Honestly, Cyberpunk strangely left an impact on me in more recent times. I think it's could also be the fact that the situation I was in when I played it was very memorable, so it made the experience more heightened. Same with Baldur's Gate 3.. Those 2 are games that I remember every single moment in the many hours I put in.
I was one of the people who pre-ordered Cyberpunk and loved it from the very beginning, despite the issues, so i feel happy that it’s finally getting the love it always deserved. Phenomenal game that I’ve put 300+ hours into at this point 🦾
@@believeinmatter I also pre-ordered it at launch but abandoned it 15 hours in because it wasn't running well. Fast forward to around a month before Phantom Liberty, and I tried it again. I now have over 120 hours and i've 100% the game. For context. I don't ever go for 100% in video games.. but this one deserved it
After playing Cyberpunk, I can say that the game is grounded in reality a lot, despite the futuristic setting. Nothing is good there, it's extremely morally ambiguous with all shades of grey. Some are lighter than the others.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag will always have a special place in my heart. I have played it so many times i don't even remember and everytime i fall in love with it all over again. The world, the music, the protagonist, the side characters, the feeling of sailing a ship with your crew singing shanties at sunset, raiding ships and fortresses, hunting animals, solving puzzles, exploring and the amazing story. I still remember the first time i played it 9 years ago and will never forget the good times i had playing it everytime.
The game that not only left an impact, but branded itself in my memory is surely Red Dead Redemption 2. I was so invested at the characters and the story that after the credits rolled I could not touch another game. It raised the bar up to heaven and no matter what game I play, it's just not the same. The man Arthur was and became is what I'm trying to do in my everyday life. It felt like he was a father figure to me, taught me so many values and virtues.
@@oghaggins6267 I have already finished it, it had an interesting story to tell, enjoy your play !!! For maximum immersion, i highly recommend playing with Kurosawa mode. One of the greatest experiences !
Life is Strange. It feels like the events of this game happened to me personally, they shook me to my core. I genuinely grieved certain characters and almost 10 years later, simply singing the soundtrack in my head still makes me cry.
Not to be rude, but my opinion greatly differs from yours. I like some of these interactive games when done right but usually not. I like TWD, Wolf Among Us and MC story mode. However life is strange I despise. Didn't get the praise when it came out, still hate it to this day
Bioshock Infinite, AC4 Black Flag, The Witcher 3, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4, Final Fantasy X, Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2), Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear Solid 4 are some of my most memorable games.
For me, it was subnautica. I have thalassophobia. That strange fear of the deep combined with actually experiencing it in the game created an experience that was so emotionally beautiful and enriching
Hey dude I loved all these games as well, they left a HUGE impact on me, especially AC 2, I also wanted to say that as a kid my parents would argue almost every day, and almost every day the police would come over because the Neighbours would report the screaming and banging, it's tough, it's really tough, I get how you feel, and it really messes kids up, I'm sorry you had to go through it
I found you through this video and man its a good one. There havent been that many games that have impacted me but the two games that have impacted me by far the most are NieR Replicant and NieR Automata. These games are just that good, the relateable and loveable cast, the engaging story, the humor, the way HOW its story is told, the soundtrack and especially the true endings of both games I just cant stop thinking about them almost 2 year after I finished them. Definetly subscribed to you because that video alone shows me how much passion you have for your videos and games.
Currently playing RDR2 for the first time and i didn't plan on doing more than the story but i just can't stop. I want to find more and more things to do so I'm working my way through the challenges and unlocking all clothes. Never expected to like it so much but time flies with this game. I wish I was 14 again, in the summer holidays, playing for days at a time.
I got ac2 when I was a kid and the Xbox 360 came out, I could never know what I was doing when I played it but when I got older and finally completed the game, it felt like reliving what I felt for that game when I was a kid
Runescape is one of my favourites for sure. I love the world and pretty much all of the activities from chopping trees to intense boss fights to quests. My dream goal on RS back in 2005 was to max every skill and got 8 99s back then. 4 years ago, I achieved that goal on Old School Runescape and getting that max cape is one of my favourite memories.
@@Exiled7 it's awesome. Old School updates are largely decided by the players which is unheard of elsewhere in gaming. There's so much more to it now but it all fits in with the feel the game had 20 years ago.
