History ZeroPunctuation / TropesIToL

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: When Yahtzee first played ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls,'' he couldn't handle its [[NintendoHard monstrous difficulty]], only getting 2/3 of the way through his second post-tutorial level before throwing in the towel and declaring it to be [[ItsHardSoItSucks hard enough to prevent it being any fun]]. Later on, after a few abortive attempts, he finally put in a serious effort to get into its CreatorDrivenSuccessor ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and found himself loving it and the rest of the series wholeheartedly (in his defence, some think you really do have to work ''very'' hard to get into games in the Soulslike genre; many others think its quality is evident earlier), although he apparently never went back to give ''Demons' Souls'' another proper go (at least, not until the Playstation 5 remaster came out) and he counts the high barrier for entry as a negative for turning away new players and making those who get through smug.

** "[[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII Shite-ning and Hope-On-A-Rope.]]" ''(cue picture of Hope [[TheScrappy being lynched]])''

* KillAndReplace: Accused [[VideoGame/{{Resistance}} Insomniac Games]] of murdering Creator/{{Valve|Software}} and making a [[FollowTheLeader skin suit]] out of it.

** "...''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', a Japanese game centrally about the difficulties of relationships, such as unexpected pregnancy, the impetus of commitment, and being chased up an infinite staircase by a giant, monstrous girlfriend trying to eat you with her butt. [[WidgetSeries Did I mention it's Japanese?]]"

** Having expressed contempt for how fans of the original ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' had completely ruined the concept of "cake" by overuse of the [[MemeticMutation meme]] "The cake is a lie", he had to catch himself during his review of [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} the sequel]] when describing how in the original "the humor was the icing on the, uh, the French Fancy."

* LateExportForYou: He complained about this rather frequently while living in Australia, as the country is notorious for having this happen.

** Yahtzee points out a loophole in his "[[ItsTheSameSoItSucks no lazy sequels to games he already likes]]" rule regarding the Top 5 list: it doesn't apply to blatant ripoffs of games he already likes, especially if it's better than what he already likes.[[invoked]]

** When trying to get through his review of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' without mentioning Lara's boobs, he almost flubbed it when he was reminiscing about how he'd be playing [[VideoGame/TombRaider the original]] as a teenager and would "back her up into a corner to get the best view of her juicy... thighs."[[note]]"Phew, that was a close one!"[[/note]]

* ILoveNuclearPower:
-->"''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} Ess-Tee-Ay-Ell-Kay-Ee-Ar: Clear Sky]]'' is set in the area surrounding an alternative post-disaster Chernobyl, where presumably the station ran on fairy dust before the meltdown and released a cloud of ''magic'' instead of boring old radiation..."

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: When Yahtzee first played ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls,'' he couldn't handle its [[NintendoHard monstrous difficulty]], only getting 2/3 of the way through his second post-tutorial level before throwing in the towel and declaring it to be [[ItsHardSoItSucks hard enough to prevent it being any fun]]. Later on, after a few abortive attempts, he finally put in a serious effort to get into its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and found himself loving it and the rest of the series wholeheartedly (in his defence, some think you really do have to work ''very'' hard to get into games in the Soulslike genre; many others think its quality is evident earlier), although he apparently never went back to give ''Demons' Souls'' another proper go (at least, not until the Playstation 5 remaster came out) and he counts the high barrier for entry as a negative for turning away new players and making those who get through smug.

** And, of course, "[[TacticalShooter SpunkGargle]][[ItsTheSameSoItSucks WeeWee]]."

** And, of course, "[=SpunkGargleWeeWee=]."

* ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]] Too many examples to count.
** Discussed more critically with ''VideoGame/{{Vampyr}}'', where he claims the game being easy undermined its dramatic thrust - the idea was that killing your close friends will make you more powerful, but he found that the game was never difficult enough that he felt like he needed to do so, which caused the main moral quandary of the game to fall flat (to the point that Reid's vampiric status almost felt like an InformedAbility).
* ItsHardSoItSucks: Also brings this up with games like ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}''.

* JustOneMoreLevel: ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' (and other Creator/PopCapGames) is [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/7-Peggle described]] as "the gaming equivalent of premium crack cocaine."
--> "I started playing ''Videogame/{{Peggle}}'' in the afternoon, and emerged some time later to find the authorities had declared me legally dead."

--> First thought: "Oh, cock! All the nearest game retailers are in the CBD[[note]]Central Business District[[/note]] because some retarded pile of cartilage on the town planning department thought it'd be a great idea to put thirty EB Games shops within the same ten square yards." Second thought: "Oh, balls! With humanitarian aid selfishly obstructing the delivery services, I won't be seeing any of my imports any time soon, either!" Third thought: "Oh, goody! That means I can go back inside and keep playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''!"

