Valiant Hearts [Part 2] - The Three Amigos

In this episode of Valiant Hearts, Emile and Walt dig their way out of rubble and into even more trouble. Meanwhile Freddie takes cover from machine gun fire.
Valiant Hearts is a historical puzzle game by Ubisoft Montpellier and was played on the PC.
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[@bleeters5984]

"That's entirely messed up" pretty much covers the first world war as a whole, to be honest.

[@bwcmakro]

Any war.

[@neaborishalakroup1150]

War.... war never changes. Sorry I just had to.

[@seraph_77]

pff, and the seconds wasnt?

[@Leetgrain]

Enzo Venti Or has it?

[@noahmonroe3989]

neabor ishalak roup what the fuck you (huhuhue im smurt)

[@poisonkingfire]

If you thought the gas was bad alone, consider... 1.The Canadians were in their first big operation, 2.were poorly led, 3.had a communication breakdown, 4.used the ineffective Ross rifle, and STILL held the line against the overwhelmingly superior German forces. Funnily enough Arthur Currie lead a division at that battle and later lead the Canadians as a whole.( He lost contact with both his flanks and had to ask a British commander for help. He traveled on foot and was denied.)

[@LauchlinM.]

Wow. Canada isn't forgotten...and the game shows the Battle for Neuve Chapelle and Second Ypres. If it shows Passchendaele and/or Vimy Ridge, this game will have officially surpassed any other with regards to historical accuracy.

[@1xphobiusx1]

passchendaele.... ohhh passchendaele

[@constrainedanacronysm1370]

Don't know why Canada gets so much shit if anything it was Mexico that did not contribute much militarily in World War II.

[@TheGlazedProductions]

Well... It is accompanying a documentary. I'm not sure why you're surprised.

[@bwcmakro]

Daf lastname *cough cough* this is WW1

[@LauchlinM.]

Daf lastname By nothing militarily, you of course don't mean thousands of Canadians laying down their lives in the following: the Battle of Britain (amongst the legendary 'Few'), the Battle of Hong Kong, the Battle of Dieppe, the Italian Campaign, D Day via Juno Beach (and the only Allied troops to reach their objectives until they were stopped by the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division under Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer), several operations during the Normandy Breakout, the Liberation of the Netherlands and having fought the Battle of the Atlantic from the beginning to the end. Also, Mexico did not contribute until late in the war like the rest of the Americas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada_during_World_War_II en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Mexico#World_War_II And that's if you don't count Newfoundland troops among Canadian troops for *both wars*. Sincerely, a patriotic amateur Canadian historian. PS Sorry for the semi-rant.

[@HammerOn9]

Holy crap when I saw the word Ypres everything I learned about Canadian WW1 history in high school came shooting back.

[@1xphobiusx1]

Same man, same.

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

You'll probably need it again if you want to play Battlefield 1 xD

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

You'll probably need it again if you want to play Battlefield 1 xD

[@charion1234]

I keep wondering why so few games do the first world war. The only reason I can really come up with is that there weren't any genuinely good or absolutely evil sides in that war.

[@ZogDaMegnivizint]

The general strategies employed during that war wouldn't have made very compelling Triple-A game-play, in an industry that has been dominated by FPS games with heroic lone-wolf protagonists for three generations. Infantry in WWI were literally cannon fodder, the "lone-wolf" was the one lucky bastard who was stabbed to death in the enemy trench rather than cut down by machine-gun fire in no man's land. Not much action-hero potential in that. Most games about WWI are flight games or very back-endy strategy games, which have limited appeal. Couple that with the insatiable cultural appetite for stories about WWII, and you can see why the Great War gets overshadowed.

[@bleeters5984]

ZogDaMegnivizint Still, it's something that media in general has just side stepped and not used as source material all that much, especially compared to the tidal wave of attention the second world war has recieved over the years from pretty much any kind of fiction you can think of. And yes, I imagine the first world war being a horrific bloodbath as part of an empirial dickwaving contest with no real 'good' or 'bad' sides is probably part of that.

