God of War Ragnarok comes to mind. Being a boring movie game wasn't enough I suppose, it needed to have MCU-tier quips all over it's dialogue.
Any other examples you can think of?
Any other examples you can think of?
they also try to not offend any shitty social group of crybabies that will start threatening and call for boycotts on twitter. You cannot make a comedy when you are not "allowed" to make fun of anything.Yes. The problem is it's not funny just cringe. Humor is subjective but comedy isn't, what you find funny differs from person to person but the joke needs to be structured correctly to at least make you smirk at it. Comedy writing is difficult and many writers don't have the ability to create something funny so alternatively they make it loud or obnoxious, this might work with children who don't understand but it won't with adults.
It's not about a video game but it has a good explanation of comedic writing and why some comedy works while others don't.
Why is it in nearly every game? No idea honestly.
This, pretty much. Normies haven't yet gotten out of their shell and still have the humor of a 10-year-old. "Random mayhem is funny, haha"I thinks it's more a symptom of people entering the industry (especially the writers) that are normie to the extreme and don't understand how to naturally integrate jokes into their works.
But that said I don't mind humor in my games. For a recent example in Atomic Heart there is an early interaction where you need a train ticket and you are talking to a robot. I though that was quite good and I didn't mind it. However you can also go far back into the early days with Kings Quest and it's deaths or Leisure Suite Larry and it's raunchy humor. Both are great and benefit from it. On the Other spectrum the best example I have is the new Saints Row. SR Third was alright, in 4 they started to lean to strongly on it and now in the new one it's this humor that seems like it was written by an AI that was trained on Reddit.
I also however think that a lot of modern games have some suite see how well some games do with "MayMays" as marketing and command the writers to write memable scenes.
What's interesting to me is that Marvel comedy only seems to get a pass when Marvel does it. Otherwise, they're hit with the Battleborn effect where people are making fun of how hard they're trying.They're all trying to copy the "Marvel comedy" going on right now with pretty much everything. The one-liners, snarkiness, wackiness, ruining any type of drama and suspense trying to sound "cool".
There's other type of "comedy" that just irks me to the extreme, like Borderlands is no longer "Marvel comedy", it's something even more obscene, it's just random shit being said and happening with the constant explanation and logic behind every little "comedic" word. "You see this banana? Yeah you're probably thinking I'm going to make a phallic joke, but no man, you're sick, nah, I wouldn't do that, I'm still gonna stick it up your ass" or some retarded bullshit like that.
This, pretty much. Normies haven't yet gotten out of their shell and still have the humor of a 10-year-old. "Random mayhem is funny, haha"
Pretty much the type of "humor" that people defend by saying that you just do not understand the nuance or the depth of whatever crime against comedy they are committing there.They're all trying to copy the "Marvel comedy" going on right now with pretty much everything. The one-liners, snarkiness, wackiness, ruining any type of drama and suspense trying to sound "cool".
There's other type of "comedy" that just irks me to the extreme, like Borderlands is no longer "Marvel comedy", it's something even more obscene, it's just random shit being said and happening with the constant explanation and logic behind every little "comedic" word. "You see this banana? Yeah you're probably thinking I'm going to make a phallic joke, but no man, you're sick, nah, I wouldn't do that, I'm still gonna stick it up your ass" or some retarded bullshit like that.
This, pretty much. Normies haven't yet gotten out of their shell and still have the humor of a 10-year-old. "Random mayhem is funny, haha"
I don't mind lowbrow comedy though, it's the fact that everything has to have it that annoys me. I love isekai, but there's a reason I don't read all of it or watch all of it, I already know what's going to happen just by reading the title. Repetition is the bane of my existence.Pretty much the type of "humor" that people defend by saying that you just do not understand the nuance or the depth of whatever crime against comedy they are committing there.
Forgot the name of it, but is that one weird comedy shooter that had the "Rick & Morty" people involved not pretty much the perfect example for that?
The game feels like it needs to comment on every tiny thing the player does, but usually in the flattest kind of joke tier possible.
"Marvel comedy" gets a pass from most of the people playing, watching, reading this type of shit, why do you think it continues to happen? Those that laugh at it in derision are a minority and/or it's more of a symptom of the media being shit for other reasons as well.What's interesting to me is that Marvel comedy only seems to get a pass when Marvel does it. Otherwise, they're hit with the Battleborn effect where people are making fun of how hard they're trying.
I agree although I think it's possible to create comedy that is both funny and inoffensive but it's extremely difficult and you have to be a very good writer to make it happen.they also try to not offend any shitty social group of crybabies that will start threatening and call for boycotts on twitter. You cannot make a comedy when you are not "allowed" to make fun of anything.
This is what I don't understand, 4-koma which is just jokes, occasionally has drama, suspense or poignant moments to balance things out and keep you invested in the world and characters, these writers have to be incompetent if they think this type of writing is "good".They're all trying to copy the "Marvel comedy" going on right now with pretty much everything. The one-liners, snarkiness, wackiness, ruining any type of drama and suspense trying to sound "cool".
What I meant to say is that this comedy is usually a second thought, the writing's supposed to be dramatic, 4-komas instead do the opposite for more comedic effect.I agree although I think it's possible to create comedy that is both funny and inoffensive but it's extremely difficult and you have to be a very good writer to make it happen.
Mr. Bean is probably the only example I know of that's funny and I believe is inoffensive but I could be wrong and it offends someone out there.
This is what I don't understand, 4-koma which is just jokes, occasionally has drama, suspense or poignant moments to balance things out and keep you invested in the world and characters, these writers have to be incompetent if they think this type of writing is "good".
Wasn't this style of writing popularized by joss whedon?
actually I heard this opinion about Mr Bean irl as wellI agree although I think it's possible to create comedy that is both funny and inoffensive but it's extremely difficult and you have to be a very good writer to make it happen.
Mr. Bean is probably the only example I know of that's funny and I believe is inoffensive but I could be wrong and it offends someone out there.