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When was the last time you actually laughed while playing a game? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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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)?

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I run a weekly campaign on Neverwinter Nights and this week was the annual Halloween event. After closing the evil portal I introduced the players to 'Gertie', basically a character I made that's an amalgamation of all the weird grandmas you all met when trick-or-treating as kids (using the game's Sea Hag model), and she asked each adventurer: "Now what are YOU supposed to be, little boy/girl?" and made one of them kiss her on the cheek because he was "so adorable".

And then she gave them bags of candy.

That turned out pretty funny with how the various party members reacted and played along with the gag.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Woah people are still DMing custom games on NwN? Can you tell me more about how those play? I was interested in it but never got to see the scene in its glory days

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

There are still a few dozen active persistent worlds. They all have different flavors. Some are role-play focused and some more hack-and-slash. Some are high magic and some low. You kinda just have to try a bunch out and see which shoe fits.

If you're logged in as the DM, you basically have a cheat menu that allows you to spawn monsters, items, placeables, etc. It's pretty darn cool.

[–] t_berium@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm playing Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and there are some really funny moments.

There's this quest where a corpse is hanging from a tree and asks you to deal with some creatures that come at night and do the sexy things where he can see them. Or two drunk guys in a tavern debating if a broken sword that has been reforged and it's hilt replaced time and time again would still be the same sword. Or there is this undead crypt keeper, really happy to meet you.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Most recently Trials Rising. Its the worst of the series ive played so far, but i hadn't played one in about 10 years and id forgotten how funny some of the crashes are.

[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

I love playing Role playing servers and it’s hilarious everyday!

[–] Moltz@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Every once in a while, I get matched with competent players in Rocket League, and something magical happens that makes me grind. Feels rarer and rarer these days, but it still happens, which is why I still play.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Last night I accidentally tripped Hitman's Diana Burnwood over with a bunch of grapes and she fell ass up. I was completely taken off guard because i expected her to take a different route and her escort to slip on the grapes later. It was funny as hell.

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

A couple of minutes ago.

I played Helldivers 2 with some noobs.

We finished all objectives and were going for extraction.

One guy was walking past me with a portable hellbmomb backpack. You don't even have to play the game to guess what that is. The name nails it perfectly.

You can arm the hellbmomb backpack yourself - but it can be activated by your teammates as well.

It's kind of a dick move, but I couldn't resist. Poor guy got blown up into a bazillion pieces.

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