History ZeroPunctuation / TropesUToZ

** This was also brought up in ''[[VideoGame/StealthBastard Stealth Inc 2]]'', where he claimed to be outright RootingForTheEmpire because he found the goals of the main character ([[ExpendableClone a clone with no personality seeking to rescue identical clones with no personality]]) difficult to care about.

** He also mentioned that the somewhat [[AntiClimaxBoss unsatisfying ending]] to ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' left him so worked up that he felt the need to run out and piss all over the first car he saw with one of these.

--> ''We made [[ContestedSequel a sequel]] [[FanonDiscontinuity that no one liked]]...''

* YaoiFangirl: One of these makes a brief cameo in the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' review when Yahtzee points out that [[HeterosexualLifePartners Snake and Otacon's]] relationship is a goldmine of HoYay.

* WorldOfSnark: Despite being the platonic ideal of a CausticCritic, Yahtzee actually ''[[PetPeeveTrope dislikes]]'' this trope quite a bit, because it usually means none of the characters have a unique voice or personality, the tone is generally uneven due to the constant effort to turn every other line into a smartass quip, and —since it's so frequently attempted but so rarely handled well— it simply grates on his nerves. He often invokes Creator/JossWhedon in [[TakeThat a derogatory way]] with games that overdo it on the snark.

* UncannyValley: [[invoked]]
** [[invoked]] Has alluded to the concept several times, usually in reference to particular poor animation and/or mocap, or games that simply feel realistic in some ways but unnervingly fumble it in others.
** [[invoked]] He also used the concept to illustrate the problems inherent in creating and criticizing art, arguing that, in much the same way that the closer something comes to realism the more obvious its deficiencies become, the closer a work of art comes to "perfection" the more glaringly obvious its flaws become.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In the ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2575-Epic-Mickey review]], Yahtzee says he had a fear of Theme Park Mascots as a Child.
** This same irrational fear is taken UpToEleven in his review of ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution''.
** Mentioned again in his Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys review.

%%* UnbrokenFirstPersonPerspective: Provides the page quote.

* YouMakeMeSic: He employs this during the "Mailbag Showdown" video by correcting the emails in red as he reads them.

* ValuesDissonance: [[{{DiscussedTrope}} Discussed]] in his review of ''VideoGame/TheSinkingCity'', where he muses that the usual tropes of the CosmicHorrorStory don't resonate with modern values anymore.
-->"Cosmic horror was all about challenging humanity's self-importance. The horror of Cthulhu lay not in Cthulhu wanting to nibble off our knackers, but in the fact that Cthulhu doesn't really give a shit; he was around before humanity, will be around long after, and [[HumansAreInsects spares us no more thought than he would the dust mites in his bathroom carpet]]. But that horror doesn't work so well in the modern age, when we only need open a web browser to be reminded that humanity is pointless and deserve to die out and leave naught but cheap plastic Spider-Man Halloween costumes for the archaeologists of future races to puzzle over."

* ValuesDissonance: [[{{DiscussedTrope}} Discussed]] in his review of ''VideoGame//TheSinkingCity'', where he muses that the usual tropes of the CosmicHorrorStory don't resonate with modern values anymore.

* ValuesDissonance: [[{{DiscussedTrope}} Discussed]] in his review of ''VideoGame//TheSinkingCity'', where he muses that, aside from the obvious, Creatr/HPLovecraft's style of horror doesn't resonate with modern values.

* UnbrokenFirstPersonPerspective: Provides the page quote.

* TheUnintelligible: The Imp, during his extremely short-lived HostileShowTakeover.

** "All right, fine, for fuck's sake; I'll review ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' if it will make you shut up! (Except it won't, will it? We both know nothing could do that, short of surgically removing your fucking jaw, and even then you could still drool down my ear.)"

** He mentioned this in his review of ''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture'', noting that he didn't like any of the characters and many of them were different to tell apart from one another.

** He mentioned this in his review of ''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture, noting that he didn't like any of the characters and many of them were different to tell apart from one another.

** He reported feeling quite guilty and depressed after playing ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''.

* [[WritersCannotDoMath Developers Cannot Do Math]]: From the VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV review:
--> '''Yahtzee''': So [=GTA5=] then. The fifth ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' after 1, 2, 3, Vice City, San Andreas, 4, Chinatown Wars and ''all the other ones''. Adding up not being one of Rockstar's strong points.

* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe, ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3''. For everything it dropped from the previous games in favor of ripping off ''System Shock 2'', it was still a GAME that was driven by the actions of the player, which was more than Yahtzee could say for ''Medal of Honor: Warfighter'' ([[RunningGag HA! Ha ha ha ha ha!]])

* VanityLicensePlate: The one on Mario's {{faceship}} reads, "[[AC: 1TSA M3]]"

** Frequently invoked in his reviews of ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' and its sequels. He notes that while the game continually tries to invoke pathos by forcing Lara into horrible situations, she also has so little [[FlatCharacter personality]], [[PinballProtagonist agency]], or [[DullSurprise emotive range]] that it's hard to care about her story, not helped by the game [[GameplayAndStorySegregation seesawing so frequently between]] "Lara is [[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier horrified at the prospect of killing even one person]] and basically [[ActionSurvivor alone and vulnerable]]" and "Lara can [[OneManArmy mow down 90 guys]] and is [[ActionGirl a master of survival and weapons.]]" And her repetitive "I CAN DO THIS" dialogue became an annoying really quickly.

** Frequently invoked in his reviews of ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' and its sequels. He notes that while the game continually tries to invoke pathos by forcing Lara into horrible situations, she also has so little [[FlatCharacter personality]], [[PinballProtagonist agency]], or [[DullSurprise emotive range]] that it's hard to care about her story, not helped by the game [[GameplayAndStorySegregation seesawing so frequently between]] "Lara is [[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier horrified at the prospect of killing even one person]] and basically [[ActionSurvivor alone and vulnerable]]" and "Lara can [[OneManArmy mow down 90 guys]] and is [[ActionGirl a master of survival and weapons.]]" And her repetitive "I CAN DO THIS" dialogue became an InUniverse DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound really quickly.

** Frequently invoked in his reviews of ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' and its sequels. He notes that while the game continually tries to invoke pathos by forcing Lara into horrible situations, she also has so little [[FlatCharacter personality]], [[PinballProtagonist agency]], or [[DullSurprise emotive range]] that it's hard to care about her story, not helped by the game [[GameplayAndStorySegregation seesawing so frequently between]] "Lara is [[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier horrified at the prospect of killing even one person]] and basically [[ActionSurvivor alone and vulnerable]]" and "Lara can [[OneManArmy mow down 90 guys]] and is [[ActionGirl a master of survival and weapons.]]" It also didn't help that he got sick of [[MostAnnoyingSound her repetitive "I CAN DO THIS" dialogue]] really quickly.

* VictoryCake: A few times, such as this ''VideoGame/GodOfWar III'' review: