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)?
Outer Worlds 2, baby! It takes itself more seriously than the first one, which I think adds to the comedy.
What got a chuckle out of me was this statue in the first town you visit. It’s a beautifully-designed, marble statue of some hero. The Auntie’s Choice corporation that’s colonized the area used an advertisement drone to project an image of the CEO’s face over the statue’s head.
There’s also the Protectorate members that have tried to integrate into corporate society saying things like, “I only recently learned that artificial means good!”
I love dry humor, and this game is much more dry than the first.
I didn’t know this was already out! Hell yeah