Remnant 2 (Zero Punctuation) 

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Nick, i know you're still figuring out where to edit in the ad. But the sudden spontaneous cut to credits at the end is actually a key part of his ending stinger. Seriously, so many videos would not have made me laugh as much without it. If the ads are gonna stay, keep them at the beginning of the vid

yall do realize that the punchline punctuated by the guitar riff is the best part of the video right?

By the sounds of it, Yahtzee played most of the game without someone telling him that he could have been both a Gunslinger and a Dog Handler at the same time.

Nothing puts a sweet button on that final joke like a quiet ad read.

Just going to add to the voices - you can't end a ZP video with an ad read. It's against the formula and kills the punch of the final joke

Wow, changing the iconic ending cut to an ad read. Please let this be the first and last time!

Ugh, the new sponsor stuff really ruins the traditional parting shot.

feels so wrong to put the ad read before the end music guys. the end music needs to come crashing in right after yahtzee's last sentence

"Wow, that ad is weirdly placed. Where are the cred-" *AUDITORY ASSAULT*

The second ad placement is a travesty. ZP ending with the talking going straight to the riff is iconic. You already did an ad at the start, could you not wait until the end?

Fun Fact: They nerfed the ghost lady grab attack in the latest patch.

Don't put ads between the review and credits. It completely kills punchline of Yahtzee's final joke.

The dog actually makes the final fight easier as they have a heal-over-time aura and picks you up if you go down. If they aren't also down. Or you are out of relic charges. Or they are distracted by a particularly interesting looking bone somewhere else on the map.

One of the best parts about Remnant 2 is that it captures the whole "This alien world is beyond your understanding and you'll never have a 100% idea of what's happening since you're just some dumb bloke" feeing that I want in more games that have you travel around like that. Also I personally loved the glitch effects in the final fights of the game. It's a VERY clear way to show that the boss's usual pattern has been altered and it helps to show just how deeply fucked the system is because of The Root where life itself is glitching out as a result.

Nothing killed the mood faster from the high paced energy from Yatzs to a quiet and slow ad read. Not to mention you already put an ad at the front. I usually whitelist Escapist but if this hits one more time, sponserblock is coming back on for y'all.

I appreciate that you’re always engaging with the community, Nick. A lot of people brought up the ad thing and it’s good that you’ve provided a solid reason for the placement. I hope you guys get this worked out so that the ad doesn’t interrupt the flow of the actual video…but also get that I’m not paying for the content, so the ads are what they are

A lot of people have criticized the ending ad placement, so instead I will compliment that short moment right at the start where Yahtzee realizes an ad is coming and starts swinging his fist in vain, bitter defiance. That was clever and it made the first ad more digestible.

This video may contain one of the best Dark Tower references ever.

You guys got to keep the ending, you got to keep the ending with the little note during the guitar bit, it's like an iconic part of the show

The game doesn’t make it immediately obvious but when you find a dungeon you can tell if it’s mandatory for the story (square doorway) or an optional one (oval doorway). Also another cool thing about both remnant games is there are randomly generated bosses so you if you want to fight everything you need to play it multiple times

Please don't put the ads before his end credits.

I’m glad that I shared the same mindset as Yahtzee when given the option of starting as a gunslinger in Remnant 2, as well as thinking of Bloodborne with that medical Europe world with the cockneys wanting to chainsaw my face off.

Does this mean Remnant FTA now gets the rare honor of losing its mandatory dry-heave?

The best part about the downtime in regular Earth is that they brought back the resident "kooky old man with stories" and now he's a fixture instead of a random event. He even makes a Simpsons reference at one point.

Knowing which boss Yahtzee is referring to when he mentions "ghost lady". I will note on a me particular run, after I got nabbed by that same attack. I had done a panic move of spamming all my movement and attack buttons and I shook her off. I wasn't sure if this was a fluke ory dog got her but I got grabbed AGAIN that same fight and when I did the same move/attack spam I did the first time, with a lack s dog nearby. I shook her off a second time. So it turns out that grab move isn't as bullshit destructive as I once thought and it made that fight much easier.

