kind of glad Yahtzee liked this one. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk struck me as something he generally wouldn't be into, so hearing he had fun with it is a pleasant surprise.
I guess it's just a matter of observation - the two have something in common, and maybe it's one of those "It's funny, because it's true" moments. But I'm guessing here.
Hey, I liked my Dreamcast. Sure, it didn't last very long, but it had a decent library for the brief time it did exist. Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Power Stone 2, Chu Chu Rockets, and Sonic Adventure were some of my favorites at the time.
*Sadly, slowly nods* This is why he's so bitter, he never got to play Powerstone or Skies of Arcadia or, well, Jet Set Radio IMAGINE never having played those, god the tragedy of it all
Yeah idk why the Dreamcast is catching a stray here, it was actually a fantastic console that probably deserved more success than it ultimately got, timing and marketing being so important.
I played Jet Set Radio Future so many times as a child that I could play it blindfolded. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk released on my birthday. It was for ME and NO ONE ELSE Glad you thought it was fun Yatzhee :)
The best part of BRC is that it's an extremely faithful successor to the Dreamcast game and the worst part of BRC is that it's an extremely faithful succour to a Dreamcast game. This isn't one of those reboots/unofficial sequels that modernizes the experience, it's the same experience, mechanically and presentation, that you got back then. For instance, the boss battles are more just you button mashing againsts enemies with simple A.I, which was common then. Or using massive amounts of collectables and short little tasks to pad out game time in levels that the surroundings are mostly set dressing. And no voice acting, just characters making random grunts over text boxes or like Yahtzee pointed out little nuance to actions but easily exploitable actions for points. So it's really just for those who are nostalgic for exactly what they had and not for new audiences. Which isn't necessarily a critique if that was their intent.
So, wait. If we don’t get to control the character until the robot head is on em, does that mean we are the robot? If we cut the heads off everyone else and put robots on them, would we be some sort of skateboarding Borg hive mind?
We get about 10 minutes of playing the MC with his full body during the tutorial. But they get pretty creative with the replacement head story. It actually had a way better plot than I was expecting tbh.
I could spoil something for you that would answer your question, but... you should play the full game if you wanna know the truth about Red's cyber-head.
You do get to play as the guy before the robot head, but the identity of the protagonist post decapitation is kind of the central plot. It's clearly not the same person as pre-decapitation. There are a bunch of other characters who directly or indirectly give their opinions on that. Like there's another cyberhead you can talk to that mentions he uploaded his memories into the cyberhead when he started dying, and then replaced his head after death. The cyberhead doesn't see himself as the same person, but more like the child of the person who gave him his memories and body. Another cyberhead sees himself as completely distinct, and has zero interest in anything about his body prior to it becoming his body. The protagonist meanwhile wants to find his original head, and joins the Bomb Rush Crew to help with that.
Yahtzee saw the title of the game and legit started going "Oh boy oh boy oh boy, this is going to be fun". And then he had fun while tearing the title apart. 🤣
@@SejikanI had heard of it, but I so rarely keep up with games nowadays that I wasn't even aware it had come out already, especially given the _Mortal Kombat 1_ ads everywhere.
@@Sejikan Noted. I'm doubtless seeing it due to the other (fighting) game stuff I was already looking despite not really looking it, so it's basically the only game ad I've seen for the past month or so besides those gacha and other even more scammy games.
Game narratives are fun and all but sometimes you just want something fun to mess around in. I must’ve put a hundred hours into spiderman 2 growing up and I don’t think I ever got close to beating it.
Agreed, although i dont even think BRC has a BAD story. Certainly not one of great depth or symbolic nuance, but "massively overfunded and restrictive police state mired with corruption to the point where graffiti skater gangs are being riddled with bullets and getting full Metal Gear mechas and helicopters called on them" scratches that good ACAB itch that the modern governing system keeps causing. Its nothing if not relevant, even if the actual depth is slight
Takes me back to Skate 2 one of his very first reviews. After so long I finally understand-understand, understand-understand the concept, the concept of love.
