Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Zero Punctuation)
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The next-next ZP?
Hey what's up with the subtitles?? As in there isn't any in this video. You guys add them later or what?
Fevered dream.
Escapist honesty I don’t think the ZP used “Breakwind” yet.
instaBlaster.
TBH putting Tom Clancy and the word ghost in the same title actually makes a lot of sense
Tom Clancy's ghost haunts Ubisoft executives and scares them into making shit games
Tom Clancy's Ghost: Recon Breakpoint?
@@andreasbuehler1821 breakpoint because ubisoft is at their breaking point because of the ghost constantly haunting their offices
He spins in his grave so much one could generate electricity from it.
@@negative6442 No its the other way around, Ubisoft executives have captured Tom Clancy's ghost and are forcing him to make shit games.
Remember kids, the best time saver is to not buy the game to begin with.
And it's *FREE*
Seconded.
Ubisoft Executive: *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!*
Its not a boycott, its "Surprise Money Saver".
I've been doing this for decades and yes, yes it is.
"When you charge money for something that's limitless and effortless to produce like in-game currency, that's not a service, it's the death of economics as a concept." -Yahtzee Croshaw (2019)
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Not that the idea of people paying ludicrus ammounts of money for something intangible with zero vallue is all that new.
Just look up the South Sea bubble....
3 seconds later, interrupts credits with BUY MY AUDIOBOOK. :-3
I understand the difference, I’m just saying _wow_ what terrible juxtaposition.
@@greenredblue well books in general take effort to make, someone has to actually plan and write them. Audio books are the same way, you have to at least write the script. Yes, Yahtzee is plugging his newest book, but the book is clearly a passion project of his. As opposed to the microtransactions in videogames that not only cost nothing to make, but they don't have any form of importance besides making the already rich corporations even richer
@@greenredblue well the audiobook has to be written and then someone gets paid to read it into a microphone. So it's not free or effortless to produce.
Do you remember when to get more in-game currency we'd insert a cheat code rather than our payment info?
I 'member! I also remember the time when we did the same to unlock those shiny new weapons early, or to get a few stray skill points so that you could experiment with character builds, or for wacky big-head modes. Those were the days!
Pretentious Elizabeth Hah
the depressing thing is there will be a time where peoples answer to that is No, a back in my day we didn't have micro payments for everything situation
Fuck stop reminding me of the good old days man!
Cheat Codes Then: ^^vvab start select God Mode Activated!
Cheat Codes Now: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX Payment Received!
"If I paid double price upfront would you just not give it to me at all?"
You're so on point man.
Ubisoft: we went from making sandbox games to litter box games
Tom Clancy family: he is in a better place, he finally can rest in peace
Ubisoft: NOT EVEN IN DEATH DOES DUTY END
Danilo Oliveira oh god, I can just picture Tom Clancy stomping around in a dreadnaught. 😅
@@Mr_T_Badger
That would be hilarious.
Someone needs to rig up a dreadnought with that concept now.
He can never rest, eternally haunted... by his ghostwriters.
We've reached the ghost recon: breaking point
Ghost recon: broken back.
Ghost Recon: Breaking Bank
Ubisoft getting destroyed by Yathzee is therapeutic.
not only for your mind, but also for your wallet.
@@84jesterx Agreed
He's one of the few voices of reason on the internet. I like listening to It'sAGundam.
Remember, when you buy bad games or see bad movies, you are voting with your wallet for more
So are you greek and your name is Sich or do you want to be fancy and want me to read it as EIX?
All of the talk about Clancy being dead in this one -
I spent most of my life in the books and writing biz and most of my friends are from those circles. One of them was one of Tom Clancy's ghost writers.
Clancy only wrote the first three books published under his name. He'd write outlines, then just synopsis, and finally vague two line story ideas in emails and had an office full of writers and licensing agents writing and okaying and selling the rights to use his name. For the last ten years of his life he wasn't a creative in the least respect.
