Fantastic, turns out the only thing that needs to hook me into the absolute cesspool of the moba genre is some good fucking writing and superb voice acting.
Seriously though, I think this is a great idea to make people like these characters, a lot of people said they look generic but with the right valve touch they seem pretty cool
This is what Japanese anime fighting games have been doing for years and it's surprising that it took these sort of shooters so much time to do this. It makes perfect sense for Valve to be the one to do it.
It's so exciting to see valve actually making something. If they can personalize the characters to even half as much as they did with the mercs, this will be great.
27:18 Lady G was so used to her victims being ordinary people, so she tried to act gangsta around a massive robot with a wrecking ball for an arm and immediately found out.
"we also may grey out Lady Geist from the roster." holy shit LOL. if there was ever a company with as much resources as they have balls, it would be Valve.
@@airhead7379League made Gangplank unavailable for a time as in lore Miss Fortune straight up "killed" him. While he did come back, Riot had fucking balls to kill off a playable character they launched THAT week, even if it was temporary.
@@heatfragmentA legend that was teased and yet to be part of the roster was killed by the actual playable legend thus subverting our expectations. Not the same but commendable
I love how Geist spends this entire story posturing about her superiority and brutality, and yet Bebop literally instantly spots her weakness and destroys her in less than five seconds.
Also funny that Geist sought to challenge Bebop when he was _right next to her._ For all her cunning and scheming, you'd think she'd know better than to go at it with the robot that designed himself to punch real hard.. Guess she was desperate.
I love the new ward option. An upgrade and the better exchange rate she was looking for. But morally the book ending is second to the dying in the arctic/self sacrafice/walk away.
I recognize Matt and Travis, but where do you hear Marisha? My first guess after reading your comment was McGinnes, but I don't think she actually sounds like her. Did I miss something?
@@kildeer for free is my surprise. We're also talking about a 3rd person game. From Lady Geist to a big man is a large difference, basically a whole new character. I'm down for it of course.
@@inory5460 No, that is definetely Matt. After listening to him voicing Orthax, Kraven Edge and Uko'toa, I'd recognize his "Dark Ancient Being You Definitely Shouldn't Make A Deal With" voice anywhere.
@@rarazalproductions519 1. nobody fights here, you keep comenting on my stuff. 2. I still think its Ray chase. If you want to look again - if it gives you peace - watch up about Neuvilette from genshin impact, watch his character introduction (the animated one) and listen closely. Also Look at Alphen from Tales of Arise or Noctis from FF15, its also the same guy who voices Krill of Moe and Krill.
@@rarazalproductions519 my comment disappeared lol. Watch up Neuvilettes character introduction video, the animated one. Also the same voice of Krill from Moe and Krill, Alphen from tales of Arise and even Noctis from FF15. They sound similar at some notes but im still pretty sure that this is Ray Chase
Actually a cool idea and way better than something like Crownfall. Shame that the implied complexity and alternative (free) difficult to make cosmetics all but guarantee that either we won't see it in game, won't be made for more than a couple of heroes, or just straight up will be stripped down significantly upon release.
@@DoktorBeta except this is valve and they're not very fond of constant work the likes of which these vn mode would develop. See crownfall for example; way, wayy simpler to make, rewards that don't really correlate with anything from the event, a story that really barely relates to the event dialogue itself... and theyre still late by over 2 months (not counting the entire year it took them to develop). Now imagine them doing this for every new hero. I can't.
@@DoktorBeta Like OP, I don't think they're gonna do this, but I would absolutely buy it if they did. A short little visual novel that gives context to the skins would be a great incentive to buy a cometics pack and in my mind, would actually make it worth the money as supposed to just buying skins and nothing else.
