The Immortal John Triptych is one of the funniest games I’ve ever played – certainly the funniest since Thank Goodness You’re Here. It compiles three titles from developer Joe Richardson: Four Last Things, The Procession To Calvary, and Death of the Reprobate. All were released between 2017 and 2024, but including them in one package is undeniably the best way to experience them.

Chances are you’ve never played anything that looks quite like this, though you may well be familiar with many of its sights. All three games were built by taking bits and pieces from famous Middle Ages and Renaissance paintings, stitching them all together to form interactive scenes.

You’re looking at traditional point-and-click gameplay in which you directly move your character with the left analogue stick while using the right to cycle through characters and objects to talk to, slap, pick up, or chop to pieces with a sword – no touchscreen support here, though. There are few, if any, major gameplay differences between titles, so it all feels nice and cohesive.

The overarching narrative is the biggest draw, however, as it’s just utterly insane in the best way possible. Each entry has its own contained plot, but there’s a clear throughline with the trilogy. So while you can play in whichever order you want, I would definitely recommend starting with Four Last Things and proceeding in release order.

I won’t dive into the plot of the latter two titles, but the first sees you take on the role of an unnamed pilgrim who asks for passage into a church to confess his sins. He’s denied entry, however, when it transpires that his misdeeds were committed outside the church’s jurisdiction. Thankfully, he’s informed of a loophole: commit the seven deadly sins again within the correct parish, and he’ll be granted access.

And so off you pop to commit your required sins. It’s a simple premise, but it works very well. How you complete your tasks and in which order is pretty much up to you, and you’ll need to scour the environment carefully for NPCs and objects that might help further your goals.

The writing here is exceptional, and it had me in tears of laughter at multiple points in each game. I refuse to spoil it beyond one specific example: you enter a scene full of screaming, writhing men being crucified, while sat in the middle is a woman holding a t-shirt that says ‘perished but still cherished’. Yes, she’s selling crucifixion merchandise, as you do. It’s ridiculous, and I love it so much.

Given the relatively simplistic presentation, the Switch 2 has absolutely no issues running the trilogy flawlessly, with smooth performance and minimal load screens. You’re looking at between five and ten hours to complete the whole thing, depending on how thoroughly you explore the environment, so if you’re looking for a short but sweet way to boost your mood and you enjoy Pythonesque humour and animation, this is an easy recommendation.