Yeeeees I really miss that stuff when the gaming world was a bit more offline. I want stuff like Moon Gravity! More Big Head Mode! More silliness in cheat codes!
@@Dragonatrix That and the 'shoot a crab with a gun' achievement were the last ones I got, because I am a masochist who absolutely refused to make my life easier whenever I hit a roadblock. I also disagree with Yahtzee about the areas looking samey (I guess he only played the first few hours or so). I think the further you get through the game, the better the environments are.
3:50 so... Funny thing about that James Acaster clip from Great British Bake Off: in his standup special Cold Lasagna Hate Myself 1999 he explains that he genuinely did have a meltdown and was being completely sincere in that moment. So ironically the clip meant to indicate GBBO wasn't real happens to be one of the moments that is quite real.
I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't repeat any mention of Somerset with their own _zom-er-zet,_ its just a reaction, like pointing out a field of cows during a car ride
Botany Manor looks like someone played The Witness and said, “Oi, mate, jolly good artstyle, I say, but that’s a little too much gameplay for moi taste, righty-o.”
The joke about it being the result of cozy game inbreeding followed by the Genteel joke had me burst out laughing at work. One of my favorite Yahtzee jokes.
Another Crabs Treasure was easily the funniest, most well written, and generally super duper fun souls like I've played all year. The game oozes passion from every bit and I am so glad to hear Yahtzee recommend it. Hope we get a FR indie double bill on it
"Makes you wonder though. How many elements can you remove from the Dark Souls formula and still call it a Souls-like?" I sense a topic for a Semi-Ramblomatic.
They are mentioned prominently in the video. It's the Jesse that we don't often see the face of because they are too busy doing excellent video editing.
I'm from SomErset and I've moved to Germany. I very much enjoy laying on the Somerset accent real thick to confuse the hell out of people who have never encountered the farmeriness before. Definitely didn't expect to see Somerset mentioned in your vids, and hearing Frost try the Somerset accent was adorable and surprisingly good
@@matthewmuir8884 He was on their most recent podcast. For people reading this in the future, it's the one where they discuss Athens inventing democracy.
Didn’t expect to see James Acaster in a Second Wind video, but somehow "Yahtzee, therefore Britain, therefore great British bakeoff, therefore james acaster" makes perfect sense
Yahtzee, Another Crab’s Treasure gets *much* darker later. 2/3 of the way through the adorable crab accidentally screws over all his new friends and has a straight up suicidal mental breakdown, and it’s bizarrely well done.
My goodness, the delivery for all of this is really good. This is impossible to timestamp the thoughts with hilarity, as the editing is way too good. *Wheezes* 0:16 - Beat Slayer beginning! (With Frost) 0:43 - Character design judging 3:09 - Botany Manor Beginning! (Still with Frost boi) 3:44 - Yahtzee telling someone to piss off. 4:10 - Somerset accent + cameo from JM8! :D 5:12 - Topic on Scones + another JM8 cameo. 6:28 - Toffee barko cameo. 7:06 - Oh no! We lost Frost. (And he never came back... /J) 7:12 - Pools!! Intro (With EIC Nick?? :0) 8:07 - Sliding down a slide! Again again!! 9:12 - ...modern art ey? 10:36 - Jesse S's favourite edit. XD 11:35 - Another Crab's treasure intro! (Nick is still here...) 12:30 - Nick's sadistic streak is showing... (/J) 13:30 - Doggy stare off 14:16 - Yahtzee pun. (That smile-) 14:30 - Gun mode let's go!! 15:01 - Other audio snippets. (Very...uh...interesting conversations...)
“It’s not Yahtz being old, it’s Yahtz being British” Frost truly understands the character and what makes it work, I hope he’s able to explore new depths with this season
"It's a puzzle adventure game, in the sense that the Great British Bakeoff is reality television." Smash cut to James Acaster absolutely not joking about having a breakdown.
