Yahtzee missed stealth games so much he disappeared from the escapist

"Thanks for listening."
Thanks for talking, Yahtzee.

One of my biggest bugbears with stealth games like the new Deus Exes or MGS5 is how they'll have a hundred different lethal weapons and gadgets and maybe two non-lethal options, and then chastise you for killing anyone. Interestingly, the Arkham games got this right too; you're Batman, who doesn't kill, so everything in your arsenal is non-lethal and you can freely experiment with all the gadgets.

Just a heads up to everyone. Yahtzee and the other video makers have resigned from The Escapist. Yahtzee does not own the rights to "Zero Punctuation". There's basically no reason to follow this channel anymore.

"You don't buy neopolitan ice cream if you're really in the mood for chocolate" is yet another excellent line to go on the excellent Yahtzee lines pile

RIP, after all the hard work everyone put in reviving The Escapist, management just had to fuck it up

Imagine this being Yahtzee’s final video on Escapist

I feel like the Hitman series should have at least been given a bit of a mention in this one. True, they're not pure stealth in the Thief manner, but they're still pretty stealth-focussed and one of the better examples of doing it well AND still giving the player some choice about things.

This and zero punctuation were literally the only things I come here for, well done

Much like horror games; there’s this weird counterintuitive idea that negative feelings like the feeling of dread and being vulnerable can still lead to a cathartic and pleasing sense of relief and triumph once the danger has passed. The Arkhams masterfully can make Batman feel enjoyable to play as whether he’s the hunter or the hunted.

A lot of other games don’t know how to do both of that sort of thing well so they just go all in on making you the best hunter that could never fail to some clever girl or such.

My favorite stealth game is probably Mark of the Ninja, despite being 2D the addition of indicators for noise is great and really helps things feel less unfair and like each cockup is your own fault.

Sly 2: Band of Thieves has always been an exemplar of how to do stealth right in my book.
You're not completely boned if you're detected, as you can always run away or beat the snot out of the small guard that noticed you, but it's always so much more gratifying if you sneak about unnoticed. Adding the detail that you can pickpocket guards was genius, because it makes you want to be stealthy just to keep feeling clever and getting rewarded for it.

It feels… strange knowing this is the last Yahtzee's personal video for the Escapist. I wish him good luck (though I will follow wherever he and the rest of the team will go)

Where did all the staff go? might be a more fitting title now...

Never would've imagined this was the last Zero Punctuation to ever air. A fitting conclusion all things considered with the Thief II joke at the end and everything. It was a good run while it lasted.

Just wanna say that if this is the last video Yahtzee has in this series, going out on Thief 2 (one of his and my favorite games of all time) seems poetic

Gloom wood seems exactly like what you're craving. It's half built by the dusk dev and is a pure love letter to the classic thief games even down to it's visuals.

This is already an interesting video, just by the title.

The older splinter cell games also felt (to me at least) like something that was amazing. It's not so much that you cannot shoot yourself through all the guards of the station, but it was at least as difficult if not more difficult, because in the end you need the stealth  mechanics anyways, because unfortunately Sam Fischer is not an action hero so taking a bullet makes him somewhat not well... as you would expect it to.

Honestly, I owuld love to see an Ocean 11 kinda deal for a game. Haven't seen anything like that.

I need a Stealth Game
I’m holding out for for Stealth Game ‘til the end of the night
He’s gotta be quiet, and he’s gotta be unseen and he’s gotta be crouched behind a bush