The Best Villain In Gaming History

[@timetraveler0002]

Gaunter also had one of the best themes ever, eerie and haunting. Hearing little kids singing the rhyme as you walk through villages was a master stroke by the designers

[@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1]

Absolutely. They made a different version for the Gwent standalone. You should listen to that too. Flutes instead of whistles

[@luketorrini70]

How did i finish the witcher 3 and not ever encounter this character?

[@Mickylc00]

U mean Gaunter? You encounter him on one of the first missions, in the tavern, looking for Yennefer. And everything else its part of a DLC: Hearts of stone

[@michaellejeune7715]

@@luketorrini70 He's the main antagonist in Hearts of Stone. If you don't have the two DLC's, for the love of GoD, get them both! They're regularly available at a discount, but full price itself is definitely worth it.

[@bobbynelson5849]

Reminds me of freddy’s song in a nightmare on elm street

[@theoxbeling]

Why GoD is the best vilain: he whistles his own soundtrack

[@StateholderofLunt]

Wait what, God is evil?

[@thehoodedvagabum7375]

He foreshadowing himself too.

[@sfvistorias6399]

@@StateholderofLunt its the shortened named of Gunter O dimm

[@SenkoVT]

@@StateholderofLunt use a mirror on GOD and u get the opposite

[@a.syching678]

@@StateholderofLunt dont know if you are asking Gaunter is evil or you thought what he meant by GoD as God....

[@PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED]

What I loved about O'dimm is that he was literally just an ordinary dude in a tavern that gives you a lead on Yen and you pay absolutely no mind to him later; you thought there was something off but eventually you just forget and brush him off as an ordinary man. DLC drops and boom turns out this man was more than just a peasant

[@hlakbrlighthouse1835]

He wasn't introduced as a peasant

[@gamingdragonofmordor3770]

@@hlakbrlighthouse1835 he kinda was, he even referred to himself as a vagrant

[@cosmic2750]

@@hlakbrlighthouse1835 He was...he himself clearly said he was a 'just a wandering vagrant selling mirrors'...

[@rottensquid]

@@hlakbrlighthouse1835 He was a lowly merchant, but little more than a peasant.

[@TheBluntNinja]

@@rottensquid what a nitpick

[@boros5556]

Gaunter is playing 7D chess when everyone else is playing checkers

[@sxrub3310]

7D gwent

[@Trathien-]

@@sxrub3310 underrated comment

[@Samurai__-iq3zi]

Nice pfp 😏

[@thewardenofoz3324]

@@DragonFoX23 much cringe, wow, beeg edgelord

[@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210]

@@thewardenofoz3324 well i dont believe much on number. but eh people's concern i respect them

[@agentethalmor6106]

O'dimm was the first and only "antagonist" in a game, movie or book that I genuinely feared. It's a strange felling because I wasn't scared of him as a character per say but the though of who or what he was was truly terrifying for me. In my opinion he is one of the best "antagonist" in fiction with just the pure emotion that he causes in you outside of the story he is part of.

[@TealWolf26]

He could be right here with us, even now.

[@SupersaiyanChristian]

It also doesn't help that he clearly is some form of a reality jumper. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't turn up in Cyberpunk

[@thearishok2802]

O'Dimm and The Unseen Elder scares the stuffing outta me.

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

You can actually see Gunter in many cutscenes throughout the game. He is there watching you.

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

@@SupersaiyanChristian Cd project red stated that they will not do a Kingdom Hearts with Cyberpunk. Ciri will not appear in the game.

[@rasputingang2895]

For me he started to creep me out when the blind guy in the academy died straight away by leaving the pentagram that was meant to protect him. The way he described GoD before he died.. gave me the chills

[@bobifetski]

And this is exactly why Avarti is wrong about O'dim in this video. He is not morally ambiguous, he is the devil himself.

[@SophiaAstatine]

@@bobifetski I disagree, at least depending on how you see the devil. In every occasion where we have the greater context, O'dimm targets those who are rotten at heart. He punishes those who exhibit callous disregard for their fellow man, those who are willing to even kill those closest to them for their own ends. He mirrors the way some stories of the Bible, can show Satan as an actor for God to test people's goodness.

[@Go.DGanka69420]

@@bobifetski i believe he is what we want him to see as ..... for some an evil god... satan .... or a neutral entity

[@Sean_Last1995]

A villain that you know nothing about is harder to hate then one you know everything about, because there is that little itch of curiousity that makes want to know more about them.

[@TealWolf26]

Hate and love are two sides of the same intimate coin.

[@driftingdruid]

does that curiousity not also come with the fear that they are indeed worse than they appear?

[@varcbringerv6605]

we all *LOVE* to *HATE* Micah Bell, and to be honest, the Strange Man is an interesting figure *if you don't play RDR2 you wouldn't understand

[@AndorRadnai]

Little itch!? Try „some people might give him their souls for the information“

[@driftingdruid]

@@AndorRadnai that's exactly what he wants.... souls....

[@jolan_tru]

"His smile fair as spring, as towards him he draws you. His tongue sharp and silvery, as he implores you. Your wishes he grants as he swears to adore you. Gold, silver, jewels, he lays riches before you. Dues need be repaid and he will come for you. All to reclaim, no smile to console you. He'll snare you with bonds, eyes glowing a'fire, To gore and torment you, 'til the stars expire." O'Dimm scared the absolute crap outta me.

[@jolan_tru]

@@Kharis- Damn you're right!!! Thanks

[@JTDxWRX]

The most scary thing about O dim' is that he is super normal like other NPCs in the game....can easily get mixed with the other NPCs...

[@lucabrunetti1811]

oh shit bro

[@Zealus_24]

Yeah I mean he literally hides as multiple other people at different stages in HoS, his so normal and bland looking but is fuckin' creepy on one on one conversation.

