Gears of war for me. Loved the first 3, thought it told a great story and was heavily invested in the conclusion of the trilogy. Judgment felt like a desperate cash grab. Have zero desire to play the new trilogy.
I remember going to college that year and buying a GameCube with my roommate because of the lineup. Wind Waker, F Zero GX, Wrestlemania XIX, Zelda Collectors Edition, Mario Kart Double Dash and Beyond Good and Evil just to name a few
Playing through Alan Wake and finding useless coffee thermoses got me wondering: what are the best and worst collectables in video games? Off hand, thermoses, pigeons in Spider-Man and shards in Infamous stand out as bad, where orbs in crackdown were well worth the struggle of finding them all
Anything in space! Games that can convey that claustrophobic feeling like Alien Isolation or Dead Space raises my heart rate and leaves me feeling like I can play over and over again.
Thank you all for your comments. I will say that, even though I have my down days, I am slowly feeling like my old self. I have found that I still have no desire to play games or get involved in any other media outlets (never realized how many depressing songs are on my playlist). But when I have played games, I have actually enjoyed some of the Lego games. I know, I know. But they are innocent enough that no nerves will be struck on particularly bad days, and they're easy enough that I can play and not get frustrated with the gameplay. I've also gotten back into comics.
I guess my advice to anyone else going through this is stay positive and fill your life with anything that makes you happy. Be selfish and do things that you want to do. Get comfortable with going out and doing things by yourself. I ran a race for the first time in 15 years by myself and it felt great.
And if anyone sees this in the future and feels like they need to talk, please message me. I would be happy to talk with anyone that is going through tough times in their lives. This is a great group of people, and I'm happy to be amongst you all.
While I’m sure threads like this have existed in previous years, I’m fairly new to Giant Bomb and these topics are always good to discuss (I think)
Recently I was diagnosed with depression. I’ve recently finalized my divorce and moved a thousand miles from home, leaving my family behind. I’ve always relied on games to get me through life’s drama, but lately I don’t have the desire to pick up a controller.
My question to my GB friends is what do you play when you are feeling depressed? Do you still play games or do you try to do other things? Would love to gain advice from a great community
Completely agree with Mass Effect. I would also add both Mighty No. 9 and Mega Man 11. As a near lifelong fan of Mega Man, I keep hoping every release of that genre will take me back to that feeling of playing Mega Man 1-3 or Mega Man X. Or even do something new, like a somewhat open world experience. Maybe by Mega Man’s 50th anniversary we can get that great blue bombin’ experience.
Happy birthday! Smash and Mario Kart will be hits. Tetris and Mario Party would also be good for those who don’t play games often. It also might be fun to pick up an old Madden from that gen.
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