cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45801870
I am looking for a game that will make me laugh a lot. I already played Disco Elysium and I am currently playing Stanley’s Parable
The older Sam and Max games were great.
You mean all one of them?
Been a while, but I thought there were a few that came out back in the day (computer only).
There is one old: Hit the road
Then 3 seasons of Telltale’s Sam and Max
And apparently there is a VR title as well…
Portal and Portal 2!
Some of the best comedy writing in any video game series, ever.
Featuring the single best joke ever told in a video game.
And I have no idea which specific joke you’re referring to because so many of them would qualify.
The joke that starts a new chapter…
Never has a game made me laugh out loud like when I first discovered it. Clever humour, unique characters, and each line of dialogue is packed with effortless charm and wit. Not to mention the philosophical themes disguised as one man’s quirky Day of the Dead -themed quest to get to the afterlife.
The puzzles are a product of its time so a walkthrough might be needed. But that’s forgivable for the game’s big picture.
Wish I could wipe my memory of it and play it all over again.
Mitchmanix has a whole channel playing through comedy games.
One of my personal favourites is The Deadly Tower of Monsters.
I haven’t got very far into it, but Rustler is a pretty funny top down view GTA spoof.
The Monkey Island games come to mind. A Bard’s Tale maybe?
Came in to say Monkey Island
Same, just finished last week the Return to Monkey Island, after 20+ years played the Cursed Monkey Island.
This series is something special.
Yarr
People (not me), seemed to really like Thank Goodness You’re Here. Undertale is a popular one. Date Everything seemed funny from what I saw of it, and if playing with friends things like peak, baby steps, or getting over it. Lots of different genres there, but steam also has a tag for comedy games. Even if you don’t end up buying it on steam, you can always check that out in case you don’t get enough options via comments.
Thank goodness you’re here is utterly brilliant. Full of very British humour akin to the Viz comics.
Seconding “Thank goodnees you’re here” and “Date everything”!
Thank Goodness You’re Here is quite possibly the funniest game I’ve ever played - good suggestion.
I dunno if it’s “comedy based” but I find Grim Fandango really funny.
It can be a little moon logic at times and might be frustrating to play without a guide, but yeah it’s great and quite funny.
The original ace Attorney trilogy is pretty good with humor, some people enjoy the humor in the somnium files, yazuka zero’s side content is pretty funny.
Deadpool the game is super funny if you can get it. There is no legal way to get it.
Damm, if there’s no legal way I can’t play it… Just impossible…
I mean i can’t even remember when I first played it how did I acquire it… Arrr…
West of Loathing and Shadows over Loathing are two really funny and silly games.
Kingdom of Loathing is probably one of the best games ever imo
If you’re into some point and click, I might suggest the Sam and Max collection
Have you got the deluxe edition of Stanley parable? It really got me laughing how much it jokes about sequels.
If you’re enjoying The Stanley Parable, you’ll probably like Do Not Press The Button To Destroy The Multiverse.
HITMAN! The core story/cutscenes form a very serious, grim premise. But, the actual gameplay, and the writing of the many dozens of NPCs in each level, is filled with humorous charm and tongue-in-cheek Bond-eque silliness. Characters will acknowledge 47’s often paper-thin disguises, make silly remarks about excuses to take off early, or alluding to how horrible it would be if some freak accident occurred. Plus, the mechanics can involve things like dropping banana peels for people to slip on, or luring people with a cartoony explosive rubber duck.
It takes a bit of time to get used to how the game wants you to explore, and stop trying to brute-force it like a stealth game. Quite often, some of the main intended ways of going about a mission involve little to no stealth. It’s a lot of fun and very replayable.
Just the other day I saw the bit where the guard gets a phone call telling him it’s NOT prostate cancer, and he’s all happy and relieved, and you’re just out of the window and have to make a tough decision.
Is this Absolution?
Before the World of Assassination trilogy, I think the tone was often very grim and mocking even on the player’s side, eg “welp, gotta murder for a paycheck, that’s how the world is”
For the newer trilogy, there’s still a lot of grim humor, but it’s usually on the part of targets. They’re painted as VERY savage billionaires deserving everything coming their way, and the guards around them less so.
You also get far more tools to be nonlethal, to the point any kind of gunfire is heavily punished and no speedruns really acknowledge runs where you kill non-targets.
I did kind of have that feel that previous games were too grim about a lot of things; ended up enjoying World of Assassination quite a bit more.
I don’t know, it was a Short I got randomly.
Also, because the conversations have to be so exposition heavy to drop all the relevant hints, it makes some exchanges seem soap-opera-like and absurd. I love it.
South Park: The Stick of Truth and its sequel were really funny and the RPG gameplay was a lot more fun than I expected. I’ll also second the recommendation for the Monkey Island series.