[@drpepper3838]

He is also in blood and wine disguised as soldiers in multiple cutscenes

[@lucabrunetti1811]

@@drpepper3838 and he also cursed the creature of spoons

[@drpepper3838]

@@lucabrunetti1811 I loved that quest

[@HellKnightX88]

O'Dimm is a brilliant villain. Absolutely loved his character and that scene in the tavern in Oxenfurt was bone chilling. And he had a great theme too.

[@hornetguy9063]

I was actually happy to see him at the beginning of the DLC. There wasn’t an ounce of sinister to him in the first meeting. That changed in a hurry

[@viniciusvyller9458]

O'Dimm touches that part of our brain that fears the unknown and the uncanny, yet we all know legends of people who met phenomenons like him, regardless of our cultures.

[@PsychicSploob]

He's an archetype. A naturally occurring construct in the human psyche. He is even called "The Man of Mirrors" because he's an element of you.

[@palerider2132]

The witch's soundtrack is my favorite out of all the soundtracks.

[@engrfka]

Meanwhile Jeremy Soule's soundtracks from skyrim,'how cute'

[@carancole5974]

@B Ta banana tiger banana taliban

[@rostislavlazarevic3850]

@Ralis Sedarys nah combat was good if you learned and got muscle memory

[@rostislavlazarevic3850]

@Ralis Sedarys yeah pricks made it too realistic

[@PolishGod1234]

@@engrfka Skyrim's soundtrack is good, but not as great and climatic as Witcher's.

[@siggbert]

Last time I was this early, David Beckham still played Football and didn't arrange toad assassinations .

[@LordHoth_90]

Thanks, now I’ll never unsee it.

[@svetozarstojkov6333]

Nice

[@connoisseur1595]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JazzJackrabbit]

Yeah, I was spooked enough by O'Dimm that I even refused any of his rewards. "Get the hell away from me, demon" was all I could think of.

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

I answered his riddle.

[@chrisquinn3377]

I took the saddle

[@imotekh6110]

No matter the playthrough I can never bring myself to let Olgierd die there, I rush through loot everything I can in the riddle and banish him.

[@daytonfoster5565]

@@chrisquinn3377 ya I played through and took the saddles, then hit a new game plus where I got to keep the horse, and start a new story without helping him.

[@FBI-25]

same.

[@JudgeHolden2003]

His character reminds me of Gus Fring from Breaking Bad. Looking normal on the outside, kind, intelligent, charismatic - but inside, he's a terryfying monster, and a force to be reckoned with, Who sees everything. Both fantastic villains

[@szambonurek2621]

OMG this is accually so true

[@AAdams456]

Funnily enough, apparently the scene where O'Dimm stops time and kills the drunkard with a spoon was inspired by the scene in Breaking Bad when Gus calmly kills victor with a box cutter. Like Gus, they wanted that scene to emphasize just how dangerous and ruthless O'Dimm is despite his appearance.

[@luciusdomitiusaurelianus8826]

To me what really made the whole villian is that it is never exactly clear what Gaunter O'Dimm even is. Geralt suspects he may be a form of powerful Djinn or Demon, but it is never explicitly clarified. I liked that. This is one of those questions that is better when left unanswered.

[@driftingdruid]

Cosmic Horror of the non-Lovecraftian variety, eh?

[@gabrielh5105]

Yes. Unlike the Wild Hunt that were perfect antagonist in their eerie way, but instead turned out to be "the bad elves"

[@ElPresidenteMargz]

Agreed! Although all signs pretty much point to the Witcher’s take on Satan walking among us. He was inspired by the man in black from the Stephen King universe and also from a polish folktale of a man making a deal (pact) w the devil. Gaunter takes on various forms, controls time and reality, is amused by human kind and curious, he’s “devilishly” charming but you know there’s something ominous w him. He is Satan having a grand ol time playing w humans’ morality and collecting souls out of boredom.

[@sammyshehole]

Agreed, better left unanswered. I’ve seen people who say GoD should be the main villain in the next game and, while I get wanting more of GoD, that would be a horrible idea. He should be left as-is. Subtle references and stuff towards GoD in any future games would be good but ruining the mystique behind him would not.

[@AHealthySnack]

3:29 "What is more evil? A human capable of love who chooses an evil path, or a demon, born evil who fulfills that purpose?" This is actually mind blowing to think about

[@arthuredington6171]

You made a mistake, Olgierd never raped anyone, he's actually against it both him and his brother. Vlodimir will say when they were pillaging village they would only sleep with women who were willing they never forced women to sleep with them

[@sethgibson5148]

He also got it wrong when he said Olgierd sacrificed his brother. He didn't know what was going to happen with him.

[@SenkoVT]

@@sethgibson5148 he sacrificed his brother just for the off-chance that the things a shady mirror merchant told him were true, thats even more evil. and yes they raped women " if u dont sleep with me ill kill ur father first and then u, are u going to sleep with me? yes... " is that free will? i dont think so :D

[@sethgibson5148]

@@SenkoVT don't know why you pointed the rape thing to me.

[@chrism6315]

Thats incredibly naive. Some guy just pillaged your village and asks you to sleep with him. What the fuck are you supposed to think happens if you say no.

[@driftingdruid]

if we assume Vlodimir was telling the truth, then the consent the women supposedly give is still ambiguous: their home was pillaged, and these women had no fighting ability, and if these strangers who are pillaging and occupying their home are insistent in seducing the women, wouldn't they then relent out of fear of being harmed if they didn't give in to their occupiers' advances? *coercion isn't consent either* also, considering Vlodimir's behavior at Shani's friend's wedding, it leaves little to the imagination in that his "way with women" was to constantly insist on having her share a bed or "a roll in the hay" with him

[@karsten69]

the best villain in gaming has to be someone who's plans succeeded even after their death, so that they technically still won.

[@dominikjurkovic5540]

So abby from the last of us 2 is the best villain

[@biscoitomolhado3641]

@@dominikjurkovic5540 I don't think she had a plan, she just wanted to kill joe.

