Brutal Legend boss Tim Schafer believes that more games with humour at their focus could bring a wider audience of people into enjoying video games. This is one gamer who would have to agree.
“I think it’s a subject matter barrier,” the developer told GI on reasons people are put off gaming, “Not everybody wants to get into these super violent worlds and yet here I am making a game about broad axes and decapitation.
“But I think humour would get more people into games.”
“It’s getting better, it used to be that the games industry had a short list of inspirations. You had Tolkien-esque fantasy, Star Wars, and then new things get added. I think GTA brought a whole new level of inspiration. And I think the broader that gets, the more people will be interested in games,” he added.
I agree with what Schafer’s saying, but I don’t think just being funny will be enough. Though what would be enough isn’t very straightforward.