Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Zero Punctuation)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @theescapist
    @theescapist  5 лет назад +201

    Watch this week's ZP episode on Shenmue III early - www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/shenmue-iii-zero-punctuation/

    • @thatguymitch
      @thatguymitch 5 лет назад +8

      eww shenmue 3

    • @Crystal_Dylan
      @Crystal_Dylan 5 лет назад +7

      @@thatguymitch it's amazing, the review not the game that literally starts with a title screen using basic word fonts like Impact. he didn't get very far because surprisingly a game made by a man who never plays video games might not know what people want out of video games.

    • @kadosho02
      @kadosho02 5 лет назад

      Having trouble with video. Seems to be stuck loading an Amazon advertisement. 🤔

    • @eyesofthefox
      @eyesofthefox 4 года назад

      Doesn't like Sekiro because combat is primarily based on parrying, dodging, and blocking...Likes Fallen Order because the combat is based on parrying, dodging, and blocking...

  • @zacharyheine4177
    @zacharyheine4177 5 лет назад +2908

    I appreciate how "Frankensteined from other good games" went from a mild criticism to mild praise

    • @TheDebu666
      @TheDebu666 5 лет назад +274

      When the bar is lowered constantly for long, even average seems spectacular

    • @ZekeFreek
      @ZekeFreek 5 лет назад +258

      I think that's him maturing as he gets older, realizing that truly new concepts are rare and that there's value in just recontextualizing existing concepts well.
      Which is nice because a lot of his older stuff is just complaining X isn't unique enough for him.

    • @Shurukkah.
      @Shurukkah. 5 лет назад +30

      David Moore biggest problem of genre mashing is it quite often they don’t match quite well together

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 5 лет назад +23

      @@Shurukkah. And usually overextending till the games aren't really doing anything with those genres other then just winking at them. This one seems to have set sights on a smaller collection and could actually focus on something worth while as a result.

    • @OzixiThrill
      @OzixiThrill 5 лет назад +59

      Honestly, "Frankensteining" is always a criticism and praise at the same time.
      It basically says that it isn't doing anything new, but as the old saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
      Also, putting together different genres in a way that they actually work well with each other is something genuinely praiseworthy.

  • @deathsyth8888
    @deathsyth8888 5 лет назад +3557

    "It's competent!"
    - Review quote on the game box

    • @joeyparkhill8751
      @joeyparkhill8751 5 лет назад +51

      If EA paid off a reviewer, that quote would be changed to "Game of the Year!"

    • @SlavyaninOpk
      @SlavyaninOpk 5 лет назад +111

      @@joeyparkhill8751 They were hoping the game would flop as badly as possible so they can stick their "single player games are dead" narrative in our throats, so there was little incentive on paying of reviewers i guess

    • @joeyparkhill8751
      @joeyparkhill8751 5 лет назад +11

      @@SlavyaninOpk Good point

    • @A-Spoto
      @A-Spoto 5 лет назад +45

      That's the most glowing review EA could ever hope to get from Yahtzee

    • @KoryLunaa
      @KoryLunaa 5 лет назад +1

      @@SlavyaninOpk
      Source?

  • @LOLquendoTV
    @LOLquendoTV 5 лет назад +4100

    Ah yes, finally an EA star wars game has reached the lofty heights of "basically good".

    • @thebronzedragon1
      @thebronzedragon1 5 лет назад +206

      That being said we haven't really had a 'basically good' Star Wars game in a very very long time so I'll take what I can get

    • @luiseatoll6368
      @luiseatoll6368 5 лет назад +19

      @@thebronzedragon1 I would disagree if it wasn't true. Also, wasn't there an MMORPG for Star Wars? Did that die already or was that too under performing to get some sprucing up?

    • @koifish835
      @koifish835 5 лет назад +58

      @@luiseatoll6368 If you mean the Old Republic mmo that actually got a new expansion a couple months ago. I'm not sure how big the player base is but it still keeps getting updates so I imagine someone is playing it.

    • @thebronzedragon1
      @thebronzedragon1 5 лет назад +42

      @@luiseatoll6368 I actually played the MMO for awhile and occasionally dip back in
      Honestly it's biggest problem is it being an MMO
      If it had been single player it wouldnt be wayed down by a lot of just plain boring shit

    • @The_Encrypt3d
      @The_Encrypt3d 5 лет назад +16

      Don't title it as EA Star Wars. This one has Respawn written all over it.

  • @FatherSarge
    @FatherSarge 5 лет назад +2410

    "Good storytelling after all requires a soul."
    "Not the rotting corpse of canary in a tiny cage made of share certificates."
    Shots fired

    • @joeyparkhill8751
      @joeyparkhill8751 5 лет назад +32

      Ummmm... That 2nd quote is EA's policy on storytelling

    • @IsaacCoverstone
      @IsaacCoverstone 5 лет назад +23

      But goddamn it, the share price needs to go up before I can sell my shares.....

    • @sampappas6934
      @sampappas6934 5 лет назад +48

      Yahtzee hasn't stopped firing shots since he was fired from his mothers womb

    • @Ian-qh4rf
      @Ian-qh4rf 5 лет назад +2

      I got to this comment and read it as he said it... That was magical.

    • @SkyDr4ft
      @SkyDr4ft 5 лет назад

      I'm dumb and I don't get the joke. What does he mean by that?
      ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵇᵉ ᵍᵉⁿᵗˡᵉ

  • @et3inuyasha
    @et3inuyasha 5 лет назад +471

    "Why didn't Palpatine just buy out the Jedi Order's parent companies?"
    He kind of did... from a certain point of view.

    • @Technotoadnotafrog
      @Technotoadnotafrog 5 лет назад +48

      *I am the Senate*

    • @et3inuyasha
      @et3inuyasha 5 лет назад +8

      @@Technotoadnotafrog Pretty much, yeah.

    • @XescoPicas
      @XescoPicas 5 лет назад +5

      Technotoadnotafrog
      *Not yet*

    • @Hoganply
      @Hoganply 4 года назад

      Palapatine was never a member of the Jedi order, and the only person associated with him (Dooku) had already left. I know Anikin was meant to be the lynchpin, but reality says Siodious was daft.