The few people given credit as co-writers and ghostwriters were usually friends and often had literally zero creative input on the projects bearing their names and the real ghostwriters never given their due. They didn't even get royalties. Their work was spec - "here's $4k, you'll get another $6k on completion" type work.
I liked a lot of Clancy books, and my friend wrote probably the best of the later series. But Tom treated everyone like shit and bald facedly lied about all the hard work he did and the long lonely hours spent writing.
A lot of guys with easily bruised balls would hate to know how many of their favorites were written by women, too.
@@krayos13 I'd play it.
Thanks for the insight
I really think it's too bad that this is such standard fare. It would be really nice to know who the ghost writers are, and go buy *their* books instead.
You really had to throw in that last bit didnt you? I doubt most people would give a shit if a well written book was made by a man or a woman if they were under the impression that the opposite gender wrote it.
@@uberd3323 Well according to wikipedia this is the reason the author of harry potter kept her to jk rowling instead of joanne.
"Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers asked that she use two initials rather than her full name."
I closed my eyes for a second and Yahtzee's talking about the death of global economics 101
The last part really hits home. Can't even be hopeful for the new star wars game or dragon age 4 knowing that EA is behind the game. Or any Bethesda future releases due to how much they changed for the worse. Konami taking beloved games and turning them in pachinko machines. Ubisoft and Activisions greed. Blizzard's response to the Hong Kong Protests. Games likes NBA2k20 that have gambling imagery and still gets away with an E rating cause the ESRB are sent a 2 minute video by the developers and that is supposed to justify giving the game a fair rating.
Thankfully at least now there is some kick back and hopefully it continues to grow
Yeah I agree man, I'm taking a break from all of that and just playing Hollow Knight: small studio produced, hours of playability, and everything can be unlocked in game no payments required
I'm really hoping games like DOOM Eternal and Cyberpunk 2077 really push for a new level of standards for gaming. Id Software and CD Projekt Red have been my two golden boys for ages. If anyone can crank out great games without any bullshit, it's them.
The industry is ready for an apocalypse like the Noah's flood
Wash away the whole shit and start anew
" Activisions greed. Blizzard's response to the Hong Kong Protests". Reminder that Activision-Blizzard is a single company, and any belief they are not is either self-delusion, or buying into their PR.
This just in: Corporations, not our friends after all.
"Ghost Recon: Break Wind" is the perfect title to describe this absolute fart of a video game.
Fan of Accursed Farms are we?
What?
Could you repeat that?
... ... Oh, the MG42?
... Okay where's... Hold on...
Oh there it is. Uhm, do I grab it?
Wow, nice of the enemy NPCs to not spawn until I grab it.
@@PleasantWhale *the Nazis are dead and have now been replaced by an infinite stream of ugly fucking reds.
**they start to swarm you.
Ghost Clancey`s Ubisoft Recon: Microtransaction Breakpoint
If Yahtzee’s remembering Clive Barker’s Jericho even semi-fondly, things have indeed taken a turn for shit
it was a subpar game but i liked what they _wanted_ to do with it. They just executed it poorly
r0gg_ I agree, actually. I just remember Yahtz once saying about Fuse, “Eewww, you just reminded me of Clive Barker’s Jericho”
I imagine it's one of those "Well, it was shit, but at least it was trying. Trying and failing hard is preferable to striving for mediocrity and not even achieving that"
There was the good Clive Barker's game: Clive Barker's Undying.
Maybe he can do one of those old timey vids on it.
Ubisoft when releasing a new Tom Clancy game :"TIME TO RAID THIS CORSPE FOR THE BILLIONTH TIME "
Ubisoft gets more excited over dead bodies than necrophiles.
Insert death horse joke here
Boy did I misread this comment. Though in an appropriate way at least.
Enjoy looting the same place OVER AND OVER, BOY!
Well, that's what happens when you use your own name as a branding exercise and sell the rights to your brand to other people....