For me it was red dead 2, i know most people said it but, man just looking at the scenery, as arthur slowly deteriorates , and the lines, his emotion, i connect with him on an emotional level because i came back from an illness near death and i know how it feels to have the world go on acting like you don't matter, and nobody will care unless they're in your shoes, just as no random npc so far ive come across cares for Arthur except story bits, and even though hes struggling to survive , nobody around him really cares and i relate to that on a personal level
Hey man, idk you but this video popped up in my feed. I gotta say, that’s a sick ass thumbnail and the title is interesting. I was about to sleep so I added this to my watch later. Gonna watch it tomorrow, just wanted to compliment the effort. Your channel looks great, I’ll look into it more tomorrow. Good luck with your channel man
@@Exiled7 ahh dude you have a whole movie about why Red Dead 2 is great. That’s my absolute favorite game. Gonna listen to that on Monday as I work since I have some tedious tasks to do and need something to listen to
For me, the most influential games were Halo CE (my first and still favorite game I got when I was 5 soon after it came out), Oblivion (it gave me the same sense of wonder few games have [only other games that have are Halo CE and ER]), Modern Warfare 2 (2009) [still the best multiplayer game ever made], and now probably Elden Ring (the first game in years to give me that sense of wonder. I thought after Oblivion no other game would make me feel like a kid again but ER did)
Hey for your next Skyrim playthrough, I cannot recommend enough the survival mode from the official creation club, along with farming and fishing. I know this means more money in Bethesdas pocket but those creations combined with some QOL mods truly made skyrim feel fresh for the first time since I played it as a kid (and I've played modded playthroughs in the past)
I love walking around doing nothing in RDR2, but seemingly find it difficult and boring when I'm actually out and about. I love how Alan Wake 2 can turn an uncomfortable feeling of anxiety into a "bring it on, motherfuckers". I love how games like The Witcher 3 or Telltale's The Walking Dead makes me relish the significance of choice and initiative, whilst in real life I'm afraid of doing so. When things don't go my way in Elden Ring, I don't get pissed off, I just know I need to learn more, that I haven't figured it out yet. I hate guitar practice, but improving my Pokémon makes me wanna keep improving them. In real life, I find myself being insecure and judgmental, but in games I'm able to appreciate and understand the nuances of people and their lives. To me, the games we enjoy the most reflects certain aspects of ourselves. Art is a tool for growth and self-realization. It can teach us something about ourselves and the world around us. It has this incredible way of expressing the beauty of our existence, and the importance of our experiences. It seems to be able to talk us in ways only our hearts can understand. If a game draws me in, it means I have lessons to learn.
Soulsborne games, after I played Elden Ring and then Dark Souls Trilogy, Bloodborne and Sekiro these games set the bar so high that I started to see games I loved as a slightly above average games.
Bioware games from around the 2010s were next level immersion for me, Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Origins transported me into space/fantasy world with interesting worlds, companions that I would choose build relationships with them. Worlds/planets that all had their own problem and they were bleak and every decision you didn't feel black or white. It was all about perspective and how you would handle the decisions. They were really ahead of their time back then!!!
I love the worlds of Nier Automata and Replicant. They're almost empty but I think that's why. Traveling in that world feels like going for a walk in real life. Nothing really happens except beautiful nature, and then the soundtrack is fucking amazing.
When I realized Arthur had follow up missions with the mother and son whom he shook down earlier and that story was heart wrenching. If anyone here hasn’t played RDR 2, do it. Play RDR 1 as well. John Marsten has a great story too.
22:31 currently playing it takes two with my fiancé and we are loving it! I would definitely love some more recommendations similar to the this game as well
Definitely ES:Oblivion and overwatch. The horse armor DLC and "just cosmetics" lootbox microtransactions had such a huge impact that you can still feel it in every cosmetic dlcs and microtransactions in full priced games. Losing to microtransaction and seeing every game turn into a microtransaction fest felt like losing a war and seeing your culture broken and submissive. No other games has left such a huge "impact" In this hobby.
I don't think the horse armour is to blame. That's just people saying it's bethesda's fault. The people to blame are the ones who did it at mass. Look at people like Valve with Skins and cases, overwatch as you mentioned, cod advanced warfare and what not. All of these are games that really put the problem in its place. Bethesda did it in a game in 2006 and then released skyrim in 2011 which didn't have microtransactions.
I personally have quite a long list, but all of these had pretty much the same strong impact and they still stuck with me: Star Wars KOTOR, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, GTA Vice City, San Andreas, 4 and 5, Skyrim, Resident Evil 4 (2005), Diablo 2, Star Wars Jedi Academy, Final Fantasy X, the Mass Effect trilogy, Batman Arkham Asylum and City, Assassin's Creed 2, the Halo saga from 1 to Reach, Star Wars Batttlefront 2 (2005), Half-Lfe 2, Jet Set Radio, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Witcher 3, Persona 4 and 5, Red Dead 2, Resident Evil 2 remake, Street Fighter 4 and 6, Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
The game that had a good impact on me that was not covered in the video is a game called blur Its a racing game with superpowers I didnt have mario kart or anyother similar game This was the one best racing game which somehow disappearead from everywhere I wish someone would bring it back
Played through It Takes Two with my 16yo daughter and we both had a blast but we bonded more over our mutual hate for the main characters and joked about how the parents seemed like they were on some drug fueled trip as their weird child pottered about the house.
@@Exiled7 not really. We just found the two main protagonists annoying. The bloke is whiney. The woman is bossy and annoying. Their kid trying to talk to them whilst they're both catatonic (or as we seen it, smacked off their tits) was hilarious.
Persona 5. Before that game, I had completely written off jrpgs and turn based combat because I thought they just didn't look appealing compared to real-time games. I didn't want to play a game of digital chess, I wanted to play a "real" game. Decided to give it a shot because it was one of the top rated playstation exclusives I had kept hearing about, I heard the banger soundtrack, and it was only $20 at the time i bought it. After playing it, I finally understood the laid-back, yet also strategically stressful appeal of turn based combat. Spending hours crafting the perfect personas by fusing, managing resources in a palace run, landing a critical hit by chance that saves you from a party wipe, and an intriguing story along with it. It opened my eyes up to games like xcom, fire emblem, final fantasy, the legend of heroes (I've beat 7 of these games. On cold steel 3 now), and many more that I had previously never bothered with just because they were turn based.
Metal Gear Solid 5 was one of those games for me. Atleast after the the PS1 and PS2 era, it was the last game i had high expectations for and it actually met them. Yea the story wasnt the best but for me gameplay is king, and MGS5 had the best gameplay in the modern era, and it has yet to be topped IMO.
I don’t usually comment on videos, but seeing your take on the emotional level of video games kinda inspired me to do so. In my case I was already hyped by RD2, watching the endless possibilities of an old western in the new generation, buy oh boy was I in for a ride. After playing hours on end I felt more and more invested, the scenery, the quests and the other characters really brought the world to life, but what I truly cherish and is something that I know I cannot experience again, is the feeling of overcoming your own self, having the power to be better, a better version of yourself. Whilst I know that Arthur is the protagonist, it seemed as if I was the one doing those actions (Well duh). And when the moment of the breakdown with the nun, I just couldn’t hold back. To this day I still have goosebumps thinking just about the game and the memories I got from it, and that, that makes my heart happy :) Again, thank you for sharing your experiences with all of us, people sometimes forget that video games have the ability to print an emotional memory on a person, and watching your video really evokes that sense of warmth that sometimes you get when living such an experience.
Thank you for expressing the exact same feelings I had when I played Red Dead Redemption 2. I don't think we will have this level of storytelling ever again.
@@Fearless_Gamer96dude there are tons of games with storytelling better than red dead. Y’all just say all this because it’s cowboys or something I guess
@@coreydaprince I have a soft spot for western films and games, I also know that there are games that have great storytelling besides Red Dead Redemption and which I hold dear e.g. Days Gone, The Last Of Us, The Witcher trilogy, Mass Effect etc.
I’m prolly older than many of you so I’d like to mention some of the classic Sid Meier titles like Civ and Pirates.. Also, while I was a casual rpg fan previously playing Suikoden for the first time somewhere around a decade ago made me more hardcore.. I then found my current favorite series Trails.. However playing so many hours of it kinda burnt me out a bit so I’m now deviating a bit dabbling in many different genres & devs.. Most recently the two fairly recent VanillaWare titles in 13 Sentinels & Unicorn Overlord
I love civ 5 and 6. kinda surprised I forgot to mention both. Civ 5 I have like 300 hours which is just me and two friends and then 300 on civ 6 which was all by myself. Love both titles.
@@Exiled7 I actually started with the 2nd.. The only one I don’t own is the first.. You should really check out the Pirate one.. It’s kinda an OG version of AC Black Flag.. Oh and the XCom series for that matter by the same dev👍
Civ 6 rlly is an amazing game that every history buff should play. I love the style of it and js the sheer interest of implementing strategy and thought behind every move.
Destiny 1 impacted me the most out of any game I've played. Never played anything like it, it was an addictive experience, lol. Still play Destiny 2 till this day no matter how much I hated the game over the years.
Gaming addiction is a problem because developers highjack the human psyche. Games are not bad in themselves, but developers who abuse human psychology to encourage addiction to their games are the problem.
kinda agree. I think they abuse these issues but also a lot of people get addicted to games that don’t have over the top mechanics for addictive nature. I think a level of any addiction is the person themselves as it’s proven across the board that certain types of people are far more likely to become addicted to something than others.
@Exiled7 I agree. A person who is predisposed to addiction is more likely to be addicted to gaming. However, gaming is unique when it comes to addiction. The addiction can be more destructive if the developers are preying on addictive personalities. Games can be designed to exploit the psyche of addictive personalities to encourage micro transactions or to take up all of your time, keeping you in the game world. There is a distinction to be made here between abusing addicted gamers and actually providing something a gamer can connect with. I believe if you are providing the latter, you might be feeding into an addiction. However, it may also be providing exactly what that person needs through possibly the only medium they are able to accept it. Gaming can be an addiction but it can be a less destructive outlet for people with addictive personalities IF developers do not abuse them.
Yeah I agree with that last point. I do think in gaming we see a lot of people that are in my opinion addicted as in they are using games for such an amount of time that it's blatently over use and taking away from other aspects of there lives. For example it's common in gaming to play for 6 hours a day (by common I mean more internet side of things as the moment you speak to someone IRL they'll normally only play for a maximum of 10-15 hours a week) which I believe even if it's on paper not taking away from other aspects of life I would believe it is taking away from your ability to do more with your life and finding faulse sense of achievement and satisfaction through a digital format.
Best point & click adventure I ever played and my #2 fav WWI title next to Wings Remastered.. There’s also somewhat of a spinoff I have on ps4 called 11 11 Memories Retold
Destiny one is definetly a gem but I would be lying if I said the franchise at large isn't a game that impacted me and my friends massively which means destiny 2 has to be there.
