@Kirbytheslayer: No Disassemble: @pocster:
Looks like he was using Garry's Mod. Fun stuff that.

Impurethinker

Theeeeeese eyes aaaaaaaare cryin'
Theeeeeese eyes have seen a lot of loves
But they're never gonna see another one like I had with yooooooouuuuuuuuu.

Solidius

Loved the TF2 bit at the end. xD

Dudemeister

Hahahaha.

I hope I'm not the only one who caught the Jonestown reference.

Heartwork

@dawimp523:

You, my friend, are missing out on some of the best games in HISTORY.

Please, do yourself the favour and try your hand at SimCity 2000. It's probably the most 'classic' sim game of its type, still highly playable with its graphics and whatnot all these years later.

Komrade_Kayce

Hehehe, otter chewing on an electric fence...

MechaTama31

@pocster: I only have the Ps3 version, but it's loads of fun.

And since I don't have the PC version, I don't know how he did it. But, I will say, he was already an accomplished programmer and gamemaker longer before he started making ZP.

Kirbytheslayer: No Disassemble

Aww, Snake and Otacon are so cute together in the ending.
Oh shit, NVM.

YUYU

Brought about by my non-ownership of Orange Box or TF2: how did Yahtzee get the medic and heavy weapons guy to pose like that in the pics? Is that an in-game feature? 'Cause if it is then the internet should've been flooded with inappropriate fan-made vids of that sort right now, and that doesn't seem to be the case.

Oh, and should I really buy The Orange Box even if I'm not a fan of FPSes and I own a PS3 (heard it plays kinda bad there)?

pocster

@Elrando: I'd say his comment was on the money, what with our copy of Tony Blair in power and all.

NameYourCharacter

How long until Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's influence is so strong that all dev's ask his opinion before releasing a game? His tough-love reviews will hopefully kill shit popular games.

SorenKier

...Fussy...plebs?

TheLordRandom

I've never played any Sim-related game, and I don't have any desire to. This review only further proves my opinion. Also, the TF2 ending was random, touching, and hilarious!

dawimp523

not bad, nor good: run of the mil.

Hylian

That was awesome, good return to form!

marcus_ivo

Bill Nye!!!

bysty

He's 100% right, as usual, simcity societies was bull, even my fanboy dedication to simcity couldn't bring me to play it for more than 2 seconds.

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

:( why did the medic have to die, the age old problem in TFC and now TF2...lol but the medic pwned more in TFC, conc. jumping and infecting combo w00t.....And not much swearing in this weeks zero punctuation but was still good :D

themule

Wow, I thought the TF love story was awesome! Not much swearing in this weeks review and again he bashed another game I enjoyed, still loved it :D

syl1985

LOL, even Yahtzee surrendered to the Heavy Weapons Guy + Medic joke.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

[i]BY V1L3
Hypnotoad222: "Let's just be sure never to give him any type of power as to avoid living in a creepy totalitarian country."

Doesn't he already live in Australia?[/i]

Making comments like that, I hope you're not living in the US, that'd be very much in the territory of the pot calling the kettle black.

Political bitching aside, fuck valentines day, seriously. Yes I'm bitter, so what?

Elrando

So Hitler tried to take over the world cause of the sims eh...
/stupid post

GUNDAM-RX-78-2

@Komrade_Kayce: Yeah, felt the same way, but I think it's the game he is reviewing's fault. It seems like he was bored with the game (not rare), but not bored in any new or original way. Most Sim style games have had the faults he extols... I think it's the games that really aggravate him, or provide some sort of new mediocrity to the industry, those are the ones where he shines.

Also helps if more than a couple people have played the game. Sorry, Adam.

TF2 ending was awesome.

baxterpunch

anyone think his reviews are starting to get a little boring? or maybe they're being posted to frequently now. theyre now a special treat anymore.

aphexacid

@goldwings: I want to see him do DMC, NMH, or Uncharted. This was pretty unexciting IMO.

