Using an NPC menu to avoid combat

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  • Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024

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  • @froginmybeard
    @froginmybeard 2 года назад +4102

    Plot Twist: Greg hires the Cyclops to chase people toward him so he can have all that attention.

    • @VivaLaDirtLeague
      @VivaLaDirtLeague  2 года назад +652

      Smart Greg

    • @EAGLEBLACKInquisido
      @EAGLEBLACKInquisido 2 года назад +88

      That would be epic! At the end Greg could have thanked the Cyclops by name for another adventurer.

    • @MrAmchuk
      @MrAmchuk 2 года назад +86

      that'll teach them not skip the dialogue

    • @KhanGarth
      @KhanGarth 2 года назад +26

      @@EAGLEBLACKInquisido an epic NPC man you might say

    • @firedup692
      @firedup692 2 года назад +3

      And sales

  • @innovativeatavist159
    @innovativeatavist159 2 года назад +2875

    "Remember me?"
    "I'll try."
    I dunno if that was just a cruel joke or a comment on his semi-self-awareness as an NPC. Either way it was brilliant.

    • @SnowWhite-dj8uu
      @SnowWhite-dj8uu 2 года назад +147

      i realy liked it. "I'll try" "even if I meet hundrets of people every Day and your death is not special."

    • @Stellarcrete
      @Stellarcrete 2 года назад

      Greg has just enough self-awareness to be a dick. Honestly, that's all my non-existent girlfriend ever asked of me. She once never said, "Please, just be a semi-self-aware dick, for a change!" Then left.

    • @hotlavatube
      @hotlavatube 2 года назад +18

      I remember the "When an NPC finally loses it" when the NPC guy pulls a shiv on the guy for skipping his dialog.

    • @histhoryk2648
      @histhoryk2648 2 года назад +8

      Philosophers in the next centuries will now have problem to interpret this quote

    • @hotlavatube
      @hotlavatube 2 года назад +14

      @@histhoryk2648 Your comment reminds me of a quote from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: “Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was `Oh no, not again.` Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.”

  • @graven6102
    @graven6102 2 года назад +2177

    Great day for Greg actually, someone accepted all his quests, listened to him without skipping and he sold all his wares. I also don't see any garlick so he propably sold that too. Good for you Greg 👍

    • @graven6102
      @graven6102 2 года назад +80

      @The Fallen Nah he said "skip no details" meaning he wanted all the details.

    • @krasa6945
      @krasa6945 2 года назад +25

      @@graven6102 ooohh, that makes sense to me now, l heard it with a comma, "Skip, no details"... 😋

    • @Aileil
      @Aileil 2 года назад +21

      I'm just glad Hamish found Greg, who was sympathetic about the whole thing.

    • @DollanFerinal
      @DollanFerinal 2 года назад +11

      @@Aileil He would've tried selling him sandals or a new fishing pole or a severely overpriced sword.

    • @Aileil
      @Aileil 2 года назад +2

      @@DollanFerinal Heh, yeah, that sound about right. :)

  • @Brubarov
    @Brubarov 2 года назад +995

    I love how the NPC does not feel threatened at all, not even a bit, because he cannot be killed by an "enemy". Perfect!

    • @Progection
      @Progection 2 года назад +54

      He is a quest NPC, they are very hard to kill.

    • @jonathanevans3853
      @jonathanevans3853 2 года назад +45

      He has the essential tag.
      He's just disappointed that he has to watch another adventure get cut down right after buying items from him

    • @PrivateNegative
      @PrivateNegative Год назад

      Wait, didn't he die by a zombie?

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 11 месяцев назад

      @@PrivateNegativeProbably a special event

    • @fengliu975
      @fengliu975 8 месяцев назад

      @@PrivateNegative No this was continuation of the bard episode where the part was killed... sad they didn't come back for him

  • @nighthawk155
    @nighthawk155 2 года назад +3501

    I was half expecting Greg would ignore Hamish like everyone does but no, the first merchant you meet in the game are always gonna be your bro till the end.

    • @PerfectAlibi1
      @PerfectAlibi1 2 года назад +70

      Greg is the tutorial NPC...

    • @dirtprime1379
      @dirtprime1379 2 года назад +50

      I was expecting him to not be able to interact with Greg during combat

    • @PetrusEksteen
      @PetrusEksteen 2 года назад +12

      *Sidorovich enters the chat*

    • @PerfectAlibi1
      @PerfectAlibi1 2 года назад +3

      @@PetrusEksteen
      Who?!

    • @Aethelia
      @Aethelia 2 года назад +59

      Yeah wouldn't have gone so well if it were one of the other NPCs.
      Hamish: Hey can I-
      Baradun: Portal away.
      Baelin: Mornin'! Nice day for fishin' ain't it! Hu ha![End Dialogue]
      Bodger might help for a little while but only by buying Hamish's iron dagger for 2 gold and selling it back to him for 100 gold until Hamish ran out of gold.
      Eugene would be useless but would at least weep over Hamish's corpse.