[@bwcmakro]

Well, you can hardly make an interesting game about sitting in a goddamn trench for months. There is a shooter game "Verdun", it's, I believe, in early access on steam and is... Adequate. Not amazing, but not too bad either, kinda feels like a more arcadey version of Red Orchestra 2. In WW1. The thing is, it feels like an okay WW2 shooter with WW1 guns. There isn't much game-wise you can do, that'd be interesting and fit WW1 setting. WW2 games basically got everything a WW1 game would have, but on a larger scale and with more variety in soldier equipment.

[@themigmadmarine]

There is always Rise of Flight, if your into those sorts of sims.

[@leeleeisgay]

People always talk about sitting in trenches but that's pretty narrow minded since it doesn't have to be set at the western front during the status quo, the eastern front was brutal to say the least and in 1918 the allied forces were starting to push into Germany before the end of the war.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Wow, I didn't know the canadians found out how to defend against chlorine gas. "Found it oat, eh?"

[@thegoatman9231]

I teared up when Emile and the American met up and freed the dog.

[@MrBoegela]

The dogs of war were at the same time good because they ran through enemy lines and fire quickly to get medical equipment to the soldiers, but it was also very sad since they were trained to carry bombs and lie underneath tanks to blow them up.

[@dreed100]

last part is a myth. it was a concept which was never implemented in WW2.

[@mrverypissedoff]

It kind of was implemented but it didnt work... Soviet Scientists trained the dogs to look for food underneath tanks with a mine strapped to their backs. It never worked because the dogs were trained on Russian tanks.

[@Vrikrar]

mrverypissedoff That seems like a massive oversight on the part of the Soviet scientists.

[@mrverypissedoff]

I think it was a massive oversight f the scientists expecting so much from a dog.

[@Vrikrar]

mrverypissedoff I think we can probably agree, not the best plan overall.

[@curseofzeal]

I lol'd at Emile running in the ankle irons. Also, his dig speed, and dog teleportation. And it's nice to see that Canadians get some actual recognition in war games. Most of the time, we were just "that other part of Britain".

[@nyx_jupiter-trash]

Returning to this series. One of my favorites Jesse has played I miss this type of play through when stuff was happier in my life.

[@Hemotept]

I liked the little touch they added that it switched to greyscale for the dog's point of view.

[@MartijnWnltz]

Lucas Leicher Dogs aren't exactly colourblind. They can see more than just black and white. Look it up, it's a common misconception.

[@shewolf51]

It's so nice to see that Canada hasn't been forgotten for once. At least, not just lumped in with the rest of the British forces.

[@GreenDragonite76]

they should realy make a sequel with Karl as a grandpa to Victor's son during WWII

[@pingpong7045]

In the trailer the dog was at a grave site and everyone was dead.

[@TheThanatos023]

also they tried to be historically accuratte the letters you find i believe are real

[@GreenDragonite76]

well uh that sucks

[@DeathBringer769]

GreenDragonite Welcome to war.

[@GreenDragonite76]

this was nuthin compared to what I saw in NAM

[@felixll9305]

I appreciate the fact that Jesse is defending the honor of Canada even tho he's American 13:55

[@Rippitydip]

The Canadians actually were a huge part of the war. The Germans called the Canadian Corps "stormtroopers" and were the most feared combatants next to the ghurkas.

[@Vrikrar]

So... many... arguments.... must... scroll... back...

[@Scionofgreyhaven]

What do they teach u Americans about WW1? Jesse is a history guy and he didn't know stuff we learn in grades 8-12 here in Canada lol. We learned about all those stuff even the little things like the urine masks, american, Canadian, and all the others involvement in the wars.