The post-apoc desert area, (which can be your _FIRST ONE_) really made me feel lost too- I'd actuially missed a whole quarter of the map because the minimap didn't distinguish it from the kill-walls. My advice to anyone who doesn't know where to go, the game has a functional enough support tool for this! Look at the door icons on the minimap. Square doors are main area progression, rounded door icons are for side areas!

I adore che constant reminder on how much Yahtzee is annoyed by the ad

The best part of these videos is when you say something extremely witty and then the music kicks in. These adverts absolutely ruin the video.

Im fine with you having a dog that has a penchant for the good stuff if it means that us yahtzee plebs get our weekly wednesday fill of Yahtzee game reviews.

I'm playing with 2 mates and I'm having the time of my life. It's so much fun actually having to solve puzzles and communicate while shooting monsters from beyond the stars.

Yahtzee's biggest complaint about trying to figure out between main quest and side quest areas is alleviated by reading the map legend. The doors are clearly marked as main quest or side quest doors.

I like how everyone freaks out by NOT being jump scared by the end-shreds. But yea they're right, put the ad somewhere else lol

ads should either be the first or last thing in a vid. weird placements means i now hate the product and wont ever try or recommend it

I salute Yahtzee for turning round and saying NO! I WONT VOICE THE F******G ADVERTISMENT!

Whats funy is the dog handler one wouldve revived you in the end scenario

'And the Gunslinger Followed' If nothing else it's impressive that they could have that many optional dungeons and bosses. Usually they want stuff like that to be part of the main course. Which Soulslike would you consider the most bullshitty of all thus far? The Surge?

As a dog handler, I basically have a free revive with a minute cooldown and buff for my damage/armor/health depending on my Dog's stance (which I can change freely). Also, the banshee grabbed me too and my dog rushed at her and broke the grab, so I guess most of these things were made with multiplayer in mind, like how in Dark Souls 2 you can't break out of grabs by mashing attack and heavy attack, like the other dark souls games. He also forgot to mention that you can dual class, so you can be a gunslinger and have a dog.

Who would of thought a sci-fi 3rd person shooter would have one of the best reprasentations of the Fey in gaming.

I like how much Yahtzee has been enjoying the games he's playing recently

Oh no Yahtzee didnt realize the map legend tells you which doors are main path doors and which are side paths 😂

If you are struggling to find the critical path, like Yahtzee, it's the doors that are rectangular on the minimap.

Dimension hopping cowboy is really all you needed.

Ironically enough, the dog might've been handy since fido's been trained to use your estus flask of choice to revive you when downed once every two minutes

So did he know he can be a gunslinger AND have a doggo? Or a gunslinger and a sniper? Never even mentioned the multi classing system.

Robotcache sounds shady as heck

Commenting to agree with everyone else that you should vet your sponsors and not ruin your golden goose's parting shots he's put at the end of every video. It's harder to appreciate the last joke I just heard when I'm suddenly listening to a mumbled ad read through a headset microphone.

Pretty sure Yhatzee doesn't read this, but if you pick up the class with the dog you get a really handy aggro magnet/healer/dps boost, and if you set it as your main class you'll get one free revive even in singleplayer. It does a lot to help through the more aggravating quirks of the game, and if you don't wanna say goodbye to the gunslinger - no problem, equip it as your secondary and you still have all the class abilities except the single "prime perk" passive I think the reason the bosses have so much bullshittery is because the game was explicitly designed for co-op, so they expect you to be able to help each other (now, whether that actually balances it out is a different matter, cuz often that same bullshittery prevents your mates from safely reviving you...). So the 4 starting classes are made to accomodate for this: you have the tank (challenger); the healer (field medic); the dps (hunter, or gunslinger if you pre-ordered the game); and the solo class (handler) that can revive itself and gets an AI companion to draw aggro and provide support. (for those wondering: all other classes, including gunslinger, can be unlocked in the game) And you can argue that would be a bad idea as it forces solo players down a specific path if they don't want an unfair challenge, but because you can swap out your primary and secondary class for free at any time, and you only lose one passive perk from whichever you set as your secondary while keeping all other abilities, it actually works out pretty well. oh and as others have said, the minimap and map menu very clearly show which paths are optional or primary, and whether or not you have explored them already

1:59 I understand the hesitancy lmao but the dog class is fucking awesome. Its basically like having a co op partner that only uses melee and knows where every enemy is at all times. Plus it can revive you.

