Compilation of NPC's getting screwed

[@dew-it8744]

Woodcutter is such an underrated character. He literally had an existential crisis and immediately went back to what he needed to do. Such a chad

[@hundrick186]

I wish I saw him more, could use an update.

[@dew-it8744]

@@hundrick186 probably a wife and child update

[@BrokenRecordOfLaw]

@@dew-it8744he’s got Greg’s wife now.

[@THX--nn5bu]

He could be Baelin's twin Brother......"Heh huh!"

[@mugglepower]

ha. have an existential crises and immediately go back to what we need to do, is what WE need to do. lmfao

[@mr.perfectcell288]

“We apologize for the last update by giving Greg happiness” Proof that the developers are out to screw with Greg

[@kbrnsr]

At least they fixed child mode

[@Rippazz]

Proof that the developer is Baradun

[@angel_cat]

This is why giving NPCs AI is cruel like this 😅

[@grouchingtiger]

He was so lucky.

[@c.hawker7605]

The fact that even Perfect Cell can agree that these guys are out to make Greg miserable

[@PvtGermanWagz]

Greg losing his wife to a patch is probably Viva La Dirt League’s saddest video ever.

[@RSProduxx]

gets me every time

[@NightStormRider.]

I really want to see him get his wife back

[@Nammjahtan]

@@NightStormRider. "Hello adventurer. I need the aid of a strong soul like you for a quest more dangerous then any before it. We're going up against the developers to get my wife back. Do you accept this quest?"

[@DmitryTumaykin]

They screwed up with that patch. Patch notes say his memory should be erazed, and others might know he had a wife. But it's exactly the opposite.

[@bakuiel1901]

​@@NammjahtanAccept

[@liallen9380]

Child Safe will probably be my favorite just because of how truly, utterly horrifying it has to be from poor Greg's perspective. The man has seen *things.*

[@eddyblackmore4188]

At least it was patched so NPCs see the same as the player.

[@johnathonroberts8200]

Consider every game you've played with NPCs. They've ALL seen things.

[@BigBossIvan]

Balloon POP! 😇

[@DatLe-ie8ib]

Love how most of these are Greg getting screwed. He needs to get a win and get his wife back

[@harlanmcdiarmid]

Naw

[@nicolaj9510]

They should make one where Greg joins a party and get's to see the world. Let him be the pack mule, at least he will have a change of cenery.

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

@@nicolaj9510 He has traveled though, on the quests.

[@Nerobyrne]

I love that they just loot the skull again from his chest in a later episode 😂

[@SomebodysVincent]

What wife?

[@Callirgos1]

The wood cutter is an allegory for modern life. "You've been chopping this tree for 20 years... you don't have a home"

[@AAAGameDev]

4 - reel

[@Nexus2O13]

That one reminded me of Westworld

[@D34ThL1VeS]

The wife removed by the hotfix is just emotionally brutal. Standing ovation 👏 👏

[@neanda]

he was made alone twice, by his wife, and by everyone never believing she existed. dark af 😂

[@aussiebloke609]

1:35 Best line from Hamish ever: "Twine? I'd really like to string together some loose ends on my part and be able to afford some medicine for my dying - well I guess I don't need all of the children, so one can go..."

[@milanpospisil8024]

That was probably actually common decisions back then :-(

[@chriswatson7488]

The last one feels so much like loss and grief, made worse by nobody remembering his wife or child. Poor Greg

[@michaelstrodick1769]

And I don't know if it is worse, how the messed up this fix or how they fixed it. "We have removed his wife and wiped his memory as best we can, but only his memory of his wife. Others in the game may know he once had a wife."

[@neodigremo]

I do wonder if Baradun knows? Maybe....

[@chriswatson7488]

@@neodigremo His response does sound like something he would say, just to mess with Greg

[@neanda]

that was like some Black Mirror episode. it was programmed that only he can remember his wife so he can't console with anyone because they'll never believe him and just laugh at his delusions instead. it's like he's alone twice that was dark af 🤣

[@mugglepower]

absolutely love Hamish. He has the perfect amount of exaggeration every single time and its just GOLD.

[@mugglepower]

KEEP MOVING UNLESS YOU'RE HUNGRY

[@TheOrian34]

Why don't you just get a big bucket of water and...

