I still want Greg to have an epic quest to get Greta back. Only in the end, he doesn't get his wife back. Instead, he just has memories correctly wiped. In next episode, the new Greta, (now)green bean farmer, is added but retains some of her repressed "garlic" love while, unfortunately, Greg remains oblivious. Hijinks abound as she tries to get him to remember, but his intense dislike of green beans continues to foil her advances. Ending with Greg giving a too harsh rejection. Next, due to a failed update, the older version of Gregs memories are returned, but his previous too harsh rejection (and his intense hatred of green beans) make him slow to approach her but (perhaps after lookinhg at painting) his initial hesitance is overcome and he musters the courage only find her at a picnic with Bodger. Crushed by his picnic findings, Greg descends into depression. Finally, having given up hope, greg is given a quest requiring players to escort him. Enter the "Lore" Player. Lore is doing a deep dive of Honeywood and knows for a brief time between patches Greg and Gretta were married. Trying to find an Easter egg Lore takes Greg to Gretta's hut. Despite nothing seeming to be happening between the NPCs Lore uncovers a hidden room with nothing. Annoyed at the lack of real payoff Lore quits the escort quest but not before we (and Greg) see the inside of the room is nothing but multiple stickman paintings.
8:53 in the patch notes it says "spiders made more visible so puppies dont get killed accidentally" that was the plot from a different skit they did, they add so many little details to this series.
Over and over I get impressed with how good actors the cast are. Like, check out Alan's expressions immediately when Greg meets Greta: There's the big emotions of surprise and bewilderment, sure, but he also immediately brings in those hints of interest, enthusiasm and attraction, which can then grow as the story progresses. Works so well.
Completely agree! They are excellent. And (not to SIMP, but) Brit really seems to have some wonderful "on screen charm" along with her excellent facial acting. (I was going to say, "On screen CHARISMA", but since this is about gaming, that seemed a bit too obvious.)
The intention to detail is incredible. In the bug fixes when Greta is removed (8:50), we can see various references to previous sketches. Defeating the lord with charisma has been fixed, muggers won't keep mugging eachother. Child mode now doesn't disturb the NPCs. You can't take the minigun out of the arena. Exactly those things were part of sketches in other videos. Amazing!
The bit about preserving the NPCs' mental health cracked me up especially because, as you said, in the same patch notes, they *warped his wife and child out of existence* while making sure that he still remembered them.
@ReallyKeepingFictional My head cannon is that the devs are probably aware Greg and several other NPCS are semi sentient, so they are experimenting on them
Thankfully, it gets easier. Petty theft here, assault there, and before you know it, you're knowingly supporting a regime that condones child rape and genocide Play Skyrim: Beyond Reach mod if you want to try that last one
As I previously said for the first part, it's Rowan who's the real bad guy here, manipulating Ben into doing evil things and laughing at it without a care.
Rowan is just classically Lawful Evil here sure he might suggest evil deeds that Ben should do but it is Ben who is committing them so Rowan is in the clear.
The joy was in seeing the discomfort his friend felt by screwing over the NPCs. That's why he has the grin the whole time, he *said* it was harder than you'd think...
Don't listen to the merchant... he isn't broke.. I once saw him spend a couple hundred thousand in gold on an adventurer then turned around and sold 1 apple for only 1 copper! He's a scammer!
I've seen that fruit merchant scare away muggers. I've seen him chase an adventurer out of town. I've seen him smite another adventurer into a puff of red mist with a single mighty swing of his unbelievably huge sword.
I beg to differ because I've already seen all of these while I'm never complaining because I love vldl too much to care it'd be nice to have something new
The wife one should become a saga where Greg becomes more self aware and he sneaks tiny bits in the quests he gives in order to get information about the developer's world
You misspelled Bodger's wife. You know it to be true. Baraduun just laid out the facts he is ugly, wired and unlovable, why do you think his sheep keeps on trying to escape to a better life ?
It's so hard to be the bad guy! I always say I want to do an evil run, but I just care too much about people, even fictional people, lol. Oh, my God, the merchant couple saga is everything to me! I love their dynamic so much! It's so freaking good! I would like to see more of them.
