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If you walk by Robbie without any clothes, his speech bubble will say something like "Laundry day, huh?"

this is such a wonderful video. It held my attention for a looong time, thank you!!1

So critical and yet hopeful. I fuck with it sir. Your students are very lucky

I never noticed how many of the kids had grown up, and it's a super cool way of showing the passage of time.

This attention to detail with even the most insignificant NPCs is why I love Tears. I don't care that people don't always recognize Link. I don't think Link would care much either. But I recognize them.

I mean, with L'ubor's questline, I think the fact the town takes the wrong lesson rings more true - you're not going to magically resolve bias and racism with one speech from a child. Look at actual reality - with mountains of experience, data and history to refer to, people still plow through with the wrong idea, or do the right thing for the wrong reasons. The whole story isn't about perfect endings, but that despite setbacks and misunderstanding and failures, you have but one path, and that's forward.

Such a beautiful point about Zelda and her love of photography at the end. ❤️❤️ Currently filling out the totk compendium for the third time. This time I have set myself the challenge of photography everything (excepting items exclusive to caves or depths, or tied to a certain weather pattern) during the game’s sunset golden hour. Which amounts to about three real time minutes each in-game day. 😅 But it’s definitely about the process, the quest, and observing all the little details for me!

I never noticed that about Verla! That is so cool. Some of my favorite NPCs to rediscover were the ones taking part in the monster control crews, especially the four you rescue in Gerudo Canyon. And I’m glad Hunnie’s encounter with monster cake did not make her permanently contrary. 😂

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The game's dark journalist take on bearers was great. It should make u uncomfortable and feeling anger and disgust. This is a world that wears its evils proudly on its sleeve after all.

I’m obsessed with this game, thanks for this

i love taking aesthetic shots in both games. I always wanted Nintendo to do a photo contest just so I could show people my sunset pictures.

so...the slaves in the game are crystal magic benders

Clive is so hot!

I thought it was just me that would people watch in games...

I think this is an incredibly cool and unique series, and I can't imagine the amount of work that went into collecting all of this footage. Kudos to you for taking the time to dive so deep on an often underappreciated aspect of game design. Please take what I'm about to say not as an attempt to undermine your work, but to start a genuine conversation about the NPC quality in this game. Having played the game, I think this video can give a somewhat misleading impression of the overall effect these NPCs have on the typical gameplay experience throughout FFXVI. The fact is, that their presence is seldom felt. FFXVI's NPCs are extremely static, and are typically locked into a looping animation for much of their existence. Their dialogue only changes very rarely, after major story events--and that's just for the NPCs that stick around for longer than just one section of the game (NPC's from Rosalith Castle, for example, are never seen again). As such, you can usually expect their dialogue to remain unchanged for several hours at any given time (this is a long game, after all), which immediately breaks immersion should you happen to walk by them more than once. The animations are decent for whatever repetitive movement they might be engaging in, but they often don't match up to whatever it is they're saying--and sometimes it doesn't even feel like they are addressing you specifically. The example you gave at 15:02 of the two ladies commenting on Clive and Jill being a cute couple illustrate this quite well, actually. Notice how their movements seem completely at odds with their dialogue, or how they don't ever turn to face Clive despite their lines being directed at him. Likewise, facial expressions and lip movements often don't register any dynamism in relation to context either, and when combined with the context-blind animations, give the NPCs a very uncanny valley, robotic air. Like you're watching the animatronic puppets at an amusement park. I would also argue that FFXVI's NPCs are particularly disappointing in light of their relative scarcity. When you play a game like Spider-Man or GTA, you expect a very large number of NPCs because the developers need to believably sell the concept of a metropolis to the player. Accordingly, you will usually expect each individual NPC to be somewhat more generic, given the incredibly large volume. FFXVI is not like that. There are no large scale, explorable cities in this game (it's one of the most disappointing things about the game, actually). Most of the time you are only exploring small areas or towns, and as such, there are only a handful of NPCs at any given time. With such a relatively low NPC density, you would expect the game to have some top-notch bespoke interactions with these NPCs, maybe some truly unique or memorable models. But that never happens. And in fact, its questionable whether FFXVI does anything more notable with its NPCs than games with far higher NPC density. When you compare their dynamism to something like the NPCs in Watch Dogs 2, for example, it's night and day. Even comparing them to NPCs in The Witcher 3, they don't really feel like an huge improvement, despite that game being 8 years old at this point. It's actually interesting because I feel like other games get a lot more out of their NPCs by simply having them move around more, even if they don't have as much detail in their modeling or dialogue, simply because a sense of movement can create the illusion of a bustling town or city more than a really intricate piece of armor. All of this is to say, FFXVI's NPCs feel largely lifeless and outdated. Yes, they have impressively detailed models, but on a typical playthrough, you are not going to be zooming in on NPCs to marvel at the intricacy of their clothing. Most players are simply going to walk by them to see their reactions and hear their dialogue and maybe see what they do if one stands around a while. The job of most NPCs is therefore to sell you on the world you are inhabiting *at a glance.* And I don't think FFXVI's NPCs really succeed on that front.

