7 Things Bound to Happen Every Time You Start an RPG: Commenter Edition

From lots of rats to lots of regrets in the character creator, here are even more things that will definitely happen when you start a new RPG, as suggested by YOU our lovely commenters!
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[@imihuman662]

Notis me sempi 🐭🐭🐭🐹

[@DyingWolf83]

That's a New York level rat infestation

[@little-earth-star6]

Get those early fire spells ready, we have a rat swarm here!

[@nicolaswarren3453]

Which one is the giant rat that makes all of the rules?

[@zacharyheine4177]

Wow, just enough rats to teach me the combat mechanics and earn me my first experience level!

[@edwardgurney1694]

Ellen gets so much more Londoner when she's mad.

[@wierdalien1]

Yeah, thats the natural state of londoners.

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

@@wierdalien1 so a Victorian era ten year old that's part of a street gang, and would shank you in an alley after robbing you?

[@wierdalien1]

@@cooltrainervaultboy-39 yup

[@cyanimation1605]

*COS I IS FROM LANDAN* she’s gonna block me now

[@wierdalien1]

@@cyanimation1605 SWUATHHH LANDAN

[@perfectlyhopeless]

Ellen's accent takes a big turn when she gets into her distrusting rage

[@wierdalien1]

Ehhh not really.

[@TySama0]

Innit?

[@Pseudowolf]

Does Britain have an equivalent to "going Southern" in the US?

[@steh8831]

Kyla Elena - I love Ellen, her laugh makes me laugh.

[@AnimeWars2002]

@@Pseudowolf Is it going southern or northern?

[@malp2909]

"A dragon ate my heart.....to be fair didnt see that coming" Unintentionally brings up another rpg trope, dying at the beginning of the game

[@ElectromagNick]

Yes, but with such style! Best to make a fine last impression, heheheheHAHAHA!

[@Insanerobert44]

And revealing in the same time how special you are from the rest of people.

[@dorianrobinette9712]

to be fair in dragons dogma you don't die at the beginning of the game, despite what it looks like.

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@dorianrobinette9712 the incantation the dragon recites might have something to do with it

[@dorianrobinette9712]

Death by Konami possibly, they never really fully explain how it works. Maybe the senechal gives whoever grigori marks as arisen the ability to keep living. *Shrugs*

[@TheMetamorphoses2003]

Main Character: exists Family Members: *Hehe, I'm in danger*

[@gabrielledickinson4530]

Dragon Ages Cousland in a nutshell lol.

[@rho_man]

@@gabrielledickinson4530 Aeducans also R.I.P.

[@crispycrunch9971]

Alright, Ralph Wiggum.

[@gaildahlas]

@@gabrielledickinson4530 Hey, at least they still had Fergus right? Hawke can lose everyone, except maybe Gamlen, which probably isn't much consolation.

[@gabrielledickinson4530]

@@gaildahlas Very true, I always make sure that the living sibling survives act 1. It sucks that they are separated but at least they are alive.

[@seanrshivers]

Luke clearly deserves the level of mistrust levelled at him... That Pepsi was clearly empty... Also it was a Pepsi Max

[@Sableagle]

To be fair, Ellen doesn't weigh enough to slap a full Pepsi can across the room.

[@HovektheArtist]

@@Sableagle she slaps a full can and she gets thrown accross the room instead

[@Lordpooz09]

Don't be a Dob is what I'm hearing...

[@wierdalien1]

@@Lordpooz09 yup

[@quincebielka8843]

But crucially no arsenic. Therefore she still overreacted, just not by much

[@seanellis5410]

I’m happy that I’m alive to hear Andy use the term “flesh snorkel.” What a time to be alive

[@victoriafisher2218]

And we're supposed to pretend that's fine? OwO

[@warpjediAK]

I may have to use that term in conversation

[@dr.chungusphd108]

@@warpjediAK I already did.

[@Silvermankitty]

Mine has been broken for as long as I have had it. Every time I power down for the night it makes horrendous noises..

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@cnoomy]

I was known as “Prisoner” all throughout Skyrim because I forgot to choose a name or I hit ready too fast or something. Didn’t even realize until I found a “Kill Prisoner” note on an assassin.

[@insaincaldo]

The one time that happened to me, was because I thought I could cancel out of writing the name (the xbox text input) to look at my character once more and figure out an actual name. It had been so long thinking of a name, I actually forgot who I was naming. So that was a restart right away.

[@arndnaj]

I like seeing my dark elf woman's name in the bounties: Fuckerpants.

[@shadekatz6958]

@@arndnaj Fuck-her-pants now we all know why the bounty hunters are after you

[@arndnaj]

They're after me for many reasons. That's just one of them, but there's no DNA testing in Skyrim.