I would compare Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to eating sour candy. Every once in a while I get a craving for this specific flavor, I pick it up for a bit, I get my fill and pick it up whenever I feel like it
It's no Hi-Fi Rush, but as far as Saturday Morning cartoon artstyle games go, it still ranks as a highlight for me this year (Both have "rush" in the title, too; coincidence?)
Yahtzee: the bouncing tutorial girl is wrong, you can just mash buttons to do tricks, it's fine Also Yahtzee: I got utterly stomped by the very first enemy gang and quit the game 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Honestly this sounds similar to Street Fighter 6. I could never get into fighting or skating games as I just don't have the mind or skills for that kind of gameplay, but this and SF6 look appealing as they make the gameplay approachable.
I honestly thought Nick (or whoever) had copied the wrong line of the script in as the title at first. Then I watched the vid. Then I see that there's also a 3mr for it. Looks fun.
That is a shockingly positive review for something that started so harsh. Congrats to Cyberfunk! I have tried to play skating games in the past (PS1 era), and something about them just didn't register with me. I think it was what Yahtzee described -- I'd do something I thought was incredible and I was really proud of, and the game would moon me and then spray my score down with liquid disapproval. These sorts of scoring systems have no place for actual creativity because it's hard to design software that _can_ actually recognize something as creative. Instead you have to learn the rules to exploit and min-max your way to victory.
I'm glad that there are still games that actually get praised as fun on ZP, because no matter how many little niggles of complaints Ben has, the more apparent his happy tone is throughout the video
I never ever post and have loved this content since that review of the Darkness demo but I will say you objectively SHOULD play Jet Grind Radio/ JSRF. I still remember them quite fondly the music is still quite good and the game is unique and fun. They are still very charismatic experiences that were gone too soon.
Name aside, this game is the perfect spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio. It’s nice to hear that someone that didn’t play the original still found the game worth playing
@@vigorouslethargy Try to position the ball just over the free throw line (between the first two marks on the sides) and slide into it. Makes it more consistent than just kicking the ball around but still involves a lot of praying to RNGesus.
0:14 I can't wait for all the nicknames Yahtzee is going to give Lies of P, it's going to be a wild ride XD 4:57 Goddamn it Yahtzee, Skyroads! .. now you are making me feel old XD
Another game that proofs that first comes gameplay, then you can add a nice story on top and other stuff like frosting on a cake, but you need good gameplay. I ain't be having your hand picked ecological cherries (world premiere) if the biscuit isn't nice and fluffy
If that robot can't climb stairs, WHAT MADE IT THINK IT COULD SKATE GRIND ON THOSE RAILS?!? I guess that what happens when you don't set it to "friendly as a puppy".
I honestly don't mind the combat all that much. One thing I do love is how fundamentally simple the trick system is, but it's still complex enough to do some really impressive stuff with.
I feel like the combat system makes just about every poor first impression it can. It starts you fighting against an airborne enemy while trying to grasp the system, so you do a lot of flailing around at first. It also doesn't explain anything, and leaves you to figure it all out. Namely that jumping after a normal attack launches you extra high, which is real helpful against airborne enemies, but also will knock ground based enemies into the air. The other thing it doesn't explain is that when an enemy is knocked into the air, you have a brief window to tag them like any other graffiti spot, which will instantly defeat them, which also seems to be why you can't really air juggle enemies at all. Also that if you chain attacks together with the right cadence, it won't break your combo even if you aren't moving or doing a manual. Like there's a bunch of little nuance it just leaves you to figure out, and throws you into one of the hardest things to do when you're figuring out how things work. Once you do learn the system better, it works pretty well. With attacks and tricks being the same thing, you can pretty seamlessly go from zipping around doing stunts, to combat, to riding off again without breaking combo, and every enemy can be dealt with incredibly quickly given the right setup. Replaying the beginning of the game again, the combat felt so much more smooth. It's shallow, but stylish and accomplishes what it needs to. Almost all the difficulty in the game is pretty much just the game not explaining mechanics adequately, and combat is certainly no exception to that.
Really wanna see your thoughts would be after playing Jet Set Radio Future (the Xbox sequel, not the original). Think you'd fully realize what they were going for with even the elements you thought underdeveloped, because theyre almost done meticulously so to emulate JSRF.
