It?s not every day that you get a fighting game where no actual punches, kicks, or fireballs, are thrown. It?s less common that you get a fighting game that purely uses words. But that?s what Oh?Sir! The Insult Simulator surprisingly offers. One on one battles of words that?s part novel, part funny, and part awkward.
The goal of Oh?Sir! is simple. Reduce an opponent?s life bar to zero. This is achieved by throwing an array of supposedly cleverly worded insults their way to slowly chip away at their health. The insults are formed by players (whether human vs human or human vs AI) alternately taking words or phrases from an available pool to form the most offensive insult. The ?better? the insult, the more damage it does.
There are limitations to the insults players can throw. While the combination of words and phrases used for the insult doesn?t necessarily have to make sense or even be remotely funny, the game does make a point of making sure players? grammar is sound. Picking a word or phrase that?s off-grammar leads to a bit of self-damage while ending up with an incomplete sentence leads to zero damage dealt.
A Helping Hand
Oh…Sir! does offer a few ways to help players form insults or do more damage. Apart from the list of words and phrases the game offers both combatants at the start of the match, each is given two extra words or phrases just for them to use. Two more extra words or phrases can then be randomly generated although the initial one or two (if not u...