Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart (Zero Punctuation)
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- This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.
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That edited before upload part was bloody gold. Yahtzee, my go-to reviewer, you get a like simply on that alone. Thank you for all you do for the consumer; a don't take the piss critic is what this world needs.
Also, respect to sony for being honest. More than can be said for 97% of anything corporate in the world. The funny thing is I would have normally just passed this installment, because I only buy the best in this sea of content, but now I'll simply wait for a good price because of this video.
Also...I'm sure you find an irony for the people that actually sign up for a $2 membership, but watch all your content. The plug...I can imagine. TH-cam/escapist told you to do a thing; you said fine, meanwhile saying in your mind "Take the piss."
@@akaicedtea6236 The whole world is captured by an industry that won't even throw a pissed-on biscuit in the cage, let alone acknowledge human beings as people. So yeah, I respect a little humanity. Humanity is trash; if you haven't read any history or watch current events. But at least truth, as ugly as it can be, I can respect. That's one reason I love Yahtzee; He delves into the worst of the worst. If the worst a product has doesn't bother you, then you only have the good to look forward to. An informed consumer is a powerful consumer.
@@akaicedtea6236 Buying free content to save a month of waiting, or not looking for other content, are not the actions of somebody that is smart about their money. Yahtzee is great, but he doesn't know me, or I him. He owes me nothing, and neither I him. But liking and sharing is free to me and somehow gives him coin.
Also, I can compliment him and thank him with honesty he can appreciate because I'm not just some fanboy praising like a 12-year-old girl swooning over a pop star. He gets an attaboy, and that is it, more than us boring people will get.
@@akaicedtea6236 If you buy content created by somebody you are a consumer. We all are consumers. That is the definition of 'division of labour'; yah know, the crux of civilization.
That person at Sony is currently suffering an existential crisis after realising if they had just send a code, Yahtzee might not have had time to settle on Snatchet.
@Esar moh Snatch is slang for ladybits.
@@NotHPotter
Hoo boy.
If they had to? Is that a threat? They have to send him code instead of buying one?
@@polymathicheretic5068 You might want to reread the original comment.
@@polymathicheretic5068 It's not so much about the 70$ it would cost to buy the game as much as the fact that review copies are sent out ahead of the release of a game which means reviewers with keys can have a review out before the game officially drops
Yahtzee throwing gentle shade at Sony is somehow more impactful than actually ripping the game apart. He's not angry at Sony, just very disappointed
Didn't seem like he hated it much, just didn't think much of it aside from the review code thing.
@@sunlitsonata6853 What is there to hate except for the attitudes of the Sony marketing guys? Its a platormy-puzzly-shooty game with mild humour. The game is just kids entertainment but the corpo guys treating it as some sacred experience whose every "review" must be "approved" is truly disgusting
@@x265_hevc5 word
@@x265_hevc5 I was just responding to the idea of Yahtzee "ripping the game apart" when he didn't do it that much. There are several Yahtzee videos where he rips games apart to a sharp degree.
why did I hear this in his voice
A reviewer that gives his honest opinion with a snarky tone, yes I can see why Sony would object to that lol
On the one hand, I totally get that giving out products for free isn't required and they only do it to get publicity. So it's well within their rights to only hand it out to people who will speak well of them.
On the other hand, that's what commercials are for. You want unabashedly dishonest positive coverage, release it yourself.
Being selective on who you give review copies to some degree is practically required, but drawing that line strictly based on who will kiss your ass is obviously a big problem for customers in the game industry and a totally understandable reason to be upset.
@@anthonybowman3423 that still implies that either they think that yatzy never gives good reviews or that they know their game sucks. Either way the fact that they did that makes you think about the other reviewers and why sony didn't ban them too.
@@anthonybowman3423 I think it's reasonable to be snarky about Sony's motive, it's obviously for business reasons. I don't think it's reasonable to be upset.
Sony spent tens of millions of dollars developing a piece of entertainment and it's their literal job to try and sell copies. They have no ethical, legal, or moral obligation to send a free copy to reviewers early. They have no obligation to try and present an objective view of their product, or to enable someone to do such, particularly when the tone of that person's content is generally negative for comedy purposes.
Though the fact this says Nintendo has somehow been cool with it surprises me a bit.
@@dragondance8604 I would argue that the intent of sending out review copies to select good reviewers is specifically to deceive their customers about the quality of their product. Intentionally misleading people about the product you are selling IS unethical. Full stop.
