Playing without game music

[@charlieholmes7024]

It's like every time you watch a movie and the music track is 10x louder than the people talking.

[@amzarnacht6710]

THIS! I just wish they'd separate dialogue onto its own track so it can be turned up and everything else down so we can actually hear the actors.

[@Seelenschmiede]

Heck, comercials in TV are the worst. You sleeping like a baby through all the action scenes, but then COMERCIALS! BAM, IN YOUR FACE! SCREEEEEEECH! SHOUT! DESTRUCTION!

[@Soul-Burn]

It's already a Christopher Nolan staple by now.

[@backstabba]

That's rarely the problem for me unless the actors are whispering incoherently. The only film I had an issue with music was MEDIEVAL. Its historical about Czech religious uprising. Hussites had one signature song that made crusaders throw away their weapons and run away even before they saw Hussites. But in Medieval, they make music so loud you can't even make up the words. I understand that it was shot in English and international viewers wouldn't understand Czech, much less old Czech. But that's what subtitles are for... The movie was horrible, not recommended, but you can find the song under "Kdož sú boží bojovníci"

[@williamthatsmyname]

​@@SeelenschmiedeEspecially in America

[@Keleigh3000]

I'm happy when there's a separate volume slider for the soundtrack and think that movies and TV shows should have that as well.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

But than you lose out on the director/composer's artistic intent. Obviously, I'm being facetious.

[@Keleigh3000]

@@ketsuekikumori9145 I know you're kidding, but that argument is not without merit. But, between old age and tinnitus from a life spent around loud music and roaring engines, my hearing ain't what it used to be.

[@SongbirdGaming]

Omg yes so much this. Between the music volume varying so much, and people muttering or talking quietly or with strong accents, I always watch movies with captions on nowadays, or I miss half of the dialogue.

[@Lagotarius]

Try to use stereo sound instead of 5.1, apparently it's you use 5.1 but there is no proper Soundsystem setup, the sound is louder than the voice.

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

Saw an interesting analysis of this recently! In addition to various changes in balancing mixing of music/FX vs dialogue, their theory was that with the shift from using boom mikes to mostly lav (lapel) mikes for dialogue pickup, the perceived need in the industry for actors to get elocution training has largely disappeared? Hence the issues with "whispering & mumbling", which drive so many of us batty! There's been a change in performance style, too - modern directors usually prefer naturalism (complete with cross-talk & mumbling) whereas if you think back to 1950s movies, the performance style is much less naturalistic, often verging on over-acting & over-pronunciation. It's quite a curse not just for hard-of-hearing folks, but also ESOL viewers; may need to turn on first-language subtitles to follow. Even people like me struggle, who have neurological difficulties separating out background vs foreground sound... The suggestion of being able to have separately controllable dialogue track & background tracks when watching at home is AWESOME! It's all mixed as separate tracks when producing, so surely leaving it accessible in that way shouldn't be hard in this digital age...?

[@jonathansmith114]

Not gonna lie, this episode had some great music.

[@jonathansmith114]

My comment was liked by Viva...I will never wash this like button again.

[@Xiph1980]

Great, as in, the "great" depression?

[@OnyxCyanide]

Agreed. It was actually really good music and congrats for the recognition! Lol I think if all he did was lower his game music volume to like half, he would have been fine in all those scenes lmao

[@LoL-hw1yu]

I need the ost

[@OnyxCyanide]

@@LoL-hw1yu same

[@TheFatRat]

Few people know how video game music is actually made; you program NPCs to play instruments and then have them follow the player around. Of course usually you make those NPCs invisible.

[@jonardtand2615]

YO! IS THE GOAT TheFATRAT!

[@3dprintingworld756]

Shit this is actually so devious.

[@auwa69]

YOOOO

[@chadd990]

have you ever see the movie Ferngully? your comment reminds me of when these fairys find a walkman, and they have no idea how the music is coming from it.

[@raisgamesnz325]

One game actually did this, you could see the NPC's mouth moving when they hit buttons, because they made the button sounds. xD I think it was Fallout 3, also the game with the iconic trains are actually NPC's waring a giant hat.

[@versuzzero5335]

This is why having music and dialogue having different volumes is the best sound settings.

[@arrowghost]

I notice latest games have made everything equally loud, long ago it was the music that was 30% softer when all volume bars are equal. Today, I have to tone down the music while the rest of them are untouched.

[@versuzzero5335]

@@arrowghost Sometimes in fighting games. There are sus moaning when hit, so I do music is loud, while voice is low.

[@31animafan]

If you notice they thought of that and there was no adjuster just an on off.

[@karazsteel]

Voice 100 SFX 30 Music 60 subtitles enabled if possible.

