Maneater (Zero Punctuation)
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Ok
Out the gate with "Maneater" the song. I had it in my head the entire time playing.
If u want a good shark game play Jaws on ps2
Ah yes, two games that have no clue on what they are or were. Shark Simulator 2020 (ManEater) and Gauntlet with a minecraft mod installed.
i'm excited for this one
Came to see if all profanity was replaced with the word, 'RUclips.' While disappointed, I'm simultaneously happy to see that this didn't need to get edited.
I feel like the reason why they had issues with RUclips cause the video had Bastard in the title
Jeten98 so all the other profanities are fine, but bastard is an instant demonetisation? That makes sense. If RUclips is a bastard is really sensitive about the issue
@@bowmanc.7439 it's more that it's in the title as opposed to the word itself
Swearwords in the title or in the first 30 seconds or so of the video are instademonetizers.
Extruder SFX is that why the intro exist?
Man , honestly wasn't expecting them to make a sequel to Jaws Unleashed.
You mean a sequel of Hatred.
Well, now a get why this game looked so familiar. I played a lot of jaws unleashed, but with my brain turned off
Nathaniel Foga huh you know I never expected you to watch ZP *NATHANIEL FOGA!*
I'm glad that i was not the only one that felt the same. It's basically the same game just that they decided to make it even more over the top.
Jaws Unleashed was better.
You'd think Yahtzee with his absolute hatred for other human beings would love the idea of freely chomping them down but I am once again astounded by how lovingly unpleasable he is
You should see his review of Psychonauts (the first ZP ever, as I recall)
That's his whole gimmick. Nobody would watch him if he consistently enjoyed video games.
Well, the scale goes from "hates" to "really really really REALLY hates."
There are a few passable ones sprinkled in but his critique almost always gives the impression of distaste.
Takes more than a good premise for a game to be good
Personally, I hope this is the beginning of a series of games based on the death vignettes from What Remains of Edith Finch. I want to see if they can make a game about a tree swing that throws children off of cliffs.
Oh god that game was so weird, it was fun but strange
@Honudes Gai same, i hated every single character in the game and only completed it for the platinum trophy
...
except the daydreaming passage with lewis, that one hit me right in the heart goddamn
@@johnbeauvais3159 I'm not normally a big walking simulator guy but I played through that game a few times. The first time it was because I got hooked into the story. The second was to show it to my roommate because I couldn't believe what I had just seen.
The narration and setup of each story is amazing. The details in the house is amazing that after I played 2 times I'm still discovering new details.
The emotions displayed in each story is spot on to what the character feel at the time.
Objection! What Became of Edith Finch doesn’t have a Platinum trophy.
We're back to uncensored swearing
I wonder how long it'll take for youtube to take notice and it'll get censored again.
“Like a blob of cumb in a municipal pool”
Just finished the game myself, and it's definitely a power fantasy game. The best moment was when I became an adult and practically inhaled two predators that used to give me so much trouble in a row. Just bite, bite, bite until they're giblets.
Wanted to finish the video. Then watched that Darrel & hall 80's hit first. Thanx 👍
vid uploaded 52 mins ago and your comment was from a week ago lol
He had early access bc he's a member
@@frankhorriganenjoyer I had early access to the dunkey review
Darrel and Hall are the same person and only half the band.
Hall & Oates
Daryl* Hall (one person) and John Oates
This is a ps2 game that travelled through time to the modern day.
I'm saying this in a good way.
aaah best dad likes to watch yahtzee's videos ,, subarashii
@@dice3041 of course, it's very relaxing to listen to Yahtzee while i do lunch boxes with the kids.
actually, there's a ps2 jaws game. that game haunted my nightmares as a kid.
2:05
Shark: Stop, just stop man, it's not worth it.
Limbless Shark Hunter: This is just a scratch.
Your arms off!
@@Kaarl_Mills No it Isn't !!
Tis but a flesh wound
These exact comments in this exact order is everything I wanted to find here. Good job.
I'M INVINCIBLE!
You know, in Sniper Elite you can at least check something interesting about the guy you're pointing a gun at, before turning his hopes and dreams into jam from 300 meters away.
One I fondly remember was a bloke who thought somebody was stealing some of his chocolate, later that mission I found somebody who was stealing his mates chocolate...
Jokes on you Yathz, I've never heard that song so I can't have it stuck in my head.
That sign can't stop me cuz I can't read
Nelly Furtado did a song called Man-eater and that's the one I know.
