Adventures with humor [Archive]

[Punkass]Fender

03-22-2007, 03:22 PM

I'm looking for new (old too) adventuregames where humor is one of the main keys in the game

style:
monkeys islands, grim fandango, full throttle, sam&max, dott, toonstruck, ufos(this one isnt very wellknown I guess), discworlds...

I prefer 2d comic drawings, but 3d is okay too
any other suggestions?

thx!

-fender-

Len Green

03-22-2007, 03:25 PM

Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
Al Emmo
Runaway 1 & 2

[Punkass]Fender

03-22-2007, 03:28 PM

Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
Al Emmo
Runaway 1 & 2

I'll definitly gonna ebay/shop for the first 2 (gilbert and emmo)

Got myself runaway 1, but I just dont like their kind of humor
prolly because I have to be the wimp :) (and the voiceacting irritated me, if I remember correctly)

thx for the other suggestions!

Squinky

03-22-2007, 05:27 PM

Lessee here...

Duckman: The Legend of the Fall
Leisure Suit Larry
The Neverhood (though it's less of a verbal kind of humour, and more of a visual one)
Bud Tucker in Double Trouble

If you're willing to play some amateur titles, I also recommend Cirque de Zale and the Nick Bounty games. And if you have a DS, play the Phoenix Wright games.

Fien

03-22-2007, 06:02 PM

Al Emmo, Duckman and the Neverhood... yeah! ;)

And...

Touche: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer (1996)
Stupid Invaders (2000) - one of those games you either love or hate
The Space Bar (1997) - a favorite of mine
Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths (2002)
and last but never least: Zork Grand Inquisitor! (1997)

Hysteria

03-23-2007, 08:38 AM

I hate that kind of AD. I prefer something humorless.http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/cool/cool-smiley-011.gif

Vina

03-23-2007, 10:12 AM

Torin's Passage is fairly funny.. sometimes. It was made for children but it was also created by Al Lowe so there's some humor in there for adults, too.

And this isn't an AG but you should check out Psychonauts. Very funny game and it's made by Tim Schafer (DoTT, MI, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle).

Sotaria

03-23-2007, 02:23 PM

3 Skulls of the Toltecs (if you can find it). Great one.
The Gene Machine.
The Kyrandia trilogy (not pure humor, but at least as humorous as Runaway, which I like).
Flight of the Amazon Queen
The Simon the Sorcerer trilogy.

Pulsar_t

03-23-2007, 03:16 PM

And this isn't an AG but you should check out Psychonauts. Very funny game and it's made by Tim Schafer (DoTT, MI, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle).

Seconded. And I sometimes laugh when I roll up people and pets in Katamari Damacy. :9

Ariel Type

03-23-2007, 03:48 PM

Eric the Unready and Callahans Crosstime Saloon by Legend are full of excellent humor.

Melanie68

03-23-2007, 04:07 PM

Callahan's has always intrigued me. I should hunt that one down. :)

Not A Speck Of Cereal

03-23-2007, 06:59 PM

The Curse of Monkey Island
Neverhood
Oh, and who can forget Grim fandango and the port of Ank Morepork?

candywren

03-23-2007, 07:13 PM

also stupid invadercan be added:)

candywren

03-23-2007, 07:23 PM

3 Skulls of the Toltecs (if you can find it). Great one.

right,I heard that game was awesome,unfortunately when I`m playing I found the mouse slides too slow to control the movement ,maybe this game -so at least it seems to me-perfers the old system rathan than WindowXP.

Sotaria

03-24-2007, 05:40 AM

right,I heard that game was awesome,unfortunately when I`m playing I found the mouse slides too slow to control the movement ,maybe this game -so at least it seems to me-perfers the old system rathan than WindowXP.

My verson came with both DOS and WINDOWS. I use the DOS version with DOSBOX.

Sotaria

03-24-2007, 05:53 AM

Here are my ratings of all the humorous adventure games I have played on a scale of one to four stars:

Monkey Island ****
Lechuck's Revenge ****
Curse of Monkey Island ****
Day of the Tentacle ****
Space Quest 5 ****
Runaway *** 1/2
Runaway 2 (no rating - still playing)
3 Skulls of the Toltecs *** 1/2
Wanted (never finished it)
Gene Machine *** 1/2
Space Quest 6 *** 1/2
Space Quest 2 *** 1/2
Flight of the Amazon Queen ***
Zac MacKraken ***
Full Throttle ***
Space Quest 1 ***
Space Quest 3 ***
Space Quest 4 ***
Legend of Kyrandia ***
The Hand of Fate ***
Escape from Monkey Island ***
Maniac Mansion ***
Sam and Max Hit the Road ** 1/2
Alien Incident ** 1/2
Willy Beamish ** 1/2
Bargon Attack **
Malcomn's Revenge **
Rex Nebular **
Freddy Pharkas **
Mystery on Lost Island **
Woodruff and Scnibble * 1/2

