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  • čas přidán 12. 12. 2023
  • From the team behind The Escapist, we're excited to introduce you to our new employee-owned and fully independent outlet, Second Wind.
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    This week on Fully Ramblomatic, Yahtzee reviews Persona 5 Tactica and American Arcadia.
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  • @SecondWindGroup
    @SecondWindGroup  Před 5 měsíci +295

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    • @bobafettjr85
      @bobafettjr85 Před 5 měsíci +10

      Did you all get to keep all the games you've purchased over the years you were with escapist? Or did they count as company property and they kept them?

    • @rocko7711
      @rocko7711 Před 5 měsíci

    • @SecondWindGroup
      @SecondWindGroup  Před 5 měsíci +29

      Yup we did.@@bobafettjr85

    • @bobafettjr85
      @bobafettjr85 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@SecondWindGroup Sweet. I would have been sad if all those games had gone to waste.

    • @rocko7711
      @rocko7711 Před 5 měsíci

      🎄

  • @kirant
    @kirant Před 5 měsíci +2057

    The first half of this is evidence Yahtzee has fully joined the Persona fandom. He's officially in the "why isn't there a Persona (X+1) yet?" camp that pretty much everyone heads to after Atlus begins transparently milking the last main entry for all it is worth.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 Před 5 měsíci +149

      He could try to cope by dragging himself through Soul Hackers 2 while trying to pretend it's better than a 6/10, like the rest of us.

    • @ArchusKanzaki
      @ArchusKanzaki Před 5 měsíci +41

      My same reaction. I do hope that he gives Persona 3 Reload at least abit of a try now that its been modernized / re-made. At least stave off his boredom until Persona 6 came along.
      Yeah, I heard that Yahtzee don’t really like Persona 3 story…. But give it a try?

    • @fillerbunnyninjashark271
      @fillerbunnyninjashark271 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Or persona 2

    • @mechanicalmonk2020
      @mechanicalmonk2020 Před 5 měsíci +18

      "guy who liked game wants sequel"

    • @Shadows_Inc
      @Shadows_Inc Před 5 měsíci +13

      ​@@louisduarte8763 I remember that. There were so many. Street Fighter II, II Turbo, II Champion Edition, II The World's Warrior, II Hyper Fighting, II New Challengers, II Anniversary Edition, II Turbo HD Remix, there was even one that came out just a few years ago, Street Fighter II Final New Challengers that came out around 2017. Street Fighter is a silly series when it comes to its releases.

  • @CushionSapp
    @CushionSapp Před 5 měsíci +1714

    You don't hear people list "having a good ending" in game reviews that often.

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan Před 5 měsíci +137

      He is right though. Sometimes an ending is so good that it just sits in your mind for weeks and you can't help but admire how good it was.
      I still think back fondly on SLIMES, a pretty decent RPGmaker game that, after slowly descending from "So grimdark it's funny" to "So grimdark that it's depressing" managed *the* most cathartic ending I've seen in at least a decade.
      The rest of the game was just "pretty good", but that ending made it the first game from that engine to give full marks to.

    • @MusicoftheDamned
      @MusicoftheDamned Před 5 měsíci +49

      This somewhat assumes that the majority of people who review games finish the game though and, uh, I don't think that's the case, especially if talking about non-professional (and obviously non-troll) reviews. Even restricting this to only professional reviews, they might not get enough to finish it and/or they might just be too unskilled or otherwise incompetent to finish it. [Insert footage of that infamous _Cuphead_ intro level here.]

    • @davidchristie6003
      @davidchristie6003 Před 5 měsíci +30

      Generally only 20ish % of players who start a game will finish it. Maybe less effort is put into a thing that most people wont see, though thats a shame if true.

    • @TheSimmus
      @TheSimmus Před 5 měsíci +19

      Many reviewers never even finish the game. Even many players don't.
      What strikes me as a shame, since the ending is the so important.
      Like the ending to Little Nightmares 2 that depressed me for weeks.

    • @BroadwayBrittany
      @BroadwayBrittany Před 5 měsíci +28

      To be fair, in this instance, the ending is INCREDIBLY satisfying. Like, when you get to it, it HITS and you just feel so damn good, like everything you just went through was absolutely worth it. The game has very strong start and an even stronger end, and for that, I can forgive the middle for simply being average.

  • @kingsleycy3450
    @kingsleycy3450 Před 5 měsíci +547

    Seems Yahtzee has become a true Persona fan: loves the main entries; tolerates the spinoffs for the music

    • @nantogeass
      @nantogeass Před 5 měsíci +35

      And the most important: watching the cutscenes on youtube.

    • @edmg7
      @edmg7 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Does this mean I'm not a true fan since I liked Tactica?😜

    • @Lucios1995
      @Lucios1995 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@edmg7 I didn't like how Strikers abandoned the SP recovering mechanic tied with the date deadlines, and Tactica is ALSO abandoning the elemental attack system?

    • @edmg7
      @edmg7 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@Lucios1995 not sure why you're replying to me with those details, but I'll respond. Both games have very different naratives, gameplay, and in game economies than mainline Persona games. I don't really mind either of the things you mentioned being gone because I thought the experiences in Strikers and Tactica were better because of the omissions.

  • @strain42
    @strain42 Před 5 měsíci +817

    Yahtzee's lucky he only recently became a Persona fan because the agonizing gap between Persona 5 and 6 is new to him. He didn't have to deal with the large gap between 4 and 5. Or the large gap between 2 and 3.
    That said, the gap between 5 and 6 IS shaping up to take the record for longest gap between major mainline titles! So...that's something.