  • @warpuppy4528
    @warpuppy4528 2 года назад +1833

    All this skit needed was Rowan standing by saying "For the peace of the kingdom."

    • @cloud5buster
      @cloud5buster 2 года назад +143

      I'm torn between that and, "Nice day for fishin', ain't it? Huh-huh!"

    • @santosic
      @santosic 2 года назад +44

      Hahaha, yes! Typical useless guard 🤣

    • @Galaxy-MediaX
      @Galaxy-MediaX 2 года назад +11

      Yes! 😂

    • @calebbraun9505
      @calebbraun9505 2 года назад +27

      "For the King!"

    • @Aethelia
      @Aethelia 2 года назад +12

      Did they see this comment? I'm sure I remember this being another recent skit. The one when Adam's character tries to get help against bandits and Guard Rowan just stands there.

  • @andyventures6574
    @andyventures6574 2 года назад +661

    Hamish is just damn perfect. His going through the stages of accepting his fate ...from denial through grief to acceptance.

    • @dk-sky3820
      @dk-sky3820 2 года назад +21

      don't forget the anger part "f*ck, f*ck, sh*t!" :D

    • @Admiraltheycalledme
      @Admiraltheycalledme 2 года назад

      Death is you destiny 😂 prepare to die😢😆

    • @caesar_0015
      @caesar_0015 2 года назад +8

      And bargaining the part that was most prominent

  • @Mizufluffy
    @Mizufluffy 2 года назад +255

    Seeing that "Say goodbye" option there was surprisingly emotional because it suddenly had more than one meaning.

    • @BlandoGaming
      @BlandoGaming Год назад +9

      I don't know how they managed to get me so emotionally invested in less then 3 minutes.

    • @azrani2023
      @azrani2023 Год назад

      true right???

  • @IQXLYI
    @IQXLYI 2 года назад +1617

    Hamish is so damn good man. Every video he’s in he just nails it. He’s great

    • @dynad00d15
      @dynad00d15 2 года назад +31

      Of course! but this time, the ogre nails him... :D

    • @Ice-Ramos
      @Ice-Ramos 2 года назад +6

      Totally!

    • @SilentlyContinue
      @SilentlyContinue 2 года назад +5

      Seriously. I love his ranting.

    • @AlexGorskov
      @AlexGorskov 2 года назад +1

      Agree!

    • @TheWolfDude91
      @TheWolfDude91 2 года назад +4

      I just want to point out that I was your 1000nd like.

  • @maisiesummers42
    @maisiesummers42 2 года назад +587

    That cyclops is incredibly patient, giving the adventurer time to say goodbye to his friend. What a nice fellow.

    • @Sang25x3
      @Sang25x3 Год назад +4

      Exactly!

    • @zathegame
      @zathegame Год назад +1

      @@Sang25x3 r/woooosh

    • @zathegame
      @zathegame Год назад +2

      @@Umeyamaa omg i don't... Wow
      R/woooosh

    • @AtomicF0x
      @AtomicF0x Год назад +1

      Well, I wouldn't confuse the cyclops with being nice---with just being _unable_ to attack.

    • @pauldavis5665
      @pauldavis5665 Год назад +2

      He wasn't giving him the time because he's nice, he had to wait because the programming of the game makes it so he can't attack while the menu is up. That was the whole point of the skit.

  • @thaddaeusrobinson4239
    @thaddaeusrobinson4239 2 года назад +1642

    What an emotional rollercoaster. Made me honestly feel bad for hamish. Good job guys! Love you!

    • @ChineduOpara
      @ChineduOpara 2 года назад +17

      Poor Hamish 😄

    • @thaddaeusrobinson4239
      @thaddaeusrobinson4239 2 года назад +19

      @@ChineduOpara I know!!! He plays that these parts so well!

    • @Grabthar191
      @Grabthar191 2 года назад +5

      I was wondering why Hamish didn't try to sell Greg something back.

    • @thaddaeusrobinson4239
      @thaddaeusrobinson4239 2 года назад +4

      @@Grabthar191 good point. Maybe he didn’t have inventory?

    • @carlkenner4581
      @carlkenner4581 2 года назад +10

      I always feel bad for Hamish. He's a great actor and plays that sympathetic role well.

  • @SmittyWerbs2016
    @SmittyWerbs2016 2 года назад +193

    I love that this is a continuation from when Hamish couldn’t keep his party healed enough to beat the cyclops. Solid call back to a year ago guys!

  • @darkner2390
    @darkner2390 2 года назад +353

    I was not expecting a sequel to "Bards are kinda useless in combat".