5:00 Look at this dude, he’s eating beans
Though, really, he should’ve paid extra to get the Heinz logo so we know he’s not the sort of pathetic sap who buys the store own-brand beans.
Thankfully, it’s not beans with eggs.
Or radish.
@@90maducc Who the frick eats beans w/ eggs?
Brits
How do I keep finding you in all the comment sections of random videos
The credits gag reminds me of the "Sonic Sez" short where an amazing toy robot is only $10, but it won't properly function without hundreds of dollars in accessories.
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!"
It was a red flag that most of the advertising I saw for this was focused on Lil’ Wayne.
Remember when they put Lil Wayne in that god awful Tony Hawk's reboot and even Lil Wayne himself said it was a terrible game?
Who?
I didn't even realize it was a celebrity ad.
deez nuts Tangle and Whisper #2
A better question is why kids are listening to Little Wayne?
“Has the rent on his grave gone up?!” Yahtzee have you been playing The Outer Worlds?
I was too slow.
"When you charge money for something you can produce infinitely for zero cost, like in-game currency, that's not a service. That is the fucking death of economics as a concept."
That's fucking brilliant. I'm going to use that the next time some gormless corporate apologist starts spouting their usual bullshit.
That's the capitalism that everyone is so on about.
When you charge money for something you can produce indefinitely at zero cost, like NFT's... that's not a service. That is the death of economics as a concept.
Can confirm, Missing out on the merch was when my life really took a turn.
Not me. My life already took a nosedive, long before merch was probably even a thing in Yahtzee's mind.
_"Like venom does to Spider-Man. Or Romero does to Carmack."_
I laughed more than I should at that.
03:29 "Le Shrug"
That's all.
I'm french and this expression resonate deeply with my roots. :|
We could use this as conditioner and save some money.
hon hon
le wee wee
Ah Romero vs Carmack, my favorite movie.
but who is the evil one?
The microtransactions broke me
It always seems to for everyone.
My thing is that if it stays and most publishers are making bank on them, then hell you might as well make every game with multiplayer free to play.
The death of Economics as a concept. The best way to describe microtransactions I've ever heard.
The first time anyone has thought back to clive barkers Jericho in a positive manor. Kinda shows how creatively boring games are getting
What's your icon? And where can I find it!?
To be fair, while Clive Barker's Jericho was badly executed, repetitive, and more edgy than one of those spoof sixteen bladed Gilette razors, at least it had an unusual premise and design aesthetic, and it actually stuck with it from beginning to end. That's more than what you can say about 90% of modern AAA games on the market, which is just downright depressing.
stop abusing sydney
@@Yujifanik You've read my mind. I'm noticing this dude's comments for like fifth time already, all because of that user pic.
@@J.G.H. yes he did. And he was reminded of it by the game Fuze.
When I heard a Ghost Recon game with survival theme, I was honestly pretty excited. Then I remember it’s made by Ubbysoft.
Jinn P yro I was optimistic and excited. Then I heard about the loot system and the random RPG focus. Afterward I heard about the glitches and I’m kind of tempted to pass on this forever.
When I have known that this game requires a constant Internet connection, I decided to not buy it.
Jokes on you, my life started going downhill long before this video came out 🤣🤔😔
Damn he had so much to crucify he flew past the 6 minute mark
Edit: even with the plug at the start taken out he would've been a couple of seconds off the 6 min mark
The is the single most brutal, most savage, most well crafted hard lined down to earth roast of modern "AAA" gaming that I've had the pleasure of listening to. Thank you Zero Punctuation very cool!
I’d love a “tactical” game where enemies are smart enough to chuck a basket of grenades through the doorway at you instead of belly flopping into the pile of their dead friends.
Well, Insurgency Sandstorm added a co-op mode where all the enemies only have knives and molotovs. The AI very quickly decides 20 molotovs solves a problem a lot better then a few knives.