Commercials are fine, because we all KNOW commercials are going to be biased, but games journalism comes with an expectation of being honest. Which is the legal reason for why videos online have to tell you they are sponsored and commercials don't.
“We are scared Yahtzee might not be entirely favourable about the game. And so rather than just hiding and not saying anything silly. We’re going to directly tell him we’re worried he may neg it a bit. Thus giving him ammo to directly show how we like to tailor the reviews we get and curate who we expect will praise us”
What EXACTLY was the logic there, lads?
Logic being that TH-camrs love getting free stuff and basically make money on hype? You can't build hype by being critical about something, because then you're the party pooper. Just look at Sword & Shield for a quaint example.
I think they are trying to make an example of him. Which is a bit like trying to make an example out of a regenerative immortal, masochist who can breathe in the vacuum of space and underwater. In that it ultimately doesn't work and he's probably getting off to any attempt you make.
Peak sales period has already passed so they no longer care how harshly he reviews it at this point. It's all about the day one hype these days
@Marcello "Unprofessional"? hah. You have managed to one up a Sony Exec in the saying stupid things contest, that's no mean feat.
I highly doubt the suits have any logic at all.
I feel like Sony DID know that Yathzee would make the "Snatchet" joke and that it was even her official name-in-progress at one point
the idea of boardroom full of japanese executives all trying to workshop "snatchet" is amusing
@@br2k wouldn’t be Japanese anymore with Sony closing a bunch of branches over there but I find that image pretty funny to imagine
@@theemptyones7212 Sony HQ is in 港区 so prob a lot of 日本人 there
Love that it's just like "It's not that I didn't know why you won't give me a code. I'm more surprised you gave the actual reason for it"
"No you can't have a code"
"Why not?"
"Because you'll say mean but informative things about our game and reduce sales"
I would love a series on the behind the scenes of game reviewing. Read the review prompts (which would be hilarious because you know some lazy reviewer is going to quote them as their own though and someone will link to it), let us in on the emails your sent, show us the swag they try to bribe you with, and anything else us peasants wouldn't know about. You already came up with the title even, "Behind the Beef Curtains", half the work is already done!
"A space cat and his fucking roomba"
🤣
"Snatch-it."
You got me, I was 12 again for a few seconds. Any longer and I'd have remembered middle school. 😱😱🤢
i like how ratchet is a cat with pizza on his head and clank is a crokpot with a tin can and welding goggles
Game companies are salty that they get called out for shortcomings... almost like they're selling us something they know lacks substance.
Your tone is fine Yahtzee - and after all of this time pretty well documented too so double fuck on Sony for being over sensitive.
To be fair he said up yours publishers first in Destiny so Sony is probably just responding to that
The funniest thing about finding out Sony doesn't want to be bullied by Yahtzee in this video is that Guru Larry's "Top 5 Developer Meltdowns" autoplayed immediately afterwards.
Sony doesn't want to give you a review code? Their loss. You're the only reviewer who has convinced me to buy a video game in the past 10 years. You didn't even care for it that much.
Not getting this one, though.
The game that single handily broke the internet with the female lombex. Don't ask what the other hand was doing.
8 minutes
multitasking.
And not always for good reasons.
We had a female lombax since the second game
Female lombaxes don't have tails man rivet is a man
My main gripe with the story is that they establish Emperor Nefarious to have some sort of telekinetic power that allows him to easily toy with the heroes. And then it's just never addressed again. There was a clear reason for why he keeps beating the heroes, and this is a very high-tech setting so the heroes could go on a quest to find a device that nullifies that power of his, but for some reason the villain just decides to not use it the same way anymore. What happened there? Or did I just somehow miss some plot point that explains how they countered THE ability that kept beating them?
I'm starting to understand why the alerts to plus members are so slow these days.
Watcha mean?
It's weird. I checked the channel and the post went up at the same time it always does but I never got a notification. I had to come here and look for it manually
(Edit) Oh wait, now I got it. Just 22 minutes late
@@theescapist I also didn't get a notification for the community post, I stumbled into the video after rewatching last weeks review.
Yea, I don't understand TH-cam's notification system and have just stopped relying on it at this point. We're gonna hopefully be making some updates to the website soon that is going to solve this problem (can't go into more details yet till I get things approved). Honestly the best way to be notified about Early Access content is joining the Discord and "ahem" not muting the Early Access channel notifs lol.