[@jbluewind4727]

I love that actually! Imagine telling them that your name is prisioner, the guy that escapes with you did NOT get the sarcasm, and now you're kinda stuck with it because that dude already told everybody and their grandma.

[@kasenrin3]

Look, if Patrick Stewart tells me I'm the one from his dreams, I'm going to keep making new characters to keep hearing it.

[@DyingWolf83]

Me: this time I'm gonna be mage. 2 min later: Damn I'm a stealth archer again

[@warpjediAK]

So many times

[@TheInsider15]

Isn't that because it's one of the most broken set ups in Skyrim?

[@drigondii]

I once played a stealth archer *on purpose*.

[@jahmair862]

Kaitos I mean, stealth goes with everything. "I’m going to be a mage" ends up using invisibility every five seconds.

[@barrymcballs9031]

Callum Same, but the opposite

[@MrDeflador]

Even worse then slow walking npc: Npc that are slower then normal speed and slightly faster then walking (slow) speed.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

*than But at least that one joke quest in World Of Warcraft exists. The famous dwarf starts walking glacially slowly, "lampshades" saying he's only joking, then runs off.

[@Cbyneorne]

I try walking backwards and sideways when I come across these, to see if I can find a speed that matches. Sometimes walking like a drunkard in zigzags also works, but in any case I want to set fire to every developer who thought doing this horseshit was a good idea.

[@Heartshapedbox81]

Thats the sorta thing that always annoys me mostly on games like Red Dead Redemption and yes of course everyone inside of the Elder Scrolls v Skyrim move like a turtle when you're supposed to be following them 😭

[@thegreatpineapple4425]

That's why I always have a special place for games that sync walking speeds when walking with an npc. e.g. Yakuza series

[@PhilBoswell]

Mention "Sara Oakheart" to a LOTRO player and their reaction will tell you how far through the first Epic Volume they have progressed: that's the original "Shadows of Angmar" plot. She shows up in the Introduction Quests for every Race, walking at glacial pace (much slower than any other NPC), and then pops up later to interfere with your work in various (very slow) ways, but saves the full revelation of her depth of evil until much later, at which point you react much like Ellen…

[@craigh5236]

I once saw my wife at her computer with the character generation screen up with her head in her hands. I asked her what was up and she said she had been trying to think of a name for her character for TWO HOURS.

[@FlushGorgon]

It's called a figure of speech.

[@Edward256]

At times like these I would scribble Kanji on little pieces of paper, shuffle them in a hat, and pick out the number of sylables I want for my name. .... How did I end up with GoRoGoRo...?

[@riveramnell143]

Been there, felt that pain. Names are hard! It has to be perfect…

[@kcollier710]

What about starting multiple characters to play the 'Good', 'Neutral' and "Jane' character morality options?

[@AkumaDayo]

@@josephmichealholland5381 rip

[@Ganondorf-ui7yk]

There’s an option? I thought the “Jane “ option was the way games were supposed to be played

[@insaincaldo]

@@josephmichealholland5381 To be fair, there should always be a disco option.

[@KizuRai]

...you mean there were options OTHER than 'Jane'??

[@johnstovall7503]

That's me

[@althomas9655]

Me: selects a race. Gets bored of that race and picks another and another and another. Never actually finishing the game.

[@insaincaldo]

Picks "human" because it's relatable, stops playing "human" because it's boring and predictable. Oh this is alien and exiting, oh... that was alien and I can't relate. Hmm, this one looks cool. It's so distracting, why are those even doing that, it just keeps swinging even when I'm dead huh?

[@shaitarn1869]

I thought that was just me!

[@tylerv5413]

It’s been like 9 years and I still haven’t killed Alduin.

[@themadmaiden]

oh character creation. I got halfway through Dragon's Age: Inquisition before realizing my Inquisitor looked so strange because I'd somehow removed her eyebrows when I'd spent so long creating her and hadn't noticed. ugh

[@Heartshapedbox81]

Don't worry it is very difficult to make a character that doesn't look like an alien in Dragon Age Inquisition, I should know as I've made at least 20 not even including imported Hawkes but I've only played with about 7 so that's balanced right? 😆

[@ApesWithEgos]

"Walking around without eyebrows, and people don't ask what's wrong, but they're pretty sure something isn't right. Like, let's take the next elevator, honey." I miss John Pinette.

[@Claudia-pm7wg]

Let's not even talk about the foreheads and the hair... or lack there off. How many different types of bald do you even need?! They don't make the massive foreheads any better you know?

[@Heartshapedbox81]

@@Claudia-pm7wg you are not wrong! matter fact I literally remember recently saying on (something either related to mods or related to Dragon Age) which is that it would have been a good thing to be able to mod in hairstyles for the game because how many different ways can you be bald? It's like 50 Shades of bald inside of Dragon Age Inquisition, not that 2 was much better...

