I have to agree with the sentiment that video games should strive to be funnier than they are, although its still clear that most, particularly most big budget games, are still primarily aimed at the angry teenage boy in all of us and so jokes are not considered to be the mature enough. The other problem, of course, is that jokes are hard and most game scripts have trouble enough as they are without trying to be funny as well.

But while thinking about the issue I realised that one of the few games that does have that movie style of magic of one-liners and amusing quips is Resident Evil. One of the letters about jokes said that games never have quotable dialogue or memorable comedy moments but Resi has had it from the very beginning. Almost none of it has been intentional but I dont think that matters at all as it serves exactly the same purpose.

Most horror movies, certainly the ones Resident Evil is trying to channel have plenty of funny moments and all the old lines like Master of unlocking and Jill sandwich work perfectly to relieve tension before ratcheting it up again. Most of the Resi characters are pretty bland in theory but the bad dialogue, and in Resident Evil 2 remakes case the facial animation, gives them a playful personality that is unlike most other video game characters outside of something like Uncharted.

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