As someone who gets the creeps from swimming pools, "Pools" is extremely unsettling just watching someone play it. It is specifically the drain at the bottom of a pool and the filter flaps along the sides that give me the creeps, but I also don't like it when they're filled with dark water like in the game. I won't swim in a pool unless other people are in it (can't just be sitting around the pool, they have to be swimming as well). I'll happily swim in the ocean all day long before I swim in a pool. I'm holding off on Another Crab's Treasure just for a bit since I'm having a bit of Soulslike fatigue as well and I have so many other games to play as well. It's definitely on my wishlist and I am looking forward to it when I'm less fatigued of that type of game.
Funny enough I too do get the creep from pools, but because of the tiling. IDK, just don't like walking on it in bare feet. But honestly that "game" really does seem like you either have a phobia it happens to tick, or you're just on a vacation doing nothing in it.
As a Cornish lad I died laughing that just from the mere mention of Somerset, we somehow get dragged it into this with our ancient rivals over in Devon. Never thought I'd hear it on a second wind video 😅
Love the editing and extra jokes on these things, like the Currywurst drops bit, and the Tails the fox edit 😀 Good to watch the best bits of these streams back again in compilation form too! I particularly liked the discussions of highbrow modern art VS Nick's artistic tastes in the 'Pools' stream - more of that should have made the cut 😛
Only ever had scones with a sort of frosting on top, so probably not very traditional. If I had to guess cream then jam sounds like the way that would hold together better.
Seems like Pools is the kind of thing that would only really achieve its goal of being a horror game in VR, because the degree of removal between you and the monitor definitely makes it less creepy.
To quote Bob Ross "Thin sticks to thick better than thick sticks to thin." I've never had clotted cream so I don't know the correct answer. But the correct answer is which ever is is thicker/heavier goes down first.
Whoa, that Pools game is exactly something I've always wanted when I was a kid. Always loved water, so I wanted a game where you just swim a pool. Unfortunately, looking up "pool game" didn't show any results relevant to that. I sorta forgot about it until the Backrooms and liminal space games became a thing. Somehow, the vast empty atmosphere and deep, strange bodies of water appeal to that same desire in ways I can't explain. But I've since been wanting to play them just for the weird, endless water, but without any threats. This is somehow, exactly everything I've always dreamed about. Thanks for introducing it!
Please continue to provide "out-of-context" voice clips on the outro patreon wheel. Would also be something worth waiting around for if we have post-video sponsors
14:51 Hm, FROM's very own Sekiro is often denied the title of Souls-like and we do have games occasionally described as Bloodborne-like or Sekiro-like specifically, even though _nobody_ denies BB its soul-fullness The further one strays from the elements present in Souls games the more vibes-based that argument becomes. In the end it's all "what Cultural Touchstone does this resemble most?"
The pool game reminds me of those horror TikToks with the music playing that sounds like they don't want you to take their margarita. Like you'll walk into a pool with a random toilet then turn around and there's a giant duckie charging after you.
Considering the setting, all the colorful stuff in Crabby game being waste, plastic, etc, it might just be the most grim and miserable of all the souls-likes. Or is it a shoals-like?
4:48 there's a saying that the characters in fiction can only be as clever as the author, which quite often is "not much". Similar thing works with puzzles: the puzzle can only be as smart as the creator, and "find the code" is default cover for absolute lack of a shred of creativity
I think I actually prefer this series over Fully Ramblomatic, because I’m generally just more interested in first impressions than reviews of entire games unless I have a specific question. A game ending well is nice, but it being interesting throughout is essential. Let the quality of the ending be a surprise I say, I want to know if it’s just me or if it’s the game’s fault I’m not engaged.
