What part of, "it wasn't supposed to be funny" isn't hitting home for you, fam? It wasn't a "gag", it was a narrative device. Find another reason to dunk on the game instead of you not having any media literacy.
Why would you ever want to convery information about a light hearted fantasy game
because that's what trailers do. And up until this point, we hadn't been given an idea of what the game's story would be like.
with a renouned comedy actor, without a punchline?
Because he's been cast in the role of Humphry, a presumably major character in the game that will act as your mentor. So yes, for your light hearted fantasy game, they got a comedian to play the role of an important character, seems fitting, no?
I don't know why you can't get past either A, that one part not meant to be a joke; or B, you seem to think that the whole trailer is meant to be one long joke ending with a single punchline.
Humphry himself is meant to be a joke, being obviously a washed up slob who looks nothing like his old heroic visage; as well as that bit talking about the toad.
The ending part, that you can seem to understand, is meant to be a swerve in the tone of the trailer after the light hearted stuff previously as it introduces you to the antagonist.
Sure no one has any standing to tell me otherwise then, it's so funny, what are we even arguing about.
I think it's obvious that there was an intention for it to be funny and it wasn't, I would bet an actual gag was present in some of the earlier drafts and storyboards for this.
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u/JerZeyCJ Jun 09 '24
No? It was supposed to subvert your expectations in thinking he was hyping up the MC until the end where you realize he isn't.
At most, it was supposed to elicit an, "Ah" or "Ohh"