Yomi Review - with Tom Vasel

[MrKaneShadow]

How long did it take you to reorganize all the decks after tossing them together like that? My OCD got itchy just looking at it

[dragondisaster]

The artwork and characters remind me of Guilty Gear

[1poopyhead]

anyone else wanted to fix the deck of cards he put back in backwards?

[chevkoch]

1:59 Masturbatori?

[Conefed]

I watched this review because I am a huge fan of Puzzle Strike, and thus the characters of Puzzle Strike.

[KaosEspada]

so yomi means metagame? :P

[solodarkwolf]

looks interesting, liked the princess bride reference



[HooUWanMeKill]

do any stores carry these cards yet? I hate buying things online >_<

[WatergazerRed]

Thank you again Tom! I've bought many a game from your reviews and Yomi is one such gem. I'm sorry I put off the purchase for so long. Worth every penny for the full set.

[JohanKH]

How do you know the other person got an ace then? Because they have been searching their deck? Or what?

[Muaver]

david sirlin is a certified genius

[Muaver]

hayuken

[Aberusugi]

YAWMEE?!!!?!?! UGH!!!

HI YOO KEN?>!!?!?!?!

[Moonbolt]

"Let me show you how the game is played!"

*drops decks of card on the table*

That doesn't look like much fun, to be honest.

[joeengwilson]

thumbs up if you didn't hear a single thing Tom said in the first minute because you were too captivated by the splashing paint in the background

[lolcloudXD]

would probably destroy you

[Sawa963]

Yo-Me

[DarkAvatar1313]

Are the cards "Euro" or MtG size?

[xAznSkyxx]

way better than chaotic

[Hitzel]

I've been playing Flash Duel Deluxe with my friends in anticipation for Yomi. After playing Yomi online I can't wait to finally get the real thing.

[Renulph]

Anyone want to help me break this game? Thinking of sitting down with it and finding all of the exploits, then I'll compile my findings into a combo video and reveal all of the flaws...that way, no one will enjoy Yomi.

*Yahmee

[qwasdninja]

@Renulph The betatesters had a couple of years to do it and didn't manage to so I doubt you will either. And exploits in fighting games rarely break the game.

[Renulph]

@qwasdninja T'was a joke, mister.

[qwasdninja]

@Renulph Ironi missed, my apologies.

[zirconst]

This is a REALLY fun game. It takes a couple matches to get the hang of it, but the learning curve is pretty gentle overall. Once you know the mechanics it's pure tactics and mindgames. Love it.

[Laserwulf]

Think I'll stick with UFS, even though it's a bit more complicated to learn.

[wakigatame2010]

@Laserwulf I've got a ton of cards/starter decks for UFS, but have never learned how to play it. Everybody I've talked to says it's like mandatory to learn the game from someone who knows it well than to learn it on your own. Is that true?

[Laserwulf]

@wakigatame2010 Pretty much. I had a few UFS decks and tried to learn from the rulebook, but it just didn't click until I went to a booster-draft at the FLGS and the guys there taught me how to play.

A friend of mine just bought the full Yomi box, so soon I'll be able to accurately compare the two.

[MigaOhYT]

"Hi-yu-ken and all that sort of thing."

Yes. Okay.

[nagoo81]

YAH trick YAH ME

[TerrorWolfX]

PAINT! DUCK!

[timidstance]

What a steaming load of turd. I appreciate Tom's support of smaller companies but sheesh, this seems like something an 8 year old could have come up with.

[muk83]

@timidstance Yet no one had come up with it before.

[timidstance]

@muk83

Yes, such highly original ideas are usually avoided like the plague by real companies so that they end up being self published.

[acmullarkey]

@timidstance COULD A 8 YEAR OLD HAVE CREATED HD REMIX?!?!

...Oh, wait...

[TNTBioHazard]

@timidstance An 8 year old could have come up with your comment as well.

And I bet you couldn't balance 2 character decks, let alone all 10 of them.

[timidstance]

@TNTBioHazard

Is that supposed to be an insult? Go back to sucking your mother's dick.

[TNTBioHazard]

@timidstance Not an insult, I'm just aknowledging your total lack of inteligence. That's a fact.

[ErmineskinCreelov]

@TNTBioHazard It's spelled intelligence, genius.

[TNTBioHazard]

@ErmineskinCreelov Way to go, insulting a typo by a non native speaker.

I'd like to see you write in portuguese, genius.

[ErmineskinCreelov]

@TNTBioHazard It's called spell check. Learn to use it if you insist on pointing out someone's intelligence. Makes you look like even less of a retard than you really are.

[TNTBioHazard]

@ErmineskinCreelov Tooo bed tat spel chek cannt hellp yoou be leess retardated! =P

[timidstance]

@TNTBioHazard

"Inteligence": Oh, the bitter irony.

