Unlike movies and books, video gam﷽es are unpredictable and different every time you replay them. Whether you’re battling AI, interacting with other players, or making choosing alternate paths in a choice-based game, you’ll always stumble across new scenarios and memorable moments. That’s why photo mode’s such a brilliant idea: photo mode allows you to capture your favorite moments and share them with the world.
Of course, photo mode isn’t always restricted to a game’s regular mechanics and scenarios. Some developers include special poses in photo mode. You can take your normal, serious, larger-than-💞life characters a🦩nd turn them into dorks who pose for the camera just like we do.
A lot of modern games include photo mode. It’s a smart move; it adds hours of gameplay for interested players. Many video game companies who include pho🧸to mode also host photo mode contests. Players use this opportunity to create incredibl✱e photos! Sometimes those pictures are serious, gorgeous pieces of art; sometimes they’re hilarious moments that remind us why games are so entertaining.
The 30 hilarious pictures you’ll see in this article are all masterpieces. The “photographers” wonderfully use photo mode to set up the perfect picture. While players took m✅o൩st of these photos, some of the screenshots below were captured by the developers themselves. The developers use these carefully crafted photos to market their games. In some cases, they’re specifically using photo mode to advertise a game’s photo mode.
I hope these photos entertain you as much as 𓆉they entertained me! Here are 30 console pictures that are too hilarious for words.
30 ⛦ ꩵ This Poor Alien
Today isn’t a good day for this poor Elite. No ma🍌tter how fast you run, you won’t be able to outrun a Chopper.
Originally created by humans as a farming vehicle, the Chopper was redesigned by the Covenant army and ironically used against humans as a weap🦹on. I can’t imagine how terrible it would be to fall at the hands of a Chopper. I’ve had nightmares about out-of-control farming equipment; now I’ll have nightmares about sci-fi farming equipment tilling this poor Elite.
29 𒈔 Kratos Made A Friend! ꦑ
Kratos isn’t a particularly happy individual—unless you’re using photo mode! With a variety of poses and facial expressions available in 2018 God of War’s photo mode, Kratos and his 🌜son Atreus can pose fo💧r the perfect picture!
God of War didn’t originally include a photo mode. The developers took multiple pictures—including this one—and released them alongside their announcement of photo mode. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kratos happier! He’s 𝄹so proud that he made a new friend.
28 ꦕ I’ll T🐻ake The Submarine To Work
Grand Theft Auto V is the pe🐭rfect playground for silly players. Whether they’re hijacking helicopters, skydiving, or taking a yoga class, players do whatever it takes to produce the silliest, craziest scenarios❀.
But parking a submarine on land—that’s downright impressive.
HavocHQ achieved this impressive feat by manipulating a bug in GTA V. In their original post, HavocHQ said: “When you switch characters in GTA V, it puts the last vehicle you were in somewhere nearby.” So the game magically teleported t🌊he last character’s submarine into a nearby parking spot꧒. Good luck getting it back in the water!
27 ♛ Is Ganondorf…Smiling? ☂
I honestly can’t tell if Ganon’s infuriated or awkwardly posing for the camera. If I were the greatest villain of Hyrule, I would be mad. How dare Link take a selfie during their final battle!? Ganondorf 𝐆worked really hard to sꩲet a dramatic stage, and Link’s ruining it with happy, carefree selfies!
Ganon’s usually completely evil, but in Wind Waker, he’s more complex. So I i🍨magine he has enough honor to stop fighting until Link puts the camera away. If not, this is going to be a quick battle.
26 Daddy’s Private Book 🥃
The beauty of 2018 God of War’s photo mode is that you can change both Kratos’s and Atreus’s postures! Both Kratos and his son can hold a variety of poses🐽 and facial expressions. You can make them look epic—or you can make them incredibly silly as MrPogway’s done her🍌e!
Knowing Kratos’s carnal desires, I’m sure this book’s scarred Atreus.
While Atreus looks utterly horrified, Kratos combines horror with gritted teeth, as if he’s bracing himself for Atreus’s reaction. I’ꦡm guessing Atreus wasn’t meant to see whatever’s in Kratos’s secret book.
25 🔴 Sick Dance Moves
Whoever paused Final Fantasy XV and captured this moment did an excellent job! I suspect someone hit Noctis and sent him sprawling across the stage, but it honestly looks like he’s dodging attacks instead. With lasers flying past him, Noctis looks like a dancer sliding past bullets and dispatching enemies with incredible grace. Or maybe he just thinks he’s mov👍ing gracefully. With such dram๊atic flourishes of the hand, I think Noctis might be overacting. He tries to add finesse to his dance moves, but that just makes his performance silly and hilarious.
24 🐟 Grand Theft Cow
As someone who🐟 takes few pictures, I don’t quite understand why people instantly pull out their cameras when they see something cool. Why take a selfie of a cool event when you could just enjoy it in the moment?
In this case, I completely understand why this guy from Grand Theft Auto V took a selfie. If he didn’t have a visible record, who would believe his sto🎃ry of a cow in a bulldozer?
notmuchwbu posted this scr꧙eenshot with the title: “The steaks have never been h🍷igher.” That’s genius!
23 Merry 🐭Christmas, Bayonetta!
This hilarious screenshot references the intro of Bayonetta 2, when Enzo carriღes Bayonetta’s Christmas gifts for her. Mario and Luigi do the same here. Perhaps they owe Bayoꦫnetta favors just like Enzo.
Nintendo used this screenshot to market Bayonetta in Smash Bros.
Just before Bayonetta and Corrin came out as DLC for Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U, Nintendo released multiple sꦿcreenshots of the two new characters. Most highlighted their moves and outfits, but I appreciate that Nintendo included humorous pictures like this on𒆙e.
22 S⛄e﷽lfies With Statues
When you enter Hyrule Castle for the first time in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the castle is frozen in time. No♒thing moves in the black-and-white world—including the enemies. When time froze, this Moblin was caught in a peculiar pose.
For a statue, that Moblin seems awfully happy to see Link.
The Moblin’s eyes glow with life, as if it sees Link and wants nothing more than to eat him. You better watch out, Link—wh🌜en you unfreeze Hyrule, that Moblin’s going to beeline straight for you.
21 They’ve Neve൲r Looked Scarier
Batman and Nightwing might be he𒐪roes, but they’re kind of creepy in this picture. They look like criminals who just robbed an armored truck. Or maybe they just defeated the criminals who stole thisꦆ money. Either way, you don’t want to mess with these guys.
TomBodett took this screenshot in Batman: Arkham Knight’s photo mode and titled it: “Batman & Nightw♑ing album cover.” I think this would make a great album cover—but I can’t picture Batman and Nightwing in a band. Perhaps Batman will finally put his gravelly voice to use wi🅺th heavy metal.