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)?
High on Life got one good laugh from me right at the start, where you’re playing as Buck, and the tutorial guy is hyping you up and talking about how thats your ex wife’s new boyfriend you gotta kill.
After that I enjoyed it, but the humour never got a proper laugh out of me.
Edit : no wait it did when you first get the knife.