Dreamcore is a much more interesting implementation of the liminal space horror genre. The map itself is so big and complex that you get lost multiple times. The gameplay lies in finding your way through a maze that wants to confuse you for ever
As someone from Cornwall I can confirm that it has to be pronounced "some-er-saaaaaat". Any other way is wrong Also, eating scones like a sawdust bomb is hilarious 😂
When I saw the presentation for Another Crab's Treasure in the last Nintendo Direct, I really didn't expect it to be a Soulslike, and now I'm disappointed. :-(
The "give Kril a gun" toggle is very much making me nostalgic for cheat codes.
I sense inspiration by Squirrel With a Gun.
The amount of games these days with big head modes is too dang low!
The absolute best part is that if you want 100% you *have* to use it at least once. The gun is a unique shell you cannot get anywhere else.
Yeeeees I really miss that stuff when the gaming world was a bit more offline.
I want stuff like Moon Gravity! More Big Head Mode! More silliness in cheat codes!
@@Dragonatrix That and the 'shoot a crab with a gun' achievement were the last ones I got, because I am a masochist who absolutely refused to make my life easier whenever I hit a roadblock. I also disagree with Yahtzee about the areas looking samey (I guess he only played the first few hours or so). I think the further you get through the game, the better the environments are.
3:50 so... Funny thing about that James Acaster clip from Great British Bake Off: in his standup special Cold Lasagna Hate Myself 1999 he explains that he genuinely did have a meltdown and was being completely sincere in that moment. So ironically the clip meant to indicate GBBO wasn't real happens to be one of the moments that is quite real.
Damn, that's rough. The joke seems a bit callous in this context
or, being a comedian, JA recognised the potential for extending the joke. Maybe?
I've just...got some extra custard in a tin...
Oh, dear.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
To take one's own pain and make laughter out of it is more or less how great comedy happens. Source: i am depressed and sometimes funny.
@@j.j.maverick9252 no, he was definitely being real. I recommend watching the special, it's good stuff.
As a British person I can confirm Somerset can only be pronounced Som-uh-shet.
I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't repeat any mention of Somerset with their own _zom-er-zet,_ its just a reaction, like pointing out a field of cows during a car ride
My family is from Daar-set, and can confirm this
Also as a British person, Frost’s mild confusion was adorable!
zummer-zet
I'm glad there's an inhouse Brit to check lore against, and those cuts are hilarious
Two in-house Brits. Second Wind clearly doesn't enforce Highlander rules
Botany Manor looks like someone played The Witness and said, “Oi, mate, jolly good artstyle, I say, but that’s a little too much gameplay for moi taste, righty-o.”
Jazz mode joke was A+
"Cozy? This is downright Genteel"
Really got me.
Genteel, rather.
The joke about it being the result of cozy game inbreeding followed by the Genteel joke had me burst out laughing at work. One of my favorite Yahtzee jokes.
Another Crabs Treasure was easily the funniest, most well written, and generally super duper fun souls like I've played all year. The game oozes passion from every bit and I am so glad to hear Yahtzee recommend it. Hope we get a FR indie double bill on it
I'm amazed to hear Yahtzee say the environments were uninspired. They're *covered* in little comedic details, like the ketchup-packet palace banners.
@@cranapple3367 I'd never laughed at environmental details until playing it. I do think almost all the areas are about 20% too big/empty though
This series really makes me realise just how much of an old man Yahtzee is. Not so much in age, but definitely in mentality and personality lol.
I'm older than Yhatz, but I can't match his "get off my lawn" energy
He's just English.
Good on you for using that one clip for the Great British bake-off.
It's a great analogy for game development as well!
"Yeah, it broke half-way through. . . . Bon Appétit!"
"Why wouldn't anyone be a sexy girl?" Outta my way not-boy, I'm gonna be a dragon
Always gotta go full Dragon.
"Makes you wonder though. How many elements can you remove from the Dark Souls formula and still call it a Souls-like?"
I sense a topic for a Semi-Ramblomatic.
Loving the cutaway gags with other channel members. Good stuff. 😂
Shoutout to whoever edits these videos. Great work.
