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

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    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.

    • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
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      3 months ago

      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.

      • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        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.

  • master_of_unlocking@piefed.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    South Park: The Stick of Truth and its sequel were really funny and the RPG gameplay was a lot more fun than I expected. I’ll also second the recommendation for the Monkey Island series.

  • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    People (not me), seemed to really like Thank Goodness You’re Here. Undertale is a popular one. Date Everything seemed funny from what I saw of it, and if playing with friends things like peak, baby steps, or getting over it. Lots of different genres there, but steam also has a tag for comedy games. Even if you don’t end up buying it on steam, you can always check that out in case you don’t get enough options via comments.

    • MurrayL@lemmy.world
      English
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      3 months ago

      Thank Goodness You’re Here is quite possibly the funniest game I’ve ever played - good suggestion.

    • clav64@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Thank goodness you’re here is utterly brilliant. Full of very British humour akin to the Viz comics.

  • anton2492@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Grim Fandango!

    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.

  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The original ace Attorney trilogy is pretty good with humor, some people enjoy the humor in the somnium files, yazuka zero’s side content is pretty funny.