Why The Longing Takes Four Hundred Days to Play

[@ArchitectofGames]

I'll post something funny on twitter... in ONE THOUSAND YEARS!: twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Hey, at least that's slightly faster than the time it takes for a video to come out - get them ASAP here!: www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames

[@isaacphoenix9200]

I listen to your videos at 2 times speed so for me it's 380 wpm.

[@showalk]

Important point that was missed about time limits in arcade games - they forced players to play over and over to get good enough to just get to the next level, which meant... more quarters in the machine.

[@joshuagross3151]

Something you mentioned about Mass Effect 2: I think there's a grace period of 1 mission between getting the Reaper IFF and the Collector attack. I'd always get the device, go on Legion's loyalty quest, then proceed with the Joker mission. I never needed to make that choice.

[@Poap0poap]

What Raymon is that

[@CiruPlays]

i am extremely dissapointed, in 237 years the internet is almost entirely wiped by an unimaginably powerful solar flare, 35 years later, Yugislov Travis actually manages to create a subviable network which is unaffected by the solar radiation, after everyone moves off world to live on the 16 countryships, social media slowly comes back to viability as the onboard farming systems make life easier, soon the social media websites known as TradeLedger, Stillbooth and funnily enough, Twitter, come to life, not only making intercountryship communication easier, but actually making extracountry communication available for the first time since 113 years ago when yugislov created what we now know as the internet, I actually met you slightly after this, as being an ageless superbeing, you're quite the celebrity at this point, seeing as you are one of the only living celebrities from before the great network collapse of 2257. despite this fact, i logged that you said this on a paperback journal just five minutes ago, and upon waking up in such a future where humanity has beaten senescence i found that when the day came to finally see the funny thing on Twitter in 3020... it was only very mildly amusing. i thought you were better than this.

[@kRionikk]

Someone: "This game is all about waiting." Speedrunners: *waits faster*

[@ericroyer42]

lmao

[@Bean_Ernesto44]

E

[@ShaharHarshuv]

LOL

[@eemeli7093]

Oh no.

[@reinyday9336]

Time : n-no! Thats not how it works!

[@tremox9786]

"Are you too fixated on optimising your play to really enjoy it?" Factorio players: "I don't even understand the question."

[@ArchitectofGames]

THE FACTORY MUST GROW

[@smorcrux426]

I was actually playing factorio while watching this video. Came back to the game in 1.0, forgot how fun it was!

[@nicholas209]

@@ArchitectofGames The Factory is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding Factory.

[@bestpseudonym1693]

@@ArchitectofGames THE FACTORY DEMANDS IT

[@dddmemaybe]

*Playing Stardewvalley with zero hearts on every villager and 200 farm tiles quality sprinkled. "uhhhhh..."

[@noobsaibot4541]

Alright imma speedrun it.

[@benjaminmead9036]

Actually possible lol

[@ArchitectofGames]

The record is about two hours if I recall!

[@thebohemian814]

@@ArchitectofGames How?

[@uniqhnd23]

@@thebohemian814 The speedrunners built a time machine, travelled to the future and recorded their run there.

[@kingblue71]

@@uniqhnd23 so they made a vm?

[@hahajohngaming]

"How many hours you got on that game?" "9600" "Damn, thats alot" "I only beat it once"

[@magiv4205]

Tbh, that's just my ADHD brain making me physically incapable of completely finishing a game before starting over and fucking around for 1000 hours

[@Schrodingers_kid]

@@magiv4205 same

[@Faithknight3]

That's me and Skyrim.

[@JudeOhHecc]

@@magiv4205 lmao same

[@realhuman7911]

“Damn you suck!” “I was speed running...”

[@AshArtzMusic]

“My top game of this year” *game takes longer than a year to play*

[@Jacob-zk1jy]

Well, as [deleted channel] once said, “time seems to move faster, when it’s running out”

[@thefancysquid671]

@@Jacob-zk1jy Memento Mori 🙏

[@Alan-xg4yr]

@@Jacob-zk1jy noooooooo

[@Thewingedscourge]

@@Jacob-zk1jy memento mori

[@soulsemblance3163]

@@Jacob-zk1jy mind explaining what momento mori is?

[@funnyname5071]

Imagine the timer having a minute left, you’ve a got a massive smile on your face, and then your data corrupts.

[@randomizedcontent1177]

Why must you hurt me this way

[@sagiekaharizi]

Would be genius if the creator of the game would have done it on purpose.

[@Soup0066]

I feel physical pain

[@discringydude7698]

*Throws laptop* REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@yiggles4136]

I'm really not gonna

[@Darnarus]

The game is just a visual representation of the developement process, in real time. 4h to plot everything out, two weeks to draw and implement the first corridor, 120 days to get the moss thing working.

[@dddmemaybe]

A certain memed dev must be jealous of those times. moss in 120 days, now that's one hell of a workflow!

[@zazombiezmasher0116]

dddmemaybe Didnt expect a Yandere dev joke here, but I welcome it with open arms

[@ziril3972]

HaaAA

[@Gogglesofkrome]

@@zazombiezmasher0116 A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@darklusare7582]

good tl;dr

[@chrisforreal420]

The Longing: *Takes 400 Days To Complete* Monopoly: Pathetic

[@MaxGamin69]

Monopoly just takes 5 years to complete

[@ghostofviper4205]

D&D: am I a joke to you?

[@carringtonlewis5692]

@@ghostofviper4205 life: yes, unless you use the cancer add on

[@ghostofviper4205]

@@carringtonlewis5692 i think i installed that wrong cuz it didn't end the campaign faster

[@snowgrave2475]

@@ghostofviper4205 Risk: "Nobody has ever finished a proper game"

[@ragnarock5043]

Imagine the 400 days are over and then it says: “Do it again. Show your process.”

[@saladetomate1318]

"What? A perfect gameplay? Do it again, show your process!"

[@thonker7848]

First i draw a room

[@kaydencox1561]

This comment made me viscerally upset.

