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)?

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Probably Portal 2, but I plan to try Dispatch as soon as it has completed.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      20 hours ago

      Many video games have funny moments, but Portal 2 remains on top as the most hilarious video game of all-time.