[@jamoecw]

@@arrowghost depends on how old you are. some of the earliest games used the same software used for movies and such and so the music at 0 was mute, then one tick up from that was 10 and was about half the volume of people speaking. 60 was the same volume as people speaking at 100, and at 100 was quite a bit louder than speech at 100. then video games went and automatically adjusted all sliders to about 30 for default for the music, 100 for speech. later they made their own software for the sounds and is was comparable levels. Direct X let people cut costs for making video games and so everything used it as it let small studios have as good of stuff as the big ones, and the big ones spend more on other areas. then with the advent of DirectX trying to not only be the thing for video games but also for movies and TV shows and are doing the movie thing with the music being extra loud.

[@pixel_biscuit]

As a violinist I can say that Adam's bow hold is legendary.

[@Vivaldidu14]

But it's waaay too tightened and it hurts me to see that xD I feel like the bow is suffering and will break if you tighten even just a tiny bit more!

[@iCarus_A]

@@Vivaldidu14xd thats how my bow looked like when i started my first lesson, my violin teacher literally screamed

[@athos163]

As someone who played guitar and has a sibling that's plays the violin, l chuckled throughout especially when I saw the bow hold, even though I didn't learn the violin I remember hearing about being drilled in how to hold it

[@perlundgren7797]

He has also mastered the craft of actually moving your left hand around a bit when faking guitar playing (looking at you, Ben). 🙂

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

TwoSet Violin has entered the chat

[@diegoclark7697]

Remember guys. Music is the only way you know there's still one enemy left.

[@Gib01]

Hahaha!😆

[@Bogeyxx]

or an enemy is close

[@JoshLathamTutorials]

@@Gib01 That or "You can't fast travel when enemies are nearby".

[@rbc13183]

That's when you find yourself searching around for nearly 5 minutes to locate the enemy, just to realize that he's stuck behind some level geometry and still in his running animation trying to get to you.

[@PapaSmurf40K]

Exactly! I often hear the music change before I see any enemies lol

[@noxbutcher5470]

i really love the fact that Adam and Ben apologized for not knowing how to play music, lol XD love this group

[@CooperFord]

As a music teacher, I can confirm it's true 😂.

[@Kosake82]

"Adam and I can't play shit" That gave me a good laugh. :D

[@redshirt49]

That was obvious from the way they were "playing" the guitar. Imagine someone "using" a keyboard by smashing their hand repeatedly against the keys. It's like that.

[@RazyelKayneReviews]

Ben looks absolutely atrocious, but somehow pulls it off. Legend.

[@anonops2949]

i think you mean Ben looks absolutely outrageous!

[@RazyelKayneReviews]

@@anonops2949 I do, haha!

[@urmask7264]

Like he always does ;)

[@OilyOaf]

Not even a little bit

[@rositchi5889]

Nailed it with the music being louder than the voices.

[@Konani_the_unicorn_queen]

this can be applied to SO MANY movies too...

[@SpartanQwop]

This is the music that I could find for each section for anyone who is interested: 0:35: Vatican Mystery - Trailer Worx 0:47: Igniter - Drake / Jenkins [Strings] (Found by astwihadeden4781) 1:12: Love Story - Bob Bradley, Chris Egan & Adam Dennis (Found by saino7450) 1:34: The good don't die - Randall Breneman, Adam Skinner & Dan Skinner 2:05: Skirl of war - Jody Jenkins & Frank Gallagher 2:43: Funky Rock Dawg - Def Lev

[@Fishibay]

omg don't tell me you couldn't find the rock song, it's amazing

[@astwihadeden4781]

Hey, also for those who are interested I found another song from the video. Enjoy! :D -0:48: Igniter - Drake / Jenkins [Stings]

[@SpartanQwop]

​@@astwihadeden4781Thanks! Added on the list, just need to find the one starting at 1:16

[@HeroicCid]

You legends

[@alballumnova]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@chekote]

I love how they’re always in Glam Rock outfits regardless of the music 😂

[@Paldasan]

Where the outfits are louder than the music.

[@gehrig7593]

And the german accent!

[@blablup1214]

I hoped a little that they change costume for every title

[@StLouisBear]

Ben's Nips steal the scene

[@davidlowson100]

I think you mean "ze german accent"

[@whitewalker9862]

Ahh... playing Skycraft with two musicians by your sides and the choir at your back following you everywhere and screaming at your every achievement. Incredible ambiance.

[@josephspargle]

you will never be lonely

[@AndowBoy]

Literally me playing shin megami tensei series.

[@rpersen]

It’s their job, they’ve got to.