    • @starmaker75
      @starmaker75 Před 5 měsíci +20

      Yeah, I get that covid probably but the development on hiatus for a while and that persona games nowadays take time, but the gap between persona 5 and 6 is starting to get annoying

    • @martin0499
      @martin0499 Před 5 měsíci +17

      Was there even a "fandom" between 2 and 3?

    • @vaidenkelsier7757
      @vaidenkelsier7757 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Tracks with industry trends though, development times are getting larger and larger

    • @roboknobthesnob
      @roboknobthesnob Před 5 měsíci +54

      @@martin0499 probably but they all died out of old age

    • @fearingalma1550
      @fearingalma1550 Před 5 měsíci +2

      the PS1 era

  • @Tolly7249
    @Tolly7249 Před 5 měsíci +39

    American Arcadia genuinely has one of the best endings I've seen in any narrative format. The perfect use of the F-bomb. The cynical yet hopeful tone. The characters being so perfectly in character. It's perfect.

  • @charliepaterson89
    @charliepaterson89 Před 5 měsíci +27

    I was fully expecting "shows you just how important a good ending can be" to be followed by looking into the camera in silence for 10-15 seconds before the credits roll

  • @Dhlamedia
    @Dhlamedia Před 5 měsíci +215

    If one game makes a single good use of the word "fuck", then that's all the accolades a game needs.

    • @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563
      @grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Might as well get an award for game of the year.

    • @BB8B8
      @BB8B8 Před 5 měsíci +10

      CoD: MW2 (the original one) had precisely one f-bomb in it right near the end of the game, and it was used perfectly

    • @greenhydra10
      @greenhydra10 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Yeah that particular line was just perfect.

    • @Kraftigebub
      @Kraftigebub Před 5 měsíci +6

      Just saying, for all of Final fantasy 16's flaws, I did love the characters swearing.
      Shiva and titan are fighting, ice shards are spawning, giant boulders are dropping everywhere...
      Yeah, Fuckfuckfuckfuck.... is an apropriate response to that situation.

  • @britfox7766
    @britfox7766 Před 5 měsíci +238

    American Arcadia sounds like the title of a mid-tier YA dystopia.

    • @sgtmarcusharris4260
      @sgtmarcusharris4260 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Lol it does

    • @UnfortunatelyTheHunger
      @UnfortunatelyTheHunger Před 5 měsíci +29

      I think Todd in the Shadows put it best: "I've always had a problem with the way we just stick the word 'America' on everything; maybe not everything that happens in this giant-ass country says something about America."

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW Před 5 měsíci +5

      Honestly, when I first saw the name, I thought it said Arcade America, which was a weird Windows 95 platformer that Ross Scott once surprised us with in his Game Dungeon.

    • @cranapple3367
      @cranapple3367 Před 5 měsíci +19

      That is more or less the plot, but the ending really sticks the landing in being a lot more complicated than the premise would suggest.

    • @britfox7766
      @britfox7766 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@GmodPlusWoWAfter reading this, I've technically learned something today

  • @U-Flame
    @U-Flame Před 5 měsíci +74

    Funny you mention appreciating a game's one good "fuck" placement in the same video as a P5 spinoff, cause P5 Strikers is my personal favorite of that category. A whole game and a half of teenagers avoiding the fuck word, using "eff" if anything, and then we get Ryuji's passionate "Shut the FUCK up" that hits so good

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 Před 5 měsíci +18

      It does help tgat ryuji being legally obligated to never say fuck was a meme in the phandom

    • @TheMinecraftMan757
      @TheMinecraftMan757 Před 5 měsíci +8

      @@jmurray1110 I honestly wonder if the localization team just decided to cave in for the meme.

    • @animeotaku307
      @animeotaku307 Před 5 dny

      @@TheMinecraftMan757If they did, I’m on board. It made that “fuck” so much more powerful. Especially when Morgana, who often chides Ryuji for being vulgar, was onboard with him.

  • @SpyHunter89
    @SpyHunter89 Před 5 měsíci +357

    Ironically, Persona 5 Strikers was the last time I remember a precision F strike in a game being genuinely impactful.

    • @garr_inc
      @garr_inc Před 5 měsíci +30

      I find the setup to be a bit much for my taste, but that hardly diminishes the impact. Also, Strikers is a surprisingly good Persona 5 spin-off.

    • @roogy1622
      @roogy1622 Před 5 měsíci +64

      THEY FINALYL LET RYUJI SAY FUCK

    • @GreysonMacAllister
      @GreysonMacAllister Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@roogy1622He also got to say it in P5 Royal. I remember messaging my roommate at the time about it.

    • @pmintertek
      @pmintertek Před 5 měsíci +9

      I think it's just people really hyping up Ryuji saying the word rather then actual impact of the word.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@roogy1622oh
      Congratulations, Skull!
      XD

  • @auzell1449
    @auzell1449 Před 5 měsíci +19

    That thumb rotating from a sideways to a pointing up position has gotta be the first time I've seen an actual animation in one of Yahtzee's videos

  • @awelcruiz
    @awelcruiz Před 5 měsíci +115

    "I was going to call it Persona Lack-tica but I was afraid people would think I was comparing it to breastfeeding."
    The things you have to think about when you're Yahtzee.