[Valcien]

lol he troll us? He said "yah-me".

[FalcoII]

Man this looks awesome, I want the luxury set :D wish I had money. :)

[TheJelloEmperor]

I am definitely picking this up! This looks like a really great game.

[cozmic0]

awesome games.... more people need to know about this masterpieces!

(Yes, I'm such a fanboy) :P

[ImDoneItsOver]

there true geniuses If only I had the spare Hundo

[ErmineskinCreelov]

This looks terrible. Like playing War with a Yugioh deck.

[TNTBioHazard]

@ErmineskinCreelov "This looks terrible. Like playing War with a Yugioh deck."

Man, you have NO idea what you are talking about. Why not just keep quiet?

[StexeGod]

Wow, this is a great game. I just played a match where it was Lum, the Panda (me) vs Setsuki (the fast combo ninja) and I got knocked down really fast. I was down to 1 life and she had 30 left, but I pushed my luck and managed to dodge an attack with his ace and did 20 damage, then I used Lum's 7 to draw a card and got another Ace (the last in my deck) and used it to evade another attack and got another 20 in Black Jack to win 1 life to -10! EPIC!

[highpriestrsw2]

I used to play Brawl a lot. This is a little bit like that.

[krazykidpsx]

Tom you should get your hands on PUzzle Strike! that game is really fun!

[Logicfray]

@krazykidpsx youve got great timing, he just posted a review

[atari67]

Tom, if you are going to have close-ups of your hands, CLEAN YOUR FINGERNAILS.

[bigsky780]

great review, even better green screen background, lmao!!

[Phlip45]

I remember playing this before they got all the art done and my friend had printed up a copy to play test it. All I remember was that Rook was the best and that the painter lady was pretty terrible. Also at the time Argagarg's art was one of the mudkip things from WoW since they hadn't all the art done yet. From what I played of it then (like 1 - 2 years ago) It was an awesome game.

[YourNamesChumpyRight]

@Phlip45 Haha, that's when I started testing too.

[StexeGod]

Ah, makes sense that Sirlin did it. He is a very interesting game designer who talks about competitive balance in games like Street Fighter and Puzzle Fighter. If you're interested in gameplay balancing at all, I suggest reading some of his articles, they are very well thought out and written.

[RatherWatchThem]

@gubbanatah The server also has a very bare-bones version of Puzzle Strike, if that's more their style.

[StexeGod]

It is pronounced "Yoh-mI," just for future reference!

Great review, was wondering what this game was from your podcast.

[RhinoBarbarian]

7:52 Hilarious!

[UrsoDaCortesia]

You can have 10!/2!*8! = 45 pairs of decks. If you take into account that you playing deck A and opponent playing deck B is not the same as you playing B and opponent A then you have 90 possibilities.

[bexarath]

While it seems somewhat interesting, it feels just a bit steep to pay a hundred bucks for a two-player card game. If they could manage to get the price down a bit I'd consider it, but right now it's just too expensive.

[Zejety]

@bexarath Well you could just buy a 2-deck pack.

[bexarath]

@Zejety I suppose, but then I would lose the great variability that comes with the complete set. Besides, even the two-deck packs are pretty expensive for just decks of cards, and you have to buy fixed pairs as opposed to choosing the ones you want. In the end it's just not worth it to me.

[pktzer0]

@bexarath For a cheaper alternative, you can also buy a print-and-play version for fifteen bucks.

[bexarath]

@pktzer0 That would assume I have access to a decent and inexpensive printer, which I do not.

I'll just have to keep an eye on the game and be on the lookout for a drop in price.

[kaneda26]

@bexarath You can buy a two pack of cards for $25. All you need are the two decks to play. Though, I do agree that to get all the decks and the playmats, it's a little steep. But do appreciate that the quality of the stuff you get is better than most big publisher's games, and that the second run will probably come down in price. It's an economy of scale issue.

[ThePatheticClub]

Tom's right on every point in my opinion. Very fun game! It's weird to say this but playing this game feels like playing a 2D sega fighting game or something.

[Hanagigi]

@ThePatheticClub That's the whole point of the game.

[ThePatheticClub]

@Hanagigi

I like it!

[Chainsawsb]

This game looks pretty sweet I want to try to find a copy =D

[ThePatheticClub]

I'm friends with one of the developers of this game. :)

[thedragonwilleatyou]

Thank God I didn't spend all my Christmas money. I going to get this.

[Clockworkmaster1]

Wow, did you ever try playing poker with them?

[diablokid43]

I have more fun watching your reviews then playing the games myself :P keep up the good work.

[tullkass14]

@diablokid43 True. :)