@@TheMentalgen i want you to check when the last cs operation was released. valve's just not fond of workflows that would involve them having to engage in regular content releases, ironically enough for a developer that mostly specializes in live service games lol
that'd be kinda jarring for those who dont know or care about the lore. As much as i love matt mercer's voice, i'd much prefer to only listen solely to the character i'm playing as. It also kinda ruins the fantasy of playing a female character when there's suddenly an inner monologue of some guy lmao, its like watching a cute vtuber for the first time only to realize she's playing with her male friends 😭. I have issue i know
I really like Bebop's portrayal here, and how it shows he loves Miss Shelly dearly and is willing to lunge into action to protect her. I really hope we can follow Bebop's story too some day
@@Tulip_bip if you go to "map dl_streets" and type "citadel_book_open [id]", you will access those novel trees in the pause menu. id 1 is for lady geist, 3 is for ivy, 4 is for holliday. So yeah, we're getting every hero story novel.
The only thing thats bugging me is that abrams, a literal detective bringing people to justice just deciding to live with a serial killer who killed people for 50 years
20 min to 2 hours: Yeah that sounds like how quickly a match goes alright. Also, curious how it seems Geist still seems to be right handed instead of left handed in the game.
Wait Valve made a visual novel for deadlock aswell? Why am I only seeing this now lol I mean it looks good I'm intrigued but who is that beautiful older woman?
00:00 Chapter 1
01:50 Chapter 2A
03:40 Chapter 2B
05:15 Chapter 3A
06:30 Chapter 3B/infernus_scene_01
11:22 Chapter 3C
12:30 Chapter 4A
14:02 Chapter 4B
15:20 Chapter 4C
16:55 Chapter 4D
18:42 Chapter 4E
19:53 Chapter 5A
21:07 Chapter 5B
24:10 Chapter 5C
25:45 Chapter 5D
27:55 Chapter 5E
28:54 Chapter 5F
30:12 Chapter 5G
31:10 Chapter 5H
32:02 Chapter 5I
Fantastic, turns out the only thing that needs to hook me into the absolute cesspool of the moba genre is some good fucking writing and superb voice acting.
Seriously though, I think this is a great idea to make people like these characters, a lot of people said they look generic but with the right valve touch they seem pretty cool
TF2 moment
I won't care about any of them until they remove every stun ability in the game
lol
People just want to complain. If TF2 came out today people will complain about the characters being "generic"
This is what Japanese anime fighting games have been doing for years and it's surprising that it took these sort of shooters so much time to do this. It makes perfect sense for Valve to be the one to do it.
@@shadow50011 skill issue
It's so exciting to see valve actually making something. If they can personalize the characters to even half as much as they did with the mercs, this will be great.
27:18 Lady G was so used to her victims being ordinary people, so she tried to act gangsta around a massive robot with a wrecking ball for an arm and immediately found out.
It was dope enough it earned Oathkeeper's respect to not murder them both
"we also may grey out Lady Geist from the roster."
holy shit LOL. if there was ever a company with as much resources as they have balls, it would be Valve.
I swear there was a game that did that before but for the life of me I can't find it again
@@airhead7379League made Gangplank unavailable for a time as in lore Miss Fortune straight up "killed" him. While he did come back, Riot had fucking balls to kill off a playable character they launched THAT week, even if it was temporary.
Apex did that too
@@willowthywisp He didn’t launch then get killed, they killed him to setup the rework’s planned launch. A bit different
@@heatfragmentA legend that was teased and yet to be part of the roster was killed by the actual playable legend thus subverting our expectations. Not the same but commendable
27:26 I like how Bebop transitioned to a wholesome butler-type robot to a "fuck around and find out" robot that's ready to throw hands when needed.
Yeah that was my favorite ending lol
I'd love to see a comic on bebop making money in underground tournaments and what kind of people he met there. Would be an interesting storyline.
Bebop is a sweetheart... When he can be. When he has to be, Bebop will show you how he became that fight club champion.
This is so well written. Some of the best from valve. Love that ending where you meet bebops creator. peak valve right here.
The script: 8/10
The art: 9/10
The voice acting: 10/10
Lady Geist: Would
I mean she might agree if you're fine with getting sacrificed later
The concept of the decisions you make giving you unlocks/changes in the pvp is actually really cool I hope that makes it into the actual game.
