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  • The stakes are higher in hardcore mode
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  • @eyeseeyt2480
    @eyeseeyt2480 Місяць тому +6393

    It's the utter disbelief of what happened that is so accurate. you're so angry but you don't actually show it 🤣

    • @speakingwithoutnet
      @speakingwithoutnet Місяць тому +87

      Been there done that. Completely real feeling.

    • @innocentbystander3317
      @innocentbystander3317 Місяць тому +16

      It's happened, once.
      I learned after that...
      HC with FF are still my favorite modes.

    • @DeltaDubs89
      @DeltaDubs89 Місяць тому +52

      I've felt that. You switch of your game, lay on your bed and stare at the ceiling for 10 minutes. Then the full anger hits and you scream.

    • @3Clod
      @3Clod Місяць тому +17

      you don't actually show it case showing it would imply storming the devs servers with an iron mace and slay everyone lol

    • @3Clod
      @3Clod Місяць тому

      cause*

  • @theredwhirlwin
    @theredwhirlwin Місяць тому +3167

    The " I'm furious right now...huh..." was just so spot on, the moment when its slowly setting in.

    • @Unmannedair
      @Unmannedair Місяць тому +48

      That's the truly terrifying kind of furious. The furious where you have the most pure lucidity ever. That's when s*** happens. 😂

    • @TheMsLourdes
      @TheMsLourdes Місяць тому +7

      But that's kind alike real life isn't it. Things are going great then "Mind The Bus".

    • @iantroxel5333
      @iantroxel5333 Місяць тому +10

      I took Rowan’s smirk at the end to denote, “wow, I actually feel something again”

    • @akechijubeimitsuhide
      @akechijubeimitsuhide Місяць тому +9

      Yeah, not for me. If I'm really pissed, I'd be swearing so hard I'd auto-switch to my mother tongue because English isn't sufficient enough. And I'd still have a sore throat 3 hours later.
      Same for celebrating tbh. I lost my voice for a while after I finally managed to survive Radahn.

    • @SolaScientia
      @SolaScientia Місяць тому +5

      @@akechijubeimitsuhide If I'm truly furious at a game, usually a FromSoftware game where I've permanently lost a ton of souls/blood echoes/runes, then I get very calm just so as not to damage something. I do swear a lot when gaming in general, so when I go quiet and just save and quit the game then I'm usually absolutely furious about whatever happened.
      Yelling myself hoarse because I beat a tough boss is what I did when I finally killed the Nameless King in DS3. It also happened with I killed Mohg at level 79 with a fucked up elbow (I broke it and it didn't get fixed for 8 weeks thanks to worker's comp being the slowest thing ever) without the shackle and without a maxed out weapon or mimic tear (I did have his purification tear though). It still was the most fun I've had in Elden Ring.

  • @samsonsoturian6013
    @samsonsoturian6013 Місяць тому +431

    Fun fact: The record holder for longest Minecraft hardcore game was killed by a daytime creeper blast while gathering wood.

    • @alexgac1801
      @alexgac1801 Місяць тому +26

      Could you not just beat the world record by walling yourself off and just afk, with some food source at hand ?

    • @CrissaKentavr
      @CrissaKentavr Місяць тому +18

      @@alexgac1801 Traditionally, creepers are generated randomly as well as spawn points, to defeat that.

    • @Alekscraft98
      @Alekscraft98 Місяць тому +8

      Imagine if i was in hardcore milions of blocks from spawn kills a warden and did all possible things and dies from a glitch

    • @RandomPerson-cm2wg
      @RandomPerson-cm2wg 29 днів тому +20

      That also reminds me, Ph1lza 5 year long Minecraft world was ended by a baby zombie.

    • @BKBK-yo1zz
      @BKBK-yo1zz 25 днів тому +6

      Yeah but he died to his own stupidity by wearing an elytra in a cave.

  • @MyName-Jeff
    @MyName-Jeff Місяць тому +124

    There's no jokes in this sketch, this is just actually how hardcore mode is. I'm not crying, you're crying.

  • @BlueShellshock
    @BlueShellshock Місяць тому +3858

    Funny part about hardcore modes, a lot of the games that have it are long and grindy; most people's death ends up being the result of getting complacent and not paying attention, or like our dear heroes, a lag spike. You almost never die to the big bad boss, it's always the mobs you've killed 50 times, and you just weren't up for the 51st.

    • @macmcleod1188
      @macmcleod1188 Місяць тому +139

      Creepers.
      In hard core Minecraft, blast protection is much more important.
      But they still get me. Somehow.
      Maybe from above, maybe just around a "safe" corner.

    • @leguan278
      @leguan278 Місяць тому +51

      Boulders gate 3 game crash actually save my honour mode run, ambushed, 5 cries in a row and was out of healing potions for my 2 front liners was not a great combo

    • @jon_deluxe
      @jon_deluxe Місяць тому +95

      This is basically most Zomboid runs: you fight and survive the big hordes, just to get bitten and infected by a stray lone zombie.

    • @hotaru25189
      @hotaru25189 Місяць тому +42

      Unless its PoE/D4/etc where you get 1 shot from a trash mob because they only know how to make enemy dmg broken as difficulty goes up.

    • @Sollace1
      @Sollace1 Місяць тому +32

      Or doing something dumn like falling when building your base in a survival game.

  • @sryavuz
    @sryavuz Місяць тому +934

    The unbelief in their voice, the shock, trying to process things...
    That was great acting.

    • @kamilziemian995
      @kamilziemian995 Місяць тому +4

      Indeed.