[@renseragaki4637]

THE HAIR OPTIONS ARE SO AWFUL. I always end up using the same one because it’s the mediocre looking one out of the 673832 different types of bald haircuts lol but honestly? During the first cutscene I saw my first freshly made character in, I started laughing like an idiot because he looked T E R R I B L E. My newer one is *way* better thank god

[@fawadshah7321]

I love how Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning handles the NPC following a blessing. The NPC will always sprint ahead of you and will actually stop if you stop therefore removing the chance of "IT" getting lost and we to bloody repeat the quest. Such and underappreciated gem I must say.

[@judas_bdb8681]

Right? If I wander off distracted I know I can come back and find them in the middle of nowhere right where I left them

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

picking up everything not nailed down, then finding a hammer to get the rest.

[@insaincaldo]

And doing the walk of overburdened shame to your nearest trader, or your hoard.

[@harlandmountain7998]

@@insaincaldo Yeah they mentioned that in the previous installment.

[@insaincaldo]

@@harlandmountain7998 probably

[@harlandmountain7998]

@@insaincaldo lol more like definitely. I literally watched that vid just before this one.

[@insaincaldo]

@@harlandmountain7998 Sure but I didn't, so I couldn't possibly say with certainty, even though it does sound familiar.

[@zacharyheine4177]

To be fair to Ellen, Luke did just bring her an empty Pepsi can

[@shadowcat1606]

Not sure what's worse ... it being empty or it being Pepsi ...

[@Some__Guy]

I was hoping she would take a drink out of the can at the end, and shout "Oh god, Arsenic!"

[@shasshybear9222]

That's going to be for the follow up video of betrayal

[@BlargleRagequit]

i was genuinely surprised this joke didn't make it in

[@dorianrobinette9712]

same

[@MiraHelmacy]

To be fair, if there was enough arsenic in the drink to kill Ellen, she probably wouldn't even get to the "oh" part before dropping dead.

[@apfelbaum7402]

"One of the first things you do is fighting a bunch of rats to learn how combat works." Yes, except when it's The Witcher 3, the rat-mission comes up halfway through the game and the rats absolutely destroy you...

[@Icam_here]

character creator is the real part of any RPG, the rest of the time is seeing how well your character turned out and finding the right outfit

[@dracawyn]

1:36 a day will come when I can play Dragon Age: Origins without romancing Alistair... but it is not this day.

[@eldritchmoose]

I've played it 4 times so far and romanced him and I have no idea how I'm going to manage to romance zevran and morrigan (I'm curious about how that would affect the plot in the long term), Alistair is just too precious 💙💙

[@sheilamyers1217]

Romancing Zevran is the best, Morrigan is ok, still can’t bring myself to romance Leliana bc her religion bs is soooo annoying

[@queencleopatra007]

That's what I thought until he dumped me during my playthrough as an elf. Then I switched to Zevran lol

[@persephoneunderground845]

Zevran's romance is totally adorable, trust me. Played a Dalish elf and it fit much better than Alistair.

[@DFloyd84]

Fun fact about Oblivion: Patrick Stewart loved playing Uriel Septim (even though the character has, like, a dozen lines before he gets ganked), because the developers gave him so much material about the character, far more than he'd gotten for any of his high-profile roles.

[@commander392]

I love Ellen's smile after the Pepsi thing, she tried so hard to hide it.

[@irrelevant_noob]

12:05

[@zuralani1]

It's important to clarify that you should watch your friends like a hawk, not like a Hawke. Anders taught me that the hard way.

[@gaildahlas]

Oh no. I only started playing a few days ago and I maybe really like Anders. This is ominous.

[@silverwyhrecat5]

@@gaildahlas Anders is one of my absolute favorites. I romance him half the time.

[@datasdukatcoat6429]

The Grand Cleric can't help you!

[@ThatCerberusGuy]

The name one made me laugh out loud cause it reminded me of a time I got kicked out of a D&D tournament for "not taking it serious enough" because I made my Wood Elf's surname "Morning Wood" :)

[@georgesears934]

You could've at least named yourself "Mourning Wood" and made grief a part of your backstory. That way you could feign ignorance for as long as you could keep a straight face.

[@madhatt3r93]

What do people do in d&d tournaments?

[@ThatCerberusGuy]

@@madhatt3r93 "tournament" might be the wrong word, but it was a big thing in San Francisco where they brought in famous people to act as DM's and one of the organizers got pissed off my ranger had a sex joke as a last name even though a bunch of other people thought it was hilarious.

[@alexanderwheeler3943]

Really? That's exactly the sort of shenanigans I have come to expect from players from all over

[@CamaroAmx]

George Sears mourning wood is a village in Fable 3. Its full of “eco warriors”, ie: the medieval version of hippies.

