"well-written" videogames

Jazzpunk is enormously funny and clever. As a game of nothing but comedy writing, it somehow nails the humor without feeling stale or derivative. Really great writing.

I think what makes the comedy land is everything revolves around communicating the central conceit of “mischievous subversion”. The character dialogue, the scenarios, the actions you can take; all of it is purposeful and constructed and detailed in a way that few games (even ones that bother to try) succeed at.

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