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What was the last game you played, that really made you laugh? I mean REALLY had you in stitches? One of the Monkey Island games? Sam and Max Hit The Road? Or have you never laughed at a game in your life? What was the most recent, funny game? Grim Fandango?
Why is this?
Why are games going down the route of misery, paiting the picture black? "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be blown up by some nutter with a nuclear weapon. You are our only hope" Yadda yadda....
Who really wants this?
Why not have the intro go something like "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be eaten by a giant radioactive hamster. You have to save us. BUT as this is only a game, you have to do it in the most amusing way EVER. You inverntry consists of a plunger, and banana and half a bottle of vodka. GO FOR IT!"
See what I mean? Which would be more entertaining? Surely chasing a giant green radioactive hamster about, waving a plunger, would give you more comical value tan they standard "Here's enoguh weaponry to blast your way into some nun's knickers, go and get the bad guy."
Even if the whole game isn't comical, how about some amusing catchprases? The hardest I've laughed at a game recently was at Trickstyle on the DC. There was a big fat German character, and whenever he overtook someone, he'd shout something like "I am a natural born leader!", or "I am the MASTER of ALL". In a comical voice.
Why are there not more games that do this?
Why are games all so miserable? Surely gaming is there as a form of entertainment. Please don't tell me you get more enjoyment from killing a few people, or driving quciker than anyone else, than you do from sitting down and having a good laugh for half hour or so.
Maybe you get a greater sense of achievement from the other games, but that's different to enjoyment, in my opinion anyway.
It's like films. I personally prefer to watch a comedy, than a standard "Hard man saves the day in underacted, overrated way."
Laughter is the ultimate feel good factor. If you're laughing, you're not worrying about the rent, or exams, or your weight, or hair colour, or religion or anything else that may worry you slightly at other times.
So why don't games reflect this?
There's quite a few questions here, and not many answers. Hopefully you lot can answer them for me.
Cheers.
Why is this?
Why are games going down the route of misery, paiting the picture black? "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be blown up by some nutter with a nuclear weapon. You are our only hope" Yadda yadda....
Who really wants this?
Why not have the intro go something like "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be eaten by a giant radioactive hamster. You have to save us. BUT as this is only a game, you have to do it in the most amusing way EVER. You inverntry consists of a plunger, and banana and half a bottle of vodka. GO FOR IT!"
See what I mean? Which would be more entertaining? Surely chasing a giant green radioactive hamster about, waving a plunger, would give you more comical value tan they standard "Here's enoguh weaponry to blast your way into some nun's knickers, go and get the bad guy."
Even if the whole game isn't comical, how about some amusing catchprases? The hardest I've laughed at a game recently was at Trickstyle on the DC. There was a big fat German character, and whenever he overtook someone, he'd shout something like "I am a natural born leader!", or "I am the MASTER of ALL". In a comical voice.
Why are there not more games that do this?
Why are games all so miserable? Surely gaming is there as a form of entertainment. Please don't tell me you get more enjoyment from killing a few people, or driving quciker than anyone else, than you do from sitting down and having a good laugh for half hour or so.
Maybe you get a greater sense of achievement from the other games, but that's different to enjoyment, in my opinion anyway.
It's like films. I personally prefer to watch a comedy, than a standard "Hard man saves the day in underacted, overrated way."
Laughter is the ultimate feel good factor. If you're laughing, you're not worrying about the rent, or exams, or your weight, or hair colour, or religion or anything else that may worry you slightly at other times.
So why don't games reflect this?
There's quite a few questions here, and not many answers. Hopefully you lot can answer them for me.
Cheers.
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Wildlight wrote:
> Nice colourful happy, happy games like say Banjo Tooie with its mild attempts at
> humour reflects what your saying,
Not really.
Games don't have to be happy colourful games. Trickstyle was a futuristic hoverboard racher thingy, but it had funny comments said by the character whenever they overtook someone, or got overtaken.
Why don't more games have this?
There doesn't have to be more games which are comedy games all the way through, but I would (personally) like to see games with more funny bits in.
Where's the humour in GT3, in Max Payne, in Half Life, in Deus Ex? All rated as quality games, but I think they offer a challenge, rather than enjoyment. Which, as far as I'm concerned, are two different things all together - and there is a place in the gaming world for both.
> Nice colourful happy, happy games like say Banjo Tooie with its mild attempts at
> humour reflects what your saying,
Not really.
Games don't have to be happy colourful games. Trickstyle was a futuristic hoverboard racher thingy, but it had funny comments said by the character whenever they overtook someone, or got overtaken.
Why don't more games have this?
There doesn't have to be more games which are comedy games all the way through, but I would (personally) like to see games with more funny bits in.