So in terms of cultural impact I can think of 4 games that radically changed gaming culture. Modern Warfare 2 [2009], Skyrim, Pokemon Go, Fortnite. For MW2 and Skyrim: gaming growing up in the early 2000's was still seen as nerdy and hardly anyone talked about it in school. When those 2 games came out you realized how many people played games (or got into it because of those 2 games) because everyone talked about them and it didn't seem nerdy anymore. It wasn't seen as taboo to talk about them. Pokemon Go was crazy because it got so many people playing games outside. It's effect on gaming overall is probably a lot less than the other 3 I listed but still, that summer it came out was crazy. Fortnite has to be the biggest game ever (in terms of players) as of now. It's wild how big of an impact it has had and just how many people have played it at some point. (I don't even like Fortnite, PUBG is better, but I can't deny how big Fortnite is).
@@Exiled7 Dude the ending to Nier Automata is literally one of my favourite things ever, and it is still to this day the best "videogame story" IMO. The way it leverages game mechanics to tell its story is so interesting and the references to transhumanist philosophy are quite fun if you spot them.
I don't really agree with the FPS comment at the end, everyone's limits to a games technical performance are subjective. Lower frame counts feel too jarring for me personally. Of course that is no reason to shit on the game, but I definitely believe it is a valid reason to not want to experience it. Thankfully it's not much of an issue nowadays, but im unsure of how the console performance has worked in the last two generations. I feel the same way with FOV in games where it is restricted, sometimes it makes me feel motion sick/uneasy. The game might be great but I just can't get into it.
I don't care if people mainly want to play games that are 60fps but it's the fact so many people write off games because they are 30 then it's dumb. games have been good for decades that are 30.
I just want to say a huge thank you for mentioning actual good games, compared to everyone else who just bums off the last of us and breath of the wild
for me its MGS3, FFIX/FFX/FFXII, DMC3, RE4, Halo Combat Evolved, Dark Souls 2, Dino Crisis 2, Vice City, and Rogue Galaxy. mean im bored to death with RDR2 and TLoU story was never really connect with me.
12:11 Fake ! When I mod my Skyrim, I change the musics too ! Especially, the combat musics since you heard them so many time (and there is so many memes about the combat music starting out of nowehere), it becames really annoying to hear them again for me!
that might be for you but from the vast majoirty of modded playthroughs, videos and streams I've seen people keep the original sound track in the game. I use to have this same feeling when I was a kid with a lot of games, now I'll keep the music on as it's the way the game was intended to be played and helps root you in what you're playing.
@@Exiled7 When you start modding and you have to trigger the combat music to check if everything works correctly, at a moment you can get sick of it ^^" (it's especially true when you only have only one combat music that get triggered during your mod testing) Anyway tastes and colors... and how much you like to "eat" the same thing over and over again. But from that point you should be totally right about the majority of players. I still agree with you that the original musics are awesome and I was quite sad when I heard that Bethesda wouldn't work with Jeremy Soule again (unless they hired him again since he said they didn't (it was years, even a decade ago)). So we might have musics with less Soule for the next Elder Scrolls :/ The musics of this series are so memorables and are part of the Elder Scrolls universe, it's quite baffling they want to get rid of it.
I haven't watched it but based of the titles they are similar in terms of premises. Not sure what the content in his video discusses. But I can confirm that I've been working on this video for over a month now so I had zero clue about the guys video! I can definetly see how you might think that though. Edit - Just to add though I've just checked breifly over his video and outside of assassin's creed two we talk about different games and I've not seen the video so I don't know what angle he took his video. 2nd Edit - I also have a patreon post from 14th of March talking about my future content and this video was mentioned as a "coming out in 9 weeks from now" which I don't know if that's exactly the same time span but yeah. Just letting you know that two people can have the same idea.
Honestly, Cyberpunk strangely left an impact on me in more recent times. I think it's could also be the fact that the situation I was in when I played it was very memorable, so it made the experience more heightened. Same with Baldur's Gate 3.. Those 2 are games that I remember every single moment in the many hours I put in.
I was one of the people who pre-ordered Cyberpunk and loved it from the very beginning, despite the issues, so i feel happy that it’s finally getting the love it always deserved. Phenomenal game that I’ve put 300+ hours into at this point 🦾
@@believeinmatter I also pre-ordered it at launch but abandoned it 15 hours in because it wasn't running well. Fast forward to around a month before Phantom Liberty, and I tried it again. I now have over 120 hours and i've 100% the game. For context. I don't ever go for 100% in video games.. but this one deserved it
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After playing Cyberpunk, I can say that the game is grounded in reality a lot, despite the futuristic setting. Nothing is good there, it's extremely morally ambiguous with all shades of grey. Some are lighter than the others.
@@Waxyyy Hi dukes friend
Assassin's Creed Black Flag will always have a special place in my heart. I have played it so many times i don't even remember and everytime i fall in love with it all over again. The world, the music, the protagonist, the side characters, the feeling of sailing a ship with your crew singing shanties at sunset, raiding ships and fortresses, hunting animals, solving puzzles, exploring and the amazing story. I still remember the first time i played it 9 years ago and will never forget the good times i had playing it everytime.
I really need to go back and play black flag, it's been a real long time since I did. Maybe I'll make a video out of it.
The game that not only left an impact, but branded itself in my memory is surely Red Dead Redemption 2. I was so invested at the characters and the story that after the credits rolled I could not touch another game. It raised the bar up to heaven and no matter what game I play, it's just not the same.
The man Arthur was and became is what I'm trying to do in my everyday life. It felt like he was a father figure to me, taught me so many values and virtues.