TheCleaningGuy: is Maximum Risky!

the powerstation wire thing is the same with me...minus the ACDC thing

NocturnOwl357

@KeroseneClimax: Yeah, I agree, though he's always managed to say one or two things to piss me off (not including the fact he's ripped some of the games I've liked) so I guess this is par for the course. I think I got tired of this routine when Simon from Idol was doing it more slowly. I mean, he does have a lot of funny bits, but for the most part... Well... It's just too much, sometimes.

bobtheduck

lol.

KM91

This one was okay, but basically any other hardcore SimCity fan (i.e. the ones who still play SC4 Deluxe and stuff because it can scare most other people away with it's sheer complexity) could tell you the same thing about Societies.

Sober

Reading comics = Molesting prepubescent children. Ok, gotcha. Stick to original material, not tired clichés. Other than that, his bit about making a brutal authoritarian dictatorship because it makes "his balls feel big" was hilarious. Nothing justifies wanting to create a totalitarian state like the feeling of having bigger cojones.

KeroseneClimax

Reviews for games that no one gives a toss about are always going to be found less funny. I bet the review for Metal Gear Solid 4/Grand Theft Auto 4/Super Smash Bros Brawl gets "zomg best evar!!" comments up the ying-yang, which is both painful and (in some countries) illegal.

Hypnotoad222: "Let's just be sure never to give him any type of power as to avoid living in a creepy totalitarian country."

Doesn't he already live in Australia?

V1L3

"No disrespect is intended towards Hillary Clinton except in this last bit where I say that she looks like an otter chewing on an electric fence."
 
Brilliant.

dv8godd

@brooza: @Spolodaface:

And I say they were both boring and unfunny.

brent_w

@mikeymatrix: It wasn't meant seriously.

Maldron

It's funny, when you're playing as a Heavy you really do love the Medics that much...

lol, Hilary Clinton

DexterO

@Guild_Navigator: I've been lonely..... I've been waitin' for you!

beckerist

lol, that was great. I loved the bit at the end and the part about "sucking our smallpox boils for nourishment." Gross, but for some reason absolutely hilarious.

Spiffyness

would have liked to see the gunner's hand on the medic's ass in that sunset scene. That would have clinched it for me.

mariospants

Physical-humor would've ruined the ending.

fanatism

I wouldn't worry about the language thing.. X-play is only previewing a portion of the full review.

PlasmaMachine

The ending was awesome :)

ssjmichael

This is one of the first songs that I've really liked that he has used... Stevie Wonder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mrobinson587

I loved that video at the end - I laughed my socks right off. And they skipped away over the hill together, merrily and in peace.

Youlikeyams

@tshack: It's about times someone started it. It's only a matter of time now.

Voteforme2020

The last part made me cry.
Odd since I always play a Spy or an Engineer.

RPharazonius: PELICANS

Oh my god...when the Medic's face appeared in the sky...

so creepy. egh.

Aethyr

The Love Story at the end was surprisingly good for what it was (2 minute TF2 screen shot collage).

Main review sort of ended abruptly, but was still pretty funny. Not sure who cares about Sim City Societies, but he made it work.

KirbyMorph

Just one thing about the ending of the Sad Story...

When the heavy knees down and hugs the tombstone, and then walks away, he seems to have left a "little" gift for the Medic.

Gift as in cold-blooded Vengeance!
Betcha that Blue spy got about 200 bullets up his dead body as a nice souvenir to hell as well...

Gummyworm

The TF2 part was great, though I was expecting the Heavy to take the stone and smack the Spy in the face with it...

Still great though, and the main review was excellent as always. :D

Norellicus

@mikeymatrix: Someones a new member to Kotaku! Don't worry man.. they know.

P-Sheddy

I agree with most...the review was a little meh (but still funny), but oh man did I laugh 'till my eyes teared up at the TF2 short. That was awesome.

