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…
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.
There Is No Game. It’s not very funny, but still pretty funny.
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.
I liked Guardians of the Galaxy
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.
The Monkey Island games come to mind. A Bard’s Tale maybe?
You fight like a cow
I got this scar on my face during a mighty struggle
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
Just say not!
Pizza Tower
Depending on when you were born: Class of '09
I’m not sure how it would hit for non-millenials but if you went to school in the early aughts the entire series is great.
Have you got the deluxe edition of Stanley parable? It really got me laughing how much it jokes about sequels.
Psychonauts 1 is one of the funniest games ever made, but they’re both excellent.
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
Unmetal is a fun spoof on Metal Gear/MGS games
I was surprised how much it’s able to hold its laughter to tell a worthwhile story. It makes sense, because every single line just being pure parody/silliness can get really grating.
Dinocop. There’s a demo on steam
