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[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Comedy in games is hard. I mean, just getting a well-written story is hard enough, but good comedy? Pretty difficult. However, some exist.

So, your favourite video game comedies (whether the comedy is a result of the gameplay or the writing/acting).

What comes to mind for me are the following:

Saints Row IV - Playing as Nolan North, this is one of the best comedies I've ever experienced. It's just... so... stupidly lovable. The gameplay isn't a ton to write home about, but the acting is great, and it feels like everyone just had a ton of funny making something so dumb. Nolan North pretty much plays himself which makes it funnier.

Portal 2 - Great voice acting throughout and a deft script had me playing this with a half-grin all the way through. It gets pretty dark here and there, but it retains a great comedic edge with characters like Cave Johnson, Wheatley, and GLADOS.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - Somebody time traveled to the 80s, took a hit of acid with Michael Biehn, and then got punched in the face. Not a huge fan of the gameplay, but the aesthetic and acting is hilarious.

What else, guys?

 

[Timeaisis]

That's easy.

Paper Mario (all of 'em)

 

[Byronic Hero]

All of the Ace Attorney games are quite funny.

 

[DukeBobby]

All of the Ace Attorney games are quite funny.

Came in to say this. Good choice.

 

[jabuseika]

Anachronox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSoko3qsJII

Edit: non-music-ruining-the-scene-link

 

[inm8num2]

 

[TheUnsunghero26]

Deadly Premonition. Wouldn't you agree, Zach?

Spoiler

Made even funnier by the fact that my name is Zach

 

[Marjar]

Shadow the Hedgehog.

Unintentional comedy, but it's still comedy.

 

[Kokonoe]

That's easy.

Paper Mario (all of 'em)

Yep. Even with how lousy Super Paper Mario is gameplay wise, the story itself is solid and hilarious.

 

[Sojgat]

Alpha Protocol - if you want to, you can basically play the game as Sterling Archer, and the other characters will react to you accordingly. Comedy gold.

 

[bernardobri]

The Thread of Monkey Island.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

That's easy.

Paper Mario (all of 'em)

The Mario & Luigi series is much better.

 

[Richie]

Rare's Banjo Tooie and of course Conker's Bad Fur Day were crammed with chuckles and laugh out loud moments all the way through.

Earthbound, holy divine precious hell, Earthbound.

A special mention goes for Kid Icarus: Uprising. Sakurai needs to write more in this vein, damnit.

LEGO City Undercover

Good call. Some jokes aim too low, but in overall it's one helluva funny package.

 

[McDougles]

Through all of its faults, GTA IV provided some great comedic moments.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Hyperdimension Neptunia
Melissa Fahn is a goddess.

 

[calder]

Most of the LucasArts adventure games were surprisingly funny. The obviously funny ones like Monkey Island and Sam and Max are clearly comedic naturally, but games like Full Throttle and Grim Fandango were often extremely funny in sections - less reliant on jokes and more on humour arising from the characters and their reactions to the events surrounding them.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Monkey Island always licked my funny bone perfectly. It has memorable characters, a realized world and some completely absurd puzzles.

 

[Timeaisis]

The Mario & Luigi series is much better.

Maybe Partners in Time. I feel Paper Mario is more consistently funny. But you are right, M&L are pretty funny, too.

 

[CaptainGyro]

Sam and Max Telltale games.
Some people only like season 3 (Devils Playhouse) and think the other 2 seasons aren't funny but those people are dumb and grumpy

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

Since my choices have already been mentioned , I'll say Psychonauts has a pretty good sense of humor too.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

The Mario & Luigi series is much better.

Paper Mario wins on the basis that it has Mario become a pro wrestler called the Great Gonzales.

 

[TheGreatLugia]

Do Tales skits count?

 

[Anth0ny]

Super Paper Mario is hilarious.