[@thonker7848]

Kayden Cox then i erase some of the finer details

[@pigen9013]

Show your work

[@grfrjiglstan]

"Wow, this game looks interesting. I think I'll download it." _Estimated download time: 14 hours_ "Wow, it's already started!"

[@SchrollShepard]

14 hours download time? wut?

[@FillinTAG]

@@SchrollShepard that was about the time i had to waste when downloading destiny 2. 1mb/s is very fast.

[@pedriasr]

Thats pretty fast when you get only 700kbps of upload and 4mbps of downloads

[@juanvictorz.escanilla1265]

*laughs in 1 week of overnight downloads

[@WolfgangDoW]

Our internet is so shit, it took literally 4 days to download sims 4

[@eyeln9ne696]

Don't be fooled. The original timers for arcades, was to eat quarters.

[@dddmemaybe]

They milked you while also milking gaming's TEAT OF POTENTIAL into their wahndafooell games.

[@chiiing8288]

i remember super mario being banned on my local arcade because people did the infinite one ups and also that long ass bomberman game

[@bakamono2630]

Don't be fooled this comment is pointless and made to fish people.

[@eyeln9ne696]

@@bakamono2630 looks like I caught a bakamono. Too bad it's a bottom feeder.... throw it back.

[@bakamono2630]

@@eyeln9ne696 hehehe survival points way too high even when caught

[@Typhooone]

I remember, the first time I beat Minecraft survival I waited throughout the entire end screen because I felt I should've, my friends kept urging me to skip it because everyone's seen it before but I didn't listen. I watched the credits roll by and all the while I couldn't help but think "I did this by myself"

[@lynallott3404]

It's a damn good poem.

[@danfurtado9158]

I like games but I'm not the best and don't finish most games I try. When I beat survival after playing the game for two years. It felt really good even though it wasn't too hard and the end credits were cool.

[@aidanfarrell1926]

I watched the whole thing because I didn’t know you could skip it lol

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

while I never beat Minecraft I get that feeling at every credits screen... Which I don't see to much of and the last one was Lugi's mansion 3... Because I mostly play multiplayer and endless games... So an actual credits screen is a rare and welcome sight.

[@buckethead60]

I did the exact same thing. Sat through and just felt good. I wish I could beat it for the first time again, man it was a mess but so rewarding in the end

[@tatters8236]

I feel like a continuous 400 stream of The Longing without speeding up time ever would be a charity stream to rival Desert Bus For Hope.

[@JediMaestr0]

Considering that desert bus is several hours, whereas The Longing is over a real-time year, I don’t see how it couldn’t rival or exceed a desert bus charity unless it was a truly awful streamer coupled with an absolutely horrible charity, all watched entirely by completely penniless and dispassionate people.

[@KuraIthys]

@@JediMaestr0 Yeah... The Loading Ready Run charity stream of desert bus manages to go on for about 150 hours or so. (variable depending on donations) That's still a far cry from a 9600 hour long stream...

[@natanoj16]

Hmm now I imagine having 1 game going constantly and having someone play it constantly, with people taking turns at just keeping the game going. Also non of the players having played it before

[@sneakrrr]

“Every $XX milestone and we’ll find one more thing to decorate the shade’s room”

[@tatters8236]

@@sneakrrr Yes!

[@ulture]

fun fact: the developers of The Longing said in an interview that they based the game on the experience of waiting for an Arriva bus.

[@danji9485]

LMAO

[@prozorozo]

Omg that is amazing

[@prozorozo]

Lol

[@tengilvontronje8069]

it's based on the German Kyffhäuser legend.

[@ulture]

​@@tengilvontronje8069 no, it's based on waiting for a bus, specifically Arriva (which I would like to stress are a terrible, horrible, unreliable company who somehow keep getting given big contracts in my area and charging absolutely extortionate prices for buses that are invariably either late or which just don't come at all. And that's what this game is definitely about.)

[@Old_Guard2]

“This game takes 400 in real life days to complete” Speed runners: “3, take it or leave it”

[@Sidges]

When it came out, soon someone beat it in ~2 hours by playing efficently and getting a specific ending.

[@magicmanscott40k]

That's really funny

[@williamsmith6921]

you see if you jump on this rock and scream at the top of your lungs the sound causes an integer overflow that causes the rock to despawn and you fall into the void causing a wrongwarp that brings you to the 399th day

[@mlgproplayer2915]

lol

[@unownunown1530]

william smith actually you just fall off a cliff in the speedrun, but nice try

[@woodyhoody]

Time Stamps The Longing 00:00 - 01:28 Temporal Mechanics 01:28 - 02:03 Time Limits 02:04-03:20 Mass Effect 2 03:24-04:20 Time trials 04:23-06:10 Time Loops 06:11-10:15 Waiting.... 10:12-14:30 Some Longing spoilers 14:30-15:30 Time 15:30-18:40 Video ending 19:00-20:45

[@blendyboi5023]

Ty

[@goatythecringeyone7686]

Sure are saving peoples *time*

[@asahopkins7510]

Funny how people can't watch a full 20 minute video about a 400 hour game

[@Styphoryte]

@@asahopkins7510 But dude you aren't actually playing it for 400 hours its an idle game.

[@asahopkins7510]

@@Styphoryte u gotta wait 400 hours to finish that game tho

[@razbuten]

This game looks like it would make me feel awful, and I love it.

[@griffvideoman]

Saw your most recent video and it reminded me of the same kind of in-depth analysis of video games that this video provided. I'm a sucker for those kinds of videos so I had to subscribe. Great stuff.

[@jeremiahw3170]

Ive been seeing you everywhere recently

[@razbuten]

@@jeremiahw3170 I guess we have the same cross-section of good taste?

[@argonaut8560]

@@razbuten I love your videos

[@paulely2570]

I love how you analyze the game's perspective. I feel related to most words you say.

[@GarrettStelly]

_"We waste hours grinding away at stuff we don't enjoy"_ Shows video of Runescape gameplay This hits differently

[@raizerker]

I'm tilted.

[@ZaneZephyr]

i spent 6600 hours grinding in RS and loved every moment of it

[@iare19]

Learned a lot of English from that game.