Really loved rdr2. Playing ghost of Tsushima right now it’s similar in a lot of ways, you should give it a go
@@oghaggins6267 I have already finished it, it had an interesting story to tell, enjoy your play !!! For maximum immersion, i highly recommend playing with Kurosawa mode. One of the greatest experiences !
I’m almost my second play through and then I’m planning to take it really slow on my 3rd play through
@@oghaggins6267 It's a game that is on my list, after I finish Death Stranding of course, which I also recommend
Life is Strange. It feels like the events of this game happened to me personally, they shook me to my core. I genuinely grieved certain characters and almost 10 years later, simply singing the soundtrack in my head still makes me cry.
Not to be rude, but my opinion greatly differs from yours. I like some of these interactive games when done right but usually not. I like TWD, Wolf Among Us and MC story mode. However life is strange I despise. Didn't get the praise when it came out, still hate it to this day
Bioshock Infinite, AC4 Black Flag, The Witcher 3, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4, Final Fantasy X, Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2), Kingdom Hearts and Metal Gear Solid 4 are some of my most memorable games.
For me, it was subnautica. I have thalassophobia. That strange fear of the deep combined with actually experiencing it in the game created an experience that was so emotionally beautiful and enriching
Hey dude I loved all these games as well, they left a HUGE impact on me, especially AC 2, I also wanted to say that as a kid my parents would argue almost every day, and almost every day the police would come over because the Neighbours would report the screaming and banging, it's tough, it's really tough, I get how you feel, and it really messes kids up, I'm sorry you had to go through it
I found you through this video and man its a good one. There havent been that many games that have impacted me but the two games that have impacted me by far the most are NieR Replicant and NieR Automata. These games are just that good, the relateable and loveable cast, the engaging story, the humor, the way HOW its story is told, the soundtrack and especially the true endings of both games I just cant stop thinking about them almost 2 year after I finished them. Definetly subscribed to you because that video alone shows me how much passion you have for your videos and games.
thank you! can’t wait to make more like this in the future!
Thank you for sharing your heart with us. God bless you brother.
Currently playing RDR2 for the first time and i didn't plan on doing more than the story but i just can't stop.
I want to find more and more things to do so I'm working my way through the challenges and unlocking all clothes.
Never expected to like it so much but time flies with this game. I wish I was 14 again, in the summer holidays, playing for days at a time.
I got ac2 when I was a kid and the Xbox 360 came out, I could never know what I was doing when I played it but when I got older and finally completed the game, it felt like reliving what I felt for that game when I was a kid
Runescape is one of my favourites for sure. I love the world and pretty much all of the activities from chopping trees to intense boss fights to quests.
My dream goal on RS back in 2005 was to max every skill and got 8 99s back then.
4 years ago, I achieved that goal on Old School Runescape and getting that max cape is one of my favourite memories.
I've always been interested with runescape! Love seeing people who love games from that era talking about it on youtube
@@Exiled7 it's awesome. Old School updates are largely decided by the players which is unheard of elsewhere in gaming. There's so much more to it now but it all fits in with the feel the game had 20 years ago.
For me it was red dead 2, i know most people said it but, man just looking at the scenery, as arthur slowly deteriorates , and the lines, his emotion, i connect with him on an emotional level because i came back from an illness near death and i know how it feels to have the world go on acting like you don't matter, and nobody will care unless they're in your shoes, just as no random npc so far ive come across cares for Arthur except story bits, and even though hes struggling to survive , nobody around him really cares and i relate to that on a personal level
As an Indian i generally don't listen to Brits, but when I do I make sure that 'That Brit' makes some damn good points . . . Keep up the good work
Hey man, idk you but this video popped up in my feed. I gotta say, that’s a sick ass thumbnail and the title is interesting. I was about to sleep so I added this to my watch later. Gonna watch it tomorrow, just wanted to compliment the effort. Your channel looks great, I’ll look into it more tomorrow. Good luck with your channel man
thank you good sir! You'll have to let me know tomorrow! Title is all me but the thumbnail is by a guy called Calzee, who makes content as well!
@@Exiled7 loved the vid bro. Great insight. I’m subbing and checking out more of your vids👍🏻 great quality! Hope you make it big
@@Exiled7 ahh dude you have a whole movie about why Red Dead 2 is great. That’s my absolute favorite game. Gonna listen to that on Monday as I work since I have some tedious tasks to do and need something to listen to
ahaha, you found the mega video! I hope you enjoy it! Got something coming in the next month or so about RDR2 as well!
Reading books might be able to create self awareness and solve my problems that can't be explained in words 😢
For me, the most influential games were Halo CE (my first and still favorite game I got when I was 5 soon after it came out), Oblivion (it gave me the same sense of wonder few games have [only other games that have are Halo CE and ER]), Modern Warfare 2 (2009) [still the best multiplayer game ever made], and now probably Elden Ring (the first game in years to give me that sense of wonder. I thought after Oblivion no other game would make me feel like a kid again but ER did)
Skylanders for me i would play hours on end with friends and my dad i never knew how much i would miss that feeling
Hey for your next Skyrim playthrough, I cannot recommend enough the survival mode from the official creation club, along with farming and fishing. I know this means more money in Bethesdas pocket but those creations combined with some QOL mods truly made skyrim feel fresh for the first time since I played it as a kid (and I've played modded playthroughs in the past)
I love walking around doing nothing in RDR2, but seemingly find it difficult and boring when I'm actually out and about. I love how Alan Wake 2 can turn an uncomfortable feeling of anxiety into a "bring it on, motherfuckers". I love how games like The Witcher 3 or Telltale's The Walking Dead makes me relish the significance of choice and initiative, whilst in real life I'm afraid of doing so. When things don't go my way in Elden Ring, I don't get pissed off, I just know I need to learn more, that I haven't figured it out yet. I hate guitar practice, but improving my Pokémon makes me wanna keep improving them. In real life, I find myself being insecure and judgmental, but in games I'm able to appreciate and understand the nuances of people and their lives.
