Related
There are few things funnier than a guy being confidently wrong.
Even wild dogs are dunking on me.
A center for ants?"
He’s a nice guy who feels sad that his family was murdered and loves his dog.
But when someone asks Henry to explain something, he often stumbles into the same pot of comedy gold.
In a quest I recently started, Henry needs to track down saltpeter.
She gets mad, the Cuman guy beats him up, and I laugh.
A Vividly Thick Dunce
This happens all the time.
Henry attempting to answer simple questions is funnier to me than any actual comedy game I’ve played.
He’s like if you were playing an amnesiac protagonist who had no reason not to remember things.
He’s just like that.
In fact, it’s making me wish that more RPGs used player choice in this way.
We can often choose the nice dialogue or the mean dialogue, the good action or the evil action.
The Outer Worlds had stupid options, true, but Henry’s lines are much more specific.
They paint a vivid picture of a completely befuddled mind.
Much of this working comes down to Tom McKay’s performance.
The only problem is the answer is usually rubbish.
KCD2’s tactile design could work in other options, too.