[@user-tr1zo8ct5w]

@@dominikjurkovic5540 abby wasnt really a villain because she did just the same as joel and ellie did, she killed many people too

[@dominikjurkovic5540]

@@user-tr1zo8ct5w well she is a villain to joe end elli

[@conq1273]

@@dominikjurkovic5540 not to joel cuz he went Hole in One

[@filipvadas7602]

What I love about the story of HoS is that there is so much nuance to both antagonists Olgierd dor one was never a good person. But part of that wasn't by choice, as Vladimir said, the Von Everec family has been raiding for generations. Its the only life he ever knew. But when he met Iris he tried to change and even cut all ties with his family. But when things went downhill he went to O'Dimm. And I wanna stress this: Olgierd went to O'Dimm , not the other way around and formed a contract who's long term effects he couldn't predict. He lost his brother his emotions and eventually Iris as well , not due to the contract but due to falling into a downward spiral cause by it indirectly But thats the thing. We don't know how much of all that wa actually O'Dimm's fault. He's basically the devil, yes, but we also know he doesn't lie. He omits details and its implied that he is always behind the scenes manipulationg events for amusement. But in the end he follows his deals through to the letter and never actually lies to Geralt, he simply refuses to answer. Which is another interesting thing. As his namesake of Master Mirror suggests, he mirrors the thoughts and behaviours of the peopls he deals with. With Geralt he's respectful and straight forward, with Shani he's polite and corteus. But with the random drunk he's monstrous (casualy showing a spoon in his eye) and with Olgierd he's snarky and slightly narcissistic He's a walking enigma, the biggest unanswered question in the entire game and series and it just makes him all the more terrifying, especially since his presence and effect on the world can be felt even after be beat him in Blood and Wine

[@lukeroberson2115]

I believe Olgierd is a man haunted by guilt, and his spiral is caused by the contract itself. First of all, it turned his heart to stone, so he felt nothing for his wife. But I think part of it is guilt. O'Dimm made him choose to sacrifice something for his riches and such so he could marry Iris. He gave O'Dimm his brother, and deeply regrets his choice.

[@reeceirwin6071]

Thanks your perspective has made the character more interesting to me

[@landismithCOJ]

One of best things about Gaunter O'Dimm is the lesson he teaches: What you wish for and what you want are two different things entirely.

[@Wabbajock_Dugatti]

I wish I could replay this game for the first time. When I played the dlc and realized he was the guy from the beginning at White Orchard my mind was blown.. and the moment where he refuses to tell Geralt who he is, just to spare him

[@pedropierre9594]

Remember if a demon tells you their true name, you’d now have power over them….

[@kyle21843]

O'Dimm is my favorite villain of all time. hes so creepy, so mysterious, and so inherently evil. but at the same time hes always smiling and comes off as constantly happy. hes a sadistic bastard, possibly one of the most in the series and i cant believe you missed out on what he did to the professor in oxenfurt btw which is a huge addition to what hes capable of The professor was studying gaunter o'dimm for olgierd in case there was any way olgierd could get out of his contract. after some time he ended up going blind just for reading about o'dimm and even though he was blind he had a vision where he could see o'dimm where he drew a runed circle of "protection" around the professor and said as long as the professor doesnt leave the circle hes safe, aka leave and you're dead. even after that o'dimm then haunted his dreams for a long time before he began having dreams of a wife and even a daughter, only for o'dimm to kill them in the mans dreams. i think all of this really solidifies just how evil and sadistic gaunter o'dimm is

[@fxzeedits5456]

not to mention as soon as he steps a centimeter out of the circle he dies.. because he falls but he dies exactly like o‘dimm told him.. creepy

[@cvlzation4741]

Von everec was rich at some point, he wasnt just a heartless bandit before GoD

[@lordhelmchen3154]

Didn't he only get to wealth *after* he made his pact with Master Mirror? I thought Iris' father hated him because he was just a low-life nobody (whereas Iris' family had a manor) and that this was one of the reasons Von Everec made the pact. It's been a while though so maybe I am messing things up.

[@cvlzation4741]

@@lordhelmchen3154 me too, but i think he was due to the fact of his family being nobility, as i said he had money and prestige at some point, thats the Von Everc family info if u are interested witcher.fandom.com/wiki/House_of_Everec

[@cvlzation4741]

@@lordhelmchen3154 House of Everec is a noble family of Redania with wild boar for a dynastic beast. Its founder, Ratibor von Everec, was knighted after proving feats of exceptional wartime prowess to King Vridank.[2] They owned the large Von Everec Estate with lush gardens and the monumental family crypt located in Gustfields, close to both Oxenfurt and Novigrad. However, around the second half of the 13th century their wealth and status declined heavily.

[@lordhelmchen3154]

@@cvlzation4741 Ahh okay, seems like I remembered a few things wrong. :D Thanks for the info.

[@kamchatmonk]

He wasn't a bandit, but he sure was heartless.

[@luisangeldafirenze1820]

I actually had a nightmare with O'Dim, something that I have never lived before. For me, it is enough to consider him as the best villian.

[@jiriprint3460]

I don't even think that he must be a "villain". I actually think that he is a reflection of you... the "greedy" side of you... the "ego". That"s why he is called Master Mirror. Trial which you will know, if you have a heart of stone... PS : It is amazing that we are still discussing a game characters from 2015 and still don't actually know, that just show that they made truly a masterpiece.

[@manzero134gd]

Very interesting. He could also be the manifestation of one's shadow, as in Jungian psychology.

[@pranjal8425]

In my first playthrough, I didn't choose to save Olgierd if though I wanted to because of Gaunter. He was creepy I didn't want to cross him. But then I learned you get a badass Viper Silversword.

[@emma6754]

The saddle o'Dimm gives you is so pretty though

[@chriscormac231]

@@emma6754 and your horse looks just like Iris's pets

[@matias-jc3ip]

GREAT video. Gaunter is so mysterious that's what makes him a good villain

[@RoninXDarknight]

O'Dimm is easily my favorite of the two. Although he looks less the part than the Crones, I think O'Dimm is a bit more Lovecraftian than the Crones due to his mysterious nature. We know nothing about him other than the fact that his power & motives are not something we can even begin to comprehend.