    • @hellborne7995
      @hellborne7995 2 года назад +6

      Viva La Dirt League must not play monster hunter with a title like that. "Iron bagpipe death melody intensifies"

    • @akhairanich.2420
      @akhairanich.2420 2 года назад +1

      @@hellborne7995 i see fellow hunter here

  • @jaxstacks1253
    @jaxstacks1253 Год назад +34

    Greg's "I'll try" knowing he is, unfortunately, just an NPC and he remembers no "Adventurer" by name

  • @DolphinDivePro
    @DolphinDivePro 2 года назад +151

    I like to believe that Hamish has had to run from the Original Encounter way way way back in Epic NPC Lore but because he was in combat the entire time, he was unable to fast travel so has been running this entire time to escape combat range.

    • @JS-rv3et
      @JS-rv3et 2 года назад +1

      will being a bard gave him some good lung capacity ya know good cardio and all..
      to bad his dex stats were so low

  • @TheRealWoofer
    @TheRealWoofer 2 года назад +235

    Whomever worked on the cyclops did an amazing job. You guys are still killing it even without the new studio in operation yet. NPC Man forever! ❤️

    • @TheEvinB
      @TheEvinB 2 года назад +15

      What are you talking about? That's what Rowan always looks like.

    • @TheRealWoofer
      @TheRealWoofer 2 года назад

      @@TheEvinB 🤣

  • @TheMC1102
    @TheMC1102 2 года назад +649

    Greg is so calm because he knows that the cyclops' AI isn't programmed to attack him.

    • @sudarshanapriris1700
      @sudarshanapriris1700 2 года назад +7

      how did he knows that

    • @sudarshanapriris1700
      @sudarshanapriris1700 2 года назад +10

      is greg the one who created the game

    • @TheMC1102
      @TheMC1102 2 года назад +51

      @@sudarshanapriris1700 It's the VLDL universe. All the NPCs are self-aware.

    • @sandsand5483
      @sandsand5483 2 года назад +38

      @@TheMC1102 isn't it just Greg, Bodger and Baradun?
      Half counting one of the muggers since he slips in and out of sentience?

    • @TheMC1102
      @TheMC1102 2 года назад +7

      @@sandsand5483 I would count Fred as well.

  • @m.denonsens
    @m.denonsens 2 года назад +32

    Hamish just standing there toward the end with his head bowed and crying quietly, broke my heart. That desperate bravery. 💗Great sketch as usual VLDL!

  • @jajwarehouse1
    @jajwarehouse1 2 года назад +326

    It is usually the other way for me. I get attacked from out of nowhere while I am stuck in NPC menus.

    • @limbo3545
      @limbo3545 2 года назад +6

      Both

    • @Calahazos
      @Calahazos 2 года назад +3

      Know the feeling

    • @johny5400
      @johny5400 2 года назад +3

      @@limbo3545 in online games you do, in single player usually not

    • @AstarionWifey
      @AstarionWifey 2 года назад +6

      Skyrim 💀💀💀

    • @limbo3545
      @limbo3545 2 года назад +2

      @@johny5400 usually, but there are exceptions. Not sure, but I mean it was Oblivion where you get randomly attacked while talking to an NPC.

  • @Fatih-hs6je
    @Fatih-hs6je 2 года назад +99

    Imagine a situation like this in real life... that would be terrifying.

  • @crystallxix1493
    @crystallxix1493 2 года назад +812

    Imagine how terrifying that would be. To be stuck with a boring NPC as a extremely dangerous one breathes down your neck.

    • @alextrollip7707
      @alextrollip7707 2 года назад +55

      True. Greg the garlic farmer has a tough life

    • @andrewflowers6794
      @andrewflowers6794 2 года назад +56

      Note: Greg is not 'boring'. He is iconic. There's a such a difference!
      #❤4Greg

    • @georgegogiashvili9416
      @georgegogiashvili9416 2 года назад +12

      Greg hater

    • @GregTheReaper
      @GregTheReaper 2 года назад +8

      That's how it feels working for Rowan every day

    • @ringofasho7721
      @ringofasho7721 2 года назад +1

      It's Rowan. The cyclops is Rowan

  • @inarisarp
    @inarisarp 2 года назад +26

    For those that didn't notice. When the sad music starts, Hamish (the bard) is playing it himself. 2:08 He's playing his own death ballad. What a trouper.

  • @zeroenna8554
    @zeroenna8554 2 года назад +445

    The mistake was talking to the farmer instead of using him as a shield. After going through all that work to kite the boss into town, Hamish didn't get it to aggro on the villagers. We have seen them one-shot players into mist when challenged. If he figures it out that Bard can power level as long as he can run.