@@theescapist some history to that I assume?
They didn't know, but at the same time, I think deep down they did know. They did know you'd make the "Snatchet" joke.
I'm gonna remember this as the episode that finally got me on board with Escapist TH-cam Membership. Keep it up, Yahtzee!
Brickarms ray gun as a sprite 3:34
i didnt even realise the innuendo of up your arsenal...
The *"Snatchet Joke"* , lol
Use your power Yahtzee, get us a Bloodborne pc release!!
Damn, we just gonna be open and honest about the gaming industry politics like that huh? I encourage more jabs like this. To anyone not afraid of stepping on toes and with a spine, please tell us how the publishers try and 'guide' your reviews and offer up rewards or punishments based on what you say.
2:17 “Which might be because it one hundred percent pivots around the relationship between a space cat and his fucking roomba.” 😆🤣
That end credit joke had me tearing up, thank you Yahtzee.
I guess Sony sold their sense of humor.
Long live the Fourth Estate!
You can almost feel the soulesness behind the making of this videogame
We will always remember the dark day female Ratchet was announced and the internet was buried alive by horrible deviant art uploads
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
"dark day", "horrible"
Lmao, speak for yourself, ha
I mean tbf to Sony, Yahtzee's reviews usually have either swearing or rude jokes so I kinda get why they wouldn't want that type of review for their kids game.
When 2021 began, I never could've guessed that Batman not giving oral would've been one of the biggest sticking points in the cultural consciousness. Not to argue with DC, but let's be real. That's the only part of his face that isn't constantly covered. There's a reason for that.
I mean they started coming out and admitting it when Jim Sterling got blacklisted by most publishers a decade ago, and you worked with them back in the day. They outright admitted it when Konami stopped inviting reviewers to events if they're coverage was negative. They outright admitted it when a GameSpot reviewer was fired for a bad score on Kayne and Lynch. Review embargoes of specific content is outright admitting it. Most game "reviewers" and "journalists" are just extensions of the AAA publishers' marketing wings and they stay in that lane voluntarily because their access to advanced code and therefore jobs depend on it. Appreciate you joining the few voices that call that out though. Glad you're not worried about never getting Sony code, and possibly other code for calling the practice out, again. Stay independent. Almost no one does.
I love how a pressure cooker is clank well done and a great review as always
I played this at LTX for like 10 minutes
I find it silly that Ratchets female counterpart is called Rivet rather than another tool like Wrench or being more related to Ratchet like Bolt.
5:07 = In other words, "We don't like how ya ripped on us before, And prefer you to just buy it elsewhere."
That or just they want to protect their love child. If it is i mean.
Sony's sole review stipulation here was that the review contain at least one form of punctuation. So that was a dealbreaker.
4:29 To quote a robot chicken sketch about clones/alternate reality selves and banging said selves... *ahem* "It's not gay, it's masturbation!"
(I mean it wouldn't be gay anyways 'cuz one's female but let me have my joke)
oh my that correction
It will always upset me that he never got to try out Ratchet & Clank back on the PS2 era. When the characters had actual character to them.
This video is an instant classic
A 3rd person action adventure Game with crafting and stealth elements. I see Sony is REALLY thinking outside the box lol.
Sony: We're not giving you a code because you won't follow our prepared reviewer scrip-ahem, guidelines, and might say honest things.
Yahtzee: Okay, instead I'm going to do that, but then also pull back the curtain and throw into question every other positive review your bad game has received.
My biggest question is if Ratchet and girl Ratchet were to shack up in her reality, would Ratchet return to his own bearing child à la that one Red Dwarf episode where Lister gets pregnant with twins?
Love those pizza eared kittehs
"...release Bloodborne on Steam for fucks sake." PREACH
Space Drop Box
Legendary Band Name
The backdoor politics of the video games industry is almost always funny
Unless it's just sad.
"Let's all laugh at the industry that never learns anything, tee hee hee!"
For another lovely example check out the sponsored game grumps tony hawk video from this week. The terms they made them agree to were so ridiculous it's practically unwatchable.
Key word being “almost”
@@shawnrobertson844 as unwatchable as their dead space 3 vid?
It's funny when he says they've run out of material for story, when it's because they keep making excuses to keep Ratchet from meeting the rest of his species in another dimension, which he's had the ability to do for like 5 games now.