[@principalmcvicker6530]

Rs for lyfe

[@andrewp2681]

iare19 Buying gmaul 50k

[@HoundNL]

Playtime: 9600 Now that's a lot of replayability for a small game

[@khed7104]

Would love to see the ign review xD

[@l-shadow1775]

IGN: 6/10

[@AngusJMcGregor]

L Shadow177 a little something for everyone

[@gowary]

Except you only "play" like 0.01% of that time 😂😂

[@Ramsey276one]

Steam library algorithm would go FNAF on that(if it was sentient) EXPLAIN... EXPLAIN!

[@Derpy-bk6go]

Me: Curious about this game with nothing to do Adam: Explains the meaning of time

[@noahshad09]

After video: *cri*

[@zanepeterson777]

@@noahshad09 ye

[@robinscannell]

One example not yet mentioned is The Last Express. An adventure game on a train that runs in 'real time'. You can't be everywhere at once, so you can miss things happening. Also, there are time limits on puzzles you're not even aware of - until it's too late. Fortunately, you can rewind time, allowing you to find that perfect path through the game once you've learnt about the schedules of other passengers on the train.

[@lifetake3103]

sounds like outer wilds style of using time

[@KuraIthys]

.... This brings up an interesting question about this particular game design concept. Was Majora's Mask the first game to do it, or not? Because for the longest time it was the only one I knew of....

[@dikko7010]

Unpopular opinion but I hate using real time in games, probably because I played too many free mobile games

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@KuraIthys I think Majora's Mask might be the first. I have a gut feeling there could be some obscure PC game that might predate it, but unless that's ever dug up, that's the first.

[@mlgproplayer2915]

Sounds noice.

[@datboiii1495]

"the knowledge in the back of your head that the time with the shade must one day come to an end makes that time all the more important." *cries in unus annus*

[@xeroaishintu5777]

Memento Mori, dear friend.

[@mubbyjo]

right at the beginning of this video i got such huge unus annus vibes and i think that's wonderful

[@xeroaishintu5777]

@@mubbyjo Yeah. I kinda miss them.

[@HaHa-gg9dl]

@@xeroaishintu5777 rewatch the vids

[@xeroaishintu5777]

@@HaHa-gg9dl ;-; can't.

[@seangiglio]

Excited for the sequel: “The Shorting”

[@pedroemilio7264]

Underrated comment

[@quick_light]

this game is litteraly 400 nanoseconds long to beat

[@TheGingiGamer]

@@quick_light it's over as soon as you start it

[@quick_light]

@@TheGingiGamer *opens game* *game closes* I PAYED 25 DOLLARS FOR THIS SHIT

[@eeeee6431]

@@quick_light 10/10 would play again

[@SingingPixels]

Being involved in the making of this game, it makes me really happy seeing videos about it 🤗

[@mxtrando8276]

can i ask what you experience was like?

[@SingingPixels]

@@mxtrando8276 it was actually pretty nice, because it was a very small production studio. I was only there for a short while, helping with shading backgrounds and things like that, but it was a really chill working experience ☺️

[@klo1679]

I’ll just say this, I love The Longing, because it was just something so different to everything and anything I’ve played before. Of course since my first playthrough, I have played a fair few games with similar ideas, themes and the similar type of calm exploration. I played it for about 10 weeks, but by bit, and part by part, and when i finally got the ending, I felt fulfilled, I may not have seen everything, I may not have done everything, but I did it my way, and it’s something that is very hard to find in other games. Good job on such a good game, that helped my adhd and anxiety, because I had the time in the game

[@SingingPixels]

@@klo1679 I agree, it's a unique idea that really forces you to slow down. A really nice breath of air nowadays. Even tho I was only involved for a short amount of time, I'm glad you enjoyed it and that it was able to help you :)

[@suspicioussand]

Yo that's cool

[@MrKasenom]

11:07 His tabs: Pictures of 2B, wedding rings, is it legal to marry a waifu, and bodypillows. Clearly Adam is a man of culture.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

Hello, based department?

[@Biouke]

Clearly B)

[@magicmanscott40k]

I rather see that video. Man marries his waifu.

[@jacobsheldon8577]

@@vitriolicAmaranth Based? Based on what?

[@Felix-xw6du]

Imagine someone looking at my Profile Pic and saying it’s she’s hot Me saying it’s a trap (if you don’t know, a guy that looks like a girl)

[@finalbreath15]

This game really says a lot about life. Do you want to carry on through the mundane to build towards things that are of value, or would you rather just avoid it all and have no substantial experiences?

[@thecia8968]

Speaking of, I need to shit.

[@justsomeone7883]

Damn this is deep ima have some roblox secks

[@Chad-ob5su]

This reply section disappoints me

[@Clasped35]

@@Chad-ob5su no brother,it disappoint all of us.

[@TheFairytail4ever]

Can I have a reset button please....

[@Nijwol707true]

Game: *takes 400 days to complete* Speedrunners: *Activate Made in Heaven*

[@bigboyboris150]

I see you’re a man of culture

[@shadpant9255]

*400 days

[@Nijwol707true]

@@shadpant9255 thanks! Fixed it

[@the-lm1ir]

MADEO IN HEBUN

[@afj810]

This is the good kind of JoJo reference.

[@oantimido]

I miss playing skyrim AFTER all the maior quests are done, just to hunt some deer, get to walk a bit in the countyside, camp a night in the woods, really good experience overall. This “The longing” looks like a good game for adults.

[@evathegrand]

You know you can do that even before all the quests are done?

[@gummywormm]

Br?

[@diogo2931]

@@gummywormm João Victor CAOS 👍

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

I mean I enjoy skrim by seeing how many mods I can get to work at one time... turns out to be hundreds...

