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[FlyinJ]

I'm playing through the Ratchet and Clank remake on my Pro. It looks amazing, and the game play is solid...

But holy shit is the writing bad. I'm imagining it must have been written by someone high up at Insomniac and no one could tell them how absolutely awful their writing is. I can only hope that's the case, as the alternative is that the whole team thought this was funny.

This kind of humor reminds me of that annoying kid you always see hanging out at GameStop who cracks "jokes" all the time using awkward funny voices.

I'm putting this really high up on my scale of "worst humor in a game", not only because it is just downright awful, but also because given the obvious high production value of the game they could have definitely swung the cost of hiring an even slightly competent comedic writer.

What are your picks?

 

[J_Viper]

Strange, I thought R&C had a solid sense of humor.

My pick

The fifty percent of jokes that land were hilarious.

The other half? I wanted to rip my ears off.

 

[RobotMoses]

Dark Souls/Bloodborne. Everyone laughs after every sentence. WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

 

[SZips]

I haven't played the new R&C game yet, but I have to ask: Is the humor in the game geared more towards a younger audience?

It seems like the kind of game that is made first with a younger crowd in mind, but with gameplay that can be enjoyed by all ages. I could be wrong though.

 

[SargerusBR]

Gearbox's games the thread.

 

[valkillmore]

Dicktits the thread

Came here to post the new Ratchet as well

Really?? I haven't played it but it looked pretty endearing from the trailers. It's bad on another level? Huh

 

[robotrock]

Came here to post the new Ratchet as well

 

[Apt101]

I think they were writing to a younger audience with that game. As a 30-something, yea, it was flat.

Duke Nukem Forever was cringey. It was fine during its era when I was, what, 12? 13? Thouroughly unfunny now.

I forgot the name but it's an overhead adventure game, you're some kind of knight, real talkative, Prince Charming type of voice. Man how am I drawing a blank, I put in like 25 hours on PS3 in this game. Anyways that is probably the least funny "humorous" modern game I can remember.

Edit: I think it was called Deathspank

 

[adamsapple]

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The fifty percent of jokes that land were hilarious.

The other half? I wanted to rip my ears off.

This. Game tries too hard.

 

[DNAbro]

I haven't played the new R&C game yet, but I have to ask: Is the humor in the game geared more towards a younger audience?

It seems like the kind of game that is made first with a younger crowd in mind, but with gameplay that can be enjoyed by all ages. I could be wrong though.

It wasn't as funny as the older games from what I remember of them.

 

[Metalingus5150]

Dark Souls/Bloodborne. Everyone laughs after every sentence. WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

 

[mxgt]

Pretty much anything I have ever played by Gearbox

 

[mike6467]

Sunset Overdrive.

It had some hits, but it had a lot more misses and they were pretty cringey.

Xenoblade X' Potatsu......

Oh God, I forgot about this. That thing came close to ruining the story for me.

 

[clemmy]

Strange, I thought R&C had a solid sense of humor.

My pick

The fifty percent of jokes that land were hilarious.

The other half? I wanted to rip my ears off.

 

[FlyinJ]

I haven't played the new R&C game yet, but I have to ask: Is the humor in the game geared more towards a younger audience?

It seems like the kind of game that is made first with a younger crowd in mind, but with gameplay that can be enjoyed by all ages. I could be wrong though.

Gearing it towards kids is no excuse for awful humor and writing.

 

[Cipher Peon]

Saint's Row. Thought Saint's Row 3 was extraordinarily unfunny.

However, I LOVE the humor in Borderlands. Makes me crack up every time!

 

[Servbot24]

Gearbox is an embarrassment to video games as a whole.

Gearing it towards kids is no excuse for awful humor and writing.

I'm 27 and I enjoyed it fairly well.

 

[vypek]

I haven't played the new R&C game yet, but I have to ask: Is the humor in the game geared more towards a younger audience?

It seems like the kind of game that is made first with a younger crowd in mind, but with gameplay that can be enjoyed by all ages. I could be wrong though.

I definitely thought it was for a younger audience.

Dicktits the thread

Yep, wasn't a fan of Bulletstorms writing

 

[desmax]

Hyperdimension Neptunia

Sometimes I get a giggle, but fucking hell, they never shut up.
It's like a machine gun of jokes; it fires a lot, and most of them misses.

The new Ratchet was pretty poor in that regard too

 

[tiebreaker]

Xenoblade X' Potatsu......

 

[purseowner]

Grand Theft Auto is meant to be funny at times, apparently.

 

[Zia]

Sony platformers. Ratchet and Clank, Crash Bandicoot, Jake and Dexter. Blech.

 

[valkillmore]

Yep, wasn't a fan of Bulletstorms writing

Not just it's writing but the presentation. It's in-your-face, don't-look-away horrible.

 

[Clintizzle]

Half Life 3

 

[Felix Lighter]

I can think of nothing worse than Duke Nukem Forever.