-->'''Yahtzee:''' "I was just going to play a bit of the next mission but I ended up playing the whole thing and then the next two"

-->'''Yahtzee:''' [I] was spending most of my time in a blurry haze in which I mistook the slightest mental stimulation for actual fun. It wasn't until recently when Saints Row 2 came along that I remembered what a fun sandbox game is and isn't.

*** (Intro plays) [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' [[ToMakeALongStoryShort is a good game.]]]] (Outro)
** Yahtzee points out a loophole in his "[[ItsTheSameSoItSucks no lazy sequels to games he already likes]]" rule regarding the Top 5 list: it doesn't apply to blatant ripoffs of games he already likes, especially if it's better than what he already likes.

* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me]]: In his ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'' review Yahtzee says "I just want to take [Akiyama] home and mount him to my kitchen wall so my kids will have an appropriate role model to look at over their Honey Nut Cheerios every morning".

** "[[Film/ISpitOnYourGrave I Spit On Your]] [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Tomb]]"

** And, of course, "[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Spunk]][[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Gargle]][[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor WeeWee]]."

** "[[VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight Faster Than Light]] [[ColonCancer Colon]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Faster Than Light]]"

--> [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed No puppies were harmed in the making of this video,]] [[ByNoIMeanYes except for one who genuinely deserved it.]]

** He cites this trope when discussing ''[[VideoGame/TotallyAccurateBattleSimulator Totally Accurate Battlegrounds]]'', noting that jokes aside, the game was a pretty complete recreation of a battle-royale shooter experience and surprisingly not that high on comedy, and the developer's continued support of the game suggested that they were at the very least taking the project a lot more seriously than a parody would suggest. He compares it to someone tricking a person into eating a joke rubber steak, and then when they confusedly keep asking why they can't eat the steak, resigning themselves to making a proper steak for the person.

* {{Irony}}: Yahtzee likes to poke fun at America ever now and then in his reviews. Now he lives in America since 2016, married and has a kid there in 2020. The irony is most likely lost on him.

* {{Irony}}: Yahtzee likes to poke fun at America ever now and then in his reviews. Now he lives in America since 2016.

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: When Yahtzee first played ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls,'' he couldn't handle its [[NintendoHard monstrous difficulty]], only getting 2/3 of the way through his second post-tutorial level before throwing in the towel and declaring it to be [[ItsHardSoItSucks hard enough to prevent it being any fun]]. Later on, after a few abortive attempts, he finally put in a serious effort to get into its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and found himself loving it and the rest of the series wholeheartedly (in his defence, some think you really do have to work ''very'' hard to get into games in the Soulslike genre; many others think its quality is evident earlier), although he apparently never went back to give ''Demons' Souls'' another proper go (at least, not until the PS5 remake came out) and he counts the high barrier for entry as a negative for turning away new players and making those who get through smug.

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: When Yahtzee first played ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls,'' he couldn't handle its [[NintendoHard monstrous difficulty]], only getting 2/3 of the way through his second post-tutorial level before throwing in the towel and declaring it to be [[ItsHardSoItSucks hard enough to prevent it being any fun]]. Later on, after a few abortive attempts, he finally put in a serious effort to get into its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and found himself loving it and the rest of the series wholeheartedly (in his defence, some think you really do have to work ''very'' hard to get into games in the Soulslike genre; many others think its quality is evident earlier), although he apparently never went back to give ''Demons' Souls'' another proper go and he counts the high barrier for entry as a negative for turning away new players and making those who get through smug.

* LandDownUnder: Yahtzee was born in Britain but moved to Australia, and often makes jokes about it.

** In his review of ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', Yahtzee describes that the video game dialogue was "not quite as far down as Creator/HideoKojima's level, but it would see him very clearly through a glass-bottom boat, if you know what I mean."

** With ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' Yahtzee states that by finally playing on it, it only soured his opinion more on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''.

* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: I'm Taking Him Home With Me: In his ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'' review Yahtzee says "I just want to take [Akiyama] home and mount him to my kitchen wall so my kids will have an appropriate role model to look at over their Honey Nut Cheerios every morning".

** He cites this trope when discussing ''VideoGame/TotallyAccurateBattlegrounds'', noting that jokes aside, the game was a pretty complete recreation of a battle-royale shooter experience and surprisingly not that high on comedy, and the developer's continued support of the game suggested that they were at the very least taking the project a lot more seriously than a parody would suggest. He compares it to someone tricking a person into eating a joke rubber steak, and then when they confusedly keep asking why they can't eat the steak, resigning themselves to making a proper steak for the person.