[@mugglepower]

@@TheOrian34 hahaha/ I know now why he's so cherished. All his tilt are based AF.

[@Kendro311]

First time I saw him was the "Taunt" skit, hasn't been a character he's played since that hasn't had me cracking up.

[@arisucheddar3097]

Ba-nay-nay

[@shireknight01]

You are all excellent character actors but Hamish takes it for me with the Poor Merchant skit, what a comedy genius.

[@HandleNameIsStupid]

Yep that skit is pure comedy gold lol

[@johnbaker3911]

The wood cutting won my heart though

[@jeff8833]

Hamish sells the existential suffering so well.

[@kriss3d]

It's a long journey. He began by actually having the glittering skull of Rhaul that he left in a chest on an open path.

[@aussiebloke609]

"Twine? I'd really like to string together some loose ends on my part and be able to afford some medicine for my dying - well I guess I don't need all of the children, so one can go..." Great comedy, but oh so dark. 👍

[@murasaki848]

The callbacks in those patch notes to earlier episodes are just priceless. "Mugger NPC loop in Honeywood fixed..." 😄

[@GwenActually]

vampire class removed due to vampiric rage causing vampire plague 😂

[@Elm_TheTarnished]

or the puppies that ben mistook for spiders

[@johnathanh2660]

@@Elm_TheTarnished I prefer the comment at the top of the original patch notes - we pay good money for and should work in the first place. :)

[@airbaguette]

"tinfoil hat npc removed again (we think)

[@Grimhobby]

12:38 is just Cinematical masterpiece, the ringing, slowly the background sound blurs, the transition. To confetti to blood just perfect.

[@imblackmagic1209]

"child safe mode now presents to npcs that same way as it does to players for their mental health" super nice detail

[@Somany_memes]

“I guess I don’t need all of these children” lol

[@heikoguckes5693]

Gets me every time

[@Miranox2]

That's actually why poor societies have more kids. Many of the kids didn't reach the age of 5.

[@10tailedbijuu]

@@Miranox2 and also why most civilizations had many kids until more better ways of doing things were created such as washing your freaking hands when seeing a patients, and knowing that germs existed, and other things like that.

[@johnathanh2660]

@@10tailedbijuu Ignatz Semmelweiss - if you want a scary story, google him.

[@lefandesf9863]

In some game like The Witcher 3 for example, the merchant don't have unlimited gold when you sell items. It's like: "You can't sell more items to this NPC" But you can buy anything you want X)

[@HostileTakeover2]

The woodcutter sketch... it's pretty cool that as tech advanced, games started adding those details in rather. NPC finishes task at end of day, heads back home, putters around that area, interacts with others, sleeps, & returns. And you can follow them throughout & interact, getting different dialogue depending on where & when you see them.

[@Shaicedelic]

What games do that?

[@HostileTakeover2]

@@Shaicedelic The old Majora's Mask did it, but that was a major mechanic so is more akin to Life is Strange on that front. More recently, Red Dead 2, the Fable games, Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley I think, Kingdom Come, definitely S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Gothic, Shenmue, Deadly Premonition, the later Hitman games to a limited degree. I think the newer Harry Potter game as well but maybe I'm thinking of mod that does it. Skyrim didn't have the unique dialogue but did have everything else. But Oblivion did it pretty well for its time.

[@Destroyer_V0]

@@HostileTakeover2 hell, city skylines did it too.

[@NEXIO105]

We need another full length movie like Baelin's Route but this one should be "Greg's quest- a tale of garlic and love" and it should be about Greg's journey to find Gretta

[@Psilomuscimol]

I cried a little

[@Greg_Rock]

Naked Rowan going "I'm fantastic!" Absolutely destroyed my sides

[@v_artra5399]

not gonna lie... Greg losing his wife and daughter still gets me right in the feels

[@mrtophat12]

I will never forget you.

[@renoobed-owl7590]

Greg is the most loved NPC at this point... his journey is our journey ❤😂

[@neanda]

🤣❤

[@Render90]

So, let's sum up. So far Greg has been ignored, punched (repeatedly) , forced to watch a slaughter, despawned, ignored (again) by another NPC, forced to buy rubbish and then robbed, and lastly his wife dissappeared. I don't think being a Npc is good for him😂. At least the adventurers did't try to put him to sleep...

[@themightymutt5213]

I'm just waiting for the episode where he's had enough and finally snaps, like he did when Ben (?) kept skipping his dialog, only on a larger scale. I hope Bodger isn't working that day!

[@mugglepower]

_I'm gonna use my balloon pop_ that part is seriously well done though. The shock and the sudden switch of vibes, excellent.

[@peterrealar2.067]

Also add, seeing his world being turned inside out which has to lead to needing therapy, and that is as frequent as having weather.

[@jaybutler779]

Petition to bring back Greta so that Greg isn’t alone anymore. Greg is the best character in Viva la Dirt League and he deserves happiness

[@jamestagge3429]

And Greta is the closest thing to a female version of Greg that probably exists

[@crow8283]

The woodcutter hits me right in the feels

[@ThoughTMusic]

The funny thing is, the fruit merchant from the second script would be fine if he resold all that gear to greg the garlic farmer.

[@DreamWizardMedia]

Man, I hope they go back to the quest line of Baradun trying to liberate the NPCs.

[@absurdist5134]

Baradun is so under utilised.

[@kenneithnacembeni9187]

baradun meets tinfoil hat. thats what i want to see

[@JustLilyTbh]

I think Baradun was just enjoying giving NPCs existential crisis's

[@zemoshade3049]

rewatching the Woodchopper bit made me realize, Baradune was probably behind that one Ben NPC that became self-aware and was trying to escape the game.

[@MrOsmodeus]

that's not an npc, it's a crafting focused player that got trapped in the game. that's why the patch notes keep saying they think they've finally deleted him. he's not theirs to delete

[@10tailedbijuu]

@@MrOsmodeus oh no that is talking about another npc, at least i think it is another one as he has a tin foil hat. And the one you mentioned just started doing some crafting and become an npc.

[@MrOsmodeus]

@@10tailedbijuu I'm pretty sure the tinfoil guy is the crafter guy. Tinfoil guy claims to be a player from memory. It seems like a whole arc edit: after looking the videos up they aren't the same guy. tinfoil npc claims to have gained self awareness. and tinfoil guy is one episode before crafting guy. one commenter made the link jokingly and i probably remembered that

[@HomeDefender30]

@@10tailedbijuu tinfoil guy is crafting guy…. He was treated as an npc by the player base for so long that he devolved into madness and the lines between his autonomy and npc programming was blurred.

[@namethestars]

Goddammit the Woodcutter skit still gets to me more than I'd like to admit 😢 between the sudden sharp intake of breath the Woodcutter takes as he almost realises before being reset and the music (Uninvited by Alfie-Jay Winters) it's phenomenal acting by Rowan.

[@alexandred.4248]

Thank you, I was looking for the name of the song!

[@kipihamazaki9207]

you need to bring greg and wife back he goes thru a lot he needs that

[@Vyufta1]

Or at least a damn balloon ride!

[@jackvoss1527]

The "Child safe" had me rolling. Greg loses his wife and the second Greg disappearing after the quest is completed hurt.

[@robertpowell1464]

Goddamn, watching Greg's wife get patched out, and quest Greg despawning again was brutal. We need a patch that enpowers Greg the garlic farmer. Viva la Greg!

[@kathrina3339]

Woodcutter's episode is brilliant! And I'm looking forward to Eugene compilation 😌

[@AkiAiromaa]

I came here to say this

[@Ben-rz9cf]

The woodcutter skit always gives me goosebumps. Genuinely the most sad and tragic thing you guys have ever made.

[@yixuanloong]

Yes, and that change of music…

[@sevastionmartaindale1977]

Greg on a quest to restore his wife still sounds awesome

[@RSProduxx]

"Greg´s Quest" movie should be a thing :)

[@neanda]

i would fuckinng love that

[@cinnamonbits26]

6:50 the sudden switch back to jolly oblivion was the final break in the woodcutters' psyche. The pain was so strong the snap. Now the mask is stuck forever.

[@kingred9988]

“Are you ok?” “I’m Fantastic!” I love that line!🤣😂😂

[@shaun9625]

The “child safe” mode one could be used in a standalone horror film with a person who has a mental break, thinks they’re helping people when in fact they’re actually killing them brutally. They can’t see it but everyone else can. I’m guessing there’s already a film like that out there

[@Veelasiren]

I remember seeing a horror short film similar to that but I can't remember the name of it. Dude was terrified because he was surrounded by faceless mannequins that were moving around creepily on their own so he hit them with a baseball bat when they came close to him. At the end he's arrested by human cops, and only then do we see the bat is bloody and their are real bodies laying on the ground.

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

Sounds like the premise of the character video for the flame thrower guy from Team Fortress 2.

[@thichinhphan4010]

There are two examples (song and a novel) I knew but those are made by Japanese.

[@sendmedoge8939]

The ones like "kid mode" or when Greg consoled his duplicate as he died after a quest are my favorite. Or Greg wanting to take a balloon ride. Or having a wife removed from a patch, but the devs left a painting behind. So damned meta.

[@damiien2684]

Gretta, Gone But Never Forgotten, RIP to the best wife a Garlic Farmer could ever ask for!

[@thomassynths]

who?

[@damiien2684]

@@thomassynths did you watch this video at all?

[@thomassynths]

@@damiien2684I did, but I never played the game before the latest patch.

[@damiien2684]

@@thomassynths what game??

[@thomassynths]

@@damiien2684Skycraft

[@Valkyrie_3d]

That bit with the woodcutter is dark. How many NPCs in this world have gained sentience

[@MrNb22]

You can tell Adam is about to do something horrible anytime he gives someone a look of understanding and empathy.

[@EquityHero]

I'm ashamed to admit that if I now skip cutscenes, I've developed the habit of saying "SKIP" as passively aggressive as I can.

[@RearAdmiralTootToot]

You knew when he promised to never punch him again, there was a 100% chance he was getting punched in the face again.

[@michaelablank]

I really want a supercut of all the arguments over game mechanics, like eating the bottles and horse pockets.

[@Kolbua]

The amount of work y'all do is tremendous. Thank you for your dedication. I appreciate you

[@fuzzytech3846]

At 3:12 where he says "You B*tch!" will always make me laugh

[@goldenmilkpudding8743]

2:45 this is the RICHEST NPCC ive EVER seen LoL

[@WanderingSkullkid]

It still amazes me that you guys are such awesome writers, and actors! You guys do phenomenal work, and deserve a lot more credit for it!

[@kdemetter]

2:59 In most games I've played, when you sell to an NPC, you get significantly less money for it then what it would cost to buy that same item from them. So by that logic, the NPC should be very happy you are selling him all those expensive items, because he could sell them for much more ( so instead of it killing his children they would get to live in a mansion) Granted, in reality it wouldn't work that way because of supply and demand ( but then the shopkeeper also wouldn't be forced to buy from you )

[@jwenting]

and quite a few games make the npcs have limited money to buy from you, so you basically have to buy from them in order to be able to sell to them

[@Veelasiren]

I saw a theory I really liked that the gold used to buy and sell expensive items to adventures is actually the King's money for players to save the Kingdom, so poor merchants can't use that gold without getting into major trouble. The NPC'S are only allowed to keep gold if they earn it by growing or making items themselves to sell.

[@AutoRauto]

What PC game are these videos inspired by?

[@kaleraven2000]

That assumes they can find another buyer. Maybe there's such a difference because they might not be able to sell it again

[@derpbeholder1905]

I really love how half of y'all's videos are for shits and giggles and they're really funny and the other half of them taking emotional baseball bat to you. I'm not going to lie a couple of these genuinely made me cry

[@MrPanic421]

That "Huah huah!' from Rowan never fails to make me laugh!😂

[@sdranch2800]

The woodcutter almost got me… right as the tears start to well up …..”whelp back to it, this trees not gonna chop itself” Lol great stuff, love the channnel!

[@McGyver777ATGMAIL]

I gotta be honest with you, I want to start a GoFundMe just to get The Garlic Farmer's wife and kid back to him. How much of a bribe you think it would take to get them to write that in a future episode? This story actually gets to me (as a husband and dad) on a personal level. It was horribly and beautifully written and the actor hit it out of the park in his portrayal. These guys do comedy well, but when they tip their hand at drama, they can rip your damn heart out. I'm starting a movement, "Give The Garlic Farmer his family back." LOL.

[@michelguevara151]

the kids traumatizing gregg the garlic farmer is still the most magnificent skit you've done!

[@IgnisFatuusblog]

We still are waiting on the movie in which Greg tried to get his wife back

[@Raphael-pt7rx]

imagine accidently punching somenone irl and just saying "i'm sorry the controls are new to me"

[@TexJester-no8th]

🤣🤣 If you fall down in public, get up and say something like, "Wow, it's been a while since I've occupied a human form...."

[@GThompsonMusic]

Anyone else hit in the feels by that piano in the woodcutter episode?

[@SpoookyGamez]

I’ll be honest you guys need to make this an actual game, I would play it every day lol. Don’t change anything just make the NPCs exactly like they are in the videos lol 😂

[@Dragon211]

poor merchant has to be my all time fave LOL

[@justnosila3256]

I hope that Rob brings Gretta into the DnD game.....

[@nickbailey9784]

The what?

[@vincent412l7]

​@@nickbailey9784VLDL has a DnD channel.

[@jankarieben1071]

I don’t know if I’m alone on this, but I’d love to watch a “nothing but Hamish” compilation, from across all your videos, nothing has quite the ‘manic joy’ that Hamish brings to things! ❤ also; we need ‘Demi-meta-Greg’ in Npc D&d.

[@MetaManGamingTM]

I think they need an episode where the devs used Gretas character model for some other NPC in game and makes Greg have flashbacks and try to convince her of who she was

[@AngeryChicken3445]

I actually felt bad for Greg when his wife was gone

[@GhastlyGhostrider]

Everything in this is painfully aqurate and relatable! 😂😂😂

[@rainyeevee4047]

Its fun if you read in the patch notes that they made some links to other wideos like: "The spiders are more visible so the puppies don't get killed"

[@Leto85]

15:53 Urgh, that sketch still gets me every time. :(

[@Silly_Millie773]

“Complication of NPC’s getting screwed” I love the title you gave this video 🤣

[@omnimamba8611]

The "I don't feel so good" immediately revived my memories of spiderman disappearing after thanos's snap and Iron man's death

[@stargazzer9166]

It’s so funny how Greg is the only sentient npc but all the others are so oblivious 😂

[@stalhandske9649]

Not quite the only one. That tinfoil npc mentioned in patch notes is obviously one, and the grave diggers have more than once discussed game mechanics, being fully aware of their situation. Even Baradun, uncharacteristically, tried to make the woodcutter see his very existence for what it is. Bodger the Blacksmith, too, seems to be in the know, implicated by the way he trolls players now and then.

[@Veelasiren]

@@stalhandske9649 Charles the Mugger is also growing more aware despite the fact he keeps being reset by Bernard, and we've only seen the mayor, played by Adam, once but he showed real signs of sentience too.

[@Mikhos]

The woodcutter video is a great example of like talking to chat GPT where it just forgets literally everything from the conversation eventually goes back to nothing

[@saadatishraq4712]

Greg's wife being taken away is one of the darkest episodes you guys ever made tho

[@justascrub9274]

The double Alan at 15:51 is HAUNTING 😂 brilliant music, shot and acting truly

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

6:36 - I don't often feel sorry for Rowan, but when I do... 😢

[@Rain-Dirt]

"Are you okay?!" (concerned NPC) "I'm fantastic!" (buttnaked) xD Perfectly played

[@kendoruslink7017]

Poor Greg can never catch a break especially with adventurers skipping his dialogue.

[@therealmegabros]

I love this channel 😂😂😂😂 The acting is truly chef's kiss, really sells the comedy. I'm definitely binging all these vids !

[@krod2k106]

I had a video idea recently after finishing a game I really enjoyed. It would be awesome if you guys could capture that lonely feeling of a completed game where all the NPCs only have a few dialogue options and the world suddenly feels empty. Being overpowered but it’s useless because there is no challenges left. I know y’all did something kinda similar in a previous video with the chores but this is another reality. 🤞

[@ajakrejzova9951]

They've already done some of these videos like The empty feeling after 100 % completion, the whole saga with powerful Dark Night retiring in Honeywood and the one with deeply connection with NPC companion resulting in repeating the quest 😁.