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Looking forward to the Lies of P review
The only lies my P tells is during a drug test.
So is Yahtzee just not gonna play Armored Core 6 then?
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You can always tell when Yahtzee thinks a game is fun when he says the game is fun.
@ForgiveZharionshut up we don't care
It IS unironically very helpful, yes. :)
You mean we don't have to wait for some twat in the comments to "translate" from yahtzee or whatever other stupid shit twats say?
Code unlocked.
Having Yahtzee honestly say a game is fun is both incredibly rare and a sure hallmark of the top end of enjoyable quality.
the reason why yhatz was hearing the same songs repeatedly was likely because the game has a 15minute "mixtape" for each chapter that runs on repeat by default (you can find the tracks as collectables to play them individually). Each chapter's mix also focuses on a specific genre of dance music corresponding the dance the gang for that chapter does, which i think is a neat touch.
I watched another streamer playing this game. The modding community was great with this one. You can replace all your tags with images you have. So you can put up things like your twitch/youtube banner, channel emojis, and other art.
@@Ragetiger1also considering a multiplayer mod was created within a week, and recently got an update where you can challenge nearby players to a point battle.
Really think that game could use a shuffle button.
@ForgiveZharionwhen checking your channel i instantly saw the Mr beast logo on a blank channel lol
I just modded in the JSRF songs
Incredible restraint for not saying the word spunk for two minutes
Another testiment to how much he liked the game.
Well, rounded up, counting the intro....
But still
A note about the combat: I found it was much better when I figured out how to use graffiti mid combat. It doesn't feel designed for just kicking dudes until they fall over (though you can do that), instead it felt like it was about popping dudes into the air and slashing at them with air and paint for a sweet instakill. It not only goes much faster, it also feels a lot more punch and stylish, as it should be for a game like this.
There's a good video someone made that actually dives into the combat and I learned there are actual combos and juggles you can do in this game if you put some effort in
Yeah, learning you can kick + jump to knock enemies into the air, and that boosting into enemies also does damage, made the combat a lot more fun.
@@ckorp666 generally speaking the launch into graffiti is the most efficient however its also one of the only ways to further increase the heat on you especially onc3 you've finished the game you can take out as many cops as you like normally but yours star increase if you take the easy combat route
@@advbassdrop3956really its just doing graffiti that raises heat. The quick finisher raises heat because of the graffiti, rather than because you kicked some piggy back into his pen.
You *can* also repaint your own pieces to raise heat.
@@advbassdrop3956 i'm late but i dont suppose you have the name/link to this video?
Yahtzee's lack of understanding as to why a manual doesn't break your combo is proof that the most athletic thing he's ever done is walk to the fridge for a hard cider.
I found it even funnier once I watched a walkthrough of the game and found out two of the first challenges against The Frank's (the first enemy crew in the game) essentially tutorial you on both manuals AND the corner multiplier
bro, what the fuck?
Or understands how leaning helps gain or keep momentum when balancing grind
Yahtzee explaining very obvious skating game mechanics is hysterical
I'm proud of him. Now all he needs to do is learn how to press two buttons to manual instead of one and he will have mastered Tony Hawk.
I'm fascinated by this comment, because I don't know skating games at all and I had no idea that this was a basic element of them.
@ForgiveZharionSooo, the trick here is to set up an account, get it to a number of subs through a poorly disguised bot, then sell the account to someone so they can pretend they aren't a failure.
Watching someone learn how to play THPS 20 years later xD
It’s like listening to him slowly explain how he learned that Mario will bounce off of a goomba. 😂😂😂
while the original devs arent involved, the original composer is, which is what counts here :) their other game , lethal league and its sequel are also really fun. perfect for gamenight with friends. absolutely bangin OSTs aswell.
"the original composer"
One of them, anyway.
Richard Jacques composed original tracks on both JSR and JSRF, and he's nowhere to be seen here.
