The Best, Worst & Blandest of 2020 (Zero Punctuation)

I have the vehemently disagree with yahtzee for the best game. I am sick to death (pun intended) with this generations obsession with death. Who gives a fuck about it, its so infinitely short and inconsequential it isn't worth thinking about. What matters is what you do when you're alive. You don't skip all the way to the murderer being discovered in a decretive novel do you? And people's concept of death is so completely narrowminded and arrogant its repulsive. Life doesn't end with you. Even from a literal standpoint it doesn't as your flesh is consumed by organisms and recycled. And of course things come up moot if you don't try. The true horror of life is that you are forced to try and that life is eternal without escape. death is a comforting fairy tale for cowards.
You shouldn't be surprised this world is crumbling if you're so obsessed with it you fucking tosser. You have to fight for it. Don't fall for the lies of a jealous void. Fuck it. Life is eternal and a constant cyclical process of eating and being eaten. You want to suceed? You fight for it. The world doesn't owe you shit. Only through perseverance and defiance can you bend reality to your will.

TLOA2 really was just garbage, especially compared to its predecessor, which was a really great game that didn't milk the emotional stuff too hard and only really had one moment where you would say "Wait, so who are the good guys?"

Yahtzee: "I know you're all gonna lose your collective minds when I say TLOA2 was the shittiest game this y-"

Everyone: "We know."

Yahtzee: "...oh."

"...except now you get to know how the names are spelled."
That honestly is a benefit for me.

It still astonishes me that Naughty Dog, of all developers, churned out a game as depressing, poorly written and un-fun as the Last of Us 2
That's like creating a fun and wacky Jump n' Run and transforming it into essentially a kid-friendly version of GTA in the sequel
...Wait a minute

Seems Ubisoft generic sandbox busy work has taken over Call of Duty's spot as permanent booking on the list.

I'm at least happy Noita made a small appearance

Honestly surprised that C77 got a mention in the credits, and its con was "Held-Together-By-Twigs-And-String Vibe". I played the game, enjoyed it thoroughly, and I am 100% gonna say that's a very generous statement to make regarding C77, and how well it was held together at launch.

What does it say about me that every year without failure at least one game I whole heartedly love ends up on his bland list? Lol

Never played Last of Us 2 bit I have heard some pretty heartwrenching things.

So the 5 (6) best games' acronym is GAY H/BS. Some day we will crack the code.

Fitting that the worst game of 2020 is the one that best embodied 2020: depressing, pretentious, and ultimately unwelcome.

Zero punctuation calling something positive things is definitely just a mirage, or my imagination

Predicting Cruelty Squad on the 2021 best list

"game of year" winner means basically nothing.. if your paying attention to critic scores... then you really haven't been paying attention to much else.
last of us 2 won because it pandered to the politics of the elite, and not much else.

I love how Ichiban's big stupid face nearly takes up the entirety of the number 3, like he just really wants you to know he's third best.

A Christmas themed felching simulator 🤣🤣

Last of us 2 is just utter shit

Majority of last of Us fans agree with you

Can’t wait to see 2021’s yay nay and meh.

He didn't even say why Lou2 was the worst. He cucked me. I wws genuinely curious

Boneworks my beloved

Okay I know this isn't really the point but how is the Infinity Gauntlet poorly explained? It's a glove that grants wishes what else you need.

Well for me The Last of Us 2 is literally the best game of all time. No I don't care that it's AAA. I don't care who made it. I love literally everything about except for the one specific scene that could have been a little less graphic. And also I happen to love the "Open world action adventure with crafting and collectibles". I need about 300% more of those

Lol! To funny!

Well I'd be a monkey's uncle when I saw that Spiritfarer was game of the year!?! I have Xbox Game Pass so I could try it for free (well I DID pay for the subscription). It's actually really good! Never would have given it a chance if it wasn't for good ol' Mr. Yahtzee. I'm honestly not that crazy about Japanese (inspired) games and t00ns (except "Chihiro and the Witches" and a few more Ghibli movies (no recommendations needed tywm)) but this game is just great! I can recommend playing it with the Monkey Island soundtrack in the background. Suits the game very well.

Future man here, 2022 is still just as bad as 2020. See you in another year.

damn, it's already been a year since this video came out huh...

Quarantine has messed up my sense of time completely

the start of this video aged so fucking bad

God the one for the last of us 2 is so fucking accurate

Tlou2 100% didn't deserve that. It's a miserable experience, yes, but in an artsy fartsy way, not in a poorly designed way. All its problems that I've seen complaints for are plot-related

"No amount of fake awards will take away the fact that nobody likes your game Niel."
-The Critical Drinker

Damn really enjoying these. Then hate on last of us 2.....I just can't objectively understand anyone who thinks that. Shame. Take care Yahtzee

"Slow" "Clunky" and "Confusing" could be the names of the Battletoads

"Do you think The Game Awards have their noses shaved so far up triple A buttholes if it was speedbagging their testicles, do you?"

Seeing that The Game Awards gave Last of Us 2 7 awards (even GOTY, I think it only deserved best game direction) and Psychonauts 2 (which was Zero's favorite of 2021) no awards, I can attest to that.

I forgot that Yahtzee made Ghost of Tsushima his fifth best of 2020, and I was gobsmacked when I saw it just now. Biggest discrepancy between review and rating since Stardew Valley, imo.

Spiritfarer was the first videogame that ever made me cry. I played it after my grandparents and brother died, and it gave me some real catharsis. I'm glad other people got meaning out of it, too.

I’m surprised Animal Crossing didn’t make it in this video, let alone not get on the bland list.

"Why not imagine them as a giant anthropomorphic toad and feed them fried chicken?"
". . . okay."

He's got a point about TLOU 2. Terrible reception by fans and the general community yet wins all those awards. Sounds rigged

Something I've just thought of to liven up the standard mission of 'getting captured and all your stuff gets taken away' is that it isn't all in a great big pile within arms reach. Instead, it's separated into smaller piles, so you have to make do with only a few of your features unlocked at a time. And while sneaking around, you can listen to enemy goons complaining about all the shit you've got.

"Ok. So we've got the sword, the rifle, the grenades, some energy shield-thing, and a jetpack all stored away here. Even if he escapes, he's as good as done."
"Yeah. Well, unless he find the other room we were hiding his stuff in."
"Wait. What other room?"
"The one three doors down."
"And what's in there?"
"Oh, a couple of machine guns; an energy whip; a different energy whip that lassos people; the rocket launcher..."
"You're making that up."
"No I'm serious. It's all on this list right here." Passes the list.
"Let's see... let's see... Flamethrower? Rocket Launcher? Three attachments for powered armour!? Where was he keeping all this anyway?"
"No clue."
"Christ. Why can't he be like the rest of us and carry two weapons at most?"

Honestly I'd say immortals fenyx rising was the only good one out of the three

You see, when you break the concept of Spiritfarer down the the Fried Chicken eating Toad business, it does sound a little surreal

The fact that he put Spiritfarer, a 30 hour game with 5 hours of content, padded with the most menial tasks, as "best" instead of "most boring" is legitimately credibility-killing.