It’s a bitter sweet feeling afterward, but I love it when a game has characters where, after the game is over, I miss seeing a part of their lives. Be it due to the characters themselves or the interaction they have with one another, exiting their world feels more like a loss than when normally putting a story away.
Are there any games where you experienced similar? While it can be a bitter sweet feeling, I know that it is a sign that I really enjoyed what I was playing and love to find these experiences.
Cyberpunk had some really strong characters/acting/writing. I’m finding it hard to get excited by other games lately because they just don’t measure up the same.
LiS, LiS: Before the Storm and LiS 2 just hit me differently. I’m not really the target group but somehow it got to me on an emotional level like no other game.
I finished the first, bought the second but have yet to start it. You really should finish the first, if you have time to really enjoy it. It was extremely well done, and even as a cis male, was extremely impactful and emotionally worthwhile!
Some of the gameplay hasn’t aged well but the look and feel of the game is still one of the greatest for me. The HD remaster from a few years ago is the best way to play.
Can definitely relate to a few of these, namely Phoenix Wright and Danganronpa. While they’re cartoony (particularly the latter) the interactions between characters makes it very easy to attach to them
Not a week goes by that I don’t think about Y’s 8 at some point. It was my first entry into the series, it took my restarting 4 times before I got a “feel” for it and got sucked into the story. I am so glad I did. One of my all time favourite series now. Currently playing through Origins waiting for the English and hopefully PC release of Nordics
Dr Mordin Solus can be saved, all it costs is the ruthless suppression of Krogan : source trying a renegade run and feeling so bad that I shot him - for Solarian aide - started from mass effect 1 to do a renegade run that I could feel less guilty from my horrible decision
I remember the first time I completed RimWorld. Kept all three OG colonists alive. Two of them got married. The husband was an old farmer, had dementia, bad back, and was eventually bedridden for a long time. His wife was a doctor and she’d visit the hospital everyday to check up on him. The third colonist, Oneesan, became a Countess and was so full of herself that she never worked. She spent her entire day meditating in her throne room.
Also shoutout to Tracker, a recruited waster, who did some of the craziest shit like single handedly stopping a siege with a sniper rifle, and breaking up a fight between us, mechanoids, and pirates with a rocket launcher.
Undertale is the game I want to experience for the first time again. Can’t believe that game is already 8 years old. The music is brilliant. The characters are all compelling. The storytelling is stellar. The graphics…they get the job done lol
Napstablook was great. Especially once you find out who his neighbor was and a bit more about why he’s so depressed. I lied on the floor with him for a solid 20 minutes on my first playthrough. Probably one of the best minor characters ever.
ETA (four hours later lol): The Bioshock trilogy as well. Booker and Elizabeth are imo the best duo ever. Plus the twist in Infinite is a special kind of mind fuck.
I played Undertale last week for the first time, and WOW, so many emotions! I was definitely not expecting that, even after finishing the game for the first time.
Undertale for sure. (I’m a long time gamer, and I consider this in my top 5 games now)
It has such a slow start, and meh graphics going into it. It took me 3 separate years trying to get into it, but once I got past the first 2 hours, man did the humour, characters and music blow me away.
If you’re worried you won’t get into it:
The graphics start out rough to make the better graphics later on really stand out
The slow start is actually them setting things up a whole bunch of things that pay off later, stick with it. (Also since the game is only 7 hours and there are multiple endings, you will replay it to get the other endings and notice just how much content is hidden at the start that you didn’t understand the first time playing it).
I’m so glad I came back and stuck with it.
I was just trying to clear something out of my library and ended up with the most powerful gaming attachment I’ve had in over a decade.
Undertale, definitely. FFX I was really attached to Auron. The Ace Attorney series? I get attached to characters so I feel like those are the tip of the iceberg.
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I never got to sex up Toriel
What’s there not to like? Noodles? Check! Synthsirloin? Check!
Cyberpunk had some really strong characters/acting/writing. I’m finding it hard to get excited by other games lately because they just don’t measure up the same.
RDR2
Who’s this? Why do you miss them?
That’s Jackie Wells from Cyberpunk 2077. The best choom ever. He’s in the major league now…
sobs
Came here for this. My best choom
Such a choom.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Life Is Strange: True Colors
LiS, LiS: Before the Storm and LiS 2 just hit me differently. I’m not really the target group but somehow it got to me on an emotional level like no other game.
I never finished them! I should
I finished the first, bought the second but have yet to start it. You really should finish the first, if you have time to really enjoy it. It was extremely well done, and even as a cis male, was extremely impactful and emotionally worthwhile!