    • @et3inuyasha
      @et3inuyasha 4 года назад +18

      @@Hoganply Not what I meant.
      The Jedi Order in the years leading up to the Clone Wars were effectively the enforcers of the Senate instead of the guardians of peace and justice. By scheming himself into the office of Supreme Chancellor and taking control of the Senate through various means, he basically took over the Jedi Order by proxy.

  • @YoMama2143
    @YoMama2143 5 лет назад +868

    "Perfectly satisfactory"
    "Technically original"
    "Perfectly fine"
    Wow, high praise coming from Yahtzee

    • @marcc1830
      @marcc1830 5 лет назад +16

      EA marketing should put it on their ads if they have a soul instead of "the rotting corpse of canary in a tiny cage made of share certificates".

    • @bernardoheusi6146
      @bernardoheusi6146 5 лет назад +14

      He liked the gameplay but the story was average, which fits what I´ve seen elsewhere.

    • @d.b.4671
      @d.b.4671 5 лет назад +7

      Still, not as high as "I have nothing bad to say about this game"...which to be fair he swore he'd never say about another game again.

    • @Yahriel
      @Yahriel 5 лет назад +10

      "It's adequate"
      A "C" grade is still technically passing.

    • @---ox1lg
      @---ox1lg 5 лет назад +4

      @@d.b.4671 But that was portal, right? Not really as surprising as how much positive he had to say about an EA StarWars game in 2019.

  • @PrinsaVossum
    @PrinsaVossum 5 лет назад +1826

    Joke's on you, Yahtzee. My life went downhill years ago.

    • @martincann5052
      @martincann5052 5 лет назад +20

      Hear hear.

    • @mileshill7196
      @mileshill7196 5 лет назад +10

      Clearly, since you unironically use the word “thot”.

    • @robmartin525
      @robmartin525 5 лет назад +7

      Literally thought the exact same sentence!

    • @Sporkinator
      @Sporkinator 5 лет назад +17

      Your current profile picture (Perfect Cell after being punched really hard by Gohan and about to puke up #18) goes perfect with that comment. :P

    • @dudeguy8686
      @dudeguy8686 5 лет назад +2

      Same, summer of '92.. They say parabolas have an upwards arc, but i'm not convinced

  • @guysomethingorother7099
    @guysomethingorother7099 3 года назад +59

    That opening aged really well.
    "Maybe that's the moment your life started going downhill!" -person in November 2019

  • @Grymbaldknight
    @Grymbaldknight 5 лет назад +2037

    "Wow, EA have done something which isn't total arse" is pretty much the only thing i've been hearing about this game. The game itself looks pretty good, but talk about being "damned by faint praise".
    It says something about the industry, though, that "This game contains a surprising absence of crippling flaws" has become a genuine sigh of relief for the consumer... as they briefly pull their face out from beneath the corporate boot heel.

    • @AimForMyHead81
      @AimForMyHead81 5 лет назад +60

      It's actually a really good game. Combat is fun and challenging, story is good, level and world design is great.

    • @The_Encrypt3d
      @The_Encrypt3d 5 лет назад +118

      Respawn are to praise for this. From what I know EA basically thought 'fine if you all think a single player star Wars could work, YOU do it'. I wouldn't put it past Respawn to make a good game

    • @ZecVal
      @ZecVal 5 лет назад +42

      If what I read about this game is true then EA had no say in it because Respawn were making this game before EA got their hands on them. It does not sound like that's how things work but what do I know 😅

    • @damp2269
      @damp2269 5 лет назад +28

      @@ZecVal yep game was basically done when the purchase went through, they could have monetized it to death but im sure EA doesn't want disney to spank them again.

    • @ZecVal
      @ZecVal 5 лет назад +4

      @@damp2269 haha yeah 😄

  • @SorowFame
    @SorowFame 5 лет назад +232

    "You're a space wizard, use space magic to cheat" a lesson a lot of Jedi and Sith need to learn.

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 2 года назад +2

      Well against grunts
      As revenge of the with shows force users of comparable skill tend to cancel each other out and cause recoil

  • @aN0nyMas
    @aN0nyMas 5 лет назад +346

    I think I know why Yahtzee recommends this game. It's a half decent game that's come from ea. That means someone worked really really really hard against all odds to get this out. This recommendation is an act of mercy for that good soul or team.

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 4 года назад +5

      I hope you're just joking and not really that dense.

    • @jmckendry84
      @jmckendry84 4 года назад +6

      He recommends it because its a very decent game that's worth playing. That's it.

  • @WAdams-ps9st
    @WAdams-ps9st 5 лет назад +50

    "Good story telling requires a soul, not a rotting corpse of a canary in a cage made of share certificates."
    Damn, what a line.

  • @germanbrandeburgo5925
    @germanbrandeburgo5925 5 лет назад +27

    “A robot that speaks like Stephen Hawking learning to whistle” fucking slayed me

  • @MeleeTiger
    @MeleeTiger 5 лет назад +562

    "Apologies to whoever they digitized his face from"
    That was a nice touch, it's funny to mock a fictional character but not the person they might have been modeled from.

    • @TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA
      @TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA 5 лет назад +3

      he was probabaly moddeled after one of the devs teenage sons then gave him orange hair

    • @Maldracai
      @Maldracai 5 лет назад +85

      @@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA It was modeled using Cameron Monaghan's face, the dude who played not the Joker in the Gotham tv series.

    • @GlacialScion
      @GlacialScion 5 лет назад +10

      No that's also pretty funny.

    • @alistair2111
      @alistair2111 5 лет назад +74

      all the face-ripped characters in fallen order seem to have some kind of horrible flaw. last time i checked debra wilson doesn't have eyes the size of death stars, and cameron monaghan doesn't have a permanently unhinged jaw. but their characters sure do!

    • @hardwirecars
      @hardwirecars 5 лет назад +9

      @@Maldracai not the joker ohh ohhhhh you mean that guy that was 100% the joker ok i knew he looked familiar.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 5 лет назад +302

    Star Souls : Revenge of the Fallen Order .

    • @Shirubakaze
      @Shirubakaze 5 лет назад +5

      Would at least watch the trailer for this.