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

How can you play a game after you’ve beaten it? I beat skyrim, after killing alduin I didn’t get on for a long time, when I did, I reset the game and decided to be a stealth archer, and nowadays I never play that save, or Skyrim at all I’m currently playing(and trying to 100%) horizon: new dawn, similar to Skyrim, just quite a bit different, it’d be a stretch to say every Skyrim fan will enjoy it, but most Skyrim fans will enjoy it, probably

[@infinitepotato001]

"turns out I'm a metaphor for capitalism or something I don't know" that is hands-down the most realistic thing about modern game design I've ever seen any KZbin video.

[@tomthestone1470]

Always a metaphor

[@Captain.Mystic]

> modern game design Any movie trying to make it into the oscars since the 2000s.

[@infinitepotato001]

@@Captain.Mystic yeah that too. I like to see a movie that centers around the hyperinflation of giving everybody a shit ton of money for no reason. In Venezuela, we're turning your money into origami cranes and selling them online yield dozens of times more money than the number printed on said origami crane.

[@ElleDeas]

Ever seen Jim Sterling? Lol

[@KaiSoDaM]

@@infinitepotato001 I'm brazilian and F for Venezuela. We might get to that point soon aswell. It makes me very sad

[@imSaerilee]

I hate how the older we get, the faster time goes by. And it's not even because we enjoy it but because we get more and more things planned, like work, that we start counting how much time we have left to enjoy the day. Even "resting" is scheduled in your day to day life for only a set amount of time because you have other things to do.

[@rektyrektingson4668]

Yeah. :/ What can we really do about it though?

[@sharkmaniak7872]

I would say time moves faster when we get older because our perception of time changes. As a 10-year-old a year feels like forever, but its also 10% of your life. When you're 50, a year seems to go by really quick, but its also 2% of your life. Time doesn't go faster because we plan, but rather our perception of how much time is in a year gets smaller and smaller.

[@Zorro9129]

I've heard somewhere that a year to a newborn feels as long as a lifetime.

[@Walamonga1313]

It's not just that too. It's also because, relatively speaking the older you get the lesser fractions a day or a month become. Think about it when you are 10, 5 years seems like a lot because its been half your life. But when you are 50, it's just 1/10 of it. That's why things seem to become a blur the more you live. Then add onto that memory loss when you are even older...

[@Taurus1337]

@@sharkmaniak7872 I agree, time gets proportionally smaller in comparison to the rest of our lives for every second

[@Zin1Xx]

"This game takes 400 in real life days to complete it" Mobile Games: *AMATUERS*

[@pokaay3163]

*2 hours, take it or leave it*

[@Jturby]

Unless you have the special trick known as credit card

[@kittycatrina1861]

The ppl whos town halls took 8yrs to finish:

[@pHixiq]

Ever played Nova Empire ? Yeah shit takes months 😂

[@toysoldier6093]

EVE players: “Pathetic.”

[@padddyfi]

This game is amazing. I played it together with some friends and it took us about a week and half or so. It was a great time and a great game. Teaches you alot.

[@tututrexx157]

This game looks like an interesting chore to play... if that makes sense

[@greg7193]

It's like using the dishwasher for the first time

[@Creepaminer]

“This game takes 400 days to play” “Also here’s why time is cool in video games”

[@likethestarsaboveus]

I am pissed lol

[@darkbowranger96]

Yep bunch of useless information here

[@jaimeeheffernan8550]

Zac Scrivener as someone doing a Bachelor of Arts in animation and gaming design, this information isn’t useless lol. Especially since I’m currently building a prototype for a game

[@derfettebusfahrer5147]

Your profile picture is my geometry dash skin. The colours are the same too

[@IBuildXP]

Im the 1K liker

[@ariannasilva4462]

It reminds me of that one flash game 700 years or something like that. Where you are a rock creature trying to get to and end goal you don't know. You have to wait for trees to grow and lakes to freeze. Spoiler In the end you reach the end goal of a volcano. Tossing yourself in blocking the lava from killing the world in the future.

[@emcrectangled]

I can't believe you made it through 700 years of gameplay

[@ivanalves8506]

Thanks to 🗿 the world was saved

[@dayuchuu]

Yeah, I remember watching Markiplier play this

[@ToyotaCoronx]

that’s what i thought this was

[@longpigpie3584]

🗿

[@remjoleea5560]

I bought this game immediately because it seems right up my alley. The emphasis on time and how much of it you have left also reminds me of the persona games! You always have to keep in mind the end of the year, but that makes the time you have with everyone so much more meaningful.

[@kwasichan722]

A game about sitting there and waiting for something for way too long? Now thats the true quarantine experience

[@steyn1775]

Introverts: what quarentine?

[@shadowofthe]

What's happening outside??? Meh I don't watch tv ...

[@entr3_nou5]

Video: “this game takes 400 days to play!” Animal Crossing players: *”Don’t cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written”*

[@Nightmares-]

This is underrated

[@SkitterMcBoo]

Lmfao

[@Luffy-su1ho]

I don't get it

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

@@Luffy-su1ho me either, and I love it.

[@dohyunlee1439]

@@Luffy-su1ho also I'm pretty sure the reference comes from the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

[@Kaigalinski]

Me holding the Monkey Paw: "I want games to be longer"

[@bananaboatcharlie]

Oh god what have you done...

[@bananaboatcharlie]

@@VanilliBean That's the most cursed thing you could have said

[@Blox117]

me: get rid of microtransactions and mobile games

[@rayres1074]

​@@Blox117 Granted. They ended because a massive solar flare completely destroys all electromagnetic devices and all wireless connections, turning gaming, using the internet and cellphones impossible.

[@Blox117]

@@rayres1074 no the easiest solution is that the entire gaming industry dies. though that would be preferable to the downhill slope its already in.

[@DTFauxClassic]

There was no greater feeling of liberation than when I was playing one of those dime-a-dozen town-building games on mobile, and I was hit with the revelation of how much of my time and energy was focused on playing I game I wasn't really playing. And that's fair enough when it comes to games that have a meaning, message, or payoff... but some of these games are just ad revenue generators for the devs. It's a double-edged sword, because games have probably never been as free and accessible as ever (this would've blown my mind as a kid in the 90s), but they can also take advantage of people's time and money in pretty cynical ways. It'd be curious to see just how many hours people have given up watching unskippable ads just to "enjoy" a few more minutes of passive gameplay.