To me, the games we enjoy the most reflects certain aspects of ourselves. Art is a tool for growth and self-realization. It can teach us something about ourselves and the world around us. It has this incredible way of expressing the beauty of our existence, and the importance of our experiences. It seems to be able to talk us in ways only our hearts can understand. If a game draws me in, it means I have lessons to learn.
Soulsborne games, after I played Elden Ring and then Dark Souls Trilogy, Bloodborne and Sekiro these games set the bar so high that I started to see games I loved as a slightly above average games.
Love your videos in my opinion games like ac 2 re 4 made a huge impact
Bioware games from around the 2010s were next level immersion for me, Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Origins transported me into space/fantasy world with interesting worlds, companions that I would choose build relationships with them. Worlds/planets that all had their own problem and they were bleak and every decision you didn't feel black or white. It was all about perspective and how you would handle the decisions. They were really ahead of their time back then!!!
I love the worlds of Nier Automata and Replicant. They're almost empty but I think that's why. Traveling in that world feels like going for a walk in real life. Nothing really happens except beautiful nature, and then the soundtrack is fucking amazing.
When I realized Arthur had follow up missions with the mother and son whom he shook down earlier and that story was heart wrenching. If anyone here hasn’t played RDR 2, do it. Play RDR 1 as well. John Marsten has a great story too.
love u man wishing u success really loved the video
22:31 currently playing it takes two with my fiancé and we are loving it! I would definitely love some more recommendations similar to the this game as well
Definitely ES:Oblivion and overwatch. The horse armor DLC and "just cosmetics" lootbox microtransactions had such a huge impact that you can still feel it in every cosmetic dlcs and microtransactions in full priced games. Losing to microtransaction and seeing every game turn into a microtransaction fest felt like losing a war and seeing your culture broken and submissive. No other games has left such a huge "impact" In this hobby.
I don't think the horse armour is to blame. That's just people saying it's bethesda's fault. The people to blame are the ones who did it at mass. Look at people like Valve with Skins and cases, overwatch as you mentioned, cod advanced warfare and what not. All of these are games that really put the problem in its place. Bethesda did it in a game in 2006 and then released skyrim in 2011 which didn't have microtransactions.
I personally have quite a long list, but all of these had pretty much the same strong impact and they still stuck with me: Star Wars KOTOR, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, GTA Vice City, San Andreas, 4 and 5, Skyrim, Resident Evil 4 (2005), Diablo 2, Star Wars Jedi Academy, Final Fantasy X, the Mass Effect trilogy, Batman Arkham Asylum and City, Assassin's Creed 2, the Halo saga from 1 to Reach, Star Wars Batttlefront 2 (2005), Half-Lfe 2, Jet Set Radio, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Witcher 3, Persona 4 and 5, Red Dead 2, Resident Evil 2 remake, Street Fighter 4 and 6, Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Great video, keep up the good work!
"Kept you waiting huh?" Msg games... changed my life.
For me it’s Elden ring, my first souls game and i shared it with my wife, it was an unforgettable experience for sure
The game that had a good impact on me that was not covered in the video is a game called blur
Its a racing game with superpowers
I didnt have mario kart or anyother similar game
This was the one best racing game which somehow disappearead from everywhere
I wish someone would bring it back
Played through It Takes Two with my 16yo daughter and we both had a blast but we bonded more over our mutual hate for the main characters and joked about how the parents seemed like they were on some drug fueled trip as their weird child pottered about the house.
weird way to view the game.
@@Exiled7 not really. We just found the two main protagonists annoying. The bloke is whiney. The woman is bossy and annoying. Their kid trying to talk to them whilst they're both catatonic (or as we seen it, smacked off their tits) was hilarious.
Persona 5. Before that game, I had completely written off jrpgs and turn based combat because I thought they just didn't look appealing compared to real-time games. I didn't want to play a game of digital chess, I wanted to play a "real" game.
Decided to give it a shot because it was one of the top rated playstation exclusives I had kept hearing about, I heard the banger soundtrack, and it was only $20 at the time i bought it.
After playing it, I finally understood the laid-back, yet also strategically stressful appeal of turn based combat. Spending hours crafting the perfect personas by fusing, managing resources in a palace run, landing a critical hit by chance that saves you from a party wipe, and an intriguing story along with it. It opened my eyes up to games like xcom, fire emblem, final fantasy, the legend of heroes (I've beat 7 of these games. On cold steel 3 now), and many more that I had previously never bothered with just because they were turn based.