[@MsAsasas111]

You guys should really take a look at the „Strange man“ in the Red dead redemption series.

[@varcbringerv6605]

My man Arthur! Imagin him in RDR3 being some antagonist in the main story and he was behind the death of the protagonist's death in RDR3 like how he predicted John, Uncle and Abigail's death (3 shots = one death). The worst thing is, we know everything he has done after RDR3

[@MsAsasas111]

@@varcbringerv6605 I thought you was dead Boy! Actually I would prefer him being just being a small part of the game just like in part 2. the fact that you just don't really know and see him makes it much scarier to me. Only if you recognize his existance, you know how much influence he has to the main story

[@PolishGod1234]

He's not a villain. But he sure is an interesting and mysterious character.

[@hornetguy9063]

The strange man is hard. It’s possible to consider him Satan. It seems like he has something to do w/ the occurrences in armadillo in red dead 2, and that Herbert moon had made some sort of pact with him. Also, one could argue the Strange man missions in the first game were a form of temptation for John: thanklessly be a good guy or be a bad guy. But there were only 2; the third meeting was just a cut scene. Also when John said “damn you”, he said “many have”. Also it’s possible he’s just the grim reaper. He calls himself an “accountant, of sorts”. That would suggest he’s not any sort of malevolent spirit, he’s just here to meet the recently deceased.

[@Arsylvos]

I feel like he's the witcher's version of a Eldritch entity

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

He is. Witcher version of Mephistopheles. A devil who made a deal with Jan Twardowski. A polish noble who traded soul for magic power and knowledge. The collecting soul part was meant to happen in "Rome". Twardowski thought he was smart...until he decided to spend night in an Inn called "Rome". You clearly saw this part in the game with "standing on the moon". In the poem "Pani Twardowksa" (Mrs. Twardowska) the wizard gave three tasks to the devil. First one was a multi-parter:bring to life a horse in the Inn's emblem, make a whip out of sand and build a house out of walnuts, nailed with poppy seed with a thatched roof made of Jews's beards. Second was to bathe in a bowl of holy water. Third was to live and love Twardowski's wife for a year. Needles to say-the devil fled through a keyhole and does so to this day.

[@alexduta7469]

@@shinigamiphantom1391 I bet the devil was all : "Ok, horse, whip, house, meh. Holy water, gonna sting but doable....The wife?! Aaw hell, no! Fuck outta here!"

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

@@alexduta7469 Ilustartions in books usually depict her as beutiful as Scotsman's wife from Samurai Jack.

[@whyonthefall5373]

Nah, he's a Duke of Chaos like Arioch

[@ebukaobieri8801]

Ha he’s more interesting than them. Ironically him being simple and human like in his look and thinking makes him more unnerving than the typical eldriitch monstrosity.

[@marcellsimmons1872]

This video made me wanna go and replay hearts of stone now lol.

[@CapucineNighly]

And Blood and Wine DLC. He does make his appearance there, but only cox he cursed a lady we have a choice in saving. Man his theme song gives me the creeps...

[@zarifms9131]

I don't know how CDPR lost it's track with CP77 just after one of greatest creations of the gaming industry, TW3. This game still amazes me till today.

[@TimTYT]

CP77 is great, don't@me

[@sithlord7m]

CP77 has an amazing narrative but dumbasses are trying to play it on shit console hardware, where it sucks. It isn't a shining star on PC with plenty to improve on, but the story is objectively amazing.

[@solidsnake9898]

They are a one trick pony.

[@luisz222]

maybe the witcher games worked so well because they had a lot of source material to draw on and to build on. Cyberpunk was a blank slate. There are 7 books for the witcher so the characters are very fleshed put already. What’s very rare through is their original creations are actually amazing in the witcher, like Olgierd and Gaunter O’Dimm.

[@patriciajin6206]

Bruh, I was scared of this guy in real life even after defeating him

[@samhank]

Explain please

[@patriciajin6206]

@@samhank Woah, its been nine months haha. So what I meant was this villian still scared me for a few days even after finishing the game and (kinda) defeating him. Have a good day.

[@samhank]

Dude thank you for being so kind

[@ohauss]

2:30 Olgierd didn't ask for immortality. He asked to be able to live like there's no tomorrow. Making him immortal was O'Dimm's interpretation of that wish.

[@SomeCanine]

He's definitely one of the most smartly written antagonists in video game history. He's also known as Master Mirror because he often makes deals with people in ways to torture them by giving them what they wish for in a way that exposes them for their shortcomings as horrible people. That the game doesn't feel the need to beat the player over the head with that information just shows how CDPR respected the intelligence of their audience. You don't see much of that these days.

[@GiveMeArk]

The thing about o’Dimm is that he is a master puppeteer. All the events where in some way or shape formed by o’Dimm. It is implied that o’Dimm lead you there when reading the quest description. Furthermore, we see o’Dimm always watching always ensuring that everything is going accordingly. He didn’t save Geralt from the ship. He made it happen in the first place. o’Dimm is evil incarnate always playing games

[@indiana_holmes]

Yeah, it made me wonder if the entire Witcher universe is just dictated by O'Dimm trying to get the soul's of people he's made deals with. I think it was Thronebreaker that made me theorize this. There's a random encounter with a victim of O'Dimm that reveals a contract made by a mage claiming it would only be fulfilled "when the golden sun rises over Rivia in the dead of night." So Nilfgaard invading Rivia at night, fulfills that demand. Therefore O'Dimm manipulated events for the invasion of Nilfgaard JUST to capture that mage's soul...