[@ehx3419]

You do know that all ads can be forcibly made skippable?

[@arcticdino1650]

Fun fact about the spelunky ghost: it can actually be killed. It just has the most health in the entire game and is immune to most types of damage

[@sfc0450]

Yep, UFO beams and lava are the only things I've heard of that can damage it, but killing it takes so long that it's not worth it for any reason other than bragging rights. Plus it can still spawn again in the next level

[@Cloiss_]

@@sfc0450 Don't forget the Abyss - by far the fastest way to kill it! And there is one very niche reason to kill the ghost - it allows you to do a setup where you dupe a bunch of hired hands and warp to World 23!

[@woodchucksquirrel]

@@Cloiss_ ...elaborate 😳

[@burn1none]

@@Cloiss_ yes, please explain

[@Cloiss_]

​@@burn1none ​ @WUDCHUK_squirl It's very complicated - this is the best explanation I can find by the person who executed the glitch twitter.com/Kirby703_/status/1178861522820517888

[@sk84lafs]

“We waste hours doing thing we dont enjoy, to other things we dont enjoy faster” (Runescape plays in the background) *cries internally*

[@dropit7694]

Basically every endless MMO. Theoretically some can be completed, but at what cost?

[@Tabbeans]

90-99 be like

[@manovonor]

So, uh, working?

[@CloudyMason]

Yeah that part hit me especially hard.

[@idesxtop]

@@manovonor yes, and that's why we play games. To enjoy it, if it became something we don't enjoy, are you really playing a game?

[@Yarivenra]

Oh great, another game I can't finish like Darkest Dungeon...

[@Professor_Utonium_]

GIT GUD

[@tylerulfmann4586]

The greatest advice I can give from playing the game to death is that regardless if the enemy is a shambling horror a blood sucking spider woman or a random crackhead just use riposte and if that doesn’t work blight with a weird mime jamming with the nun being support

[@Yarivenra]

I never finish darkest dungeon because I always do no casualties run... I don't know why, I always like to restart everytime a hero died XD

[@Professor_Utonium_]

@@Yarivenra What is actually wrong with you

[@SLZABBJNGO]

PSSSSSTTTTTT Quad leper ;)

[@syncopatedglory]

this is a really important message tbh. too many games want you to feel obligated to play for their bottom line, but it's your duty to yourself to guard your time and spend it on the things that genuinely please you. too many people sink time into games or shows that they hate. it's okay to cut something lose; you will 1000000% fill the ensuing void with something afterwards.

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

"the longing's basic gaming mechanic is... waiting." yep, just like my life

[@jiggelnaut3907]

me too :(

[@blanblough7277]

hey atleast u are more patient than other humans

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

here is a funny thing you should do... take the years that you are reasonable gonna live from now on (i'm 20 so i'm gonna say 60 years for me) and multiply it by 52... now i know that i only have to get over 3120 mondays at most. there's also this nice picture, just google "a 90 year human life in weeks" and you can even get a calendar where you can literally X out every week

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 well fuck me if that ain't glib

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@Go D i just thought it was good addition to the whole "waiting, story of my life" thing that op was talking about

[@pipp972]

"That was 5 seconds of waiting" Joke's on you, I'm watching this at 1.5x

[@nineonine9082]

x2 still very visible, guess though once you get use to watching vids faster you know how long is abnormal, so you would still feel the effect.

[@steelwasp9375]

@@Madhattersinjeans I've spent 12 minutes contemplating your comment. I wanna refund.

[@Brunoki22]

If it serves of any consolation, getting the achievement "Go Outside" from The Stanley Parable requires the player to never play the game again for 5 years in a row.

[@woodeyelyegaming1401]

Really?

[@chunksfunks960]

i dont get it theyre happy u went outside but its called go outside??

[@Brunoki22]

@chunksfunks It’s more said in a condescending way. As if the developer is judging you for spending so much time in front of the computer screen.

[@re_i_gn]

Imagine purposely setting a timer of 5 years from the time you close Stanley Parable just so you could get the achievement. 5 years later, the timer runs out, you click on "Play Game", and no achievement. You then realize that the game took around 3 seconds to completely close and so you opened the game a few seconds too early.

[@bobthebuilder1360]

@@re_i_gn not a pro gamer move

[@oyfum2638]

“This game takes 400 days to complete.” Meanwhile, terraria calamity players waiting for their final boss to actually be released so they can beat the game properly: ☠️

[@P-Down_D-Up_P]

if i had a cent for everytime i saw a terraria calamity related comment on this video, i'd have two cents. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@pacifistminigun3987]

@@P-Down_D-Up_P lmao

[@Juno_Kujo]

Interviewer: "So what's your ability?" Me: "I can finish a 400 day game in 399 days, 22 hours, 47 minutes and 23 seconds."

[@dcd5050]

Was that meant to be funny ?

[@lunchpunchcrab32]

Not as impressive as cooking minute rice in 58 seconds.

[@Sherlock-Eco]

Its like jokingly saying: I can count to five in five seconds.

[@faithfullyfaith199]

@@Sherlock-Eco Isnt it more like I can count to 5 in 4 seconds?

[@Sherlock-Eco]

Yea your exrample makes more sense actually

[@Crafty420]

"We waste hours grinding away at stuff we don't really enjoy because it will make other stuff we also don't enjoy happen slightly faster" *shows runescape footage* I feel personally attacked

[@ragdoll49]

Reminds me of George Carlin on "stuff".

[@GanonSTORM]

Realise I'm doing rooftop agility on my Ironman xD

[@arforafro5523]

It would have been perfect had it shown Warframe gameplay of a Khora farming Plastids/Orokin Cells

[@ArcNelkul]

I’m watching this while playing runescape in the background

[@tabernaclejones6115]

Once you get this stuck in ur head it becomes hard to play games. Kind of like whats the point. Especially pc games. You just keep making ur pc faster without actually using it to play games that utilize the speed.

[@jupitersky]

"Next time you play a game, think about why you are playing it." This, right here, is why I have a hard time having fun playing games.