[@LordDragox412]

Well, nobody teaches things like these too deep in regular school. If you want to learn history, you study it at university :P Stuff they teach in schools is forgotten in a matter of year or two if it's not futher needed. I remember about urine masks from chemistry lessons, where it was mentioned as a "fun" fact :P People just don't care about history unless it's their personal interest. So it's not forced into young heads like it used to be back in the day. I feel like I've pretty much wasted all those years I invested in school, as I don't remember anything or need anything from that, and I only remember "fun" facts xD Public schools don't teach, private schools also don't teach, they just require knowledge. Schools are just... boring, and that's the problem. Learning should be fun. Whenever I had a cool teacher, it motivated me to get additional knowledge from that subject, and stuff stayed in my head. Jesse's brain is just a little bit rusty, so I'm sure he knew things like this, but simply forgot them over time as he's not a teacher anymore. No matter if you have a master degree in something, if you don't need to actively use your knowledge, just like in Jesse's example, you'll forget small things over time. Maybe. I don't know. I've a brain injury that trashed my short-term memory so it could be just me not remembering anything ;] I have sticky notes that remind me about other sticky notes, and I forget about them. Totally. They're right next to me, but somehow I'm just ignoring them all like they're supposed to be there. I recently had some on my monitor too, that reminded me to look at the sticky notes wall but I had no idea what all those sticky notes were trying to tell me and I just threw them all away. But my long-term memory is quite nice, and after few weeks I remember things a little bit and they confuse the hell out of me. I even recently bought new sticky notes and I forgot about them for two weeks and I later went to buy new sticky notes and found out I already had some. And then I've never really used them because I forgot about them again, even through they were sitting on my desk. Nah, not really. I'm just bored and I'm writing random stuff. I should go to sleep, I think. I'm weird. :D

[@BaronVonHoovy]

vtc193 Exactly, although as someone who enjoys history in general I feel it's a shame. The way the American education system works, you go and you learn something in a social studies class and then you learn it again the next year and the year after that, always in very slightly more detail. And you know which subjects are going to be focused on the most. At least, that's my experience with it. Might be different for other people. Anyway, I just wish that I felt like I was actually learning something new every year instead of having to go read up on the subjects in my free time to actually learn. What made me particularly sad is that I recall being in a history class and being the only one who even knew who Archduke Franz Ferdinand even was... near the end of my time in high school. I get that history's not for everyone, but that's just sad.

[@TheGhostCakes]

Depends on what level of course you take, Because WW1 was one of America's less involved wars where we joined at the dead end of it, You learn about roughly 1-3 weeks worth of Causes, Weapons of war, Russia, The Chain of events, M.A.I.N theory, Effects on all sides, and a small bit about psyche and trench warfare.

[@kinosaga21]

american schools teach only the spinets that make the US look more grand, i had to actually go and look for more information because i knew a lot of information was cut out.

[@jankins114]

In Canada we learned about the urine masks because the battle of Ypres (site of the first chlorine gas attack) was one of the most important Canadian battles, probably second only to Vimy ridge. I guess other battles like Neuve Chapelle, Passchendaele and Battle of the Somme were big deals to, especially if you're from Newfoundland (wasn't apart of Canada yet) because of the 90% casualty rate of St. John's road. Kind of rambling now, anyway the point is that although Ypres was a major battle and something Canadians were proud of because a lot of soldiers sacrificed themselves by staying in the gas to fend of the advancing Germans it probably wasn't a big deal for other nations, especially ones that weren't in the commonwealth. I'm sure Jesse knows about battles we never studied, although it is true that Canadians do learn a lot more about The Great War in high school compared to American public schools. Sorry if this wall of text was not concise and probably riddled with grammar mistakes.

[@FigitTheDigit]

The American's voice at the end sounded like Jesse himself did the acting there "Emile le's go!"

[@MrChaosCL]

Wow, this seems amazing. Right after seeing the first part, I already fell in love with it. There has been only ONE game( well.. a game series ) that has gotten me this excited, so I plan on playing this myself for sure. Shouldn't be long now 'til it comes out. It's only a matter of hours.

[@Arndell91]

"Push it, Bop it, Slap it, Drop it" Jesse you know this is one day going to be spliced into another remix of "Gonna slap that butt gonna slap it"

[@Final7even]

Jesse, you missed a perfect "It belongs in a MUSEUM!" moment with that cross. I am disappoint.

[@mahius19]

This is way better then those generic WW1 shoot-em-ups or FPS.

[@gokuformanvsfood]

because there are none set in WW1

[@margenen]

dr. prof. swaggin ya'know, except for all those WW1 fps games...