Metal Gear Solid 5 was one of those games for me. Atleast after the the PS1 and PS2 era, it was the last game i had high expectations for and it actually met them. Yea the story wasnt the best but for me gameplay is king, and MGS5 had the best gameplay in the modern era, and it has yet to be topped IMO.
I don’t usually comment on videos, but seeing your take on the emotional level of video games kinda inspired me to do so.
In my case I was already hyped by RD2, watching the endless possibilities of an old western in the new generation, buy oh boy was I in for a ride. After playing hours on end I felt more and more invested, the scenery, the quests and the other characters really brought the world to life, but what I truly cherish and is something that I know I cannot experience again, is the feeling of overcoming your own self, having the power to be better, a better version of yourself. Whilst I know that Arthur is the protagonist, it seemed as if I was the one doing those actions (Well duh). And when the moment of the breakdown with the nun, I just couldn’t hold back.
To this day I still have goosebumps thinking just about the game and the memories I got from it, and that, that makes my heart happy :)
Again, thank you for sharing your experiences with all of us, people sometimes forget that video games have the ability to print an emotional memory on a person, and watching your video really evokes that sense of warmth that sometimes you get when living such an experience.
indeed. I want to focus way more on this idea of games connecting you through emotion not the fact the game is "technically" impressive.
Thank you for expressing the exact same feelings I had when I played Red Dead Redemption 2. I don't think we will have this level of storytelling ever again.
@@Fearless_Gamer96dude there are tons of games with storytelling better than red dead. Y’all just say all this because it’s cowboys or something I guess
@@coreydaprince I have a soft spot for western films and games, I also know that there are games that have great storytelling besides Red Dead Redemption and which I hold dear e.g. Days Gone, The Last Of Us, The Witcher trilogy, Mass Effect etc.
I’m prolly older than many of you so I’d like to mention some of the classic Sid Meier titles like Civ and Pirates.. Also, while I was a casual rpg fan previously playing Suikoden for the first time somewhere around a decade ago made me more hardcore.. I then found my current favorite series Trails.. However playing so many hours of it kinda burnt me out a bit so I’m now deviating a bit dabbling in many different genres & devs.. Most recently the two fairly recent VanillaWare titles in 13 Sentinels & Unicorn Overlord
I love civ 5 and 6. kinda surprised I forgot to mention both. Civ 5 I have like 300 hours which is just me and two friends and then 300 on civ 6 which was all by myself. Love both titles.
@@Exiled7 I actually started with the 2nd.. The only one I don’t own is the first.. You should really check out the Pirate one.. It’s kinda an OG version of AC Black Flag.. Oh and the XCom series for that matter by the same dev👍
Civ 6 rlly is an amazing game that every history buff should play. I love the style of it and js the sheer interest of implementing strategy and thought behind every move.
Great vid !!
Destiny 1 impacted me the most out of any game I've played. Never played anything like it, it was an addictive experience, lol.
Still play Destiny 2 till this day no matter how much I hated the game over the years.
indeed, I had to move away as It just took over everything.
Gaming addiction is a problem because developers highjack the human psyche. Games are not bad in themselves, but developers who abuse human psychology to encourage addiction to their games are the problem.
kinda agree. I think they abuse these issues but also a lot of people get addicted to games that don’t have over the top mechanics for addictive nature. I think a level of any addiction is the person themselves as it’s proven across the board that certain types of people are far more likely to become addicted to something than others.
@Exiled7 I agree. A person who is predisposed to addiction is more likely to be addicted to gaming. However, gaming is unique when it comes to addiction. The addiction can be more destructive if the developers are preying on addictive personalities. Games can be designed to exploit the psyche of addictive personalities to encourage micro transactions or to take up all of your time, keeping you in the game world. There is a distinction to be made here between abusing addicted gamers and actually providing something a gamer can connect with.
I believe if you are providing the latter, you might be feeding into an addiction. However, it may also be providing exactly what that person needs through possibly the only medium they are able to accept it.
Gaming can be an addiction but it can be a less destructive outlet for people with addictive personalities IF developers do not abuse them.
Yeah I agree with that last point. I do think in gaming we see a lot of people that are in my opinion addicted as in they are using games for such an amount of time that it's blatently over use and taking away from other aspects of there lives. For example it's common in gaming to play for 6 hours a day (by common I mean more internet side of things as the moment you speak to someone IRL they'll normally only play for a maximum of 10-15 hours a week) which I believe even if it's on paper not taking away from other aspects of life I would believe it is taking away from your ability to do more with your life and finding faulse sense of achievement and satisfaction through a digital format.
Everyone should try "Valliant Hearts"
Best point & click adventure I ever played and my #2 fav WWI title next to Wings Remastered.. There’s also somewhat of a spinoff I have on ps4 called 11 11 Memories Retold
Destiny 2 definitely doesn’t belong in that intro cutscene but destiny 1 man😢
Destiny one is definetly a gem but I would be lying if I said the franchise at large isn't a game that impacted me and my friends massively which means destiny 2 has to be there.
Games that left an impact on me.
1. Skyrim
2. Elden Ring
3. Fallout 4
4. Hades
5. Bloodborne
So in terms of cultural impact I can think of 4 games that radically changed gaming culture. Modern Warfare 2 [2009], Skyrim, Pokemon Go, Fortnite.