[@MineSlimeTV]

GMes are a media of both enjoyment and of a media that was developed as a new interesting and portable structure thas is a new mechanic to both engage and advance technology as well as a new narrative stand point Games like many things are to have fun and pass time but also can be moral points and a form of knowledge for you to gain

[@velvetaeon2774]

I play fallout 76 so... ...😵

[@joshuagraham5750]

Velvet Aeon same, I love it

[@jahseh8194]

I only buy games i know for a fact I'm interested in, i loved the Idea of Assassins Creed Odyssey and played it on a free day, so i bought it

[@googlebot5047]

Exactly. When you try to have fun by playing “classics” or “must-plays” or trying to play like a critic ruins the mood. That mood is what makes staying up late on your ds lite on a stormy night playing Pokémon, so great

[@kyvehvolvadan5260]

Your explaining of your character in the longing meeting new characters and making connections reminds me heavily of how pokemon mystery dungeon handled engagement in the endgame up to the final dungeon and the ending. Making connections with characters that you know you'll eventually have to leave is a very effective storyteller

[@duchi882]

*This makes me wonder* how "Slowrunning" would be implemented if it would ever be a competition

[@n3croticism]

Check out Kosmic channel, he's a Mario speedrunner and he made a "slowrun" video for Super Mario Bros.

[@Potatoskinz123]

It would take too long xD

[@hesseldekraai]

It is not entirely the same thing but Monty python did a sketch on competitive hide and seek and it basically is your idea

[@henryeccleston7381]

Skyrim model. A checklist of areas and chests with fast travel optional. The most thorough exploration wins.

[@ElectricSh33ps]

Shitty Games Done Slow

[@DjAlonDevil]

Mom: "one more game before bed" Me:

[@tacoblude8208]

What kind of mom says one more entire game?

[@Fedico7000]

Taco Blude The mother of a speedrunner.

[@kooldragon95]

As someone who spent YEARS playing Runescape, i feel called out.

[@gigastrike2]

Yeah, but you got all sorts of babes when you showed off your dragon scimmy, right?

[@auh4806]

@@gigastrike2 ah yes, my first full rune armor. I feel really proud :')

[@yoosherbthekid464]

Anybody still play? I might get back to it iif somebody is feeling generous. Gave mosta my shit away when I quit, and it makes me not wanna play. But the yearning is there. Lol

[@gigastrike2]

@@yoosherbthekid464 Good news that is simultaneously bad news. You can go back and play old runescape, but you have to make a new account.

[@yoosherbthekid464]

@@gigastrike2 Im talking about OS. Im lvl 75 or so? Just been a year or so since ive played. Lol

[@solar6461]

“The Longing Explained” The video that takes 12 minutes to get to the point

[@monasimp87]

Begrateful it isnt 9600 hrs long

[@strayatlas2271]

thanks for including how long i had to skip 👍

[@songbird6414]

It’s called a conversation that needs a lead up. Extra information, etc. Some points don’t have the same weight if you don’t have enough information to give them context.

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

But when Vsauce does it its fun

[@Swifter1243]

@@strayatlas2271 if you skipped 12 minutes into the video then you completely missed the point

[@lukefreeman828]

KSP players be like: "okay, lets travel to Eeloo and back in real time" 8 years later: "guys?"

[@otucker7000]

LOL

[@Hygix_]

Lol I always thinking about no time skip

[@markuspl4y]

Ah, I see. You are a man of kulture as well!

[@boreean1905]

MarkusPl4y *kulture

[@markuspl4y]

@@boreean1905 cheers

[@user-me5fh3yu1j]

He didn't mention Majora's mask when referring to time mechanics and I'm not even pissed

[@nihil_holly]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@verkcuos]

then agaim you die either away if you do the tasks or not

[@user-me5fh3yu1j]

@@verkcuos AAAAAAAAAAA SPOILERS BE VANISH unless you're talking about Majora's mask, I can't tell

[@verkcuos]

@@user-me5fh3yu1j oh crap i confused games im so sorry

[@meatius15]

I'm not pissed either

[@Nemmy72]

"Why this game takes four days to complete." Understandable. "Four _Hundread_ Days" Oh.

[@Nemmy72]

@COVID *Hundred

[@Nemmy72]

@COVID *Four _hundred_ days

[@Facusblues]

Days Hundred Four

[@mitchellbailey6258]

Facu hundred four days

[@animegamer3782]

*ten forty days to complete

[@courtflakes9242]

Wow halfway through the video, I completely forgot we were discussing The Longing because I was so engrossed with your descriptions of the other games. Can’t wait to try out the sexy brutale, never heard of it before

[@stupidsufan5670]

Adam: “this game takes 400 real life days” Terraria: hold my rod of discord

[@dominickeijzer5844]

It's far quicker to play through if you know what you're doing. But it's still just as, if not more, fun to run through.

[@doublem3052]

Last playthrough i got 2 discords back to back. Luckiest thing that ever happened to me!

[@Benzinilinguine]

Terraria? You clearly havent played any actual MMOs...

[@doublem3052]

@@Benzinilinguine i mean the thing's got like a 0.02% drop chance

[@chronicfailure9092]

@@God-ch4hd And? Speed runners beat the Longing in 2 days what's your point?

[@enjoyyourlifewhileyoucan]

Just for the info - Spelunky's ghost IS killable. Dies with lava, takes long time to do so tho🙃

[@kaldo_kaldo]

What do you get for killing it? Does a new one spawn in the same level? Next level?

[@GumitoGumito]

@@kaldo_kaldo IIRC it just respawns the next level

[@halotrixzdj]

I came to that conclusion, hearing the facts about it, that it probably was killable!

