Zero Punctuation: Awards for 2009

[Carnagath]

Yahtzee, you are absolutely brilliant and I hereby declare all other lists-of-the-year on other sites as obsolete. Especially that one from gamespot which puts Demon'ssssss souls at the best game spot.

They did the right thing in my opinion. DS is indeed 2009's Goty, there is no question about it, it was the most atmospheric, immersive and memorable game this year and it belongs to that very rare species of games that, while playing them (for more than 20 minutes), you keep thinking "wow, amazing, I'm going to have some long lasting memories from this". But yes, only if you are patient enough to experience it. It's just sad that he gave up on it so easily, he really missed out. Batman was fine, but no less a popcorn game than Uncharted 2. The real soul was in DS (npi).

 

[Randvek]

That was a depressingly morbid parting joke.

I was laughing (or perhaps grinning) for pretty much the entire thing up until that.

I'm not sure "depressingly morbid" really describes it. It was a comment so dark, it bends light that goes near it.

 

[Wilbot666]

I like the idea of Michael Atkinson getting a video game award. Next year it will have to be Jack Thompson.

Or perhaps Fred Nile?

 

[ward0630]

I didn't get the very end reference with MW2 assinating Yathzee. sum1 plz explain.

 

[Razorback0z]

Nice work as usual.

Agree on BAA was a good effort.

 

[Rific]

Oh jesus, I got a hernia from laughing when he talked about RE5

 

[Jory]

Pretty awesome.

Liked the Racism for legs comment, and the award titles.

And yeah the music in the middle was ridiculously loud.

 

[Mr.Lucifer]

I'm guessing someone was on the receiving end of the delightful British road system this Christmas...

Also (and I bet he gets this all the goddamn time) it's strange how Yahtzee dislikes the PS1-era Resident Evil games when he enjoys Silent Hill 2 so much. The games are very similar - top notch atmosphere, balls controls. I bet he'd enjoy them a little bit.

Maybe it because Silent Hill was much more story-driven, much scarier since you weren't required to kill enemies, and the script is less cliche and laughable than Resident Evil.

As for the video, well done. I loved the awards' names. As for the best game of the year, Arkham Asylum deserves it since its the only non-sequel to ever be good and new last year. I just hope its sequel does not tarnish the reputation too much.

Dragon age orgins was quite excellent.

 

[BlueTomfoolery]

When did DN-Forever get released?

 

[Mr.Lucifer]

If you go by yahtzee's standards, every gaming year was shit

 

[Nomanslander]

IDK!

Every time I hear Yahtzee bringing up Saint's Row 2 I loose an inch of respect for him.....0o

 

[Aptspire]

Great stuff, Yahtzee!
lol at the DNF (did not finish) comment

 

[rabidkanid]

Resident Evil 4 is boring crud unless you play it on the Wii and as far as I've played imo RE1 is the best of the series so far.....and in case you think I'm some nostalgic idiot I never owned a PS1 and I never bothered to play the RE series till Resident Evil: Deadly Silence came out for the DS and I love it to death.

I played the RE Remake afterwards and it sucked.
I played RE4 after that and it sucked.

 

[UtterTramp]

It seems that person who is responsible for putting the audio and video together is really determined to make us all completely fuc*ing deaf!
I don't really like the intro music (partly because of it volume level) and in this episode not only we get to hear it several times but it also seems to be louder than in the intro -_-.

 

[infernovolver]

The music was terribly loud. It might have even gotten louder the further you watched. For the awards for 2010, I suggest you use death metal, Yahtzee. Preferably something as unmelodic and migraine inducing as possible.

Nevertheless, very good video. I have a question though. Michael Atkinson won an award, so you can't draw a cock on his box, because he doesn't have one. If someone had the chance, should they draw a dick on his face, or would that be unnecessary because one is already there?

 

[-BloodRush-]

so what exactly happened with duke nukem forever? i remember watching Yahtzee's review and telling my brother it was out, only to be met with little to no evidence of that actually happening.

 

[Catalyst691]

Funny as always! Loved the attorney general spot.

 

[DarthHK]

I didn't get the very end reference with MW2 assinating Yathzee. sum1 plz explain.

Every reviewer, their grandmother as well as the mice living under their floorboards on the Internet pretty much unanimously hailed it as the second coming.

 

[theApoc]

Borderlands while not perfect is a really great game that has brought something new to the console generation, fun/fast paced coop gameplay.

Except that consoles have been doing that since last gen. More so even.

Name one game on any console that is like Borderlands.

 

[Rusty pumpkin]

he didnt even review borderlands, but i agree. its like the new painkiller, shooting with tons of varied guns against squishy things that are increasingly diffucultly fun to point guns at