For MW2 and Skyrim: gaming growing up in the early 2000's was still seen as nerdy and hardly anyone talked about it in school. When those 2 games came out you realized how many people played games (or got into it because of those 2 games) because everyone talked about them and it didn't seem nerdy anymore. It wasn't seen as taboo to talk about them.
Pokemon Go was crazy because it got so many people playing games outside. It's effect on gaming overall is probably a lot less than the other 3 I listed but still, that summer it came out was crazy.
Fortnite has to be the biggest game ever (in terms of players) as of now. It's wild how big of an impact it has had and just how many people have played it at some point. (I don't even like Fortnite, PUBG is better, but I can't deny how big Fortnite is).
Minecraft..
An indie game that grew into a behemoth. We were playing "Hunger Games" battle royal, before battle royal even existed.
Yeah pokemon go was crazy, people who never cared about the franchise or anything gaming related played it which was cool to see.
Well done! You might enjoy the Mass Effect Trilogy if you never tried it.
I've always been interested in the mass effect trilogy.
It genuinely hurts me inside to not see Nier Automata and Outer Wilds on this list :(
Both are incredible but I think they aren't on the list because they're not popular enough but idk
@@Spider-Man-2099 or he hasn't played them in which case he better get in it pronto.
@@samalmond2321 yeah for sure they're must play games
Not to sure about the first one but outer wilds is on the list
@@Exiled7 Dude the ending to Nier Automata is literally one of my favourite things ever, and it is still to this day the best "videogame story" IMO. The way it leverages game mechanics to tell its story is so interesting and the references to transhumanist philosophy are quite fun if you spot them.
No COD? Older COD titles surely defined many people's childhood
Black ops 2 maybe but I don’t view it as much of a game that left a deep Impact on me or my friend group
@@Exiled7 for me it was original mw trilogy
*Fable was my Skyrim* 👌
Fable OG was my Morrowind, Oblivion was my Oblivion, Skyrim was my Skyrim
I don't really agree with the FPS comment at the end, everyone's limits to a games technical performance are subjective. Lower frame counts feel too jarring for me personally. Of course that is no reason to shit on the game, but I definitely believe it is a valid reason to not want to experience it. Thankfully it's not much of an issue nowadays, but im unsure of how the console performance has worked in the last two generations. I feel the same way with FOV in games where it is restricted, sometimes it makes me feel motion sick/uneasy. The game might be great but I just can't get into it.
I don't care if people mainly want to play games that are 60fps but it's the fact so many people write off games because they are 30 then it's dumb. games have been good for decades that are 30.
I just want to say a huge thank you for mentioning actual good games, compared to everyone else who just bums off the last of us and breath of the wild
skyrim is just the greatest game of all time, i can't explain it but there's no game i would rather play again for the first time
My da plays some power of Civ
Damn people really juicing the “really good games” topic lately.
you're upset because people are being possitive for a change?
@@Exiled7 no positivity in gaming is my favorite thing, and I’m subbed, I just think it’s been done a lot lately.
for me its MGS3, FFIX/FFX/FFXII, DMC3, RE4, Halo Combat Evolved, Dark Souls 2, Dino Crisis 2, Vice City, and Rogue Galaxy. mean im bored to death with RDR2 and TLoU story was never really connect with me.
I have the same relationship with destiny
12:11 Fake ! When I mod my Skyrim, I change the musics too ! Especially, the combat musics since you heard them so many time (and there is so many memes about the combat music starting out of nowehere), it becames really annoying to hear them again for me!
that might be for you but from the vast majoirty of modded playthroughs, videos and streams I've seen people keep the original sound track in the game. I use to have this same feeling when I was a kid with a lot of games, now I'll keep the music on as it's the way the game was intended to be played and helps root you in what you're playing.
@@Exiled7 When you start modding and you have to trigger the combat music to check if everything works correctly, at a moment you can get sick of it ^^" (it's especially true when you only have only one combat music that get triggered during your mod testing)
Anyway tastes and colors... and how much you like to "eat" the same thing over and over again. But from that point you should be totally right about the majority of players.
I still agree with you that the original musics are awesome and I was quite sad when I heard that Bethesda wouldn't work with Jeremy Soule again (unless they hired him again since he said they didn't (it was years, even a decade ago)). So we might have musics with less Soule for the next Elder Scrolls :/ The musics of this series are so memorables and are part of the Elder Scrolls universe, it's quite baffling they want to get rid of it.
Red Dead Redemption
Days Gone
Ezio is the 🐐
CS 1.6
you have literally copied hotelnovemebers video that he made wtf
I haven't watched it but based of the titles they are similar in terms of premises. Not sure what the content in his video discusses. But I can confirm that I've been working on this video for over a month now so I had zero clue about the guys video! I can definetly see how you might think that though.
Edit - Just to add though I've just checked breifly over his video and outside of assassin's creed two we talk about different games and I've not seen the video so I don't know what angle he took his video.
2nd Edit - I also have a patreon post from 14th of March talking about my future content and this video was mentioned as a "coming out in 9 weeks from now" which I don't know if that's exactly the same time span but yeah. Just letting you know that two people can have the same idea.
Dead Rising 1 and 2 are fantastic zombie games! Highly recommend