Wow, this was an amazing video! I never noticed every NPC was so deep. Maybe you could check out Majoras Mask too, it has evolving Npc's with hourly routines aswell.

Wow I called myself actually stopping to interact with every npc after every major quest, but there are s o o o many in this video ive never seen before, or larger details that went unnoticed to me initially. Phenomenal ~ So glad yt actually recommend me something good for once ;A;

FFXVI is such a masterpiece.

Gerudo carrying hot items to stay warm at night is a cool detail

Man, amazing video, make me appreciate the game even more! Hope more people see this

I think the Monster Control Crew wearing buckets as helmets because most of the actual helmets got rusted is a really cool detail.

The situation with the Gorons in the Gerudo town are very interesting, Because i myself when first encountering that issue after wrapping up that quest-line, Attributed it to a newfound sensitivity of the Gerudo, Their homes had just been desecrated and occupied within incredibly recent memory and they had only barely fended off the bands of monsters of the demon king who had threatened their home. Meaning that while perhaps years ago they might have just shrugged it off and let gorons inside due to a sense of security and confidence, They've taken a newfound safety with sticking more closely to their traditions. Similar to the Gerudo of Ocarina of Time who due to the military conflicts of that time, Had become incredibly wary of outsiders even those they had commonly traded with. So instead of "I've got no clue what a goron is, Come inside" its slipped into "I dont know which a Goron is, Which means they cant come inside." Interesting to see varying perspectives on the series of events, their causes and their results though, But considering the allowance made for Link, I expect that the Gerudo will quickly get over this and become more open if we ever see another time-skip in this specific setting.

Even though I finished the game twice to get the platinum trophy and made a conscious effort to pay attention to details the second time this video has shown me so many details and little stories that I missed with the npc's. So thank you I really enjoyed the video.

The presence of the NPCs as you have hilighted in how they're used and how their day to day's are portrayed has been very good, im ashamed i never noticed some of these myself. im surprised you didnt showcase as much of Waloed, i admit, inspite of the lack of NPCs in that overall region, the lack of them paints a...well in the context of Valisthea, a kingdom of the dead of sorts, streets and houses left to rot as all that remains are beastmen and those whove lost their wills to the aetherfloods, an almost worst case scenario image for Valisthea, contrast that with the lives of those in storm compared to ash, its contrast is surprisingly effective an impactful to me.

Hi, i only discovered your channel through this video and i enjoyed a lot. Thanks for all of the attention to detail and effort

9:58 - wow such details that there in the game, but you just pass them

47:41 this is actually one of my favorite NPC interactions in TotK, solely because after you complete Malena's quest you can find her and her husband Platt at Rutile Lake on Satori Mountain, hunting for endura carrots. Their dialogue there is just really sweet!