 

[Gintoki313]

This. It's one of the few games I've ever laughed at while playing.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Saints Row 2
Postal 2
Postal 3

 

[darkmatter16]

All Ratchet and Clank games especially Dr.Nefarious
Alistar in DA:O was always bringing the lulz too

 

[Aaron Strife]

Skyward Sword, just for this guy

 

[Dai101]

Pick ANY radio station on GTA, specially the talk show ones.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

LEGO City Undercover
Timesplitters Future Perfect
Portal 1 & 2
Psychonauts
Paper Mario series

 

[Kokonoe]

Paper Mario wins on the basis that it has Mario become a pro wrestler called the Great Gonzales.

YES.

 

[Broank]

Dikembe Mutombo's 4 1/2 Weeks to Save the World was pretty ridiculous. Ratchet and Clank games used to always make me chuckle. And Portal of course.

 

[Setvan2734]

Is it bad if I found Postal 2 to be a rather funny/amusing game?

 

[TheOGB]

Shadow the Hedgehog.

Unintentional comedy, but it's still comedy.

Holy crap, I did not expect to be beaten to this answer.

 

[Jintor]

I think Psychonauts is a pretty funny game, although it's a little less out and out about it.

Oh yeah, Kid Icarus! I was fucking doubled over on some of that dialogue.

 

[Zukuu]

Many (in particular old school) Point and Click adventures are quite humorous.

 

[Zoggy]

vice city and san andreas

saints row 4

 

[squidyj]

All this thread does is remind me of the terrible, immersion breaking, potty humor that I'm sure to find once I start playing GTA V. I'll be all "MOTHERFUCKING HEAT, YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH' and then I'll drive my getaway car past a rusty rounds and all of my excitement will evaporate.

Many (in particular old school) Point and Click adventures are quite humorous.

The Day of The Tentacle

 

[Marjar]

Holy crap, I did not expect to be beaten to this answer.

You know what they say, the more the merrier!

 

[mrmickfran]

Why did it take so long for a Kid Icarus mention?

Pit: Am I ever going to get to the top of this tower?

Spoiler

Viridi

: I warned you before we got here that it was a long way up.
Pit: Yeah, but this place is so huge, we even had a loading screen back there.

Spoiler

Viridi

: Shhh, they're going to hear you! We're not supposed to talk about that!

From the same chapter:

Spoiler

Viridi

: Those floor panels alternate between hurting you and not hurting you. They don't seem to have any affect on those Underworld enemies, though. Odd.
Chariot Master: It's a known issue. It'll be resolved in the next version of the tower.
Pit: Someone needs a better QA department.

 

[revolverjgw]

Deadpool really made me laugh. Although this kind of 4th-wall breaking humor that's so popular right now in games like that, Blood Dragon, Saints Row etc are plucking the low hanging fruit. They're funny but video games are just SUCH an easy target for this kind of thing.

Ratchet and Clank games consistently make me laugh, mostly Captain Quark and Mr. Zurkon. Quark is that common Zap Brannigan archetype but he's so well written

 

[kunonabi]

illbleed. the game had my in stitches especially the worm and toy story levels.

 

[Blearth]

Portal and Portal 2 are, without a doubt, the funniest games ever made.

 

[TheOGB]

Oh yeah, Kid Icarus! I was fucking doubled over on some of that dialogue.

Why did it take so long for a Kid Icarus mention?

Gahhh, knew I forgot something!

Spoiler

"Hades!"
"Pit!"
"Hades!!"
"Pit!!"
"Hadeeeeess!!!"
"Piiiitttttttt!!!"

 

[FYC]

The Thread of Monkey Island.

Bam.

Sam & Max is great too.

 

[ezekial45]

God Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LZUXCE4Frw

It's a wonderful action game too.

 

[Stimpack]

Fallout 1 & 2

*edit* Planescape was pretty good, too.

*edit II* Also:

 

[MechDX]

 

[Kurod]

illbleed. the game had my in stitches especially the worm and toy story levels.

Haha another vote for illbleed. Holy crap at the Toy Hunter chapter. That was the craziest thing I think I had ever seen in a video game.

Also, I didn't find out until much later that you can totally

Spoiler

rescue Randy without getting his brain back in the woodpuppets chapter. This makes for hilarious dialogue in the killerman chapter if you play as him.

 

[Einbroch]

Tales games. But mostly only the skits.