Seconded for Red Dead Redemption 2.
I miss Arthur Morgan like I miss a passed relative. Amazing character writing.
Shenmue & Shenmue II
Even before getting to the story characters I have such vivid memories of all the shop owners, random people and the streets themselves.
I’m very curious about these despite knowing that time hasn’t been kind to them.
Some of the gameplay hasn’t aged well but the look and feel of the game is still one of the greatest for me. The HD remaster from a few years ago is the best way to play.
Maya from Borderlands 2. Also the main dude from Titanfall 2. Maybe Booker from Bioshock Infinite.
Bloodwing and Roland, too. My best friend was a Mordecai main in BL1, so that scene fucked him up when we first played.
Same. Also that scene from BL3 went and fucked me up
A few come to mind:
Ys 8 The Lacrimosa of Dana
Danganronpa
Phoenix Wright trilogy
Life is strange
Katana Zero
Axiom Verge 1 and 2
Can definitely relate to a few of these, namely Phoenix Wright and Danganronpa. While they’re cartoony (particularly the latter) the interactions between characters makes it very easy to attach to them
Not a week goes by that I don’t think about Y’s 8 at some point. It was my first entry into the series, it took my restarting 4 times before I got a “feel” for it and got sucked into the story. I am so glad I did. One of my all time favourite series now. Currently playing through Origins waiting for the English and hopefully PC release of Nordics
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
There’s a copy of it on archive with the Norwegian audio (since it’s no longer available to get anywhere). Uploaded by yours truly.
Had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong.
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
Dr Mordin Solus can be saved, all it costs is the ruthless suppression of Krogan : source trying a renegade run and feeling so bad that I shot him - for Solarian aide - started from mass effect 1 to do a renegade run that I could feel less guilty from my horrible decision
It’s been over a decade since that scene and I still see it in my head. I can still hear his voice saying that line. What a character.
Will NEVER understand the people who lied to him in that scene. Or choose to shoot him in the back.
After spending 200h+ bonding with my gang, I missed the Phantom Thieves like they were my friends for real.
Indeed. I hope Tactica makes em justice.
I remember the first time I completed RimWorld. Kept all three OG colonists alive. Two of them got married. The husband was an old farmer, had dementia, bad back, and was eventually bedridden for a long time. His wife was a doctor and she’d visit the hospital everyday to check up on him. The third colonist, Oneesan, became a Countess and was so full of herself that she never worked. She spent her entire day meditating in her throne room.
Also shoutout to Tracker, a recruited waster, who did some of the craziest shit like single handedly stopping a siege with a sniper rifle, and breaking up a fight between us, mechanoids, and pirates with a rocket launcher.
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Undertale is the game I want to experience for the first time again. Can’t believe that game is already 8 years old. The music is brilliant. The characters are all compelling. The storytelling is stellar. The graphics…they get the job done lol
Napstablook was great. Especially once you find out who his neighbor was and a bit more about why he’s so depressed. I lied on the floor with him for a solid 20 minutes on my first playthrough. Probably one of the best minor characters ever.
ETA (four hours later lol): The Bioshock trilogy as well. Booker and Elizabeth are imo the best duo ever. Plus the twist in Infinite is a special kind of mind fuck.
I played Undertale last week for the first time, and WOW, so many emotions! I was definitely not expecting that, even after finishing the game for the first time.
Undertale for sure. (I’m a long time gamer, and I consider this in my top 5 games now)
It has such a slow start, and meh graphics going into it. It took me 3 separate years trying to get into it, but once I got past the first 2 hours, man did the humour, characters and music blow me away.
If you’re worried you won’t get into it:
I’m so glad I came back and stuck with it.
I was just trying to clear something out of my library and ended up with the most powerful gaming attachment I’ve had in over a decade.
Can definitely understand there. It has a very fun vibe through how much love and attention went into developing the silly characters…
Mario Frigo from Just Cause 3.
I hated him so much in the beginning, but grew to love him. Moo-rio lives rent free in my mind.
Moorio was pretty funny. JC3 story sucks but mario is amazing.
Undertale, definitely. FFX I was really attached to Auron. The Ace Attorney series? I get attached to characters so I feel like those are the tip of the iceberg.
This is it, baby. Hold me.
“Here Come The Test Results: ‘You Are A Horrible Person.’ That’s What It Says, ‘A Horrible Person.’ We Weren’t Even Testing For That.”
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The first time you ever play Portal 2 and get to the part where Wheatley is going to kill you was one of my favorite gags in the franchise.
You mean the part where he kills you? I loved that bit.