Necromunda: Hired Gun (Zero Punctuation) 

How come y'all stopped the community posts about it? Those were really helpful Edit: nvm it's up! Must've just been an oversight last week with all the e3 madness

Does he need a copy of Hellpoint?

Hey Yahtzee, please review Chivalry 2! I would love to hear your thoughts

@N. Warner He's not begging for anything and he can still use curse words. The subscriptions make creating this content easier for everyone and makes sure people get paid. You wanna insult people for making content you've been enjoying for free, you should probably check yourself and your entitlement.

@@theescapist This response is just unprofessional and is in no way likely to get people to subscribe. The Escapist may be under new management, but the attitude remains the same...

Probably not enough dakka, but god damnit there is a lot

@@blackgem12 There's no such thing as enough when it comes to dakka.

"Wait they're ALL doom clones!" "Always have been."

most games these days just copy whats popular because thats where the money is

I'll take the Doom clones over the COD clones anyday; the doom clones at-least are fun and fast paced

It's more of an EYE Divine Cybermancy clone (by the same company). People described that as "the unofficial 40k FPS" so they thought, "hey, let's make an official one!"

@@Robert399 Except they made one, Deathwing, and it wasn't really good so they tried again

I think that's called a khorn worshiper

@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 Depends who the skulls are for, I guess.

@@rayanderson5797 he cares not for where it flows, only that it does

Skulls for the Skull Throne

I imagine people looked at the 40k universe and got fixated on the power armored superhuman poster boys or the world hopping Inquisitors/Rogue Traders, plus all of the aliens. Necromunda definitely has its charms and plenty of room for the occasional mutant monster, cultist, or ork, but most underhive gang wars involve humans with relatively conventional weapon shooting at each other. Definitely enough to carry a game, but it doesn't show off as much of the shiny things as often as it could.

@@Nerdnumberone That is more because GW wants us to only care about Space Marines and literally nothing beyond that. Most new miniature releases for 40k tend to have at least 1 space marine. Space Marines get the most books and stories. Space Marines tend to have the most games made about them (DoW, DoW 2, Space Marine, the 1000’s of shitty mobile games, etc.)

It's the 80s retro obsession that brought it back, imo

@@hilkmeister1382 At least DoW1 gave equal focus to the other factions in the expansions. But yeah, space marines are annoying. Even chaos space marines are treated like garbage by GW compared to their OP younger cousins. And even non Ultramarine factions are forgotten about compared to Ultramarines.

@@Nerdnumberone I personally would like to see a Rogue Trader video game because it's like a Pirates of the Caribbean equivalent of Star Trek where you could bring Beastmen, Ork Freebootas and Dark Eldar Corsairs with your crew. You could even use technology that the Mechanicus would often consider heretical.

Honestly same thing here, this just makes me for something like judging by the cover to return to talk more about those things

I still can’t make out the dog even after he drew the red circle around it...

Just think, if that's the visual clarity on the cover of the game, how bad must it be in-game?

For a split second i thought he photoshopped the dog inside the red circle.

Just look down

I think we're gonna have to compile a tome for the ages that contains the best of his lines for posterity.

What does that *MEEAANN*?!

It is a surprisingly fun game as someone who doesn't give a shit about Warhammer. Not quite DOOM, nor quite as good as DOOM, but still a good time and a nice challenge.

Was it Mandy?

I think I know how to improove those preanimated takedown animations (aka Glory Kills), or at least hopefully improove them for Yahtzee; Once you grabbed an enemy with one button, it unlocks a whole slew of different buttons to press whereas each one will make you do something specific to the enemy; for example, E to slam head on the floor, F to lift them above you, Right Click to smash them with the butt of your gun, and if you mix them up the glory kill will be even more coloful, and I'd essentially result in dozens of different unique takedowns depending on enemy type, buttons pressed, and speed with which each button was pressed. Unlikely that any game company would put that much effort into it, but let me dream

The shooting was awful wtf

@@caesarspeaks Get in close and start popping heads, scrub

Really puts it into perspective just how fucking awful it is

@@ReturnTheSlab932 Not realy, this game could very well end up on his good list by the end of the year. Looks fun as fuck.