    • @MicovskiMC
      @MicovskiMC Місяць тому +7

      Disbelief

    • @Ehxx
      @Ehxx Місяць тому +1

      disbelief*

    • @sryavuz
      @sryavuz Місяць тому

      ​@@MicovskiMC yeah, I remembered the correct word later 🤷‍♂

    • @nathannotyou8367
      @nathannotyou8367 Місяць тому

      Top notch

  • @ShadowsilOmega
    @ShadowsilOmega Місяць тому +42

    Very accurate, about the lag, the wanting to quit, all of it. I've lost a couple characters on hardcore for lag, and it does make you want to give up a game for a LONG time(if not just giving it up entirely), and that's why so many players are getting upset about the idea of hardcore with a game that can ONLY be played online, on the servers. There's a lot of arguments to be had over how hardcore gaming is these days, and lag is one of those things that factors in, even with amazing internet.

    • @Buggaton
      @Buggaton 14 днів тому +2

      I love Ironman/Hardcore/CommitmentMode games. It makes things like Hollow Knight, X-Com and Rimworld have an extra level of whew. But PoE? Diablo 3? Fuck off! :D

    • @Keyven_
      @Keyven_ 10 днів тому

      @@Buggaton Ahh those diablo 3 memories. I wanted to enjoy hardcore so much but i kept losing characters to lag spikes from the servers or full disconnections untill i eventually gave up. If a game is going to be online it would be nice to have a system in place to recover your character if your death was caused by the server.

  • @4RILDIGITAL
    @4RILDIGITAL Місяць тому +143

    That Lag Spike was a true game-ender. Unfair but added to the suspense. Keep improvising, each vid is better than the last!

    • @crazy8slayer
      @crazy8slayer 22 дні тому

      Like losing in a battle Royale because someone in the lobby has shit internet which makes anyone near them lag so u die to total bs because someone has McDonald's wifi

  • @artyomveremeenko4811
    @artyomveremeenko4811 Місяць тому +674

    "Oh. We just died. Due to ... This was completely out of our control. Oh. Wow" and the emotions - so much about the life for me

    • @shipso6116
      @shipso6116 Місяць тому +24

      Yup, exactly. There is a layer there where it's not about the game at all...

    • @urgian
      @urgian Місяць тому +7

      This is so... outrageous...

    • @himura-miki
      @himura-miki Місяць тому +12

      The calm fury......... Speechless, broken, and too angry to show it.

    • @socpancake
      @socpancake Місяць тому +5

      @@shipso6116 felt that hard, man. i’m not sure if most of the comments are missing the point, or if some of us need to lay off the existential dread 🥲

  • @volteriaz
    @volteriaz Місяць тому +928

    3:00 The sheer sadness in ben's voice is so real

    • @Dripi_weta
      @Dripi_weta Місяць тому +3

      this is Path of Exile HC experience..
      going going going.. LAG anndd,.. DEAD

    • @tarasr
      @tarasr Місяць тому +2

      Cause Ben is a great actor actually!!

  • @qubit1788
    @qubit1788 Місяць тому +16

    I love the armors you've used in this video! They look gorgeous!
    Also, the rage is so relatable. When the emotion is so intense that it takes time to digest and there's no way to express it outwardly...

  • @kevinmeeker2832
    @kevinmeeker2832 Місяць тому +11

    "This was improvised, too, believe it or not." Nailed it.

  • @MarylandFarmer.
    @MarylandFarmer. Місяць тому +618

    This was legit an amazing sketch. As soon as the bandits were there I knew it was over. Just didn't expect the lag to get ya. The armor was absolutely sick too.

    • @faolan2174
      @faolan2174 Місяць тому +34

      Yeah, I was expecting the bandits to be higher level than they were prepared to fight. But a dumb thing like lag makes more sense for the point of the sketch. Died for reasons beyond your control.

    • @maryokeeffe3528
      @maryokeeffe3528 Місяць тому +14

      Just when they got their dream equipment, to rub extra salt in the wound 🤣

    • @tanodz7635
      @tanodz7635 Місяць тому +4

      Imagine if the bandits picked up the gear, equipped it and you could meet them again in new game. You'll get one chance to take back everything you got, so you're gonna have to do it carefully. That would be the ultimate revenge.

    • @a.b3428
      @a.b3428 Місяць тому +3

      @@faolan2174 I was expecting them to just be too confident, just to get their shit rocked by being stun locked repeatedly.

    • @azrani2023
      @azrani2023 Місяць тому +6

      100 % agreed, armour was really sick too, especially Rowan's. And that effin DRAGON! Production quality is like whoah

  • @Arverni_Ursi
    @Arverni_Ursi Місяць тому +636

    My uncle was a harcore fan of Diablo II. He was playing in hardcore mode or whatever it was called on this game, hundreds, heck maybe thousands of hours into the same build. When he died, he stared at his " you're dead " screen, completely silent and frozen. I think he spent at least 5 full minutes like that before exiting the game. A grave moment in his gaming history.

    • @reptiloidmitglied2930
      @reptiloidmitglied2930 Місяць тому +20

      Back in the day my old group would organize PVP tourneys in hardcore where we played with characters on level 9. Winner got all the loot. That was pretty fun, but beside that I could never imagine playing that, because of all the broken mechanics the old Diablo 2 had.

    • @punchkitten874
      @punchkitten874 Місяць тому +19

      I sympathize, I also played it hardcore, finally got a high level character, only to lose him to a lag spike against scrubs 😒

    • @Gaze73
      @Gaze73 Місяць тому +9

      I would never play HC in diablo because I always used to die to lightning enhanced monsters.

