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Argh, I forgot about Worms! Many a drunken night spent playing that in my Uni dorm lol

One of the most commonly known symptoms of both autism and aspergers syndrome is the inability to emphasise with others and to express emotions in a rational manner. I myself suffer from this symptom heavily. Feelings such as anger, sadness and fear (foreshadowing) are feelings that I, like many others, have trouble expressing. In particular, I try my absolute hardest to shut off these emotions. The concept of what can be considered as "true fear" varies from person to person. While I'm certainly no psychologist, I would assume that fear can be attributed to hormones within our bloodstream, namely adrenaline. Adrenaline plays a crucial role in triggering a fight-or-flight response, which often goes hand in hand with horror games, but it normally tends to trigger flight more than it does fight. One game that truly helped me understand fear was the newly released remake of Capcom's 1998 survival horror classic - Resident Evil 2. Now, I wouldn't say that I'm a Resident Evil fan, but I wouldn't say that I'm a stranger to the series either. The last Resident Evil game I played before this one was the previous installment, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, but I didn't really get much out of that in terms of fear. One too many Texas Chainsaw vibes for me to take seriously, to be totally honest. But this game actually managed to make me something that arguably no other game before has truly made me: Scared. But not in the way most of you would think. This game certainly was a first for me. As stated, I have multiple issues with expressing certain emotions, which includes fear. Due to this, I tend to stay away from horror games and obvious rage games, because, to me, they don't invoke the reaction that they want to get out of the average person. But once I actually took the time to immerse myself in the game, I could actually say that I was quite damn frightened. The jumpscares didn't really get much out of me aside from a slight jolt (Fucking door-busting zombie cop), but what really got me was the multitasking that came from certain scenarios, combined with the helplessness you feel when you don't have the suitable resources by means of defending yourself with. One moment towards the end of my day one playthrough (Which lasted up until the first boss fight with William Birkin) was in the police station. One puzzle required me to detonate some C4 in order to access the final medallion needed to open up the secret passageway. Detonating the C4 ended up not only knocking over a shelf, barricading me inside of the room, but also attracting a Licker. Now, this shit got my heart racing like a greyhound that has been forcefed skittles laced with speed. For the record, I had no ammo left for either Matilda (Handgun) or my shotgun, I had no knife, and no healing items, and I was also stuck in a room with what was currently the most dangerous, non-boss enemy in the game. This is what triggered something I'd consider unusual for a video game. My heartbeat got faster, my breathing became more irregular and heavy. However, this feeling actually made me think: On instinct, I used the only "weapon" I had on me at the time - a flashbang grenade. This barely stunned the Licker for long enough for me to unblock the door and escape the room before it came back to it's senses. That one scenario ended up making me experience what I would consider to be true fear. Not the paranoia of when the next zombie will jump out at me, not the gloomy darkness of the police station, just constant, heart-racing adrenaline. This game makes you it's bitch, and it wants you to know that you're helpless. And the best part? I loved it. I loved every second of the last two to three hours I spent playing this game, I ended up loving that surge of adrenaline I got as I saw Leon slowly but surely move this shelf as this horrific mutant creature regained it's consciousness after being hit with the only feasible weapon I had left. I want to feel that again, especially after ending it on a particularly gruesome boss battle... Eyes don't belong on biceps.

It's all good man but Bethesda getting what they deserve for being greedy and hurriedly launching the game when they knew the game had obvious issues. They should take a page out of Rockstar's book and actually take the time to develop their game.

My point exactly.

I've gone for headphones as they're usually a wee bit more comfortable and also generally have better sound quality.

See, she's doing it again -_-.

I wish they'd make more games with captivating stories like this instead of these dull games with practically no story and gimmicky gameplay.

True! Whether it's underage or an adult gambling, it's never good because there is no way of knowing that you are going to lose or win. Staying away from gambling is the best thing a gamer can do for his life and gaming experience.

I doubt I even have 5 physical games - the rest are all digital. I think I'm going to start playing my 3DS because there is no point in letting a good machine go to waste.

The sad true about the videogame industry is that all that matters is profit, there is no point of making a good game if its not going to sell well. Thats why many publishers and developers are focusing these days on quick Battle royale games or Multiplayer in general. Creating an open world or single player with good narrative takes time and money, Thats one of the reasons why EA pulled the plug on the open world Starwars game, they said that they wanted something to cash in now not later. Hopefully Bethesda will give us an amazing Elder scrolls 6.

Hard lesson learned that day 😞

lol. My parents just hid my consoles somewhere until I behaved myself - I can just imagine how it felt to see your N64 plunging to its destruction and there is nothing you could do. 😭

Monster Hunter World - you may just see three Titan Monster duking it out and you get to finish off the winner and can harvest materials from all 3 😎. No seriously, it is freaking hilarious to be fighting a boss monster and suddenly two more come out of nowhere to challenge it. I make sure to get to a safe vantage point and open a betting booth and take some bets. I even provide free commentary 🤣. I would sell merchandise but you know it takes a while to make them so yeah...not really a profitable venture.

Agree, I hate minecraft but cant argue with that, its a successful game whether we like it or not.

I've never really gotten into Minecraft but I do acknowledge it's popularity.

I have owned the original Gameboy, GB color, GBA, 2DS, 3DS, The original Nintendo, SNES, N64 and Gamecube

Mine is Mojang. It created Minecraft, one of the highest selling games in the entire history.

If you are mature and adult, gaming may not affect your behavior, however, gaming certainly has an adverse effect on kids and young people. They lose interest in social interactions, they damage their eyes, and they start behaving oddly.

I will always prefer Physical games , For PS4 I have 6 games, Xbox 360 16 games, 2ds 2 games, modded Wii I'm not sure I downloaded a bunch of Wii, Gamecube , n64, snes, nes, gameboy and sega genesis games, I have at least 60 gb of games on the Wii

Baked beans in tomato sauce. I use whole oats. They keep me full for longer .

I always prefer a PC over anything, even though I enjoy the feeling of playing on a console with a joystick. But a PC is simply more superior to anything else. If you're a gamer, and a professional one you'd know that PC is easier to handle, for both client and companies.

Yeah after years and years of waiting for many fans its not going to be worth it, besides Valve doesnt need to create new games at this point, it seems that Steam is more than enough for them.

The best part about this is just how incredibly meaningful an experience can be for the right people in this sort of game. It's certainly good to see that a game could so very well heavily impact someone like this.

It would choose Rockstar as well because they always make quality games such as GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. The single player experiences, in particular, are always mindblowing.

You might not like my answer but I am a Christian so yes there is more to life than this. God made us to be in relationship with him and with others. To be in community and not do life on our own. Those are my thoughts.