[@sludgefactory241]

Damn it wish I would've read down in comments a lil more B4 I just went n sounded redundant AF today 😐

[@benjaminshields9421]

@@kaldo_kaldo Lol you get absolutely nothing but a congratulations and an hour down the drain

[@fr0ggykazu]

"This guy here is called 'A Shade'. He was created by the King-" 👁️👄👁️ hollow knight be like

[@captainrish3818]

Nier be like 🔴 🔴 👄

[@Concerned_Custodian]

@@captainrish3818 More like *Intense crying*

[@mightypurplelicious3209]

👄 👄 👁

[@buzz4205]

his crown kinda looks like the head of the pale king

[@letomar5766]

@@buzz4205 i hate you

[@Reel-zu8ld]

Anyone else here after the Indie World Showcase?

[@johnmobley9369]

He called shade “pathetic and off putting” I- no he’s baby 😡

[@frozennbutter6425]

correct.

[@thatoneblackpriorthatbeatuonfh]

Incorrect

[@aki6704]

Perhaps

[@nickkohlmann]

@@privateerlarry maybe

[@Robinator1103]

Possibly

[@cateyestudios6592]

Love how he used raid shadow legends as the visual for bad game

[@kaical8273]

I personally didn't have any quarks with the game and I played it a few times. I didn't think it was really a bad game but it wasn't out standing either or anything. So yeah I agree it was a bit over hyped though to be fair there's only so much you can expect from a mobile game.

[@YEs69th420]

@@kaical8273 No one was hyping that game up, they literally had to pay people to talk about it.

[@kaical8273]

@@YEs69th420 no the game was hyped by the game it self and the Peter advertisements meaning they made it look better that it actually was. The game was still hyped even though they were played. Also paying someone to advertise you is how most games get out there even some large games.

[@YEs69th420]

@@kaical8273 They were paying influencers to pretend it's good because no one actually cares about that game. That's it.

[@Xetheon]

Luckily the person that promoted raid shadow quit and became a memer

[@rsbval]

11:56 this is where he starts talking about the longing

[@pedroemilio7264]

🤝

[@ProfessorWumbology]

A true Man of Greatness You Are

[@rsbval]

@@ProfessorWumbology thank you

[@lifedestroyer0525]

👍

[@generalconcannon202]

Thanks bro

[@korumann]

"When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things."

[@kinsan89]

When you started talking about the Time Loops, my mine immediately went to LoZ: Majora's Mask. Such a beautiful game

[@solemnander]

You better go get your mine then... you are probably losing a lot of gold from it being gone

[@kinsan89]

@@solemnander oh, shit, didn't notice that typo. Lmao

[@wyattlewis4069]

@@kinsan89 That was my first thought as well, and I corroborate your adoration for MM.

[@metricsplease]

"One must dedicate 10 thousand hours to become a master of anything" *plays this game once* I am one of the best players in the world.

[@cottonwood2691]

ah, so the Longing is essentially quarantine simulator.

[@sauceman9787]

no

[@vibecheck4372]

no

[@cosmicseal7977]

yes

[@cosmicseal7977]

but no

[@sauceman9787]

@@cosmicseal7977 no

[@Jstrife9]

Wow I was not expecting this video to be soo in depth about so many different time/clock mechanics in games and the history of it, great work and great video

[@Nikapocalypse]

Props to anyone who's played it through.

[@deajiven6159]

i have 274 days left lol

[@therealfinnaspring8585]

@@deajiven6159 is it actually fun?

[@malliemaile6746]

@@therealfinnaspring8585 Andoria jiven died hes not answering.Yes he died in real life.Litterally! He died

[@lmao1495]

@@malliemaile6746 What a deep joke lmao

[@adrenochrome3853]

@@therealfinnaspring8585 yes it feels extremely rewarding as you progress.

[@SYDE-CLUB]

"this game takes 400 days to play" Runescape players: pathetic!

[@justanotherjosh6284]

427 days on one of my toons

[@Lucho741]

"Time pases while offline" Good in that case i'm 15 years intp RS hahaah"

[@Sal1981]

I have 2 accounts on RS that I've spent way too much time on, a main that I created on 2005, and a hcim from when the ironman challenge was introduced. That amount of time I've put into both accounts makes me shudder. They have a combined +1,000 days of playtime across both (and a small "dive" into OSRS). I'm currently not playing RS, but for anyone who knows about RS, you never really quit, you just take breaks.

[@zachcarter3186]

Yup. Over 800 days in and I'm maybe 20% to 5.6b exp

[@bluethumbbuttoneek9465]

@@zachcarter3186 weird flex but okay

[@zeedar412]

The act of playing out (roughly) a year of life in persona 5 is what made the game so intriguing for me. Now I gotta take a look at "The Longing".

[@marcusbeach1762]

Just rewatched this. Absolutely a masterpiece of a video. You provide some very deep insights in a very fun to enjoy format. You should be proud of the work you put into this.

[@thepavilion7625]

"we waste hours grinding away at stuff we don't really enjoy because it will make other stuff we don't really enjoy happen slightly faster." That cut deep, I am playing Runescape while I was listening.

[@2ears1mouth786]

Honestly I don't think games that do this to the player are always worthwhile.

[@bbbbbbb51]

@@2ears1mouth786 honestly I don't get why anyone plays games they don't really enjoy & this comes from someone who used to play osrs quite a bit & looks forward to when I hop back on some day. Are so many people really in the dark to tricks that developers use to try to get you to sink time into their games?

[@eddrickwilbert7315]

"The 9600 Hours Game" Minecraft: *so you're challenging me?*

[@cheesegod6462]

Cheddar Cheese hello disciple

[@2name1]

You can beat Minecraft in 15 minutes bro

[@ichnichtdu3627]

@@donovanlabbe7612 Just like Skyrim

[@etzgames996]

2name bro the world record is like 30mins or something not 15 loñ

[@DinsAFK]

oldschool runescape

[@johnmobley9369]

The fact that this man literally just created a whole list of games I’m playing next time I go buying some. Is *ASTRONOMICAL* * also play rayman legends. It’s a really fun and creative game. The levels are so interestingly designed. The music is AWSOME. And the game is literally perfect for playing with friends *

[@subscribetopewdiepie9573]

The game im playing right now is Darkwood, it's a horror game with no intentional jumpscares. I'm having a blast, but the nights are so tense lol

[@theomurphy6920]

Rayman origins is much better than legends

[@johnmobley9369]

Ted Murphy I think that’s what I met but idk

[@johnmobley9369]

Ted Murphy ohhh yeah no The only time I’ve ever played Ramen origins is at my cousins house and they only have the demo I do agree that from what I saw from the demo that it was really good but I haven’t played it there in a long time and as far as I remember I think they’re both great games that you should check out.