GundamAC197

That was great and the AC/DC joke made my day. and that ending was classic.

MURDERFACE

Just a small complaint, Kotaku. Yahtzee isn't of X-Play fame. He was famous before he started to be featured on X-play. So, yeah, just a minor detail. Maybe you could say "of Escapist Magazine fame" or "author of some of the most amazing and funny reviews of games ever fame."

mikeymatrix

That version of that song reminds me of the "bands" I see all over the city, consisting of South American dudes, a pan flute a drum machine, a guitar and lots of echo. They play their 9 or 10 cover songs, and sell their CDs. I think they are a little cottage industry.

suburbancowboy

"A Heavy and a Gentleman" - Way to go, Medic! Way to go!

awwww! <3 ::tear:

Brilliant!

icarusprime

lol pedophile training centre. XD

Lyner

Aw.... I was hoping that the Heavy would find a new "friend" *wink wink*

Zamzoph

@Komrade_Kayce:

Thats because he reviewed Sims'.

Fyren

When he compared the flashing lighting bold to AC/DC, it was already full of win.

Fyren

Every time I see a medic in TF2 I think Stephen Colbert.

bluesquareapple

Obviously the gimmick of analogyriddledreviewsspokenreallyquickly is starting to wear thin, so begins the gimmick of ridiculous post-review shorts to attempt to wash the mediocrity out! Of course, if Yahtzee builds it, they will come.

Anthropomancer

This one was the least exciting out of all of them. I thought he was going to do No more heroes or Devil May Cry, but it's always better for him to do what he hates with passion. Anyways I hope I can find his next review better for myself (I still liked this review somewhat though). Loved the ending bit by the way.

goldwings

Buildings with tits, hell yeah

tshack

I can never miss my weekly dose of "Yahtzee". I liked this one mainly for the ending.

yjaved1

@Jilkon: Umm I agree? I wasnt say I personally endorse censorship. I was just giving my guess as too why this weeks Zero Punctuation was a little lacking in the profanity catagory.

Deadeyereborn

I do this he wasn't enthused with this one, but it was also Sim-fucking-Societies. NO-ONE should get enthusiasm from that.

imaria

Not his best. Until after the review.

Huxleyhobbes

Why is there so much nut coddeling going on with zero puncuation? His site neeeds the hits? Or is the plan to make everyone sick of the reviews ASAP?

I'm confused. It seems as if someone is squatting on his site waiting for something to post.

sadkermit

an amusing review as usual.

alas, i dont think i'll pick it up... or at least wait till it's 15-20 bucks.

djbrandon

Buildings with tits and the love story at the end makes this one of my favorite Zero Punctuations ever on a sheer "I lol'd" scale. Can't really say that I ever had any interest in SimCity Societies, as I feel the genre reached its peak in SimCity 2000.

baberg

The heavy does kill the spy though, that's implied when he places the knife on the grave.

Elliuotatar

I was listening to AC/DC before I watched that. :O

Good stuff, as usual. Not one of his funniest reviews, but still made me laugh. And the TF2 bit at the end was great.

BPM VII Crisis Core

ha he jacked mario's cloud.

moremeds

it sounds like Yahtzee would rather play SinCity Societies

obeymydog

@Deadeyereborn: Or America could stop being so wimpy when it comes to these things and just live with it. Seriously, Yahtzee says some nasty things, but even then, it's nothing to get all serious about.

Jilkon

@Datalock: I was expecting hte same thing, it going from freeze frame to action with the spy on the receiving end of a lot of hot lead.

So is he right about this release of sim city, is it really that bad?

MistahJGM

I know the point of Zero Punctuation reviews but I actually like Sim City Societies. I know a large number of people don't like it so much but it's fun for a few games every now and then.

Adam In Texas

I was half expecting the medic to turn out to be a spy, that'd have been funnier.