@@mityakiselev You sound like a Librarian
Would reccomend it. Just a fun bop
Tall Troll *libertarian /s
but is there at least an "im gonna need a bigger boat" jaws joke? when you get bigger and get into a boss fight?
yes
I enjoyed everything about this game. I beat it in 10 hours exactly, but it was an enjoyable 10 hours.
It really just seems to be a game that you either love or hate.
I thought it was great!
The DLC’s amazing too
"Fish Police" was an actual animated series starring the late John Ritter. It was made to compete with "The Simpsons."
I can't help but feel an opportunity to use a cut-out of the John Ritter character was missed, here.
Saberspark?
Yahtzee should retro review Jaws: Unleashed.
Yes
That game was so dope. And also looked much better in my memory than it actually does it seems.
Jokes on you the song was stuck in my head the second I received the notification
ha joke is on you all. it cant be stuck in my head. as i dont know that song. hahahaha. im 24 years old btw.
"That guy who plays the dad in Rick and Morty"
Cyril Figgis: Am I a joke to you?
yes
Name one person Cyril *isn't* a joke to
Archer: Yes
I heard this in his voice. Whiny!
Archer: Yes
the shark with a hat... all i can think of is toy story when the shark steals woody's hat.
LOOK EVERYBODY, IM WOODY. HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY.
I think i'll grab this one if it's
A: $20
OR
B: On Games pass (or whatever else)
I'd say something smug about how this game is an inferior version of Jaws Unleashed, but honestly it's not. Have any of you actually gone back to Jaws Unleashed in recent years? That game has aged like fine milk. The controls are unbearable, the levels are repetitive, the difficulty curve is more like a difficulty Space Mountain, the camera is so disassociated with the rest of the game it may as well be in a different game entirely, and entertaining though it may be to see your victims helplessly paddle away from you with a single leg, the human models look less like humans and more like milk carton sculptures. Its one saving grace is the fact that you can complete it in less than 5 hours, assuming you don't crash every 20 minutes or get stumped by the ridiculous bullshit the game throws at you in the later levels.
The mission where you have to chase a wounded diver through a minefield.
Honestly this game was an absolute blast, I loved the upgrades, the humor, and atmosphere. I just wish it was a bit longer.
There are plans for free dlc to be released for this game, though they haven't released any details yet.
@@ian_snow that's absolutely awesome
Good news: Truth quest
"Cave-at Emptor"
Genius.
So its a 3D version of that shark game on the appstore?
And by extension every single one of the hundreds of flash games where you are a shark and you eat stuff to get bigger to eat more stuff
Why get this for forty bucks when Feeding Frenzy 2 is 2.50 and Los Angeles Shark is free?
No. Jaws Unleashed was the game most of these apps are ripping off. This is different. Similar concept, but different. No hunger meter, for example.
Honestly, likening a full 3d open world game to a mostly 2d app, is a bad comparison.
bit of a strawman but alright..
I haven't played any of these games and even I can tell that's a disingenuous comparison... Do people just turn completely cynical when commenting on a ZP video because it seems like the cool thing to do?
I feel like the third cave feminism joke is some developers way at getting back at someone on twitter who said they should call the game man and woman eater
You know who loves this game? 9 year old boys. Kept mine good 'n happy for 6 hours.
the complaint where you need to unlock 'weak enemies fear you' is more valid than you'd think. I remember playing Freelancer almost a decade ago now and in that game weak enemies start running away from you once you get enough firepower. You can even hear them say things like: "Retreat, I don't like the idea of being mowed down." or "Run, they've got too much going for them" Added a little personality to those otherwise fairly repetitive encounters
I mean, for a fiver on Steam I'll be all over it.
Until that time I'll stick with my bath toys and a copy of Sharknado.
Stfu
I agree. I mean... six hours playtime is pitiful if you consider the price. Personally, I consider having gotten "my money's worth" out of a game, if I can spent as many hours in it, as I've paid. So... yeah, six hour game? Not gonna pay more than 6€.
@@Butzebaer Took me about 14 hrs to 100% it. What a chore. Still, I did really enjoy the murder.
@@Butzebaer I just don't get the "price per hour" approach in the current year. There are entirely free games that are good. I have close to fifty good games on my Steam/GOG/EGS/Ubi account that I grabbed on sale for next to nothing or literally nothing in the endless giveaways they do and haven't gotten around to playing yet. And I play video games almost every day so that's not the problem.