Right? We could have had a story about Ratchet realizing there is nothing special about him when all lombaxes are mechanical geniuses.. so the adventure is him dejectedly planet hopping to stop the villain of the week while Quark and Clank are trying to help him find his spark.
Things can come to head with act 2 having Ratchet have a revelation and actually start developing some new character traits.. instead of just reacting to what the universe throws at him, have him be active in events.
Act 3 and the finale have the gang plan to head off the villain only for the plan to go to pot when it turns out the baddy is a bigger threat than planned for.
Or idunno. This was something I just spitballed off the top of my head.
@@sintanan469 Ratchet never thought he was special, so that’s not even a slight on the character. He’s just some guy who wanted to do his own thing, but got wrangled into saving the Galaxy by a talking trash can.
It's almost like angela isn't a thing to these people!
@@shawklan27 If I'm not mistaken, Angela and the original three games are in a different timeline to the current games.
@@Nebula.Dragon They're not; at least not according to any official sources. Angela is simply an awkward continuity error that Insomniac can't decide whether to acknowledge or not.
I truly admire yahtzees journalistic integrity and honesty. Even with bum jokes he is prepared to give a correction
ESPECIALLY with bum jokes, he takes his bum jokes VERY seriously.
It would be hilarious, though, if Sony's twitter announcement of Bloodborne for PC was just the words 'cluck cluck' and a link to the officiel announcement
If they had an ounce of self awareness, they'd do that. If you're going to be a massive video game corporation, at LEAST lace the anti-consumerism with a little self deprecating humor
What it's that caterpillar doing to that die?
Never say neveeer
Yahtzee corrected himself in a serious manner? I wonder which of you was pointing the gun at him while he did it
And all over whether or not something was a bum joke
I think the correction was a further joke. Especially given how weak the suggested spoonerism is, the joke about needing a correction for it is funnier because it's so unlikely.
I'm pretty sure it's just a lame pun on drift apart?
Half of them.
It was me.
I wanted to make sure he got the humor across because quite frankly the quality of his butt jokes have been declining over the last several videos and I'd rather have my family jewels ripped apart and put in a deep fryer before I let him quit improving his writing.
Damn, Yahtzee directly calling out Sony on their bullshit! That’s the kind of stuff we need to see more of in the industry.
Tlou2 game of the year has even more meaning when you hear stuff like this.
But, I mean... reviews that are essentially paid for are accepted and still make money. So are Sony the problem.
Remember John TotalBiscuit Bain?? ... yeah he would have gladly continued to rip the games industry a new one ... im glad Yahtz has kept up the much needed cynicism and pantsing of companies that try and pull stupid shit in the wake of TotalBiscuit's death back in 2018 ... we do indeed need more like both of these gentlemen -- RIP TB ... you are still sorely missed after 4 years
At this point, I don't see why anyone in the industry bothers with manipulating reviews. Withholding review codes from unfavorable reviewers just leads to inflated, overhyped reviews in mainstream outlets... which leads to everybody ignoring reviews from mainstream outlets, making the whole practice pointless. Remember the whole stupid Gamergate thing back in the day? My reaction was, "Even if all that's true, and it's probably not, you should have realized a long time ago that Kotaku reviews are unreliable. How is *this* the straw that broke the camel's back?"
@@Dc-alpha I wouldn't be surprised if Yahtzee shitting over TLOU2 is the reason they are withholding review code from him now.
@@brianmckee2267 Nah, the people handing out review codes would need a discerning intellect for that. If it got much further than snarky man bad and never likes any game I would be shocked. Though it would fit my personal world view more your way
Even Sony expects Yahtzee to take the piss out of everything, that's hardly fair.
Especially since he does have plenty of positive reviews. Then again that depends on the game being good and not bad, or in this case just bland.
He may be a sarcastic git, but he doesn't blindly hate on games.
@@armorfrogentertainment neither does he heap praise on literally anything at the behest of the publishers though, which I expect is their problem.
TH-cam has member emotes??
@@rainbowevil he praises what he likes about a game and criticizes what he doesn't. He's a brutally honest reviewer.
Which definitely isn't what publishers want. 😆
They should have subtitled it: “Rifting a New One”
The PS2 games actually had a rapid-fire missile launcher called the "RYNO" which was an acronym for "rip ya a new one".