I think as a solo only player, starting as medic and getting the LMG style weapon which i used all the way too end game with a fire Torando attached too it, which i loved edits the guns model! I loved the tripod enemies that randomly appear right at the end of the game like something out of war of the worlds just screaming at you an stunning you, but i had the same issue and im only NOW learning that attack could be dodged? when shed just come out of the wall and one hit! I just became too paranoid too move anywhere during the fight, it turned me into the Turret in a Turret shooter game, and my dog could brake me free from her dementors kiss attack.

I enjoyed the game overall but he's right, some fights can feel a little cheap, the VFX on the final boss can be a serious eyesore and the worlds vary a lot in quality between absolutely incredible (Losomn) and extremely dreary (N'Erud and the final level). Sounds like he started in Losomn and ended in N'Erud so understandably his personal experience would've gradually gotten worse. It still feels like a massive step-up from the last game though. I barely remember anything about the first game apart from it being fun for a bit while some of the bosses in 2 will stick with me for a long time, so the devs at least deserve some credit for it.

The idea that Yatz has played so many Soulslike games that he instinctively dodge rolls away from the controller when he senses bullshit is both very funny and oddly believable

I'm glad there's someone else who dislikes the fact that it's possible in many games to use i-frames in a dodge roll to avoid attacks that would seem by their nature impossible to dodge in such a way.

That blasted Ghost Lady remains to be the one fight that gave me the most trouble, though I started as a Medic and could never discern between her grab move or her sudden lunge attack. It also didnt help that she could get that quick magic off beforehand. I was almost expecting a joke about the purple planet where if you so much as touch the outer edge with your pinky toe you proceed to vomit profusely. Still, I like how they expanded the class/archetype system with skills and passives for each, added hidden archetypes to unlock, and allow you to use two at once for all the benefits except the main perk of the secondary. This brought it more into a Titan Quest/Grimdawn territory for me in selecting the skills, weapons, mods, and items you want to compliment each other for your own unique class.

I picked the dog handler one and it was actually pretty good for a solo run. The dog is about as tanky as a M1 Abrams. So while it felt super fucked up to be like "Who's a good boy! Now go around the corner and agro 12 robots, so I can shoot them from afar." It was very effective.

They nerfed that ghost lady so now you can survive her grab attack instead of getting killed every single time. Hitbox is still super jank tho, prepare to get caught by it every time

I came to the comments to voice my frustration with the ad placement, saw the deluge on of folks expressing the same and left, and actually CAME BACK to add this anyway because it feels that important. We know RU-vid comments get read and engagement is tracked across the viewing experience. Y'all know we all clicked off as soon as that second ad read dropped and hopefully you learn from it. Fuck ads in general, but if you're gonna monetize try not to ruin your product with them.

Going into an ad read instead of the closing riff was like the auditory equivalent of missing the top step. Don't even know what it was for, i immediately skipped it to look for the text jokes in the credits.

the definition of being blue balled is an ad read right before the credits and loud music

The fact Yathzee missed that the game has procedural levels and thr experience is randomized talks about how good the game is. And explains why the last level was so frustrating.

*gunslinger was a pre order bouns for the game to clarify, to get it normally you gotta talk with mudtooth Or at least currently as of writing as in think they are gonna change that later Edit: also the map in game can give you an idea this area is a critical path or not by the shape or the door, oval = side quest, squares = critical path

It's a shame he was so close the end and didn't finish. Yes the second phase of Annihilation is a complete visual nightmare but the sound cues are how you beat it and the ending actually sets a lore based reason for multiple playthroughs. Can't wait for the DLC.