* InopportuneVoiceCracking: His voice cracks in utter disbelief when he reads out how much Call of Duty Black Ops 4's Digital Deluxe premium edition costs:

--->''I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of narrative-based franchises that have been "improved" by making the latest installment co-op focused; I don't have any fingers on my hand 'cos it's a featureless white circle. Kind of surprised it took you this long to notice.//

** And from his review of ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}: "I very much enjoy saying the word 'plop'."

** The entire opening of ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' was one giant, lovingly crafted {{lampshade|Hanging}} about the IncrediblyLamePun that the name ''VideoGame/JustCause'' offers -- in the format "Why X?" "VideoGame/JustCause!". He then subverts it -- see RuleOfThree.

* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me]]: In his ''VideoGame/YakuzaDeadSouls'' review Yahtzee says "I just want to take [Akiyama] home and mount him to my kitchen wall so my kids will have an appropriate role model to look at over their Honey Nut Cheerios every morning".
* IncrediblyLamePun: On occasion, not just of the [[VisualPun visual variety]]:
--> "You only get to see like one second of bare arse anyway so it's hardly going to make your [[Franchise/MassEffect mass erect]]" ... immediately followed in the credits with: [[LampshadeHanging "Yeah, this whole review]] was [[OverlyPrepreparedGag leading up]] to [[LampshadeHanging that horrible pun at the end."]]
** In the ''VideoGame/RedFactionGuerrilla'' review, he says in the end that game could have went pretty well if it really was based off sneaky guerilla warfare, as opposed to its focus on [[StuffBlowingUp smashing stuff]] "... which is less guerilla and more chimpanzee." Followed by the credits gag "Spent ten years thinking up that last pun."
** [[Franchise/BaldursGate "...Balder's Gait."]] (''VideoGame/TooHuman'')
** "''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', that is!"
** "''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''-llout.
** The ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' review starts by lampshading this to allow him to make "Why? Just 'cause!" jokes "ironically".
*** It's then subverted the {{third time|sTheCharm}} with "Why? Fucked if I know!"
** "Bits of it were so boring that I almost had a ''VideoGame/NieR''-death experience! Boosh!"
** "I [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3652-Alice-Madness-Returns don't see]] ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'' making mad returns, [[{{Pun}} meheh myeh]]."
** In his review of ''Monster Hunter Tri'' "You play an adventurer-type showing up at the prerequisite village of immobile retards in a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth to try to be a hunter of monsters. A Monster Hunter Try, if you will."
** Not to mention his credits pun in ''VideoGame/AlienVsPredator'': "Alias vs Editor".
** "You like numbers? How about FOUR, as in '''FOUR-K YOU'''!"
** In the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5323-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic credits]] of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': "I'm so force sensitive I clean my swimming pool with midichlorine."
** In ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2'' he calls it at one point Sniper Elite Wee Poo, then chuckles at it.
** Inevitably scattered everywhere in his review of ''VideoGame/{{Risen}} 3 Titan Lords'', but the crowning came in his closing joke:
--> It's too dull to get irate about. Or should I say '''P'''-irate. Ha haha haha, hahahaha!
** His ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' review has "Still I th-'''ink''' there'll be an '''ink'''-rease in the number of Wii U sales with this '''ink'''-redible new title! God know why it keeps making ink puns, though, when everyone's very clearly throwing paint around, but that's hardly a complaint. Com-'''paint.'''"

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: When Yahtzee first played ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls,'' he couldn't handle its [[NintendoHard monstrous difficulty]], only getting 2/3 of the way through his second post-tutorial level before throwing in the towel and declaring it to be [[ItsHardSoItSucks hard enough to prevent it being any fun]]. Later on, after a few abortive attempts, he finally put in a serious effort to get into its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and found himself loving it and the rest of the series wholeheartedly (in his defence, some think you really do have to work ''very'' hard to get into games in the Soulslike genre; many others think it’s quality is evident earlier), although he apparently never went back to give ''Demons' Souls'' another proper go and he counts the high barrier for entry as a negative for turning away new players and making those who get through smug.

* KavorkaMan: When playing ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'', he was baffled to discover that Senor Koquonfaes (a Mii he created that had manipulated the Mii face tools [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar to have a cock for a face]]) ended up being the most popular Mii around, eventually shacking it up with X from ''Literature/{{Jam}}''.