I wish people would stop focusing so much on Hideki. Yes, he's a very talented artist, his music slaps. But the JSR games were always about celebrating different cultures and tastes. The original JSR games had multiple artists on them, and BRCF is almost entirely composed of independent artists. It's a celebration of multiple artists, not just Hideki.
ONE OF the original composers anyway.
Contributed three songs
Ohhh in hindsight I should have realised that lethal league had the same composer!
@@bugjams It's a real shame that everyone focuses on the Hideki aspect of the soundtrack when fantastic tracks like I wanna kno, Feel the Funk, watchyaback, Light Switch, condensedmilk, AGUA, hwbouths, Morning Glow, and Anime Break all exist.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is probably the best a spiritual Jet Set Rado successor could have been. I love it!
only Yahtzee would have a line like "our lives are now dedicated to destroying you" flash so quickly it can be missed
It made it so much funnier
Pretty sure that's the video editor dude not Yahtzee
@@user-lh7mt7zo7lYahtzee mentioned he still edits ZP himself
For an indie studio that set out to create a spiritual successor to Jet Set, they absolutely nailed it.
I already knew the story was gonna be wild when one of the "main characters" got brutally decapitated before the tutorial was even finished.
Yahtz we've known about the manual button keeping combos since pro skater 2, get with it grandpa (sent from a man in his 30's)
Given it’s Yahtzee I suspect this isn’t a genre he’s particularly experienced in
@jmurray1110 the last skater game he played was Skate 2, I believe.
Damn, you really are the master of analogies. "Balloons on a conveyor belt" conveys such a clear image and is fucking hilarious. I've been following you for 10+ years, and somehow your analogies just get better xD Love it, sounds like a cool game!
5:40 "REALLY STARTING TO MISS THE DAYS WHEN TH-cam LET YOU SAY F***"
me too. Don't get me wrong, even with the youtube ball gag, Yahtzee is a riot. But without the constant multifaceted swearing, he just doesn't mine the same inappropriate public cackling from me anymore.
AVGN: "You guys can't swear?"
the word is “Fuck” right? RIGHT??
@@pablossjui Do nae speak the worde of curse! Ye bring DOOOOM upon us oll!
-Some ancient medieval scottish dude in that one South Park episode
We really need a competitor honestly. One that's adpocalypse-proof, preferably.
What I really like about Yahtzee is that when faced with specific language restrictions, he has the ability to find unique and colorful ways around it.
Honestly it would have been nice to know about the porta-potty changing rooms that let you lose the cops sooner, and even nicer to know they only work once per visit to the area. Still this was one of those rare games that i was excited about since its announcement, and couldnt wait for this review to make me laugh about all the shit this game frustres me about.
That, and the fact that you can spin on fire hydrants with a skateboard to raise them up to reach certain areas, and the fact that you can break floor glass by sliding into it with inline skates. There's a lot of stuff the game doesn't outright say that I kinda wish it at least hinted at, but it's still a gem overall.
For the porta-potties : there's 2 or more in each area and only the last one used is disabled, so you can switch between them to lose heat. I agree though, and I heard that the next patch might be adding them to the map which would be really handy.
You literally get a character text about the toilets just read the style specific interaction could used some intro though
@@44444444443333333222
Tryce does tell you the toilets let you change clothes *and* lose your heat, but it isn't mentioned that they're a one-use thing.
The hydrants and glass floors I had to look up. The bike special areas are just a big warehouse door with a bike symbol. Easy to figure out even with no npc help. The other special interactions for the other 2 styles were obtuse af.
@@advbassdrop3956 That's why i said sooner.
this game was really good, felt like a natural step forward from Jet Set Radio Future in the same way that JSRF was a step forward from JSR
glad they were even able to get a guy who worked on the JSR series to make a few songs for the soundtrack
“a guy” you mean Hideki Naganuma aka Skankfunk aka Funky Uncle
@@ijustreviewthe man behind the fresh funky beats (aka the man who follows femboys on twitter).
the guy who understands understands understands understands @@ijustreview
@@ijustreview yeah that guy
hes pretty rad
Funky Chungus Family Guy Uncle
The way he chastised the audience as scrub shit at 3:58 made me almost drop my drink. It just hit me and absolutely cracked me up!!