[@Klay_Dubya]

Honestly mad props to you guys also spreading your budget on so many other actors. Always good to see new faces in these

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

It’s so much fun working with new people! 😊

[@jonnnybravo4092]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague Can I have the location of that one village. I need some information and im sure that woman can help me.

[@achanwahn]

😂😂😂

[@wilmascholte7607]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague Yeah and you hired foreign musicians this time, too! /sarcasm

[@sidp5381]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague is this another correlation similar to Adam and the choir

[@spasicaleksa41]

As a violinist, I can testify that Adam's violin playing is top tier

[@CooperFord]

Especially that bow hold 😂

[@ViktorasMakauskas]

came here to comment bow hold:)

[@phlosen7854]

Looks like he used a wrench to tighten that bow...Could saw through stone with that tension

[@ronrolfsen3977]

Even as a non violinist I could see that bow hold was obsoletely masterful.

[@joelhirsbrunner1997]

You mean violist right?

[@baldmonkk]

Unironically music in the video is actually great, Ben and Adam wearing rockstar costumes made my day lol

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Rockstar costumes? I thought those were their usual everyday pajamas. 0_o

[@KRONOS1909]

Yeah, surprised there isn't a slider to turn the music low instead of turning it off completely

[@ТимурВильданов-х1ц]

yeah, tell me same after 3 hours

[@baldmonkk]

@@SzaraSzarancza 😆

[@RolfStones]

Whoever was responsible for those costumes deserves a raise 😂 hilarious! 😂

[@rnailo]

the costumes for the guys making music is out of this world. It fits so well I cant even describe.

[@quark_in_space]

The 80's glam vibe is awesome 😂

[@lukaza1261]

I kinda love the idea that when you enable music for the game, you just hire a band of bards to go around following you on your adventures with you, purely to provide the ambiance music

[@TheQuark6789]

Look up their NPC Choir video too!

[@It-b-Blair]

It’d be a fun game mechanic in a horror comedy rpg. Suddenly they start playing ominous battle music “what?! Where? What do you see I don’t?!” 😂😂😂

[@architech02]

They did that in another video Adam massacred the choir who somehow carry music books even though they only make one sound

[@MarylandFarmer.]

Alan's relief going back to "sweet sweet silence" is the most relatable moment I've felt here

[@nevermind5657]

and then you put on your own playlist and absolutely lose it when you start hearing swagger stagger at serious dramatic scene like for example telltales walking dead near end choosing whether you shoot lee or let him turn. i don't care if this is spoilers, the game came out 10 years ago in 2012. i still cry for that scene... at least game is attempting to keep the mood to the scene.

[@613harbinger316]

Wow, I honestly appreciate that apology at the end. That they can acknowledge something that most media simply let slide is awesome!

[@AssassinsRush1]

I love how Adam and Ben are playing music on only two instruments that is usually done by an entire orchestra. 😂😂

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

Just multi-talented, I guess?! 🤣 Saw a rather strange Scandinavian movie once (Woman at war) where the band providing the sound track LITERALLY did this, following the protagonist about in some surreal way!! They kept popping up in the weirdest environments (rural cow field, home lounge etc) as if teleported there? It was decidedly weird! 🤣

[@rudeboyrg]

That's how good they are.

[@CF-or3ci]

They are actually this good

[@theodentherenewed4785]

Or it's computer-generated, so not done by an actual orchestra.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Jean-Pierre Junet also does this on occasion

[@Granzteelvids]

I can imagine Ben and Adam having amazing time just having to annoy Alan lol

[@Raiaka]

A perfect example of why volume sliders are so important. As much as I love music in games, I normally have it around 30% at most.

[@pugofwarbr]

even epic music gets old if you play too much of the game

[@Raiaka]

@@pugofwarbr Especially battle music. One of my favorite settings in any game is FFXIV's setting to turn off standard combat music.

[@Gh3ttoboy]

I usally put everything on about 25% and then music on like 15%

[@jimmyfrench4722]

@@pugofwarbrwhat is this “too much” you speak of? I get things like “a lot”, “many hrs”, even “days on end without sleep”…but “too much”, I don’t understand?

[@Chr1s_1986]

@@Sudas80 u are totally wrong shin megami tensei has way better music the FF series is overrated af.

[@Ashen-One1]

Man, I can't live without Viva now. Their game related humor is unlike anything anywhere, it brings me so much joy.

[@gamelover2222]

Your picture is very pretty!

[@homesteadgamer1257]

Same. Actually having a really bad day, and this video was exactly what I needed. They are vital.

[@sallagronlund643]

I dont even fricking play any games, but these videos are essential for me now.

[@auburnt_amaranth]

@@gamelover2222 that was so unnecessary

[@dksamaritan5200]

@@auburnt_amaranth lol, he's paying a complement. He wasn't even being a creep.