[@notasquiremario3299]

I have one. Being under-leveled or over-leveled for the entire game.

[@notasquiremario3299]

@brandon roberts what happened to my brother was the opposite

[@luketfer]

Or in the case of Dark Souls 1, breezing through early NG+ Only to have the later DLC bosses stomp your ass into the ground...

[@insaincaldo]

@brandon roberts First time I NG+ DS2 it was a gimmick build, not only that but I had sold off all the cool gear I had before I redid my stats, It was not a smart commitment.

[@revanfadewalker932]

Dragon age origins.

[@recklessabandon5678]

And this is why difficulty options exist

[@lux0rd01]

"try to figure out who will betray you" WHY LYSANDEROTH!?

[@PeanutXIX]

Yet is is I! My machinations lay undetected for years, for I am the master of deception!

[@thesnep4757]

With the example used: Zevran. If your relationship with him is high enough he won't betray you and he will assist you in killing the Crows! Good example though.

[@girlkillsgods]

@@elginscodex Same. It's so easy to be friends with him though, unless you do an evil playthrough and intentionally make everyone hate you. I've tried to do that, but I just can't :/

[@inspectorspinda]

@@elginscodex you can recruit him and never use him because you prefer the early game gang and then his relationship is still as neutral when you're at denirum. then bang x'D though i also think if you make certain dialogue choices when you meet talisin, he'll be less or more likely to betray you.

[@Raoul9753]

@@inspectorspindaYou could get good relations with all party members just by talking to them in camp.

[@razgriz821]

I always spare him but never build enough approval on purpose. He did try to kill me, why should I be friends with him? He’s an asset to be used against the Blight and nothing else.

[@datasdukatcoat6429]

I'm dependent on him if I'm not a Rogue to get the locks open after Leliana suffers her obligatory death. She's a good character and all, but Kolgrim is the second greatest character in all of Dragon Age (after Anders, natch, and third is Branka; silly Oghren should have fought harder for her) so, those Ashes of Andraste must get despoiled and hardening Leliana isn't really worth the time, most playthroughs.

[@butter_scotch]

I've actually had Andy's nose dilemma in real life. This one time I was zoning out in class, but when I suddenly came to, human faces didn't make sense to me anymore, and noses seemed like a grotesquely weird feature on it. Took me a solid 30 seconds to regain sanity

[@patrickmccurry1563]

That kind of sounds like a minor seizure or even mini stroke. Those aren't always the massive kinds you hear about.

[@graywolfdracon]

Wait....you can regain sanity?!?!? Why would you do that?

[@normal6483]

Sound can actually do the same thing in reverse - if you listen to a sound clip over an over again,no matter what it is, you'll eventually start hearing it as music. Humans get weird when we over-focus on something.

[@butter_scotch]

@@normal6483 I'm gonna try that out sometime

[@butter_scotch]

@@patrickmccurry1563 I don't know what it was. It was a long time ago....... Just remembered the experience

[@savannamier659]

As an American, I get a little giddy every time I hear Ellen say "bloody". Bring on the accents!!

[@supernova582]

I know the British accent is the best it's bloody fantastic!

[@Safiyahalishah]

As an Australian, 'bloody' still sounds better from English mouths. 🤣

[@thatlycantomboy]

“...spend hours bouncing around lists of obscure mythical figures on Wikipedia” okay, I did not need to be called out like that

[@jackyiv]

My heaviest sin in all rpgs is with the skill trees... after 5-10 hours playing i start to think: maybe this wasn't the best class, maybe i shouldn't have take that skill, this power don't do as much as i thought... maybe i should start 3 or 4 times the same game doing something slightly different every time and *Never Ended It!!!* It happened so many times...

[@plipster1]

Probably my favorite, is that in Dragons Dogma, your best friend actually DOES go missing in a nearby forest, just not for a couple more quests yet.

[@sfoxhound]

"suit you down to the bleeeping ground!" 🤣🤣🤣 Ellen flips harder than Joaquin Pheonix in the Joker

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

“Friend goes missing in forest” Ah my first ever playthrough of Dragon Age: Origins DID happen to be the Dalish Elf origin!

[@thatrealba]

What the heckola do you mean Skyrim again? I've been on one playthrough for YEARS and still haven't picked a side in the civil war.

[@blueclaws9894]

That was me for a while as well. Then I remembered I can save scum and try both. But to be honest, I don't really care for either. I like the, "Fuck both your factions," faction. :)

[@Emerald__Ace]

Sneak Archer?

[@kallasantysanty6092]

@@Emerald__Ace I just started that character, after so many years of playing a mage/necromancer (445h of playing a mage in Daedric armor, with a life stealing sword and a thall vampire as a support), and after 11h i realised i do not want to spend another 400+h to basicly get back to the same point i was at :)

[@blueclaws9894]

@@Emerald__Ace At some points, yes. But I branched out to also do 1H + shield. Double 1H is just harder to stay alive with, and you can put good enchants on shields.