    • @WoodlandDrake
      @WoodlandDrake 5 лет назад +12

      Starborne: Dark Order
      Blood Wars: Fallen Souls

    • @fardimnazir666
      @fardimnazir666 5 лет назад +6

      Hey, "Star Souls" would make a good name for an IP.

    • @lonelymascot
      @lonelymascot 5 лет назад +4

      Star Prime : Revenge of the fallen souls

    • @lolmanbomber2904
      @lolmanbomber2904 5 лет назад

      Soul wars:the fallen order of cinders

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 5 лет назад +314

    Would not recommend the use of any seamen replacing coolant that shit heats up and it’s horrid smelling

    • @nunyabiznasty8914
      @nunyabiznasty8914 5 лет назад +99

      I don't know what kind of seamen you hired to cool your tower, but they do shower if you let them, so I'm not quite sure why yours smell so horrible. About the hot thing... tell them to stop wearing tight-fit clothes if you are that bothered by it.

    • @alwest4472
      @alwest4472 5 лет назад +5

      You've got a santa hat now?

    • @solanceDarkMOW
      @solanceDarkMOW 5 лет назад +35

      @@nunyabiznasty8914 i couldn't agree more. The switch from spandex to cotton saw a marked shift in quarterly employee feedback when i made the change.

    • @GabrielOnuris
      @GabrielOnuris 5 лет назад +10

      Why am I here...

    • @HOkayson
      @HOkayson 5 лет назад +6

      @i hate anime I saw you say the same thing on another ZP video, what's this all about?

  • @SudsyMedusa53
    @SudsyMedusa53 5 лет назад +107

    I did quite like how they handled actual Darth Vader. When the game suddenly turns into a horror game, and Darth Vader is the unkillable monster.

    • @boiledelephant
      @boiledelephant 5 лет назад +13

      That sounds fucking amazing and now I might actually buy it.

    • @stephenking1375
      @stephenking1375 5 лет назад +8

      But I wanted to actually fight him, and get my ass totally kicked lol maybe lose an arm and a leg because he had the high ground lol

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 4 года назад

      @@stephenking1375 I feel at that point it would have been even more derivative than it already was for some people.

    • @jmckendry84
      @jmckendry84 4 года назад +15

      It's kind of hard having Vader turn up not be a cliché, but I loved how you really felt the pure fear of everyone in the room as soon as they realised he'd arrived. Very well done.

    • @spicytrashpanda
      @spicytrashpanda 4 года назад +3

      Too short. Pure obligatory nostalgia bait...and it fucking worked

  • @captainhuman
    @captainhuman 4 года назад +27

    Well. It turns out that missing out on that zp merch really was where everything started going downhill.

  • @SerathDarklands
    @SerathDarklands 5 лет назад +6

    3:24 - "Fighting some of the melee enemies can be frustrating when they keep blocking your attacks, not because of the physics of the situation but because 'nu-uh, everything-proof shield'."
    I know the term "LOL" gets tossed around a lot, but when you said this line, I literally burst out laughing. Thank you, Yahtzee, I needed that today.

  • @angel30382
    @angel30382 5 лет назад +50

    3:46
    oh no someone hit the button that ruins everything.

  • @ryanrising2237
    @ryanrising2237 5 лет назад +18

    The sentiment of this review reminds me a lot of the Far Cry 3 review. “It’s fine. It fills the space. What more do you want from me, I’m only a banana! “

  • @DiscussThing
    @DiscussThing 5 лет назад +55

    "Has a robot pal, who talks like Stephen Hawking learning to whistle." - literal nuclear assault.

  • @Chris-zs6fd
    @Chris-zs6fd 5 лет назад +15

    "in a tiny cage made of share certificates" was my favourite Yahtzee line in a while

  • @BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42
    @BJWeNeedUDefendingUsWithZeMG42 5 лет назад +421

    Star Wars Jedi: Uncharted TitanFallen Order

    • @1337-Nathaniel
      @1337-Nathaniel 5 лет назад +53

      of Persia

    • @LOLquendoTV
      @LOLquendoTV 5 лет назад +36

      @@1337-Nathaniel &Knuckles Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series

    • @jackmesrel4933
      @jackmesrel4933 5 лет назад +8

      With Dante of the Devil May Cry franchise

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk 5 лет назад +9

      Of the Dark Souls Call to Battlefront Duty feat. Dante from Devil May Cry

    • @NoahDaArk
      @NoahDaArk 5 лет назад

      LOLquendoTV Dude I did the exact same thing! What are the odds?

  • @phillipkruger1765
    @phillipkruger1765 5 лет назад +24

    First time I actually finished the game before I watched his review, and I gotta say, he is spot on!

  • @623dewdrop
    @623dewdrop 5 лет назад +13

    "robot pal who talks like steven hawking learning to whistle"
    you've outdone yourself with that one yahtzee. jesus christ.

  • @tristancrumpler400
    @tristancrumpler400 5 лет назад +326

    You know we're in a wierd timeline when Girlfriend Reviews completely roasts this game but Yahtzee sort of recommends it.

    • @faizanahmad7730
      @faizanahmad7730 5 лет назад +87

      Playing at different times most likely made a massive difference. Playing this game at launch vs even just a few days later meant that Yahtzee most likely didn't encounter most of the bugs she did.

    • @ShadowOfSomething
      @ShadowOfSomething 5 лет назад +156

      Yahtzee probably gave up on AAA titles(especially from EA) having any sort of innovation a long time ago, so being a serviceable mash of good ideas from other games is pretty much the most he could expect. Girlfriend Reviews had only been a game reviewer for a year, she is not as jaded (yet).

    • @sadstormtrooper
      @sadstormtrooper 5 лет назад +14

      I would take Yahtzee's word any day over that pretentious 'gamer'

    • @Maldracai
      @Maldracai 5 лет назад +11

      @@faizanahmad7730 I got the game a day after release and I didn't have ANY of the bugs people had been reporting. Then again I also bought the hard copy so maybe that had something to do with it?

    • @dustinrausch5008
      @dustinrausch5008 5 лет назад +47

      @@sadstormtrooper Pretentious? Have you even watched any of the Girlfriend Reviews videos?

  • @biglenin7306
    @biglenin7306 5 лет назад +45

    "Its adequate" legit question have we ever had more unarguable praise from yatzee???