    • @Grisha...
      @Grisha... Місяць тому +8

      bruh, hardcore on single player offline game is so different from the online game ...

    • @michaelmonstar4276
      @michaelmonstar4276 Місяць тому +6

      He was just remembering the entire session and processing it. - When gaming is life, you need to mourn at some point.

  • @RipleySawzen
    @RipleySawzen Місяць тому +3

    "I'm furious right now" Dumbledore screamed

  • @captaincoffeecake3595
    @captaincoffeecake3595 Місяць тому +5

    Perfectly shows the accurate “ numb with rage “ that comes with this . Like your brain can’t process all that loss at once and just shits itself.

  • @krumpits
    @krumpits Місяць тому +519

    The just calm almost speechless rage that ben and rowan were feeling was so real lol

    • @robertmickelberg3720
      @robertmickelberg3720 Місяць тому +7

      It would have been nice to jump to them at their computers raging like that German kid from all those years ago. Then Ben could be looking to buy an indestructible keyboard or cash in on the warrantee for the one he just smashed in an episode of Bored.

    • @KageKobushi
      @KageKobushi Місяць тому +5

      That poor German kid. He was relatively well known in Germany for his humor and mockery of gaming stereotypes (like the anger), but when he went big nobody got the memo that it was all a sketch.

  • @insanesheep
    @insanesheep Місяць тому +2464

    This is the first time in VLDL history I've ever felt bad for Ben... as a Minecraft hardcore player, this hurts me to watch. Great acting by the way 👍

    • @lucazeroblueversion9346
      @lucazeroblueversion9346 Місяць тому +18

      Hardcore minecraft aint that hard, i can survive for 100 days without even trying.

    • @The_Stray
      @The_Stray Місяць тому +58

      But Ben has been in some really powerful and great videos raising awareness about depression. Especially connecting it to and making really relatable and emotional for gamers. An amazing actor for sure!

    • @MiLlamma12
      @MiLlamma12 Місяць тому +18

      My world ended because my screen froze while I was in water. Came back in and it was the spectate screen…

    • @murthagx18
      @murthagx18 Місяць тому

      ​@@lucazeroblueversion9346 Careful! , we got a badass on our hands. Do really need the approval so badly? That's sad

    • @aidkik580
      @aidkik580 Місяць тому +6

      That's cuz Ben's an alpha, that's y him n Rowan clash, two Alphas always clash, except when they're on a team, fckin LOVE the mugger skits😅😅

  • @someusername9591
    @someusername9591 23 дні тому +2

    Dying in a hardcore game is like waking up from a dream you were really invested in

  • @OnlyAtJaMart
    @OnlyAtJaMart 8 годин тому

    When you’re so mad, that you’re too fixated on how mad you are, to even express any anger

  • @orangee_blox
    @orangee_blox Місяць тому +462

    1:18 “YOLO” “Literally…”
    that was pure comedic genius, whether it was improvised or not

    • @azrani2023
      @azrani2023 Місяць тому +12

      I didn't even catch that, thanks for pointing it out 😂

  • @MavisXe
    @MavisXe Місяць тому +205

    Ben and Rowans chemistry is unparalleled. The improv was amazing and was actually very relatable

  • @Artimidorus
    @Artimidorus Місяць тому +2

    I felt that rage like it was happening to me.
    Also, I love the effect for the lag spike! It was so well done, your team has really just about mastered those effects, so well done!

  • @tatooedmonk
    @tatooedmonk Місяць тому +1

    I enjoyed the improv a lot. I think this is the video in your channel that I connected to most. Hope you guys do more improv vids in the future.

  • @Myxril
    @Myxril Місяць тому +241

    "I'm furious right now. Huh."
    When the mental turbulence of your raging anger is so intense that you circle around to being extremely calm while soaking in utter disbelief.
    Relatable 💯

  • @loudgoat5241
    @loudgoat5241 Місяць тому +262

    Man that ending absolutely nails the feeling. Die for a stupid reason in regular mode, you might be visible angry, rage quit for the evening, go on the internet and talk about how the game is bullshit or whatever.
    Die on hardcore like that and its just like this. You're still pissed, but there's that underlying calm dgaf because there is zero chance you're starting over. Its just gone. Attachment broke. You're going to go play Free Cell or something from now on.

    • @kevinlin92
      @kevinlin92 Місяць тому +28

      Then, 2 months later, you've forgotten how it felt to lose the character and want to try it again, because the high you get from escaping death in hardcore is too addicting...

    • @SuperCosmicChaos
      @SuperCosmicChaos Місяць тому +6

      Been there done that.

    • @magus3553
      @magus3553 Місяць тому +9

      Free cell has never let us down. Free cell is always with us.

    • @NTJedi
      @NTJedi Місяць тому +2

      I've died hundreds of times in hardcore mode on many different games, but never stopped playing the games because I died in hardcore mode... even after dying from game bugs\lag. Those who completely give up after dying on hardcore are just weak simps.

    • @Rayzan1000
      @Rayzan1000 Місяць тому +16

      @@NTJedi Waow, what a tough guy you are. Impressive!
      Do you also tie your own shoelaces or is that next level?
      Seriously though, it sounds like you need to get out more.
      ... What a weird thing to brag about...

  • @ymeynot0405
    @ymeynot0405 10 днів тому +1

    @VivaLaDirtLeague
    One of your best videos EVER!
    You captured the full arc with that.
    I have been watching for YEARS and that is definitely one of your best!

  • @Hossak
    @Hossak Місяць тому

    That was awesome and bloody spot on. Where you are beyond furious about what happened but there is no point in flailing about as it is done done done.

