Okay, so if I have anything remotely resembling a reputation on this site, it would be as that person who can never shut up about Silent Hill 2 and Riven.
To continue with the theme, here is something I started thinking about today.
I played Ico for the first time this week, which has now settled in as #3 in my list of favorite games ever so far. I started considering what all the games I like have in common, which is actually a hell of a lot, but the one thing that stood out the most in all of them is that they make me feel lonely when I play them.
My first question is, does anyone know why I would enjoy that feeling so much? It's true that I'm not a particularly sociable person, and if given the choice I'd happily build a little hut on a mountaintop and live out my days tending to goats and a garden all by myself. But these games actually cause an almost painful feeling of loneliness in me, which isn't something I usually feel, and I'm usually alone. (Also, when I have a bruise, I poke it a lot. This might be related.)
And my second question, for people who don't care about my feelings and only care about discussing games, is: have any games made you feel lonely? Which ones and why? I don't mean things like "Dragon Age 2 because no one else likes it," I mean ones where playing them evokes a feeling of loneliness in you.
Also you can tell me if you enjoy that feeling too, because I would like to know how crazy I am.
To continue with the theme, here is something I started thinking about today.
I played Ico for the first time this week, which has now settled in as #3 in my list of favorite games ever so far. I started considering what all the games I like have in common, which is actually a hell of a lot, but the one thing that stood out the most in all of them is that they make me feel lonely when I play them.
My first question is, does anyone know why I would enjoy that feeling so much? It's true that I'm not a particularly sociable person, and if given the choice I'd happily build a little hut on a mountaintop and live out my days tending to goats and a garden all by myself. But these games actually cause an almost painful feeling of loneliness in me, which isn't something I usually feel, and I'm usually alone. (Also, when I have a bruise, I poke it a lot. This might be related.)
And my second question, for people who don't care about my feelings and only care about discussing games, is: have any games made you feel lonely? Which ones and why? I don't mean things like "Dragon Age 2 because no one else likes it," I mean ones where playing them evokes a feeling of loneliness in you.
Also you can tell me if you enjoy that feeling too, because I would like to know how crazy I am.