[@megashark1013]

"CD Projekt Red made an effort to make every evildoer multifaceted." Eredin: "Hold my five lines of dialogue." Jokes aside, this was a great video. Another thing that I think made Gaunter O'Dimm so good was the pacing of his powers. This is obviously a part of his mystery aspect, but I love how the game slowly lets slip just how powerful it is, and it's only towards the end of the DLC that he shows just how powerful he really is.

[@JudgeHolden2003]

Eredin was not supposed to apear often on screen. He was a mystery and terryfying figure for the most of the game, Who you only seen in flashbacks. He's good villain, especialy after finding out he's Just a smartass elf wearing sekeleton armor to scare off Everybody and make them feel like he's a force of nature - that's actualy pretty great idea for a villain, he makes fear through His look, mistery behind him, and stories told by people, but in reality he's a mortal being.

[@-_-5470]

Yeah eredin is quite bland in the game. He had a little more Backstory in the books tho

[@user-wb3qe6pv1u]

@@JudgeHolden2003 yh but he still could of been fleshed out more he and the wild hunt were definitely the weakest part of the Witcher 3

[@megashark1013]

@@JudgeHolden2003 Yeah, I know. I'm not arguing that he was a bad character, him and the Wild Hunt made for a great force of nature. I'm just referring to the fact that he wasn't a fleshed out character in the game, while Avarti was suggesting that every villain in the game was fleshed out. He's better in the books, though. And he was also cooler when he appeared at the end of The Witcher 1.

[@hornetguy9063]

Eredin actually is a good villain. Even he can be somewhat justified in his actions. Both he and Avallac’h need Ciri and her power to save the Aen Elle civilization. They just have different means (Eredin by using Ciri to allow for a full scale invasion of the world we see in “The Witcher”, Avallac’h by using her to defeat the white frost)

[@wanderingshade8383]

Did you forget about Dagoth Ur?! Okay, these are some fair candidates.

[@dalesheen1816]

What a grand and intoxicating innocence! :D

[@lordhelmchen3154]

@@dalesheen1816 He's a god! How can you kill a god?

[@lordhelmchen3154]

@@berkschnoz478 Now what the heck are you on about? Are you just trolling and I am getting baited or did we randomly find "that one annoying Christian guy"? Or do you just have difficulties with using your brain?

[@Undivided-X]

@@berkschnoz478 alternatively, all gods are fictional. What a piss take, my guy.

[@gabeverk]

I believe that O'dimm and the hearts of stone is based on the story Pan Twardowski. I would recommend reading the story.

[@iranskiekomedie3728]

dobra polaczku wiemy, że to polska gra ok?

[@gabeverk]

I apologize im not trying to be pushy i just liked having that connection

[@therac197]

Olgierd even looks exactly like him in a stage adaptation

[@devshah4697]

What horrified me about Gaunter is that if you read the journal of the blind professor at the academy, GoD tortured him mentally (very creatively I might add). Worth the read.

[@superslayerguy]

I love the Reapers from Mass Effect, but Gaunter O'Dimm takes the cake for me, first time I played this DLC I was absolutely sucked in, playing through felt like going down a rabbit hole and I was so curious to learn more and more about Gaunter, just the way his character is delivered, seemingly harmless at first, then you think he's some kind of mage, then at the end you realize he's probably the most powerful being in the universe, fucking amazing story to HOS

[@toolittletoolate3917]

I thought that O’Dimm and Olgierd both had the best voice actors in the entire Witcher series. Especially GoD, he could make the simplest phrase shiver with implicit menace.

[@Krapvag]

The pacing of how powerful and twisted O'Dimm really is meant you were fearful of him when he performed his spoon trick, with each time you met he became more and more of a threat you wouldn't be able to fight, whereas from the off you knew the witches were trouble. They are very similar in how they twist people's wishes, the witches take Anna and force her to look after the children they would end up eating, while Gaunter confines a blinded Shakeslock to a chalk circle promising he is safe as long as he remains within it. Gaunter is more playful with his twisting of words as it all seems to be more personal entertainment for him as he travels from location to location, where the witches serve a purpose to the area. I see it as though he grew tired of seeing people reveal their worst nature when they came to him asking for gifts

[@geraintwd]

Handsome Jack: "Am I a f***ing joke to you??"

[@Lucifer-hq5pe]

Both are great.

[@geraintwd]

@Big Rock that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. I personally enjoyed the first two games and thought the second had some well written and well acted characters, especially Jack and Tiny Tina. The games have also given me an opportunity to bond with my son by playing online, as he lives with his mum and they are not local to us. This has been especially beneficial during lockdown.

[@Lucifer-hq5pe]

@Big Rock So are you.

[@feradus9414]

Cant wait for witcher 3 enhanced edition

[@garcia0246]

???

[@drpepper3838]

@@garcia0246 release on next gen consoles, perhaps 60fps and raytracing

[@garcia0246]

@@drpepper3838 ohhhh, well then i cant wait for that either

[@drpepper3838]

@@garcia0246 same

[@garcia0246]

@@drpepper3838 is there any news on when?

[@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1]

YES YES YES. Gaunter O'Dimm.. from his first little talk in White Orchard all the way to his Challange-game. All the appereances he has in the game.. And that incredibly powerful energy. G.O.D. is seriously one of my favorite Characters of all time, and definitely my favorite Villian.

[@pedropierre9594]

His theme song is so well used, on my first play throughs, it would send a chill down my spine

[@sethpeterson5297]

I'm still voting for Handsome Jack

[@Ed_man_talking9]

the lovable bastard with a hero complex. I like your cut G.

[@YumiSumire]

it's Jacques

[@konniemac316]

It was cool playing through the game a second time with the realization the O’Dimm, whom you meet right away in White Orchard, plays a big role in Hearts of Stone.

[@koukaiisanhood8148]

My favourites have to be Gaunter, Vaas and Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2 btw theres no way they delay cyberpunk again lol its practically 3 days from release now.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

The Stephen King villain Randall Flagg goes by the alias of Walter O'Dim in The Dark Tower series. Seems like a pretty similar character. Ridiculously powerful demon-in-human-form who wanders the world(s) spreading mischief and misery and bringing out the worst in people.

