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)?

  • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 hours ago

    Apart from multiplayer games:

    • Psychonauts 2 was both funny and at the same time very moving.
    • Return to Monkey Island managed to capture the charme of the originals. It also hit the absolutely right spot for me being a ::: spoiler spoiler father myself :::.
    • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is fun like watching an Indy movie (until you realize you watch the movie in real time and it is really long)…
    • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Psychonauts 2 was probably the best sequel ever imo. I grew up playing the first game so I’m a little biased, but holy shit is that second one a masterpiece.