Giantevilhead Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Old World Blues has been getting great reviews. The funny moments in Obsidian/Black Isle games are also some of the most memorable ones. Obsidian seems to be really good at writing comedy. So why doesn't Obsidian just make a game with an emphasis on comedy? Heck, Alpha Protocol could have had a story and setting that's more like No One Lives Forever rather than Splinter Cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathaniel Chapman Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Old World Blues has been getting great reviews. The funny moments in Obsidian/Black Isle games are also some of the most memorable ones. Obsidian seems to be really good at writing comedy. So why doesn't Obsidian just make a game with an emphasis on comedy? Heck, Alpha Protocol could have had a story and setting that's more like No One Lives Forever rather than Splinter Cell. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Funny games don't sell, 'cause games are serious business. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flouride Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Funny games don't sell, 'cause games are serious business. If you really think that, you know nothing. Hate the living, love the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Funny games don't sell, 'cause games are serious business. If you really think that, you know nothing. Can you back up your claim with facts, then? There aren't that many humurous games out there. Freedom Force games sold like ****, even the NOLF games sold like ****. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Funny games don't sell, 'cause games are serious business. If you really think that, you know nothing. Can you back up your claim with facts, then? There aren't that many humurous games out there. Freedom Force games sold like ****, even the NOLF games sold like ****. Borderlands? And it's not like it's all about the humor. Non-serious themes allow for a less realistic art-style and thus smaller graphics budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Borderlands? Try again. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowScythe Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Team Fortress 2? Portal 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flouride Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Can you back up your claim with facts, then? There aren't that many humurous games out there. Freedom Force games sold like ****, even the NOLF games sold like ****. ****loads of old adventure games for example. And the Sam & Max Episodes (and other Telltales titles) seem to be doing fine as well. Edited August 23, 2011 by Flouride Hate the living, love the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthousandface Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Like Fable 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Like Fable 3? If this is meant as a negative. The "british" humor in Fable (while its hit and miss at times) isn't one of the games problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Neither Portal nor Fable 3 are over the top humurous games. Humor in a game? Sure, why not? A game that is all about humor? Good luck finding a publisher! Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serch Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Anachronox, you heathens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Good humor is hard to do and still doesn't translate particularly universally. Feel free to make one right after you finish my 1920s horror-themed RPG. kthxbai Edited August 23, 2011 by Purkake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantevilhead Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 (edited) Neither Portal nor Fable 3 are over the top humurous games. Humor in a game? Sure, why not? A game that is all about humor? Good luck finding a publisher! NOLF and Freedom Force were no more over the top humorous than Portal 2. Portal 2 probably had more jokes relative to game length than both NOLF and Freedom Force. Turn based RPG's don't sell very well either and look at how many old school Fallout fans want another isometric turn based Fallout. Comedic games are generally made with much lower budgets and don't get a lot of advertisements. However, they do reach cult status much faster than other types of games. Look at games like Sam & Max and Conker. Edited August 23, 2011 by Giantevilhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 People want chuckles when things are going badly. And we are royally in the poop. I say make something about banking. And saving a giant turtle from a princess. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantevilhead Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 I think that unconventional have a better chance to succeed in today's market due to viral marketing and over saturation of certain genres. Rockstar has made quite a few unconventional games that have been successful like Bully, Red Dead Redemption, and L.A. Noir. There are also the success of indie games like Deathspank, Super Meat Boy, Limbo, etc. With Obsidian's experience, they could easily make an RPG in a non traditional setting. It could be a comic fantasy like Discworld or an Austin Powers/No One Lives Forever type spy comedy. Heck, it could be something even more original like having a game set in a sci-fi or larping convention. It could have the same mechanics as New Vegas where you play a character similar to the Courier, doing jobs for the company that runs the convention. The different factions would be the fans of different sci-fi shows. The Star Trek fans would be like the NCR and the Star Wars fans would be like the Legion. Then you have various smaller factions like Dr. Who fans, Farscape fans, old BSG fans, new BSG fans, etc. Then hostile raiders/mutants factions like the Twilight fans and the Avatar fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Knowing Obsidian, the jokes will be buggy. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Knowing Obsidian, the jokes will be buggy. Too buggy, did not read. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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