[@RickachuCXVI]

Theres almost never a happy medium between the sound mixing music and dialogue in games

[@Spike-Prime]

I've never come across a game where you couldn't alter the volume of music and dialogue separately. Hell in most games, I've been able to manually alter at least three, if not five, different audio settings to get a perfect balance.

[@SlinxTheFox]

Honestly i feel so long as it's nice and quiet to be actual ambience instead of foreground music it's fine and can really help the steer the moment in the way the developers want

[@ghostdragon2282]

@@Spike-Prime games by kojima. The mixing is pretty good there, but still, only one audio slider.

[@paledrake]

There is, it's called the audio settings and you can adjust them.

[@JWalters388]

Having problems with Bethesda games that the music always overpowering the dialogue, and I wish the dialogue volume are much higher than intended, even though the music is good. Also, how smart for GTA games to lower the radio when having dialogue in vehicles.

[@Dr.Gojithecollector]

My favorite line of this entire video is when ben says "Yeah. Its pretty clear that Adam and I.....cant play shit." I died laughing, and resuscitated once the oxygen returned.

[@scruffythejanitor1969]

I like how Adam looks comfortable in his outfit while Ben looks comfortable with being uncomfortable in his.

[@InfraredScale]

Now I really want a game where if you have the music on you get an entire band following you around playing the soundtrack

[@thomasrinschler6783]

We used to joke about this years ago in tabletop games I played in college - having a whole orchestra follow the party around to provide ambient music. "Uh-oh, the music's suddenly gotten a lot more ominous!" "OK, we just barely made it out of that dungeon - we lost three violinists, a flautist, and the tympanist in there..."

[@InfraredScale]

@@thomasrinschler6783 you gotta protect your musicians during battle if you want the cool battle theme going on

[@spacedinosaur8733]

@@thomasrinschler6783 In Murphy's World RPG there is actually a magical creature that can "adopt" a party and start following them around playing all sorts of music, from jaunty military marches to soul-stinging dirges to fit the mood. "Many researchers believe that when the creature starts playing ominous music before an attack it is actually luring or summoning monsters to fight the party for some nefarious reason."

[@spacedinosaur8733]

@@thomasrinschler6783 Plus, as Monty Python pointed out, they are also a valuable food source. ;)

[@JEREMIAH-1994]

Thats be bad ass

[@ImaCocoNgati]

If you take music off you never know when you’ve stumbled across a dangerous foe or if the village is a friendly sleepy town … 😅

[@neon-rust]

Yeah, sometimes the music kind of spoils (some aspects of) the game. I prefer discovering those things by myself, more organically.

[@EFX5452]

Or if you've accidentally stepped on a chicken and triggered a fight sequence 😔

[@StealthyGamerGirl2020]

In Fallout 76 one of my camps is next to a POI called Foundation and when I start walking up the hill to go into Foundation dramatic music starts playing. The first time that happened I drew my gun 🤣 It turns out it's the start to the Foundation theme music 😂

[@SharienGaming]

@@neon-rust "you know...your ambush might work better if you didnt start playing rock music before you leap out" XD

[@SPQRKlio]

In Red Dead Online, various locations still have the ominous music cues from the single-player game. It’s pretty weird to walk back to my cosy campsite and hear the deep, bass hum and tympani of supernatural danger.

[@metalmaster4686]

My gosh. When they first show up, that’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. “Go ahead adventurer”. “Yuh, we’ve got the music covered”. I watched that part ten times over. Thank you for this skit.

[@Goatcha_M]

This is why I pretty much always have the background music set to about 5%, never higher than 20. It really does get intrusive, and the blocking out of dialogue is a very common thing.

[@PilotA51]

I'm the same way. A lot of games have great music, but I don't want it to cover up any in-game sounds, such as the footsteps of an enemy. I still occasionally play Unreal Tournament 2004, which has some of my favorite music of any game, and it's set to 2%. Outside of game soundtracks, I couldn't care less about music.

[@stevenlornie1261]

Get better speakers...

[@kingofbudokai]

You must either have horrible hearing or play terrible games. Rarely have I ever had to alter the default sound settings in a game. In 25 years I probably played maybe five games total where the audio was balanced so badly that the music was louder than the dialogue by default. Statistically speaking, that almost happens (It's a lot more common in movies than games, and it almost never happens in movies either.) If it's "common" for you, I feel like you might be at least part of the problem.

[@InvaderSpax]

I have trouble hearing dialogue a lot (even with good speakers), so I generally cut the music down to like 80% and the sound effects down to 70% since they ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SUPER LOUD.