Fun fact: for the Benelux launch of the Dreamcast, Sega didn't market the thing at all and only distributed 5000 consoles (on a population of at the time some 28 million). As a result, I only saw one for the first time in 2010, displayed like some kind of Indiana Jones treasure in a retro game shop. Between that and the bizarre games like JSR and Fishman, I was half convinced around 2000 that my gaming magazine made the whole thing up as an elaborate running joke.
It was fairly undermarketed and poorly launched everywhere, which is unfortunate because it was actually a very good console
The post-credit challenges in this game are some of the most fun I've had with a game in years. Praying for dlc
Ah the abuse one has to endure to still get a positive review from Zero Punctuation.
Im surprised Yahtz even bothered with calling the game by its actual title in the first place. I felt that mom comment early in the video. I was one of those kids with a mom like that. Still love her though.
I knew Yahtz would have a field day with the names
" That's scrub shit, go get a job cleaning toilets so you can scrub shit some more "
God damn that's some poetry right there.
Dream Cast will always have something no other console has. You could play the games ON the memory card itself! That was always so awesome!
I will always remember how when playing Virtua Tennis, little stick finger versions of your characters would play tennis on the memory card screen, mirroring the exact game you were actually playing on the tv
Yahtzee said that none of the original devs worked on the game is true but missing the fact that the most important person from JSR, Hideki Naganuma did do some music for the game. Something something concept of love
UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND
He was the aforementioned excitable bloke whos synthesizer was caught in the car door.
@@Azul721and 2 mellow, been listening to 2 mellow for a long time now was really happy to see his stuff in BRCF
Hooray, Yahtzee enjoyed the game! Always nice to hear Yahtzee had some genuine not-sarcastic fun.
Bong hit cider drunk is a pretty close approximation of my high school years.
That honestly sounds like a catchy title for a period piece comedy. =P
Been really looking forward to this game since I first heard about it. Jet Set Radio Future on the Xbox was a fun game with a great soundtrack. Glad to hear this seems to live up to that.
I just finished this a few weeks ago. If you loved JSR and JSRF this game will scratch that itch perfectly
Tommy Pickles! Kudos on the Rugrats reference 😂
It's fun watching Yahtzee discover stuff I learned back in THPS 3 😂.
The Combat mechanic is unsaid in the game but there is a combo with each move leading you to press jump after two off wheel tricks and spray them as they float in the air with you.
I'm kind of glad Yahtzee liked this one. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk struck me as something he generally wouldn't be into, so hearing he had fun with it is a pleasant surprise.
BRC understands the concept of love !
3:47 is exactly how i broke THPS. Endless tricks. Thanks manuals
4:30 "Combat is like slapping balloons on a conveyor belt"
Oh my god I never have seen a picture that is THAT accurate, brilliant
Honestly, the closest I’ve played to slapping balloons on a conveyor belt was chasing balloons in the Alterna hub world in Splatoon 3.
How the heck did you come up with the visual gag at 2:15. That's an insanely creative and hilarious way to explain grinding mechanics.
the one a few seconds before got me good too, he's reading the "Manual Manual" lmao
I guess it's just a matter of observation - the two have something in common, and maybe it's one of those "It's funny, because it's true" moments. But I'm guessing here.
Hey, I liked my Dreamcast. Sure, it didn't last very long, but it had a decent library for the brief time it did exist. Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Power Stone 2, Chu Chu Rockets, and Sonic Adventure were some of my favorites at the time.
Also Soul Calibur 1 was a huge hit, and was Dreamcast exclusive for several years.
Skies of Arcadia Legends is one of the greatest jrpgs ever made.
Yahtzee never owning a Dreamcast explains so much about him.
@@FrankDux-uo7ig Well, that he never owned a dreamcast, for one.
@@FrankDux-uo7ig 2nd he never got the life changing experience of Power Stone.
*Sadly, slowly nods* This is why he's so bitter, he never got to play Powerstone or Skies of Arcadia or, well, Jet Set Radio
IMAGINE never having played those, god the tragedy of it all
@@CrispBaker Skies of arcadia is still the best Pirate airship game ever made.