@@PrinsaVossum every R&C game has had a RYNO
@@SamoIsKing Well except for Deadlocked (Ratchet Gladiator to the Brits). That game had "The Harbinger" as it's super weapon.
@@supergoron1 The one that calls down orbital strikes that turn every enemy in front of you into molten slag? Loved that thing.
The RYNO 8 in rift apart is called the "Rift Ya a New One". It calls down orbital strikes of dimensional goodies (including a few cameos)
so rest easy... they did use that joke
I died laughing during the retracting and monotone explanation of the Rip a Fart revelation. I didn't even realize Ratchet and Clank did that with their titles.
Even after all this time, Yahtzee is finding new ways to make us all laugh 😂! That is the brilliance of the guy!
@@DrSauce Plus Into The Nexus' beta name was Into The Nether Regions.
I don't think "ripped a fart" is a real pun and certainly not an intentional one. Compare it to "Going Commando" or "Up Your Arsenal" - they weren't exactly subtle.
What could they do? Fractured but whole was already taken.
@@Robert399 Sounds very intentional to me. As he said in the correction, it's a spoonerism, ie some consonanta and/or vowels are switched between two parts of a phrase.
Although in most cases, it's the beginning of two words that are switched, here it's the p sound in the middle of "ripped" getting switched with the f at the start of "fart".
I think it's because it's not both beginnings of words that Yahtzee called it "pseudo-spoonerim", but afaik that's actually not a requirement - just the most common kind that's also not uncommon for people to accidentally "construct"
The fact that Sony wouldn’t give the Escapist a review code because they knew Yahtzee would kick it in the balls is absolutely hilarious to me
Of hundreds of reviews, Yahtzee has positive things to say about at best 3-5 games.
Seriously, do people actually buy games based on reviews from Yahtzee?
If that would have been the case, we would have at best around 5 games in our collection.
@@main_stream_media_is_a_joke Yahtzee does point out a lot of flaws in games, but that’s just his kind of review. Anyone who is looking at reviews to base their purchase on should be looking for multiple critics’ viewpoints, not just one. Besides, I’ve always seen Yahtzee as harsh but fair. It’s not like he makes up the things he says, they’re all legitimate concerns to discuss.
@@flameshana9 I think Yahtzee puts it best. “If you really do enjoy a game, then my opinion shouldn’t matter in the long run”, or something along those lines
@@tylervirts9064 Fair points.
I freaking love Yahtzees absolutely brutal takedowns of the festering pile of bull wank that most of the mainstream/artyfarty games are.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
The fact that Sony executive actually thought that Yahtzees reviews are a threat to their "Halo" 9+ games is laughable.
These people seem to be living in their safe bubbles...away from ANY criticism.
I buy and love quite a few games and then come here to see how Yahtzee will tear a new one.
I have yet to regret buying a game that Yahtzee pisses on.
@@main_stream_media_is_a_joke I sometimes do, in case I'm uncertain. But usually I can't since he rarely even reviews games I consider buying (he is mostly about large comapny and indy develped games reviews, while most of my games are from small to mid sized companies that he tends to ignore).
"Provably." Yahtzee, never stop working, please.
For a retro review you could play the first Ratchet & Clank game. It’s got some genuinely funny satire and risqué humor, but as the franchise got more popular Papa Sony decided to throw all that personality out with the bath water
The original really didn’t have much personality to begin with. Its characters were mostly forgettable, lazy cliches. I guess you could consider them satire? The dialogue was uninspired, even the stuff you might consider “risqué.” It was just fourth wall breaks and the occasional “wink wink nudge nudge” gag. Likewise, the characters and what little story there was never came together to form anything cohesive. Even the levels mostly just consisted of repetitive night cities and day forests. Overall, the game hasn’t aged well, and writing has never been Insomniac’s strong suit.
@@VideoGuy232 have you played the game somewhat recently? It's pretty good. There is much less dialogue but it delivers more character and plot instead of wasting time doing "jokes", usually surrounded by 3 seconds of "awkward" silence. Theres good character development for Ratchet as well, as he realizes Clank is a friend he can rely on. It's all bare bones, but it's very efficient. I havent played the new game though, so I'm basing my observations off of the remake vs the original.
