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Funniest Games
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Resonance of Fate and Deadly Premonition haven't been mentioned so I'll say that. Also Alpha Protocol, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and Double Dragon: Neon.
Resonance of Fate- The trio's chemistry banter is hilarious; particularly the cutscenes that have Vashyron and Leanne in it. The game was serious at times but when it didn't take itself seriously, it was comedic gold which is 60% of the game. Love this game so damn much.
Deadly Premonition- York's interactions with most of the NPC's and witty musings about 80s movies are so good. The game hits with the humor from the outset.
Alpha Protocol- Psycho Mike run. Enough said.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger- The narrator's memory is rusty that it gets called out a few times humorously.
Double Dragon: Neon- Skullmaggedon's cheesy puns, enemies quipping hilarious one liners such as "Abobo majored in physics" and the ending's amazing song is so good.
Resonance of Fate- The trio's chemistry banter is hilarious; particularly the cutscenes that have Vashyron and Leanne in it. The game was serious at times but when it didn't take itself seriously, it was comedic gold which is 60% of the game. Love this game so damn much.
Deadly Premonition- York's interactions with most of the NPC's and witty musings about 80s movies are so good. The game hits with the humor from the outset.
Alpha Protocol- Psycho Mike run. Enough said.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger- The narrator's memory is rusty that it gets called out a few times humorously.
Double Dragon: Neon- Skullmaggedon's cheesy puns, enemies quipping hilarious one liners such as "Abobo majored in physics" and the ending's amazing song is so good.
Phoenix944
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Tom Nook Sawyer
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One and done, followed by Portal 2.
South Park? That game's not even as funny as a middling episode of the show. Pacing matters.
PintSizedSlasher
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- the radio ads in GTA V. Must have been hilarious for the voice actors recording it.
- party banter in Dragon Age Inquisition.
- party banter in Dragon Age Inquisition.
Green Yoshi
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Banjo&Kazooie
and the games by LucasArts and Double Fine of course.
and the games by LucasArts and Double Fine of course.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
Some really good mentions here, but Portal 2 is the funniest game I've ever played. Just brilliant stuff, comedic genius.
I also remember Bulletstorm being really funny, and whoever said Paper Mario Thousand Year Door deserves a cookie. That game was SO well written.
If you want to go back, the first game I remember being successfully funny was The Lost Vikings, but I was like 12 at the time, so don't blame me if it was trash (probably was). Oh, and Sam N Max Hit The Road.
I also remember Bulletstorm being really funny, and whoever said Paper Mario Thousand Year Door deserves a cookie. That game was SO well written.
If you want to go back, the first game I remember being successfully funny was The Lost Vikings, but I was like 12 at the time, so don't blame me if it was trash (probably was). Oh, and Sam N Max Hit The Road.
Even it the humor is not your cup of tea, there's no other game that does this type of humor (think Airplane) and succeeds.
100% this.
Neverforget
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I must say that Portal series made me laugh the most!
Phoenix Wright series The puns are amazing and the characters facial expressions are hilarious.
And to the lesser extent, The Sims can be pretty funny.
Phoenix Wright series The puns are amazing and the characters facial expressions are hilarious.
And to the lesser extent, The Sims can be pretty funny.
mcz117chief
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Hell yeah, one of the first cutscenes in the game made me almost hysterical XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drPoDtz76WM&feature=player_detailpage#t=1306
Zero spoilers btw
joffocakes
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Mount Your Friends more than anything else.
This game. I don't remember there being any other game that made me laugh this hard. I seriously lost it when you were introduced to mad midget five.
SixStringPsycho
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Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
The Simpsons writers always nailed 4th wall humor.
On that topic:
"What if I throw in this hat" is one of my all time favorite jokes.
"I died the way I lived. As a giant robot."
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
That's actually Super Paper Mario. But the entire Francis chapter is hilarious. Nintendo knows their audience
sephiroth7x
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Suppose the games that have really made me laugh are the adventure games.
Monkey Island has always made me giggle a bit.