Let's admit it, THIS is the best series by VLDL. Yes, I enjoy all their content, but this is the one that made me subscribe and keeps me "warm on those cold winter nights" if you know what I mean ;)
The upgrades list for the wife sketch are incredible, chock full of fun easter eggs, here are a few -Spiders made larger so people don't accidentally kill puppies -Mugger NPC loop glitch fixed -Child safe mode now presents to npcs the same way as it does to players for their mental health And many more, I love this attention to detail VLDL whoever does it, thank you, sincerely
Ben is me whenever I try to do anything evil related in games. No matter how much I want to try changing things up, I usually feel terrible right afterwards.😂
Imagine the server maintenance staff vs the growing npc sentience as a whole mini movie. Greta gets rescued from "buried code" etc. No shame riffing on popular scifi movies throughout.
That Greta one is still such a bummer...to give Greg a wife like that and then take her away is just overly cruel - that had to have been Baradun's idea 😆 But the other fixes in the patch were damn funny...although "fixing" it so the minigun can no longer be removed from the arena is also overly cruel!!! There was no problem to fix on that one!!
The entire cast does a good job at being the bad guy/villain, but my absolute favorite is Fred. When he's evil, when he's incompetent, or when he's just downright annoyed, dude is cracking me up! MORE FRED PLEASE!
Watching the skit about Ben trying to be a villain again it becomes clear that Rowan is very expirienced at being the bad guy. ^^ he constantly gives him advise while telling him he's not up for the task. Love how well those two work with each other.
0:00 Bad Guy 4:31 Virtual Reality 6:52 Wife Update 10:05 Cliff Horse 12:12 Server Maintenance 14:46 Schmerlock, the High Warlock of Argyte 17:02 Cold Biome 19:30 Quest Jealousy 23:38 Power Struggle 26:50 Break Up
The patch notes at 8:50 are hilarious. Apologies we messed up the last update by giving Greg happiness. And it just goes on lol highly recommend reading the whole thing
I may have commented this when the "playing the bad guy" skit originally dropped but I literally got sweaty palms from anxiety doing Raider stuff to the settlements when I first played the Nuka-World DLC in Fallout 4. Even playing RDR2 I couldn't do unscripted outlaw stuff without feeling anxious, no matter how much I tell myself it's just a game.
The maintenance one and the scripted loss is pretty relatable. But the best part about maintenance is, the apologems that we the players get after we installed the updates on google play and in-game. For both FGO Masters and Azur Lane Shikikans we get to start rolling in the gacha pool for our Fate waifus and Azur Lane new shipgirls.
8:50 "We messed up giving Greg happiness, so we're gonna take it away" Thats just mean, Greg deserves happiness, and they didn't even erase his memory of his wife.
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Greg being disappointed is still a heavy blow of emotion damage
Did I just hear Steven He in the distance?
It honestly hurts more than anything else
That was a hard one to watch.
Imma instant reload my game if that happens
Heart out. Heart out.
Greg should get a quest to get Greta back. Like Baelin's route
YES!!!
That is a great idea!
YES
100% agree
PLEASE
Greg losing Greta is still brutal.
I still want Greg to have an epic quest to get Greta back. Only in the end, he doesn't get his wife back. Instead, he just has memories correctly wiped.
In next episode, the new Greta, (now)green bean farmer, is added but retains some of her repressed "garlic" love while, unfortunately, Greg remains oblivious. Hijinks abound as she tries to get him to remember, but his intense dislike of green beans continues to foil her advances. Ending with Greg giving a too harsh rejection.
Next, due to a failed update, the older version of Gregs memories are returned, but his previous too harsh rejection (and his intense hatred of green beans) make him slow to approach her but (perhaps after lookinhg at painting) his initial hesitance is overcome and he musters the courage only find her at a picnic with Bodger. Crushed by his picnic findings, Greg descends into depression.
Finally, having given up hope, greg is given a quest requiring players to escort him. Enter the "Lore" Player. Lore is doing a deep dive of Honeywood and knows for a brief time between patches Greg and Gretta were married. Trying to find an Easter egg Lore takes Greg to Gretta's hut. Despite nothing seeming to be happening between the NPCs Lore uncovers a hidden room with nothing. Annoyed at the lack of real payoff Lore quits the escort quest but not before we (and Greg) see the inside of the room is nothing but multiple stickman paintings.
@@Niflheimrr_ELgood fanfiction
@@Niflheimrr_ELbeautiful
That one was just cruel
@@Niflheimrr_EL That lore obsessed player sounds like a greta- hum... I mean, great idea :)
“Does Greg attack you?”
“Worse, he judges you”
8:53 in the patch notes it says "spiders made more visible so puppies dont get killed accidentally" that was the plot from a different skit they did, they add so many little details to this series.