    • @mothichorror446
      @mothichorror446 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Slack-tica was right there, but then people might assume it's about pants

    • @pikapuffin368
      @pikapuffin368 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@mothichorror446 he did use that one ultimately

  • @Jay_76
    @Jay_76 Před 5 měsíci +79

    Since it's almost that time, I wonder of Yahtzee is going to do a "5 Best, Worst, and Blandest" list for this year.
    Maybe evolving said list to include companies which have ruined themselves via poor personnel decisions?

    • @kadebrockhausen
      @kadebrockhausen Před 5 měsíci

      Worst Fuckheads in Gaming are listed by the number of layoffs they did this year

    • @vedwalker3974
      @vedwalker3974 Před 5 měsíci +15

      What a complete innocuous idea, including companies that imploded under the weight of the single stupidest decision they could make that forever changes their business, either by forcing them to adapt quickly or going entirely extinct.
      ...What recent event could you possible be referencing with that inquiry?

    • @Jay_76
      @Jay_76 Před 5 měsíci +15

      @@vedwalker3974 Why, none what-so-ever. It was just a random thought that popped into my head for reason.

  • @thechevyferrari9559
    @thechevyferrari9559 Před 5 měsíci +30

    I’m reminded of the Rory Award from HHGG for “most strategic use of the word Belgium in a serious screenplay,” I think American Arcadia earned Yahtzee’s version.

    • @ObadiahtheSlim
      @ObadiahtheSlim Před 5 měsíci +8

      In the original British version, it was "use of the word Fuck in a serious screenplay." They censored the joke for America, but then realized that the nonsensical nature of it was absolutely hilarious.

  • @OpheliasSanctum
    @OpheliasSanctum Před 5 měsíci +202

    What's that, Skippy? There's a new Fully Ramblomatic episode out today? What good news. 😊

    • @roboknobthesnob
      @roboknobthesnob Před 5 měsíci +13

      Ahhhh cultured reference

    • @ultimatum1895
      @ultimatum1895 Před 5 měsíci +22

      What's that Skippy? It's a double bill episode? What good news!

    • @chrisjones5949
      @chrisjones5949 Před 5 měsíci +16

      Nice reference, you extremely tasty marsupial!

    • @tylerfindlay3774
      @tylerfindlay3774 Před 5 měsíci

      What’s that Skippy? Your wondering why i still keep you around even though we already took off all the tasty parts of your body?
      Silly Skippy, if we don’t see you suffer then it was all for nothing.

  • @FonVegen
    @FonVegen Před 5 měsíci +81

    I loved the story of American Arcadia, and fully agree that it sometimes drags on a bit but the ending makes it entirely worth it and satisfying.

    • @gargaj
      @gargaj Před 5 měsíci +20

      I loved how satisfyingly unsatisfying it was. There's no big catharsis, there's no grand takedown, just "yeah, DUH, what DID you expect?"

    • @doobzsalam1847
      @doobzsalam1847 Před 5 měsíci +8

      I loved it because for years the one thing that brothers me about the Truman show was.....isn't this good for baddies? I mean the audience is cheering him on and celebrating everyone is watching. Have they not set up a situation where they win no matter what? So its cool to see a story explore that

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 Před 5 měsíci +2

      From a game mechanics pov I can't get over the fact that the game tricks you into thinking those outside the dome are free by using a 3D first person perspective only to make it obvious that this isn't anymore the case and having the last scene using the 2D perspective. Like it is a really linear game but it also could never work as anything other than a game.

  • @CrimWorld9
    @CrimWorld9 Před 5 měsíci +3

    WHY IS THE ENDING THEME SONG SO LOUD!
    Blows out my damn ears every time

  • @mauromerconchini
    @mauromerconchini Před 5 měsíci +22

    The GLORIOUS return of "man with blank expression". I am overcome with elation from seeing him once again. A Yahtzee staple.

  • @AegixDrakan
    @AegixDrakan Před 5 měsíci +80

    Man, can I just say how jazzed I am by how phenomenally well the transition you guys made has been?
    It's like you guys never left, and also got better than ever. :D

  • @starmaker75
    @starmaker75 Před 5 měsíci +190

    It interesting that wasn't a persona 5 spinoff that didn't go full on the stealth. You think being phantom thieves you would seen more sneaking in, but strikers goes "burst out into a widow and forgot the stealth".

    • @denmark1226
      @denmark1226 Před 5 měsíci +30

      That's kind of P5's thing in general. "What's that? You think Theives should be stealthy? Why would we do that, we can't show off how stylish we are."

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan Před 5 měsíci +20

      Unfortunately, Stealth games are exceptionally niche and thus aren't a "reliable AAA investment". :(
      But man I would pay full price for a P5 themed Tactical Stealth game like Shadow Gambit, or a full blown actual-for-real-stealth game like Thief or Styx.

    • @starmaker75
      @starmaker75 Před 5 měsíci +11

      @@denmark1226 yeah that one noticable nitpick I have with persona 5 and it spin off. I rarely feel stealthy and successor to Arense lupin. The only time I did was maramade's palace, and some of Kanheshiro and Shido's palace. Also while I love persona 5 strikers(it's probably my favorite persona spin-off) it gameplay it basically the opposite of being a phantom thieves should do and went "ah yes very subtle and sneaky"
      I get why atlus didn't do it because doing stealth can be hard to do while also trying to balance the rpg. Then just went "fuck the stealth, let just do what we good at".

