Literary tone
Culture concept
Any tags dealing with tone the game is delivered in. Mostly in relation to narration, dialog, and the things that happen.
See also: literary mood
This is a container group; its children are:
| Faux serious | 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. | 2009 / 2020 | 17 games |
| Jovial | Uses an excessively happy, merry, cheerful, or such tone. Characters are likely to be smiling almost always, and the general tone/mood might be similar to a funfair. | 1987 / 2020 | 23 games |
| Lighthearted | Not a comedy but has an enjoyably non-serious/grim tone/mood. Worries, anxiety, urgency tend to be lacking. Could be cheerful, optimistic, or hopeful. | 1982 / 2018 | 277 games |
| Non-serious | Does not take its subject matter very seriously but without being pointedly comedic or light about it. | 1997 / 2014 | 9 games |
| Sarcastic | A characterization to express contempt. Often combined irony & a change in voice tones. Usually a subset of Humorous. | 1 game | |
| Serious | Presented in an overall serious tone, especially if the subject matter is serious, though not necessarily completely devoid of humor (e.g. hidden jokes, word play, etc.). | 1976 / 2022 | 1512 games |