10 Funniest Side-Quests In Video Games

10. Passport To Pizza - Yakuza 0

Think of the most absurd, off-beat, ludicrous side-quest that can be set in our contemporary world, and not only will Yakuza 0 almost certainly have it, it will trump even your wildest imaginings.

Straight-faced protagonist Kazuma Kiryu encounters a woman who has run away from her abusive boss. The problem is her Japanese is poor, and what she’s asking sounds uncannily like pizza.

This obviously makes no sense, but through extraordinary, laugh-out-loud mental gymnastics that is as absurd as it is brilliant, Kiryu comes to the conclusion that yes, she does in fact want a nice, fresh pizza.

Delivery duly completed he learns that no, she wants a visa, not a pizza. Then her boss arrives, Kiryu beats him up to make up for his mistake, the boss reveals that no, he’s actually in love with her and asks her to marry him. She agrees, and wouldn’t you know it, the three celebrate...with a slice of pizza.

Farcical as it sounds, Yakuza 0 somehow pulls it off, landing the humour while expertly threading the needle between the potentially offensive and downright idiotic and topping it off by sneaking in a truly heart-warming finale to boot.

Nicely done, Yakuza 0. Nicely done indeed.