In the defense of Terry Town and Bolson not remembering you. YOU as in Link did not build Terry Town, Hudson did, you simply supplied the materials. To Terry Town you are nothing more then a sub contractor that got them wood (probably sourced from the local forest just down the hill). Do you know who gave the construction company that build the house you are currently in? No, so why would the villagers do? As for Bolson, he probably knows link, but he takes me as the guy who would forget someone with such little presence as Link.

This is my first time coming across your channel and this is seriously so wholesome and cozy. You are showcasing beatiful art and animations that are so underapreciated. The attention to detail that goes into these games and NPCs is wild. Thank you for following around NPCs and sharing their stories. I love this so much and I'm only 11min in! Edit: Finished the video, really well made! I loved it so much!

My brother and I were talking about accents (we’re autistic and he was stuck switching through various accents), but I noticed the way you pronounced some words were ways I’d never think to, and I wanted to ask out of genuine curiosity (ima frame it better I hope), where does your accent come from? Like our differences in saying Kakariko as an easy example. From my tiny knowledge on language, I can say I put a softer accent on the ‘K’s and ‘R’s.. I just wanted to ask is all. I’m sure anyone else reading this can immediately tell I’m just an uninformed American, but either way I hope I did a decent job asking, and for you to have a good day! (I also really love virtual photography, I should do it more often)

I've never been a particularly observant person in games, especially in TOTK and BOTW when everything really cool is big and noticeable, but this video has inspired me to really take in all the details the devs put in next time I play! Taking pictures of tiny creatures and monsters seems like a really fun pass time.

This makes me realize how much I missed in my first playthrough. I understood that the NPC's changed after certain events and progress in the game. I did not expect for the changes to be contiguous that they have their own plot going on in the background. Really nice work by Square to put this much effort into world building.

I love the bird ppl in tears /wild (I don’t know how to spell the name) if I had to be a tears/wild person I’d be a bird person!

I love your break down here ❤

Damn, I really have to play BOTW.

I am so glad youtube recommend me this video. So much stuff I didn't realize during my playthrough with the background NPCs. Highly underrated channel. You def deserve more views!

I love seeing how different people play the game and how that makes links character different each time, with how you play and like to photograph it make this link seems like he wants to capture every moment and memory to not forget again. With how I play link becomes more of a chef and hoarder who doesn't quite remember how to fight is still willing if only to see the world. I just love how both and totk make link different and unique to each and every player due to how different everyones play style is

My favorite NPC is Robbie because when you just stand there naked, he goes, "Laundry day huh?"

Clive has a camera?!

Damn, the gerudo went from being sexist to racist in just 5-7 years.

I love this series! I haven't gotten around to FF XVI yet, but when I do, I'm coming back to watch this bad boy in full!

A simple reason why NPCs don't remember Link is because he's a quiet dork who most often just presents himself as an unimportant traveler to strangers, he just comes by and leaves without leaving that much of an impression on the common civilian.

What does the Zelda series, dragon ball, demon slayer, and me have in common? Major things happened in May 12, canon or release. I’m exactly 14 years -12 hours older than totk.

Absolutely beautiful video ❤ Thank you for sharing your experience :)

Weird, I keep forgetting this game even exists. The NPCs had quiet a bit of work put into them, but the rest feels rather unimpressive for a PS5 exclusive :/

Almost 2 whole hours of video essay photography?! Damn, you cooked up a full course meal. Going to enjoy sitting down and giving this a watch later. Honestly, your content is highly underrated for the quality you maintain.

Woo hoo!!!! I've found such joy in your other photography series. I've recently taken up photographing my characters and npcs in the sims 4 (which is admittedly sort of built in) but even your interest in following and learning about them inspires me to take more interesting shots. Thanks for such long-form vids.

*Ahem* First. I'm gonna need you to stop posting W's--the rest of UA-cam can't keep up.

I love to think that zelda employees are watching these videos and are very happy seeing people noticing these small details