I can't help but think of that other game where the shopkeeper literally gives you a free pistol just because it's dangerous lately. That was ridiculous, but also _rad._
FR THOUGH He might be mildly unsettling but at the same time he's busting it down in the middle of an unoccupied street like ?????? You go silly man dance for us all
Maybe the suit is actually his skin? This way it has the elasticity needed not to tear. You know what, I'm going to stop overthinking this concept. I'll wind up in yet another rabbit hole of my own making...and it takes forever to get out of those.
that’s why the smiling man is such a great guy, he knew he’d be doing some cardio after his business meeting that he chose to wear his athletic business suit to work!
I really appreciate that they remade this game, I was like 15 when i read this story for the first time and it really horrified me. i think this remake does it a lot more justice
I borrowed from the story when I was setting up a villain for a tabletop group! We had to stop, though, because it scared the players entirely too much.
@@unimpartialobserver that sounds like an awesome concept ngl. might have to get my friends together to do some more urban legend/creepypasta-based ttrpg stuff
Aghh dude, when I was like 16 id always stay at my friends place super later since he lived right around the corner, some nights we'd walk to the half way point of both of our houses and he'd go "Watch out for the smiling man!" Turn around and run home and id walk the rest of the way to my house freaked the FUCK out 😹 Im 25 now and this shit STILL creeps me out lmao
"I’m the guy that the Smiling Man gets his smile inspiration from". I can say truthfully and honestly, that is indeed a fact for all of us. He is one of the reasons why we smile.
The game Manly was talking about was Prince of Persia Sands of Time. The whole game is just the Prince telling Farrah what led to them meeting. Any time you die he acts like he told the story wrong or left something out.
@@xymos7807 I've always taken it to be the Prince being confused by his own memories. It's clear he can remember the periods of time that he's rewound, imagine what a mess his memories must be when he has memories of dying somewhere and simultaneously avoiding it. Whenever you get a game over it's simply the Prince misremembering a few details in all the weird timelines overlapping in his head.
@@SonGoku-ll5gf omfg there's no reason to bring Americans in the convo. That's annoying. Americans are diverse. People from every ethnic background. Manly isn't American, he's clearly stated that he's from Bangkok and another place in Thailand
one of my favorite stories bc i can never take it seriously. realistically, this would be horrifying and weird to see, right? but all i can think about is dancing with him lmao
The Good Ending to the Alternate Story makes me think that the Smiling Man has an inability to enter people's residences without their permission, like a vampire.
Its a neat concept but the gameplay probably could have been improved if the timing wasn't so tight on running away and including a battle pass system to earn rewards in the season and dare i say a collab event with kitchen nightmare or forza which both are thematically similar to the smiling man if you really get into the lore of both.
Movies like American Beauty are the best way to work around the narrator dying. In that movie, the narrator literally mentions you'll see him die at some point, but you quickly forget it. In other movies, the narrator never mentions they'll die until it's already happened. I could see a game like this pulling a similar twist where the player dies and the ending reveals the narrator was actually telling you how he died the whole time.
I actually heard of this scary true story a couple years back. Still one of my favorites and knew it was the same story as soon as he mentioned the dancing while walking his way.
I love the mental image of ManlyBadass running full-tilt down the street with horror shocks playing in the background, but very calmly commenting on the inspirations of Jinji Ito 😂
Manly actually getting spooked is extremely amusing. The smiling man is his true weakness, Manly is very weak against something that is correlated to happiness
Survival tactic buy a can of soup in it's own bag. Now you have an effective bludgeoning weapon for any potential attacker. If no one attacks you have a can of delicious soup when you get home.
10:30 I remember a Ratchet and Clank game does that. One of the games had a minigame of someone retelling a story of their adventures and if you fail or die he says "No wait, that's not how it happened"
Prince of Persia was hilarious because it did the same narrator recollecting events style of storytelling, which would mean the narrator essentially says when you screw up "and then I fell into a pit of spikes and died. Wait a second that's not what happened 🤔 "
"Why do you people stand still when people do weird prancing dances in front of you in the middle of the night?" Well, if they were intelligent horror protagonists, they'd be using that time to draw a weapon, take up a fighting stance, and issue a warning to back off. But most horror protagonists seem to be stupid. Edit: Honestly, I like the original Smiling Man better despite the aged graphics. I felt that model capture the otherworldly nature of the entity better
Because there's nothing wrong with dancing at night. So why is it dumb to not want to attack or not be hostile to someone for that? Btw, the MC did yell at the man, and ran away from the man when he chased the MC. Many people don't carry weapon and don't want to start fights so it's realistic. It's not bad to not want to start fights.