They are mentioned prominently in the video. It's the Jesse that we don't often see the face of because they are too busy doing excellent video editing.
I'm from SomErset and I've moved to Germany. I very much enjoy laying on the Somerset accent real thick to confuse the hell out of people who have never encountered the farmeriness before. Definitely didn't expect to see Somerset mentioned in your vids, and hearing Frost try the Somerset accent was adorable and surprisingly good
Between JM8 showing up on Overly Sarcastic Productions and knowing the right way to eat a scone, I'm becoming a bigger fan of his every day.
Why does he affect a stammer?
When did JM8 appear on Overly Sarcastic Productions?
@@matthewmuir8884 He was on their most recent podcast. For people reading this in the future, it's the one where they discuss Athens inventing democracy.
@matthewmuir8884 i think it was on the podcast
@@radiantblade Which podcast?
Didn’t expect to see James Acaster in a Second Wind video, but somehow "Yahtzee, therefore Britain, therefore great British bakeoff, therefore james acaster" makes perfect sense
Yahtzee, Another Crab’s Treasure gets *much* darker later. 2/3 of the way through the adorable crab accidentally screws over all his new friends and has a straight up suicidal mental breakdown, and it’s bizarrely well done.
Even the ending is quite depressing for a couple of reasons.
I'm at that point of the game and I agree.
Props to editor for putting voices on patrons reel. Great job
Another wonderful laugh out loud episode. For some reason, 'Somerset' kept getting me the most. As other users have said, the editing is fantastic.
My goodness, the delivery for all of this is really good. This is impossible to timestamp the thoughts with hilarity, as the editing is way too good. *Wheezes*
0:16 - Beat Slayer beginning! (With Frost)
0:43 - Character design judging
3:09 - Botany Manor Beginning! (Still with Frost boi)
3:44 - Yahtzee telling someone to piss off.
4:10 - Somerset accent + cameo from JM8! :D
5:12 - Topic on Scones + another JM8 cameo.
6:28 - Toffee barko cameo.
7:06 - Oh no! We lost Frost. (And he never came back... /J)
7:12 - Pools!! Intro (With EIC Nick?? :0)
8:07 - Sliding down a slide! Again again!!
9:12 - ...modern art ey?
10:36 - Jesse S's favourite edit. XD
11:35 - Another Crab's treasure intro! (Nick is still here...)
12:30 - Nick's sadistic streak is showing... (/J)
13:30 - Doggy stare off
14:16 - Yahtzee pun. (That smile-)
14:30 - Gun mode let's go!!
15:01 - Other audio snippets. (Very...uh...interesting conversations...)
"two sawdust bombs please" is how im gonna ask for my scones from now on
Another Crabs Treasure is a little rough but my god, the genuine care and love that went into the game is wonderful
I enjoy when neighboring shows on the same network pop in like that. Reminds me of the relaxed times of TechTV.
“It’s not Yahtz being old, it’s Yahtz being British” Frost truly understands the character and what makes it work, I hope he’s able to explore new depths with this season
The _only_ way to properly eat a scone is jam on one side, cream on the other. DO NOT DROP
Love the little jumps to the Design Delve set for our British education. More of that. Lots more of that.
"It's a puzzle adventure game, in the sense that the Great British Bakeoff is reality television." Smash cut to James Acaster absolutely not joking about having a breakdown.
"Weeeeeeeeeee.... Again, again!" If there'd been a shark in one of the pools of water somewhere, now THAT would be a game.
Oh that would've been gold. Can't believe I missed that one!
As someone who gets the creeps from swimming pools, "Pools" is extremely unsettling just watching someone play it. It is specifically the drain at the bottom of a pool and the filter flaps along the sides that give me the creeps, but I also don't like it when they're filled with dark water like in the game. I won't swim in a pool unless other people are in it (can't just be sitting around the pool, they have to be swimming as well). I'll happily swim in the ocean all day long before I swim in a pool.