[@TheWolverine1984]

When I first played this I was of the opinion that Olgrid got what he deserves. He made a deal with O'Dim and now he tries to weasel out of paying. Olgrid is quite a huge asshole when you meet him. And my opinion was that Odim didn't really cheat him. And I also thought it was a great play by ODim to meet on a painting of a moon. I appreciated the literal interpretation of Olgrid's condition and how Odim outsmarted him. That being said I couldn't help but feel that Olgrid was the asshole that he was because Odim turned his heart to stone. I don't really agree with the assertion that Odim just highlighted the evil nature that was already in Olgrid. Odim practically turned Olgrid into a sociopath. And sociopaths act and behave very differently than non-sociopath people. It's was hard for me to fault Olgrid for any of his post Odim encounter behavior because all of this behavior was tainted by Odim and isn't solely the responsibility of Olgrid.

[@r4ng3rd3thr0w]

The Hearts of Stone ending feels like a play on paarthunax's view on good and evil. HoS puts it forward like this. Which is worse to be born evil or to have a choice between good and evil and still choose the latter.

[@calmexit6483]

I still took out or at least beat GoD ~ reason being, how could I pass up a chance to test my metal against evil incarnate?

[@ZertusDarkSun]

Some of these larger choices are somewhat lessened by the inclusions of items that can't be obtained anywhere else. For the end of HoS there's the moral choice, but there's also the more tangible choice of receiving the Iris sword and the Viper sword, or choosing a reward from O'Dimm. And in Skellige, going with Cerys is the only way to reach a place of power. So if you're a completionist, looking to get all places of power and all witcher gear, your decisions are kind of made for you.

[@LaurenceSchoultz]

Sephiroth: "Am I joke to you?" *Cue One-winged Angel* Gaunter: "I issue you a challenge... Leave Cloud alone." Sephiroth: "I shall use this planet as a vess-" Gaunter: Claps *End One-winged Angel*

[@xerxes5785]

The best one is definitely Arthas Menethil the Lich King. But I always go back and forth between Arthas and Gaunter O’Dimm.

[@BREAKocean]

Arthas is a unique villain but is ultimately a good guy corrupted by a relic. Gaunter is... harder to explain which is why I think gaunter is better.

[@krzysztof4114]

As much as I love Arthas (he's been my favourite character beside Geralt since I first played Warcraft III in 2003 as a kid), but his story isn't really that original in comparison. A good guy that went too far in trying to do good and became evil/corrupted - that's the backstory of almost every Blizzard villain, unfortunately.

[@SupersaiyanChristian]

In a way, they are different kinds of villains. The Crones are a classic villain. It's clear they are rather evil. Their deeds, words, and desires point to their being evil O'dimm is different. You can actually question for a good part of HoS if he is truly evil. In many ways, he seems to punish evil doers. It's only later on do you see his callous disregard for certain people (the old man he killed for instance). He only reveals that side after several demonstrations of his control over the situation; when we know there is nothing we can do but play our part. And indeed he makes us question a great many things throughout the game. His is a unique form of evil. It's subtle, yet still there. When he visited the professor to give him the protecting circle is a unique instance. It took me some time to mull it over, but that was a curse. His words sound nice, but he basically told the professor "live in fear in this small circle for the rest of your days, or die". O'dimm is more memorable because of how unique he is. He stands out. He certainly has power to use, but rarely makes use of it. His word and will seem to be a bigger force than his abilities.

[@akashijamoka]

The whole DLC felt like a dream that occasionally turned into a nightmare.

[@monke6776]

Jack from borderlands is a great villain

[@coolchristiangirl190]

I like how you brought up the crones and them helping the village in exchange for the children, I recently finished the Bald Mountain quest and when Ciri and Geralt is talking to a villager about the sacrifices, the man notes that they cannot care for these children. This interaction definitely gave me a new perspective on the choice of saving either Anna or the kids.

[@b47bobo99]

Gaunter O Dimm is one of my new favorite characters ever! I like to believe he’s like an anti-Tom Bombadil. While Tom embodies the beauty ,and kindness that can be found in Middle Earth. Gaunter O Dimm acknowledges all the hate, greed, and violence of the world of the Witcher.

[@Gaunter_ODimm]

thank you i really appreciate this compliment.

[@BrotherMag]

The biggest villain is a tie between EA(microtransaction kings), Bioware(anthem), and Todd Howard (Fallout76 pre-npcs) 😀 edit: the crones suck as well

[@RbkARI]

BioWare may have gone down the drain, but let's not forget they gave us KOTOR and Mass Effect.

[@BrotherMag]

@@RbkARI very true . I was thinking of anthem

[@thesupersonicstig]

Don't forget Take-Two Interactive.

[@manhphuc4335]

If you watch the O'dimm card deck Gwent trailer, you would know that O'dimm is terrifying beyond belief and that his purpose is incomprehensible. Let just say that aside from the event of Witcher 3 when he appeared, he indirectly stopped the White Frost by a whisper he said to someone.

[@kaimagnus5760]

My favorite thing about O'dim is that NO ONE who makes a deal with him does so without knowing the price before hand. O'dim never lies but he does prey on the greed and lust of his marks. At any point before the person makes their pact with him they have the option of saying "never mind, I dont think its worth the price". But the fact they never do is their own fault. Same with the old woman in Blood and Wine. She was cruel for no reason and O'dim repayed her cruilty in kind. Even if she had been rude in the proccess, I dont think he'd have cursed her if she actually gave him the food he'd requested. He is, after all, "The Man of Glass" and "Master of Mirrors". He reflects back all which stand infront of him.