To be frank, saying something to someone acting like that is a good way to irritate someone who is drunk or otherwise under the influence. Better to say nothing and take the best opening to leave that you can find.
i love it when people turn creepypastas into video games. i remember getting scared when i read this years back. a game like this brings back that feeling
10:28 There is a game called Katana Zero, in which the protagonist has an ability to play the reality in his head, therefore has a plan for it. So our gameplay is basically occured in the protagonist's head. When we passed the level he would say "That's should do it" and the game basically replays our gameplay to show the in-game real time. It's a game about a samurai using a katana against mafias with GUNS so his ability does put up with the odds
Deus Ex:Mankind Divided had a DLC where you played through the main character's recollection. Anytime you'd die, the one listening to it would comment saying "You didn't die, what really happened?"
Manly: sure haven't seen that smiling man in a while TH-cam: immediately plays an ad featuring a guy staring at the camera smiling at me talking about prepping meat me: oh there he is
I heard of this as a story from Mr nightmare. This is an experience that actually happened to someone. Never thought the story would be turned into a game
I really want you to play pumpkin panic because Ive seen videos of other people playing it and say "no, im not watching it until manlybadasshero plays it"
_I miss the hat_ The original sprite for the Smiling Man was a bit weirder, but I liked it. This one with the suit and tie much closer to the horror short film, as well as the story. The actual text was straight from the creepypasta. I always enjoyed the story. The additional route I thought was similar to the original game also, because I remembered the market. I'm happy the developer updated it tho - good for them! More creepypastas need to be made into games.
One game that comes to mind when you die and your narrator goes "No wait, that's not how it happened" was Full Throttle during the final fight, if you failed the sequence your character goes "Wait, That's not how it went down".
They really should have let him keep his hat. I don't want to hear any "but it was silly" his horror gimmick is that he SMILES hard! He's Joker without any of the charm or wit. His whole concept is lame & cheap, but it's *funny* right? And thar hat was funny. Only really unique thing about his outfit, actually. Plus it would have given him a +1 to his insanity credibility, because what sane man wears hats like that.
Based on a notable, now "legendary" creepypasta, which is interesting that some (pasta: copy + paste hotkeyed stories in short format) copypastas were of such status in the late 00s early 10s.
Damn, I smile just like this guy, there was even a time when I scared my brother with this smile and before you ask, no, I wasn’t dancing at that moment
Man, this brings back memories. I remember the original creepypasta. I forgot who read it here on TH-cam. I'll never forget the imagery that came to mind as it was read. Pretty cool that games have been made of it. Has Jeff the Killer gotten an indie game?
Such a legit model, I didnt know it had association with a creepy pasta. I thought it was in relation with the anime. (Come to think of it, isnt he the "laughing salesman", not the "smiling man"?) Very similar I feel like a horror game with that premise would also be fun.
@@southafrica331 haha, no! It's an anime called The Laughing Salesmen. Unlike the mask salesmen who wants to bring joy, he's a monkey's paw where he grants people's wishes but they always mess up or pretend they never got his help.
Welcome to the SMILE Club how SMILE are ya?
No smile
very smile!... we all love to smile!.. =)
Smile dissapear.
smile :DDD
Smil
What if YOU started dancing and smiling and acting weird to the smiling man? Hell, I'd go as far as to chase HIM. Let's see who's crazier.
🤣🤣🤣
Ah I see, you brought a knife too? (Just saying if someone is attacking you FIRST, they probably are armed/stronger and know how to use it)
Lol you have a dance battle and whoever loses has to run for their life
@@Willowisp927True and unfortunate. Always carry people or stay in shape to outrun attackers.
This is how I beat them in my dreams 😂😂😂😂
I can't help but think of that other game where the shopkeeper literally gives you a free pistol just because it's dangerous lately. That was ridiculous, but also _rad._
I think the name of the game is “Home Alone”. I still can’t believe bro just handed over a loaded pistol to a customer.
9/10 very logical
Plot twist, that gun was used in a series of murder and he ditched the gun on ya.
@@serkanozturkcan7217 Oh, that would actually be a good twist!
this game is SO GOOD, home alone phatom something like that
It's just a friendly man doing his civil duty by making sure other people get home safely on this dark and scary night.
His smile is also very genuine 😬
The Smiling Man runs a 4.2 to make sure you get home safely -- and immediately
And he punishes you if you don't. By death@@TheStandardIsTheStandard
The smiling man turns out to be your personal trainer. He hates you chose the higher calorie meal so late at night, so you need to run it off.
steak isnt actually that high calorie lol
@@animeloveer97 yeah like a bowl of cereal and milk has more calories, and a sandwich has over triple even without cheese
This is what anorexics see when they wanna eat a cookie.
@@animeloveer97Depends on the portion size but yeah. A normal lone steak won't fill you up as much as a sandwich.
While the smile is creepy I'm having a hard time taking him seriously throwing out dance moves.
FR THOUGH
He might be mildly unsettling but at the same time he's busting it down in the middle of an unoccupied street like ?????? You go silly man dance for us all
I believe this game is based around an old internet story
@@scoliasma6532it is, it’s from a Reddit creepy pasta I think
He just makes me think of the monty python silly walk lol
This game isn't even scary at all. It's just ridiculous.
Ain't no way this guy could run that fast in that suit and not tear the whole thing to pieces in the process.
Maybe the suit is actually his skin? This way it has the elasticity needed not to tear. You know what, I'm going to stop overthinking this concept. I'll wind up in yet another rabbit hole of my own making...and it takes forever to get out of those.
Then, obviously, that's not a suit.
bro runs like tom cruise
that’s why the smiling man is such a great guy, he knew he’d be doing some cardio after his business meeting that he chose to wear his athletic business suit to work!
@@ChristopherSadlowski thank you that's a perfect conclusion for horror fans. That man isn't human so it's very plausible.
theres something funny about the fact that theres no in your face jumpscare when he catches you. he just punches you and you take call of duty damage
This seems like a story of just running into a man with too much swag at night
I really appreciate that they remade this game, I was like 15 when i read this story for the first time and it really horrified me. i think this remake does it a lot more justice
I borrowed from the story when I was setting up a villain for a tabletop group! We had to stop, though, because it scared the players entirely too much.
@@unimpartialobserver that sounds like an awesome concept ngl. might have to get my friends together to do some more urban legend/creepypasta-based ttrpg stuff
@@unimpartialobserverhow could it have been that bad?
Aghh dude, when I was like 16 id always stay at my friends place super later since he lived right around the corner, some nights we'd walk to the half way point of both of our houses and he'd go "Watch out for the smiling man!" Turn around and run home and id walk the rest of the way to my house freaked the FUCK out 😹
Im 25 now and this shit STILL creeps me out lmao
"I’m the guy that the Smiling Man gets his smile inspiration from".
I can say truthfully and honestly, that is indeed a fact for all of us. He is one of the reasons why we smile.
The game Manly was talking about was Prince of Persia Sands of Time. The whole game is just the Prince telling Farrah what led to them meeting. Any time you die he acts like he told the story wrong or left something out.
I always assumed his dying scenes were Farrah getting bored and interjecting humor.
@@xymos7807 I've always taken it to be the Prince being confused by his own memories. It's clear he can remember the periods of time that he's rewound, imagine what a mess his memories must be when he has memories of dying somewhere and simultaneously avoiding it. Whenever you get a game over it's simply the Prince misremembering a few details in all the weird timelines overlapping in his head.
i never thought an american guy like manly would play an indian game like prince of persia sands of time
@@SonGoku-ll5gf omfg there's no reason to bring Americans in the convo. That's annoying. Americans are diverse. People from every ethnic background. Manly isn't American, he's clearly stated that he's from Bangkok and another place in Thailand
@@froggy.tablet he lives in America now so he is American
It's a nice detail, that the text in the main game scenes is formatted in an upwards slope, like a smile
"The enemy stand user could be anyone." The enemy stand user.