I'm holding off on Another Crab's Treasure just for a bit since I'm having a bit of Soulslike fatigue as well and I have so many other games to play as well. It's definitely on my wishlist and I am looking forward to it when I'm less fatigued of that type of game.
Funny enough I too do get the creep from pools, but because of the tiling. IDK, just don't like walking on it in bare feet. But honestly that "game" really does seem like you either have a phobia it happens to tick, or you're just on a vacation doing nothing in it.
Fwiw - I loved and appreciated the tight edditing on this vid. Kudos to the video editor.
The editing and presentation of this video is superb. Appreciate the effort.
Frost was born to do voice overs for grizzled noir detectives.
Editing is top notch here. Loved the J-M8 pop ins! Too good.
As a Cornish lad I died laughing that just from the mere mention of Somerset, we somehow get dragged it into this with our ancient rivals over in Devon.
Never thought I'd hear it on a second wind video 😅
Whenever Somerset was brought up, I couldn't help but be reminded of the character (two characters, actually) from his Chzo series~
JM8's description of the jam and cream debate at 5:18 had me rolling! I had to rewatch it multiple times.
Love the editing and extra jokes on these things, like the Currywurst drops bit, and the Tails the fox edit 😀
Good to watch the best bits of these streams back again in compilation form too!
I particularly liked the discussions of highbrow modern art VS Nick's artistic tastes in the 'Pools' stream - more of that should have made the cut 😛
Man I fucking love the way this series is edited
15:05 These are thoughts that we all have, but we mustn't say out loud.
Great editing Jesse, love the Simpson reference. And I’m with you JM8 on the scones as well!😂
Only ever had scones with a sort of frosting on top, so probably not very traditional. If I had to guess cream then jam sounds like the way that would hold together better.
Yeah, whichever one is thicker has to go on first
Seems like Pools is the kind of thing that would only really achieve its goal of being a horror game in VR, because the degree of removal between you and the monitor definitely makes it less creepy.
I'd say this would apply for any horror game. But yeah, this game would absolutely benefit from being played on VR.
Even if I watch the streams I still watch this for the extra insights and the edits.
4:18-4:29
I thoroughly enjoyed this cameo.
Edit: 5:19-5:41
A fine round two.
To quote Bob Ross "Thin sticks to thick better than thick sticks to thin."
I've never had clotted cream so I don't know the correct answer. But the correct answer is which ever is is thicker/heavier goes down first.
"Wheeeeeeee again! wheeeeee again! Wheeeeeee!"- Yahtzee Croshaw circa 2024
Ho boy 16 minutes and 4 games?
Great snippets of what a game is about!
Whoa, that Pools game is exactly something I've always wanted when I was a kid. Always loved water, so I wanted a game where you just swim a pool. Unfortunately, looking up "pool game" didn't show any results relevant to that.
I sorta forgot about it until the Backrooms and liminal space games became a thing. Somehow, the vast empty atmosphere and deep, strange bodies of water appeal to that same desire in ways I can't explain. But I've since been wanting to play them just for the weird, endless water, but without any threats.
This is somehow, exactly everything I've always dreamed about. Thanks for introducing it!
Absolutely loved the little bits where JM8 popped in (with the signature style of his videos) to weigh in on the debates.
4:18
Excellent cut in.
The Design Dev and Ludo cameo made me go awwww!
Very nice edit Jesse!
Please continue to provide "out-of-context" voice clips on the outro patreon wheel. Would also be something worth waiting around for if we have post-video sponsors
It’s interesting that Frost would call an accessibility mode jazz mode. When I think jazz I think hard mode and inaccessible :D
I love how since everyone is on the same channel I've noticed I've enjoyed all of the content more.
That Pool game is ripped directly from my weird reoccurring nightmares. As such, I must own it.
the reveal of the fact that Yahtzee is aware of vaporwave aesthetics is the best thing that happened to me today.
IDK. I like the artstyle and character design of that Beat Slayer.