    • @snarkysnarksson3002
      @snarkysnarksson3002 2 года назад +11

      Have you seen "Two worlds" speedrun? :)

    • @magicpyroninja
      @magicpyroninja 2 года назад +38

      The ogre steps on a chicken on the way into town and gets murdered by the flock

    • @bragnir
      @bragnir 2 года назад +28

      @@magicpyroninja The flock? If it were only that... Harming a chicken in Honeywood will aggro EVERY SINGLE NPC.

    • @ShiningDarknes
      @ShiningDarknes 2 года назад +4

      Damn guards are never around when you need them.

    • @dakat5131
      @dakat5131 2 года назад +1

      @@bragnir Hey, that's a valuable animal!

  • @Arendelft
    @Arendelft 2 года назад +268

    Wow, this was a touching, terrifying moment that made me smile from beginning to end. That Cyclops just looming over him the entire time, the towering height to it attempted to force its blade down from time to time till finally it just gave up and stood there, staring down at Hamish, occasionally laughing, waiting... definitely reminded me of when Adam pulled a similar stunt with Greg, using him to grab some health potions and pause just at the critical point.
    Also, you can tell this is the Post Adventures Greg who has been desensitized to death and just doesn't care anymore, where the previous Greg Adam associated with, you could tell he was a bit freaked out by what was going on. Nice and scary character development there.
    Oh here is a terrifying thought... what if Greg returns home only to find his shop is in perfect working order, no mess, no nothing, and that there is a version of him standing there, staring at him in solemn terror, shaking his head...

    • @pr1m4t3-1nt3l
      @pr1m4t3-1nt3l 2 года назад +7

      They did that episode already.

    • @Arendelft
      @Arendelft 2 года назад +6

      @@pr1m4t3-1nt3l I was referring to that episode... except, I was saying they could incorporate it into their DnD. In other words, Greg DnD comes back in a surreal replay of the Quest Greg Episode! Sorry, I thought that was obvious and that I didn't have to explain it.

    • @MrZaranthan
      @MrZaranthan 2 года назад +3

      @@Arendelft Somebody once pitched a movie script as "like Die Hard, but in an office building!"
      Yes, you have to explain that your comment on the internet is not inane.

    • @Arendelft
      @Arendelft 2 года назад

      Okay, that didn't make a lot of sense in comparison, also, I expected fans who remembered that episode to simply get what I was saying without the need to have it spelled out, but I guess a lot of people don't actually know about Viva's DnD channel and since most actually don't know about it or at least have never watched it, they might not get this reference. Those who have watched it though and remembered Quest Greg did.

    • @RequiemPoete
      @RequiemPoete Год назад +2

      @@Arendelft I just interpreted it as a sarcastic call back to the Quest Greg episode.

  • @maxwhite4732
    @maxwhite4732 2 года назад +174

    0:27 that effect of making the cyclops look bigger looks Really good holy crap

    • @VivaLaDirtLeague
      @VivaLaDirtLeague  2 года назад +61

      Big shout out to our VFX guys 😍

    • @vforwombat9915
      @vforwombat9915 2 года назад

      @@VivaLaDirtLeague okay!
      VXF guys!
      LOOK OUT!!!!!!!

    • @ashjia
      @ashjia 2 года назад +5

      Yea I can’t tell thats Byron at all!

    • @jamieh19861
      @jamieh19861 2 года назад +2

      @@VivaLaDirtLeague good job 👍 VFX Guys

    • @joshsa4935
      @joshsa4935 Год назад

      Yeah shout out to the VFX guys, that looked top notch

  • @BrinnTDSowo
    @BrinnTDSowo Год назад +30

    I want to see an npc just casually talking to a boss
    and then stops talking when a player some in

  • @ryadinstormblessed8308
    @ryadinstormblessed8308 2 года назад +135

    When Hamish asked if he could just stand there for a minute, I expected someone else to walk up and Greg have to say, "well I've got another customer waiting, sooo... I'm gonna need you to move along now adventurer."

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak 2 года назад +13

      First rule of chatting as an NPC: you can hold as many simultaneous conversations as you want.

    • @ryadinstormblessed8308
      @ryadinstormblessed8308 2 года назад +5

      @@Loctorak ah, but the key term there is "want"! 😁

  • @martinhenzl
    @martinhenzl Год назад +8

    5 seconds after: "Oh, hai again. Came back after respawning to collect my stuff from the corpse. That -25% exp penalty is nasty, tho."

  • @gaberyan6283
    @gaberyan6283 2 года назад +219

    Depending on the type of game, he could have just sat there indefinitely and waited for the other npc's to wander close enough to aggro onto the cyclops, like the "for the king" honeywood guard that always roams near greg.

