Any comedic games?
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if you're willing to spend some money, check out Red Dead Redemption, some of the dialogue made me laugh, but the true humor is in the Undead Nightmare DLC, if you're willing to shell out 10 bucks for it (fantastic deal in my opinion) it had some of the best zombie humor I've seen in a game
Check out games by Tim Schafer. Both Psychonauts and Brutal Legend have a wonderful sense of humor about them.
Early 90s point and click adventure games all have a charming humor to them. All to a various degree. Off the top of my head:
- Full Throttle
- Sam and Max (I heard the recent episodic ones are pretty good too, but the original is one of the greatest games of all time)
- Thorin's Passage
- Monkey Island (1-3)
- Day of the Tentacle
- The Legend of Kyrandia (1-3)
- Space Quest (5-6 especially)
- King's Quest (6-7 especially)
- Grim Fandango
There were others too... basically, think of it in these terms: in those days, PC games weren't made for 12-year olds, and the genres were also generally slower and more casually-paced, so the writing was generally significantly better. The games themselves (as in, gameplay-wise) are not necessarily too good; however, with the help of a solution manual (can be found anywhere) all of the games above can result in time well spent, and probably more than a few laughs.
- Full Throttle
- Sam and Max (I heard the recent episodic ones are pretty good too, but the original is one of the greatest games of all time)
- Thorin's Passage
- Monkey Island (1-3)
- Day of the Tentacle
- The Legend of Kyrandia (1-3)
- Space Quest (5-6 especially)
- King's Quest (6-7 especially)
- Grim Fandango
There were others too... basically, think of it in these terms: in those days, PC games weren't made for 12-year olds, and the genres were also generally slower and more casually-paced, so the writing was generally significantly better. The games themselves (as in, gameplay-wise) are not necessarily too good; however, with the help of a solution manual (can be found anywhere) all of the games above can result in time well spent, and probably more than a few laughs.
I know you said Portal, did you mean Portal 2? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it! IF, of course, you don't mind dark humor. I don't know if anyone else has said this, I'm tired..Mr. Omega said:
Yeah, I have to agree with this. Nippon Ichi Software is one of, if not my favorite company.DeadlyYellow said:
OP, I'd definitely recommend either the Disgaea series or Z.H.P. Most of the humor in Nippon Ichi games comes from how hilariously over the top it all is.
It's a rather simple matter to be doing quadrillions of damage in the post-game (A silver trophy in Disgaea 3 is dealing 100,000,000,000 damage in one attack, actually.), but Z.H.P.'s antagonist is named Demon General Darkdeath Evilman...and he's seven years old. And the protagonists are Super Baby, The Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger, and Reckless Cop Dangerama.
I know that some reviewers over-hyped this game but Deadly Premonition has a lot of bizarre comedy to it, just don't be expecting great gameplay. Double Fine games are usually pretty funny (already mentioned Psychonauts and Brutal Legend but also Costume Quest and Stacking have some laughs). I also loved a lot of the radio stations and TV shows in Grand Theft Auto 4 as well.