    • @JessesanMan
      @JessesanMan 5 лет назад +12

      He said Undertale was "a good game"

    • @lachlanmckinnie1406
      @lachlanmckinnie1406 5 лет назад +8

      Nothing will ever meet his praise of Portal 1, or of Dark Souls 1.

    • @boiledelephant
      @boiledelephant 5 лет назад +2

      Crysis: "it's not perfect, but what is, besides Columbo?"

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 4 года назад

      @@lachlanmckinnie1406 or COD 4

    • @EGIMSL
      @EGIMSL 4 года назад +1

      The legendary portal 1 review

  • @Cody27
    @Cody27 5 лет назад +65

    Raider of the Mirrors Edge Tomb: Lightsaber Souls Edition.

    • @benwasserman8223
      @benwasserman8223 5 лет назад +2

      That still sounds really fun

    • @alfredwinchesterjr
      @alfredwinchesterjr 5 лет назад +1

      Ben Wasserman like a mess, but fun

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 5 лет назад +2

      The story of a strong female protagonist who uses parkour skills, dodge rolls and a laser sword to beat the forces of darkness in her dystopian world.

    • @Spudtron98
      @Spudtron98 5 лет назад +4

      @@merrittanimation7721 Dude Mirror's Edge with a lightsabre would be fucking sick.

  • @Fawstah
    @Fawstah 5 лет назад +18

    The plot was an exploration of ptsd, Kal starts out haunted and broken from the massacre of order 66. This is clear in both Kal and the mentor and much of the rpg elements are centered around Kal actually starting to pick up the pieces of himself. After all he isn’t growing “stronger” so much as he is regaining what he lost. Before you meditate he said he was having trouble with it, each step is a step toward regaining who he was. Later in the game he even has the line “back to where I used to be”
    Honestly I appreciate that a game tried this hard to tackle that subject. And it wasn’t heavy handed which is why people who haven’t had ptsd or similar mental illness issues might not pick up on it.
    Tldr the Story is about overcoming trauma by slowly regaining yourself bit by bit and finding something to give you new purpose.

    • @mattkennedy9308
      @mattkennedy9308 5 лет назад +1

      I think that's the aim but like Yahtzee said, they're deliberately making things bland as possible to avoid offending possible audience.

  • @DevolutionEX
    @DevolutionEX 5 лет назад +29

    it's a fantastic 7/10 action game, something we've been missing from the AAA landscape in the last long while.

    • @WeIsDaTyrantz
      @WeIsDaTyrantz 5 лет назад +4

      I remember in the cool days of the PS2 era where most games could fit in that category, barring a few genre shifts. NFS, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, DMC, Onimusha. Fun fact, only one of those series' is absent from modern titles and it happens to be the subjectively best.
      Fuckin' Inafune, making Mighty Number 9, missing out on the Dark Souls train.

    • @jmckendry84
      @jmckendry84 4 года назад

      Yeah, a really solid 7/10 that I'd happily bump up to an 8 or so if there was a sequel that fixed the most obvious flaws.

    • @Slender_Man_186
      @Slender_Man_186 2 года назад

      @@jmckendry84 seems like that’ll happen.

  • @raxelleon8189
    @raxelleon8189 5 лет назад +73

    It's nice to see that Yahtzee also misses when Kyle Katarn was canon.

    • @SwogFrog
      @SwogFrog 5 лет назад +5

      Raxelleon I never even had any exposure to EU stuff, but listening to people talk about it in tangentially related youtube stuff makes me sympathetically angry at Disney

    • @kcdodger
      @kcdodger 5 лет назад +5

      He wasn't ever canon, though. Save Shadows of The Empire, The Force Unleashed, and when Lucas felt like smiling, Thrawn, the EU wasn't ever canon. There was stratification that the movies and shows ALWAYS overrode.
      Just look at Mandalore and how it was handled in The Clone Wars to see how frail the EU's standing EVER was. The lady who wrote MOST mando lore, Karen Traviss, literally quit writing for Star Wars because of TCW's depiction of Mandalore.

    • @hazukichanx408
      @hazukichanx408 5 лет назад +2

      Kyle Katarn kind of went downhill after Dark Forces 1. Used to pack a mean punch, then all of a sudden his fists were made of cardboard triangles and flailed around like a confused dog trying to pet the enemy to death. Jedi Outcast was kind of alright though.

    • @zyriantel9601
      @zyriantel9601 5 лет назад +1

      Incidentally, I believe some of the Katarn-era games are available to download on XBox One, so I'ma probably do that sometime today and relive old childhood nostalgia, whether that be good or bad for my mood.

    • @Gyrant
      @Gyrant 5 лет назад

      KCDodger but wasn’t TCW a Disney addition?

  • @Andy-sj2hl
    @Andy-sj2hl 5 лет назад +17

    I feel you missed an open goal in ‘Darth Labia’

  • @Rawen1982
    @Rawen1982 5 лет назад +4

    doesn't matter if it's been a good or a bad day, a new Yathzee video always improves it.

  • @ChewieLewis
    @ChewieLewis 5 лет назад +35

    “Stephen Hawking learning to whistle.”😂😂😂

  • @khed7104
    @khed7104 5 лет назад +30

    To me the meditation spots were explained because any time I died my excuse was that was just a vision from when I meditated... which only makes since the first time you go through an area but whatever lol I tried

  • @Kuolonen
    @Kuolonen 5 лет назад +97

    The whole theme seems to be survival and choice, which is pretty ironic since player never has any choice as to how the thing ends.
    Then again the ending didn't matter from the start, we've seen star wars movies and this is a prequel, ending was spoiled four decades ago.

    • @andyscout
      @andyscout 5 лет назад +11

      Indeed. In fact, I was honestly surprised that any of the force-sensitive characters survived, as it seemed like an obvious way to get by the "why didn't Cal/Cere help out the Rebel Alliance around the time of episode 4." But I guess they wanted to keep them around for a sequel and they can always kill off characters in the next ~10 years before New Hope starts. In fact, I thought they were super foreshadowing Cere's death during the whole ending and the only reason the fake-out death she got didn't stick was cuz I figured they wouldn't kill her with such little fanfare.