    • @cyansuy3062
      @cyansuy3062 Před 5 měsíci +21

      Isn't the whole concept of a phantom thief, or "gentleman" thief about being flashy and stylish while laughing directly at the face of those they steal from? Not sure you can sneak a lot of stealth in that.

    • @tuseroni6085
      @tuseroni6085 Před 5 měsíci +2

      having not played strikers i'm not entirely sure if that "widow" was a typo or not.

  • @lethargicwizard
    @lethargicwizard Před 5 měsíci +108

    What got me when playing Persona 5 Tactica was how stiff a lot of the side dialogue felt, and how flat many of the jokes landed. It gave me the overall impression that the localization team were phoning this one in a little, and the jokes made more sense in Japanese, but I don't know enough Japanese to tell. Maybe they gave this one to their jr localization team to work on for experience.

    • @ichijofestival2576
      @ichijofestival2576 Před 5 měsíci +8

      If they did, I'd say that's at least half a brain. They knew not to overspend on what was obviously going to be aimed at a niche of an already niche audience. The full brain moment would've come in deciding not to make it at all. Even if it *does* take years to make these things. Someone should've asked the obvious question: are we milking this thing too hard?

    • @lethargicwizard
      @lethargicwizard Před 5 měsíci +25

      @@ichijofestival2576 hey man, I'M that niche of a niche audience. There are dozens of us. Dozens. And we don't appreciate the slander okay.

    • @treaosserrare9826
      @treaosserrare9826 Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@ichijofestival2576 the Dancing games and Arena Fighters alone should have been the wake-up call about over milking though they haven't become dessicated husks like the teats on Star Wars

    • @ichijofestival2576
      @ichijofestival2576 Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@lethargicwizard I know: I'm in the niche just next door. Saw you taking out your trash the other day. 😂

    • @FirestormMk3
      @FirestormMk3 Před 5 měsíci

      @@treaosserrare9826 I mean, having played Strikers I thought it was fairly bland and sub par, and even if I could for free I don't think I'd waste my time with Tactica (and as someone who loves Persona and XCOM, I should be the target audience so that's not a good sign), but I fully, unironically liked both Arena and the various Dancing All Night etc games. Arena was an actual, solid fighter up there with something like BlazBlue, and while I fully understand the niche, I am someone who already liked things like the Project Diva games (was very excited when F was localized) and the Persona series has always had a very good soundtrack, so between that and the fact it wasn't like they tried to charge full price for the rhythm games I honestly wouldn't mind if a budget music spinoff didn't generally follow them going forward.

  • @artemiswinchester6151
    @artemiswinchester6151 Před 5 měsíci +104

    I watched Prometheus, the attenpted prequel to Alien once. I predicted every single twist and turn on my first watch. My adopted moms ex wanted to know if I'd seen it before and it was just 'Nope. I just know how to recognize plot elements, and this is just copying the original movie.'

    • @jmurray1110
      @jmurray1110 Před 5 měsíci +15

      Petty officer pattern recognition must be pulling overtime

    • @alcoremortis
      @alcoremortis Před 5 měsíci +6

      lol same for me. A friend yelled at me for spoiling the movie and I was like "I've literally never seen this before"

    • @TomsThoughtsonThings
      @TomsThoughtsonThings Před 5 měsíci +6

      ah yes the moment in the original alien when they discover the universe's oldest man has been hanging out on the ship the whole time, a classic. such a shame a visionary director like ridley scott was lazily plagarized by *checks notes*... ridley scott

    • @Pgoodso
      @Pgoodso Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@TomsThoughtsonThings When Charlize Theron spit out "Father" to said Universe's Oldest Man while kneeling to him like Darth Vader to the Emperor, I burst out laughing in the theater, and NO ONE ELSE DID. Despite the fact that Americans probably consume the most media in the world, we are in general strikingly media illiterate and incapable of pattern recognition. Like, how do you not laugh at these thudding cliches and stupidities?

    • @TomsThoughtsonThings
      @TomsThoughtsonThings Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Pgoodso please forgive me for my ability to appreciate art while understanding it is not wholly original 🙇🏻 id appreciate some recommendations for movies that don't build on anything before them

  • @kairider1770
    @kairider1770 Před 5 měsíci +58

    We’re gonna get a Persona 5 themed first person shooter made in the build engine before we get Persona 6

    • @aidangordon2713
      @aidangordon2713 Před 5 měsíci +12

      Morgana: The Platformer, coming soon from Sonic Team and guest starring a Shadow who wants to shoot himself!
      ...Yes, even _more so_ than usual!

    • @Kasaaz
      @Kasaaz Před 5 měsíci +3

      They'll recreate the entirety of Persona 5 in Roblox before Persona 6...

    • @lucasLSD
      @lucasLSD Před 5 měsíci +10

      ...I actually want that.

    • @xiii.5331
      @xiii.5331 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@lucasLSD Same.

    • @FryazinoStation
      @FryazinoStation Před 5 měsíci

      I want it! All of it! In my face! OMNOMNOMNOM And it should have a sewer level, with green text "Sewer count"

  • @deusexvesania1702
    @deusexvesania1702 Před 5 měsíci +5

    4:52 Was that a moving prompt? Holy shit!
    No, seriously, I think that was the first I've ever seen in this reviews.

  • @gargamellenoir8460
    @gargamellenoir8460 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Finally some love for American Acadia. The game is also great looking and while the story starts as the derivative Yathzee mentioned it goes its own way long before the amazing ending. I finished it in 7 hours and they were almost all wonderful.