Where's the humour in GT3, in Max Payne, in Half Life, in Deus Ex? All rated as quality games, but I think they offer a challenge, rather than enjoyment. Which, as far as I'm concerned, are two different things all together - and there is a place in the gaming world for both.
conker was the funniest game I have ever played what was not funny was the 59.99 price tag but I got my 10% of student discount which softened the blow.
Heh heh heh.
Take conkers bad fur day :o))))))))))))
But then your console gets called childish.
Silly huh?
Take conkers bad fur day :o))))))))))))
But then your console gets called childish.
Silly huh?
Red faction made me laugh a bit today, you can remote detanate people right and they run around screaming and flapping their arms and everything haha, oh it's funny.
I'm evil aren't I ;-)
I'm evil aren't I ;-)
Nice colourful happy, happy games like say Banjo Tooie with its mild attempts at humour reflects what your saying, it's the whole point of video games to 'take us some place else, an escape from reality' the most popular games do this. Mario Kart.
Humour is always fantastic in games if it works, Grim Fandango was funny and was the most offbeat, surreal game I had played in a long time, if only there were more games like this being released more often.
Humour is always fantastic in games if it works, Grim Fandango was funny and was the most offbeat, surreal game I had played in a long time, if only there were more games like this being released more often.
i dunno, but it seems to me that a majority of gamers are very shallow in the way that they will only buy a game it reflects real life in a more mature way.
What was the last game you played, that really made you laugh? I mean REALLY had you in stitches? One of the Monkey Island games? Sam and Max Hit The Road? Or have you never laughed at a game in your life? What was the most recent, funny game? Grim Fandango?
Why is this?
Why are games going down the route of misery, paiting the picture black? "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be blown up by some nutter with a nuclear weapon. You are our only hope" Yadda yadda....
Who really wants this?
Why not have the intro go something like "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be eaten by a giant radioactive hamster. You have to save us. BUT as this is only a game, you have to do it in the most amusing way EVER. You inverntry consists of a plunger, and banana and half a bottle of vodka. GO FOR IT!"
See what I mean? Which would be more entertaining? Surely chasing a giant green radioactive hamster about, waving a plunger, would give you more comical value tan they standard "Here's enoguh weaponry to blast your way into some nun's knickers, go and get the bad guy."
Even if the whole game isn't comical, how about some amusing catchprases? The hardest I've laughed at a game recently was at Trickstyle on the DC. There was a big fat German character, and whenever he overtook someone, he'd shout something like "I am a natural born leader!", or "I am the MASTER of ALL". In a comical voice.
Why are there not more games that do this?
Why are games all so miserable? Surely gaming is there as a form of entertainment. Please don't tell me you get more enjoyment from killing a few people, or driving quciker than anyone else, than you do from sitting down and having a good laugh for half hour or so.
Maybe you get a greater sense of achievement from the other games, but that's different to enjoyment, in my opinion anyway.
It's like films. I personally prefer to watch a comedy, than a standard "Hard man saves the day in underacted, overrated way."
Laughter is the ultimate feel good factor. If you're laughing, you're not worrying about the rent, or exams, or your weight, or hair colour, or religion or anything else that may worry you slightly at other times.
So why don't games reflect this?
There's quite a few questions here, and not many answers. Hopefully you lot can answer them for me.
Cheers.
Why is this?
Why are games going down the route of misery, paiting the picture black? "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be blown up by some nutter with a nuclear weapon. You are our only hope" Yadda yadda....
Who really wants this?
Why not have the intro go something like "The year is 2145, the earth is about to be eaten by a giant radioactive hamster. You have to save us. BUT as this is only a game, you have to do it in the most amusing way EVER. You inverntry consists of a plunger, and banana and half a bottle of vodka. GO FOR IT!"
See what I mean? Which would be more entertaining? Surely chasing a giant green radioactive hamster about, waving a plunger, would give you more comical value tan they standard "Here's enoguh weaponry to blast your way into some nun's knickers, go and get the bad guy."
Even if the whole game isn't comical, how about some amusing catchprases? The hardest I've laughed at a game recently was at Trickstyle on the DC. There was a big fat German character, and whenever he overtook someone, he'd shout something like "I am a natural born leader!", or "I am the MASTER of ALL". In a comical voice.
Why are there not more games that do this?
Why are games all so miserable? Surely gaming is there as a form of entertainment. Please don't tell me you get more enjoyment from killing a few people, or driving quciker than anyone else, than you do from sitting down and having a good laugh for half hour or so.
Maybe you get a greater sense of achievement from the other games, but that's different to enjoyment, in my opinion anyway.
It's like films. I personally prefer to watch a comedy, than a standard "Hard man saves the day in underacted, overrated way."
Laughter is the ultimate feel good factor. If you're laughing, you're not worrying about the rent, or exams, or your weight, or hair colour, or religion or anything else that may worry you slightly at other times.
So why don't games reflect this?
There's quite a few questions here, and not many answers. Hopefully you lot can answer them for me.
Cheers.
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