    • @aryajpegasus
      @aryajpegasus 2 года назад +3

      or just combat log xD

    • @Shamanteng
      @Shamanteng 2 года назад +44

      But remember that guard didn't save Adam from the thieves attacking him. And that same guard ended up killing Adam haha

    • @SergeyGalin
      @SergeyGalin 2 года назад +13

      I guess he's probably in single player mode, the Skycraft has both single and multi.

    • @lanarkorras4411
      @lanarkorras4411 2 года назад +17

      @@Shamanteng True. It might just have been a nice day for fishing though!

    • @carlkenner4581
      @carlkenner4581 2 года назад +23

      He's not playing single player, he was in a party with 3 other adventurers but they all died when it turned out bards are kinda useless in combat. There's an earlier episode about it.
      Also, you can see his username above his head.

  • @th3R04R
    @th3R04R 2 года назад +27

    Greg should have been a bard in NPC DnD. I never really understood why Greg the Garlic Farmer would be an artificer. His main stat as charisma would make so much more sense than intelligence. This is the guy that constantly loses his sheep and then convinces adventurers to find them.

  • @OniFeez
    @OniFeez 2 года назад +101

    This must be soon after "I'm in my protective bubble, I'm in my protective bubble,I don't want to die, I'm only 35" when Alandor, Rowanis and Adamis have been defeated. That's one long chase sequence! It's been, what, a year?

    • @panopticpunk
      @panopticpunk 2 года назад +4

      Yeah but that was their best skit ever, lmfao. I'll take a sequel. xD

    • @XsquintyX
      @XsquintyX 2 года назад +1

      Damn, I was gonna comment exactly like that and you beat me to it XD

    • @gwallace5403
      @gwallace5403 2 года назад

      That line just gets me every time. Just the way he says it is golden.

  • @Fizzbann
    @Fizzbann 2 года назад +22

    Reminds me of the times I've played games and pulled agro just following a quest line, not trying to be in a fight, and still get killed off during dialog.

  • @apeters8
    @apeters8 2 года назад +22

    This is one of my favorites in a long time. Classic npc man.
    Greg being in no rush but also just kind of ignoring the cyclops is perfectly done, as is Hamish's acting, as always.

  • @BallisticDamages
    @BallisticDamages 2 года назад +16

    The emotions Hamish is giving off is top tier. Great work as always!

  • @jarrod752
    @jarrod752 2 года назад +30

    I like how Hamish sings the song with Greg, like he's been there before.

    • @diyeana
      @diyeana 2 года назад +4

      Well, he is a bard. He probably knows the song anyway. :)

  • @varunlivesfood
    @varunlivesfood 2 года назад +32

    Greg breaking and controlling himself at 2:19 is hilarious!

    • @abbster515
      @abbster515 Год назад

      Haha I went back to see that part! Alan is truly talented lol

  • @alikhanmagomedaliev5500
    @alikhanmagomedaliev5500 2 года назад +83

    Remember in Gta San Andreas I took a jetpack, started murdering people and stuff and police helicopter killed me, but the game would not register the death unless you leave the jetpack, so I was flying around half dead, prolonging the inevitable

    • @Etrius_Fysik
      @Etrius_Fysik 2 года назад +3

      It's like the one scene in one of the Justice Leagues where Reverse Flash takes a bullet to the head.

  • @Tybearius
    @Tybearius 2 года назад +20

    From ep 81, Greg is a Fast Travel NPC, which wasn't an option. I wonder if it was because Hamish wasn't high enough level or it doesn't pop up if you're in combat.

    • @RequiemPoete
      @RequiemPoete Год назад +4

      We also know from Baelin's Route that certain quests disable Fast Travel.

  • @maxs3011
    @maxs3011 2 года назад +101

    The operator knows how to find angles, Hamish, bottom view. Just emphasized the importance of the main character as much as I could! 👍👍👍

    • @nagabe6394
      @nagabe6394 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, the camera work is superb

    • @maxs3011
      @maxs3011 2 года назад +1

      @@nagabe6394 I wonder who their operator is?

    • @nagabe6394
      @nagabe6394 2 года назад +1

      @@maxs3011 I think they have several cameramen/women, but I never saw their credit or names, probably because they're outsourced?

  • @titanks3
    @titanks3 Год назад +9

    I was kinda hoping for a quick glance around and a whisper of "Go for the knees, they're the cyclopses weak point until you can get to his eye 🤫"

  • @mariatserpe8730
    @mariatserpe8730 2 года назад +25

    To me it's incredible to see two actors act in so contrasyin emotions in the same scene, one cheerfully singing while the other is crying in misery... A lot would be done in post to achieve this but the performance is still maybe my favourite of the whole channel!

  • @Primaeva
    @Primaeva 2 года назад +29

    Damn, VLDL production quality going so high they're hiring actual ogres for videos now, got to respect their commitment to the craft!