At this point you would literally have to pay me money to get me to play these less-than mediocre "well it might kill a few hours" games because I could be playing any of the practically endless amount of good games out there instead.
I wasn't expecting an existential crisis of this sort today, questioning life, existence, and all choices I have made until this point but..
"Wipe both ways"? What?
You wipe your preferred way to get the majority of shit off, then alternate to deal with remainders. If you only wipe one way, it’s easy for some to remain hidden.
Unless you use a bidet.
Ah so you're not an ambi-wiper?
Yeah is he referring to front-to-back vs back-to-front? Because you reeeeeally shouldn't wipe back-to-front.
@@Reepicheepchan I don't see how making a back-to-front pass is bad if you don't actually go past the butthole.
Naming every game level after a weak pun kinda feels like a "Jerry Smith" thing to do.
This sounds like the type of game that i'll be forgetting in a couple of days. Just like shark movies
Possible narrative explanation for the body part customization. Instead of a natural shark, the game could focus on a man-made shark that was bio-engineered by a scientist with tons of money and time and a crazy plan for how to stop oceanic predators from taking over. Converting rpg features into an artificial apex predator.
I think of this game as a lesser version of the 2005 Jaws Unleashed game.
The game wasn’t THAT much better but at least it had a lock on system and decent progression
Maneater does have a lock on system. It's just really bad lmao.
Jaws was buggy and you constantly starved to death on story missions.
TheGuardDuck there were indeed bugs. But starving? Nah. Stop it
Sorry, the song was already stuck in my head.
Before the video even started I was thinking that I'd be disappointed if there was no Hall and Oates reference, so good on ya for knocking it out right away.
So... what you're telling me is that this shark hunter fellow is really just some incarnation of Monty Python's Black Knight?
When you mentioned power fantasy I thought you might say "and why get a new game when in prototype you can eat people AND body slam a tank...
Barracuda: *sees a psychic megalodon nonchalantly swim past, bits of destroyed ship flaking off its massive bone-plated hid)e*
Anything smarter than a half-dead lobster:*makes themselves scarce quickly*
Barracuda:I CAN TAKE THIS WIMP!
Ya know what I would play? A game where you're a Reaper Leviathan from Subnautica hunting down would-be marine xenobiologists encroaching on your territory.
that would be awesome
Fuck me man... I remember Yahtzee from back in the day and didn't even realise he was still making videos!
Yeah even I started to get uncomfortable about how much you take away from Scaly Pete. Lol it was like the shark had a check list of his most important beloved things. I hope they make a sequel just so I can face off against him as just a head.
Scaly Pete's head grafted onto a shark body as the primary antagonist would be the only way I'd play a sequel
Poor scaly Pete doesn’t even get a mention in truth quest
Eventually he’s just a brain in a mayonnaise jar that has a harpoon gun taped to the side
I want to play this so bad, as I've gotten older I find I enjoy these offbeat AA games better than a lot of AAA titles that are supposed to blow my mind. Deadly Premonition, Earth Defense Force, Terminator Resistance, etc.
I cant recommened it hard enough, its fucking fantastic.
@@YouKnowHimTheGuy Yahtzee: "You're obviously more easily pleased than Keith Richards in a pharmacist's stockroom."
What is AA?🤔🤔
@@adobicanobi1303 Higher level of production than indie games but lower than AAA games. Basically AAA lite. Or i guess AA.
Go for it, I loved every second.
I think this game has the workings for a great sequel.
A sequel? How? This game has nothing going for it.
Perhaps a remake would be better? I haven't played it, but from what I can tell from the review, it actually could be materially improved with a few story tweaks to improve the humor (e.g. lean into the main antagonist being a Captain Ahab parody by way of the Black Knight from Monty Python) and some added challenge. Besides the obvious hidden collectibles (perhaps framed as rare fish or special humans?), there might be schools of weaker predators ganging up on you (iirc, dolphins actually do this to sharks irl), and a final boss in the form of a mecha-shark, which is foreshadowed only by occasional news blurbs stating that the government assures the public that they're working on a solution to the shark menace.
"I have a hunger for hands"
Caaaaaaarl!
[2:20] Actually, the area where this mission is done is called "Dead Horse Lake." Thus, the name of the mission implies the devs see Third Wave Feminism as "beating a dead horse." Being the linguistic genius he is, I'm surprised Yahtzee missed this one.