[@Munkle555]

@@kingofbudokai I mean cohhcarnage plays videos games professionally on twitch and he has change game musics settings in most play throughs. Seems more like your an elitist who thinks they know better than the many many people that can relate to this. In fact it’s so relatable they made a skit out of it.

[@12zack1]

Okay Ben and Adam playing guitars in Skycraft is the one of funniest things I’ve ever seen! You all are the funniest channel on KZbin I swear lol

[@leewood729]

I've been waiting for this skit ever since I saw Ben and Adam's wild EuroVision outfits - never disappoints... :D

[@spaceelf6187]

Wait...what???

[@calihhan4706]

100% eurovision! Love it

[@egg-roll8968]

@@spaceelf6187 Prob either a member perk or Kickstarter perk, or maybe twitter.

[@BrettonFerguson]

Eurovision banned all Russian musicians from competing this year. That really taught Putin a lesson. He'll think twice before invading any other countries in the future. 😁

[@eeyorehaferbock7870]

@@BrettonFergusonit’s not to teach him a lesson, it’s to let him know that we don’t like him. He can learn his lesson when Russia collapses due to his own arrogance.

[@BunyipRush]

Ben should be in everything, his presence is just so good.

[@kamilziemian995]

He win me with his role in "Dark Souls Logic".

[@waldojim42]

I love games that have that as a separate volume option. I usually turn it down to a point where it is just audible. Enough to get the drift and nothing more.

[@diamondly6250]

i turn it down a bit but turn every thing else up

[@joel2856]

As a musician, the holding of the instruments and playing made my soul die a little 😂 Great video everybody! 😁

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

And we must apologise again for that horrible crime of ours 😅

[@wobblysauce]

But it sold the quality…

[@anvilsbane]

Nah, hold the noisemakers however you like, GREAT VIDEO. Sir Musician? Nobody cares.

[@donutsrock]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague That apology was spot-on fellas, well done! 😄

[@generaldissaray4109]

rowan does seem like the type who not only leaves the music on, but he actually enjoys it.

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Alan: F*** the music!!! Rowan: Oh yeah baby! Let'z f*** ze muzic! 😂😂😂

[@MsLilly200]

Rowan keeps his BG Music volume up at 100% but turns Dialogue volume down to 5%.

[@generaldissaray4109]

@@MsLilly200because some of the dialouge is unskippable

[@juhaszelodmusic]

As a musician/composer & fantasy game lover this video hugs my heart even with the.. unique holding of the instruments ❤ - awesome that you two can "play" like a full orchestra 🥹 Greetings from Hungary 🇭🇺

[@scimumsam]

Adam playing a violin with gloves on!

[@SandraOnCloud9]

Ben and Adam‘s costumes are next level! Adam with the bagpipes gave me the rest. Not to mention that questionable German accent!😂Fantastic video!

[@ts25679]

That was a German accent?

[@SandraOnCloud9]

@@ts25679Ja

[@jcrafterz]

​@@ts25679strangely everyone thinks us Germans talk so weirdly, but its always overdrawn.

[@SandraOnCloud9]

@@jcrafterzIch weiss aber das ist genau das Lustige daran😂

[@jcrafterz]

@@SandraOnCloud9 finde das eher gemein, vor allem da dann in deutschen Synchros Bayerischer Dialekt verwendet wird um es für uns nochmal deutlich zu machen "diese Person ist deutsch und liebt definitiv Bier!"

[@AlexGrom]

Props to Adam, he almost played the violin part right, congrats (well, he moved the bow correctly almost all the times)

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

Thank you! I tried 😅

[@benjamincollins3022]

As a drummer, I don't care that Ben wasn't drumming the same thing we were hearing...he looked like he was having fun and that's what counts!

[@dickyince]

Also just ignoring the attempt at traditional grip 🤣 Just noticed he's using 2 random sticks instead of a pair 😂

[@benjamincollins3022]

@@dickyince yeah .. let's ignore all of that because he's putting in 💯 to his role 🤣

[@fonze5664]

​@@benjamincollins3022 Just because I can't resist making a bad pun: "putting in 💯 to his *roll*" 😂😋

[@Xeadriel]

good for you?

[@seabeast2438]

​@@fonze5664with double traditional grip too!!

[@seaskimmer]

The bit where the music overrides the speech was spot on for some games.

[@zura8879]

The part with the music deafening the voices is so accurate. I always have to turn the music volume down to 80 or so just to get the right balance.

[@johnyounger3331]

This is why I always turn subtitles on. IRL distractions (dogs) may be loud but they're,usually, not standing between me and the screen.