14:51 Hm, FROM's very own Sekiro is often denied the title of Souls-like and we do have games occasionally described as Bloodborne-like or Sekiro-like specifically, even though _nobody_ denies BB its soul-fullness The further one strays from the elements present in Souls games the more vibes-based that argument becomes.
In the end it's all "what Cultural Touchstone does this resemble most?"
Yeah, I thought of Sekiro as soon as he talked about the lack of stamina management around 12:13.
Really appreciated the little apperances of JM8 hitting us with some British knowledge.
Learned so much about English history!
Good way to start my Sunday
Seeing a mouth on yahtzee's character is probably one of the creepiest things I've seen in a while.
15:04 You know, I can't argue with this logic. XD
8:08
Again again! 🍀
Yahtzee ended this on a perfect question for another video.
Yes! My scone comment diverted into a jm8 cutaway.
I call that a success
The pool game reminds me of those horror TikToks with the music playing that sounds like they don't want you to take their margarita. Like you'll walk into a pool with a random toilet then turn around and there's a giant duckie charging after you.
"I'm being Practical" - Ha, such a British Rimmer-esque thing to say.
14:20 cursed
That 14:20 face is getting memeified as we watch
JM8's cameo was great, unexpected hilarity!
My Granny was from Somerset. Yahtzee is pronouncing it correctly.
Also jam then cream. Granddad was from Cornwall.
The accents in Hot Fuzz more or less describe my experience living in Somerset for 4 years
These cutaways are so funny!
14:19 Yahtzee with a mouth jumpscare
Well now I want to see Yahtzee's opinion of Donkey Kong Jungle Beats.
Thanks for responding to the superchat with a classic, Jesse! I'd say a close second is the recurring use of Marty's "It sounds kinda racist" comment.
He's so right about coffee
Considering the setting, all the colorful stuff in Crabby game being waste, plastic, etc, it might just be the most grim and miserable of all the souls-likes.
Or is it a shoals-like?
14:50 IDK, go ask Ironpineapple, he's the foremost in pushing the definition of a "Souls-like"
As a Devonian, I can confirm that cream then jam is correct, because it means I don't have to add the jam.
That slid in Pools looks like an old video I watched in school that was support to be the blood stream.
4:48 there's a saying that the characters in fiction can only be as clever as the author, which quite often is "not much". Similar thing works with puzzles: the puzzle can only be as smart as the creator, and "find the code" is default cover for absolute lack of a shred of creativity
I think I actually prefer this series over Fully Ramblomatic, because I’m generally just more interested in first impressions than reviews of entire games unless I have a specific question.
A game ending well is nice, but it being interesting throughout is essential. Let the quality of the ending be a surprise I say, I want to know if it’s just me or if it’s the game’s fault I’m not engaged.
14:19 Lame puns more proof that Yahtzee is a father and making me feel older by the second.
"It's certainly not grim and miserable..."
Yeah, it's colorful and miserable.
Dreamcore is a much more interesting implementation of the liminal space horror genre. The map itself is so big and complex that you get lost multiple times. The gameplay lies in finding your way through a maze that wants to confuse you for ever
oh my, Yatz thinks Pools is Unreal Engine, too
14:20 Look, Yahtzee's mouth!
It's jam first, then clotted cream
As someone from Cornwall I can confirm that it has to be pronounced "some-er-saaaaaat". Any other way is wrong
Also, eating scones like a sawdust bomb is hilarious 😂
The reactions to my urinal trough and prostate exam quips made it in! 😢 Need to clip this for my nonexistent kids.
Crab Souls is awesome.
When I saw the presentation for Another Crab's Treasure in the last Nintendo Direct, I really didn't expect it to be a Soulslike, and now I'm disappointed. :-(
Oh man I was not ready for a random vintage SpongeBob reference in there.
Some nice design delve cameos :D
Jojo reference in a Yahtzee video holy 🐄