    • @callmequaz9052
      @callmequaz9052 5 лет назад +10

      I think there's genuine potential in this game. If given the same freedoms for a potential sequel, Respawn could make a really good Star Wars game, they just need to be more willing to try their own thing rather than almost completely ripping other games.
      Plus, if they have the balls and do it well, you could play as the bad guys in the sequel hunting down Cal which would explain why he's absent in Star Wars.

    • @SpookyMarine
      @SpookyMarine 5 лет назад +5

      Q I’d rather continue Cals adventure, just because he’s not present in the movies or important battles doesn’t mean he’s dead.
      I mean look at Ashoka, everyone probably assumed she was just going to die because she wasn’t in the movies and look what happened.

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel 4 года назад

      @@callmequaz9052 well, you have to learn to rip off (for want of a better phrase) other peoples' work before you hit your own stride as a writer. You have to learn what you're good at and what you're not.
      t. published author

  • @user-sr3tj5gn8y
    @user-sr3tj5gn8y 5 лет назад +10

    I can't believe you didn't even mention the damn Poncho's.

  • @GullyFoyleTerra
    @GullyFoyleTerra 5 лет назад +1

    I love those difficulty settings, 'Dies Irae' is just fantastic

  • @Crazelord91
    @Crazelord91 5 лет назад +173

    Wow, either Yahtzee is getting soft in his old age or the AAA game industry has beaten him down so badly that "alright" is worthy of a recommendation now.
    EDIT: It's even more apparent comparing to his old reviews. There was a time where even games like Bioshock, The Orange Box, etc were nit picked to hell by him. Now if a game isn't actively trying to screw you over and is decently fun, it's on his good side
    (This isn't at all a critique on Yahztee btw, it's more how the games industry hasn't lived up to the potential he saw it had)

    • @belyayevsfox4753
      @belyayevsfox4753 5 лет назад +19

      It could be both.

    • @MaxLoafin
      @MaxLoafin 5 лет назад +5

      It's both

    • @ketmakura
      @ketmakura 5 лет назад +17

      He is a banana, after all.

    • @Crazelord91
      @Crazelord91 5 лет назад

      @@ketmakura Hahaha, great callback

    • @anarchyjinflames
      @anarchyjinflames 5 лет назад +11

      It's the industry.
      I nitpicked Bioshock like hell and really agreed with Yahtzee back when he reviewed it. Played it again recently and I know that it is good simply because of what has come after it. However, Bioshock is not better than anything that hos come before it.
      Remember, he is saying it is "TECHNICALLY GOOD". Basically in the same way that Breath of the Wild is "Technically good". Both Fallen Order and BotW do the same thing: Take popular systems from games in our genre that have come before and put them together in a cohesive way. There is nothing unique about either or groundbreaking in these games. However, you can still technically have fun and enjoy the game.

  • @TheKingsPride
    @TheKingsPride 3 года назад +3

    Yahtzee: “the unlockable cosmetics aren’t a good incentive to 100% the game”
    Me, who 100% completed the game on the first playthrough because I like ponchos and cool lightsabers and neat little robots with buzz lightyear paintjobs: I’m going to pretend like I didn’t see that
    (I know I’m late to the party but I only got the game a few months ago on sale)

  • @TheMuddFishh
    @TheMuddFishh 5 лет назад +14

    I love reading everyone's takes in the comments of these videos. They all think they're Yahtzee... but they're not Yahtzee.

  • @mikhailkessery8961
    @mikhailkessery8961 5 лет назад +5

    Yahtzee is my fav thing to watch on youtube

  • @JamesTM
    @JamesTM 2 года назад +3

    Yahtzee: "Remember that great ZP merch you could have bought? Maybe that's when your life started going downhill."
    Me: *looks at publish date: December 2019*
    Me: Oh no! What have I done?!

  • @Dazz3rz450
    @Dazz3rz450 5 лет назад

    I will say, at least in my current play through, which I’m not too far into, but have had the identity reveal happen, I have come across a few bugs like the enemies either just stood waiting for me to cross an invisible line to start doing their thing, or in the lead up to the aforementioned reveal, teleport into existence mid-dialogue.
    Had to restart the game once at a freeze, and failed to be allowed to scan a fairly powerful dead enemy because he disappeared, which is a fair amount of XP.
    All in all though, as long as you don’t mind retracing your steps in some maps that are instantly less interesting than the literal scrap heap you start in, it’s a good game.
    To explain further, the junkyard you start it felt a lot more alive, gritty and real compared to at least the next 3 planets you go to, NPC’s were more noticeably lifeless, often just being stood there in the sectioned-off parts that you start at in each planet, whereas you at least had people working and performing tasks, in places you were encouraged to spend less time in, the exploration being such a huge part of the experience means that after the opening, everything else shows itself as being so bland at times, at least for the parts I’ve seen so far, not to mention the skyline of the opening had much more going on, and the events that happened seemed to happen in real time as your moving from one place to the other, whereas in some parts of the planets you explore I’ve noticed the same ships fly past at the same altitude, firing the same blasters over and over, which is a shame.
    Best thing about this game by far so far though: THREE EYED TOAD THING.
    It is the hero we deserve.
    Worst thing about this game so far: spider jumpscare in Kashyyyk.
    The abandoned station, where Cal goes “oooo a workbench”....be ready, and also, you’ll get the echo in another BD1 power up so don’t go back in there hoping to get it after you’ve meditated, thinking you’re safe because it’s just a jumpscare...NO.
    You’ll touch that web on the ground and the fucker will crawl his ugly face and hairy ass to you...and you can’t look around to spot it first either...
    Fuck that spider.
    Cal looks alright in a poncho, the glove he always wears bugs me. I’m hoping he loses it or it can be removed in an aesthetic change soon.
    It feels good to wall run again, and to chain them.
    So that’s my long ass review of the first few hours of it, it’s worth a look.
    Last thing: you can’t get to the Dragon thing near the temple, not that I’ve found yet, but if you watch him, he does eventually turn on his belly and look really cute

  • @noajbridi1971
    @noajbridi1971 5 лет назад +9

    Second sister: I am Trilla
    Me: Who?

  • @AshBarkPerson
    @AshBarkPerson 3 года назад

    I love these videos, it's always to hear the little stinger at the end. This one in particular was great.