I take it he didn't find out about the dual classes or even class switching then. Also, it's hard to know on your first run through but the progression paths are usually visible before you enter a dungeon because they spawn in the same pattern or the next location is visible in the skybox.

Actually, since the dog can revive you and draw fire it's the best solo-play class, and you can have minions that can do ranged attacks if you unlock the summoner as well.

I so love the Golden Axe go arrow! ❤️

No mention of how almost every dungeon has multiple puzzles, events, and secrets which may or may not be there giving the game extensive replay-ability. Which is a nice change from being led around by the nose by the dev so that you don't accidently miss a single hair on an enemies buttocks that they worked so hard on.. Also what do you mean you didn't know where to go to progress the game? There's a giant exclamation point above all of the doors on the map that take you through the main story line.

That dark tower reference was gold

They do have a way to tell where to go. Its the door type on the map. I think its says it in the legend of the map. Which if your lost and have access to a map. I feel like thats a good place to look

It's not a fair criticism to say you were having trouble figuring out which dungeon was mandatory. Mandatory dungeons have a giant orange exclamation mark over the door on the mini map

Liked the Dark Tower reference, Gunslinger called out to me for that exact reason

If ya wanna skip optional dungeons - their entrances on the map are arches, the main dungeons entrances are rectangular. Quite the good concept imho, as it helps both ends of the player specturm to either seek out or avoid them.

It’s the closest thing I’ll get to a Dark Tower video game ever, so I’m happy with it.

The game's map has icons showing whether a dungeon is "main path" or "side path". The part about not being able to figure out if he was in the right dungeon is ignorance. Also given he was talking about N'Erud, he probably WAS in the right dungeon all along. That world has a "defeat 2 bosses to unlock the main boss" questline.

Having listened to my brother playing this, I think Yahtzee has it spot fucking ON. Lots of happy "kill 'em all" at the start and then grindy angry time and wails of "JUST GIVE ME MY ITEM"

I would like to add my voice to the list of people disliking the way the sponsor was handled in this video, whilst acknowledging that you are listening to feedback. Thank you.

The game shows you which dungeons are main vs. side by the shape of the entry on the minimap. Also could have added a secondary archetype. One of my favorite final boss fights in gaming, to boot

Next thing you know, Yahtz and Jack will be channel flipping like a pair of newscasters.

It's kind of interesting that Yahtzee apparently hated the final boss, when quite a few people seem to consider it one of the best boss fights in the Soulslike genera. Of course, everyone has their own likes and dislikes, and I have seen some people say it's got a little too much visual noise so they can't keep track of what's going on as easily.

Aww man, that final boss is the best one in the whole game!

"Rembrandts from the arses" is one of his most inspired ones yet.

Oh my God, that final boss almost made me quit as well. Compounded by the fact that my friends internet connection was iffy at best and he was hosting the game, making my millisecond-perfect timing needed for dodging some of the attacks just not matter cuz it'd hit me anyway.

"ashes consist entirely of remnants" thanks as always for brightening my Wednesday lol

editor clearly didn't realise that the music was part of the whole punch line thing he does 😂

I'm mixed on this game. It feels good to control and it's aesthetically pleasing. Barely if any redundancy in the weaponry. I'm probably one of the few people that like having a small roster of weapons to choose from rather than a massive list of hundreds. However I don't care for the procedural generation at all. I would have wildly preferred meticulously constructed levels the Souls series is known for. Procedural generation would be great for optional side content like Bloodborne's chalice dungeons. Not the mandatory stuff you have to go through. And my largest gripe of all, I haven't fought a single boss in 30ish hours I liked. They all feel like they've been created for multiplayer first and foremost. Everything I've defeated doesn't feel like I overcame a challenge through my skill it just feels like the AI arbitrarily decided to be slightly less aggressive that go around and I got lucky. Which is not good in a genre best known for it's boss fights. I'm still playing it but I don't see myself finishing it.