@@akimbofurry2179 the bolter is extremely satisfying

@@akimbofurry2179 oh no no no, I meant the UI hahaha, the game's a blast when it's working properly, on console it's full of stuttering and frame drops, but even still it's fun as hell

I hope this leads to even better games in this style from them. They seem to really love the 40k franchise.

I didnt even care if the game was good or not, i bought it because i have a moral obligation to reward any dev who tries to make an actual 40k game that isnt a boring cash grab mobile, or a turn based snore fest, or a space marine power fantasy, altho i will also be getting space marine 2 to be fair, but still. Its a decent game and the visuals and environments look excellent, im happy with my purchase, hope they make more cool stuff in future

Same here I'd like to see his options

I mean if he has one of those drought weeks he might give it a go

if nothing else he'd love the soundtrack.

Im still waiting for that Darkest Dungeon review and at this point were probably more likely to see a review for the sequel so good luck

The soundtrack you could say is... heavenly.

Unnecessary colons

Well Necromunda is actually a series of things, like a LOT OF THINGS. The colon is actually needed here.

Didn't he say he was going to retire the dry heave after a double colon? Idk I seem to remember him mentioning it

there are already necromunda games on steam right now, nevermind the board game, books and miniatures. The dryheave is for meaningless subheadings, this one legitimately wouldn't even legally get to sell without a subheading

I fucking love 40k, lmao

Ditto for the Land Raider, iirc. Busy dude, Land.

@@zakcl00 the Land Crawler too, he sure did a lot

My personal favourite bit of silly 40K lore is that Earth's entire solar system got moved in the Dark Age of Technology, which is totally not a retcon to explain a mistake in a map of the galaxy, honest guv.

And the Emperor's name is actually Jimmy Space, who engineered the Space Marines

The title of the game made me fear for it's safety tbh

@@catmadethat it could have been "don't bother, sodomize yourself with the chainsaw FROM Doom instead because that's about the level of joy this game brings" For instance

Before watching, I don't know if this means it was a nice review or if you were really expecting him to tear it apart.

Then you were expecting what?

From what I've heard it is a fun but janky game.

Gotta put those poor bastards who die on the assembly line somewhere.

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL PRODUCTS!!!

shhh.... don't tell him.

I have a CSM army to paint. I feel I may have to get good at painting skulls.

He doesn’t care he said that already

*WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* •coughs• sorry, can’t keep that up.

Yooz got ta paint da gunz red, cuz red wunz go fasta so red gunz shootz faster, roight? Logic innit boss.

@@KeithFraser82 But ya also gotsta paint yer rounds yellow so's they got more dakka.

Scary phrase taken out of context

@@finler3 And it just so happens there's a Zero Punctuation tag on E621...

P K The fact that you know that is _deeply_ concerning.

@@sirapple589 "Feel weird yet"

@@sirapple589 Well given Yahtzee's love of dolphins it really shouldn't be that surprising.

You can if you want to, it depends on what you're designing really.

*casually sweeps pile of headless corpses into the acid vat*

real skulls aren't always practical in size, color, or durability

@@RabbiHerschel I apologize profusely for my heresy. Please send me to the Penal Legions or convert me into a servitor or servo-skull so that I may serve the Emperor better and expiate my sins!

One of the most funny thing is that in this game there are some serious Tyranid shenanigans going on down there, like the PC acknowledges that there is something weird and still nobody gives a crap about that :)

@@BaranZenon There's a massive Genestealer cult in the underbelly of some of the hives, but they're too busy fighting everyone else to actually do anything significant.

You're spot on.

Well, see, that's kind of the sticking point, isn't it?