  • @TheRIsForRizzo
    @TheRIsForRizzo Před 5 měsíci +11

    Endings make a huge difference. Despite getting numerous awards at Winter E3, Alan Wake 2 has become a 'wait for sale' game, simply because Yahtz said the ending sucked. Not super interested in media that just keeps trying to spinoff itself.

  • @gabrote42
    @gabrote42 Před 5 měsíci +3

    4:08 And Farenheit 451, especially around the middle of the end, and the themes it proposes. They also allude to Orwell a lot, but only one or two spots ever feel like 1984. Still, I loved it to bits!

  • @Noops_AU
    @Noops_AU Před 5 měsíci +2

    Played American Arcadia because of this review. Had a blast. Thanks Yahtzee

  • @Lyanraw
    @Lyanraw Před 5 měsíci +13

    I wonder if he'll get a chance to play "scene investigators". It seems like his kinda thing since he loved "Return to Obra Dinn"

  • @TPrime85
    @TPrime85 Před 5 měsíci +18

    Really digging the dog as the imp’s replacement ❤

  • @spazzyphantasm
    @spazzyphantasm Před 5 měsíci +5

    Any time I hear Yuri Lowenthal now, I reflexively say "You again" or "Shut up Yuri". Yuri is like Steve Blum with how often he is used, except Steve's voice is much easier on the ears.

  • @strain42
    @strain42 Před 5 měsíci +13

    Awesome! I was really hoping that Yahtzee would play Tactica. As a fan of both Persona an XCOM, it seemed up his alley.

    • @Brian-tn4cd
      @Brian-tn4cd Před 5 měsíci +2

      I will agree it gets boring kinda fast, still at world 2 because i really cant be bothered to get back to it, they start introducing gimmicks far to late but aren't constant enough i feel that they shake things up, from what I've spoiled myself DLC is a better experience, but it's short and you know stuff you have to pay for. Also there's very little stakes in both gameplay and narrative adding to the general "been there, done that" feel that elevates the boredom

  • @Dr.Death8520
    @Dr.Death8520 Před 5 měsíci +6

    American Arcadia was one of those surprisingly nice games, and Yahtzee pretty nailed the review.

  • @CinosTheHedgehog2000
    @CinosTheHedgehog2000 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Okay I understand Yahtzee doesn't have the ZP license anymore, but the loophole to getting around that being that every character has a pair of glasses is going to take some time to get used to.

    • @TiodaniPKM
      @TiodaniPKM Před 5 měsíci +2

      lol, I haven't noticed it until I read your comment.

    • @ponponpatapon9670
      @ponponpatapon9670 Před 5 měsíci

      i noticed it but i personally don't find it distracting; i adjusted to it immediately

  • @AceofShadow
    @AceofShadow Před 5 měsíci +24

    Hope the Persona 3 remake reinvigorates Yahtzee's love of Persona.

    • @U-Flame
      @U-Flame Před 5 měsíci +3

      I'm pretty sure he's mentioned skipping that one. Too crushingly depressing

    • @U-Flame
      @U-Flame Před 5 měsíci +10

      @@Aspi3Gam3r He plays the games he's interested in playing. He doesn't owe anyone any review he doesn't feel like doing.

    • @deusexvesania1702
      @deusexvesania1702 Před 5 měsíci +5

      I had totally forgotten about Persona 3 Reload.
      Cut content, polished graphics, 60 bucks, please.

    • @pmintertek
      @pmintertek Před 5 měsíci

      @@Aspi3Gam3r I don't the point of reviewing a remake which, like you said, mainly just updates gameplay up to current quality level.

    • @GenesHand
      @GenesHand Před 5 měsíci

      @@Aspi3Gam3r Poorly aged ?

  • @pandemedley9378
    @pandemedley9378 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I watched RTGame play American Arcadia, one of the few streams I stuck around for all the way through, and Yahtzee echoes my sentiments on almost all fronts - the protagonists do have a tendency to whine at times, but broadly speaking the plot is quite well paced. At some point there's a Twitch chat analogue in the game, and it was almost more Twitch-chat-esque than RT's actual Twitch chat was, weirdly!

  • @yuyuyu25
    @yuyuyu25 Před 5 měsíci +26

    P5T's combat was weird. Like, there's a bunch of different elemental attacks and they do...stuff? Like some of them can be kinda interesting, nuclear and hypnosis bring enemies together so you can get a combo easier...but then I never really felt like the game was deep enough for that to matter too often.

    • @spencerbowden2979
      @spencerbowden2979 Před 5 měsíci

      The skills were useful depending on how the enemy’s were set up.
      Anne’s fire skills were best use first dealing massive damage to clustered enemy’s.
      This synergizes with makotos nuclear spells which bring enemy’s together.
      Haru and ryuji also have really good synergy.
      Haru being able to pull enemy’s into range and ryuji being able to knock them back being melee boosted by haru.
      The only spell I never really found a good use for was yusukes ice spells which seemingly just made enemy’s exposed but other spells did that anyway so what was the point?
      But that wasn’t really where yusuke got the best value anyway so I forgave it.

    • @infernaldisdain8051
      @infernaldisdain8051 Před 5 měsíci +1

      The problem isn't that the game isn't engaging or has no depth. The real problem is that the AI is braindead. When the AI is so simple it doesn't create engagement. Not to mention they don't allow the AI to be able to do half the things you can. Only the DLC lets you play with a more difficult version of the game, and even then, the AI is still unable to adequately take advantage of obvious weakpoints.