[@gokuformanvsfood]

Those are WW2 games. if it was WW1 it would literally be you running out of your trench and getting mowed down by machine guns every 5 minutes

[@margenen]

mate i recommend you look up some WW1 shooters:p

[@NhiHuynh-bp5nr]

I have a feeling that tears are gonna be present by the time I finish watching the series...

[@Pomlithe]

Love the way they talk. "Emilelezgo"

[@JuanOrtiz-zy6xd]

His narrating skills are impeccable

[@AngryGreek95]

are we witnessing the birth of the greatest duo since gears of war... i think maybe

[@commentator098]

This game better have a happy ending... Probaply not though

[@utes5532]

war game based on a document happy ending=not possible

[@TheAxeMixa]

It's World War 1. No it most certainly will not have a happy ending.

[@blodstainer]

Tragedy is what defines war.

[@utes5532]

AnOKgamer hm, maybe. I don't see why it wouldn't work

[@HaiRune]

***** Spoilers- Well tbh I only saw the ending so I'm not 100% sure, but I do know this. Emile was able to bring Carl home, but Carl almost died, but Anna saved him. IDK about lucky Freddie but I'm sure he's still alive. Unfortunately, Emile accidentally killed one of his officials. Then he was put in jail and was sentenced to be executed (you know, like strapped to a pole and getting shot). So they showed his daughter getting a letter from him and him reciting it while showing a cinematic of him being escorted out of prison and being tied onto a pole. Then you hear a gunshot when the letter ends.

[@MrHeolsen]

love how two sausages and a pretzel is apperantly sausage nunchucks

[@omilexjaques3407]

As an Australian I find this series interesting. Most of our WW1 education centers around Gallipoli.

[@tzartrex]

Loving this entire game!! Art style is so cool

[@TheDanerdude]

This is an awesome game, an awesome playthrough, and you're awesome for playing it Jesse :)

[@naeviaus]

This seems like a really cool introductory experience for students learning about WW1.

[@3XPBonus]

I'm looking forwards to the rest of this series Jesse. good job

[@ITQuatro]

I'm loving that dog. Best companion 2014.

[@JabbzSC2]

Amazing series, hope you finish the entire game.

[@MakooWallinen]

The Canadians found out that urine soaked handkershiefs helped with the clorine. And it was the Canadians that pretty much created the modern unit formations and covering tactics of modern warfare that was used more and more in WWII:

[@MultiNightsniper]

A man with a chest-package ,a dog, and a cook against the German army *10:52*

[@phillipc1819]

Spoon Man, Wire Clipper/Bad Ass Man, and Dog. Best group ever!

[@lee280496]

I'm kind of suprised about how little some people know about the WW's, I was born and grew up in Belgium and here it's still quite the important subject in most schools even though few are interested, but when they visit the mass graves or memorials they do respect what happened even though they barely know what.

[@tijl6921]

Jesse.... I love you for playing this game

[@nathanblake3904]

like how the game is teaching you stuff about The Great War!!!

[@StakesofPurgatory]

Oh, God I remember seeing pictures in my WWI class of the victims who survived the gas attacks and how horribly scarred they were. That stuff was horrible.

[@Double0Justin1]

I am loving this game.

[@shotgunvsheart4751]

Yes, A-team is exactly what comes to mind when watching the trailler for this and seeing jesse play these guys :p

[@Kodasa_Sinclair]

I don't know what it is about this game, I think it's the music. But its really touching. Like... The only game that made my eyes water this much was the intro to the last of us.

[@Duskraven67]

people forget that the Canadians actually did allot in both world wars. like the 5th Canadian armored, which fought in Italy, being a part of the breakout at cassino or the 3rd Canadian infantry that took Juno beach in ww2. the 3rd and 4th infantry and the 5th armored also fought at the battle of Somme, which was one of the bloodiest single battles of the war. we should commemorate and respect our Canadian brothers a little more and not try to steal their glory like we did in France when the 6th armored was about to liberate Paris.

