Games that changed your life

[IRBaboon]

After reading Rage not being in Tony Hawk's remake and a little thinking it hit me. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 actually shaped me as a person, it is the reason I started to dress the way I dress, it is the thing that introduced me to the bands and music that I listen to, it turned me into the person I am today. I realised that about 5 minutes ago and it's rather profound.

So Escapist that makes me wonder, are there any games that have shaped you in such a massive way? Games that you played as a child and only realised later how much of an affect they had on you?

 

[Zhukov]

Q*Bert forms the very cornerstone of my innermost soul.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Tetris gave me obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I have an inescapable urge to stack things in an orderly fashion. Leaving holes in my stacks abhors me. Encountering long pieces brings me great joy. Should my stacks ever reach the ceiling, I'll surely suffer a heart-attack from sheer terror.

 

[ChupathingyX]

Crash Bandicoot is where my gaming hobby began, and therefore the biggest influence.

Dynasty Warriors 4 made me fascinated with history which would eventually become one of my favourite and strongest subjects at school.

Destroy All Humans! and Mercenaries expanded on that with the Cold War era and modern political eras respectively. Mercenaries also made me aware of the world around me and I began to take an interest in current affairs and international politics.

Muv-Luv Alternative solidified my belief that humanity is capable of making absolutely mind-blowing works of entertainment.

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix reignited my interest in music; something that I had completely ignored for about 5 years and served as a the foundation to what would eventually lead to me listening to music constantly.

 

[distortedreality]

Mario made me eat mushrooms.

Lots of mushrooms.

 

[Weaver]

Katawa Shoujo made me start going to the gym and pick up the guitar again. Still going to the gym and playing guitar to this day.

 

[hazabaza1]

Katawa Shoujo made me start going to the gym and pick up the guitar again.

No, silly, the gym is for exercise.
OT: I don't think any game every really had that kind of effect on me.

 

[Wayneguard]

Morrowind made me the fantasy RPG fanatic that I am today.

 

[Dr.Panties]

I don't see how a game can change one's life. However, a game the altered my gaming perspective/life was Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (PS1).

 

[Weaver]

Katawa Shoujo made me start going to the gym and pick up the guitar again.

No, silly, the gym is for exercise.
OT: I don't think any game every really had that kind of effect on me.

Yeah, I probably could have worded that more clearly.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie will always remain in my heart as the games that really got me started into the entire gaming fandom. Up until recently, I had considered a career in game design, going as far as to spend my first three years in college toward that kind of degree. I wanted nothing more than to create games along the same fashion as to simple, quirky, and most importantly, fun platformers that made my own childhood so much fun.

But that is what it is, a dream. Still, as for my personal tastes, there will never be a more entertaining game than those two aforementioned.

I am considering getting a tattoo of a Jiggy, though. I adore those games that much, yes.

 

[IRBaboon]

I don't see how a game can change one's life. However, a game the altered my gaming perspective/life was Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (PS1).

I was about 12 when I played it, so it influenced who I started to hang around with, which further determined my personality. I reckon it's effect on me is in part due to the age.
I doubt a recent game could affect me in the same way

 

[Total LOLige]

Grand Theft Auto made me the psychopathic serial killer I am today Every fifa game since 2003 on wards has let me listen to songs I enjoy. So you could count that but if not then no game has changed my life

 

[Blade_125]

The very first Dragon Warrior for the NES (which I think was back in 1988). Got me hooked on RPG's.

 

[SaetonChapelle]

Dynasty Warriors gave me an interest in Chinese culture.

I met my best friend of 15years thank to Resident Evil. :3

 

[Scarim Coral]

Guild Wars pretty much play a big part of my online gaming life. About 2/3 of my Uni life was spend at that game and no my degee did not suffer for it (I kind of used it as my reward for my hard project works).

 

[IRBaboon]

Guild Wars pretty much play a big part of my online gaming life. About 2/3 of my Uni life was spend at that game and no my degee did not suffer for it (I kind of used it as my reward for my hard project works).

Ah if only I could use gaming as a reward instead of instead of. I'd have done a lot better in school.

Actually I'm lying with or without games I would have done the same. concentrating is hard

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Resident Evil made me view things through a much gorier lens and totally altered how and what I drew. Seriously I was a gore hound for a good while after seeing just what one could come up with once you tore some skin here and added an eyeball there.