  • @johnappleseed6210
    @johnappleseed6210 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I was 15 when Persona 5 came out in the US, and it was the perfect game for me. Now I'm 21 and it's gone on for too long, yeah I'm older but I've seen these characters do as close to everything as possible. Plus its getting really hard to keep buying these games without my girlfriend thinking I'm weird.

  • @PokeHeadroom
    @PokeHeadroom Před 5 měsíci +3

    im really really liking the changing colors on the videos, i wont miss the piss days of yahtzee

  • @rodrigotolosa590
    @rodrigotolosa590 Před 5 měsíci +23

    As yahtzee described the gameplay of American Arcadia, I was thinking "Ugh, I don't think I wanna that", but when he said "I liked it because it had a really good ending" y went "oh, then maybe I'll give it a try". Goes to show how important a good ending can be that just the mention of having one can convince someone of playing the game.

    • @dudeguy2330
      @dudeguy2330 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Endings have a lot more impact on our overall impressions of the things they end than a lot of people acknowledge. In many cases (particularly when there's limited or no postgame content to faff about in), it's the last experience we have with the game before going on with our lives, and we're naturally predisposed to remember our most recent opinion of something more strongly than any others (with our first impression being the next-strongest). Provided you don't make a point of thinking more deeply about the rest of the game, that often means that a good ending will leave you feeling like you really enjoyed it even if it wasn't actually that great and in the moment you felt like it was a bit of a slog.

    • @samgamgi
      @samgamgi Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yeah, we mostly remember "the journey", but when an ending REALLY sticks the landing, it just stays with you.
      I'll always remember and cherish the day I finished Mass Effect 1. At first I only thought the game was great, but, there were other great games, I had finals going on, it just got tossed aside when I reached Virmire, I think.
      Then, 2 came out, and people were saying it was a direct sequel, so I picked ME1 again. Barely remember a thing, so I restarted. Some days after that, I got to Virmire again.
      "Shiiiit, the weird ship can speak?" and I must've gone from Virmire to the ending on one long night, played almost until dawn. I just couldn't stop there, fuck high school, the galaxy is more important. Bought ME2 online, started downloading it, went to sleep. Woke up at noon, had lunch, and started ME2. And what an amazing start that game has, specially for one who just finished ME1.
      That was one of the best experiences I've ever had, I don't think it'll ever be topped.

    • @maromania7
      @maromania7 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I honestly walked away from playing it with the same feeling. The story was nice but nothing to right home about, gameplay competently done but not amazing. Good enough to keep playing but nothing to fully engage. Then when the final act comes online, I was left completely satisfied. I heartily agree with that being one of the most satisfying uses of the one "fuck" I've seen in a good long while. One of the last words said, beautiful. And since it's a modern streamed show, it also has a section where you get to see the chat window, and it's one of the most realistic fake chats I've seen.

  • @Drazamuffin
    @Drazamuffin Před 5 měsíci

    I really love the change in background to show what is specifically being critiqued along with the less eye searing colours overall

  • @dorianhinkle5595
    @dorianhinkle5595 Před 5 měsíci +3

    God, it's been forever since I had a truly satisfying ending in a game, I should check American Arcadia out

  • @Dan-zc3ou
    @Dan-zc3ou Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hi Yathzee, i know it's not something you do but since it has been proved that things change (zero punctuation and all that) can you consider maybe on doing a review for game that came out in 2022?
    It's called "I was a teenage Exocolonist" (yeah i know, the title is what it is and i can already hear all the jokes lol) and it's honestly the best Visual Novel Game i have ever seen! it absolutely deserve a shoutout, exposure and reviews, it has the best writing i have seen in a long while.

  • @TBrius88
    @TBrius88 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks for the reviews!

  • @Shadows_Inc
    @Shadows_Inc Před 5 měsíci +5

    Is it just me, or are these getting released even more frequently than Zero Punctuation? Keep up the good work guys!

    • @gargaj
      @gargaj Před 5 měsíci +8

      Just you - once a week, every Wednesday still.

  • @danielamin
    @danielamin Před 5 měsíci +1

    I wanna give props to the "the buck passes here" joke. Well done, sir.

  • @bomamanylor
    @bomamanylor Před 5 měsíci

    Glad to see you guys are fully up and running!

  • @Lucios1995
    @Lucios1995 Před 5 měsíci

    4:08 I was interested in American Arcadia and you were making it sound better than I thought but, oh my god, anything that reminds me of Deadlight is a write off for me

  • @MattwosRandomNonContent
    @MattwosRandomNonContent Před 5 měsíci +1

    2:10 You might want to tell that to demons like High Pixie and Succubus then lol!

  • @johnmobile5747
    @johnmobile5747 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Good work Yahtzee feels like youre in the groove again after the move

  • @smittywerbenjagermanjensen4737
    @smittywerbenjagermanjensen4737 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I think people forget there was nearly a 10 year difference between vanilla persona 4 and vanilla persona 5 and persona 5 made even more money so it’s not that surprising that they’re waiting even longer

  • @ManOfAnswers
    @ManOfAnswers Před 5 měsíci +1

    Bought American Arcadia purely on Yahtzee's recommendation. It truly was a good ending.