[@howielowis458]

This might be true for his pacts but what about the people he interacts with without a contract? The poor drunkard who got killed by a spoon for interrupting Geralt and O'dimm? Or the oxenfurt scholar who went blind and literally had live out the rest of his life in a tiny circle just because he searched information about O'dimm? Gaunter reflects evil, true but he is also evil himself

[@kaimagnus5760]

@@howielowis458 The Drunk was punished fpr interfearing with his contract with Gerolt. As for the scholar, trying to learn who/what O'dim really is seems to ne against his rules. As not only did the knowlage drive him mad, but O'dim personally apeared because of it. The magic circle he gave the scholar was indeed a pact. Gerolt even demamds to know "What" O'dim is and O'dim replyed "For once, Gerolt, I shall not grant your wish" as if to spare Gerolt the punishment such knowlage woulf get him.

[@howielowis458]

@@kaimagnus5760 the circle was not a pact. O'dimm literally just created the circle and advised the scholar to never leave it, effectively robbing the man of his physical freedom for life. My point is that Gaunter doesn't just reflect evil and punishes those who deserve it, he literally does whatever he wants. Iris had no part in Olgierd's wrong doings and yet she suffered a fate worse than most due to O'dimm. The drunkard and the scholar haven't commited anything we know of that would justify the cruel punishments they got. O'dimm punishes the evil and sometimes even helps the good (like geralt) but i have no doubt that O'dimm is also cruel and evil himself due to the actions i described. For all we know, his "rules", might be entirely self imposed and he only follows them to make things more interesting, like a dark souls player who intentionally limits himself for a game that would otherwise be to easy and boring. From my understanding, the only thing Gaunter actually NEEDS his contracts for, is to collect a human soul. Outside of his contracts he can (and will) kill, help and generally mess with other humans to his hearts content.

[@kaimagnus5760]

@@howielowis458 The Self Imposed limits thing os probably true considering we've seen him litterally bend time and space to his will.

[@zzFlare]

I'm so late to the vid, but oh well. I played this quest for the first time last summer. I honestly just wanted to blow threw it, in order to get to Blood and Wine, but now actually thinking about it, I really want to play this quest again. I regret not paying to much attention to this masterpiece. I can not wait!

[@A9sAs]

O'Dimm isn't the bad guy. You make a deal, he saves your life, Geralt pays what he owes by turning Olgierd in. Hell, after helping Gaunter he even tells you how to get the best ending and save Ciri just because of how thankful he is to Geralt, if you ask him for it. He's the good guy in my opinion, a businessman who abides by his code.

[@mbazoka]

Yup, he doesn't try and trick Geralt into surrendering his soul, he simply asks that the debt be repaid by helping Gaunter settle his affairs with Olgierd. Once you are done, he leaves you alone and even offers further advice - after settling the score with Geralt after helping him not once, but TWICE before calling on his favor.

[@rarr2130]

Well, the whole plot of these DLC is a complex retelling of polish fairy tale about a warlock who summoned the devil and made a contract with him to fulfill some wishes. So Gaunter is the obvious reference to devil.

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

That is true. The story is about Mr. Twardowski a famous Polish wizard who made a deal with a devil. Magic powers for a soul. Twardowski being a "clever" human he is stated in the deal that his sould will be collected in Rome. One day he decided to eat in an Inn called "Rome".

[@TQoE_2021]

And after beating heart of stone, this is the first time realizing O'dimm was the bad guy.

[@MartinLabuschin]

GladOS, Joker and Vaas: are we a joke to you?

[@mysteriousdoge1298]

We are talking about original villains from games I think. Joker's origin is from comic books.

[@psixens7580]

Don’t know why he’s so scary to all of you. His Gwent card only has 2 strength

[@cryolato4879]

I think his gwent card being weak is kinda the point

[@hlakbrlighthouse1835]

So those not yet in the dlc won't be spoiled

[@razorwireclouds5708]

Personally, I think O'Dimm was my favourite villain in the Witcher 3 and without a doubt one of my all time favourite characters in gaming. I chose to save David Beckham mostly because I thought it would be more thrilling and challenging to take O'Dimm on. He does love games after all and so do I. Besides, you get that sweet sword and treasure from his shadow realm.

[@Riviscira]

Senator Armstrong

[@GlidingZephyr]

Nanoprobe 'Roid Rage. And he didn't care how many people suffered in order to attain what he alone wanted. Yep. You make an excellent case, ma'am. 👍

[@mr_kingpin4835]

also love how he acts as if his ways are simple, like when shani asks how he knew and he asks: would you ask an eagle how it knows how to fly?

[@here4good]

Me: *currently wondering what CP2077 has to compete with our current favorite baddie*

[@VahlokTheGrey]

Well, if Ciri really was in Cyberpunk world when hiding from Eredin with Avallach, then technically Gaunter O'Dimm can exist in Cyberpunk world as well. I remember CDPR saying that they are against Ciri appearing in Cyberpunk, but no one said that they there will be no GOD appearance ;)

[@Freshie207]

His namesake in Stephen King books is a dimension jumper, so could easily appear

[@BaronFool8704]

Glad to see you back good sir, I've missed your videos

[@Sebastianguitar01]

GoD is interesting, from the first encounter on White Orchard to the Heart of Stone DLC, he kept that layer of mystery, learning about Olgierd past, what happened to his family and also the side characters that made a pact with GoD, even traces of his doing through the main campaign and B&W DLC.

[@littleoldme128]

O' Dim having his initials spell G.O.D is due to him being the master mirror, that way being the reflexion of God, thus the devil

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Mirrors are associated with the devil and deamons in general. In Old testament.

[@Gunner15981]

When Evil goes to sleep, it checks under the bed and inside the closet for Gaunter O'Dimm.

[@tipoftheiceberg7034]

O’Dimm for me ALSO was the first villain I ever truly feared. But also. Do you beat him or do you let him kill Olgeird? I don’t know if letting him kill the guy is the best option. O’Dimm is a lot more evil than that dude was

[@AntonioDal.]