The sprawling universe of WH40K is just too damned big to make a good FPS out of it. Either quit trying or wait till quantum computers become accessible and cheap enough to do it justice.

@@mr.pavone9719 Well that's a lie. They don't have to cover it all at once. At the very least the 40k fans are breathing a sigh of relief because this isn't Fire Warrior. Christ.

@@THB192 That's hardly a lie. Lying implies intent to deceive. Try "exaggeration" or "hyperbole". You know, just like 40K.

We don't speak of Turok 2008...

*record screech*

Look up Mechanicus, no space marines in sight.

At least Blood Ravens were just Relic's thing. I feel bad for old school ultramarine players, their chapter has become a meme.

@@AmericanZergling blame Matt Ward for the Ultrasmurf wank. Plus the only good thing about the Blood Magpies is the TV thorough debate between Boreale and Diomedes about scones.

That's what you get when people who like the setting do a game vs when GW decides to do a game

5.5 minutes for me

Forget the promise of indie gaming, for there is no hope or creativity in this universe, only an eternity of microtransactions and the laughter of greedy executives.

@@KeithFraser82 microtransactions sound like heresy to me time for Exterminatus!

We just need $200 of bullshit DLC added, and then it's every 40k game

I hate to be that guy but like, how is that refreshing? Ion Fury, Dusk, Amid Evil, Doom 2016 and Eternal, Overkill, probably more i’m forgetting about too… we’ve been taking the plot out of FPS games since the first Doom.

Yea I'm with Kent here it's everywhere now

@@kentmiller808 Experiences vary, but out of the ones you listed; only two of those have I touched for a hot minute. (Ion Fury and Doom 2016) Not everyone has played those games you listed.

@@USMC49er Just because you haven't played them doesn't mean it's a new trend.

As a 40k fan, Necromunda technically isn't all factory- just the inhabited bits are.

… f… for the emperor?

Agreed and CEASE FORTIFYING THE COMMENT SECTIONS!!!

Your official position is 'small and vaguely mustard coloured'?

@@largepurplemonkey I thought of it as a highly defensive one which is why I told him to not fortify the comment section again. On the colour I can only agree.

Somewhere well fortified, no doubt.

LOVE THAT XD AND THIS! ;)

The other review was for Gears of War remastered I think

Made by the same developers that did E.Y.E.

Nice.

Better something made with passion by fans than GW who blew up a setting because it wasn't making as much money as 40k

@@Mrkabrat To be fair, Fantasy was such a small sliver of their sales it makes sense they created some kind of event to gain interest. Take a look at Vermintide anyways the only reason we got that was because of end times and I'm sure it brought alot of people to AoS in the end of the day. Think the only bad part was they never updated total war so their were dead links leading to old fantasy minis.

@@Snarfcakes They did make the Storm of Chaos (a player driven world wide campaign about Archaons invasion of the Old World, among other things) back in 6th ed, which had the hilarious result of chaos getting stomped pretty badly and Archaon getting headbutted by Grimgor out of nowhere. We could also point to the main issue WFB had at the end of its life; 8th ed had a huge model count (horde units of 40 minis each was favoured) which made the entry difficult due to the hobby being expensive (in some cases the plastic kits contained 10 minis for around 35€). Add to this the lack of support by GW at the time, and voila! AoS has a lower model count and due to GW changing its marketing style they have made Start Collecting sets that make the entry level easier, as well as the rules being simpler. Though AoS had a very rocky start. On the bright side, WFB is now on the hands of players, who can play whatever edition they want with all the material GW has printed over the years (some considering 6th ed the pinnacle of it)

The kludgy aim down sights, at least on consoles, is pretty arse too.

A to scroll left, E to scroll right in menus. No sticking to conventions, and inconsistent. Definitely rough around the edges.

@@realityveil6151 Is there an endless fps game?! That could be pretty sweet.

Necro = death, munda = world. Using words from other languages automatically makes one’s writing 134% more cool and/or edgy.