  • @mi5iu491
    @mi5iu491 Před 5 měsíci

    Hell ya yahtzee and the team. In glad you all left. This channel is awsome. Im happy to toss my shekels to your patreon!!!!

  • @kobalt_ren01
    @kobalt_ren01 Před 5 měsíci

    There's something about that slowly rotating thumb clipart that really got me.

  • @Raida7
    @Raida7 Před 5 měsíci

    That sideways thumb turning upwards was compelling! 👍🏼

  • @l88ch3r
    @l88ch3r Před 5 měsíci

    Just want to say that I appreciate that there isn't a 200% increase in volume for the opening music like there was at the old place.

  • @mikah90
    @mikah90 Před 5 měsíci +2

    now that its fullyramblomatic again, we need another limerick episode!

  • @DarkinBladeGaming
    @DarkinBladeGaming Před 5 měsíci +1

    It's funny because I called the twists at the end of Arcadia pretty early on. Didn't call how depressingly realistic it would be afterwards though

  • @stevenneiman1554
    @stevenneiman1554 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I love how they're not just retreading the same ground as previous games, but retreading the same ground as previous spinoffs of the same game.

  • @danieljuarez4796
    @danieljuarez4796 Před 5 měsíci

    Love you guys, keep up the great work!!❤

  • @Athiuen
    @Athiuen Před 5 měsíci +1

    This was the first week that I was actually expecting to hear the new theme song when the episode began. I liked that.

    • @FirestormMk3
      @FirestormMk3 Před 5 měsíci

      I'm looking forward to that. My brain keeps anticipating the wrong smash cut end credits music, but I'll get there I'm sure.

  • @Kio_Kurashi
    @Kio_Kurashi Před 5 měsíci

    Random thought, but when the end of the year comes, perhaps next year, for the yearly recap if you do one you could call it Yearly Ramblomatic since it pairs nicely with Fully.

  • @mittensfastpaw
    @mittensfastpaw Před 5 měsíci

    The new opening is a small but yet much needed change in all this. It just fits and it isn’t so loud I have to turn down devices for a moment before he speaks. The lil things go pretty far!

  • @residentgrigo4701
    @residentgrigo4701 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Person 1´s and 3´s original releases were hard as balls.

  • @nicklager1666
    @nicklager1666 Před 5 měsíci +83

    You know its bad when Yahtzee is getting a bit tired of the Persona franchise. Considering he isnt far from being a anime character. I might consider american arcadia on a sale down the line. I get the distinct feeling its good for 1 playthrough but not repeat sessions.

    • @IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll
      @IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll Před 5 měsíci +7

      Sega seems to be doing their best to flood the market with their biggest franchises - Persona, Yakuza, Total War....
      I wonder how long it will be until people start losing interest just like with MCU. There are only so many releases that people can or want keep up with.

    • @hamtier
      @hamtier Před 5 měsíci

      @@IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll oh don't worry, they have dug out their vault to keep flooding the market with their franchises. the game awards had them just bombarding us with all of them

    • @Taperollandball
      @Taperollandball Před 5 měsíci +11

      It’s kinda of a holding pattern Atlus has. Some odd 12~9 years ago they kept flooding out persona 4 spin offs. Corporate greed or keeping cash flow going for P6 development, it’s just what Atlus does

    • @MartynWilkinson45
      @MartynWilkinson45 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllthey're trying to make up for the resources they lost cancelling Hyenas despite it being basically finished. Dread to think what a pile that must have been to be worth more as a tax write-off in te year we got Gollum, Kong and Redfall.

    • @ArchusKanzaki
      @ArchusKanzaki Před 5 měsíci +2

      Its the usual pattern of ppl starting to get bored of latest Persona when its obvious Atlus is milking it alot, and Atlus being slow in making the next Persona. Just see how long it take from Persona 4 to 5. For me, its more of a proof he’s now in the Persona fandom lol.
      Persona 3 Reload is almost a miracle too, after they half-heartedly only release Portable in modern hardwares.

  • @theLEGOdude2000
    @theLEGOdude2000 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Angry Flanders won Yhatzee's heart

  • @NekoiNemo
    @NekoiNemo Před 5 měsíci

    Oh... For a moment there i thought Yahtz decided to take a page out of Ross' book and review the Arcade America

  • @PaulDozierZZoMBiE13
    @PaulDozierZZoMBiE13 Před 5 měsíci

    I'd like to take a minute to offer a shout out to whomever made the new theme music for the new series. I really dig it. It's pretty perfect for these videos and it's instantly likeable.
    Just, all the kudos to you, sir or madam.

    • @MizunoKetsuban
      @MizunoKetsuban Před 5 měsíci +1

      I encourage you to read the credits of this video six minutes in.

    • @PaulDozierZZoMBiE13
      @PaulDozierZZoMBiE13 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@MizunoKetsuban Heh, fair enough. Typically when the Patron list starts to roll, I start scrolling comments. I didn't actually realize there were still credits gags. Cheers!

  • @BartlebysCorpse
    @BartlebysCorpse Před 5 měsíci

    I just noticed...is this the first reappearance of that Expressionless Faces photo on the new channel?

  • @ender7278
    @ender7278 Před 5 měsíci

    Looking forward to the Persona 3 Reload review.

  • @vianneyb.8776
    @vianneyb.8776 Před 5 měsíci

    For some reason, this satisfying use of "fuck" at the end of a video game reminds me of Dead Space 2.
    "Goddammit, I trusted you! Fuck you, and fuck your marker!"