[@TheNinjaToaster99]

Who else wants him to play borderlands 2 and watch him freak out over all the loot

[@KaedeIshimora]

I always thought about that... every five seconds he would change his gun I bet xD

[@javierlayne1837]

He's actually played a bit of Borderlands 2. Mostly the dlc when it comes out.

[@CrazyMurph421]

Jesse seems to know more about the war in the game than he did before he became a history teacher..

[@TOR01gaming]

Such an amazing game - my lets play part 1 is released tomorrow so I know how utterly stunning this game is!

[@BaseCu327]

I swear to god Ubisoft if you even make me ponder whether that dog will die again I will find you and I will fight you.

[@passdoutcouchpotatos]

yeah jesse it says how canadians were the ones to discover teh whole urine soaked rag thing.

[@Anguyen92AB]

I shouldn't be shedding some tears during these dog scenes, but I do. Why??? Good video man, I know for sure I'm going to dig watching your videos of this game.

[@RandyTheB_]

10:58 The moment I heard Ypres I knew nothing good could ever come from this.

[@underfire987]

holy shit Canada, I really like that this game is involving so many countries, we have India , both sides France and Germany, its great!

[@JoeyDoesEverything]

Love this series keep the videos coming jesse!

[@IrideaeSnowbloom]

"That is the single best dog there ever was." And it's a german dog :D

[@timlovell]

Meeko is back baby!

[@cygnuz2012]

I see America managed to make it all about them again.

[@kakabak1]

this is a pretty bad-ass game! keep playing this!

[@TheDarlingFool]

Do people really say Canada never did anything in the states? Did you people learn nothing in school, Canada got the worst of the front and stood it's ground were other allied troops couldn't, they were a prominent force in the war. I really hope this game covers Passchendaele and the Somme.

[@silveroliver]

Jesse, please don't forget to look at the information about the colectibles. It's really interesting to read!

[@jwolf961]

And the first gas mask had to be pissed on too.

[@TheTheif144]

I am loving this game!

[@Gorthezar]

Jesse Thank you for playing this game.

[@DragonZerul]

love this series!

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

a band of brothers is born.

[@FabiAtRage]

it bothers me so much that the germans are portrayed as beer and sausage lovers with jolly roger hats who fly in a zeppelin

[@Surtak]

How do you feel about the bare-armed American gruff marine and the wine-swilling Frenchmen?

[@MartijnWnltz]

That's not a jolly rodger. That's a Totenkopf insignia. Various German units have used it since the 18th century up untill WW2.

[@Binerexis]

And yet you're perfectly fine with the French troops being depicted as only eating baguettes and drinking wine? Hypocrite.

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

There is a word for 'stereotypes'

[@bruhman2089]

theres a lot of cartoony comical shit here, not a problem, and also it's a totenkopf, not a jolly roger.

[@pickleplace]

the Canadians were the most feared solders of the first and secend world war

[@badina1052]

This is awesome! Love it!

[@TheLittleTpot]

If the dog dies, I'm out!

[@ZogDaMegnivizint]

There's hope for world peace after all...

[@ryantowers8761]

All I want from this game is for it to mention Australia's involvement in the war like Gallipoli

[@bazoing802]

I like the voices for some reason, very simple responses. *scruffy voice "Lez go."

[@fullanalysis93]

Their mumble talking is funny. I like it.

[@mrlizardman4209]

Love this gameplay

[@kylebyrne2056]

super cool series

[@guidojacobs2002]

10:50 Chemistry is fascinating. Incidentally, it's why you shouldn't pee in a chlorinated pool.

[@MCDoomCarrot]

Jesse the Ex-History Teacher learning history stuff he never even knew.... Yeah no, let's get this game into classrooms, pronto.

[@YoungFree213]

i really like where this is going

[@LordChesalot]

the thing that killed the most wasn't the gas , the bombs , shells or the guns it was the mud . more soliders droned in the mud then anything else. also to give a idea about the amount of shells , bombs and bullets fired . farmer in france still die today due to unexploded shells or mines and in some area if you can just find scattered bullets laying around from ww1

[@pasttenseofdraw5791]

this game is awesome

[@Feoremar]

I'm surprised you didn't know about urine-soaked cloths being used as gas masks. It was one of the first things I learned about in high school

[@TheWildmanden]

Why is he still running around in that cook outfit?