Still, can't beat TF2.

Gofthick

The AC/DC comment made me warm inside. That is all.

Voteforme2020

Not my favourite Punctuation, but then it doesn't work as much for me if I haven't played the game in question.

Still the AC/DC and the Manga jokes made me laugh. Not to mention the MS Paint buildings...

Meldy

@Rickster:

Yes that sounds about right. Creepy fucks.

Zootch

It was ok, but far from his best. Chuckled a bit but thats all. TF stuff was cute, but thats about it too.

GPman

@Homemaker Betty: He is going to be on x-play now so I bet they are making him tone it down so they dont have to censor his stuff.

Deadeyereborn

Is it me or did he seem to tone down the language from an 11 to about a 5.

Homemaker Betty

As long as he can be relatively creative in his bashing of video games, I'll enjoy it. Won't matter who he's with.

Lowbar

The ending was fucking hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing.

dead_red_eyes

@mossberg: *i don't hate him

mossberg

@Setzer IIDX: i don't hate cause he's going to be previewed on X-play i just think the quality of his reviews is really going down hill.

mossberg

Pure win.

Ryadic

I wonder if some people are giving him less than perfect reviews from them actually going down in quality or they're viewing him through shit tinted glasses since going over to x-play.

Study on the gamer psyche, on the next Oprah.

Setzer IIDX

@mossberg:

I think the fun has worn off of it for him, and now it's just an obligation. Obligations are never fun.

I just want Rob Blanc 4.

DankPanties

The ACDC joke got me good! I love this guy!!

zerokenta

That ending bit was sad. :(

armchairnixon

Is he getting slower, or have my ears started doing a "bullet-time" dealie after weeks of ZP training?

ShaggE

on a cave on the fucking moon!

magically_delicious

@mossberg: It's you.

StopTheOncoming

@obeymydog:

I'm pretty sure its a combination of all three of those.

FLYBOY611

@hemlock_martini: Yes snake, yes it can, and you have the solid snake to do it!

magically_delicious

is it me or does yahtzee suck as of late..

mossberg

so who's choosing what games get reviewed: x-play, the escapist, us or the man himself? pretty funny though

obeymydog

That. Was. Awesome. The review was funny as hell and the TF2 bit at the end was very poignant. I was hoping that the medic would be a spy but it was just sad :(

Deadeyereborn

@Spolodaface: I think it was a little better... but not much

N1tch

the TF2 short actually made me sad.

rabbitsoup_87

I half expected a Solid Snake quote to pop in during that sequence.

blackadvent

That TF2 short was absolutely fucking hilarious.

Roadkill

@hemlock_martini:
Love IS a battlefield.

Guild_Navigator

Nice tf2 extra at the end, very true to the game.

Chillblain

That is so sad!! I half expected it to be the sniper comic again. That one's funny...

Saith17

The medic face in the sky at the end scared the hell out of me.

Bluecell

Entertaining as always. Let's just be sure never to give him any type of power as to avoid living in a creepy totalitarian country.

Hypnotoad222

There was something about this review that felt 'missing'. He didn't seem as breathlessly excited to do this one.

Komrade_Kayce

I was expecting the Heavy artillery guy to go apeshit and kill the spy at the last second. still funny as hell.

Datalock

Finally, an answer to "can love flourish on the battlefield?"

The answer is "yes. And it's wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong WRONG WRONG wrong."

hemlock_martini

Good review...as always.

Even though the end was suprisingly sad.

romBox

@Spolodaface: I actually preferred this one

brooza

that review seemed a touch short, but then, I was expecting a 5 minute review rather than the bit added in the end

brooza

Love lift us up where we belong.
To where the eeeeeeeagles fly...

unicronband

Love story not on par with the redub machinima of last time

Spolodaface

manga readers = pedophiles. lol :D

Rickster

Hmm.. Liked it as always. Have to admit though, the end surprised me on two twist..

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