  • @ScorbunGame
    @ScorbunGame Před 5 měsíci

    "How many battles for the soul of humanity do (Insert Persona protag team here) do they have to cram into the last couple of years of high school?" is pretty much Persona in a nutshell.

  • @tegandetermann3299
    @tegandetermann3299 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It's still jarring to not hear the old ZP theme at the end of his rants. But on the other hand, it's always a reminder that of you decide to make a massive life change, it can turn out way better in the end.

  • @MattwosRandomNonContent
    @MattwosRandomNonContent Před 5 měsíci +1

    3:01 Pretty sure that's literally every Persona game. Including the first two and one other of the second (I really don't know how to refer to that when Persona 2 is two games for some reason).

  • @actualhyena
    @actualhyena Před 5 měsíci +2

    I wouldn't hold my breath for 6. Altus still haven't made a Persona 5 cooking game.

    • @lillypad6936
      @lillypad6936 Před 5 měsíci

      Or a racing game. Or a party game.

  • @davidhill2020
    @davidhill2020 Před 5 měsíci

    4:59 Bojack Horseman was famously precise when it came to the F-bomb.

  • @Zeeye
    @Zeeye Před 5 měsíci

    Comment to boost algo’s! Great episode

  • @sincereflowers3218
    @sincereflowers3218 Před 5 měsíci

    Beautiful. He’s stil hearing the voices guys! It’s still our boy.

  • @Did_No_Wrong
    @Did_No_Wrong Před 5 měsíci

    Can't wait for the next Persona 5 Spinoff "Persona 5 go-kart all midnight".

  • @MattwosRandomNonContent
    @MattwosRandomNonContent Před 5 měsíci +1

    0:19 If you count the mobile game crossovers, at least 20. And they haven't even been added to Fortnite yet. And that _is_ a yet. Unless Persona 6 surprises us by both coming first _and_ getting just as much attention and only one of those things is likely to happen. I couldn't tell you which one though.

  • @Ramsey276one
    @Ramsey276one Před 5 měsíci

    3:54 "We still HAVE health care... Use it."

  • @shaidot6502
    @shaidot6502 Před 5 měsíci

    I'm a long time Persona fan, and I couldn't stand to finish Persona 5 Tactica. Can't wait for Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor ReFantazio to release.

  • @Pscyon
    @Pscyon Před 5 měsíci

    I like that his dog is featured a lot now

  • @erikd.4241
    @erikd.4241 Před 5 měsíci

    Does anyone else think Second Wind should release a Cards Against Humanity clone based on Fully Ramblomatic quotes? I mean, "a horse with a suboptimal number of functioning legs" is freaking comedy gold.

  • @IanWeaver
    @IanWeaver Před 5 měsíci +2

    Agreed with the ending bit of American Arcadia. That final sequence in the narrative is like a perfectly punctuated punchline. It's a tad bit anti-climactic, but dammit all if it isn't really funny.

  • @diplomog
    @diplomog Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks

  • @chadjones1266
    @chadjones1266 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks again

  • @Whitewingsx
    @Whitewingsx Před 5 měsíci

    American Arcadia went from being a fun but standard game. To a wow gotta love that ending game. It follows the rule of people will remember the beginning and ending of your story. More than they will the middle.

  • @slippers4xmas631
    @slippers4xmas631 Před 5 měsíci

    Terry Pratchett called, he wants his Mii back

  • @BlakeFaeMorton
    @BlakeFaeMorton Před 5 měsíci

    "But not that I have the power of prophecy. It was primarily my proficiency in Persons pattern perceptions." This is why Yahtzee can't be replaced.

  • @starmanjay3047
    @starmanjay3047 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The glasses.

  • @mushuwu
    @mushuwu Před 5 měsíci

    0:39 Holdup, are you implying you enjoyed the Dancing in Starlight games? Now I wanna know more

  • @joshybgoode
    @joshybgoode Před 5 měsíci +93

    I was worried you were losing your edge, Yahtzee, but I laughed at that last line.
    Signed, an Asian.

    • @KWBR1123
      @KWBR1123 Před 5 měsíci +9

      Hi An , how was your day

    • @timotheatae
      @timotheatae Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@KWBR1123 Is this a spam bot?

    • @KWBR1123
      @KWBR1123 Před 5 měsíci +20

      @@timotheatae No this is Patrick

  • @TheTNTPVP
    @TheTNTPVP Před 5 měsíci

    I'm probably gonna play American Arcadia. Sounds neat.

  • @Romalac
    @Romalac Před 5 měsíci +1

    "Cranially penile" is a new milestone for Yahtzee, god that's good. XD

  • @hugjunkie
    @hugjunkie Před 5 měsíci

    American Arcadia sounds like it has a great concept, I shall keep an eye out for a good deal on it 🤔

  • @slothfulcobra
    @slothfulcobra Před 5 měsíci

    I like that turn based tactics games are decently popular now, but I guess now I wish that they could figure out more creative ways to mix up what the gameplay is, because it feels like everybody's just trying to do the same thing all the time.
    American Arcadia is maybe not that great as a game in itself, but it's a very, very nice story and I really like the aesthetics

  • @Lucky7th7450
    @Lucky7th7450 Před 5 měsíci

    Aaaa, the outro music blew my ears T_T

  • @matthewbennett7867
    @matthewbennett7867 Před 5 měsíci

    Magnificent