It's the TABS battle royale syndrome. The satire becomes a beloved alternative to what it's satirizing
@@VideoGuy232 the R&C games are very much a play on tropes. The dialog are the best parts of these games....at least the first 3 games. The first game isn't all that great, but the 2nd and 3rd definitely are. Story was not something Insomniac is concerned with. It was well-known that Insomniac was more concerned with making their games feel and play as enjoyable as possible while Naughty Dog was more concerned with plot (which I disliked about NG because sometimes they take it too far and their videogames turn into boring slog with popcorn cinema plots). I haven't enjoyed a modern R&C game since. It feels like they are hesitant in making changes to the core gameplay even though the game's concept if perfect for experimentation.
I've played them all and the first straight up has the best level design. Notice I didn't say levels, that's really up to you but RC1's design has the main path down the center and two branching paths that will either be gadget focused or weapons focused. It's a good balance
It is comforting that even Yahtzee is expecting Sony to stop beating around the bush and release Bloodborne on PC. Keep sending those telepathic messages, Yahtz, they'll eventually relent. I hope...
Knowing sony they would probably release on PC without old hunters,and some months after launch a the game with the old hunters dlc but don't sell it alone.
I wish they would, because that game stutters like mad and it's one of like... three games I bought a PS4 pro for.
Yes, I really hope Sony gets the message
For anyone that has been following Yahtzee over the last few years, they should be keenly aware that he has softened quite a bit in his tone and rhetoric. Sony really, really should be aware that a mainline ratchet and clank game is going to review well and sell gangbusters, regardless of Yahtzee’s take on it, which after watching the video, was harmless and luke warm! I’d say he was being dismissive at most, which is good, since R&C games haven’t really been engaging in both gameplay and story/characters/tone since the PS2 era.
But yeah, anyways... I like the cat with pizza ears that also has a cartoon human body.
He paid it a compliment for being up it's own bum, but still managing to resist the pull of the cesspool that is most AAA video games from the major publishers, remaining fun and simply adding a new feature people would've liked in the last one, while overall being more of what previous games were, which isn't anything amazing but is certainly a better track record than some other franchises. It's something designed to satisfy the players who enjoy Ratchet and Clank games and no real fans of the series are likely to get upset about that.
I wholeheartedly agree with this statement
I miss the inferno tounged Yahtzee :(
This is the reason I say a reviewers opinion on anything shouldn’t matter over ones preferences
In fairness, A Crack in Time on PS3 was actually pretty good. It did more for the story element and added new mechanics which require you to solve time related puzzles as Clank. You also saw some ACTUAL character development by splitting up Ratchet and Clank so they can stop talking about their super friendly bromance for a few hours and make some strides in their own regards. It seems like they had the right formula with that game: outside of their comfort zone while still maintaining the familiar feel fans love. Shame it doesn't get more recognition since all of the other games are just sort of the same thing over and over. Good, but so goddamn similar.
I will be frank: The sole reason that I watch these reviews is to watch Yahtzee "mock" the games that he is reviewing (regardless of how much I like said game). It can be difficult to tell when he recommends a game at times, but he at least is open about which games he openly despises (example: the latest BattleToads game).
Let me give it a shot for this one:
''Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart' is lacking some crass quips from the old PS2 era, but I wouldn't know, because I'm judging by the covers. The plot, setting, and characters aren't compelling, and the writers seem to have run out of ideas. But at least by recycling old gameplay, and keeping the same continuity, the developers are actually managing to keep alive a long running series that by virtue of staying the same, is doing something different from the homogeneous mass that the rest of the game franchises are inexorably heading towards. Also, Sony are jerks who don't want their customers to hear wot I think about their system seller ahead of release date'. TL; DR? Bland, but serviceable.
@@3mpt7 the shadow dash and rift tether have actually evolved the gameplay for me a solid
8/10
@@shockvalue5086 Neat. Trying to translate ZP's video into some sort of coherent review, though. Unlike Yahtzee, I don't have access to a PS4 or PS5, so I haven't played the more recent instalments. The PS2 and Ps3 era games I have played.
@@3mpt7 yh i cannot deny the fact that the ps2 classics are better i grew up on going commando
Joke's on Sony, this is the only review Ive seen.
Sony, was it really worth delaying his snarky and condesending review on the game by a few days in exchange for making yourself look like assholes?
