Yesterday I played the demo of the new game Dispatch and it is all beautifully written, but at some point, while presenting the team in-game, there was a casual funny line, pronounced by a voice off-screen, so without graphical support and I just burst out laughing (I was alone at home, so not pressed by social influence of any kind).
When I stopped, I realized how uncommon this has become lately.
As a kid, I found LucasArts games extremely funny and I laughed more than occasionally, but this aspect of video game entertainment has been dying out.
When was the last time you actually laughed out loud while playing a game for something that was actually designed as funny (no Fortnite or CoD shenanigans stories please)?
Just started playing Wolfenstein: New Colossus for the first time, and everything is just so over the top, it’s funny. The game starts you out in a wheel chair, where you roll through a u-boat, shooting Nazis with an automatic pistol.
I’m playing Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and there are some really funny moments.
There’s this quest where a corpse is hanging from a tree and asks you to deal with some creatures that come at night and do the sexy things where he can see them.
Or two drunk guys in a tavern debating if a broken sword that has been reforged and it’s hilt replaced time and time again would still be the same sword.
Or there is this undead crypt keeper, really happy to meet you.
Yeah, she was funny, too. And the seagull guy was definitely a highlight!
I’m still on my first playthrough (just arrived in the third area).
What I particularly like about the humor is that it’s charming and mostly unexpected, rather than coming across as crude and heavy-handed.
Um… Slay the Princess, like, last night. Sure it’s marketed as a psychological horror game but it’s actually pretty funny.
That said, I’m also often streaming things with friends and we riff the whole time so even the least funny games ever will get a laugh at some point. Lol
This makes me wonder what the first time was. Pong and Yar’s Revenge weren’t really comedy material. Maybe The Quest for c64, where we got annoyed at the game always saying “gorn doesn’t want to go that way”. I guess that’s not intentionally humorous though. Maybe Monkey Island?
I run a weekly campaign on Neverwinter Nights and this week was the annual Halloween event. After closing the evil portal I introduced the players to ‘Gertie’, basically a character I made that’s an amalgamation of all the weird grandmas you all met when trick-or-treating as kids (using the game’s Sea Hag model), and she asked each adventurer: “Now what are YOU supposed to be, little boy/girl?” and made one of them kiss her on the cheek because he was “so adorable”.
And then she gave them bags of candy.
That turned out pretty funny with how the various party members reacted and played along with the gag.
Woah people are still DMing custom games on NwN? Can you tell me more about how those play? I was interested in it but never got to see the scene in its glory days
There are still a few dozen active persistent worlds. They all have different flavors. Some are role-play focused and some more hack-and-slash. Some are high magic and some low. You kinda just have to try a bunch out and see which shoe fits.
If you’re logged in as the DM, you basically have a cheat menu that allows you to spawn monsters, items, placeables, etc. It’s pretty darn cool.
I’m laughing constantly when playing multiplayer games with my kids. Silly party games mainly where we end up in weird interactions or just making jokes or role play about what’s happening in the game.
For single player I can’t really remember but the old monkey island and Simon the sorcerer got me laughing back in the days.
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Just started playing Wolfenstein: New Colossus for the first time, and everything is just so over the top, it’s funny. The game starts you out in a wheel chair, where you roll through a u-boat, shooting Nazis with an automatic pistol.
Those Wolfenstein games kinda rule because they’re so over the top.
And then you become Terror Billy.
Cyberpunk 2077, overheard two NPCs sharing a joke:
What does a corpo say before he offs himself?
spoiler
Guys, please don’t shoot.
Expedition 33 got me to laugh pretty hard a few times.
I’m playing Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and there are some really funny moments.
There’s this quest where a corpse is hanging from a tree and asks you to deal with some creatures that come at night and do the sexy things where he can see them. Or two drunk guys in a tavern debating if a broken sword that has been reforged and it’s hilt replaced time and time again would still be the same sword. Or there is this undead crypt keeper, really happy to meet you.
Or the spirit you meet who tasks you with stealing insignificant things. She was fun.
ETA: I also treat that undead crypt keeper nicely any time I see him in a playthrough. He’s always nice to me so it only seems fair.
Yeah, she was funny, too. And the seagull guy was definitely a highlight!
I’m still on my first playthrough (just arrived in the third area). What I particularly like about the humor is that it’s charming and mostly unexpected, rather than coming across as crude and heavy-handed.
You really didn’t need to post this twice
Mistake. I deleted the crosspost.
In response to your post, it’s a little morbid but I found ratshaker to be a great little game that gave me many laughs.
Um… Slay the Princess, like, last night. Sure it’s marketed as a psychological horror game but it’s actually pretty funny.
That said, I’m also often streaming things with friends and we riff the whole time so even the least funny games ever will get a laugh at some point. Lol
I loved it, but I wouldn’t laugh out loud at any of the moments in it.
san andreas
skyrim
undertale
Damn, CJ, why you always gotta be a busta?
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The Paper Mario games have several laugh-worthy jokes and scenarios
Spiritfarer has a couple
Animal Crossing New Horizons has a couple
The South Park games got a few laughs out of me.
Borderlands games have a few good gags sprinkled throughout.
These are the only ones I can think of as well.
I love playing Role playing servers and it’s hilarious everyday!
This makes me wonder what the first time was. Pong and Yar’s Revenge weren’t really comedy material. Maybe The Quest for c64, where we got annoyed at the game always saying “gorn doesn’t want to go that way”. I guess that’s not intentionally humorous though. Maybe Monkey Island?
Some text adventure probably. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was 1984, and it probably wasn’t the first funny one.
Good call. We did have that for My friend’s PCJr
I run a weekly campaign on Neverwinter Nights and this week was the annual Halloween event. After closing the evil portal I introduced the players to ‘Gertie’, basically a character I made that’s an amalgamation of all the weird grandmas you all met when trick-or-treating as kids (using the game’s Sea Hag model), and she asked each adventurer: “Now what are YOU supposed to be, little boy/girl?” and made one of them kiss her on the cheek because he was “so adorable”.
And then she gave them bags of candy.
That turned out pretty funny with how the various party members reacted and played along with the gag.
Woah people are still DMing custom games on NwN? Can you tell me more about how those play? I was interested in it but never got to see the scene in its glory days
There are still a few dozen active persistent worlds. They all have different flavors. Some are role-play focused and some more hack-and-slash. Some are high magic and some low. You kinda just have to try a bunch out and see which shoe fits.
If you’re logged in as the DM, you basically have a cheat menu that allows you to spawn monsters, items, placeables, etc. It’s pretty darn cool.
I’m laughing constantly when playing multiplayer games with my kids. Silly party games mainly where we end up in weird interactions or just making jokes or role play about what’s happening in the game.
For single player I can’t really remember but the old monkey island and Simon the sorcerer got me laughing back in the days.
Hades 2 when I finally stumbled upon Dionysus. He’s wearing a leopard print speedo in it and his bulge is as subtle as a kick in the shin.
I love that they gave him a massive bulge. Found him in a run last night.