Ubisoft making Tom Clancy games: *Mr. Krabs voice* Am I really going to loot this corpse for money? OF COURSE I AM
This game was about as lively as Tom Clancy.
5:13 It was after this point where I had a moment of clarity and realized just how serious Yahtzee's point was. All of this digital currency we buy is technically destroying the value of real-life currency.
Is me or Yahtzee misunderstanding this, or are we actually ruining real-world economies here?
What is ther to even THINK you misunderstood? Buying earnable fake money with real money is just as retarded as it sounds when ya say it.
we aren't,for the same reason crypto currencies can work (i'm not talking about the bubble crash because it's unrelated) ,digital currency isn't actually "worthless".
Not saying it's not retarded to buy it (espescialy for terrible games like that) but you aren't ruining real world economies,far from it.
The point he's making is that these microtransactions let them get more money by making the games worse. When they made games that were actually fun, you just paid for the game and that was it, no more money. Now the games are boring, so after you pay for the game they make you pay again to make it go by faster. So more money for a worse product.
Why is the island of nerds Bulgaria?
I was so amazed when i saw it, that i nearly chocked on my beer, confused how to interpret it
we're all nerds
Dark Avenger (the virus writer) lived there.
Yahtzee: "When you charge money for something that's limitless and effortless to
produce like in-game currency, that's not a service, it's the death of
economics as a concept."
Banks: *Nervously looking at the fractional-reserve banking system with fiat currency*
“When you charge money for something that you can produce infinitely at zero cost, like in-game currency, that’s not a service, that is the fucking death to economics as a concept.”
This quote right here, this fucking quote just summed up the current AAA game industry as a whole. Fucking genius.
"Started going downhill"
You say that like there's any further lower to slide.
Oh it could always get worse
We'll soon learn what it means to "go even further beyond"
They have shovels, and need something to do when they're not graverobbing.
There definitely is. If we are only beginning to see the insidiousness of the line service model
The very concept of Time Savers are so hilarious to me. It is literally the developer stating out loud that their game is literally less than worthless. That it is so boring or terrible that it is worth spending money to not experience it.
I like is justified rage. Especially when he reacted to icons.
It heartens me that the herd is finally beginning to suspect that unrestrained capitalism might not be good for their favorite entertainment medium.
not unrestrained capitalism, this is inevitable under capitalism in general. but you are correct. the true red pill has a yellow hammer and sickle on its bottle.
Kind of amazing that these videos, while generally six mins long always go by so very quickly. You are massively entertaining. I know it's unlikely you'll answer this but how long does it take you to complete a video like this with all the edits and the Jokes in general?
5:15 Thank you Yahtzee, very well said.
Currently reading and enjoying said audiobook Yatzhee, well done!
As good and as relevant today. Well done.
(Was trying to find this for the 'time savers' bit... Maybe a potential short?)
5:24 C A P I T A L I S M
5:20
But Yahtzee, isn't that the ultimate form of capitalism?
To maximize one's profits by literally spending no costs is why machines were created, right?
Technically you still need to spend money to maintain machines (and pay the electric bill), but yeah I see what you're getting at.
In an unsurprising example of "Marx was right", capitalism capitalism will inevitably be the death of capitalism.
Edit: I didn't mean to write capitalism twice there, but now that I see it I can't bring myself to correct it. What can I say. Capitalism capitalism will sometimes capitalism.
@@nessesaryschoolthing This comment thread kinda makes me happy. I was expecting to see rightists regurgitating the same tired, dishonest propaganda capitalists push, but was pleasantly surprised. Glad to see (actual) leftist views being expressed so much more.
@@nessesaryschoolthing
To be fair, Adam Smith aka the father of capitalism, also warned that laize faire capitalism would be a horrible idea.
Can you commie fucks just piss off? A hundred million in one century was enough.
"It would only have been more on-the-nose if there'd been an unrecognizable voiceover by a film actor slumming it."