[@57thorns]

@@johnyounger3331 Cat however till try to . 🙂

[@abnunga]

80? I'm like 4% :D

[@SambreakerSasaki]

80? All the time? I get for some fights like p11, but bruh I keep mine at 10%

[@BobOrKlaus]

how do you still have eardrums at 80%? for me a lot of games are strictly too loud if they are over 30% at all

[@kerrrobin]

The fact that you owned the not being able to play any instruments at all and still went with this video is part of the reason why this channel is sssooooo good.

[@RelaxWithAaron]

Music can totally change your game play, exciting, soothing, annoying, but just a needed part of some games. The NPC Man Theme Song is so catchy, and I like hearing it. It’s perfect for that project.

[@robertmatys2456]

imagine playing Witcher without LELELELELE!

[@UltimatePostman]

Would love to see a cross-over between Epic NPC Man and Bored at work, where they are playing the game, but they have to deal with stuff in real life.

[@moistnugget4147]

They did an episode like that a while ago

[@lunapineapple]

skycraft

[@xbon1]

@@moistnugget4147 name of it?

[@DatLe-ie8ib]

The costumes are on point. Adam as the death metal and Ben as the hair metal

[@SzaraSzarancza]

And Rowan as the chainmail metal.

[@origamichik3n]

More like Dead Hair That Wasn't Washed Even While It Was Alive Metal.

[@Khil-Minao]

Idk... those spikes on Adam's shoulder pads make him look fantastical enough to be power metal to me 😅

[@SzaraSzarancza]

@@Khil-Minao Yep, especially with those cute dragon slippers on his feet. They look so Kawai.😂

[@paulmccloud9395]

Props to to the costume department and the music department, everyone else involved and as always, the lads.

[@theoneandonly3267]

Love the extra cast that VLDL have been using over the last few years. They seem to find very talented actors who just get what they do.

[@ClockworkChainsaw]

I am so glad I turned on subtitles. "bad European accent" and "even worse European accent" almost killed me.

[@spiercephotography]

We need a spinoff episode with the 2 band guys 😂. The accents just make it!

[@jeff.lennon]

Ja!

[@TheMadYetti]

big lebowski nihilists

[@Foxytrot-sx2vd]

Eastern bloc heavy metal, baby. 🤣😅🤣😅

[@ytchanviewer5389]

I love how VLDL decided to have resolutely-not musicians to play the musicians, and how Adam and Ben are overdoing it. The spirit of Glam is alive baby ! \m/

[@t.allanlugviel7707]

Man, if I had a nickel for every time music and sound effects drowned out the dialog I have a ton of nickels.

[@BrawndoQC]

Adjust your fx and music sliders lower than dialog. It's in all games now.

[@iume4801]

Hm, 1 US ton of nickels is approximately 181437 nickels or $9072.

[@JBBTolkien]

I've really enjoyed seeing alan as an adventurer more often in these videos. Keep up the great work guys.

[@akira.g]

Actually, the music itself is still better than in most modern games.

[@alexymatresh2586]

subtitles: Bad rock music reality: Really good rock

[@Xenix-xb4gw]

​@@alexymatresh2586yeah that shit was dingo

[@TheRedRanger123]

@@Xenix-xb4gw You mean dingo, right?

[@Xenix-xb4gw]

@@TheRedRanger123 damnit you're right

[@mksmike]

"Most modern games"! xDDDDD

[@Supercris25]

The part with the music being louder than the dialogue had me rolling. Definitely one of your funniest videos 😂

[@justanothermeltingchannel]

Alan’s ability to show absolute annoyance in his face is just beyond legendary. This is probably one of the best videos VLDL has made about in game annoyance, something I’ve personally wanted to see for a long time😂. Ben and Adam as a comedic pair are ALWAYS so so good!

[@Grizzly-i6s]

I love how Ben Van Lier is NEVER afraid of being silly with costumes

[@Veelasiren]

Adam too! Remember his crazy bee costume in one of their PUBG skits?

[@origamichik3n]

What do you mean by 'silly'? That's almost exactly what i wear every day at the office.

[@ChineduOpara]

Ben's face is PERFECT for this bit 😂

[@Shadowman939]

None of them are. expect perhaps Rowan, who hates wearing any clothes at all.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

And Rowan... which also also a silly lack of costume for hi.. And who can forget the iconic Alan in a netball skirt for pubg?

[@LiptonTheCat]

The first guitar scene was undescribably hilarious. Genius

[@insanesheep]

Ben and Adam's faces like they're the only ones who can hear the music 🤣🤣

[@gandalfthegrey4694]

Adam's terrible grip on the violin is killing me 🤣 That said I'm loving the *bad European accent*

[@snuffeldjuret]

I went to german accent, maybe because of the theme of the music itself though...