[@krod2k106]

@@ajakrejzova9951 Oh shoot maybe I didn’t look hard enough, thanks! 🙏🏽

[@kurosakifucksup]

Greg needs to become the final boss after all he's been through

[@ivani.valeri2428]

I've watched "Poor Merchant" about 30 different times and always crack up at "Why don't you just get a big bucket of water and just MURDER MY CHILDREN IN FRONT OF MY EYES!?"

[@superduder]

The woodcutter part is so heart wrenching

[@Wintercomet100]

The kids in the Child Safe Mode: Seemingly harmless entertainment. Greg's perspective of Child Safe Mode: Absolute nightmarish carnage.

[@CTobin14]

I’ve seen all these in their natural form, yet I watch these comps anyway.

[@coder0xff]

The poor merchant with the dieing children getting robbed slayed me.

[@HatakeHachiko]

i just realized that all the Zs coming from the bandit's neck was actually blood 😭 how come i didnt realize it before.

[@pyrotechnick420]

20:10 "Rouge NPC wearing tinfoil hat in Honeywood fixed (Again, we think)" That shit is gold

[@Jayne_Rose]

I do hope Greg gets his wife and child back. Honestly even peaceful skits of their daily lives and fond memories would be a welcome addition to content. A feel good series of shorts maybe?

[@whitetigerproductions8655]

Anyone else pause at this point 20:11 just to read the green highlight of the update. Also Greg losing his wife in a update is sad, why must that have been done, please give him some happiness (the wife)

[@darkness5101]

0:58 you know if he had that much gold to pay from him you think he wouldn’t need to sell food to feed his family

[@Veelasiren]

I saw a theory I really liked that the gold used to buy and sell expensive items to adventures is actually the King's money for players to save the Kingdom, so poor merchants can't use that gold without getting into major trouble. The NPC'S are only allowed to keep gold if they earn it by growing or making items themselves to sell.

[@themightymutt5213]

I thought I stayed up to date, but I haven't seen most of these before. I loved Greg's reaction to the photo filters!

[@iansnead8693]

"Ahh! These aren't Honeywood leaves!!!"

[@NotAHaloReference]

Hamish being forced to buy all that stuff sucks, but at least now he gets to sell it all to the next chump (or even the very same guy!) for like 10x the price! :) Side Note: you guys should totally do a win skit for hamish where an adventurer DOES accidentally sell his main sword or something and now has to buy it back for a huge mark up. Maybe the adventurer decides it would be easier just to kill him and take it back and he gets massacred by hamish a la "crazy strong npcs" fashion!

[@80sMeavyHetal]

Rowan's "model face" never fails to crack me up.. What even is this? 😆

[@coolanimegirls]

Poor Greg, he looses his wife and child then he has to put poppy down. Rip poppy

[@LokesProduction]

16:43 The music that plays, really hit me hard in the feels! Anyone know the name?

[@dominicp9296]

He had all that gold to buy all that but couldn't buy medicine lolll love it

[@Avigorus]

Another collection you should do: skits where the game's Matrix glitches, from the two Gregs and his wife to the maintenance and the woodcutter.

[@epicbosco]

“Detective Mode Tutorial added so people don’t miss this function” and all the other snippets is a funny and cool way to bring in all the lore together

[@tena2sweet]

We need Greg to break code and go searching for his wife.

[@flashovr24]

LOLOLOL the "picture mode" was hilarious!!!

[@ViktorBoel]

YES! Another compilation I can watch on repeat!! ❤️

[@themightyfleaforonce4656]

Enough already! You all still cannot leave Greg the NPC with that last one where he lost his family. We demand a redemption episode!!!!

[@ChakatNightspark]

1:46 Complains about kids. But has all that gold to buy the adventures loot, instead of giving it to the kids.

[@Veelasiren]

I saw a theory I really liked that the gold used to buy and sell expensive items to adventures is actually the King's money for players to save the Kingdom, so poor merchants can't use that gold without getting into major trouble. The NPC'S are only allowed to keep gold if they earn it by growing or making items themselves to sell.