  • @unformedeight
    @unformedeight 5 лет назад +38

    I love the call backs to Kyle Katarn and I am invigorated that another one I trust sees through Disneys burning of canon to sell their worse knockoff of it
    Doing it in EP9 to boot, burned EP6 galactic peace so we could have another galactic peace but with worse characters and with nothing making sense.

    • @stevethepocket
      @stevethepocket 5 лет назад +6

      I never thought about it in those terms, but "let's make a new Empire that's not really an empire yet somehow has more power than the Empire ever did just to make all the main characters underdogs again" is something that always bothered me about the current trilogy. I never considered that it was done for an even more cynical reason than lack of imagination.

    • @hawkins347
      @hawkins347 5 лет назад +3

      @@stevethepocket For real. Isn't New Republic supposed to be around? Where did it go? Why is there suddenly only a tiny resistance group warring with the supposed Imperial stragglers that somehow managed to build another Death Star-thing and miniaturise it enough to put on a Star Destroyer? Where did they get the manpower, resources? Okay, The Mandalorian establishes that the New Republic's reach is very limited and it's not very strong as of yet, but that's roughly 20 years before TFA.

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 4 года назад

      @@hawkins347 well then they had 20 years to get more power. Problem solved.

    • @thrawnnoconnection6931
      @thrawnnoconnection6931 4 года назад +1

      The Mandalorian establishing that the New Rebublic was really spread out just makes it worse, because the reason the New Rebublic is gone is that the remnants of the empire built a better death star then the empire could at the height of its power, and blew up the 7 planets that every single part of the New Rebublic was on except for the main characters.

    • @narutardkyuubi
      @narutardkyuubi 4 года назад +2

      There’s a lot of idiotic decisions all over.
      For one, it’s established that Khyber crystals are the main ingredient in the Death Star’s ‘blow up the planet’ superlaser. The New Republic obviously knows this (they had the plans and research data), then they let the First Order take Ilum, a planet that the Jedi Order used to obtain Khyber crystals, and turned it into a super Death Star!
      Were the New Republic leaders on some really bad spice or something, cuz that’s the equivalent of the US letting terrorists get their hands on 50% of their uranium supply after getting nuked, then not going after them until, surprise surprise, they get super nuked. Again!!

  • @HolyknightVader999
    @HolyknightVader999 5 лет назад +1

    But Palpatine was running the Jedi Order's parent company-the Republic. And he fired them all the hard way.

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 5 лет назад +5

    I wonder if people realize Hero with a Thousand Faces is supposed to a general guideline and not a checklist.

    • @gennarogregory9768
      @gennarogregory9768 5 лет назад +2

      It's barely even meant to be that, it's more an examination and encapsulation of the commonality of human storytelling, the primary tropes and paths that recur across history/culture.

  • @nedpeters8408
    @nedpeters8408 4 года назад

    "That's about all Triple-A can manage these days" really sums it up. I played Jedi Fallen Order for a bit, and got an overall "Yeah, this is fine" from it... the annoyances roughly balanced out the cool moments for a smooth, perfectly adequate experience.
    Then I played Hades and it was like switching from elevator music to a rock concert.

  • @aqueelkadri8371
    @aqueelkadri8371 5 лет назад +4

    I was literally waiting for this review for weeks now because i knew yahtzee would be surprised he doesn't hate a massively hyped AAA game based on a movie franchise.

  • @abysspect
    @abysspect 4 года назад +2

    The merch warning at the start of this video hits different after 2020.

  • @Liam11433
    @Liam11433 4 года назад +4

    Ironically the beginning of last December was when my life started going downhill

  • @Armonis
    @Armonis 4 года назад +2

    BTW, his face is from the actual voice actor of the character, Cameron Monaghan.

  • @AdumbroDeus
    @AdumbroDeus 5 лет назад +3

    Minor gripes, there definitely was a main theme, failure and moving past failure (which the soulsborne style of gameplay works out great for), maybe it's because you predicted the plot twist but withholding that was the whole trust issue thing.
    Oh and she can't be lady Vader because actual Vader shows up in a spectacular fashion.

  • @netrunnernova1221
    @netrunnernova1221 5 лет назад +1

    Ive already bought my zero punctuation shirt, hat, and some pins! They are great quality and comfortable to wear. Great merch and great video!

  • @isaacschmitt4803
    @isaacschmitt4803 5 лет назад +4

    The day my life started going down hill? Sorry, Yahtz, that ship has long sailed.

    • @E1craZ4life
      @E1craZ4life 5 лет назад +1

      Isaac Schmitt Did it sail, realize they forgot their keys, come back, and sail again?

    • @isaacschmitt4803
      @isaacschmitt4803 5 лет назад

      @@E1craZ4life
      Something like that. . .

  • @PauloTheGeek
    @PauloTheGeek 5 лет назад

    I majorly LOLed when he called out the game for making you leave a planet right before the big boss fight to go somewhere else first. I was so pissed about that, the jump on Dathomir. XD

  • @agnetalykins7564
    @agnetalykins7564 5 лет назад +105

    I've watched so much ZP, that as I was playing through Fallen Order, I pretty accurately predicted just about everything he'd have to say about it.
    Metroidvania stuff is there but the bad type
    Combat is fun but melee gets infuriating
    Force powers are pretty much just cheating
    The Prince of Uncharted exploration is extremely well executed, to the point where I don't have any gripes with it at all.
    The story is kinda meh and the protag is as boring and featureless as ever.
    And that he'd probably recommend the game in the end because it was very perfectly adequate and pulled off pretty much all of its things well.
    About the only thing I didn't see coming from this was his bit about the map, but in hindsight, I should have.

    • @rarestpepe3815
      @rarestpepe3815 5 лет назад +7

      Have an up vote for your Avatar alone.

    • @freddykane9174
      @freddykane9174 5 лет назад +6

      I was literally playing it last week and thought, Yahtzee’s gonna like this, but not love it lmao

    • @Rassy545
      @Rassy545 5 лет назад +3

      I mean a jedi against stormtroopers is like cheating so no clue how you make that balanced 😂

    • @agnetalykins7564
      @agnetalykins7564 5 лет назад +5

      @@Rassy545 The purge troopers get close to being balanced since they can just resist your force powers. It's really hard to throw them around. I think that for the purpose of being affected by force powers the game treats them like large enemies.