  • @arnabmitra301
    @arnabmitra301 Місяць тому +381

    Those coat of arms look gorgeous. Hats off to the design and costume team.

    • @MacRoss1792
      @MacRoss1792 Місяць тому +34

      They're done by Wyrmwick Creations, awesome prop maker. Kinda pricey but very good quality. It forced me to get back into shape to fit into their armors.

    • @rei-rei
      @rei-rei Місяць тому +15

      You mean their armour? A coat of arms is a family crest, a symbolic design originally designed to establish identity in battle. Neither of them were displaying one.

    • @ShuRugal
      @ShuRugal Місяць тому +36

      @@rei-rei nah mate, a coat of arms is a coat made entirely out of the arms of your defeated enemies. it's right there in the name.

    • @jamesanthony8438
      @jamesanthony8438 Місяць тому +10

      Loved the crossed-wing design on Ben's breastplate.

    • @emoryzundel208
      @emoryzundel208 Місяць тому +8

      @@ShuRugal Can't believe he didn't see that when it is clearly in the name. People these days, I swear...

  • @CaptainFirefred
    @CaptainFirefred Місяць тому +180

    The slow realisation of the "I'll destroy a 1000 suns"-rage is quiet beautifull.

  • @dylian407
    @dylian407 Місяць тому

    Hard-core mode is definitely a fun idea in the way that if you don't be careful, it costs everything and the intensity from that and the adrenaline of major battles adds the fun you wouldn't normally have, but you have to accept the risk of that fun that comes which is the sour after taste of a game when you lose it all

  • @caelib8229
    @caelib8229 Місяць тому

    This was one of the best ones you've done!

  • @IneffableChild
    @IneffableChild Місяць тому +92

    Rage so potent it leaves you just drained and speechless. Gosh the portrayal was perfect af

  • @NaudVanDalen
    @NaudVanDalen Місяць тому +101

    3:30 "I am furious right now" Rowan actually said calmly.

  • @halzbog1180
    @halzbog1180 Місяць тому

    Great job fellas. 👏 great improve. Absolutely loved it.

  • @XboxAffrayer
    @XboxAffrayer Місяць тому +1

    Directly calling out diablo at the end with that lag spike thing is spot on

  • @tklkw
    @tklkw Місяць тому +50

    This was so outrageous for Ben, he couldn't even say "outrageous"

  • @razb.t7187
    @razb.t7187 Місяць тому +97

    I love the callback for the "Child safe" game mode.

    • @SNiBet
      @SNiBet Місяць тому +13

      Sleep, Sleep, Bubble Pop! *Greg Stands Traumatised*

    • @seancarter6492
      @seancarter6492 Місяць тому +2

      I was beginning to think I was the only one who saw it!!

  • @LukeLavablade
    @LukeLavablade 28 днів тому

    Amazing costumes on this one. And a very relatable concept. That special kind of helpless fury is hard to forget.

  • @pavelowjohn9167
    @pavelowjohn9167 29 днів тому

    Yep, you guys nailed it with this one. I've been playing Hardcore WoW for about 9 months now (with a month or two break around Christmas) and it has been brutal for some ppl, they really don't take it well at all. I've died once to lag/power outage, once to being AFK while talking to my mom, once to falling off the 1000 Needles elevator and a few times to just overconfidence. It has been a lot of fun, though, I'm one of those people that relishes those adrenaline spikes you get when you almost die. I even got one guy up to max level (60), so that was my big goal. Now just trying to get another one up to 60. Stay safe out there and remember to have a swiftness potion and target dummy!

  • @skyletwings5711
    @skyletwings5711 Місяць тому +281

    Imagine the thieves: "Oh, I found the legendary Sword of Balrog." "And I found the Bow of Phalen! No way, I waited for this to drop for ages!"

    • @OmniscientWarrior
      @OmniscientWarrior Місяць тому +32

      When player deaths actually make the NPCs stronger, that's a scary Idea. We also know how people will handle that.

    • @C31c10n3
      @C31c10n3 Місяць тому +14

      there were mugging em really good.

    • @sternritternovad
      @sternritternovad Місяць тому +10

      ​@@OmniscientWarrior Ahhhh the Nemesis system from the Shadow of Mordor series.

    • @fran3ro
      @fran3ro Місяць тому +2

      They just need the Skull of Rahul"

    • @lowgrav5900
      @lowgrav5900 Місяць тому +3

      Meh not sure how powerful that sword was but that bow hit that bandit didn't kill him heck it didn't even faze him he just pulled the arrow out and was completely un affected by the fact he just got shot so that bow didn't seem that effective dude should have even got a stealth crit from that hit as enemy was unaware

  • @thejollyjam9269
    @thejollyjam9269 Місяць тому +105

    The chemistry of Ben and Rowan is so organic and feels genuine here! I hope there are future improvised sketches to break up the scripted ones.

    • @seraphimaschannel4001
      @seraphimaschannel4001 Місяць тому

      Improvised? How do you know that, I'm just curious?

    • @ndm5354
      @ndm5354 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@seraphimaschannel4001they literally told us at the end of the video.. 😂

    • @seraphimaschannel4001
      @seraphimaschannel4001 Місяць тому +1

      @@ndm5354 ah, thanks. I had skipped the end xD

  • @Grumpicles
    @Grumpicles Місяць тому

    This is one of your finest VLDL ❤
    I don't play games anymore (they've evolved beyond my simple needs), but the ending perfectly reflects the feelings I've felt so many times in recent years dealing with failing websites and technology that businesses employ. That "sinking heart" feeling of absolute loss, almost like your partner just died.
    And I'm a software developer - so I should be more resilient (I'm not).
    I actually feel quite emotional now.