Yeah idk why the Dreamcast is catching a stray here, it was actually a fantastic console that probably deserved more success than it ultimately got, timing and marketing being so important.
I played Jet Set Radio Future so many times as a child that I could play it blindfolded. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk released on my birthday. It was for ME and NO ONE ELSE
Glad you thought it was fun Yatzhee :)
This hole is for MEEE.
The best part of BRC is that it's an extremely faithful successor to the Dreamcast game and the worst part of BRC is that it's an extremely faithful succour to a Dreamcast game.
This isn't one of those reboots/unofficial sequels that modernizes the experience, it's the same experience, mechanically and presentation, that you got back then.
For instance, the boss battles are more just you button mashing againsts enemies with simple A.I, which was common then. Or using massive amounts of collectables and short little tasks to pad out game time in levels that the surroundings are mostly set dressing.
And no voice acting, just characters making random grunts over text boxes or like Yahtzee pointed out little nuance to actions but easily exploitable actions for points.
So it's really just for those who are nostalgic for exactly what they had and not for new audiences. Which isn't necessarily a critique if that was their intent.
So, wait. If we don’t get to control the character until the robot head is on em, does that mean we are the robot? If we cut the heads off everyone else and put robots on them, would we be some sort of skateboarding Borg hive mind?
We get about 10 minutes of playing the MC with his full body during the tutorial. But they get pretty creative with the replacement head story. It actually had a way better plot than I was expecting tbh.
I could spoil something for you that would answer your question, but... you should play the full game if you wanna know the truth about Red's cyber-head.
You do get to play as the guy before the robot head, but the identity of the protagonist post decapitation is kind of the central plot. It's clearly not the same person as pre-decapitation. There are a bunch of other characters who directly or indirectly give their opinions on that. Like there's another cyberhead you can talk to that mentions he uploaded his memories into the cyberhead when he started dying, and then replaced his head after death. The cyberhead doesn't see himself as the same person, but more like the child of the person who gave him his memories and body. Another cyberhead sees himself as completely distinct, and has zero interest in anything about his body prior to it becoming his body. The protagonist meanwhile wants to find his original head, and joins the Bomb Rush Crew to help with that.
you control the first guy for like 5 minutes before becoming the robot
BRCF actually did the "is robot you the real you?" thing much better than Soma where that was also the central theme.
This game may as well be the 3rd jet set radio game.
You can not convince me otherwise
Yahtzee saw the title of the game and legit started going "Oh boy oh boy oh boy, this is going to be fun".
And then he had fun while tearing the title apart. 🤣
The ending cards in this episode were the funniest ones in a while.
That was the best ending joke he's made in ages.
I'm actually glad he's covering this regardless of what his opinion is. This game needs some coverage!
I'm in the same boat as him, never played JSR, never owned a Dreamcast, still had a blast.
It's always weirdly exciting when there's a ZP on a game I haven't even heard of.
Its a shame more people haven't heard of this game
@@SejikanI had heard of it, but I so rarely keep up with games nowadays that I wasn't even aware it had come out already, especially given the _Mortal Kombat 1_ ads everywhere.
@@MusicoftheDamned i haven't seen a single one
@@Sejikan Noted. I'm doubtless seeing it due to the other (fighting) game stuff I was already looking despite not really looking it, so it's basically the only game ad I've seen for the past month or so besides those gacha and other even more scammy games.
Game narratives are fun and all but sometimes you just want something fun to mess around in. I must’ve put a hundred hours into spiderman 2 growing up and I don’t think I ever got close to beating it.
For me it's the opposite. If it doesn't have a clear end I don't want to even start. Feels like I'm wasting my time artificially, if that makes sense.
Agreed, although i dont even think BRC has a BAD story. Certainly not one of great depth or symbolic nuance, but "massively overfunded and restrictive police state mired with corruption to the point where graffiti skater gangs are being riddled with bullets and getting full Metal Gear mechas and helicopters called on them" scratches that good ACAB itch that the modern governing system keeps causing. Its nothing if not relevant, even if the actual depth is slight
@@TheOneGreat Aren't we all wasting our time? We only got so much of it, might as well have fun digitally grinding billboards and railings.