"its not a vase, but im told the proletariat love it" she says as she raises a six pack of beer, lmao. Shes so grossly upper class it's hilarious
Has the classic valve charm, I think there is a lot of potential to be a cool game and world.
the fcking mannerism just fcking screams Valve, I love it!
i've never been so invested in a visual novel lol. I have already watched this several time and I hope valve cooks a lot more.
I love how Geist spends this entire story posturing about her superiority and brutality, and yet Bebop literally instantly spots her weakness and destroys her in less than five seconds.
You don't threaten Junkyard Pinocchio's mom and get away with it
It may look like its made in a junkyard, but Bebop got hands.
It's bad practice to fuck with a Robot that has a 7 ton mace as their arm.
He was an underground fighting champion, iirc. Being able to spot weakness and deliver knock-outs should be his second nature.
Also funny that Geist sought to challenge Bebop when he was _right next to her._ For all her cunning and scheming, you'd think she'd know better than to go at it with the robot that designed himself to punch real hard.. Guess she was desperate.
21:07 interesting how this could give ingame cosmetics for completing the visual novels... I like it.
Matt Mercer as an arm in a leaked video for a closed alpha game is not something I had anticipated but highly enjoy
holy shit I really hope they flesh out this novel, the writing is phenomenal.
I dont know man, Lady geist dances between the line of milf and gilf and McGinnis can break me in half
Those words arent in the bible
@@dantekiwi7926 if i wasnt ready to welcome hell, i wouldn't have said it.
@@dantekiwi7926 You speak greek?
wrench wenches can peg me
@@Monte_Carlo451🔥🖊
Its basically the comics they make for their other games but put inside the game instead.
"...you're basically a serial killer."
"Eh."
Two mass murderers trying to get the moral high ground is depressingly funny
Glad to see the TF2 comic art-style again, even if it's not TF2
3:14 - 3:37 "20$ is 20$" type conversation
After watching this video I like the characters even more, Valve knows how to do that well.
omg they actually ate with this
You mean cook?
Damn this is sick, Bebop just sat her down.
I love the new ward option. An upgrade and the better exchange rate she was looking for.
But morally the book ending is second to the dying in the arctic/self sacrafice/walk away.
Oathkeeper voice by Matthew Mercer?!? I recognise that voice anywhere
he also voices mo and krill which is...weird
the writing and character interactions are amazing!
Matt Mercer, Marisha Ray, and Travis Willingham? Nice voice cast
I recognize Matt and Travis, but where do you hear Marisha? My first guess after reading your comment was McGinnes, but I don't think she actually sounds like her. Did I miss something?
@@rarazalproductions519 12:30 -14:02, McGinnes sounds so much like Beauregard, her Critical Role season 2 character.
Who did Travis voice in this?
Ah nvm ... I thought he voiced a character 'we know' ... not the bald bearded guy.
Never expected Valve to make a visual novel, but here we are.
Can’t wait to hear unholy abominations being created by splicing these lines together
I have known this woman for 18 minutes and her grandson a fraction of that and still cried at the 4D ending omg
theyre doing what we wanted from overwatch. i hope they dont die out like blizzard did
Nah bro this is Valve, they're better managed compared to the big entities in the gaming industry.
Yeah, Valve actually gives time and resources to irs employees so they can make wonderful creations. Blizzard would never.
You rock for posting this. The voice acting is impeccable. Wish we had all of Infurnus’ lines recorded.
This randomly showed up in my vids and I am VERY glad it did.
This. Was. So. SICK.
MAN, let Valve cook! That was so sick. Owh man owh man owh man, I haven't felt this Valve Magic in years!
This goes to show when Valve cooks they fucking COOK.
wow they redesigned Dynamo, thank god.
25:44 that'd be so much work, that's insane.
tbf replacing Geist with Fairfax is equivalent to a Dota 2 persona, like the antimage genderswap, they've done it plenty already :D
I actually like this Dynamo more than the current model. But it could easily be a placeholder, so let's see what happens.