  • @sethirving8356
    @sethirving8356 Місяць тому

    That walkup with the music tho, oh man so good. Well done guys.

  • @CDZRDragon
    @CDZRDragon Місяць тому +88

    This so accurate it always hurts so much seeing all your progress gone in a flash

  • @n3r0wolfe
    @n3r0wolfe Місяць тому +106

    the feels, lag deaths are the worst

    • @34dard34
      @34dard34 Місяць тому +3

      I just stopped playing MW3 Zombies mode for a week because the game crashed on me 4 times in a row. Ended up playing Cold War to get my mind back together 😂😂

  • @DeadDancers
    @DeadDancers Місяць тому

    Love the tranquil, almost surprised observation ‘I am furious right now’

  • @Vurdnarok
    @Vurdnarok 3 дні тому

    One of my fave skits of all time! Should do more improv stuff ay!!

  • @BonYukii
    @BonYukii Місяць тому +49

    The fact that I had no idea this was improvised until the very end when you literally said it goes to show that you guys did and always do an amazing job!

  • @wij2012Gaming
    @wij2012Gaming Місяць тому +19

    "I think I might be done."
    Way too accurate.

  • @DonaldD02
    @DonaldD02 Місяць тому

    Been there, done that, even had lag spike during an important part. I was hoping at least one would say "Go again?" and the other would reply "Sure." I loved the armor they wore, pretty cool looking.

  • @TheBl00D1u5t
    @TheBl00D1u5t Місяць тому

    omFG! Yeah the feels... never forget that lvl 69, 45 mins left in the season, just beat the final boss, murdered by a stray fireball after landing the final blow....

  • @theforbiddenapfel
    @theforbiddenapfel Місяць тому +13

    the moment they glitched, I was screaming in my head "LOG OFFF!!!! PULL THE PLUG!!!!!!! DISCONNECT!! DISCONNECT!!!"

    • @zrglow4450
      @zrglow4450 Місяць тому +3

      FYI same result when you log off during battle.

    • @Raynsideways
      @Raynsideways Місяць тому

      There's probably a logoff timer where if they logoff during combat they stay around for a few minutes so they're dead anyway.

    • @Cavemanner
      @Cavemanner Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Raynsidewayswhich is such bullshit. If it's not PvP there shouldn't be one.

  • @ForemostCrab7
    @ForemostCrab7 Місяць тому +51

    When you're so angry you end up finding tranquility.

  • @DarkInos
    @DarkInos Місяць тому

    From whole video.. the one thing that got me the most was when dragon poofed out and the loot just flew from the dragon. That was really nice detail for me.. that really got me to actually upvote.

  • @mrsimple6018
    @mrsimple6018 Місяць тому

    That was reeeeally good! Probably one of my favourite episodes

  • @XxcringeHandleCuzYesxX
    @XxcringeHandleCuzYesxX Місяць тому +65

    The end is that feeling when you’re absolutely seething inside, but what can you even do? It over

  • @gabesarti7184
    @gabesarti7184 Місяць тому +688

    Skycraft: the game that punishes you when you get cocky

    • @alessandromattioli8937
      @alessandromattioli8937 Місяць тому +30

      So dark souls

    • @Sergote12
      @Sergote12 Місяць тому +36

      ​@@alessandromattioli8937 dark souls kills cockiness in the first hour of play thru 😂

    • @BeidlPracker-vb8en
      @BeidlPracker-vb8en Місяць тому +7

      In my experience it’s like: no cocky until that boss kills you with 6% hp left, and then you can’t get it below 87%

    • @Mr.LaughingDuck
      @Mr.LaughingDuck Місяць тому +3

      The old Diablo games were notorious for this mode

    • @dragonhunterneo1742
      @dragonhunterneo1742 Місяць тому

      This is true 13 years ago I couldn’t get past Taurus demon ( only played games on easy mode and thought I was good) put the game down and never played again until a few years ago finished 3 runs of ds 1 ,1 run of ds2 , 1 run of bb , And 4 Elden ring runs with my last ring run being 8.5 hours

  • @Harlequin_Eyes
    @Harlequin_Eyes Місяць тому

    I love Rowan's armor in this sketch. It looks so nice with the green!

  • @TheodoricEichen
    @TheodoricEichen Місяць тому

    In FFXIV, there's a deep dungeon where you get an achievement if you get all the way to floor 200 solo. If you die once, your run is over, and you need to start again from floor 1. When I was past floor 100, I got a lag spike, and I got booted off the game. That apparently counts as a death.
    It took months before I attempted it again.

  • @justanothermeltingchannel
    @justanothermeltingchannel Місяць тому +27

    This has to be one of the best sketches ever made. The emotional damage at the end that was so overwhelming that you can’t even be outwardly angry…it’s a feeling so many of us know all too well, and it’s portrayed so perfectly here I laughed for a solid five minutes. Flashbacks to playing certain games with my brothers and this happening and the absolute disbelief after dying😂😂😂 bravo VLDL.

  • @architech02
    @architech02 Місяць тому +15

    What hurts the most is the fact that there is no glorious last stand, no glorious battle, and no glorious boss fight you usually just die in the most stupid or pathetic way possible

  • @americanmiketv
    @americanmiketv Місяць тому +1

    One of the most emotional improvisions ever in the history of history!

  • @leonardocleaningllc1952
    @leonardocleaningllc1952 Місяць тому

    This is one of my favorite channels and all of yall are just awesome. Big props to the outfits armor! Shout out from dfw Texas USA.