[@luketfer]

My first character was a 'fuck you both' and then it comes to the civil war round table thing where you decide who gets what and I was like "Well you randomly get this and you randomly get this...why the fuck you're asking the opinion of a professional tomb robber and dragon stabber on the matter of politics I don't bloody know...but there..now shut up and help me stab this really big dragon..."

[@ravenmakarov]

Huh, Zevran can betray you? I've played the game at least 3 times and never had that happen...I do love Zevran though so I was always friends (or more) with him

[@ravenmakarov]

I assume that's why

[@briarrosegael2015]

Honestly same, Zevran is fun, and I'm happy to hear he's adventuring with my warden on his quest to find a cure for the calling.

[@FebruaryGhost]

I didn’t have high enough approval on one of my playthroughs and so went back to my only save which was in Denerim five minutes earlier. Ended up spamming Zev with alcohol from the taverns because it counts as a gift until I got his approval high enough 😂

[@dojihajime]

I know right! never happened to me, next they will be telling you Isabella runs off with the book in Dragon Age II.

[@ravenmakarov]

@@dojihajime I mean...

[@aaronreynolds1504]

In Zevrans and defense he doesn't betray you if you actually befriend him.

[@starofmyownshow8903]

Zevran is so easy to make like you too. I romance him every time :'/

[@aaronreynolds1504]

@@starofmyownshow8903 Right? Just a little kindness is all it takes.

[@jordanhernandez87]

I need an Ellen shirt with "suit you down to the f***in' ground wouldn't it!?" And yes it would suit me down to the f***in' ground if I had one =)

[@vict4451]

Gotta ask, what the holy hell does that mean?!

[@jordanhernandez87]

@@vict4451 you mean what does suit you down to the ground? I guess it's an English expression a kin to you'd really like that wouldn't you? Assuming that's what your asking

[@ChrisPreece]

Ellen's East Lahn-dahn really coming out there

[@gwts1171]

Fulham for the win!

[@psychogoreman198]

Chris James just makes her hotter lol

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

@@psychogoreman198 sorry son, already called dibs.

[@psychogoreman198]

@@cooltrainervaultboy-39 lucky man. Treat her well dude, too many arseholes out there.

[@thewin9459]

Oxventure: Our adventure begins with a mission of killing hundreds of giant rats. Dob: Need a rest! Merylwin: Out of arrows! Eggbert: Out of bombs! Corazon: My boots are dirty! Prudence: Out of mana! Everyone: *Panicing and screaming*

[@jorvach9874]

Dob and Corazon are the only ones with valid complaints. Can't kick rats if you're too tired to lift your feet. And you can't ruin your boots even further with rat guts when they're already dirty! Those boots were really expensive, he'd have to spend all the quest reward on a new pair, y'know? :D

[@thewin9459]

@@jorvach9874 Yeah, they killed a badass rogue to get those nice boots.

[@Maria.Annette]

I said it on the last video, but I'll say it again here: I think you're forgetting a very important aspect of being a good RPG player: Speeding through tutorials you think you don't need, getting your buttocks handed to you on a silver platter that was made by smelting your gear and loot off your still warm corpse, then faffing around for 20+ hours in the prologue, only to try and actually play the story and get you butt handed to you again, before finally giving up and looking for those tutorials again in the story menu. Occasionally, I'll skip a tutorial because I think it'll be easy, only to encounter some scaly bear looking creature that murders me instantly. So I have to go searching for the dodge tutorial, only to realise that it's not helping me. Because it doesn't matter if you're mashing the wrong (or right) button, if you're really bad at video games, nothing will save you.

[@mikoto7693]

That's why, when I first play a game I pay attention to the tutorials. At the moment I'm coming to grips with FF14's elaborate controls.

[@happyyyoung]

Im always too excited to get on with the game/story that i quickly click through the tutorial and say ill figure it out later, like how hard could it be? Then spend the whole time struggling to understand why im leveling up so slow, or my abilities suck

[@focalpoint._]

When following an NPC in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, you’d best not fall behind cause they *_RUN._*

[@NAcHO-wx5vg]

If you take anything less than half a day to customize your characters look: are you really even a gamer?

[@sajvinderbolina7006]

Not if you've played so many times that you've memorized every slider preset

[@Lunartic_]

Putting all sliders on the same side doesn't take half a day.

[@reyeldoggo]

@Lunartic Who needs a perfectly created char if you can be *big chonk*

[@SpectreRyder]

One of these days I'll get around to playing Witcher 3.