@@kildeer for free is my surprise. We're also talking about a 3rd person game. From Lady Geist to a big man is a large difference, basically a whole new character. I'm down for it of course.
Mcginnis: you never know who can help you
2 seconds later
infernus: GO TO HELL 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
matt mercer, we meet again.
i think its ray chase.
@@inory5460 No, that is definetely Matt. After listening to him voicing Orthax, Kraven Edge and Uko'toa, I'd recognize his "Dark Ancient Being You Definitely Shouldn't Make A Deal With" voice anywhere.
@@rarazalproductions519 1. nobody fights here, you keep comenting on my stuff. 2. I still think its Ray chase.
If you want to look again - if it gives you peace - watch up about Neuvilette from genshin impact, watch his character introduction (the animated one) and listen closely. Also Look at Alphen from Tales of Arise or Noctis from FF15, its also the same guy who voices Krill of Moe and Krill.
@@rarazalproductions519 my comment disappeared lol. Watch up Neuvilettes character introduction video, the animated one. Also the same voice of Krill from Moe and Krill, Alphen from tales of Arise and even Noctis from FF15. They sound similar at some notes but im still pretty sure that this is Ray Chase
I think we can all agree at this point that valve can only make good characters
grey talon
imagine shitting on valve and whining about half life being your only personality
@@twgt666 I wonder why would you say that...
@@twgt666grey talon is getting a redesign
And so does yamato
Im sorry, but the entire dialogue between Abrams and Geist at 22:09 was very funny 😁
I love the way he said "No shit!"
BEBOP WITH A CUTE APRON !?!!1
6:32 ah yeah thats my favorite infernus voice line
Actually a cool idea and way better than something like Crownfall. Shame that the implied complexity and alternative (free) difficult to make cosmetics all but guarantee that either we won't see it in game, won't be made for more than a couple of heroes, or just straight up will be stripped down significantly upon release.
it could be monetized by making this visual novel pay-to-play so it's effectively the same as buying a cosmetics pack but with story attached
@@DoktorBeta except this is valve and they're not very fond of constant work the likes of which these vn mode would develop. See crownfall for example; way, wayy simpler to make, rewards that don't really correlate with anything from the event, a story that really barely relates to the event dialogue itself... and theyre still late by over 2 months (not counting the entire year it took them to develop). Now imagine them doing this for every new hero. I can't.
@@DoktorBeta Like OP, I don't think they're gonna do this, but I would absolutely buy it if they did. A short little visual novel that gives context to the skins would be a great incentive to buy a cometics pack and in my mind, would actually make it worth the money as supposed to just buying skins and nothing else.
I could see it happen if they were paid and released over time akin to CS operations.
@@TheMentalgen i want you to check when the last cs operation was released. valve's just not fond of workflows that would involve them having to engage in regular content releases, ironically enough for a developer that mostly specializes in live service games lol
Her design is fine af. Well balanced thiccness is always appreciated.
geist is pretty bad, as in she's both really hot and actually just a terrible person
This is just…awesome. I like how all of the different options explore different places her character could sensibly be taken.
oathkeeper should have some voicelines in game when playing as lady geist, kinda like rhaast and kayn dynamic from league of legends
that'd be kinda jarring for those who dont know or care about the lore. As much as i love matt mercer's voice, i'd much prefer to only listen solely to the character i'm playing as. It also kinda ruins the fantasy of playing a female character when there's suddenly an inner monologue of some guy lmao, its like watching a cute vtuber for the first time only to realize she's playing with her male friends 😭. I have issue i know
@@gevmaedahtkuont5387 Get help.
@@gevmaedahtkuont5387 brother...
@@gevmaedahtkuont5387 😭😭😭? you do
@@gevmaedahtkuont5387She mentions oathkeeper in main menu, when you pick her.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD VALVE, DO. NOT. KILL. THIS. VISUAL NOVEL.