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

you say that like it takes any effort to read of the names of games. this guy is an epic shitpoaster and nothing more. this is a 20 minute video thats takes 11 minutes to talk about the game in the title, and then he only speaks a little bit about it vaguely hinting at a few things but not actually saying anything, for 5 minutes, then he talks about other games and tells you about his channel for the remaining 5 minutes.

[@centokiVA]

dude this video veered off into an incredibly good analysis of time mechanics in video games and i forgot i was watching a video about the longing because i was so immersed in the topics. genuinely insane stuff. subscribed

[@emilygoodman6853]

“...and makes games like the longing stay with you for a very long time.” Me: “And not only ‘cause it takes 400 days to play.”

[@tiredko-hi-]

10:01 Whoa, those five seconds felt like one second for me. Guess my brain shutdown.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Human brains are apparently very good at filling in (read: ignoring/forgetting) breaks in information, as it is deemed irrelevant. It's actually a handy trick in public speaking. A second's pause here and there can help your mind catch up with your mouth, while people's brains don't notice a difference.

[@Mimix2048]

Pathologic 2 would fit so well in this video. Except that the temporal mechanics there serve to make you feel absolutely miserable

[@KarmanZernickel5]

Along with an existential crisis I feel like my perspective on life has been improved. All jokes aside this is something ive been wrestling with and really appreciate your take on this game and how it made you think about enjoying games as someone who also plays a lot of video games in their spare time as a pass-time.

[@GlitchedVision]

I would say this aspect of waiting has sort of becoming diluted in the era of the internet though. Nobody actually waits anymore, they just occupy their time with other things. If a game makes me wait too long, I'm likely to lose interest very quickly, then the "wait" becomes a grind.

[@magiccat3772]

sounds like a you problem

[@Rifky809]

not for me though. I like these games

[@Beastinvader]

That's the point

[@dollarintheswearjar6829]

I'm already emotionally invested with the shade and I haven't even started playing the game

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

13:18 "what a meaningless ascent. i now have 2 x disappointments." i felt that one...

[@visassess8607]

Great video, your scripts are fantastic. By the way, I'm listening to this while working in a place with a bad wifi connection and that joke pause before you said time got me good lmao.

[@zadeify9596]

The timer speeds up tremendously when you upgrade your mancave.

And read and do other activities. I felt mixed about that, but at least the game rewarded you with something for improving your cave. I loved the overall experience!

[@outsider_in]

"Waiting. That was 5 seconds of silence..and it felt like an eternity, right? We as human beings are naturally impatient" Me watching at 2x speed: ..........

[@lv100Alice]

me: there is no way i could play a game for 400 days also me: getting an achievement in crush crush for playing for 1 year where i'm still playing a bit daily

[@doommaker4000]

Wait... Crush crush? Isn't that... You know.

[@lv100Alice]

@@doommaker4000 only people of great culture would understand

[@0-0-255repertorium]

365 days for candy crush... And if you just waited 35 days more, it'll be 400 days already.

[@gostigoo6706]

@@0-0-255repertorium Not Candy Crush.. *Crush Crush*

[@doommaker4000]

@@0-0-255repertorium That is something completely different. You have been warned.

[@Haidar554]

I can imagine running to that king when the countdown is near the end

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

Adam Millard: "Why The Longing Takes Four Hundred Days to Play" Extra Credits: "When a Game is Too Long - Respecting the Player's Time"

[@drdurchblick6871]

A whole video about waiting and not even one "Kept you waiting, huh?"? My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@Takittack]

Im glad.

[@tibboocelot9272]

Odd that Majora's Mask wasn't mentioned during the loop section.

[@mourningstar760]

I thought that too, but upon further thought, the time loop mechanic was much more of a narrative tool, rather then a gameplay one. The only times it came into play in a mechanic sense was during the lovers side quest, which is amazing to this day, and also just really giving yourself more time to complete the temples.

[@yeaboi587]

I love games like these,beautiful and meaningful experiences that leave a lasting impression on you.

[@firebal6129]

I'm kinda surprised he didn't mention Majoras mask It's the textbook example

[@magicmanscott40k]

The moon thing is terrifying

[@valletas]

to be fair the way it was implemented wasn't perfect its just the most well known

[@Beghty27]

@@valletas what do you mean by it not being implemented all that well?

[@hildebrand2252]

Honestly he’s just kinda talking out his ass. Didn’t try to offer one counter argument for why these “temporal mechanics” might not be so great because then everything would fall apart. Many people just hate them, but he acts like they’re objectively good design. I was more interested in the one specific game going into this vid, but it feels like I just read a high school essay which only exists because of an assignment.

[@magicmanscott40k]

@@hildebrand2252 my thoughts exactly. Only like 10 percent of the video is about the fucking game. It's a waste of time.

[@subprogram32]

This was really good, I do love how the Longing takes all these often-exploitative time mechanics and makes it all purely a way of setting tone and atmosphere. And I found the bit where you talked about how it applies to humans in general rather affecting too. *Especially* with the use of the Outer Wilds music during that moment too. :3

[@ArchitectofGames]

I feel slightly guilty for using that manipulative-ass music but it fits so well!

[@Sacharias1]

@@ArchitectofGames What song is that? I would like to listen to it :]

[@ArchitectofGames]

@@Sacharias1 It's from the Outer Wilds soundtrack!

[@Sacharias1]

​@@ArchitectofGames Thanks for the response, I tried to find it on there but I couldn't :[ Do you know the track name?

[@ArchitectofGames]

@@Sacharias1 Timber Hearth - there's a little popup in the video!

[@dominichines9996]

10:20 That silence came right as a page in another tab started loading and I thought my computer was frozen.