  • @ondrakotouc1389
    @ondrakotouc1389 Місяць тому +32

    This is the worst...
    Failing due to skill issue or not thinking things through does suck
    But unfair death makes you go bonkers

    • @refinedmarrow4869
      @refinedmarrow4869 Місяць тому

      True, in diablo 4 I had a level 50 hardcore go into a dungeon and the game kicked me out. When I got into the character select, it said he was dead. That's when I stopped playing that diablo 4.

    • @Nammjahtan
      @Nammjahtan Місяць тому

      Yeah I really felt Ben's "I'm going to need some time." The sheer sorrow in those words with the underlying rage is just so relatable.

  • @Raeje_Draeka
    @Raeje_Draeka Місяць тому +92

    For being improvised it was excellent. I almost cried when Rowan and Ben died and lost all progress. Every gamer knows the struggle is real.
    Side note: that armor they are both wearing is BEAUTIFUL. Well done costume design team!!!

  • @daveharris1160
    @daveharris1160 Місяць тому

    This was by far the best skit you have made, not that your other stuff is shit, this just...hit it! Love you guys, keep making epic art!

  • @leifanderson4401
    @leifanderson4401 6 днів тому

    When I was watching this the first time through I thought to myself, “what about this skit makes it so much more real?” In short I like your guys’ improvised skit! It was really well done!

  • @AarPlays
    @AarPlays Місяць тому +30

    "Bard"
    Hamish: IM IN MY PROTECTION BUBBLE

  • @abdurahmansalman7624
    @abdurahmansalman7624 Місяць тому +50

    this is so true, like you play a game for hours then something stupid happens somthing you've never lost to before or are so good at kills you, and just the utter disbelief of it. when it happened to me i just sat there staring at the screen trying to take in what happend before the anger hit so hard. this skit showed that perfectly.

    • @Hirotoro4692
      @Hirotoro4692 Місяць тому

      Why anger though? Why are so many gamers so angry? You win some, you lose some

    • @collinanderson2720
      @collinanderson2720 Місяць тому +3

      @@Hirotoro4692what a dumb question. Why would you be angry? After losing literal hundreds of hours of effort just for something bullshit and out of your control ruins all the progress you’ve made for nothing?

    • @Reelix
      @Reelix Місяць тому

      @@collinanderson2720 Accounting for lag is part of the hardcore experience. You intentionally over-gear so that a lag-spike won't kill you.

    • @collinanderson2720
      @collinanderson2720 Місяць тому +2

      @@Reelix I’m not talking lag there’s game breaking glitches, corrupt Dave files
      Tons of stuff

    • @filmandfirearms
      @filmandfirearms Місяць тому

      @@Reelix Every game has bullshit. Maybe an enemy randomly does 100x more damage than he's supposed to because of some weird bit of spaghetti code no one noticed before release. Maybe a chunk of the map doesn't have the collision it's supposed to, and so you fall through solid ground into an empty void. There's always stuff like that to break you no matter what you do

  • @andrewwrath
    @andrewwrath 23 дні тому

    What's crazy is before the end I was saying this is one of the best ones yet. I really liked this one. Was a surprise when you said it was done that way.

  • @M.Datura
    @M.Datura Місяць тому

    That's the feeling when it's not "hardcore" mode, but rather, realistic. Gives all the feels. As difficult as that kind of thing is, I personally find that sort of ending to a lot of time spent in a game to be oddly catharctic and almost like closure.

  • @owen_brady
    @owen_brady Місяць тому +20

    Literally couldn't tell the difference between this being improv the whole video, and the other videos where its scripted. I'm sure that comes down to the tremendous amount of hours you guys have already put into filming, and it probably just comes naturally by now. That "beyond rage" at the end is so relatable! XD Nothing like losing it all and just going blank

  • @Citizen-Nurseman
    @Citizen-Nurseman Місяць тому +226

    This hit the nail on the head perfectly :)
    I love hardcore games, but losing everything to a bug or because the cat needed to go out is just stepping over the line from great fun, to completely unfun

    • @RobertPatrician
      @RobertPatrician Місяць тому +17

      Indeed. I'd be fine with "You died, you can't play that character for a month." Then it's still "oh this is garbage" BUT... not a complete loss.

    • @asdfqwerty14587
      @asdfqwerty14587 Місяць тому +36

      I've never really liked those kinds of game modes (except sometimes in roguelikes where the entire game is specifically designed around it) - the problem I have with it is that 99% of the time the optimal strategies that minimize your chance of dying are just.. unbelievably boring. I mean, yeah, I could play a game in a way that's safe and I never die.. but it turns the game into such a tedious slog that I just completely lose interest in playing the game. It discourages you from fighting difficult fights, and when you do have to fight anything that should've been difficult it often devolves to kiting them for ages or running away as soon as you take any damage at all and then healing.. and the worst part is that you're incentivized to play that way even against trash mobs, not just against bosses. it's just boring playing that way, but if I were trying to minimize my chances of dying then that's how I would play.

    • @ExpatZ266
      @ExpatZ266 Місяць тому +1

      Thatr's what the esc button is for...

    • @isaaco5679
      @isaaco5679 Місяць тому

      ​@@ExpatZ266right? I get so bored when games have no stakes. They feel so much more grindy.

