Word games with friends can be great, but they usually have a decent amount of content for the purpose of replay, something that this game does not possess in the slightest.
The first game I had with a buddy was decent as we poked fun at the lame jokes, but afterwards I had trouble convincing him or myself to keep going for the sake of the review. Playing 'Oh Sir!' with a friend is marginally more entertaining, if both players are in the mood for the Monte Python style way of talking to people but only in a very limited, contrived manner. After two matches, each about ten minutes long, I felt as though I had experienced the sum total of what 'Oh Sir!" could offer me, at least in the single-player mode. The word pool isn't very large, probably because the developers insisted on voicing every line in overwrought English accents. There's only so many times that accusing your sister of never watching 'Star Wars' or suggesting that she had an affair with her math teacher can elicit a courteous sniff from me (not even a polite chuckle, I'm sad to say). Many of the words pop up over and over again, and each variation of the same joke is less funny than the last. There is a wry humor in how posh and inoffensive the comments are, but that novelty fades quickly and 'Oh Sir!' becomes a very tedious process. It is usually better to steal choice things from the common pool first and then use the private ones to finish up a sentence. In addition to the ten or so words available to both insulters, two special phrases are available only to me, and can be swapped for a different set with a quick cup of tea (of course). The game has a brief tutorial but it does a poor job explaining how the point values are actually calculated or how the turns work, but the system itself isn't particularly complicated. For instance, using two insults in a row about the opponent's father is considered rude and worth extra points, so it's worth it to grab the phrase "your father" on subsequent rounds so the other person can't use it against me. Arbitrary modifiers from the environment, the players themselves, the background scenario, and combos can all add points. The quality of the insult determines the player's score and subsequent damage to the opponent's health. Selecting a word or phrase removes it from your opponent's list, so there is a sense of strategy in denying them choice insults or forcing their sentence to end abruptly, causing them to lose a turn. 'Oh Sir!' dials into that same dry British humor in the format of a turn-based word game, where each player selects an item from a list of words to put together into a muted, somewhat polite indignity. Alternatively, the scammer may ask you to buy the item. There are no real insults except for John Cleese accidentally calling the man "miss", but it's funny for the non sequiturs and overdone accents. You immediately receive money credited to your Steam Wallet, but a few days or weeks later the charge is reversed, the scammer is long gone with your items, and adding insult to injury Valve will trade ban or suspend your account for fraud or money laundering along with the scammers alt. The pet salesman proceeds to explain away the parrot's lack of activity as "resting", "pining for the fjords", and other nonsense. 'Oh Sir!' was inspired by the Monty Python 'Dead Parrot' sketch, in which a man enters a pet shop to demand a refund for the dead parrot he was given.