Gaming

The Walking Dead Telltale game. I have never felt so protective towards a character as I do towards Clementine. I still get irrationally angry if I think about how with all the plot twists etc I worried they would kill her off.

Earthbound. No game has come close to the excellent writing that is that game.

I played FF8 and Golden Sun 2 around the same time back in 03

They sparked my interest in RPG's and i've loved them ever since

I can still depict the Soundtrack from 8

Also discovered playing GBA games with headphones completely changed the sound quality

Playing golden sun with headphones completely changed how awesome the battle theme was, completely new experience

Spec Ops The Line.

There is no difference between what is right and what is necessary.

Halo 3, it was the perfect requiem for an era of video games in that generation

Sekiro.

The Outer Wilds by Annapurna Interactive. It’s such an amazing journey of constant discoveries and revelations. It can take you several hours to solve the mysteries and when you do, you are able to beat the game in 10 minutes from the start. For this reason, the game is something you can only experience once, and I envy people playing it for the first time.

I felt dazzled, mortified, I felt bits of terror and even wonder. My breath was stolen, my heart pounded, I yelled in excitement and held my breath in fright and anticipation. I can’t remember any other game giving me such a wide spectrum of emotions. My game of the year from that year and possibly game of the decade. I miss not knowing the secrets I discovered.

If you’re gonna check it out, go in as blind as possible.

Rainbow six siege. It has many glaring issues and questionable devs at this point, but the core of the multiplayer had ruined most other shooters for me. None offer the depth siege does and idk how I’ll cope when I don’t have it to go back and scratch that itch lol.

Eternal Sonata. JRPG with tons of music elements, with the setting being a hallucination of Frederic Chopin as he lays dying.

Intense and beautiful game.

Life is Strange. First game/story to make me cry since I was a kid. Still hits different nowadays.

Virtua Fighter 2 was insane in Arcades and when it came home on console, mind blowing. Children of the Atom also blew my melon apart with its absolutely perfect renditions of the characters and bonkers sprite animations at the time.

Omori continues to emotionally fuck with me today.

Life is Strange.

That game is deep and the way it builds the characters and their relationships is honestly fantastic.

I legitimately found myself caring for Max, Chloe and their friends. When Kate killed herself because of my choices and neglecting her I felt dreadful.

But nothing hit as hard as that final choice. Do you go back to the beginning and let Chloe die to save the town, but lose her? Or do you let the town get destroyed and potentially lose everyone else you care about, but keep Chloe alive?

I legitimately was astounded by how difficult a choice it was to make, it really had me considering all the possibilities, all the downsides and upsides.

In the end I went back and allowed Chloe to die and honestly the ending was heartbreaking. The funeral, everyone heartbroken, the soundtrack.

No game had hit me on an emotional level like that before. And no game ever has since

Yugioh duelist of the rose PS2. Have to play at least a few times a year. With 3 memory cards of data with a total of 9 different decks. I've bought the game twice. And about to hack a ps3 just so I can add it. It's time to retire my ps2 fat boi, still kicking after 21 years of playing it

LoZ. I played OoT (borrowed from a friend on N64 I think) and was hooked.

I'm showing my age here but Everquest. I still think about friends I made there and never knew their real names.

Resident Evil 1 remake, Resident Evil 2 and 3 original.

Parasite Eve II.

Metal Gear Solid.

FEAR.

The first 3 Metal Gear Solid games broke me as a teen. Each in their own. Completely changed how I saw many aspects of my life and I still find myself pondering it's teachings all these years later.

Skyrim with mods changed how I looked at games completely. Never really understood the power of mods until I really got into it with Skyrim. Put in over 1000 hours over the years and still find completely new ways to enjoy that game.

Right now it's Starfield. It's a mess and needs tons of patching and mod support to really shine, but it's exactly what I've been waiting for for over 25 years. A moddable, open world space-based sandbox RPG. Already put in over 500 hours. Gonna be enjoying this one for years to come.

Rdr2 was a masterpiece and its my fav game of all time,tht game was perfect

Beyond good and evil. Really enjoyed shooting photos of animals instead of shooting guns

Impact as in impact, not addiction to replay or having a remarkable plot (twist)?

Planescape: Torment.

Rockstars bully comes to mind. That game is so good and nostalgic. I could never get bored of that soundtrack.

Panzer Dragoon Saga.

Dragon Quest V, nothing has come close yet. Searching for the legendary hero with your father but then losing him is pretty cliche but it worked so well. The timeskip was pretty dark with monsters ruling the world. When I played it for the first time I was like yeah sure sure I am the legendary hero right? Wrong, it’s the son of the main character. The third generation in the game of this family. So in the beginning you were looking for a hero that wasn’t even born yet. The second timeskip hit me even harder and didn’t see that one coming. Eventho it does a lot of stereotypes in JRPG’s it just did it so well

bloodborne

only played through it once and platinumed it was well, but it was the best gaming experience i had so far in my life. i still think about it, it still watch videos about it, i still talk about it.

I'm just gonna say it. Changed. No I won't explain why, you can try to guess, but it's probably very obvious why.

Undertale.

Subnautica.

Hollow Knight.

These games have raised my expectations for games in a way that a lot of what’s out there just feels like garbage now.

Pro Bass Fishing 2003

Dark Cloud 2. Criminally underrated dungeon crawler with world building, time travel, amazing levels, and characters. Graphically ahead of most other ps2 games, also.

Too many to count perhaps but I’ll mention one from my childhood. “Silver” from 1999 was an old school real time RPG I played as a kid that as far as I can remember through my rose tinted glasses had both amazing visuals and gameplay. I don’t remember much of the story but I still remember some of the locations vividly and the feeling I got at certain points in the game.

Unreal Tournament and Shadowman.

Unpacking. It’s amazing how invested you get in unpacking someone’s stuff into a new place. How their life changed with each move. I got an unhealthy feeling from one move and googled it which confirmed my diagnosis. Very short game; played in one night, but stayed with me.

Final fantasy tactics on the PS1 or odd world Abe's oddesy

There's one for every computer I've owned - 3D Monster Maze for the ZX81, Elite for the ZX Spectrum, Dungeon Master for the Atari ST and Mass Effect 2 for the PC.

Fallout 2 taught me my English.

mass effect 3, that shore leave with all your crewmates hits hard

Dark souls 3. Playing it through the first time gave me a rush of adrenaline and satisfaction thats truly addicting and I long for my first playthrough of any souls game again and again

Planescape: Torment

Regret can change the nature of a man.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Couch co-op bliss, and those chainsaw dudes were terrifying!

Overwatch caused me to change majors from 2d art into 3d character modeling because I wanted to work on the game (and still do). It's also influenced my art style very deeply

Twice a year I have applied to work on the Overwatch team for the past 6 years or so haha. I know they hire the best of the best but I still try anyways

Fable 1-3 and mass Effect 1-3.

The morality system and the decisions you can make is what does it for me. Idk why it is so goddamn hard to do an "evil" playthrough. Also, Fable and it's british humour is top notch imo.

Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask. It was the first game I played that felt like it was a lived in world. The three day cycle and the impending doom that everyone felt was palpable, and I loved every second of it. It felt dark, but was more covert about it than, say, twilight princess. One of my favorite games of all time.