[@josebenardi1554]

Me too

[@SamButler22]

You'll need more than a day

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

Do. I put it off for months, then was barely past the epilogue before I wished I'd played it sooner. I didn't play the previous games until after Witcher 3, but they give you enough detail to get what'a happening, and enough character beats for you to become attached to the main cast. It really did earn it's many awards and critical acclaim. It's a fantastic game.

[@SlowxParentsCrossing]

I bought the game on a whim when it was on sale on the PlayStation store. Little did I know I’d spend 200ish hours plays such a great game!

[@brandynicole7410]

I heartily recommend it! I just finished my fifth playthrough last week. I suggest getting the complete edition of the game because, in my opinion, the DLC stories are even better than the main campaign. Also, don't let yourself become too overwhelmed! The first time I played it I only got about 4 hours into it before I decided I hated it and shelved it. I didn't pick it up again for another year, but when I did I was hooked! Favorite game of this gen so far!

[@nicholasorchard2091]

Mine would be getting to know your companions and then basing your character's entire personality and morals around making your favorite companion your best friend and or romantic partner.

[@eileenconway2966]

Or making them a chameleon because you honestly just wanna get with every npc in the game.

[@sheolcodemonkey4027]

"Um, can you... forgive me?" The very concept of Luke not forgiving Ellen for ANY CRIME is somewhere between laughable and tragic. Also, who wouldn't forgive that face?

[@Quezecoatl]

That orc female being edited looked exactly like she was dancing in the timelapse.

[@samgonzalez8662]

I've never had an existential crisis before but "flesh snorkel" might very well be my first....

[@PuristPlays]

I'm pretty sure, regarding the walking speed one, that at least a few RPGs feature an option to change your default from running to walking, thus negating the issue, for the most part. The real frustration, as MrDeflador notes, is charecters that have their default speed in between your walking and running speed. THAT is the real evil. Love the vid, as always!

[@illustratedjill6914]

Got so fed up of the "That name isn't available" taunt in WoW that my imagination fully capsized and I ended up with a Tauren hunter called cupboard.. needless to say all my characters on one server were furniture related

[@DirgeTV]

Me the first time I'm in a Character Creator: "Ok, lets see what I can do. Shouldn't take too long" An hour later: "Eyes still don't look right. Goodness, that nose is too big." *Realizes I've spent more time in character creator then playing the actual game* "Oh god,what am I doing" Basically, Character creator: Way more time consuming then any quest in the actual game. Also, anyone else worried about Andy's sudden obsession with Mads Mikkelsen and Keanu Reeves?

[@marhawkman303]

Also when you can redo character creation by editing the character later....

[@DirgeTV]

@@marhawkman303 Oh lord. You put tons of time in the game only to suddenly during one random quest Think "its time to spice my character up a bit. Maybe change their hair abit" Suddenly, what was suppose to be little more then a change of hair style suddenly became redoing their whole outfit.

[@marhawkman303]

@@DirgeTV It's even worse when the game gives you NPCs to play dressup with too. www.deviantart.com/marhawkman/gallery/40119304/sto-chars

[@joeystone6255]

Nah, no worries. Just a reference to two other RPGs: Death Stranding and Cyberpunk 2047. Though if he kept it up on his other points, then we'd be in trouble.

[@respectableaf9061]

You forgot: saying goodbye to your social life and then not eat och sleep for 200+ hours

[@heydukewhatup]

#facts

[@Kyavata]

Joke's on you, I didn't have a social life to begin with

[@joranmoore5663]

One of the things that I always go through in an RPG is (when applicable), saying I'm gonna just explore the map and pick up a few side quests to really understand the lore and world around me, aaaaaaand the story line is complete. Or, when applicable, the complete opposite happens. I'm trying to do a main quest and SQUIRREL.... I end up wandering for hours and then I say to myself, "Wait, what was I supposed to do again? Something about dragons?"

[@happykiller14]

11:55 Good grief Ellen, now I know what it's like getting sworn at by a ticked off Londener

[@monstermayhem4367]

"Which party member will betray me" Hah! Jokes on you! I did all the Kurt quests!

[@amelia1411]

I love that (almost) all these RPG’s use the same font for their titles

[@veselinnedkov643]

I love it that you put Greedfall in the "spend hours in the CC". I was prepared to do that, only it turned out Greedfall has three and a half options to choose from. (And no name. Saves you the frustration for the next one on the list).

[@dairoleon2682]

9:30 "...because every RPG player knows: the game hasn't properly started until you see a peaceful village." Long pause. Me: "...get completely obliterated to establish why heroing business is necessary?"

[@philgaimz9847]

7:10 I LOVE that the "allow us to introduce ourselves" meme is going mainstream now, it makes me so happy

[@aSinisterKiid]

Someones "nose" was not the first thing I thought of when Andy said *Flesh Snorkel* hahahaha

[@trollloool1307]

ellen screaming at luke is one of the funniest things ive seen all month

[@starkiller014]

Ellen's inability to keep a straight face during her well justified rage of distrust towards Luke is giving me life right now.