    • @isaaco5679
      @isaaco5679 Місяць тому

      ​@@asdfqwerty14587 ever try the long dark? Permadeath is one of the core mechanics.
      I just find the lack of any real stakes just boring. Like "oh no I might lose fifteen minutes of progress"

  • @Brakkart
    @Brakkart Місяць тому

    Yup, playing hardcore season on Dungeons & Dragons Online is a very different experience to regular play. You build your characters differently for starters, focusing more on defence than offense and it hurts when you lose a character. The fact that character deaths including their level and what killed them gets broadcast to the whole server adds to the experience as you can see how many others are getting killed, especially TPK's.

  • @Muggalomaniac
    @Muggalomaniac Місяць тому

    I half expected them to look at each other and go "That. Was. AWESOME!!!!!!!"

  • @alexandercollinson4040
    @alexandercollinson4040 Місяць тому +209

    How Rowan's feeling rn: "You know... I thought I'd be angrier. What with the utter humiliation and loss of my tail. Or maybe I'm just so unbelievably enraged that I've come full circle. Oh well. Either way it's time to put an end to this."

    • @moshe759
      @moshe759 Місяць тому +6

      Big bang attack

    • @SmokeyGamingAu
      @SmokeyGamingAu Місяць тому +3

      4⭐

    • @normalhuman9260
      @normalhuman9260 Місяць тому +3

      G.D. Nappa

    • @trm4life
      @trm4life Місяць тому +6

      "Bent and broken beneath an unconscious naked child, yep I'm done here"
      😂

    • @randominc.2251
      @randominc.2251 Місяць тому +1

      TFS ...the legend that never dies.....

  • @tutes0133
    @tutes0133 Місяць тому +24

    Christ I felt this one in my bones. The sheer disbelief and fear and burning fury that runs through you when a game does this is unreal. It just leaves you feeling empty afterwards.
    Ben's "I'm going to need some time." Especially was heart wrenching and accurate.

  • @tsubasa1885
    @tsubasa1885 Місяць тому

    As soon as they said "One life and that's it" I knew they would get their Game Over due to a random glitch or something. And their reaction to it was spot on, I feel that pain deep in my soul.

  • @Arrinao1
    @Arrinao1 Місяць тому

    YOU ARE DEAD
    YOUR DEEDS OF VALOR WILL BE REMEMBERED
    the flashback! I've seen this one more than I wish to admit.

  • @bens1cultist405
    @bens1cultist405 Місяць тому +9

    “It actually changes how you play the game” meanwhile they are playing archer and tank like always. Thats good layering to the joke.

    • @punchkitten874
      @punchkitten874 Місяць тому +4

      Oh heck no, first time you go hardcore, you play your best class! You want to know ALL the tricks, boosts, etc.

  • @bigh.9355
    @bigh.9355 Місяць тому +62

    This is probably the most relatable video I've seen in a long time. This is heartbreak. This is pain.
    I once accidently deleted a save with a character at 99% completion. I stopped gaming entirely for almost 2 years. I felt this in my soul. Well done!

    • @johnlequebecois
      @johnlequebecois Місяць тому

      But that was under YOUR control. It's you who miss click to delete and not an external thing like a internet spike lag

    • @bigh.9355
      @bigh.9355 Місяць тому +1

      @johnlequebecois very true. But I made my comparison to say I sympathize with the concept of great and tragic loss, regardless of the reason. Someone is more than welcome to come along and empathize with the specifics of their situation.

    • @s.j.carroll6185
      @s.j.carroll6185 Місяць тому +1

      I'm sorry that happened to you. Sounds like the game devs didn't put enough failsafes in, something like an "Are You Sure?" before deletion. People make mistakes. It's the job of designers and developers to make sure one mistake isn't all it takes to lose everything.

    • @Tesmond256
      @Tesmond256 Місяць тому +1

      @@s.j.carroll6185 "are you sure?" is not good enough, 2 miss-clicks or a misread of the text are too easy to make. I like the hold button to delete, or hold and slide, not impossible to make a mistake, but much easier to correct a miss click.

    • @menuguide7742
      @menuguide7742 28 днів тому +1

      My playstation 4 crashed and I lost all of the save data for my Kingdom Hearts game. I was right before the final boss and was just going back to finish 100% completion of side tasks etc. Since then I haven't wanted to play anymore I was so heartbroken.

  • @jhenry48809
    @jhenry48809 Місяць тому

    Back to the simplicity. That's what I loved about early Epic NPC man, and Bored.

  • @nabo0by
    @nabo0by Місяць тому +17

    The accuracy of the ending. Pure unbridled rage is full of so many emotions beyond anger.

  • @NomadOfEndings
    @NomadOfEndings Місяць тому +20

    First.... I felt that ending in my soul... That just straight up gave me PTSD flashbacks of Diablo.... 2nd, if this is what skits are like when you improvise, DO MORE IMPROVISED!!!!!

    • @Zymynca
      @Zymynca Місяць тому +1

      video itself didn't do it for me, I had to read "flashbacks of Diablo" for those suppressed brain cells to kick in and remember the PAIN of what happened to my poor Wizard....

    • @NomadOfEndings
      @NomadOfEndings Місяць тому +3

      @@ZymyncaSome of us bury our pain deep down to go on as gamers lol

  • @sp3edstr
    @sp3edstr 12 днів тому +1

    Great job guys! This was a great improve video! More like this please!

  • @TheAwkwardGamer
    @TheAwkwardGamer Місяць тому

    I've had this nearly happen when I was playing Diablo 2 hardcore on my old account (trying to get to level 99 on hardcore for the trophy). I was playing with some friends and we were doing a routine dungeon crawl, when the lag spiked due to a storm outside my house. I realised what was about to happen and closed application as soon as possible before I could die. I was 2 levels from 99 at the time but that cost me a solid 5 levels because that was my last backed-up save. It was tragic, but not as tragic as it could've been.