[@WingsZX]

Omgosh, those outfits are amazing! 😂 Great job, Viva! You guys only get better and better

[@williammcleroy558]

I always get immersed in the game world when I play almost any videogame. Then the music hits and I am wondering where those musicians are and how they are able to play while dodging bullets, explosions, lazers, spells, etc..... Man! They are talented! 😂

[@slayer0235]

I never knew that Ben and Adam were such musical virtuosos. And their not at all questionable fashion sense is on point! Never stop being amazing you guys.

[@onix9818]

Love the blanket apology to all musical people at the end. The music was awesome. Whoever did make the music for this episode or if it was just a bunch of free music you guys are allowed to use. Either way it was an amazing soundtrack.

[@Later_Nerd]

Oh man you guys never miss but this is the best concept I've seen in ages. Absolutely smashed it and it didn't overstay it's welcome. The saxophone killed me lmao. This one deserves to go viral.

[@shadows.in.the.hourglass]

I lost my shit when Ben started air ripping in that Bumblebee getup. You guys are frickin hilarious 😂

[@teardowndan5364]

I'm glad most games I play have separate volume sliders for dialogue, SFX and music. I wish I could do the same with movies.

[@SamuraiStrongZero]

When these two appeared I laughed so hard, this was too good.

[@stenstu6040]

Are we gonna ignore the fact that Alan playing with child safe filter on😂

[@SzaraSzarancza]

He is safe from any child.

[@Soapy-chan]

I guess he forgot to turn that off after all these years too

[@Boris82]

Children are evil in that game. You don't want to run across them, so i understand the safety button.

[@scruffythejanitor1969]

Is this a reference to a previous skit where they turned on the Adult/ S&M version of the game?

[@darkanun]

I never knew how much I needed Adan and Ben dressed as Nordic Metal Band Members until now... Now I can't imagine my life without it!

[@irdorath356]

Videogame OST is actually the only music i have listened for years. It is because they evoke certian memorable moments. If a game has good music I will more likely return to it eventually in years, even if gameplay was meh.. .

[@demigoddragoness]

I litereally keep Atlas installed for the OST Music... the game play sucks and it's painful cause I want the game to be so much better, but that opening music is wonderful! 😂

[@Ferrante69]

OK, let's name some good OST. Me first: Doom, Castlevania SotN, Bard's Tale IV.

[@irdorath356]

@@Ferrante69 Divinity OS (1), Ancestors Legacy, Battle Brothers, Thronebreaker

[@Ajar37]

@@Ferrante69 God of War (new version) + Ragnarok, Advent Rising

[@UNSCMarine117]

2:40 God dammit. Rowan is that one guy who plays music through the mic for no reason.

[@JoeVirella]

Not hearing dialogue over music has to be the most complained about/least addressed issue 😂

[@pwnmeisterage]

Games usually have (or should have!) separate volume sliders for music, voice, and FX. Unfortunately, I've never seen a quick way to adjust them outside menus. Imagine have two or three volume wheels you could adjust on the fly. Imagine games daring to support such a basic, needed feature.

[@danielstewart7732]

That or auto dialog that pops at the same exact time a fight starts. F'in infuriating.

[@JoeVirella]

@@danielstewart7732 😆 😆 yessss!! I’m liking FF16, but those dialog prompts get old quick.

[@PyroGam3s]

@@pwnmeisterage wth? my mouse has 2 buttons and 1 wheel

[@Scatterblades]

subtitles 😂

[@paigeupdike9057]

Master volume 100% Music volume 30ish% Dialogue 100% All other sounds 15ish%

[@kSazu.]

I didnt know that I needed to see Adam like this but I'm glad I watched this

[@katrichardsonwriter]

Adam's "We're the most un-musical Viva members!" is the icing.

[@VitusIsMe]

The best part about music in games is when you fight boss so long that the music stops playing and you only hear awkward game sounds

[@vesuviusartorias7784]

Next, they need to do a live streamer who's doing the whole NPC craze, and Greg, the garlic farmer, gets confused, thinking she's a new npc, and tries to welcome her to the town only to be met with repeated dialogue unlike any NPC he's ever met before and when she starts accepting quests he gets even more confused 😂😂😂

[@Kyrinson]

Aaannnd THAT is why I always play with subtitles turned on. As much as I like the music, the devs can sometimes lay it on a little to heavy when I'm trying to hear what people are saying.

[@960Lionheart]

Good to see they let Ben just be himself and wear the kind of thing he wears day to day

[@scotmay3103]

It must save a ton of time to just wear their street clothes

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

It’s actually really convenient!

[@HariSeldon913]

@@VivaLaDirtLeague Not sure if you're familiar down there, but would have been great to dress them as Bill S Preston, Esq and Ted 'Theodore' Logan.

