Duke Nukem 3D.
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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.
Can't say any one game was life changing for me. They are more a collection of experiences that I reflect upon. Hundreds of games, that have refined me my thoughts and feelings over the decades.
Salt and Sanctuary
Im not much of a gamer. Im gonna have to say Minecraft. Not really a story but did feel like major achievement. Ah the good ol' days
Lunacid, probably. Or MGS3. Or any of the Nier games
Getting the good ending in The Witcher 3. So much relief.
Getting the good ending in The Witcher 3. So much relief.
In recent memory God of War got me pretty good. The struggles that Kratos would go through attempting to communicate with his son reminded me all too well of my dad's relationship to me. I'm fortunate enough that I don't have the same issue with my children, and that game definitely had me doing some self reflection.
The first two that come to mind whenever this discussion comes up are Dragon Age: Origins and Bioshock.
If it were possible to erase memories, I'd erase my memories of these games and play them for the first time again.
DA:O is peak CRPG. I love that game so much. I should do another solo nightmare playthrough, with a different class this time...
- NieR Gestalt
- NieR Automata Ending E
- Silent Hill 2 (the original, not the remake)
- Doki Doki Literature Club!
- A Girl Who Chants Love At the Bound of this World: YU-NO (the original, not the remake)
I dont know about changing my life, but they certainly had incredibly impactful/emotional endings IMO.