  • @joshuapohle6909
    @joshuapohle6909 Місяць тому +42

    The inner pain after realising they died to lag is just so......sad and relatable

  • @Delirium132231
    @Delirium132231 Місяць тому +18

    I was playing Subnautica in one life mode once. It was really other experience. I nearly finished the game, all was ready to go for a final mission, except couple very basic materials. I went out from the submarine to collect those and died due to lack of oxygen in some random cave

    • @isaaco5679
      @isaaco5679 Місяць тому +3

      That's how it goes. I've died so many times playing The Long Dark from the simplest things; getting lost in the fog, freezing in my sleep, forgetting to treat an infection. Always leaves me a little shocked.
      Although dieing from an enemy is do damn intense!

    • @zrglow4450
      @zrglow4450 Місяць тому +1

      I remember my seamoth going behind textures when i went out to get alien tablet. I just stared in disbelief until i run out of oxygen 500 meters deep down.

    • @benlewis4241
      @benlewis4241 Місяць тому +1

      @@isaaco5679 I died day 92 surrounded with loot when I decided to have a kip under the stars rather than the cave a couple of meters away.

    • @isaaco5679
      @isaaco5679 Місяць тому

      @@benlewis4241 which difficulty do you like? I haven't been brave enough to go past stalker.

    • @infinitedeath1384
      @infinitedeath1384 Місяць тому

      ​@@zrglow4450This nearly happened to me. I was in the same situation, had just enough oxygen and the little seaglider thing you hold that gives you a boost. I was deeper down too, like 800 metres. Luckily I had all the oxygen tank upgrades and my seaglider to get back to surface fast enough. Just barely, my whole screen was almost black when I surfaced.

  • @McBillyBoy
    @McBillyBoy Місяць тому

    Great video, viva is always on point with making amazing content

  • @zerooskil7161
    @zerooskil7161 18 днів тому

    dude improve in short form like this is actually great, completely natural and high quality as always, well done gents.

  • @sharkydart
    @sharkydart Місяць тому +9

    I like when games give a little tombstone/memorial in remembrance of the character, with stat/loadout info of what they had when they died

  • @barneypurple3435
    @barneypurple3435 Місяць тому +146

    Well that's one way to lose progress and also relatable too.

  • @L3X1899
    @L3X1899 Місяць тому

    yep, death to a lag spike, the rage is unreal, and their reaction was just so real, like, so unbelievably pissed that they came full circle back to calm.

  • @holysol
    @holysol Місяць тому +1

    the synchro-bard emote got me, that's canon now - hear lute, mime lute.

  • @MrMighty147
    @MrMighty147 Місяць тому +30

    That's the one reason I never play Ironman mode in my games. I just don't trust them to screw me in ways I have no control over.

    • @alexmashkin863
      @alexmashkin863 Місяць тому +12

      I play ironman sometimes but never forced (in-game mechanics), I just don't reload myself. I still want an option to reload if there are bugs or I want to go back to playthrough after a death. I generally don't like any in-game restrictions on saves like save stations or bloody schnapps :-))

    • @isaaco5679
      @isaaco5679 Місяць тому +5

      ​@@alexmashkin863 fair enough. I just get bored with games that don't have a permadeath mechanic.
      Although I probably wouldn't play a game like that if it requires an internet connection.

    • @FluffyDragon
      @FluffyDragon Місяць тому +2

      Yeah, I considered it occasionally for stuff like say, XCOM, but.. the amount of time I've had people die due to utter ridiculous bugs or weird stuff is just.. yeah, not worth it. Like enemies just spotting and shooting you through a tiny imperceptible bullet hole in a wall in XCOM2, that you can't see THEM through despite being next to it apparently, but they can apparently see you through and hit you through

  • @thenamestails7152
    @thenamestails7152 Місяць тому +98

    "I am furious right now", -Rowan said calmly.

    • @ranzera
      @ranzera Місяць тому +19

      When you're so mad, it buffer overflows to calmness.. for about 5 minutes. I've felt that feel.

    • @LuMnOsITi
      @LuMnOsITi Місяць тому +2

      That film was sooooo bad, worst one in the series by far. It does such a disservice to the book.

    • @Zymynca
      @Zymynca Місяць тому +5

      @@LuMnOsITi I think you might be multitabbing comments and dropped one in the wrong tab there mate :)

    • @Reyn_Roadstorm
      @Reyn_Roadstorm Місяць тому +1

      @@Zymynca Nah let's all go along with the comment, pretending nothing is out of place and create a story for this horrible film we actually know nothing about.

    • @Reyn_Roadstorm
      @Reyn_Roadstorm Місяць тому +1

      @@LuMnOsITi I know dude! When they changed it from the zombie train conductor actually being intelligent and behind the whole thing to it instead being the whole train that was an intelligent zombie? Like seriously WTF?!?! Who comes up with stuff like that?

  • @KasperKnas
    @KasperKnas 29 днів тому

    "I need some time" I felt his pain right there

  • @Aymen_H_aymenstein
    @Aymen_H_aymenstein Місяць тому

    So relateable, they did that so perfectly

  • @resurgam_b7
    @resurgam_b7 Місяць тому +4

    "It is possible, to commit no mistakes and still loose." ~ Captain Picard
    That's the main reason I don't play hardcore modes. I love the idea of the increased stakes, but I don't think I've ever played a game in which I haven't lost/died at least once due to some failure of the game, rather than on my part and loosing a hardcore run to that would aggravate me immensely.