So are all the other ones
They loved putting littlw details that's why i loved watching them.
lol, good catch
@@PutYourQuarterUpGaming they also fixed the exploit where u can take the minigun in "Minigun Madness" out of the arena haha
“I’m not angry, adventurer. I’m just really disappointed.” - it cuts like a knife.
I love how, despite all their arguments, Ben and Rowen still actively play together
The one-upsmanship must go on
Over and over I get impressed with how good actors the cast are. Like, check out Alan's expressions immediately when Greg meets Greta: There's the big emotions of surprise and bewilderment, sure, but he also immediately brings in those hints of interest, enthusiasm and attraction, which can then grow as the story progresses. Works so well.
Completely agree! They are excellent.
And (not to SIMP, but) Brit really seems to have some wonderful "on screen charm" along with her excellent facial acting. (I was going to say, "On screen CHARISMA", but since this is about gaming, that seemed a bit too obvious.)
I think they're trying to traumatize us by putting the skit about Greg's wife, Greta, into as many compilations as possible. 😭
Justice for Greta
The intention to detail is incredible. In the bug fixes when Greta is removed (8:50), we can see various references to previous sketches. Defeating the lord with charisma has been fixed, muggers won't keep mugging eachother. Child mode now doesn't disturb the NPCs. You can't take the minigun out of the arena. Exactly those things were part of sketches in other videos. Amazing!
The bit about preserving the NPCs' mental health cracked me up especially because, as you said, in the same patch notes, they *warped his wife and child out of existence* while making sure that he still remembered them.
@ReallyKeepingFictional My head cannon is that the devs are probably aware Greg and several other NPCS are semi sentient, so they are experimenting on them
The bad guy playthrough is 100% accurate.
Thankfully, it gets easier. Petty theft here, assault there, and before you know it, you're knowingly supporting a regime that condones child rape and genocide
Play Skyrim: Beyond Reach mod if you want to try that last one
@@Ata.TeaGarglerundertale be like ez but boss is takes hours to beat
At the end, Ben fights Baradun as Megalovania plays. He’s “gonna have a bad time.”
Me: rolls badly to save the teifling child
Also me starring at the load save button: not today!!!
Greg needs his own "Baelin's Route" where he tries to get his wife back.
Pls got VLDL do this
No…get over lt
should combine it with the bug fixing guy that somehow he enters the real world together with the hobo dude that knows its all a video game.
And daughter!
Man.. you guys did Greg dirty by giving him a wife and ripping his and ours heart out like that...
It's heartbreaking every time I see that one
And daughter!
I genuinely love all of VLDL's content but I can't bring myself to watch it every time it comes up
@@dahn57😊😊
As I previously said for the first part, it's Rowan who's the real bad guy here, manipulating Ben into doing evil things and laughing at it without a care.
Absolutely
Rowan is just classically Lawful Evil here sure he might suggest evil deeds that Ben should do but it is Ben who is committing them so Rowan is in the clear.
Yeah I don't believe that he couldn't handle it with how much he enjoyed that
The joy was in seeing the discomfort his friend felt by screwing over the NPCs. That's why he has the grin the whole time, he *said* it was harder than you'd think...
Don't listen to the merchant... he isn't broke.. I once saw him spend a couple hundred thousand in gold on an adventurer then turned around and sold 1 apple for only 1 copper! He's a scammer!
I've seen that fruit merchant scare away muggers. I've seen him chase an adventurer out of town. I've seen him smite another adventurer into a puff of red mist with a single mighty swing of his unbelievably huge sword.
Glad to see Rowan uses his horse pocket L I K E A N O R M A L P E R S O N
"We messed up by giving Greg happiness" Man! That is soooo brutal! I love it!
Greg must lead a NPC revolution to take control of the server and bring back the Wife Update
It's actually insane how good of an actor Alan is. Amazes me everytime how in character he is
Gigantic acting range 💯
What's better than a new episode of Epic NPC man? A 30 minute compilation YEAH BABY!
I beg to differ because I've already seen all of these while I'm never complaining because I love vldl too much to care it'd be nice to have something new
@@dustinduzgames1276 that's fair, I like it because it gives me something to watch on my lunch break without having to look for something else 💖
@@nicholepoisson4519same just finished my lunch tho lol
The wife one should become a saga where Greg becomes more self aware and he sneaks tiny bits in the quests he gives in order to get information about the developer's world
I swear Hamish and his wife arguing while the adventurer is just standing there will always get me 😂
We need Greta , Gregs wife , back 😢
You misspelled Bodger's wife. You know it to be true. Baraduun just laid out the facts he is ugly, wired and unlovable, why do you think his sheep keeps on trying to escape to a better life ?
i like how Rowan always acts as the enabler in both the adventurer and mugger settings.