It's no Bolt Thower that's for sure.

@@fighteer1 it's been around since 95

So pentakill then

@@fighteer1 its still a step up from 50% of 40k naming conventions, where you have worlds literally called "murder" "krieg" and "armageddon". and warhammer fantasy is even worse. i say this as someone who likes the setting.

Good news then! There actually IS a model for it. It's called an "Ambot" and they're created based on a creature called ambull. At least that's what I'm assuming you're talking about without having played the game myself.

He almost reviewed Space Marine.

He hasn't been shy about how he feels about the setting though. He once called people who unironically liked it amorphous blobs. And to be fair the lore is as dumb as a bag of hammers, but in a very enjoyable way. I love it, but I'd probably be a bit worried of someone who ignored the fundamental humorous and satirical parts because without those most of what's left is a juvenile power fantasy with a heavy indulgence in fascist aestetics.

@@havcola6983 except those humorous and satirical parts haven't really been present for a few editions and are totally absent from GW's marketing and official media by now, especially in the upcoming Warhammer+ animations, so 40k now IS a juvenille power fantasy with a heavy indulgence in fascist aesthetics. Hell, that's what Space Marine was. There was no critical or satirical element to Space Marine. I think that was part of the start of a downhill slope in the critical substance of 40k, when GW realized it was more profitable to pander to fascist power fantasies

@@havcola6983 If you call 40k "a power fantasy with authoritarian tendencies ", we can safely ignore what you have to say. Power fantasy in which everyone gets killed, mutates or goes insane and in the grand scale of things even the biggest characters are insignificant. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Not Borderlands Krieg, I would assume?

[URGE TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR INTENSIFIES]

@@blahthebiste7924 As long as the lands around the border feature trenches, barbed wire, charging autocannon nests, clearing bunkers, and dying for the Emperor, it can be Borderlands :D On a more "serious" note - no. There is a planet Krieg in WH40k that provides the most fatalistic and almost suicidal troops that look like WWI soldiers, always with their gasmask on and fond of military shovels for combat use.

Me seeing any shovel: “is this a market garden?”

Maybe that'll be a DLC in 2 months.

best secret 40k game: Deep Rock Galactic

That wouldn't really accomplish much though.

Well, someone is mounting those skulls to the furniture. There has a guild dedicated to this craft. Does make you wonder if they have practice skulls? If there is one thing you don't want to do in 40k it's dishonoring the dead.

some of those skulls still have their brains too

It's both at the same time 40k is fun yes? THE GOD EMPRORE PROTECTS!

The Blood God Khorne captured a band of orks, who fight for eternity against Khornes minions in this dimension/world he created. They kill each other by the end of the day, come back the next, and repeat ad infinitum.

He referenced people arguing about tape measures, I think he's at least been in the same building as someone playing

@@mrswb Fair point

There's good jank and then there's bad jank. Good jank might be, say, a character's face fucking up and looking weird in a Bethesda game. Bad jank is the hit registration shitting itself when you need to kill a boss.

The glory kills in this were so janky haha half of the time I wouldn't even be touching the enemy, he would just be glitching out while I stab the air

“Send him to NECROMUNDA!”

Mate most hive cities are Detroit but push to 100

I initially read that as *NUMEROUS GRENADES,* which is not exactly inaccurate.

Thus making the game a shoot-out in a gun factory, the firearms equivalent of a piss-up in a brewery.

This is actually very close to their actual strategy. Pretty much anyone can get a license, they just put marketing money behind the promising ones

Would that serve the Greater Good? ("THE GREATER GOOD!" "Shut it!")

And see the overrated shit indiefests that always reach his best pile

It'll be like clowns getting out of a car!

@@SkiLLAGEx94 Have you played hired gun before saying that?

Might need to add a whole honorable mention section

I don’t think this one will be on the worst list though since he enjoyed the core gameplay loop except the menu’s.

Skulls for the skull throne!

skulls for the skull throne!