What game has had the most impact on you?

[tyriless]

Silent Hill 2 was the first and only game to produce an immense amount of fear and dread. Each monster had a darker meaning to it and it resonated with my own hang ups. The plot was the best I have seen so far in a video game: a personal journey where character must face his darkest and most sinister choice. Few games compare in storytelling and emotional response. On that note I need to check out of Heavy Rain.

 

[GideonB]

DJ Max Portable, that game made me realize that I am a music gamer inside and that I love music games

 

[Recron]

Snowboard Kids (the first one), this game has had more effect on me than any other media, I think I played this game near enough everyday while I had my good o'l N64 It changed my views on racing games loved everything about it, I loved the simple yet incredibly fun game play, the increasingly challenging tracks, the power ups and the soundtrack contains a few crowning music of awesome. the music had a very distinct and unique style too if that makes sense. I've never heard a game sound track that is anything like this one and I still listen to it a lot today.When I was younger I had lost this game and soon after I started having weird reccuring dreams about it that only went away when I got it back.

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

The Darkness and Lost odyssey spring to mind for me. Both had scenes that made me genuinely upset.

Spoiler: The Darkness

When Jenny dies and the ending

Spoiler: Lost Odyssey

When Lirum dies and the dreams

 

[pyrosaw]

Star Wars Battlefront and Pac-Man. Half Life 2 later on.

 

[Lord Kloo]

Oblivion.. the first game I played using the WASD controls rather than the directional arrows used for RTS gaming, it prepared me for the next onslaught of COD games that I bought on the PC instead of PS2..

On my original play through of Oblivion I tried to use the directional arrows thinking it would be easier.. how did I ever manage with those keys..?

For a game that changed me otherwise I'd say Company of Heroes (RTS) for showing me how much I preferred using a game's world builder as opposed to actually playing games... weird I know.

 

[Geekosaurus]

Call of Duty 4 taught me the overused tactic of 'bum-rush.' It doesn't work quite so much any more, but it's fun tactic when it does.

 

[imperialreign]

Call of Duty 4 taught me the overused tactic of 'bum-rush.' It doesn't work quite so much any more, but it's fun tactic when it does.

CoD4's MP was balanced really well - it's the first MP I can think of where the weapons function best when used how their real-world counterparts are intended to be used. Only MP that beats out MW, IMHO, is TF2.

 

[Salem_Wolf]

Metal Gear Solid. I had to think completely different, and now I'm ALWAYS looking for the sneaky/stealth route. It's how I always try to play.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Either Oblivion, as my first ever WRPG.

Or Grandia, as my first ever RPG, period.

 

[Woodsey]

The Sands of Time is the best example I've ever seen of a relationship developing between two characters (in just about any media too), and KotOR was my first proper RPG, and it just happened to also be fantastic.

 

[imperialreign]

If ur diggin for stealth - I'd recommend either the early Splinter Cell games, or the Thief series.

 

[springheeljack]

Id have to say Halo cuz it was the first game i ever played..
and then the suffering because it was a really deep game

 

[Disaster Button]

Heavy Rain has me seeing the button indicator prompts in my dreams.

 

[Folksoul]

Majora's Mask, and Shadow Of the Colossus.

So sad, yet so awesome.

 

[Jackalb]

Morrowind.
I explore my surroundings a lot more in games now and always look into every little nook and cranny before continuing on the straight path to the next quest/mission or whatever it be.