[@jyjy111]

Aggressive Ellen is just like a bunny turning out to be a grenade. Disarmingly dangerous

[@ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou]

4:54 that's why I have one name that I use for every character, It's Ithire,it works for both male and female,and sounds cool

[@madhatt3r93]

Clever 💡!

[@patrickmccurry1563]

I used to have odd themes. Way back, I used proper and implied STDs for names. I only have Brnswenipee left. My brother used medications maining Celexa, so to speak.

[@AkumaDayo]

@@patrickmccurry1563 did he ever name a character Viagra

[@CamaroAmx]

I’ve been using the same one since games required you to input a name (a very long time). Amazingly I’ve only ever had to alter it slightly if I already saved that name before and forgot the password. It’s not a real word, just a misunderstanding of a character’s name from my favorite cartoon fantasy movie from when I was little. It sounds better then the character’s actual name.

[@kallasantysanty6092]

When i cannot think of a cool sounding name i just look at the last game i've played, pick names of two NPC from it that sounds good and mash them together to make a new one. It works perfectly most of the time :P

[@sirfrunky]

first off, Angry Ellen is the funniest thing I have seen today. and secondly, what about saving before the big evil bad guy, or before your final decision of no turning back and then proceeding to collect, find, and finish other parts of the game that you might have missed. like in Legend of Dragoon, Fallout 3 (before Broken Steel DLC), Borderlands (all), tomb raider ( newer ones, though not an RPG but still), Hollow Knight, Fable, Batman (arkham series, again not rpg but still), Infinite undiscovery, etc.

[@apcsox]

Okay, for my 7th play through, I will actually become a magic only elf...... aaaaand a stealthy khajiit archer again 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mariapluzhnikov9152]

crikey when the shot zoomed in on the "insert name here" box all i saw for a moment was a zoom in on a crotch, and my sleep deprived brain was really questioning the direction this channel was going in

[@noddler217]

Ellen: *flies off into distrusting rage* The Comments Section: ... What the hell just happened?

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Some submicroscopic particles such as neutrinos change "flavor" oscillating between different types. Ellen just finally flipped from super giggly "flavor" to dark angry "flavor". It's only taken this long, because she's slightly larger than submicroscopic. ;)

[@shasshybear9222]

Jane might of mixed some hot sauce when creating this Ellen clone

[@dragon-kitty]

@@shasshybear9222 - I think this is the one she made as an assistant 🤔 could just be a side effect of being put through that sort of Eldritch influence

[@amokriinprolgiid3409]

In West of Loathing, the 2D comedic RPG, it's basically a requirement to give your character the silliest name you can come up with. Bonus points if it's really fun to say. Reubin Blurblestien is by far the best sheriff in the west.

[@AkumaDayo]

I just always think of Markiplier and his character Mumflr Fumperdink lmao

[@BonaparteBardithion]

I just named him after my Kingdom of Loathing character: Bonaparte Bardithion the IV. You may notice I've named a few other things after the accordian thief.

[@dallydaydream]

"And what's the obvious solution? To watch your friends like a hawk!" No no, no, that's footage from Dragon Age: Origins, Hawke is from Dragon Age 2 ; )

[@LJay_1985]

Ellen trying to use her red shirt to blend in with the chair. Sorry, but your blue hair makes your effort at stealth futile.

[@Bloodroot78]

She should just remove the shirt entirely.

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Jason Bradley oh

[@LJay_1985]

@@Bloodroot78 No.

[@ollieollie3288]

2d6 -1 stealth

[@justsomeperson5110]

2. Character appearance: At least some games like FO4 did one thing almost right in that you could update your character's appearance at the end of the tutorial dungeon, finally having seen your character at proper game distance and lighting. Though games like Saints Row do even better by letting you change your appearance any time. Though why games don't let you create your character with an option to see them in actual gameplay zoom levels and lighting is beyond me. Seems like a no-brainer.

[@FamilyGuyRoks6]

8:30 classic waking up on the endar spire and must find the escape pods to rescue Bastila Shan

[@TheRealCodeBlack]

"Hit the rodent, Jack!" made me laugh more than it probably should have. XD

[@Kesvalk]

*Creates new character in a monster hunter game* "This time i will only use HBG!" *30 minutes later while using charge blade again* "I hate my lack of will."

[@luketfer]

This is me with Hammer and Lance (depends on how confident I'm feeling fighting a monster, Hammer for casual, Lance for 'eh this is my first time facing this thing/I know this thing is really tough'). "Oh I'll give Gunlance a go, I've got all the stuff for a good build..." *30 minutes later* Nah.. *switches back to Hammer*

[@MrSlashbash]

Heathens! Sword and Board is all you need!

