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)?

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    Hades 2 when I finally stumbled upon Dionysus. He’s wearing a leopard print speedo in it and his bulge is as subtle as a kick in the shin.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    The South Park games got a few laughs out of me.

    Borderlands games have a few good gags sprinkled throughout.

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    The Stanley Parable is very funny. I don’t want to spoil it, especially because reading or watching videos is not the same as interacting with the game, but the narrator reacts to what you do, even if you try to do something absurd there’s a good chance that it has a special reaction for that.

    South Park games also are very funny, the first one (Stick of Truth) especially. But it is a very dark humor, e.g. the difficulty slider also changes your skin color.

    • biofaust@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Stanley Parable is amazing, not something I personally would laugh out loud at, but truly a masterpiece of a game.

  • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    Probably Portal 2, but I plan to try Dispatch as soon as it has completed.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Many video games have funny moments, but Portal 2 remains on top as the most hilarious video game of all-time.

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    Cyberpunk 2077, overheard two NPCs sharing a joke:

    What does a corpo say before he offs himself?

    spoiler

    Guys, please don’t shoot.

  • rapchee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    some years ago, magicka made me regularly pause the game
    more recently, broken age had a few good twists and lines (well it’s more recent for me, i just started playing it)

  • SirDankbud@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Baby Steps has made me laugh a lot this past month. But my last laugh in gaming was on saturday when I started the new Katamari game and the very first thing I made was given the title Miso Flavour Uranus.

  • morphballganon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    The Paper Mario games have several laugh-worthy jokes and scenarios

    Spiritfarer has a couple

    Animal Crossing New Horizons has a couple

  • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    I mean, I don’t know if you can call it ‘designed’ or not, but multiplayer experiences with chained together are always hilarious. The ironic ‘we own you’ or ‘casually dismissing how unimportant you are’ messages in satisfactory get a chuckle. Boneraiser minions is humorous as well, as the minions range from ‘normal skeleton’ to ‘pumpkin headed horrors’ and are definitely designed around silliness. Ship of fools has the multiplayer shenanigans, but ALSO some really funny, dry humored lines about the state of your boat/character. All the cat quest games… if you’re not rolling your eyes at all the cat puns, there’s something wrong with you. Ooooohh, I almost forgot! Another multiplayer one, but entirely designed around laughing as you put a bomb in front of your friend’s favorite path to the goal: ultimate chicken horse.