So the question is, did Yahtzee not recognize film actor Jon Bernthal because he just doesn't know who he is, or did he not recognize Jon Bernthal because the voiceover was so unrecognizable, thus proving Yahtzee's point?
just finished "will destroy the galaxy for cash." damn good book. cant wait for the next one.
I find it fitting that this game is called Breakpoint because I believe this is officially the breaking point for the fans of this series.
This series actually has fans? wack.
This review is absolutely legendary. Yahtzee is telling it like it is man.
Pleasant surprise at 5:34 of this vid. Good to know there's still good in this world.
I'd like to thank Ubi for this 2019 reimagining of the adult colouring in book for anyone who's punched a wall.
Is breakpoint an intentionally trolling title?
The best part in the game is when this South African torturer woman drops the word breakpoint multiple times in one cutscene finishing with the notion having it forced upon you is beneficial.
The Mother of all sandboxes got a son.
And she made it badly..
This is why you don't drink whilst pregnant
"Oh no, it's retared"
It's funny that he mentions Clive Barker's "Clive Barker's : Jericho" by Clive Barker.
It's one of my favorite reviews by him ^^.
I can't believe Yahtzee just said 'Clive Barker's Jericho/Clive Jericho's Barker' in a tone of fond reminiscence.
We truly must be in the dark times.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost: Recon Breakpoint
You, sir, are a genius.
Yahtzee's head will explode when he finds out that Walt Disney is still making movies.
Not Walt Disney, Disney. The visionary creativity of Walt has been gone for years now.
I recently finished a run of this game that took 200 hours just to prove a point.
You can finish 90% of the game by getting in a helicopter with 3 NPCs, flying the helicopter over an enemy base and letting the NPCs shoot everything dead. I cleared every camp on the map doing this. The 10% that I was out of the helicopter was walking to a helicopter, picking up an item or being in a cutscene (for the 5 seconds I was in it before I skipped). I fired a gun maybe 10 times in the whole 200 hours. It's the first game I've played where I've barely had to PLAY the game, there's no challenge.
I DO remember that great ZP merch and that WAS when my life started going downhill 😭
This was a particularly good episode.
4:47 You know there's tomfuckery afoot when Yahtzee's voice goes off-track.
I've been following you forever and never realized you were also an author. Just picked up copies of "Will Save the Galaxy for Food" and "Differently Morphous" . Excited to check em out. :)
"the average age of retirement keeps getting later and later"
well, this certainly aged well
i died at “ghost recon mental breakdown”
400 Views
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Perfectly balanced as all things should be
The year is 2022...many of us, looking back realized just how far down hill our lives have gone because we missed out on that Yahtzee merch sale back in 2019. Who knew something that seemed so trivial would have such harsh consequences on reality as we know it...
Every time I hear this awesome theme song I'm reminded of how I followed Russ Pitts and he went insane on twitter in real time.
Anyone in here remember the original Ghost Recon on PC? How i miss thee
I wonder if there's going to be a ZP on Disco Elysium.
There should be
I feel like the last part of this video is describing The Outer Worlds. The plot, not the microtransactions.
the worst part of the non customizable growly voice is that when you play coop your teammates have 1 of 3 completely different voices with a much better performance, so you could totally select a different voice if they wanted to let you.
Also, Rodney Mullen plays Jace Skell. Not sure why, but its pretty rad
"When you charge money for something that's limitless and effortless to produce like in-game currency, that's not a service, it's the death of economics as a concept."
Hey Yahtzee, could you please give all those crypto-bros and NFT-diots a call and explain this to them?
Thanks.
"it's like walking up to someone in the stocks and saying give me three turnips I'll spit in your face"
Welcome to late stage capitalism Yahtzee.
the American empire is swirling down the toilet bowl, and im fucking hyped BAY-BEE
2:22 Apparently the island of nerds is actually Bulgaria, not what I was expecting but ok.
Jesus Christ I loved this one Yahtz. That whole speech about "infinite currently" is something I've been bemoaning for quite some time.