[@Blackwind_Legacy]

Separate volume sliders are a must. I love most in game music tbh. It just can't overwhelm the dialogue or comms with allies. FF14 music is LEGENDARY. WoW music is definitely worth listening to. SWTOR... of course.... I don't play many single player games, but I couldn't imagine playing Zelda games without the music.

[@autumnatic]

I have such mixed feelings about FF14 music. On their own the tracks are cool, but the random mishmash of genres takes me out of immersion and (along with visual design choices) makes the world feel like it lacks cohesion.

[@Blackwind_Legacy]

@@autumnatic I like the variety. Orchestra alone is nice but boring. FF14 is a JRPG that has done cross overs with games like Monster Hunter and other non FF games. It's gonna have a Fall Guys cross over here soon. Soken does a superb job of matching the music to the situation. The rock songs are definitely a great change of pace for many encounters. Sometimes it reminds me of my childhood and movies like the 1986 Transformers movie (the only good one).

[@agiar2000]

Honestly, that music was awesome! Maybe if only Alan had a little volume slider for the music alone, just so he could turn it down but not off it might have worked for him.

[@collectorofmyst2107]

Unfortunately it seems the developers didn't have the foresight to program a slider. It's just an on/off switch.

[@debbielevy3539]

I love the way the instruments actually match the tracks they're playing 😄

[@5678-d9v]

There are times when the MC in the game goes through extremely sad and heavy drama moments. For a while afterward, there is no music in the game, just endless silence. The atmosphere can be depressing to the extreme. Love this.

[@crIms0ngen]

As a musician, thank you for apologizing, but you guys owned the acting! It's been next level, the amount of effort and production, as of late. Love it! :) I immediately noticed the issues with the sax, tho, lmao.

[@Thrythlind]

What I hate is when they have separate music, ambience, cinematic, UI, special effect, and voice volume sliders, so you set things to your priority annnd then they decide X sound is going to be on a different slider because they want to make absolutely sure that the player hears this bit of music or sound effect... and they're just going to ignore your settings. Like if they suddenly decide this in gameplay thing is going to act on the Cinematic trailer... which I have turned up. -_-

[@huss4realz]

Ben, Adam, and Rowan are always so extra and I love it every time!

[@mustafabeer1791]

Hundreds of videos in and you guys still manage to knock it out of the park, this is one of the best ones yet!

[@Kal-hg1hi]

Why the hell haven’t games had physical representation of their music?! My whole life is a lie

[@Ferrante69]

Bard's Tale IV had a lot of music in-game, like, the tavern had a Bard singing your heroic deeds or the people of a town singing their melodies, so it sounds louder close to them. And all the music was great because it was special when you hear it .

[@0LoneTech]

Lego Star Wars: Duel of the Fates has a droid orchestra on another platform off to the side.

[@hanswurst-ej3qj]

gothic 1 has that. the band " in extremo" has a physical appearance..playing as a band.

[@abnunga]

There was that drunk Dwarf tavern song in Dragonage Origins. In the tavern in Orzammar. That was great. Some other locations had the epic orchestral version of the same song.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

I am aldo for cutting out the tounges off bards singing "Ragnar the Red"...

[@SherwoodTaz]

I was not expecting the musicians to look like they did and I can't stop laughing. Maybe the funniest skit you've done to date. OMG my belly hurts.

[@Switch72nd]

As a violinist, Adam made me cry in this video with how he was pretending to play.

[@VivaLaDirtLeague]

… like cry in a good way yeah? Cause it was so good… yeah…?

[@nalissolus9213]

music fatigue is a thing, even with good music, sometimes the brain gets tired of being constantly stimulated like that.

[@SanosukeSagara09]

If they showed you the musicians playing for you during the game that would make all games so much more interesting. Great skit.

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

The only game I can think that does this is A Bard's Tale, which is an RPG Parody. Massively underrated.

[@oklina]

Great video as always! And I appreciate the apology at the end. As a former violinist, the way Adam was holding that bow was doing violence to my brain. 😆

[@Nakamichi_Jun]

Adam and Ben... apologizing to musicians everywhere, you are both beautiful in what you do, do not ever stop being you!

[@paulmdevenney]

Great work by whoever created the music to fit/not fit the sections. And FANTASTIC volume mixing to really give it that AAA game atmosphere 😁😁

[@ShamDeschain]

The one thing I was missing here was Alan entering some desert area with Ben and Adam playing oriental flutes and pipes. Other than that, I would play Skycraft for the music only, great job!

[@SzaraSzarancza]

*for the musicians😅

[@UmatsuObossa]

Even games where I genuinely love the music I end up muting it because I can only stand hearing the same track for so many hours of my life.