Broken Sword 1 and 2 really made me laugh. Even 3 had a few moments.
Games that have really made me laugh though are things like Oblivion and Fallout mainly due to glitching. Some glitches in games make me laugh FAR more than any scripted events.
The door glitch where you could trap several people in a door in Oblivion and see them sway from side to side always had me in stitches...
Monkey Island has always made me giggle a bit.
Broken Sword 1 and 2 really made me laugh. Even 3 had a few moments.
Games that have really made me laugh though are things like Oblivion and Fallout mainly due to glitching. Some glitches in games make me laugh FAR more than any scripted events.
The door glitch where you could trap several people in a door in Oblivion and see them sway from side to side always had me in stitches...
nuttyevans
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The final QTE in Wonderful 101 had me laughing pretty hard.
Some have already been mentioned but GameSpew did a Top 10 Funniest Games list a while back: http://gamespew.com/2015/01/top-10-funniest-games-time/
Borderlands 2, Eat Lead, Saints Row IV, Puzzle Agent!
Borderlands 2, Eat Lead, Saints Row IV, Puzzle Agent!
Incredible Crisis, an old game from the PS1 era. In each chapter you control a member of a family that must reach home in time for dinner but unexpected things happens to each one on their way home. They end up doing things like giving a massage to a lady on a Ferris Wheel to taking down a giant teddy bear with a jet, from escaping class unseen by the teacher to escape snowboarding some bank robbers, from doing morning exercises at work to traveling through a garden after being minimized to the size of an ant...of course aliens are involved.
It´s really funny to see how everyone goes from everyday situations to something unexpected. Then the scale of the bizarre continues going up until you end reaching home to have dinner in the most surprising ways: on an underground train, being teleported by an UFO...All the stories cross at different points during the game, so it´s great to replay the game and discover new details each time.
It´s really funny to see how everyone goes from everyday situations to something unexpected. Then the scale of the bizarre continues going up until you end reaching home to have dinner in the most surprising ways: on an underground train, being teleported by an UFO...All the stories cross at different points during the game, so it´s great to replay the game and discover new details each time.
I haven't played the Tales game yet, but I did think Borderlands 1 was actually funny. 2, not so much - they just tried too hard or something.
JimmyRustler
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Would be my vote as well. This game was too damn funny.
Shuggananas
Banned
Bayonetta games
That cutscene before the missile level lol
edit : found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9xyAhV1MQ
That cutscene before the missile level lol
edit : found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9xyAhV1MQ
DryvBy
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I'm just going to make a list with funny games, otherwise I won't get any work done on why these are funny.
Amped 3
Battlefield: Bad Company 1/2
Borderlands 1/2
Brutal Legend
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Day of the Tentacle
DeathSpank
Dead Rising
Deadpool
Disgaea, especially 3/4
Duke Nukem 3D
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Grim Fandango
Guacamelee!
GTA series
Monkey Island series (including TellTale)
No One Lives Forever
Noby Noby Boy (I don't even know what the crap this game is about)
Octodad
Paper Mario
Persona 4
Poker Night at the Inventory
Portal
Postal 2
Redneck Rampage
Retro City Rampage
Saint's Row series
Sam & Max series (including TellTale)
Shadow Warrior
Shovel Knight
Simpsons: Hit & Run / Game
Skate 2/3 (on accident)
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Stubbs the Zombie
Surgeon Simulator
Tales of Borderlands
Theme Hospital
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Worms (hit and miss series but sometimes really funny)
Amped 3
Battlefield: Bad Company 1/2
Borderlands 1/2
Brutal Legend
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Day of the Tentacle
DeathSpank
Dead Rising
Deadpool
Disgaea, especially 3/4
Duke Nukem 3D
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Grim Fandango
Guacamelee!
