cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37932218

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)?

  • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Joy and Laughter are woke, so I stopped with them years ago. (/s on the “so”, literally just on that word)

  • Hackworth@piefed.caEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    I’ll second Dispatch. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would and legitimately looking forward to the next chapters.

  • Focal@pawb.social
    4·
    2 days ago

    In Clair Obscur, convincing your fifth party member to join you had me actually cackling

  • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    2 days ago

    Last month I fell into Cyberpunk 2077. There is a lot of humor in that game, but I remember getting a call at 2 in the morning to pick up dick melting off guy and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

  • onlooker@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 days ago

    Several times in Yakuza Kiwami, courtesy of Majima Everywhere system. Basically, you arrive in town completely weak and this dude who is also a yakuza, called Goro Majima, takes it upon himself to “train you up”. For the player this means having to fight him all the time. At first, it’s just meeting him on the street. Then, he starts making ambushes around corners. Then, he starts dressing up as a cop just so he can have an excuse to beat you up. THEN he starts muscling into fights he didn’t even start and it just gets more and more ridiculous from there. I found it super funny just how annoying they made him. In a good way, though!

  • glimse@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    I cackled playing Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

    …when some NPCs moonwalked in the background during some dialogue.

    Before that, some parts Yakuza: Like A Dragon which I thought was a much funnier and better game

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    2 days ago

    Not a funny line but I laughed out loud when selling items in Lethal Company for the first time. It’s an absurd game made with humor, and the multiplayer gameplay creates a lot of hilarious situations.

    Sir Whoopass when the goblins are looking for a wifi connection.