  • @FractalMelody
    @FractalMelody 2 года назад +368

    "There, there" hahaha Absolutely ace. Hamish is a winner, and perfect casting on the Greg the Garlic Farmer. Top marks!

    • @FractalMelody
      @FractalMelody 2 года назад +8

      @Ken Bannedagainagain I've seen them all, I was merely attempting humor lol It's like me saying "another phenom performance by Alan" in an odd way. I missed, and it happens :)

  • @RamblinRick_
    @RamblinRick_ 2 года назад +13

    No matter what video, Hamish can never catch a break.

  • @davewhispers7720
    @davewhispers7720 2 года назад +87

    Ah finally the bard story continues.

  • @GameHopping
    @GameHopping 2 года назад +4

    Once in the menu, you reboot your computer.

  • @jimmymittens
    @jimmymittens 2 года назад +24

    I kind of thought another adventure was going to come up and kill the cyclops for him but he never gets that lucky.

  • @silydevius
    @silydevius Год назад +6

    *"NPC unavailable, there are monsters nearby"*

  • @loweffortedward
    @loweffortedward 2 года назад +36

    I love how the NPC is completely oblivious and unreactive to what’s happening around him. He’s just doing his NPC things 😂

    • @Shadow-hm3uq
      @Shadow-hm3uq 2 года назад +19

      He isnt oblivious, he is not scared because the cyclops wont attack him

  • @RashaKahn
    @RashaKahn Год назад +7

    Would’ve loved to see a player come around the corner and see that, go “nope…” and run off.

  • @Revlos
    @Revlos 2 года назад +122

    I wanted him to take cover behind Greg and for Greg to kill the mob with a piece of garlic 😂

    • @michael_pilot
      @michael_pilot 2 года назад +6

      Like David vs Goliath, but with cloves instead of rocks. Greg, the garlic farmer and troll killer

    • @davidteh3807
      @davidteh3807 2 года назад +6

      Yes. All NPC are bad ass .

    • @ravenousredbeard5414
      @ravenousredbeard5414 2 года назад +6

      Nah, rummage through his inventory but not look at the apparel tab (he's a farmer afterall so what could he possibly have that would help) but out of nowhere he equips paladin armor (grandfather's armor perhaps?). Alternatively, Hamish does look through the tab and find nothing but Greg still equips paladin armor and Hamish is half dead and asks "I specifically inquired about armor but you said you didn't have any, what do you call that!?!"

    • @Werewolf_dr
      @Werewolf_dr 2 года назад +5

      POPPY!!

    • @SergeyGalin
      @SergeyGalin 2 года назад +4

      Greg actually has at least a crossbow and a knife in his pockets.

  • @Raynsideways
    @Raynsideways Год назад +2

    I love how Greg does what he can within the confines of his NPC abilities to help, even suggesting browsing his wares to buy him a little time.

  • @hans336
    @hans336 2 года назад +21

    Poor Hamish, had to stand there, while hearing that beast behind him

    • @johang
      @johang 2 года назад +1

      He should be used to that... Have you seen his wife as an NPC???

    • @hans336
      @hans336 2 года назад +1

      @@johang Hahahaha, oh my god that actually made laugh so hard

  • @gazaiyuno9628
    @gazaiyuno9628 Год назад +5

    "you cant interact while in combat" video end

  • @FalloutBreakbeat
    @FalloutBreakbeat 2 года назад +18

    This was actually quite disturbing and revived many a dormant RPG memory. Well done. 👍

  • @bilinasmini3480
    @bilinasmini3480 2 года назад +1

    Hamish just standing there toward the end with his head bowed and crying quietly, broke my heart. That desperate bravery. Great sketch as usual VLDL!

  • @DZombieDragon
    @DZombieDragon 2 года назад +19

    Poor Hamish…He should have played a song of strength to keep it away 😂

    • @TheDesktopOrbinaut
      @TheDesktopOrbinaut 2 года назад +1

      "I don't wanna die! I'm only 35!"
      - Hamish the Bard

  • @encyclomemedia2914
    @encyclomemedia2914 2 года назад +12

    LOL, this is so relatable. I've done this before and sometimes hide behind them or use the NPCs as a shield 🤣
    Hamish is an oscar worthy performer!

  • @skyro0412
    @skyro0412 2 года назад +36

    Is this the continuation from the first Bard episode where his party got killed because of him?

    • @sickbozo8152
      @sickbozo8152 2 года назад +4

      me thinks it very much is XD and its hilarious

  • @linkstolemyshield
    @linkstolemyshield 2 года назад +3

    I adore Hamish, he always brings a smile to my face when he is on screen smashing his roles.