Probably. It's not exactly at 1983 levels/dynamics, but I hate so many AAA games I try, I'm way more inclined to believe a strong pan. I know I don't agree with Yahtzee about much re: games, but for the crucial $60 first month sale? Yeah, Yahtzee probably not helping.
The guy at Sony who decided to add a games whitelist to VitaTV, and then discontinue the fucking thing when it flopped instead of removing the whitelist which was the main cause of the poor sales: Yes.
They already look like assholes with their price increases.
@@Jim-Bagel I just said why. Or are you one of the defensive fanboys that ignores real criticism and makes up their own agender?
"You didn't know I'd make the Snatchet joke" might have been the best ending cut-off yet. After over a decade. Actually got me to laugh.
I enjoyed the one where it ends with something like, “Americans don’t like don’t things after the novelty has worn off. That’s why we stopped at bombing Japan twice.”
Broke: Peek behind the iron curtain
Woke: Peek behind the beef curtains
Broke: Rift Apart
Woke: Ripped a Fart
Bespoke: It's curtains behind the Iron Peak.
@@Dethmaster64 funny part about it is that he basically did that joke in the link between world review. I can totally hear him in my head saying "rift apart more like ripped a fart"
You know shit gets real when yahtzee breaks out the black screen
And issues a correction.
its because *HE’S NOT RACIST, OKAY?*
"Don't worry, I ran this video by my wife and she assures me that I'm not provably a misogynist."
Sony being terrified of Yahtzee's "tone" is the most hilarious thing ever XD
The fact she's called Rivet is kinda funny because rivets are among the few kinds of fasteners that ratchets can't be used for. Though I think Ziptie would be more appropriate though, it shares the incompatibility but is also a self-contained ratchet in itself.
Wtf
Brilliant review - especially the Sony bit at the end!
You know, despite the fact that I disagree with some of Yatzhee's opinions on certain games, I will always come to him before IGN or gamespot because he isn't afraid to speak his mind.
0:58 Yahtzee subverting the format of his own series like an absolute Chad.
I appreciate Yahtzee's journalistic integrity. Unlike some companies, it seems...
Wow, Sony are more up themselves than the plot of this game XD
Having stuck with _Ratchet & Clank_ since its early days of snarking at the triple-A games industry on the PS2, I can respect the franchise for sticking to its absurd guns and not mixing up its formula for the sake of being just like everybody else -- much like Mr. Croshaw, some things really don't *_need_* to change.
i feel i've seen companies try to over-reach a bit with reviews lately first nvidia and LG to the hardware unboxed tech channel, now sony........companies getting a bit full of themselves methinks
its not just lately remember the shadow of mordor review guide
They have been doing it for a while difference is that the people they are doing it on have more resolve and will to say no and to hold a standard that corporates are not used to so they are just adjusting to it
More like the opposite. They become so risk averse that now they even start to barricade any unwanted reviews
@@nonamepasserbya6658 It’s not mutually exclusive to be full of yourself AND risk adverse; they are not opposite concepts. Triple-A game companies ARE getting really full of themselves, they have been for years as they manage to openly break laws everywhere and not get put into the ground. (Anti-crunch laws, workers rights laws, anti-abuse laws, circumventing gambling laws, etc.)
Meanwhile, many Triple-A companies have become increasingly risk-adverse. For an example: Why is Marvel’s Avengers a generic always-online looter-shooter (with no shooting) action-RPG (with the RPG elements being extremely light, like three steps down from Diet Pepsi) with a shit story and boring characters when the license it’s made from is known for over a decade of rich stories and extensive lore through movies, companion comics, and TV shows? Simple, risk adversity. These types of games are supposed to consistently sell well and hook whales to make boatloads of money with only a token update every few months.
It also takes a certain level of egotism to not just deny review copies to game’s critics, but to tell them “We don’t like your tone, buy it yourself.” Normally, publishers withholding review copies will just not respond to reviewer requests, issuing complete radio static. Instead, companies (or at least Sony) are openly stating that they’ve got a curated list of corporate good boys, and the people they’re denying are not on that list.
@@donb7519 ah yes, that should've been one of the earliest red flags
I learn more about game releases from ZP than any other means, and I always take it with a grain of sarcastic salt. I'd personally be honored to have a game featured on ZP, and learn from negative honest coverage, like, idk, an adult?