THE TREE IS BLOCKING THE PATH
It's so hard to be the bad guy!
I always say I want to do an evil run, but I just care too much about people, even fictional people, lol.
Oh, my God, the merchant couple saga is everything to me! I love their dynamic so much! It's so freaking good! I would like to see more of them.
I love Alan trying not to laugh while Adam is poking at him
😂
Let's admit it, THIS is the best series by VLDL. Yes, I enjoy all their content, but this is the one that made me subscribe and keeps me "warm on those cold winter nights" if you know what I mean ;)
Ben crying while he stabs the old man 😂😂 "pretty fun, right?!"
The upgrades list for the wife sketch are incredible, chock full of fun easter eggs, here are a few
-Spiders made larger so people don't accidentally kill puppies
-Mugger NPC loop glitch fixed
-Child safe mode now presents to npcs the same way as it does to players for their mental health
And many more, I love this attention to detail VLDL whoever does it, thank you, sincerely
Gregs loss always breaks me, never get over it how the mods messed it up and cleared everyones mind about her, except Gregs....
14:30 just noticed how the players in the background walk/run. XD so good.
The "Bad Guy" sketch is so good, and Greg's Wife was such a sad chapter. But the patch notes at the end are good :)
Love the dichotomy of the fantasy "evil is hard" vs the red dead "good is hard".
Greg losing his wife is the most saddest in the epic npc man series 😔
That Greta sketch got me in the feels. I hope you find her again Greg.
She has a better life now as a Bodger's wife
12:11 free ben is my favorite character, he is the matrix neo we never asked for
"Wait - what about him?"
"I want him to watch ...."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ben is me whenever I try to do anything evil related in games. No matter how much I want to try changing things up, I usually feel terrible right afterwards.😂
04:05 “My poor son” MY STOMACH DROPPED when he said that.
Requesting VLDL to make a short movie like Baelin's route but this time, it needs to be Greg on a quest of having his wife back
The VR one is so realistic. I would do nearly the same thing
Can we get a Ben vs Rowan skit where Rowan finally wins an argument?
They need to give Greg an epic quest to find his wife and child and fight against the system that controls the game they live in
Imagine the server maintenance staff vs the growing npc sentience as a whole mini movie. Greta gets rescued from "buried code" etc. No shame riffing on popular scifi movies throughout.
For needing to get the painting to town by sundown, Ben and Rowan sure burned a lot of daylight arguing about broken physics.
The part where the couple is fighting reminds me of me and my ex fighting in front of the plumber about who's hair clogged the drain.
6:55 the patch notes are worth a read! XD
I was expecting for the wife one to show all those memories and then a player comes up asks her for marriage and she marries them on the spot
The fruit farmer skit is the best!!!👍😹😹😹
2:12 Rewatching this and only now I notice how Greg is shaking his head in disappointment in the background 😆
😂😂😂
This made it so much better
We need a 30 min NPC uprising film, like how you guys did with Baelin's Route.
"no one loves you" - that hit hard...reminds me of my own non existent love life ;(
I love all the notes in the patch update and the way they fix previous issues raised by other vids 😂 absolutely brilliant 👊🏻
I can’t believe you played our boy Greg so dirty, that shit broke my heart. Bring back Greg’s wife!
The patch notes are hilarious
When Fred is arguing with Freda, he says “I’ll be the one laughing when I’m on a big adventurer…” (probably getting revenge for the blacksmith)
In the fruit merchant skit, I thought that the actress was Lucy Lawless for half a second. Haha. Sounds quite a bit like her.
"Spiders made more visible so spiders dont get killed accidentally" I LOVE VIVA LA DIRT LEAGUE! They put so much care into each of their videos ❤
You guys do acting like Tesla did electricity. Masters.
I love how it has been years but Rowen still never believes Ben.
Just once, I'd like Rowan to be right. You know his I told you so would be epic
3:18 You guys really timed up Ben realizing a bad guy character would kill the NPC with the wind blowing outside!?!
Those patch notes were awesome hahaha. I recognized all the "bugs" from previous videos, haha
I love how the update log mentions things in other videos.