  • @tstreb66
    @tstreb66 2 года назад +57

    When developers realize that people skip the dialog all the time so they update the game to make it more fluid for players. Lol

  • @ieaturanium574
    @ieaturanium574 Год назад +6

    This scenario is very similar to when a bully is after you at school, but you can't report him to the teacher because you don't wanna be a snitch, so you keep talking to the teacher because the bully can't do anything while the teacher is watching

  • @gegeimperialit
    @gegeimperialit 2 года назад +40

    And yet I am pretty sure that Greg had a lot of dialogue line every time someone talked to him. So... Either the Bard has already exhausted all of his dialogue... Or the ducker has skipped trough them and Greg has gone psycho again. I like to imagine the second option. Like "Good luck with this monster, ducking addhole. I don't even need to pull out my knife on you. Let me enjoy this scene before you respawn to find my sheep."

    • @shrujanamsyama9940
      @shrujanamsyama9940 2 года назад +1

      Regardless of the number of lines, the outcome would be the same. The dialogues have to end at some point

  • @sbalogh53
    @sbalogh53 2 года назад +1

    Pull up NPC menu. Force close the game. Log back in. Monster gone. Win.

  • @Galliao
    @Galliao 2 года назад +5

    A polite giant who gave Hamish the time to finally listen and have a moment with Greg.

    • @SnowWhite-dj8uu
      @SnowWhite-dj8uu 2 года назад

      no, only his sword dosn't move. he realy trys.

  • @Pearlflower1
    @Pearlflower1 2 года назад +1

    I was so captivated by Hamish acting , how could it be so funny and heartbreaking at the same time , just hitting the nail 1000%

  • @Gruntbaseball
    @Gruntbaseball 2 года назад +9

    Any video with Hamish is a guaranteed re-watch he is fantastic haha

  • @MisterLobb
    @MisterLobb 2 года назад +2

    That’s better than “You can’t perform that action while in combat”

  • @hesperides12
    @hesperides12 2 года назад +8

    God I love Hamish
    He nailed every role damn it

  • @Argoon1981
    @Argoon1981 Год назад +6

    Don't know if this was the desired affect you guys wanted from us but I was sad and I laugh at the same time but I think the laugh, was just a cope mechanism to hide how sad, I really was for the ultimate fate of the adventurer. :(
    Nice work. :)

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Год назад

      @@AutumnalNights 😄 yes indeed, valuable lesson!

  • @RufotrisRootedRockhound
    @RufotrisRootedRockhound 2 года назад +88

    Omg yes I laughed so hard at this one haha. I’m in the middle of playing fallout 4 and have had a few moments where I’m like I need a menu or something and panic pause 🤣

    • @liambarker2461
      @liambarker2461 2 года назад +4

      Fallout doesn't care if you're having a conversation with an NPC. I've seen deathclaws coming for me in the background and they kill the NPC mid conversation to get to me

    • @15thCrypt
      @15thCrypt 2 года назад +5

      Ive been at my base then hear enemies descend upon me as Im in a weapon crafting station. One time when I first talked to a companion I heard laser rifles in the background and what sounded like a nuke go off. A lot of games are on pause until you walk by...that is not one of them

    • @GaiaLegendNL
      @GaiaLegendNL 2 года назад

      @@liambarker2461 ''Oh wow, I heard great stories from you! You know, something is up with this settlement, my name is Honest Dan, and I- *Deathclaw walks behind him that happened to randomly managed to get in the settlement because I decided to do this quest way later in the game and SMACKS the mayor which flies away* I don't trust these guys whatsoever, they act way too weird''

    • @RufotrisRootedRockhound
      @RufotrisRootedRockhound 2 года назад +1

      @@15thCrypt yea that’s why I panic pause haha. You can’t talk to anyone or whatever to get out of fights.

    • @RufotrisRootedRockhound
      @RufotrisRootedRockhound 2 года назад +1

      @@liambarker2461 and that is why I have to panic pause lol.

  • @Tiro1000
    @Tiro1000 2 года назад +1

    A few doors down is a guard shouting "For the Alliance" while ignoring the poor bard.

  • @velvetkay
    @velvetkay 2 года назад +13

    From laughter to tears in three minutes, the Viva emotional rollercoaster is real :D
    P.S. We need an Epic NPC Man soundtrack with all the songs from the skits

  • @tylerneild8176
    @tylerneild8176 Год назад +14

    Le gasp! Greg has been lieing to us for years! He isnt really a garlic farmer hes a cheese maker!

  • @dravious
    @dravious 2 года назад +4

    Hamish, never stop being you man! Great word on this one.

  • @specific78
    @specific78 2 года назад +2

    Hamish is so good at making people laugh at pain. Such a range of emotion

  • @chris6ix.
    @chris6ix. 2 года назад +5

    0:02-0:03 Never knew such modern houses were already present during medieval times ;)

  • @DarkWarriorShadowClaw
    @DarkWarriorShadowClaw 2 года назад +1

    The interface is really well done. Great job guys as always!