"It's like needing to unlock the ability to wipe both ways." - Why does he have to call me out like that?
The shark with the trademark hat made my day
yatzhee mastered the mario Odyssey machanic
Tripwire neglects Killing Floor to make Jaws Unleashed 2. This is truly the worst timeline.
You feel like a Shark: IGN
It also does a little bit for everyone.
5/7
Too much water
Funny stuff, I currently am eating a shark.
#24 on Trending. Congrats Yahtz and Escapist! Now tell RUclips to get off their high horse and stop censoring and demonetizing videos that have language and content more mature than Jake Paul learning about holding more than 2 thoughts in his head at once. Last week's Episode was almost unwatchable with the constant injection of [RUclips] delivered in Yahtz's impression of Josh Brolin every 3rd sentence.
Or, you could do the smart thing and backup your videos to Bitchute, where Big Brother RUclips has no sway and everyone is as free as the hairs the Manscaper people keep telling us to mow down. Backup can be made automatic and stress free. Just link your RUclips and Bitchute account and bam, instant backup, free of censorship. Nothing to lose. A whole new world of wonder (and Alex Jones) to join.
Jokes on you Yahtz this song has been stuck in my head since MGS5!
If you don't enjoy the core loop of Maneater, you're dead inside
Agree
I enjoyed it, at least it's something different from the usual stuff... Though for 40€ it was a bit expensive, considering I've 100%-ed the game in 14 hours.
I did until I got killed by the alligators repeatedly, which wouldn't have been too bad if the narrator didn't then basically tell me I suck every time I respawned, with one goat being basically "Retirees with golf clubs have fought off gators, why is it so hard for you?"
@@Nyghtking honestly that sounds hilarious .
1:58- Yahtzee sounds genuinely concerned and upset for a brief second. As if the nature of the game actually broke through his usual jaded mindset and gave him actual pause...
When you’ve watched Yahtzee for 5 years you expect him to bring up 80s classics
Is it bad that I thought of nelly furtado man eater first
its such a good song honestly
The hook as a hat prosthetic was very good
there's a flash game called Florida Shark I think, part of a series of flash games. You play as a shark aand you eat everything. It's super fun, wacky and its FREE. Play it on Newgrounds.
This sounds like the perfect game for streamers and scream about "OMG SHARK!!!".
I suspect this game was, in fact, designed to go viral with streamers. That's its sole (no fish pun intended) reason for existence.
Hah, you fool! I already had "Snake Eater" (Snake Eateeeeeer!) stuck in my head reading the title, your attempts to earworm me have been thwarted by me earworming myself!... goddamnit, now I have to listen to a 3 hour loop of Snake Eater (SNAKE EATEEEEER!!!)
Me who doesn't know the song:
"You have no power here."
"Whoa, here she comes,
she's a Maneater."
Use this game concept but your a Dragon burn, pillage, inact genocide on any species from Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Giants and other various factions like undead and Goblins ... damn that be fun in my opinion i just want a game where i can be a Dragon a fuck people's days up
This game just made me wish I still had the Jaws game on PS2.
That's like in Pokemon red you go back to pallet town with your team of level 90-100 Pokemon and run into a low level Mon that refuses to let you run away
There are only two types of people in this universe:
Those who wipe the right way, and those who put TP on the roll the right way.
You wipe both ways? Is that a normal thing? Does everyone wipe both ways? Im thinking about another persons wiping habits. Youve officially upgraded (?) To the level of whether or not not drinking enough darkens the piss in death stranding.
Surely you've heard of the Arnold J Rimmer technique - 1 for up, 1 for down and 1 to polish?
Why would you play this instead of just playing Jaws Unleashed😂
I made a pretty critical review of this game myself. Said it was unbelievable that they think it’s worth £39.99, crazy asking price.
yeah. i would have enjoyed it way way less if i had payed for it
Welcome to trending Yahtzee! You've deserved it for a long time!
I personally really enjoyed this game. I 100%this one!
It's not worth 40 dollars, but I've certainly had a good few hours playing it and I got for 8 dollars (using the epic 10 dollar voucher you get free) so it's mindless easy fun for that price
Why did you complain about the small predators nibbling at you when you also complained about the prey items not fighting back?
When you say "wipe both ways", do you mean forward and back, or left and right handedly?
That's it. That is exactly what I'm going to name my boat.