[@rakke12]

"I'll take a bigger stick, cause why not" that's what she said

[@1xphobiusx1]

Canada sacrificed very much during the battles of Ypres and Passchendaele.... A salute to the iron willed men who withstood the gas attacks from the German forces.

[@croneryveit9070]

A small suggestion, can you keep on those Loot/Info pages maybe just a second longer? So we could pause and read the history?

[@siawoodable]

Why do I feel Bart Simpson would say you tricked us into learning!

[@Benjumanjo]

something i find confusing about this game is its about war, yet there is no blood or gore or anything really that shows the horrors of war. and apearently you cant use a gun for some reason

[@taz31999]

It's better than the Call of Duty way of showing the horror of war by putting it in our face none stop until we grow indifferent to it.

[@kryptomanik]

Families are separated and put on opposite sides. Isn't that horrific enough?

[@georgeclose1]

It's designed to be educational and child friendly. It's why all the photo captions and item descriptions are written is simple English.

[@Benjumanjo]

George Close other characters are shown using guns, yet the player cant use guns

[@bwcmakro]

***** Because player isn't supposed to. Its not the idea of this game.

[@lens7939]

Statement: My databanks indicates that soldiers used to urinate into their boots if the boots' leather is too hard

[@vanderin]

Wine; the real way the French survived the war

[@matheusfrancisco1372]

This game though.. At the first part I weep out a litle by the thought of Emile been death. Now i struggled for the f'n dog on the barb wire... so many feelz

[@TheKingOfApples100]

That dog is so going to die at the end

[@thatw3irdguy2k]

I remember reading about the urine-soaked cloth in a Horrible Histories book, still gives me the shudders :(

[@Carnilal]

That dog is my favorite character.

[@travisdavis2861]

MORE Jesse

[@ryankelly9068]

Jesse, peeing on clothes is how Canada won the battle of Ypres, get your facts about the war right.

[@batuoc99]

Good series

[@Brimst0ne6800]

Yeah I think history teachers should force their students to play this tragic game

[@cpt.mystic_stirling]

WWII is always the one mentioned. But I don't blame them. WWI has a lot of WTF moments. Like charging at the machine gun because they say it was "Honorable" or something *Facepalm. Or the calvary charge. There's just a lot.

[@coolio5171]

This game is inaccurate. First of all they didn't have gas pipes, they had gas shells. 2nd of all you can't just simply walk to Ypres, it would have taken ages

[@inaudiblebear0]

if i remember correctly, didn't the french get smashed at the beginning of WWI because they were still using the old 'Firing Line' strategy? (like revolutionary war style)

[@mikelikegaming]

He said he'd force his students to play this game if he were still a teacher but it sounds like Jesse would have learned more than a thing or two about the Second World War if he didn't just flick through the historical entries the game gives you.

[@gabrielhasenoehrl8852]

He does that so you can pause and read them. I assume he knows pretty much all of it since he taught college history.

[@mikelikegaming]

Gabriel Hasenoehrl If you listen to some of his comments, it's pretty plain to see that he does not know much about the First World War. He taught high school history.

[@gabrielhasenoehrl8852]

No it was college watch the podcast :) he mentions it multiple times. I assume he's acting at some points or he just doesn't know the little things like the pee on the cloth. He probably just knows the main overview of everything.

[@mikelikegaming]

Gabriel Hasenoehrl When and where does he mention teaching college history? He has some high school teaching award and high school teachers often teach AP courses but they aren't in depth at all.

[@mikelikegaming]

Gabriel Hasenoehrl He mentions constantly that he was a high school teacher and he has a award for teaching high school students. I have never heard him mention teaching college students or classes. A masters degree means he has an in-depth knowledge of a tiny sliver of history and I'm willing to bet it wasn't anything to do with the First World War.

[@reeka666]

When they mentioned Ypres I was like Peeeee! PEEEEE!