  • @naveenkumar-xc4cb
    @naveenkumar-xc4cb 2 года назад +4

    Feels like a long time since we have visited Honeywood, the place where the magic started.

  • @gagejennings5705
    @gagejennings5705 2 года назад +1

    Wow finally got all of Greg’s dialogue for a quest

  • @humorouspixel295
    @humorouspixel295 2 года назад +6

    Greg should of sang him a protection song, he would of been able to take a blow from any foe.

    • @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441
      @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 2 года назад

      If u going to bash his English. It’s English not english. And who cares… this isn’t school…

    • @perlundgren7797
      @perlundgren7797 2 года назад

      @@vardekpetrovic9716 Please learn to use punctuation.

    • @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441
      @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 2 года назад

      @@vardekpetrovic9716 If you going to be a.... At least have good English yourself. You would look like a hypocrite!

    • @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441
      @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 2 года назад

      @@vardekpetrovic9716 Honestly he made way less mistake than you lol.

  • @froggyblocks
    @froggyblocks 2 года назад +2

    That cyclops looks amazing! I can definitely tell that you increased the production cost!

  • @someaccount3438
    @someaccount3438 2 года назад +5

    Greg is usually so self aware, but sometimes you get situations like these where he really doesn't understand what's going on.

    • @maximtsai1856
      @maximtsai1856 Год назад +6

      I think he understands. He just recognizes that there's nothing more he can do to help with his limited NPC abilities.

    • @RequiemPoete
      @RequiemPoete Год назад +2

      Yeah, he knows he can't go against his code. He can only act freely in situations that his code hasn't been scripted for. For I stance Quest Gregg can beg the adventurer NOT to complete the quest, but he can't run away from the adventurer and thus make the quest incompleteable.

    • @chaosrex1487
      @chaosrex1487 Год назад +1

      Oh no he definitely understood. He's just accepted he can't do anything about it.

  • @Blondie42
    @Blondie42 2 года назад +2

    Poor Hamish. Hopefully he can get some revenge on that Cyclops in the near future

  • @mm__m522
    @mm__m522 2 года назад +6

    I laughed so hard at this one that I started to cry.
    Hamish is funny as hell!

  • @kdlittle88
    @kdlittle88 2 года назад +1

    As a guitar player I appreciate that Alan was actually fingering real chord formations.

  • @necronlord223323
    @necronlord223323 2 года назад +4

    Ahh the honeywood episodes are definitely the best

  • @bassplayer11
    @bassplayer11 2 года назад

    I love that this one continues from the episode posted about one year ago called “The Bard”. Somehow he survived the last attack and managed to run back to Honeywood.

  • @michaelpiper8198
    @michaelpiper8198 2 года назад +4

    Now we just need to have a background scene where a separate adventurer does this and survives by having their monster get ganked by fellow adventurers passing by who tell the “don’t worry about it, we adventurers need to stick together!” Meanwhile further in background is Hamish getting bullied by low level mobs

  • @omeralbnna1633
    @omeralbnna1633 2 года назад

    You guys aren't from this planet, amazing work there

  • @zippy2470
    @zippy2470 2 года назад +3

    Reminds me of when your talking with a npc in fallout and a deathclaw kills them mid conversation 😂

  • @BananaBLACK
    @BananaBLACK 2 года назад +1

    Manually log out by shutting down the program task. You will wake up dead, but at least you will avoid the trauma.

  • @GhoulCz
    @GhoulCz 2 года назад +6

    Ach yes. Perfection.

  • @mrmannyman2
    @mrmannyman2 2 года назад +1

    That giant has really got it in for Hamish

  • @Randz777
    @Randz777 2 года назад +5

    I thought you guys were going to include a timelapse where he would just stay there for days waiting to be rescued 😂 still awesome nonetheless! keep it up guys! ❤

  • @moodyowlproductions4287
    @moodyowlproductions4287 2 года назад +1

    Ogre"you will have to end that NPC menu sometime pal...I have all day"

  • @nairocamilo
    @nairocamilo 2 года назад +4

    1:25
    Patch Notes for version 22.6: Following complaints from players, the songs that NPCs sing have been severely shortened.
    _PS: We're still working on a Skip button for them, but just hold on guys!_

  • @jap7575
    @jap7575 2 года назад

    Top notch acting! Gets better every episode. Thank you for such quality entertainment!

  • @diegotorres1746
    @diegotorres1746 2 года назад +5

    Hamish small screams are always so fun to hear. I love his acting.

  • @Zulikas69
    @Zulikas69 2 года назад

    was expecting another player walk by and unalive the monster.