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When was the last time you actually laughed while playing a game? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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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)?

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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.world 1 points 4 days ago

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