Comments on: Why It’s Hard To Make Today’s Games Funny

By: Trent Strickland

Trent Strickland — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:55:53 +0000

I agree on the uncharted. Each ratchet and clank makes me laugh as well.

By: Lazyaza

Lazyaza — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:59:46 +0000

A recent funny game that comes to mind is Overlord 2, humor is mostly why that game is so damn awesome. All it takes is good writing and a development team who aren’t obsessed with making a game overly serious, which unfortunately most devs are these days.

By: T-Rocket

T-Rocket — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:48:34 +0000

The best game of this gen with comedy is Uncharted IMO. It had some really funny stuff.

By: Ad

Ad — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:13:22 +0000

Getting good voice talent also helps. Personally, having the voice of Invader Zim and a Jack Nicholson sound-a-like made Destroy All Humans into an awesome game (YMMV). Having 3rd rate actors go through the lines for a paycheck (I’m looking at you, all movie tie-in games…& Resident Evil 4) tends to remove any humour from a game.