 

[The Argus]

Right on, OP. I was lent R&C and just couldn't stand the writing. Felt like it was stuck in the 90s. Maybe if I was 13 years younger I would have dug it, but then I have loved every animated film for kids I've seen this year.


Saints Row 2 was horribly unfunny. It was potty humor with grisly violence, it never had a heart. This is coming from a guy who listens to and loves Howard Stern. 3 was better, as it embraced its satire and became a full comedy in my eyes. For me Conker is the benchmark for comedy games.


Maybe it's the translation, but Japanese games and their humor always seem really forced. Nerd humor in general just doesn't do it for me.

 

[impirius]

Xenoblade X' Potatsu......

HAHAHA, THEY'RE GONNA EAT HIM, GUYS

I didn't finish the game, but I assume they didn't pay this off with the party literally cooking and eating Tatsu

 

[diggmcbadass]

Strange, I thought R&C had a solid sense of humor.

My pick

The fifty percent of jokes that land were hilarious.

The other half? I wanted to rip my ears off.

I think Borderlands from Gearbox are some of the most unfunny games, but I think Borderlands from Telltale is one of the funniest games ever made.

 

[rezn0r]

Heavy Rain

 

[Creaking]

That dog in Chrono Cross

I haven't played the game yet, but I saw... I saw enough.

 

[James Scott]

Gearbox games seem like the stand outs.
Especially that penguin in a mech.
It's pretty terrible.

 

[Stumpokapow]

C'mon everybody, check me out! I'm dancing! I'm dancing!

 

[Trigonometrize.]

Heavy Rain

for best unintentional comedy? If there were any actual intended jokes I don't remember them.

 

[Psychoward]

I love Bulletstorm's hunor, yeah a lot of it was over the top but the writing itself was pretty solid and that was kind of the point.

 

[QuantumSquid]

Borderlands and Bulletstorm.

 

[L Thammy]

I've heard enough Borderlands 2 to put me off the series forever.

 

[HvySky]

Strange, I thought R&C had a solid sense of humor.

My pick

The fifty percent of jokes that land were hilarious.

The other half? I wanted to rip my ears off.

This is exactly what came to mind when I read the thread title. Tales from the Borderlands is the standard for what future Borderlands games have to live up to.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I struggle to think of an actually funny game.

 

[mrmickfran]

Xenoblade X' Potatsu......

"But Tatsu is meant to serve, not be served!"

 

[L Thammy]

I struggle to think of an actually funny game.

Shut Up and Jam Gaiden 2.
The Ace Attorney series (well, with exceptions).
Undertale.
EarthBound.
MadWorld.
Sonic Colours.
Most (all?) Mario RPGs.

 

[CecilRousso]

Saint's Row The Third.

It did nothing for me. It just felt like the devs threw everything they had at a wall, and hoped that something would stick.

 

[zeelman]

Saint's Row. Thought Saint's Row 3 was extraordinarily unfunny.

However, I LOVE the humor in Borderlands. Makes me crack up every time!

Are you talking about the first game or the series in general? I think the first game was too serious, but I think the second one did a decent job. The other games tried way too hard and it just didn't work well.

 

[psyfi]

Borderlands was the first thing I thought of. Bulletstorm and Far Cry Blood Dragon were pretty awful, too.

 

[SZips]

Gearing it towards kids is no excuse for awful humor and writing.

That's my point though. You may think it's awful, but it might be right up the alley for their target audience.

 

[Renekton]

Watch Dogs 2 (dank memes)
Borderlands 2 (handsome jack always in my ear)
Sunset Overdrive (tryhard)

 

[RawNuts]

Postal 3 tries way too hard to be humorous in an edgy manner.

 

[NightShift]

Strange, I thought R&C had a solid sense of humor.

My pick

The fifty percent of jokes that land were hilarious.

The other half? I wanted to rip my ears off.

100% agree with this. If they got rid of all the memes and referential humour, the game would have been greatly improved. Gearbox needs to learn from Tales from the Borderlands to see what works.

 

[Sapientas]

This is exactly what came to mind when I read the thread title. Tales from the Borderlands is the standard for what future Borderlands games have to live up to.

For me, Borderlands is dead, the only thing I care about is Tales from the Borderlands. Not even joking.

 

[atomic moth]

Dark Souls/Bloodborne. Everyone laughs after every sentence. WHAT'S SO FUNNY?

Yeah there is a lot of laughing but everyone is insane, so it's not really meant to be funny.

Dicktits the thread

The over-the-top commentary and aspects of gameplay in Bulletstorm is satire. It's a parody of that generation of shooters. Play it again. Enjoy it. It's a great game.

 

[Menitta]

Sunset Overdrive.

It had some hits, but it had a lot more misses and they were pretty cringey.

Not gonna say worst humor as I really liked Sunset Overdrive and I thought it's writing was ok, but it definitely had issues. Like there are lines such as "i know how this works. Meet group. Do favours. Become friends" and then proceeds to actually do that. Stuff like that was annoying.