Others on my list of humorous adventure I have yet to finish :

Toonstruck
UFO (actually started this one but have never finished it)
Innocent Until Caught
Guilty
Simon the Sorcerer 1-3
Touche (started this one and thought it was pretty good, but never finished for some reason)
Diskworld 1-2
Tony Tough (well, I liked the humor but it was too much of just wandering around and talking to people with endless conversations. Never finished it).
Grim Fandango (never finished it).
Chewy F5
Beverly Hillbillies
Eye of the Kraken

Larry Emmo

03-24-2007, 06:07 AM

The Curse of Monkey Island
Neverhood
Oh, and who can forget Grim fandango and the port of Ank Morepork?

I dont get it, what does Grim Fandango have to do with Ankh Morepork (Discworld Noir), sure both Grim Fandango and Discworld Noir are in the Noir genre but I wouldn't call Discworld Noir a humoures game.

Igor

03-24-2007, 07:27 AM

Chewy F5

A little suggestion: if you'll play it, turn the voices off. It's a fun and enjoyable adventure, but voice work is horrible to the point the game becomes unplayable.

[Punkass]Fender

03-25-2007, 12:21 PM

Thx for all the good suggestions!

@ vina: I have myself a copy (no, not a COPY) of torins passage, and I do like it indeed (allthought its aimed at children)
I also have psychonauts on my ps2, but I should restart playing it (didnt finished it, but I'm a big Tim Schafer fan (arent we all))

@ squinky: Yes, Phoenix Wright is indeed one of the best games made ever, finished them both ;)

Gonna try some amateur titles now

thx again
-fender-

The Seed

03-25-2007, 01:55 PM

Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
Al Emmo
Runaway 1 & 2

Runaway isn't even slightly funny, it just tries to be but fails miserably.

Dasilva

03-25-2007, 02:43 PM

Theres a huge lack of humour in games these days, the reason I love MI & SQ so much is because of the humour.

vivasawadee

03-25-2007, 05:06 PM

Theres a huge lack of humour in games these days, the reason I love MI & SQ so much is because of the humour.

I dunno about that. I think the humour is more concentrated on the games interface. Take Broken Sword : Angel of death. Wasn't it hilarious the way the camera shifts as you click on something making you click more times than you had? Or how about not being able to click through conversations making you listen to everything twice because you wouldn't know if they were going to repeat or say something new? Happy happy joy joy!!! :crazy:

On the other hand I am finding the new Sam and Max games a real treat to play and its humour is on par with the best of them.

GhostPirateLechuck

06-15-2007, 08:03 AM

Freddy Pharkas, Chewy: Esc from F5

cwapitm

06-15-2007, 09:24 AM

Try the Space Quest series. Very funny stuff.

marshal99

06-18-2007, 05:13 AM

Eric the unready
http://www.mobygames.com/game/eric-the-unready/

The Space Bar
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/space-bar

Superhero league of hoboken (mostly superhero RPG with a small dash of adventure)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_League_of_Hoboken

Bobske

06-18-2007, 06:36 AM

I dunno about that. I think the humour is more concentrated on the games interface. Take Broken Sword : Angel of death. Wasn't it hilarious the way the camera shifts as you click on something making you click more times than you had? Or how about not being able to click through conversations making you listen to everything twice because you wouldn't know if they were going to repeat or say something new? Happy happy joy joy!!! :crazy:

Best post of the day :)

Anyway, just here to give my support for the following games:

SQ 4,5 and 6
Toonstruck
Leisure Suit Larry 7 --> Funniest game ever!
Freddy Pharkas
Monkey Island Series (CMI!)

Gabe

06-18-2007, 06:48 AM

Specially Outcast,Zork G.I and Jack Orlando quite humorous.

Gonchi

06-18-2007, 01:04 PM

The Discworlds, particularly Noir.

fredmania

06-18-2007, 05:53 PM

The Discworlds, particularly Noir.

I second that

Risingson

06-19-2007, 01:12 AM

The classics (nearly anything from Sierra and Lucasarts back then), Zork Grand Inquisitor, Eric The Unready... but my favourite remains Freddy Pharkas.

Stormwitch

11-13-2007, 07:58 AM

Was Day of the Tentacle mentioned?^^
Oh it was:)

Le Chuck

11-16-2007, 08:14 PM

CMI Rules!!:P

GhostPirateLechuck

11-16-2007, 08:59 PM

Specially Outcast,Zork G.I and Jack Orlando quite humorous.

