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Faux serious

Video game concept

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17
games
5
platforms

Gives generally serious appearance and tone, but is riddled with comic relief, tongue-in-cheek humor, and similar that make the serious tone only skin deep.

Notable people involved: Hidetaka 'SWERY' Suehiro, John Mulkey, Scott Phillips, Greg Donovan and Bryan Dillow

Space Pirates and Zombies (Windows)
Space Pirates and Zombies
WIN 2011-08-15
Saints Row: The Third (Windows)
Saints Row: The Third
WIN 2011-11-15
Dead Rising 2 (Windows)
Dead Rising 2
WIN 2010-09-28
Saints Row: The Third (Xbox 360)
Saints Row: The Third
X360 2011-11-15
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Windows)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
WIN 2009-02-10
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Windows)
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
WIN 2013-03-31
Dead Rising 2 (Xbox 360)
Dead Rising 2
X360 2010-09-24
Dead Rising 2 (PlayStation 3)
Dead Rising 2
PS3 2010-09-24
Divinity: Dragon Commander (Windows)
Divinity: Dragon Commander
WIN 2013-08-06
Deadly Premonition (Xbox 360)
Deadly Premonition
X360 2010-02-17
Deadly Premonition (Windows)
Deadly Premonition
WIN 2013-10
Saints Row: The Third (PlayStation 3)
Saints Row: The Third
PS3 2011-11-15
Mockumentaries (for example) and other parodies of serious works are probably excellent examples of this.

Bathos can easily make things feel like at home here.

Popular tags

actionadventure deadrising-series gtalike saintsrow-series spaz-series survivalhorror

Parent group

Literary tone

Related group

Culture
Serious

Games by year

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The first Faux serious video game was released on February 10, 2009.

THQ, MinMax Games and Capcom published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows8
X3603
Linux3
PS32
Mac OS X1

Most common companies

THQ4
MinMax Games4
Capcom3
Rising Star Games2
Ubisoft1
Larian Studios1
Deep Silver1
Warner Bros. Interactive1
Ignition1
Marvelous Entertainment1