[@CaitlinRC]

So many rats. So so many rats

[@ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou]

And spiders ,my god the spiders are horrible

[@hatenate7921]

I was half expecting Ellen to enter her characters name as Pippin only to have it denied as well followed by her saying “Alright, they’re all taken then”

[@mcpossum]

"What is the old Dalish curse? May the Dread Wolf take you? And so he did." Solas *sobs* 😭😣😭

[@CheeseLoverRed]

I tend to spend anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes making a character. That includes the name. Most of that is me just contemplating how much fun it would be to start the game already. If presets look good. I tweak them to my taste. I don't bother with making every detail perfect. The face is fine so long as it doesn't look like it has: A.) Bowl Movement Issues, B) Extreme Hatred for Humanity, or C.) Like its Face just got shoved into a blender. I also have a list of names I like to use. Should I use a name I don't already use then it might actually take me the thirty minutes. Maybe.

[@logansrevenge1214]

Im still hurt by Isabella's betrayal in dragon age 2.

[@ciaralizabeth]

When you consult baby books or other internet sources for character names with special meaning

[@Reyven_]

To be fair Andy's still right bout the lost friend thing.

[@blindoutlaw]

Ellen smacking the Pepsi needs to be made into a gif/meme Get on it internet

[@AkumaDayo]

I'd like to see a JRPG version of this, since they have entirely different secret rules. Except for the rats , I think that's universal

[@luketfer]

Eh the standards do still apply except replace 'in prison' with 'woken up by your soon to be dead parent/guardian in a soon to be exploded village'

[@murasakinokami9882]

@@luketfer Or wake up with amnesia...

[@AkumaDayo]

@@luketfer well I mean there are some universal exceptions, but from my experience for the most part, everything is like entirely different. Like a character calling out all their attack names for example

[@persephoneunderground845]

@@luketfer *cough* Kingdom Come Deliverance *cough*

[@spyder976]

That mention of trying to figure who'll betray you is spot on. I tend to spend most games thinking, "okay, who's the traitor? Is it this one? It's this one. Or it could be this other character? Nah, too obvious. Oooh, I bet it's the NICE, HELPFUL one! I'm onto you!"

[@fancypants9558]

Playing through the opening tutorial again. This is especially predominant in difficult RPG’s with lots to learn.

[@maxvel0city906]

So I was thinking of sending Ellen a Pepsi to thank her for all the awesome content OXBOXTRA produce. Watches video, 😯 Slowly puts Pepsi back in fridge.

[@MichaelWarman]

"Monikers in a twist is magnificent" [culturally insensitive chef kiss]

[@Avigorus]

What I constantly restart for is wanting to try a different character build, unless I force myself to delve into an RP with a personality instead of just a set of preferred mechanics.

[@MasonFries]

"What's next? My best friend's gone missing in a nearby forest?" Actually... yes... one of the first side-missions you get in Dragon's Dogma is one to find your Cousin Quina, who's gone missing in the forest while persueing a witch in hopes that she can shed some light on the whole 'my cousin got his heart eaten by a dragon but he's still alive wtf' situation.

[@dojihajime]

Zevran has never betrayed me, even when he is not my lover.

[@markmandal3467]

1 Thing Bound To Happen When You're An Early Viewer In A Video : 1. Hope you make it in Show of the Weekend.

[@nickjeffery536]

2. Hope your comment gets lots of likes and comments?

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

2. Spend so long trying to think up a witty comment that you lose your potential slot.

[@JanAside]

EVERY TIMMMMMEEEEEE

[@jahmair862]

Mark Mandal actually 1. FIRST IM FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST

[@mattball8622]

I'm boosting your dream. Shine bright, you crazy diamond.

[@sophdog1678]

"Yoshimo is willing" Yeah, alright Yoshi, you seem like a straight-up guy, you can come along...

[@nghtwng1572]

Andy's bit about Keanu Reeves had me crying🤣 10/10 Andy👍💯

[@KyleeAshton3]

I want Luke’s “Yikes!” As my text tone

[@ericowen5305]

I almost always have a name for my character before i start if I am playing an RPG I've already played. However, it is hard when I've never played the game before

[@justsomeperson5110]

3. A Rose By Any Other Name: This is why it's important to have a completely ridiculous name on standby. I used to use "Bob" for male characters, for example. Until MMOs ruined that. So then I "spiced it up" a bit by making Bob pseudo-Japanese ... ish, changing my default male name to Bobshito. Works like a charm. No one sees that coming. LOL Bob, savior of many worlds. Hey, he was even a planet in a movie once! (Thanks Titan AE! You literally read my mind!)

[@theodorepinnock1517]

Hang on, Andy, give him his full respect: Emperor Uriel Septim *VII* - wouldn't want to confuse him with Uriel Septim III now.