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What are games that do this?
World of Warcraft. I was really addicted to it for a few years but it really helped me get over a lot of the social anxiety issues that I had. I went from being really shy and barely interacting with other people in that game to being elected to take over a 60+ person guild by the time I was done with it. That confidence carried over into real life when I went back to school and began my career.
Nier: Automata, like the final ending. I’ve 100% this game three times and each time I end tearing up, thinking about a world where would could all come together and help eachother, then I look at the news and that dream is immediately shattered.
The Last of Us
It was 2013 and Zombie hype was peak. All my roommates gathered around the TV to watch me play a level each night. We would discuss what happened and our theories in between each play session. When those credits rolled we kept talking about it for weeks. Unforgettable.
That’s such a special memory!
Thanks, buttnugget. XD
You’re welcome, Vanessa.
I’ll add The Last of Us Part 2. That was a story about how far you’re willing to go for vengeance. About the only time you see that is in westerns!
I’m not a gamer and I know I’m missing something when I see this comment section!
Games are an incredible story telling medium. So many things work in games better than they can in any other medium like diverging storylines and personalized content. Role playing games are an entirely different beast.
I understand, but there is something about physically having to play the controls that distracts me from the plot, and I find it overall boring. Side quests just overwhelm my brain and I either immediately do them or completely forget about them. I play a handful of “not very control heavy, no plot” games, such as Factorio and Minecraft and I enjoy the creativity. I played with my partner (aka they played and I gave some pointers) Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds and Zelda. It doesn’t resonate with me. :( I know I’m missing out
There are several “not very control heavy, heavy plot” games out there too! Hopefully you find something that scratches that itch.
Fez.
I made everyone play the intro/tutorial. Most of them thought they broke it.
Definitely in my top 10 of all time. Amazing game that did many things I’d never seen a game try before.
I was one of those. …
I’ll get back to it one day…
dark souls 1. wife passed in that year and i just rolled through it completely distracting myself from reality and it helped a ton.
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Accurate
Braid.
I won’t ruin it, but – it is not the usual ending.
My mouth was open in awe for like 10 minutes. Granted I was a teenager at the time and easily impressed
Nothing has ever hit me harder than Disco Elysium, and I don’t think anything else ever will. Everything from its themes of failure and depression and addiction and clinging to the past to its surprising message of hope in the face of unrelenting nihilism resonated with me on a molecular level. And the Final Dream is just the single most impactful, emotional and heart-rending moment I’ve had in any game ever. The culmination of the entire game distilled into one scene, and even the whole pathos of that one scene concentrated into three closing words:
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“See you tomorrow”
This game made me realize that I too am part of the homo-sexual underground
You are a violent and irrepressible miracle.
World of warcraft. Simply for the escapism. But also because I’ve made friends with whom I still talk to 20 years later. At this point they’re my oldest friends since life happened to some of the others.
Kerbal Space Program changed how I understand space flight.
Factorio changed how I approach programming
Modding original Doom and GTA vice city taught me 2d and 3d graphics as well as hacking and programming.
I’m afraid to play Factorio. I can’t afford to sacrifice the amount of productivity that I suspect I would lose.
It is one of the most addictive games I’ve played, and yet, I have learned more from it than almost any other.
Programming has been a core part of my career for about 20 years, and I can’t think of any other time I’ve had such leaps forward as I did in the first few months playing factory.
It really is a great visual representation of large scale systems management.
That said, it can be one hell of a time suck.
You won’t lose productivity, you will merely divert it into the factory, who will use its full efficiency for growth
KSP really is top tier Edutainment. I finally understood, why we don’t shoot all garbage into the sun 😅. Turns out, rocket science really is some rocket science
KSP definitely. I was literally doing astrophysics at uni when I started playing. It got me a much better sense for orbital mechanics and trajectories than any class ever did.
Night In The Woods. If you haven’t played it, I’d recommend it. The characters are so well written, and some of the things they touch on hit me on a very, very personal level. And the music complements it all perfectly. It manages to have silly moments and serious moments with the same characters that all manage to fit and mesh together so well, and their relationships and lives all feel real and evolving throughout the story.
The dreams/nightmares could use a “skip” button, as other than the very first, they serve no purpose whatsoever.
Other than that, my headcanon is that Mae gets back together with Bea over Gregg, the latter has his boyfriend and Bea really needs a friend.
Damn, I didn’t think this one would be on here, but that’s my choice too. Super relatable story if you live in a small town.
Watched JackSepticEye a lonnng time ago play this game. It’s a really well done story! I should see if it’s on the Steam Sale since I have my own gaming rig now.
Absolutely get it! It’s such a joy to explore through on your own. It’s available on every platform too.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Huh, that one’s been on my back burner. I’ll have to load it up.
Definitely worth it. Pretty short but is well written. Go in as blInd as you can.
Dance Dance Revolution 3rd mix. It sounds stupid, I know, but hear me out. I really sucked at this game at first. My friends use to play every weekends at the arcade, so I really wanted to get better. So I really trained hard and became the best player in our group. People gattered around the arcade when I was playing. I was good enough for tournaments.
Now when I face something difficult, I’m confident I can overcome it if I really want to. I wasn’t like that before. Thanks Konami.