Look, kid, I get you're like 16 and just learned about capitalism from Prager U, but I don't give a fuck about corporations. I want good products, with reviews that are accurate. Sony could attach a clause that says that reviewers must give it a 10/10 or they don't get a review copy. And I would argue that is unethical since it cheats ratings. But by the same merit, restricting access to only those that will give you a 10/10 is equally unethical for the same reason. Ratings become toxic and useless. Do you want to live in a world where every product only has 10/10, 5/5 reviews? So no, I'm not living in some fantasy world, I'm living in a world where I care about my money going to something worthwhile, and reviewers are a means to identify that, good and bad. So take your corporate sucking mouth, and keep it out of my face, thanks
@@PainasaurusRex I'm not saying it's a good thing. I don't give a fuck about them either. But it's fucking stupid to be like "oooh you know if I were running a multi-billion dollar company that was beholden to its shareholders I'd be good and honorable and risk bad reviews because it's the right thing to do". Shonen protagonist shit. Real life is trash.
@@rushi5638 First step to fixing issues to to admit the problem. Second is to start thinking of ways to improve. What you don't do it go "Well that's how it is so why bother to change?" is the absolute worst mindset to have and the exact mindset the corporations want you to have.
Sad thing is, Yahtzee's aside about the game title still shows more integrity than most gaming "journalists" nowdays, despite being done for comedic purposes
I knew it. As soon as I saw this review, I was like "bet Yahtzee's gonna complain about the game not having a subtitle that serves as a sorta subtle double entendre like the ones back in the day"
WAIT A BLOODY MINUTE!! Yahtzee, you mean to tell me that just about EVERY game review outlet are sent these "review guidelines" by game publishers? That's just sick & wrong to me. Thanks for standing your ground mate!
Review guides don’t tell you how or what to review, basically just a summary of what’s in the game.
You have to imagine that the creators of the Ratchet & Clank franchise are completely aware of all the fan fiction writers who will be frantically running to their rooms and locking the doors once they see this game...
Some of them even being the designers and writers of Insomniac Games, themselves
Fan art is effective and often free marketing. A good modern creator should know the power a fandom will hold. Just look at My Little Pony.
@@Montesama314 Not a good idea to let Deviantart write your story and design your character unless you want the game to get the banned from everywhere AO rating
"It's like every planet only has one character on it..."
And not only that, it's usually someone who was also the only character on a previous planet!
Everyone wants to wipe out 99.999% of all sentient life, but nobody thinks about what it would be like after...
The fan fiction part was disturbingly true. The female lombax wasn't even named and there was a ton of porn of her.
Like, seriously, horniness apparently makes people insanely productive.
Oh no, Sony didn't want you to hurt their fee-fees with your mean words, Yahtz. How dare you try to rate games by their actual merits.
Sony trying to control editorial how suprising
Your making up your own story. There was no control, they just told him to buy his own copy. Quite how thats 'controling editorial' escapes me, but this is the net, so if making stuff up feels good, someone will go for it.
Ah yes, a peer behind Yahtzee’s beef curtains, how delightful.
I'd rather not look behind another man's beef curtains.
@@infinitypilot ;)
I need an episode of Zero Punctuation where Yahtzee goes through and dissects the review guidelines Sony sends with their video games.
Great review. Also review guides are for the birds
It would be nice to see a "retro" review of Knights of the Old Republic after all these years, since he's let loose the occasional backhanded praise for it in other videos
In my head, I still to this day go "Let's all laugh at an industry that never learns anything tee hee hee" after every ZP end credits
Same
I always thought the title joke was supposed to be (D)Rift Apart.
"Hey we got another request for a review code."
"Yeah whatever who's this one for?"
"Let's see... 'Zero Punctuation.'"
"Alright let's see what they're all about."
...
"... No."
I love that both the video game industry, as well as computing industry, are now just blankly coming out and saying "say these exact things about our product or you're a nob and not getting anything else"
I think having "influencers" for everything has blurred the line between promotion and review which corporations can't tell the difference between.
Knowing the state of the game AAA sector of the game industry, I'm genuinely more surprised that Yahtzee getting blacklisted didn't happen years ago as it did to pretty much everyone else being willing to be critical instead of just licking AAA publisher asshole and giving 8 out of 10 to every game with a gameplay loop predominantly consisting of predatory gambling.
1:54 timely as ever Yathz
"I knew there was a reason that we all got hyped from the reveal of rivet, it was a ploy for marketing through furry porn!" I say as if I'm at all shocked