Each choice and outcome to unlock other heros ending and skins. Now i see why valve is more focused working this than fixing the bots in TF2
The user name will never not be iconic
Well fuck, she went from the character I cared the least about to the one endearing the most to me.
wow this was really good! looking forward to the game
Oh my gods I absolutely love the writing in this!
13:40
"You're basically a serial killer"
"Eh."
IM LOSING IT
I gotta see one for Ivy and Dynamo
Damn, why is the Patron so chill? He grants the wishes as stated and doesn't seem to have many strings attached or try that hard to screw them over.
5:16 does the professor has the same VA as Kayo from val (Gabe Kunda)? the voice is very similar
Impressive how many outcomes they made, redeeming and condeming her
she looks so much better here then in game.... GYAT!!!
Lady Geist and Abrams conversation had me chuckle the whole time
also is Makani the artist behind it?
how was this found? was it available for everyone during the first wave of invites a few months back or taken from the files or something?
Holy shit the voice cast is incredible
This game has the lore quality of tf2 and the stylized great design of dota, man we're eating good
33:43 ok after watching everything now this is my favorite character
thats it im a geist main now
Lady Gyat
I would like to see an ending to the tf2 comics... but this looks interesting...
It's being worked on rn. The script is finished and the drawing is in progress. Won't be for a while though
already doing better then overwatch if they release one of these per character
How did i miss this..
I really like Bebop's portrayal here, and how it shows he loves Miss Shelly dearly and is willing to lunge into action to protect her. I really hope we can follow Bebop's story too some day
i think every character is getting a VN like this
@@Tulip_bip if you go to "map dl_streets" and type "citadel_book_open [id]", you will access those novel trees in the pause menu. id 1 is for lady geist, 3 is for ivy, 4 is for holliday. So yeah, we're getting every hero story novel.
i love VA for Geist, such a lovely voice
The only thing thats bugging me is that abrams, a literal detective bringing people to justice just deciding to live with a serial killer who killed people for 50 years
I genuinely hope we get to see Oathkeeper and see just how frightening he is.
This is a very entertaining story.
MOMMY? sorry.
Do you hath not restraint?
1. cringe 2. shes a granny, not a mommy
@@inory5460would
@@inory5460 I think the term the kids use these days is GILF.
@@inory5460 i am cringe but i am free and all GILFs were once MILFs so i am not completely wrong
Yeah im gonna be an Evil Hank main
immediately gunning for the fairfax ending.
the horrors must begin.
the GO TO HELL got me both times
cant wait for more Deadlock lore
20 min to 2 hours: Yeah that sounds like how quickly a match goes alright.
Also, curious how it seems Geist still seems to be right handed instead of left handed in the game.
Holy fuck McGinnis 😳
Valve tweakin with this one fr
5:54 Oh come on she has gotta be related to Engie lmao
Wait Valve made a visual novel for deadlock aswell? Why am I only seeing this now lol I mean it looks good I'm intrigued but who is that beautiful older woman?
just like the game, the visual novel is a wip. her name is Lady Geist, she’s one of the playable characters
Lady gyatt
As Gordon Ramsay once said - "Delicious. Finally, some good fucking food"
IS THAT MATT MERCER AS OATHKEEPER??? HOLY SH*T
I wish the pacing wasn't like a TOEFL listening test, but this is neat
I don’t care for moba but the setting and dialogue is just 👌. I really wish this was an animated series instead.
Any playtesters wanna send a brother an invite?
You in? Send your email and I'll invite
Do you have the invite by now?
@@samuelbucher5189 i can invite you, whats your friend code
"You're basically a serial killer."
*"Eh."*
Im convinced Oathkeeper has some connection to Mo&Krill because the voice actor is the same
dayum, lady geist looks hotter here than in game
They also did this with counterstrike too btw.
bro, actually good novel
grey talon visual novel would probably go stupid hard. same for seven, dynamo
Giest was feeling real confident until she ran into a farmed Bebop
i think dynamo's voice is different
I wish to my patron that we get Facet effects when we get skins rather than purely cosmetics.