Completely natural behavior. No way anyone would know what he's up to.
cringe af
@@ExtremeMan10i also hate enemy stand users
true@@ExtremeMan10
@@RobeebertWhen I see an enemy I kek. When I see the enemy's stand, I cringe.
I remember watching short film based on this story, its worth watching.
Anyways thanks to manly for making every night better with those videos
Bro was just dancing with a happy tune, and even gave the protagonist a headstart. What a lad
16:48 I love how he scared you at the EXACT same place he did last time. lol
>"Oh no, I'm in trouble."
>proceeds to break usain bolt's record easily
>turns out the other guy is a marathon sprinter too
one of my favorite stories bc i can never take it seriously. realistically, this would be horrifying and weird to see, right? but all i can think about is dancing with him lmao
I saw someone post the gameplay this morning and I thought, "can't wait to see Manly play this!" And he delivered
That silly walking, That sus grin, brown hair.... It couldn't possibly be the e-clown cryptid at large known as jerma lol.
Great video as always!
"He was walking towards me, smiling that cartoon smile."
*Whips out .45 ACP*
"He stopped smiling, and began sweating."
The Good Ending to the Alternate Story makes me think that the Smiling Man has an inability to enter people's residences without their permission, like a vampire.
1. Only appears at night
2. Dresses well
3. Needs permission
4. Murders people in a blood bath
Sounds like a vampire to me.😂
Vampires do need a permission. They can't just burst in like that.
Its a neat concept but the gameplay probably could have been improved if the timing wasn't so tight on running away and including a battle pass system to earn rewards in the season and dare i say a collab event with kitchen nightmare or forza which both are thematically similar to the smiling man if you really get into the lore of both.
Hell yeah, there need to be more games based on my favorite creepypasta!
Movies like American Beauty are the best way to work around the narrator dying. In that movie, the narrator literally mentions you'll see him die at some point, but you quickly forget it. In other movies, the narrator never mentions they'll die until it's already happened. I could see a game like this pulling a similar twist where the player dies and the ending reveals the narrator was actually telling you how he died the whole time.
Damn, it's been YEARS since I've seen that!
". . .there was the silhouette of a man dancing."
🎶I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramocuhe, Scaramocuhe 🎶
4:01
"Can you do the Fandango" 😆
I immediately started to sing the song when I heard that part 😂
I love the reference to Queen “I see a little silhouette of a man”
" scaramouche, scaramouche will you do the fandango?"
I actually heard of this scary true story a couple years back. Still one of my favorites and knew it was the same story as soon as he mentioned the dancing while walking his way.
This is one of my favourite creepy pastas but nothing has been able to do justice to my imagination when I initially read it.
I love the mental image of ManlyBadass running full-tilt down the street with horror shocks playing in the background, but very calmly commenting on the inspirations of Jinji Ito 😂
Manly actually getting spooked is extremely amusing. The smiling man is his true weakness, Manly is very weak against something that is correlated to happiness
Survival tactic buy a can of soup in it's own bag. Now you have an effective bludgeoning weapon for any potential attacker. If no one attacks you have a can of delicious soup when you get home.
I love the voice crack at the beginning
"Survive or die" Nice to have options in life.
they hate him for his whimsy and his joyful demeanor
Gotta love the little touch of having the narration show up on the screen is the shape of a smile
10:30 I remember a Ratchet and Clank game does that. One of the games had a minigame of someone retelling a story of their adventures and if you fail or die he says "No wait, that's not how it happened"
I think Prince of Persia , Sands of Time has been mentioned already but I think that game does some thing similar....
Prince of Persia was hilarious because it did the same narrator recollecting events style of storytelling, which would mean the narrator essentially says when you screw up "and then I fell into a pit of spikes and died. Wait a second that's not what happened 🤔 "
"Why do you people stand still when people do weird prancing dances in front of you in the middle of the night?" Well, if they were intelligent horror protagonists, they'd be using that time to draw a weapon, take up a fighting stance, and issue a warning to back off. But most horror protagonists seem to be stupid.
Edit: Honestly, I like the original Smiling Man better despite the aged graphics. I felt that model capture the otherworldly nature of the entity better
Probably they will have no suspense if they act like normal human.
Oh like he yelled "What the fuck you want?" and then like he ran like hell?
Because there's nothing wrong with dancing at night. So why is it dumb to not want to attack or not be hostile to someone for that? Btw, the MC did yell at the man, and ran away from the man when he chased the MC. Many people don't carry weapon and don't want to start fights so it's realistic. It's not bad to not want to start fights.
To be frank, saying something to someone acting like that is a good way to irritate someone who is drunk or otherwise under the influence.
Better to say nothing and take the best opening to leave that you can find.
i love it when people turn creepypastas into video games. i remember getting scared when i read this years back. a game like this brings back that feeling
Glad to see the G-man doing well as we all wait for Half Life 3 to be released
Smiling Man has impressive form. I am convinced you're playing as Usain Bolt. Only explanation for you outrunning him.
That's some serious crip walking as a intro from the smiling man damn!
I thought the alternate story would be about the smiling man being just your typical british chap that happens to work at the ministry of silly walk.
I really thought the alternate endinywas going to be from the smiling man POV having a reasonable explanation for being so weird
I remember hearing a horror narrator narrate this story and it always stuck with me. I never forgot this damn story...
Oh wow, the original game was the first video I watched on this channel if I’m not mistaken! Interesting to see it be remade.
Honestly, this made me laugh more than it was supposed to.
10:28 There is a game called Katana Zero, in which the protagonist has an ability to play the reality in his head, therefore has a plan for it. So our gameplay is basically occured in the protagonist's head. When we passed the level he would say "That's should do it" and the game basically replays our gameplay to show the in-game real time.
It's a game about a samurai using a katana against mafias with GUNS so his ability does put up with the odds
"Survive or die" yeah thats generally how that goes...!!
Sounds like a normal day in France 🗿
Dude I love your content ManlyBadassHero, I'm always like awe yuss when I see one of your videos drop, you have such a great personality my dude
Wow, never been so early to a manly video! And just when I was going to sleep, great timing
Yeah... taking a casual walk at 2AM... what could possibly go wrong.
Loved the original! Excited for this one
Deus Ex:Mankind Divided had a DLC where you played through the main character's recollection. Anytime you'd die, the one listening to it would comment saying "You didn't die, what really happened?"
If youve ever been drunk in a city this is just normal life. But lacking a Kebab.
Amen to that!! 😆🌃
Can't wait for the Horror Game Where You Are A Game Developer Who Made Poor Game Engine Choices And Now They Are Trying To Charge You Runtime Fees.
prince of persia sands of time would play voicelines like "no thats not how it happened let me try again" when you fail
14:00 i love how he tried to play it off😂😂😂
Manly getting someone following him home for the 20th time
Manly: sure haven't seen that smiling man in a while
TH-cam: immediately plays an ad featuring a guy staring at the camera smiling at me talking about prepping meat
me: oh there he is
The Ministry Of Silly Walks would be proud
Heart rate spiked when smiling man ran away, but then came back and suddenly chased
Manly: I'd start running by the way.
Smiling man: *aight bet*
Thank God you uploaded a video. I was swimming in disappointment and depression! I'm cured!!!
You okay bro?
Thanks for asking. I'm good! Just a rough day! Appreciate you!
You were swimming but then you found a "towel" through the one and only Manly Badass Hero! (人*´∀｀)｡*ﾟ+
Glad I feel better!!
Obsessed with how on that first evening this dude was just creepily standing in her front yard and she wasn't like "Get off my lawn"
tidal blue's creepypasta was one of the first "serious" ones I listened to on youtube a decade or so ago.
I heard of this as a story from Mr nightmare. This is an experience that actually happened to someone. Never thought the story would be turned into a game
i remember that, i think people are unsure whether or not its real. it does sound pretty real
I'm pleasantly surprised to see a remake of this. The original was fairly enjoyable given the simple premise, and this is that again with more polish.
Seems like our protag is taller than smiles.
I smile right back and charged at the little turd.
What a nice guy with a smile on his face. Teaching people that better not taking walk at night.
I really want you to play pumpkin panic because Ive seen videos of other people playing it and say "no, im not watching it until manlybadasshero plays it"
Maybe he wanted a dance battle? And you just let him down.
_I miss the hat_
The original sprite for the Smiling Man was a bit weirder, but I liked it. This one with the suit and tie much closer to the horror short film, as well as the story. The actual text was straight from the creepypasta. I always enjoyed the story. The additional route I thought was similar to the original game also, because I remembered the market.
I'm happy the developer updated it tho - good for them! More creepypastas need to be made into games.
It is so difficult to be a friendly man these days...
All that dexterity and speed, and he just attacks with sloppy overhand punches?? Run those hands then, Mr. Smiley.
I love your voice crack at the begining :3
One game that comes to mind when you die and your narrator goes "No wait, that's not how it happened" was Full Throttle during the final fight, if you failed the sequence your character goes "Wait, That's not how it went down".
6:19 if that happened to me irl, id be dying of laughter 😭 THE WAY HES CROUCHING AND STUFF DHDJDHJS (this was funnier in my head)
They really should have let him keep his hat. I don't want to hear any "but it was silly" his horror gimmick is that he SMILES hard! He's Joker without any of the charm or wit. His whole concept is lame & cheap, but it's *funny* right? And thar hat was funny. Only really unique thing about his outfit, actually. Plus it would have given him a +1 to his insanity credibility, because what sane man wears hats like that.
I don't have it in me to play these god damn horror games...so I watch someone else play them for me. Thank you!
14:10 That one got me good, and by that I mean my soul went on a vacation.
Based on a notable, now "legendary" creepypasta, which is interesting that some (pasta: copy + paste hotkeyed stories in short format) copypastas were of such status in the late 00s early 10s.
Rise and shine, mr Manly...
Damn, I smile just like this guy, there was even a time when I scared my brother with this smile and before you ask, no, I wasn’t dancing at that moment
*ahem*
Day 1 of asking Manly to play Little Red Memories by Smilestrawbunny
Since he's played almost every other game by the dev
Don't be that guy. There must be something more important in life for you. If there's not, I seriously recommend therapy @_@
if it looks fun he probably will.
@@hylin4179 Commenting takes two seconds so it's not taking much of my time
@@alittleoutofsorts you got me there lol
@@alittleoutofsorts Although remembering every day and pledging does take more than two seconds.
Oh damn I remamber this story! I can't believe someone turned it into a game!
Lololol this man cursive crip walkin down the street lmaooooo the gs on the upper eastside lmaooooo
I just came home from school, and now, f*ck homework! I have a ManlyBadassHero video to watch!
Prince of Persha, if you died he would say similar lines due to him telling the game as a story. Thats one example
Smiling man eh? Well mr smiling man let’s see you meet depression man (me).
@ManlyBadassHero you forgot another ending! There's supposed to be some keys on the counter in the store. You get them and go to the car and leave. 😭
watching manlys videos constantly to drown out everything happening in life and then realising he has no idea ur even real :P
Holy crap, someone made a game about an encounter with JERMA
💀
If you meet ppl like the smiling man irl at night walk, try smile back, act crazy, laugh, chase him with crazy eyes.
Lets see who smiling last.
:3
Man, this brings back memories. I remember the original creepypasta. I forgot who read it here on TH-cam. I'll never forget the imagery that came to mind as it was read. Pretty cool that games have been made of it. Has Jeff the Killer gotten an indie game?
Plenty
@@idealsurrealism9587 good to know. I'll look up playthroughs.
probably like 100000 of em from 2010 lol@@idealsurrealism9587
Such a legit model, I didnt know it had association with a creepy pasta. I thought it was in relation with the anime. (Come to think of it, isnt he the "laughing salesman", not the "smiling man"?) Very similar I feel like a horror game with that premise would also be fun.
You talking bout the Happy Mask Salesman from the Legend of Zelda?
@@southafrica331 haha, no! It's an anime called The Laughing Salesmen. Unlike the mask salesmen who wants to bring joy, he's a monkey's paw where he grants people's wishes but they always mess up or pretend they never got his help.
@@MAHD_Media Interesting plotline! Never heard of this anime before. I'll definitely have to check it out lol
Just in time for sleep. Goodnight guys
This threw me off because it's 4:18 pm for me but as an insomniac, I understand.
@@hylin4179 ???
@@hylin4179as an adult I should be used to time zones by now but every time I’m still like “wow it’s nighttime somewhere else how strange!” 😂
Nighty Night
@@PummPum Basically what sabresister said, compounded with insomnia and working 9pm - 4am.
One of my favorite, short creepypastas.