Right, Left, Capitalist or Communist, it doesn't matter. This shit will break the fucking market if left unregulated.
You misunderstood the title. It's Recon Breakpoint by Tom Clancy's Ghost.
I always thought it stood for the fact his tortured soul cannot take it anymore, as it begins weeping while watching over us.
"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon : Breakpoint."
Jokes on you my life has already started going downhill
Man, I miss the Red Storm days. Oh well, of for my yearly replay of Ghost Recon 1 I go.
Beautiful and funny! Keep up the great work Yahtzee!
Ubisoft staff: hey how are we going to make the new ghost recon
Head developer: copy and paste division 2 add some slightly realism effect, only with the healing factor, cut all bosses out make it more about technology and less about the world ending KEEP ALL THE GLITCHES.
Ubistaff: BET!!!!
Sponsored by Lil Wayne
I burn through his whole book through 1/8 and a half hour shift at work is really good
I know it was a throwaway joke, but I always thought of Romero and Carmack as more like the first Avengers film in reverse. Working together, their powers are unstoppable and they create great things. But when they split up, Romero had no-one to reign his wilder ideas in, and Carmack had no-one to tell him that no, his tech wasn't more important than gameplay. The result is Ion Storm making wildly ambitious - but technically less competent - creative output, while iD went on to create progressively glossier but much less interesting titles in the name of shining up Carmack's big robotic techno-cock.
The only review worth watching other than Jim Sterling's drunken rant, because this game doesn't deserve anything better
Michael Andrews I don’t know, seeing Angry Joe rip it to pieces with an intro ripping off Billy Mays was hilarious. I’d have loved to see the epic rant the late TotalBiscuit would have gone on too if he’d lived to see this bull plop.
I see Jim Sterling is rubbing off on you
I love how you say "fucking mental"
xD could loop all day
Fun fact: grave rent is absolutely a thing. American cemeteries generally offer plots in perpetuity, but that's deeply impractical for a variety of reasons. So most of the rest of the world operates on some sort of time-limited rent/lease system where you have to keep re-upping or allow the plot to be re-used.
Go back to doing indie games.
The AAA market doesn't deserve your attention anymore.
The AAA market deserves his derision. For a critic, there's very rarely anything so bad it doesn't deserve attention, and even then, it's the critic's job to warn the public.
Its worth doing it for the odd AAA game that isn't shit, and to take the piss out of the rest.
You can also go to JRPGs, they are mostly clean of AAA nonsense.
why not both?
@@thomasstewart9752 That is very fair.
I'm lowkey mad that Yahtzee would rather play more of these soulless shooters than finish reviewing Fire Emblem Three Houses
"When you charge money for something you can produce infinitely at zero cost, like in-game currency, that's not a service, that is the fucking death of economics as a concept."
Now that's a line worthy of Jim Sterling himself.
I remember GRAW 2. It was so good.
Top 1 blandest game of 2019?
Argentavis Impia I still think Days Gone is the current leader of the bland list.
@@E1craZ4life oh right i forgot about that game haha
@@E1craZ4life What about Anthem? [Unrelated] Its still alive in a wheelchair on cheap life support.
@@nannerdunlocke1231 He said Anthem should be pitied rather than hated.
Mi Ke I don’t think he’d list a sequel on any of his top 5s for similar reasons as a predecessor; in other words, it would have to make a different top 5 list to qualify.
How did we get here, Yahtz? Simple: *neoliberalism.*
Neoliberalism is pretty cool
I mean, he’s really describing free market capitalism in his video. Which is more of a conservative thing. Nice try though
@@VideoGuy232 you forgot who runs ubisoft....
"When you charge money for something you can produce infinitely at zero cost, like in-game currency, that's not a service; that is the fucking death of economics as a concept."
Did Yahtzee predict NFTs?
The romero to carmack whip fucking killed me sir. Good on ya.