History Heartwarming / ZeroPunctuation

** Even moreso in light of the fact that he generally looks down upon remakes, an opinion he made beyond perfectly clear at the end of his Fear 2 Review. Yahtzee is rarely the type to change his mind on these sorts of things, so the fact that Black Mesa got through with only a couple of minor complaints certainly qualifies.

* Since I can't find a TearJerker page, I'll put this here: During his Spec Ops: the Line review, Yahtzee finds himself seriously thinking about what message this game sends, and out of all the reviews I've heard about the game, his struck me the best. It must be seen to be believed, that he's honestly surprised by the game and the things it makes you do, and how it actually affected him!
** You want proof that it effected him? [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness There are PAUSES in his speech during the review!]]
** What really sold it for me is that despite Yahtzee's self proclaimed position as a MisanthropeSupreme, him admitting that the part in the game where [[spoiler: he killed a group of civilians by accident]] made him feel like crap made me smile a little. It's all the proof I need; Yahtzee is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

** His follow-up article on ''Black Mesa'' a mod that gives the game HD graphics, counts as well.

** For that matter, the fact that he could not find a ''single thing wrong'' with the original ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

** What really sold it for me is that despite Yahtzee's self proclaimed position as a MisanthropeSupreme, him admitting that the part in the game where [[spoiler: he killed a group of civilians by accident]] made him feel like crap made me smile a little. It's all the proof i need, Yahtzee is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* The week after that, he admits he doesn't hate ''all'' cover-based shooting, he only hates when the interesting bits of a game serve it, not the other way around. it's a bit paltry compared to a lot of other HeartwarmingMoments, but if you're a Gears of War fan then it's hard not to be happy.
* TheWalkingDead game actually has something surprising. You should all know that Yahtzee has a hatred for children, but during the game, he gets to a point when he has to either save a kid or save a adult. Knowing Yahtzee, you would expect his to save the man and let the kid die, when he than proceeds to save the '''KID''' instead. Surprising to see that Yahtzee will be nice to kids when it matters.
* In DayZ, him talking about how so far all the players that he met tried to kill him when he runs into a player right after barely surviving a battle with an entire hoard of zombies. Said player proceeds to give him a blood pack.
* His retro review of ''HalfLife'' where he sounds quite openly relieved at the end to be able to state quite uncategorically that, 15 years on, the game is still good.

* His retro review of ''HalfLife'' where he sounds quite openly relieved at the end to be able to state quite uncategorically that, 15 years on, the game is still good.

* In DayZ, him talking about how so far all the players that he met tried to kill him when he runs into a player right after barely surviving a battle with an entire hoard of zombies. Said player proceeds to give him a blood pack.

* TheWalkingDead game actually has something surprising. You should all know that Yahtzee has a hatred for children, but during the game, he gets to a point when he has to either save a kid or save a adult. Knowing Yahtzee, you would expect his to save the man and let the kid die, when he than proceeds to save the '''KID''' instead. Surprising to see that Yahtzee will be nice to kids when it matters.

* The week after that, he admits he doesn't hate ''all'' cover-based shooting, he only hates when the interesting bits of a game serve it, not the other way around. it's a bit paltry compared to a lot of other HeartwarmingMoments, but if you're a Gears of War fan then it's hard not to be happy.

** What really sold it for me is that despite Yahtzee's self proclaimed position as a MisanthropeSupreme, him admitting that the part in the game where [[spoiler: he killed a group of civilians by accident]] made him feel like crap made me smile a little. It's all the proof i need, Yahtzee is a JerkWithAHeardOfGold.

** What really sold it for me is that despite Yahtzee's self proclaimed position as a MisanthropeSupreme, him admitting that the part in the game where [[spoilers: he killed a group of civilians by accident]] made him feel like crap made me smile a little. It's all the proof i need, Yahtzee is a JerkWithAHeardOfGold.

** You want proof that it effected him? [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness There are PAUSES in his speech during the review!]]

* Since I can't find a TearJerker page, I'll put this here: During his Spec Ops: the Line review, Yahtzee finds himself seriously thinking about what message this game sends, and out of all the reviews I've heard about the game, his struck me the best. It must be seen to be believed, that he's honestly surprised by the game and the things it makes you do, and how it actually affected him!

* In the ending of the Super Mario Galaxy 2 review, he admits it's fun despite bashing it for five minutes.

* In the ending of the Super Mario Galaxy 2 review, he admits it's fun despite claiming it's terrible.

* In the ending of the Super Mario Galaxy 2 review, he admits its a fun but terrible game.

* In the ending of the Super Mario Galaxy 2 review, he admits its a fun but terrible game and tells the people who enjoyed it to do something they've never done before.

* In the ending of the Super Mario Galaxy 2 review, he admits its a fun but terrible game and tells the people who enjoyed it to do something they've never done before.
** [[FridgeLogic Wha...]]'''''fun and terrible at the same time?!??! HOW?!?!?'''''

* In the ending of the Super Mario Galaxy review, he admits its a fun but terrible game and tells the people who enjoyed it to do something they've never done before.

* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9334-Non-Violent-Game-Idea-Puppies-in-Hell His concept for a non violent game]]. It's about a van driver that dies and goes to hell, armed only with [[spoiler: a basket of puppies]], having to [[spoiler: give [[CoolDownHug hugs]]]] to TheLegionsOfHell.

* The opening of his ''[[ VideoGame/DevilMayCry Devil May Cry 4]]'' review, where he says he doesn't think all anime is bad, despite how much he bashes the subculture in his reviews. He continues to savage the game for the rest of the review (as he says, it follows certain trends he dislikes), but the bit at the beginning puts things into context. It also [[ForWantOfANail inadvertently influenced this troper, formerly a staunch anime hater, to get back into anime]].
--> It would be very narrow-minded of me to say that all Japanese cartoons suck. That's like saying that all [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Glitter glam rockers are pedophiles]]. The fact is, there's bound to be about one thing to your taste, with all the different varieties of anime, whether you're into samurai or giant robots or [[HaremGenre serials about awkward young men very pointedly not having sex with a selection of eager women]].

* The opening of his ''[[DevilMayCry Devil May Cry 4]]'' review, where he says he doesn't think all anime is bad, despite how much he bashes the subculture in his reviews. He continues to savage the game for the rest of the review (as he says, it follows certain trends he dislikes), but the bit at the beginning puts things into context. It also [[ForWantOfANail inadvertently influenced this troper, formerly a staunch anime hater, to get back into anime]].

* His entire piece on romancing Anders in ''DragonAgeII'' in Extra Punctuation, especially the part where he states that he doesn't want to hear any of his readers' versions of the story, since he doesn't want to ruin the experience.

* His entire piece on romancing Anders in DragonAgeII in Extra Punctuation, especially the part where he states that he doesn't want to hear any of his readers' versions of the story, since he doesn't want to ruin the experience.
* His surprisingly gentle pan of {{Portal 2}}, where he states that despite it's inability to live up to the original {{Portal}}, it's still a great game in its own right.
* His review of ''{{inFAMOUS}} 2''. It's both surprising and heartening to hear him praise the quality of the writing, especially since it's a sequel (having long been sceptical of sequels) and especially since it followed his ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' review, in which he sounded genuinely disheartened. Bonus points for him [[SandInMyEyes reluctantly admitting]] that he was touched by the good ending, and in the Extra Punctuation column following it, his endorsement of the studio.