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For me it's probably Jazzpunk, but I liked Disco Elysium too. I've been looking for something to scratch that "Jazzpunk surrealist comedy itch" for a while and not many games have come even close.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Stanley Parable was pretty funny

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Untitled Goose Game comes to mind as a great "slapstick" game.

honk

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it'd have to be Portal...mmm, the first one. I think learning about Glados the first time is a little better than the whole potato thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Portal 2 has some jokes that did not age well too.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Whoa, do you remember any specific examples? I haven't played since it came out

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a game that's a full comedy romp, West of Loathing consistently ruined me with laughter. The spittoon descriptions are probably the most derangedly funny writing ever put into the world. I've got to remember to play the sequel one of these days. Its also extremely mechanically satisfying, with several enticing roleplaying moments (as well as the occasional dramatic or scary moment that hits just as well as the comedy)

For a game that's not explicitly only comedy but still hits strong marks, Yakuza 0 is a full meal. While most Yak games are fairly wacky when it comes to sidequesting (1 being perphaps the single exception, as the beginning of the series was quite dry), 0 feels like the one where they really hit their stride. There's so many flat out ridiculous moments (you've most likely seen the chicken, and that's just one of many) that you even forget this is also a heavily dramatic story and a full blown action beat'em up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you liked that it's based on a browser game called Kingdom of Loathing, the gameplay is not as tight or refined but there's plenty to do and it's pretty enjoyable to play when you have some time to kill on a work pc lol.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Disco Elysium. It’s much more than funny, but it can also be really funny. Cuno is really funny.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Came here to say this; just wanted to add that it was simultaneously the saddest game I'd ever played.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It's both the saddest game I've ever played and perhaps the most uplifting one. It balances the knife's edge between nihilism and hope so well. It can also be hysterically funny, yes. It's truly unique in terms of writing.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd recommend Sam and Max Hit the Road. It's older, and its sense of humor is a bit out there, but if you "get it" it's great.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

So many of those old adventure games were hilarious. The Monkey Island series, Day of the Tentacle, Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest. But I was also a kid back then (probably shouldn't have been playing Leisure Suit Larry...). I wonder if they'd still hold up for me today.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'll add the Discworld games. And Simon the Sorcerer!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Conker's Bad Fur Day on N64 was definitely up there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was like 12 but it was funny as shit. I think now a lot of the humour might fall flat now the zeitgeist has moved on but that storming of the beach against the teddybears still cracks me up remembering it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find the lack of Space Quest titles in this thread unsettling. For me, it's Space Quest IV, but they are all absolute gems.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Monkey Island

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yakuza 0 hands down. Some of the side stories had me in stitches.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only game I ever lol’d at was Psychonauts.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Both of the Psychonauts games had such great writing, comedy is best when interwoven with actual substance and they nailed it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's really hard to top Jazzpunk...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

One game series that is not known for being especially humorous actually can be: The Halo games. More specifically the enemy grunts. If you sneak up on them and listen to their dialogue, their mix of faux bravado, cowardice and delusion of grandeur can be really funny. Especially because Master Chief is “The Demon” to them. A near-mythical monster. Just choosing the right time to reveal your presence to the grunts can result in comedy gold.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No One Lives Forever though it's ancient now. I remember sneaking around just to listen to the bad guys talking to each other.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Outer Worlds has a great sense of humor.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stanley Parable and Trover Saves the Universe are both pretty funny. I'm sure there are a ton of really funny games, but for some reason, they're not coming to mind.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I almost can’t believe the lack of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me its gotta be Donut County. I was baked out of my mind and my best friend was like "Dude you gotta play this game" and handed me his controller. It was awesome.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/702670/Donut_County/

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The game I've laughed the most while playing is Jackbox. Fibbage and Quiplash have me in stitches every time, although it depends on how funny your friends are.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

"Mr. Evrart is helping me find my gun" is the funniest interaction in any video game I have ever played by an order of magnitude

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Dongeon Keeper 2 for me. Killing scared heroes was really fun.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Either Jazzpunk or Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Both had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes at various points.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I like LEGO games for their simple light-hearted humor and recreation of well known scenes from other IPs, esp. SW\LOTR ones.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not single player/story funny, but I don't think I've absolutely lost it to any game (possibly even any thing) more than Gang Beasts. Get 8 friends together for a rumble and cry laughs will be had.

One time back when we were living in an apartment with an inward courtyard facing window, my wife and I were laughing so hard a neighbour threw something at our window to get our attention so they could shout at us to keep it down. It was only 10pm on a Saturday :/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands if you're into Borderlands-style games (shoot and loot). I'm not, but for the 45 minutes that I played, I laughed quite a bit.

And of course The Stanley Parable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Precession To Calvery was hilarious from beginning to end.

I also love the humor in Portal 1 and 2.

Frog detective is also super cute and funny.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

South Park: Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole I'd guess people either hate it or laugh their way through it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ultimate Chicken Horse might be one of the top party games for getting a laugh for me. It's always fun to see someone hyperfocused to make a jump, only to get hit by an arrow, followed by a wrecking ball hitting them into a sawblade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Showing my age here but Deer Avenger was pretty damn funny:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Avenger_(1998_video_game)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Conker's Bad Fur Day.

First off, Rare had a reputation for good games, but they were cute, child friendly games. Conker was even a cute character with child friendly games. Then they made this... thing, which starts with Conker hungover from a night drinking and quickly descends into him fighting a giant poo monster. The game was rated R/18, which was crazy for Nintendo. The amount of little movie references everywhere was insane, also.

Those little French squirrels...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Some coop games, like Battleblock Theater or Magicka, were definitely the most funny for me, with all the dumb stuff you can do, fuck with your friends, etc. but those depend on the people you play with. With friends, every game can become super funny though, even more serious stuff.

As for single player, the ones I remember the most were Donut County and maybe the Frog Detective games, those had some really funny moments and writing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First game that came to mind was The Looker.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - (it is now abandonware, you can play it for free) if you have never heard if it but like sierra/lucasarts style games you really should give it a try. Extremely funny.

But also the Monkey Island Series and Grim Fandango?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Recently played the Grim Fandango remastered and man, what a fantastic game.

The humor, style and especially the music was great. If you like point & click games, this is one you should definitely try out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Any shovelware with lots of bugs, continuity errors, and English language fails. I’m the type of person who believes in “so bad, it’s good” (or at least so bad, it’s funny). Warning for TVTropes link.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Definitely Grim Fandango. First game to make me laugh out loud, personally it's clever and witty, and I love it to bits.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/316790/Grim_Fandango_Remastered/

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