  • @devonstein7344
    @devonstein7344 2 года назад +2

    Yahtzee: "Maybe this is the point where your life started going downhill."
    Looks at date posted "Dec 2019"

  • @Smokescale
    @Smokescale 5 лет назад +6

    Damn you Yahtzee, now I want a chocolate sundae.

  • @datgamerdude6992
    @datgamerdude6992 5 лет назад +1

    Saw a commercial on Nick Jr. between Paw Patrol Episodes.
    Kerplunk is definitely still a thing.

  • @CrescentGuard
    @CrescentGuard 5 лет назад +14

    I mean, I was never gonna drop my EA boycott, but it's gratifying to hear that while it's functional, missing out isn't going to keep me awake at night. "What's that? Nike came out with a new set of cleats that weren't made from the boiled skin of newborn infants? Okay, think I'll stick with the shoes I got, thanks."

  • @Simianking2
    @Simianking2 5 лет назад

    “Kapow! You are now sad” made me chuckle quite a bit

  • @NomnomJawsnomnom
    @NomnomJawsnomnom 4 года назад +5

    I watched my friend play this once while I was obscenely high on marijuana. Like "I seem to have misplaced my body" high.
    The only thing I remember from it is thinking Kal was having an existential crisis on the pause screen because he'd fidget for a while all shifty eyed, then have one moment where he'd seemingly steel himself, hands clenching slightly as he straightened to his full height, then go right back to fidgeting.

  • @DudeWithBrick
    @DudeWithBrick 5 лет назад

    Fucking thank you. Finally a vid where the ad in the beginning isnt an hour long. Straight to the point and satisfying I truly thank you.

  • @TheCrosshare
    @TheCrosshare 5 лет назад +30

    "Today is the last day to order stuff!". It's th 4th, offer ends on 6th. Someone stop messing with time again!
    Also i needed an xmas shirt so ofcourse i ordered :p

    • @akatoshslayer7599
      @akatoshslayer7599 5 лет назад +2

      Good catch. Still I think he is referring to the fact that this is his last chance to remind the consumer to buy his merch while it is on sale.

    • @TheCrosshare
      @TheCrosshare 5 лет назад

      @@akatoshslayer7599 Yeah that's probably the case, but being a smartass is so tantalising :D

  • @swj0272
    @swj0272 5 лет назад

    *covers Yahtzee's face with a pillow*
    DONT! RUIN! LIGHTSABER CUSTOMIZATION! FOR ME!!
    Love you Yahtzee c:

  • @squallsrapture
    @squallsrapture 5 лет назад +3

    Reviewers: "Eh, yeah this is pretty good, I suppose."
    EA: *popping champagne* WE DID IT. Raises for everyone!

  • @Vikhr-fsb
    @Vikhr-fsb 4 года назад +1

    "Maybe missing out on that was when your life started going downhill" -December 2019
    Well looks like it fuckin' was, wasn't it?

  • @phinozomu358
    @phinozomu358 4 года назад +6

    "Maybe missing out on that is when your life started going downhill"
    If only I'd bought a hoodie, maybe Covid wouldn't have happened

  • @juliawitham8961
    @juliawitham8961 5 лет назад +1

    I appreciate the fallen order felt like a celebration of the games it borrowed from-- it took their mechanics and abilities and put them all together to make a game that i feel like surpasses any of its individual elements

  • @The_Encrypt3d
    @The_Encrypt3d 5 лет назад +9

    YAHTZEE! I thought you knew by now not to trust EA. The reason for this one being decent is it was Respawn who are reverse EA but are somehow owned by them

    • @robertpalmer8080
      @robertpalmer8080 5 лет назад +6

      And because EA were desperate enough to have to let Respawn make the game themselves without multiplayer or micro transactions because of they screwed up again they'd probably oppose the rights for the franchise

    • @rapter229
      @rapter229 5 лет назад +4

      Respawn was only recently acquired, so still have some of their creative soul, and EA has been a little more hands off as long as Respawn keeps making them cash. But like every other studio EA sucks up, over time the soul will be extracted, the quality will suffer, and people will wish for the studios death rather than continue to watch the husk rot, a la Bioware.

    • @MaxLoafin
      @MaxLoafin 5 лет назад +6

      EA: Wow, you guys actually made a decent star wars game
      Respawn: thanks that means alo-
      EA: Make another one but do it better this time and spend less money
      *3 years later*
      EA: wow you guys actually did it
      Respawn: well it wasn't easy but-
      EA: I want a new one by this time next year, even better, no budget increases
      Respawn: ...so this is what it's like to be an assassin's creed dev...

  • @QuietRenown
    @QuietRenown 5 лет назад +1

    Wow. I think that's the first time he recommended a Star Wars game. I enjoyed this review as Star Wars Force Unleashed was the first zp review I ever saw. It's been a treat ever since.

  • @Sinintheair
    @Sinintheair 5 лет назад +5

    Wow, a glowing review, well by yahtzees standard anyway.

  • @rydermccall3590
    @rydermccall3590 Год назад

    And now I know what “ickle” and “dies irate” mean now. Thank you Yahtzee for expanding my vocabulary.

  • @Vaguer_Weevil
    @Vaguer_Weevil 5 лет назад +13

    I was on the fence about getting this game, but if even Yahtzee himself recommends it I guess it's worth a look

    • @egregius9314
      @egregius9314 5 лет назад

      You remind me of a friend of mine who was considering buying No Man's Sky, because they managed to patch it up to adequateness.

    • @Vaguer_Weevil
      @Vaguer_Weevil 5 лет назад

      @@egregius9314
      I was on the fence on that too but didn't bother once the internet blew up about it, but I eventually got it for free from PS+ just before the big update rolled out. You have to be very careful what games to spend money on these days, this year even moreso..

    • @dillonpanarello5242
      @dillonpanarello5242 5 лет назад +1

      I'd wait for it to go down in price though. Seems like a game I'd buy for $30 rather than $60.

