Zero Punctuation Season 9 Episode 3 Five Nights at Freddys and This War of Mine

Zero Punctuation is a video game review show hosted by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. In season 9 episode 3, Yahtzee reviews the survival horror game Five Nights at Freddy's and the war survival game This War of Mine.

Yahtzee starts off by describing Five Nights at Freddy's as a game where the player is a security guard at a children's pizza restaurant that is haunted by animatronic robots that come to life at night. The player's objective is to survive five nights while monitoring the robots through surveillance cameras and closing doors to keep them out. Yahtzee praises the game's atmosphere and tension, noting that it is effective despite the lack of graphical fidelity. However, he criticizes the game's reliance on repetitive jump scares and lack of meaningful interactivity, stating that it is ultimately more of a "jump scare simulator" than a game.

Next, Yahtzee moves on to This War of Mine, a game that puts the player in the role of a civilian survivor during a war, tasked with scavenging for supplies and making moral decisions. Yahtzee praises the game's emphasis on survival and realism, giving the player the feeling of being constantly vulnerable and resource-starved. He also commends the game's moral choices, which he describes as making the player "weigh up their own humanity against their own survival." Yahtzee notes that the game is not without its flaws, such as its limited scope and lack of replay value due to its unchanging scenarios.

Overall, Yahtzee remarks that both games have their own unique strengths but ultimately only recommend This War of Mine to players looking for a truly immersive survival experience.