9:50 Greg Lost Both His Wife & Child But Before They Were Lost For Ever ‘ Greta Lefted Him A Gift At The End As A Reminder Of What They Had Together.
Those last 3 were absolutely amazing! I was dying of laughter! You all are amazing
That Greta one is still such a bummer...to give Greg a wife like that and then take her away is just overly cruel - that had to have been Baradun's idea 😆
But the other fixes in the patch were damn funny...although "fixing" it so the minigun can no longer be removed from the arena is also overly cruel!!! There was no problem to fix on that one!!
Aye Baraduun is the best
"YAY! BAD GYUY!" - OMG. Rowan had such a psycho smile at that moment! So funny.
9:37 That was uncalled for 😳😮💨💀
The guilt of the bad guy pllaythrough is waaay too real
I want a route story where the NPC who Ben plays where he is aware, finally gets his revolution going with his fellow NPCs
The VR bit is amazing. I remember the first time I tried it and took off running I allmost threw up lol.
"So, how was your 1st evil deed 🤓" : Rowan living vicariously through Ben - all the thrill, none of the repercussions! 😅
The wife skit is a brilliant stroke of storytelling. A real rollercoaster ride of emotions.
The entire cast does a good job at being the bad guy/villain, but my absolute favorite is Fred. When he's evil, when he's incompetent, or when he's just downright annoyed, dude is cracking me up! MORE FRED PLEASE!
11:56 - The game developers developed absurd game logic just to prove Rowan wrong
"There is no spoon!" Matrix 101.
OMG, I somehow managed to miss the episode with Adam abusing a NPC in VR.
I was crying from laughter !
Watching the skit about Ben trying to be a villain again it becomes clear that Rowan is very expirienced at being the bad guy. ^^ he constantly gives him advise while telling him he's not up for the task. Love how well those two work with each other.
Garlic Farmer needs to get Greta back. I'd pay to have an extended episode like the the fisherman had. Uh ha.
It’s visible how the quality of skits and filming has been consistently improving, although it was always amazing already. Keep it up guys 😊
You can’t start the day without watching rowen & Ben at each other’s throats. 😳😂
0:00 Bad Guy
4:31 Virtual Reality
6:52 Wife Update
10:05 Cliff Horse
12:12 Server Maintenance
14:46 Schmerlock, the High Warlock of Argyte
17:02 Cold Biome
19:30 Quest Jealousy
23:38 Power Struggle
26:50 Break Up
Adam's wizard character makes me laugh most when trashing Honeywood
3:58 bruv that looked so brutal his face looked so innocent bruh 😭 I nearly cried myself
The patch notes at 8:50 are hilarious.
Apologies we messed up the last update by giving Greg happiness.
And it just goes on lol highly recommend reading the whole thing
Is it just me who murders everyone in whiterun every time I play just for fun? 😅
Let's all press "F" in the chat for Greta. RIP Greta...
For Greg to know happiness again!
F
I may have commented this when the "playing the bad guy" skit originally dropped but I literally got sweaty palms from anxiety doing Raider stuff to the settlements when I first played the Nuka-World DLC in Fallout 4. Even playing RDR2 I couldn't do unscripted outlaw stuff without feeling anxious, no matter how much I tell myself it's just a game.
13:40 The conspiracy theorist is so funny.
I love how when he picks up the bag of gold, Greg is in the background still looking disappointed
The maintenance one and the scripted loss is pretty relatable. But the best part about maintenance is, the apologems that we the players get after we installed the updates on google play and in-game. For both FGO Masters and Azur Lane Shikikans we get to start rolling in the gacha pool for our Fate waifus and Azur Lane new shipgirls.
I want Greg’s wife back! She has potential as a character to change the dynamic.
I like how there's lore in Epic NPC man while at the same time it's funny
I feel like it would be a good time for an npc uprising arc
Damn I want that NPC breakup to be part of some RPG game's story 😂
Bring back Greta please, Greg needs her, plus it's great to have a new character! I feel so bad for Greg😢
8:50 "We messed up giving Greg happiness, so we're gonna take it away"
Thats just mean, Greg deserves happiness, and they didn't even erase his memory of his wife.
And the fact that all of these are true too😂😂😂
I'm not gonna lie, I think Ben is truly my favorite actor out of all of them. His facial expressions in the first one fucking kill me lol
Everyone loves a good old compilation video! 🙂