I'm a shark I'm a shark,
A killer of the ocean,
I'm a shark I'm a shark,
silently I strike,
I'm a shark I'm a shark,
I'm dumber than a tree,
I only have three thoughts and the are eat, swim, ... eat.
To be fair on the shark mother, while she was being a threat, Pete is also quite a piece of shit too. As are a majority of the humans in quests in that game. The only human your shark encounters that's a good person is Pete's son....Your shark doesn't even take a chomp at him when he's directly in front of her during the first attack against Pete. Even when he's pouring gasoline directly onto the shark.
Jokes on you, Yahtz. I’ve always got Hall and Oates songs stuck in my head.
3:32 is about where the quote you came for starts.
You're welcome.
I wanted to ask. Will you be playing or at least reviewing destroy all humans remake and psychonauts 2 when they finally come out?
He better. His fans, like myself, will be extremely pissed off if he doesn’t.
This game reminds me of an old flash game i use to play. Cant remember the name, i do know there is an Aussie Version (kinda) where you're swimming along as a shark in an old Mario level and you jump and bite things out of water starting from humans, to horses, to people in cruise liners to eventually bringing down Alien UFOs into the ocean ...
That concept alone seems more fun than what this is
"Barracuda with a bow" would be a good band name. Just sayin.
Dr. Crab From Sam and Fuzzy? Dude is a psychologist (with a TV show), not an MD.
This game isn't exactly....wait for it.....deep. But if you want some dumb fun and mayhem GTA style where you are a literal shark instead of a metaphorical one then this power fantasy is for you. Beat it in 12 hours. And I'm slow. And got all the unlocks. So an afternoon for an average core gamer. Maybe 2 days *shrug* It scratched an itch and I feel better. Could use a bit more content though.
The lock on or lack of lock on is easily the most annoying thing in the game, then the automatic breaching during fights, then the platinum trophy refusing to be given to you even though you 100% completed the game reluctantly. It's like they realized the game was too easy and refused to give you the trophy for that reason.
Never Change Yahtz... I love you.
I know the true reason he didn't like the game.
The health bar looks too much like the health bar from borderlands.
Guys I think Yahtzee wants to become a war correspondent
Maneater is a great game that should only ever be considered if on sale. I finished it 100% in about 12-13 hours. It's fun, but it's not worth the price.
Edit: Also, there is no megalodon.
At this point I'm convinced the only redeeming value for many of these games is vtuber fodder. They're worth far more entertainment value watching a professional entertainer play them than actually playing them yourself. Unfortunately for game publishers it's not a great business model when one person buys it specifically so that ten thousand others don't have to bother. I fear some kind of inevitable paradigm shift coming down the pipes involving massive licensing fees for lets-plays.
WIPING BOTH WAYS: back and forth and in and out. That's Z axis wiping!
Yahtzee would probably like this game better if it were called 'Shark Souls'.
What a great way to start my Wednesday
Weird. Cause im ending my Wednesday
Lol I just got up from a late nightb
My Wednesday has nearly ended. It's "Wanking to Dolphin images" time!
I have bad news for the rest of your Wednesday.
"shark souls 10/10"
This sounds like the first evolutionary stage of Spore
Finally he is talking about this great fun game. Completed it 100%
If I buy, rent, pirate, or borrow this game, and I find out there aren't two caves before the "Third Cave Feminism" mission, I'm suing the devs for false advertising.
Place your bets: will this game make the year's bland list?
Worst list
3rd on the worst list
Absolutely. His review basically boils down to "Functional, but lacking important quality of life elements and possessing too many lackluster game mechanics".
It may make the bland list for the gameplay, but it could also not make the bland list due to it being a AAA game all about a shark getting revenge for it's mother, which is something you don't see a lot nor forget about said game existing.
@@nothere1578 It's double A, not triple A. And although the game has a creative plot, it doesn't do much with it in the 6 or so hours it takes you to complete it, and that's with the repetitive gameplay and cookie-cutter ubisoft-styled open world full of checklists and menial bullshit to complete. I can definitely see it landing on the bland list.
I feel like the game is like Untitled Goose Game from last year. It is not bad , but it is not really good either. But it provides enough material to make memes around it that it is popular to still bring in money. And there are no huge games released in the moment.
Why would they need to make a cave pun with "third wave feminism"? The phrase already has "wave" in it, it comes sea-themed pre-packaged.
This feels like someone tried to make Hungry Shark Evolution into a console game, but didn’t consider there’s a reason why that game is a mobile game.