I can't think of a thing funny about Jack Orlando. I despise that game. It actually makes me sad that I sat through that whole damn game thinking" maybe it will get better".

JKR

11-20-2007, 09:44 PM

I really tried to like Al Emmo, but I couldn't do it. I REALLY tried. The characters just seemed stiff and forced, and when I got to the actual GAME I couldn't stand the narrator for more than 2 minutes before I quit. I guess it just wasn't my kind of humor. And I enjoyed Runaway but didn't find it funny, just fun to play for the most part.

Curse of Monkey Island was the funniest adventure game I've played, but the two Christmas Quests made by Adventure Gamers.com made me laugh out loud several times. Good stuff! (Short, though, since they were pretty much Happy Holiday cards.)

I want more humor based adventure games, but I guess they aren't exactly easy to make.

Steve Ince

11-20-2007, 11:01 PM

I want more humor based adventure games, but I guess they aren't exactly easy to make.
Just wait for So Blonde. :D

JKR

11-21-2007, 07:48 AM

Just wait for So Blonde. :D

Haven't heard of it. Any more details, or a link? :)

Melanie68

11-21-2007, 07:53 AM

So Blonde game info page (http://www.adventuregamers.com/gameinfo.php?id=938)

The official website link is in the Related Links tab. You can scroll down for related news items and the preview we ran as well. :)

JKR

11-21-2007, 08:17 AM

Ha ha, that looks really good! Can't wait to see more. :D

misslilo

11-21-2007, 08:57 AM

About So Blonde, looks like english version comes out Feb. 2008 - at least that's what it says on Anacondas site.

Steve Ince

11-21-2007, 09:57 AM

Yes, it was originally intended to release this month, but I know that the guys at Wizarbox are adding some extra sparkle and shine to make it even better.

Terramax

11-22-2007, 04:55 AM

Perhaps the reason of the 'lack of humour' people suggest is because of the shift of where adventures are developed here in the big, wide world, and that effects the kind of humour we get now.

Most adventures appear to be programmed in Europe. From what I've experienced, Europeans have a different approach to what they do and don't find funny.

I'm saying that as neither a bad or a good thing - before someone feels I'm trying to offend them.

I've noticed much of the humour on television in the UK and US to be rather offending (in a funny way, obviously), daring and, to a great extent, pretty sick. Look at programmes like Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Brass Eye, Uncyclopedia, etc. Most humour stems from making fun of something else. Intertextual references, pointing fun at serious political and social issues.

It's just the zeigeist in the West today (wow, big word Terramax!). And I guess adventures just don't fit into the kind of humour we're getting today. Not unless we were to make more games like Duckman.

There is still talent out there though. Sod Sam & Max, make a full game of Nick Bounty damn it!

Risingson

11-22-2007, 07:10 AM

Merricat

11-22-2007, 07:49 AM

I agree that in some measure, humor is cultural. There are so many ways to laugh--insult humor, slapstick, absurd, incidental, farce, wit,...so much of whether or not a game's sense of humor is successful depends on personal preference, which is in some way, however small, influenced by culture.

Steve Ince

11-22-2007, 07:58 AM

I've noticed much of the humour on television in the UK and US to be rather offending (in a funny way, obviously), daring and, to a great extent, pretty sick.
But some of the best humour comes in a more pleasant way - the funniest thing in many years is Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit. :D

GhostPirateLechuck

11-24-2007, 08:37 AM

Just wait for So Blonde. :D

Very much looking forward to that. Love the graphics.

Steve Ince

11-24-2007, 09:24 AM

Very much looking forward to that. Love the graphics.
The graphics are all down to the talented people at Wizarbox. They've done a fabulous job throughout.

misslilo

11-24-2007, 11:03 AM

I'm hoping it(So Blonde) will be out by my next birthday, which is in february :D

Steve Ince

11-25-2007, 12:13 AM

Me too. :)

Terramax

11-26-2007, 10:51 AM

But some of the best humour comes in a more pleasant way - the funniest thing in many years is Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit. :D

That's what I mean. I think 90% of the best humour comes from more innocent fun. Which is why I generally tend to watch kids animations more than episodes of Family Guy. The problem is these pleasant stories are becoming more hard to come by.

Also, Curse of the Were-Rabbit was an anti-climax for me. It wasn't that funny, and most of the joke were yet more slapstick than the previous iterations ("Moon!" when the hunter's trousers are pulled down towards the end, etc). Chicken Run was good though.