I let him kill Olgeird because that gives you the best saddle for Roach

[@erikrodriguez5015]

Dude I have been watching a lot of your videos recently and they are amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@DouglasRosser]

Gaunter is not a villain, he is the Great Gazoo in a different mask. The omnipotent baddie is lazy writing.

[@nin_tendo6458]

Thank you.

[@hlakbrlighthouse1835]

I'm too dumb for this shit

[@krzysztof4114]

That's a really shitty take but yet it made me chuckle

[@luisz222]

The scene where he freezes time was extremely unsettling especially when he puts the spoon in that guys eye. That was one of the only times in a game where I was thinking how the hell am I even gonna beat him.

[@hadriennostrenoff9135]

Guess it's time I bought the two DLCs...

[@CA120N3]

Slightly overdue

[@draconismagister]

The reason why Gaunter is such a brilliant villain is that he is calm and calculated, never getting angry or losing control.

[@redoctober2k593]

Uhh handsome Jack?

[@koukaiisanhood8148]

Both are really good characters but theres something about the ambiguity of Gaunter which makes him special tbh

[@Idalych]

Best O’dimm scene is when he sticks the spoon in that dude’s eye at the bar lol

[@gracecalis5421]

That's a very weird way of spelling Handsome Jack.

[@a.syching678]

Crones theme song is the most eerie/haunting song followed by GoD theme then Oriannas "a night to remember" always get goose bumps when I hear those 3 and havent experienced it from other games. Witcher 3 has the best soundtracks.

[@intensedad2827]

The Witcher 3, the best game ever made.

[@faraam7111]

Fuck no

[@triton2397]

Seeing Gaunter in the middle of a crowd always made me jump, like ‘what tf r u doing here?’ He’s always watching, and that makes him a true threat

[@felipevega484]

In the same triology you have Letho and the villian from witcher 1 (I don't say it's name for spoilers) wich are way better (not to say Gaunter is bad). Not only they have more relevance to the plot and are far more active in the world but how they compare to Geralt on each game and the relationships they have with him define them, Geralt facing them causes amnesic Geralt to develop and change his views about the world and his morals especially on the flaming rose ending for the first one wich is pretty traumatic if it is your first ending. Edit The Crones and Gaunter are good but it seems logical that Geralt would kill them,they are clearly monsters that cause harm to people, the only reason in roleplay to not banish Gaunter after you see the profesor and the spoon scenes in wich he causes damage to 2 inocent people is so he can kill Von Everec. The Crones are good to but they are underdevelop and they have the same problem that every boss in base game has (except the goddam werewolf) they are to easy (having played the game on Blood and Broken Bones ) wich kinda ruins the point of them being werid ancestral gods. For me the witcher 3 has had the worst main villain of the series Eredin and to be fair I don't think people would have gave this much atention to The Crones if not for Eredin being a disapointment.

[@RbkARI]

Letho isn't really a villain though.

[@JudgeHolden2003]

Letho isn't a villain. He's anti-hero

[@felipevega484]

@@JudgeHolden2003 The fact that you can actually discuss this at the very least proves that he is a complex character. Even if I always spare him (gloir aep Findand) I do believe that he only cared about the school of the Viper and it's witchers he risked Geralt's life and was willing to murder anyone in his path not relevant to Geralt in order to archive his goals wich I'll admit weren't selfish. I do believe he is good and deserves a second chance after all is likely that the murders of the kings made the war less bloody even if he acted as judge and executioner on wether or not some characters would die , remember what can happen to Shella Geralt refuses to save her.

[@felipevega484]

@Johan Liebert First game villain though...

[@JudgeHolden2003]

@@felipevega484 Letho was forced to kill Foltest by Nilfgard, and betrayed at the end, wich caused him to hide from anyone at that point. He was more like a prey than a villain to me.

[@lordhelmchen3154]

The best thing about Master Mirror is the way the plot and lore slowly unfolds itself throughout HoS. You immediately suspect he could be some kind of demon or devil but at the start when you meet him on the Ofieri ship and he "frees" Geralt you could still tell yourself "ehh it is probably just a really powerful mage". Then the crossroads which is solid proof that Geralt is about to make a pact with a devil or demon. You soon suspect that Gaunter is really an evil being or heartless killer instead of just a powerful magic being. Then you realize what you have gotten into when he shows he can slow down time itself and just murders a guy with a laddle for just being a but annoying. Then you see Gaunter's power over ghosts with Olgierd's brother. But what really stood out to me and sent shivers down my spine was the scene in Oxenfurt with the professor. That eerie feeling of "We are knees deep in sh*t" suddenly turning to "We are so one for" when you realize the full, devastating and absolutely remorse-less evil power that is Gaunter o' Dim. The way he enjoys ruining peoples lives so thoroughly that you even feel pity for the "bad human guys" of the story. I was genuinely scared at that point and creeped out so much more than with any other thing in the entire Witcher franchise.

[@ieuanhunt552]

That doesn't look like Vaas from Farcry 3

[@countprogon]

Vaas was a good villain, but it sucked that u get rid of him so early. One of the best video game characters, for sure, not the best villain tho.

[@RustyPhotography]

Gaunter O'Dimm was one of the coolest video game character, he is like if the riddler was better in ever way.

[@tlotpwist3417]

In the english dub i only get the pretend amability of gaunter on most scenes. In the french dub though the guy mixes amability and creepiness/sinistry all the time and it really sends chills down your spine, more than in eng. They picked an amazing VA and from the start (same acting in white orchard that made me wonder if CDPR briefed translating teams beforehand when HoS wasnt released yet. (I met dlcs where the actor was changed from vanilla because they were not prepared beforehand like Javik changing voice in ME3's expansions)

[@lordchrono3283]

Agree with everything you said. Also i likes the world building they did for this villain. The random kids singing his theme. That you see him very early on in the game and by the time you get to the dlc you have forgotten about him and when you find out you met him you are like wtf. That secretly is in different cutscenes of the dlc.

[@muhammadsaduddin308]

When odim say "play a game? Gwent?" I definitely say yes.