@@alexanderbateman5581 I don't consider doing the same thing over and over again fun. But then again I also don't replay games.
Takes me back to Skate 2 one of his very first reviews. After so long I finally understand-understand, understand-understand the concept, the concept of love.
waited literal years for this
4:42 "Someone's beating me to death with a malfunctioning drum machine."
OPERATE
OP
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OPERATE
[HARD DRIVE MELTING NOISES]
This game is an absolute blast to play! My inner child was cheering with excitement, like I was back playing Jet Set Radio Future on the Xbox.
"Boo! Amateur Hour! Sod off back to the swing set, Tommy Pickles!" is going to live rent free in my brain for some time.
I gotta say this has probably been the most positive year for reviews Yahtzee has had in forever.
The Manual manual is a touch of genius
I would compare Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to eating sour candy. Every once in a while I get a craving for this specific flavor, I pick it up for a bit, I get my fill and pick it up whenever I feel like it
I like that Yahtzee recognizes that a drum machine is the tr-808.
It's no Hi-Fi Rush, but as far as Saturday Morning cartoon artstyle games go, it still ranks as a highlight for me this year
(Both have "rush" in the title, too; coincidence?)
It was enough to get me confused for a second when I first saw Hi-Fi Rush. Thank Goodness that didn't last long.
Make some good videos with your phone's camera first to get actual subscribers instead of begging. You don't need good gear to be a good creator.
@@gracelandtoo6240That's a bot, actually. Just report and move on.
Imagine that, the good old hole punch made a guest appearance in the Bum Rash review.
"The game says not to mash the trick button"
"I mashed the trick button and somehow lost"
Yahtzee: the bouncing tutorial girl is wrong, you can just mash buttons to do tricks, it's fine
Also Yahtzee: I got utterly stomped by the very first enemy gang and quit the game
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Honestly this sounds similar to Street Fighter 6. I could never get into fighting or skating games as I just don't have the mind or skills for that kind of gameplay, but this and SF6 look appealing as they make the gameplay approachable.
I wish Yahtz had tried saying BOMBRUSH CYBERFUNK three times really fast
Everyone came for the riffing on the title and we were not left wanting.
I honestly thought Nick (or whoever) had copied the wrong line of the script in as the title at first.
Then I watched the vid. Then I see that there's also a 3mr for it. Looks fun.
Now they need to make a short that has all of the name gags spliced together.
The fact that Yahtzee spends most of the video telling people how to do well at the game is a pretty good indicator of how into it he was
Funniest ZP for ages. Cracked up constantly! Love the titles - too many good ones to choose from. 😂😂
That is a shockingly positive review for something that started so harsh. Congrats to Cyberfunk!
I have tried to play skating games in the past (PS1 era), and something about them just didn't register with me. I think it was what Yahtzee described -- I'd do something I thought was incredible and I was really proud of, and the game would moon me and then spray my score down with liquid disapproval. These sorts of scoring systems have no place for actual creativity because it's hard to design software that _can_ actually recognize something as creative. Instead you have to learn the rules to exploit and min-max your way to victory.
I audibly gasped at seeing sky roads.
Such a man of culture.
I usually just listen to these when driving around, but the visuals add a ton to the comedic value
Somebody else remembers SkyRoads?!?! It was almost painful to have those three dusty neurons activated again
I'm glad that there are still games that actually get praised as fun on ZP, because no matter how many little niggles of complaints Ben has, the more apparent his happy tone is throughout the video
I never ever post and have loved this content since that review of the Darkness demo but I will say you objectively SHOULD play Jet Grind Radio/ JSRF.
I still remember them quite fondly the music is still quite good and the game is unique and fun. They are still very charismatic experiences that were gone too soon.
Name aside, this game is the perfect spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio. It’s nice to hear that someone that didn’t play the original still found the game worth playing
This game rules. The only one in a long time I've bothered to 100%.
That basketball trophy is the last one left for me. I just don't have the patience at the moment.