Need to put the ad after the zinger > music cut

Picking the Gunslinger class sounds great, but in the end it makes it pretty hard to solo when your running through it for the first time. Medic/Handler combo got me theough the game solo. Constant regen/ healing skills/ "infinit" relics make it easy

I ended up on the purple planet inside the ultra-massive black hole farming healing items first, and then went to the labyrinth to find Clementine, so my journey made a lot of sense. The plot is you helping fix and maintain the AI that runs reality in different time periods by traveling through space to kill shit selectively. The Ravager boss weapon called Merciless at +10 with the bandit or refunder mutator makes short work of most everything with the thousand bleed damage and cheap piercing bolt special.

Is this the first ZP where the ending credit sting doesnt drop after the last joke? I really hope its the last time....I know you have to make some money selling ads but this absolutely kills the momentum Yahtz builds and frankly, its a huge turnoff...

I find it pretty entertaining that Yatz didn’t realize you can tell which dungeons will further progression if you look at the legend in the map.

Exactly the same experience me and my friend had co-oping it, opinion of it slowly fell down after the second half, and we got to the 2nd phase of red glitchy nightmare half a dozen times, it never lasted more than 10 seconds, and felt like absolute bull that we could barely make out what was happening, and haven't played since.

Love the video, but, as others have said, putting an ad before the credits kills his final line. Either front load them both or put it at the very end.

The thing I found helped me with the dog is that it would keep bullshit distributors distracted while I filled their a hole with lead suppositories.

Remnant 1 was fun while I was playing it... but you could put a gun to my head and ask me to recount the plot/locations and I'd NEVER be able.

There's a big difference between wanderers and travelers. 1 typically has a destination in mind.

Square vs rounded map markers for dungeons, Yahtz. Square for main, round for side activity.

I'm so glad that many of the comments here are talking about the ad placement at the end. I didnt even realise the video was over. Very jarring.

N'Erud has been my sticking point. I started Remnant 2 3 times trying a different class each time and hoping I didn't get N'Erud. I got N'Erud twice and both times sucked. Handler was my first pick and the poor doggo is damn useless against the flying bots in N'Erud other than maybe drawing some agro. My 3rd time starting I 1) started as the Gunslinger because ammo and 2) finally got Losomn (the fairy magically part, not the Bloodborne-esque part) and 2) dropped the difficulty to the default survivor one. Turns out Veteran is not medium difficulty; it's R2's version of From the Ashes' Hard difficulty. Survivor is where I'd recommend people start even if you're a Souls vet, especially if you're playing it solo. That said, I honestly jumped back into the first game and am working on finish it first instead. I do wonder if Yahtzee played around with combining Archetypes. I'm planning on adding Challenger or Handler as my second Archetype; probably Challenger for the survivability perks. The dog sucks against most shit that flies, but is nice for drawing agro. Oh, I'm also very happy they kept the same sound effects. I liked that when a mini-boss popped up in the area I knew it thanks to them using the same music cue they used in the first game when mini-bosses spawned in. The guns are just as satisfying to use as well. Even with experience from the first game, I'd fucking kill for a lock-on in both games. That's the main thing I wish they'd added to R2. Though I, too, have some Souls-fatigue, so I've been playing Doom (2016) for some mindless shooting and glory kills.

ironic thing is, the dog would have come and rezed you so you dont insta die, and dont miss out on being rezed by friends for playing it solo. Its literally the class made for people that dont want to do the multiplayer but dont want to be disadvantaged by insta-deaths with no coop rez option

5:30 the dog handler would ld have unironically fared better. This game and mot of it bosses was designed for co-op, and the dog handler class was designed to bypass that for solo players

I'm all for ad's to support the channel, but please put the ad at the end of the video. The guitar riff at the end of a review is basically just the flow of the video that has been with us for 10 years plus. Put an ad at the beginning of the video, state that there will be an ad at the end of the video and then do it after the guitar riff, credits and thanking the patrons then do the ad.