    • @dudeguy8686
      @dudeguy8686 5 лет назад +1

      @@Vaguer_Weevil at least the developers behind No Man's Sky (Hello Games) care about the game and their players. They've been pumping out the updates to make the game closer to what they were aiming for at launch, and have been adding/changing things the community asks them for. Only had the game a few months myself, but the Beyond and Synthesis updates brought quite a bit to the experience. Still a bit of a "make your own fun" sort of game though, and once you've seen the dozen or so planet types, you've practically seen them all. Biggest gripe is the story, the "reward" for completing it is a bit of a middle finger..

    • @egregius9314
      @egregius9314 5 лет назад

      @@dudeguy8686 The game was recently 50% off. Would you actually recommend getting it for that price though?

  • @ariktaranis8855
    @ariktaranis8855 2 года назад

    loving the video from the moment kyle was mentioned

  • @drooliuscaesar379
    @drooliuscaesar379 5 лет назад +3

    wow he actually recommended it at the end, he usually just ends on a joke

  • @P_Beard_5961
    @P_Beard_5961 4 года назад +1

    That intro hits different after covid

  • @DGDfan13
    @DGDfan13 5 лет назад +41

    I love seeing people defend this game because "EA finally did something good". What is that? 1/20 in the past 5-10 years?
    A company that has the tech and money like EA should be pumping out THE HIGHEST quality products. But they have no reason to do that when fools buy their products year after year

    • @jub8951
      @jub8951 5 лет назад +7

      I defend this game because its great fun game all the way through and encounted little to no bugs can't say the same for death stranding tho

    • @DGDfan13
      @DGDfan13 5 лет назад +1

      @@jub8951 Fair enough!

    • @senounatsuru6453
      @senounatsuru6453 5 лет назад +6

      @@DGDfan13 I defend this game because it stands in defiance of ea saying single player games don't sell.

    • @DGDfan13
      @DGDfan13 5 лет назад

      @@senounatsuru6453 Fair! Here's hoping they can make another game that's better than decent!

    • @justinstewart1057
      @justinstewart1057 5 лет назад +2

      @@DGDfan13 Or maybe people defend the game because they actually think it's *good* . Ever thought about that? Oh; of course not. You're too busy being cynical pretending that people aren't allowed to like the game because of EA's history.

  • @shaunthesheep24
    @shaunthesheep24 5 лет назад +1

    I'd probably find the game more appealing on the exploration part of the game if it was based around increasing your life, force and finding pages of tomes that showed different attack moves or force powers to add to the talent tree.

  • @terryrodriguez3578
    @terryrodriguez3578 5 лет назад +3

    I hate these "hey google" ads. They always confuse my phone.

  • @LnPPersonified
    @LnPPersonified 5 лет назад

    Wait, wait, wait. You mean to tell me the guy playing the Luke knockoff in a Star Wars property also plays the Joker knockoff in a Batman property? I think someone's gunning for Mark Hamil's career.

  • @MrCrazyLeprechaun
    @MrCrazyLeprechaun 5 лет назад +3

    I'd be more interested if the main character didn't look like he just walked out of an Archie Comic.

  • @matijota8728
    @matijota8728 5 лет назад

    Glad i'm not the only one who knew the other relevant character in the Gotham series of the actor who plays Cal. It was such a great work, but i admmit that it was a drastical change of characters

  • @calvinschmidt6514
    @calvinschmidt6514 5 лет назад +4

    Given that yahtzee recomended both this and titanfall 2, I have the feeling he hates EA but has something of "respect" for respawn (then again all sensible people come to that conclusion)

    • @MrGamelover23
      @MrGamelover23 4 года назад

      I've heard nothing but praise for those two games.

  • @jamesray8534
    @jamesray8534 5 лет назад

    Yahtzee coming at us with the Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction reference. Great unlockables in that one

  • @STCburner
    @STCburner 5 лет назад +8

    Oh yahtzee. My life already started going down hill years ago.

  • @usaussie81
    @usaussie81 5 лет назад

    The intro rock riff gets me everytime!
    *Bangs head!*

  • @Krishnath.Dragon
    @Krishnath.Dragon 5 лет назад +5

    Let's be real here, the only reason there aren't any microtransactions in Fallen Order is because Disney doesn't allow EA to taint the brand further.

  • @TorresUMADBRO
    @TorresUMADBRO 5 лет назад

    "(Jedi) Fallen: Hors d'oeuvre" is just brilliant, Yahtzee

  • @ryler7
    @ryler7 5 лет назад +11

    Oh, praise the bloated neck folds of George Lucas - Yahtzee Croshaw, 2019

  • @NthDoctorWho
    @NthDoctorWho 5 лет назад

    I don't mind the lightsaber customization being parts you'll barely ever see, but it's the ponchos that I hate, because they clip, hide your swanky lightsaber, and make you stick out like a sore thumb in cutscenes if you pick the wrong one.
    But they have a pink one, so it's all good.

  • @brainflash1
    @brainflash1 5 лет назад +16

    I liked this game better when it was called 'Force Unleashed'.

    • @ragnerschwarzmane3412
      @ragnerschwarzmane3412 5 лет назад +1

      To be fair, there is a difference: in fallen order the protagonist fully charges his force push and a single stormtrooper falls over and then stands up again. In the force unleashed you gently press the force push button and an entire platoon of infantry, droids and tanks speeds of into the distance, crashing into a wall hard enough to make their bodies turn into dust. What i‘m trying to say here, is that fallen order is about one on one, slow dueling, while the force unleashed is about crowed dispatching while never losing momentum. That said, i personally found the plot of unleashed a lot more engaging.

    • @brainflash1
      @brainflash1 5 лет назад +2

      @@ragnerschwarzmane3412 What are you talking about? Even as Darth Vader you had to charge up the Force Push just to knock Wookies out of a tree.

  • @Lobsinus
    @Lobsinus Год назад

    My biggest gripe was the lack of consistent tone. In one level you literally go from bouncing around the jungle on giant plants like an early 2000s platformer, directly into a monologue about torture and mutilation at the hands of the empire from a character who was introduced about 3 seconds prior, then directly to killing her and moving on with your life like nothing ever happened.

  • @ButrzV2
    @ButrzV2 5 лет назад +6

    But should i play it for 60 bucks?
    The short answer is "no."
    The long answer is "nooooooooooooooooooooooo"

  • @jaym89z77
    @jaym89z77 4 года назад

    Little robot pal that sounds like stephen walking trying to whistle best thing I’ve ever heard