@@vigorouslethargy Try to position the ball just over the free throw line (between the first two marks on the sides) and slide into it. Makes it more consistent than just kicking the ball around but still involves a lot of praying to RNGesus.
Should do one of those retro reviews of JSR just so I know if it’s worth the hassle of em- I mean getting it through totally legal means.
This is the first time I’ve ever disagreed with Yahtzee. The soundtrack is 32 songs of pure epic funk.
0:14 I can't wait for all the nicknames Yahtzee is going to give Lies of P, it's going to be a wild ride XD
4:57 Goddamn it Yahtzee, Skyroads! .. now you are making me feel old XD
The end credit bit is absolutely hilarious.
Sounds like the Spyro skateboarding sections made into a full game
Another game that proofs that first comes gameplay, then you can add a nice story on top and other stuff like frosting on a cake, but you need good gameplay. I ain't be having your hand picked ecological cherries (world premiere) if the biscuit isn't nice and fluffy
I'm chuffed Yatzhee had a good time
Appreciating the Skyroads reference sir!
Yes, this! Played the daylights out of it when I was a kid
As I am currently sitting here with my unsupervised Labrador(k), the comment about same + streaky bacon is my new favorite Yahtz-ism.
Bog Brush Cybertwat is probably my favourite
I knew Yahtzee loves this game by virtue of using a greater number of colorful metaphors than usual.
If that robot can't climb stairs, WHAT MADE IT THINK IT COULD SKATE GRIND ON THOSE RAILS?!?
I guess that what happens when you don't set it to "friendly as a puppy".
I honestly don't mind the combat all that much. One thing I do love is how fundamentally simple the trick system is, but it's still complex enough to do some really impressive stuff with.
I feel like the combat system makes just about every poor first impression it can. It starts you fighting against an airborne enemy while trying to grasp the system, so you do a lot of flailing around at first. It also doesn't explain anything, and leaves you to figure it all out. Namely that jumping after a normal attack launches you extra high, which is real helpful against airborne enemies, but also will knock ground based enemies into the air. The other thing it doesn't explain is that when an enemy is knocked into the air, you have a brief window to tag them like any other graffiti spot, which will instantly defeat them, which also seems to be why you can't really air juggle enemies at all. Also that if you chain attacks together with the right cadence, it won't break your combo even if you aren't moving or doing a manual. Like there's a bunch of little nuance it just leaves you to figure out, and throws you into one of the hardest things to do when you're figuring out how things work.
Once you do learn the system better, it works pretty well. With attacks and tricks being the same thing, you can pretty seamlessly go from zipping around doing stunts, to combat, to riding off again without breaking combo, and every enemy can be dealt with incredibly quickly given the right setup. Replaying the beginning of the game again, the combat felt so much more smooth. It's shallow, but stylish and accomplishes what it needs to.
Almost all the difficulty in the game is pretty much just the game not explaining mechanics adequately, and combat is certainly no exception to that.
damn....went savage on the dreamcast.
Yea the game tends to keep music tracks hidden randomly around the areas so you need to collect those to get a better soundtrack
I own the green painted, wooden handled gardening fork shown at 2:50. its strange to see it used as a cartoon prop.
I personally thought Bomb Rush Cyberpunk was my game of the year for 2023.
I guess you can say that Yahtzee... just can't GET ENUF of the gameplay
Oof that skyroads reference takes me back to huddling around the one CRT computer in my primary school classroom, with all the other stinky boys.
Really wanna see your thoughts would be after playing Jet Set Radio Future (the Xbox sequel, not the original). Think you'd fully realize what they were going for with even the elements you thought underdeveloped, because theyre almost done meticulously so to emulate JSRF.
Come on Yahtz
Bum Rush Diaper Spunk was RIGHT THERE
You're the first person ever I've seen mentioning Skyroads. Played that a lot when I was younger.
Good lord, that Sifu insert made me rupture my sides.
I guess nobody played Hover. It was basically this but with laser skates.
“ludicrously overfunded police department” you say? so just a normal American police department then
BRC police straight up start throwing Metal Gears at you near the end