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.
It’s really hard to top Jazzpunk…
I know right? it’s so great I reinstall it every few months just to experience it again. It never really gets old
Never heard of jazzpunk. Just added it to my steam wishlist, interested to play it.
Disco Elysium is the most recent game that was just chock full of humor, though maybe not focused on it specifically… beyond that the only games I can even really think of that had a focus on comedy were the old LucasArts classics. Sam & Max, Full Throttle, Monkey Island… And Borderlands.
I was just thinking about how this doesn’t seem to be a thing anymore. Where are the comedic oriented games? Why is everything so damn dark, and serious and brooding nowadays?
But I haven’t played that Not-Really-Rick-and-Morty-shooter. I heard that was funny.
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.
I prefer Leisure Suit Larry, but I’ll upzipper any Sierra game!
Either Jazzpunk or Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Both had me laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes at various points.
Disco Elysium. It’s much more than funny, but it can also be really funny. Cuno is really funny.
Came here to say this; just wanted to add that it was simultaneously the saddest game I’d ever played.
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.
It’s funnier than 95% of film or TV comedies. The writers are amazing.
Can’t say which one is the funniest (probably jazzpunk), but here are some that I found funny:
- Jazz Punk
- Procession to Cavalry
- Thousand Arms
- Metal Wolf Chaos
- Frog Fractions
- Monkey Island
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos is hilarious and fun rpg
Nexomon: Extinction cracked me up pretty much throughout the entire game.
Monkey Island
Untitled Goose Game comes to mind as a great “slapstick” game.
honk
I love me some honkus!
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.
The Precession To Calvery was hilarious from beginning to end.
You beat me to it because this game is genius!
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The DLC was incredible.
Mayor Burt “fucking” Reynolds.
The original Saints Row was wacky enough to not be just another GTA clone, SR2 kept most of the tone but got serious.
SR3 just went completely off the rails and I loved every second of it!
Dongeon Keeper 2 for me. Killing scared heroes was really fun.
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.
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.
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.
Oooh, it’s been a while since I’ve been on there. May need to revive my pastamancer.