GTA series
Monkey Island series (including TellTale)
No One Lives Forever
Noby Noby Boy (I don't even know what the crap this game is about)
Octodad
Paper Mario
Persona 4
Poker Night at the Inventory
Portal
Postal 2
Redneck Rampage
Retro City Rampage
Saint's Row series
Sam & Max series (including TellTale)
Shadow Warrior
Shovel Knight
Simpsons: Hit & Run / Game
Skate 2/3 (on accident)
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Stubbs the Zombie
Surgeon Simulator
Tales of Borderlands
Theme Hospital
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Worms (hit and miss series but sometimes really funny)
Acquiescence
Member
What gem?
Yes to all of this! Hopefully Disgaea 5 is just as good. Borderlands 2 is pretty funny too at partsDisgaea 4 had me rolling from start to finish
The humor was amazingly written
Also, some of the battle attacks were so over the top ridiculous I couldn't help but laugh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrUmLe4NZoo
Succinct Verbosity
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Daria Morgendorffer
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When I read the thread title the first game that came to mind was Tales from the Borderlands, so I'm glad the OP already covered that. There are only 2 episodes out at the moment but the characters and the dialogue are just so funny.
PayOffWizard
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Mount your friends
Shotgun Kiss
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Stanley Parable is my number 1 pick; nothing else comes close. But since that's already been mentioned, I recommend people watch this playthrough of Dikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World, a Flash game by Old Spice. It's only like 40 minutes long.
"Oh Florida. You are so Florida, aren't you?"
"Oh Florida. You are so Florida, aren't you?"
lord_of_flood
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A lot of the Mario RPG's have very humorous writing, especially the ones after the first Paper Mario. They're very enjoyable to play because of that.
I also really enjoyed the announcers in MadWorld. They deliver some really great lines.
I also really enjoyed the announcers in MadWorld. They deliver some really great lines.
The Stanley Parable: Davey Wreden's cutting wit + Kevan Brighting's voice. Perfection.
EDIT:
Can't believe I missed out some other gems. Special mention goes to Portal, the Ace Attorney series (picking the most absurd and blatantly wrong assertions is always fun), Uncharted (particularly the 2nd one) and of course Dragon Age's party banters.
Alex_Mexico
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A handful of games I remmeber as a kid provoking a chuckle or a big smile in me but definitely the very first Videogame that made me laugh out loud hysterically was Conker's Bad Fur Day on N64. I remember being amazed by the evolution of Videogames when I got to that point.
Since then funny games that make me laugh loudly are more and more common. From the usual suspects like Portal to the not as obvious Uncharteds thanks to brilliant writing.
Since then funny games that make me laugh loudly are more and more common. From the usual suspects like Portal to the not as obvious Uncharteds thanks to brilliant writing.
montopolis
Banned
I agree, really funny and fun. I hope they make a Bad Company 3 someday
efyu_lemonardo
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I recommend people watch this playthrough of Dikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World, a Flash game by Old Spice. It's only like 40 minutes long.
"Oh Florida. You are so Florida, aren't you?"
Nice choice! I remember loving this game back in the day
I second that.Armed nd Dangerous was good too
https://youtu.be/g8uNzVji_7c
Then we have mdk. All three games from planet moon / shiny. I miss the 90s :/
Sylverstone14
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I like how the one on the left just dies.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
TIIIMMMAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY
GTA IV/V. They're incredibly comedic, but I think most people don't get the more subtle details. Literally everything is a well made satire of America, from billboards to tv ads, to movies, names, missions, to main characters. I've seen the Fame or Shame mission and I just could not stop laughing, it's perfect comedy. If you get deep enough underneath the surface you'd actually see they're maybe going a bit too harsh on criticizing America, butdamn me if it ain't hilarious
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
After South Park, GTA 3, VC and V. Absolutely hilarious games, my favourite line: 'Countries that don't have guns, aren't America'
EDIT: Forgot about the Futurama game, this is how the extra-life system is introduced:
Fry: 'You invented a machine that can bring people back to life when they die?'
Prof. Farnsworth: 'Yes, and I have been looking for an excuse to kill you ever since'
EDIT: Forgot about the Futurama game, this is how the extra-life system is introduced:
Fry: 'You invented a machine that can bring people back to life when they die?'
Prof. Farnsworth: 'Yes, and I have been looking for an excuse to kill you ever since'