What game has had the most profound effect on you ?

Ok maybe profound is a bit of an overstatement.

For me it has to Be Dragon Age: Origins. I have never had so much connection to any characters in a movie or game. On my first play through, I lived and died through the cast of that game. I found myself thinking about them when I wasnt playing the game and going back over descisions and how they have effected or will effect my friendships. That game sucked me into its world like no other. I think Mass Effect 1 came close (man Bioware are good) but not quite.

I recently got the soundtrack to DA:O and I think that has a lot to do with it.....it is fantastic and rivals any movie score.
It also shows how the games industry is challenging the movies as a global entertainment entitiy.

So have any other games had this great effect on you? and give me some of your most amazing game music.

Thanks for reading.

Fallout 3. I have never had such a fantastic or complete gaming experiance in my whole life. My favorite genre of games are FPS's but i think good RPG's are the best type of games you can buy. i make it a point to play fallout 3 and complete it once a year =D. i still love it.

I loved Fallout 3 as well. The world was oozing with "life" and atmosphere. I recently got back into Oblivion. I remember being sucked in by that game when I first played it but it has lost some of its shine now. Cant wait for Skyrim. I might pick up Fallout in the mean time.

DA

Fallout 3

Halo Combat Evolved

Star Wars KOTR

Assassin's Creed,Fable,MGS4, just to name a few

Probably Assassin's Creed. The first game just had an amazing effect on me. First of all, I probably never had such anticipation for a game in my life. and when I finally got the game it delivered. It was technically a very impressive game. I also loved the story a lot. Aassassin's Creed is probably one game I will never forget.

I have to say Fallout 3 and then continued by New Vegas..I swear those two games have killed my interest in so many good games out there, just so i have enough time to play them. I guess those two fit my gaming preferences to the fullest: FPS gameplay, RPG elements, DARK humor, longevity and most of all - replay value.

Im gonna jump on the Bioshock Bandwagon. That was a CLASSY game. Style and Story, twists and all made it hard to put down. Ive not played Bioshock 2. Anyone know if it reaches it predecessors heights?

Im gonna jump on the Bioshock Bandwagon. That was a CLASSY game. Style and Story, twists and all made it hard to put down. Ive not played Bioshock 2. Anyone know if it reaches it predecessors heights?

jaften

Simple answer: NO

Weak story, weaker characters, same graphics...

+1 for Bioshock......now the 2nd....just meh, the upcoming 3rd....forget it.

Quite a few titles come to mind when I think of an answer to this question. I mean Assassins creed has a great story with lush graphics, Red Dead Redemption has a believable expansive world and interesting characters, and the Gears games have an awesome setting with some excellent character models with some great humour.

However, I will have to go with the TC and say Dragon Age Origins. When you play that game you really get into it. Your not fighting this battle to gain xp or points but because your friends and fellow neighbours lives depend on it. DAO tightly secures a rope around your neck and drags you back into the fight, and yes it does have you thinking about it when your not playing. It's also one of the only RPG's that I've played through more than twice.

So for all them reasons Dragon Age Origins is the winner for me.

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Im gonna jump on the Bioshock Bandwagon. That was a CLASSY game. Style and Story, twists and all made it hard to put down. Ive not played Bioshock 2. Anyone know if it reaches it predecessors heights?

EvilSelf

Simple answer: NO

Weak story, weaker characters, same graphics...

Surely your joking? The best part about Bioshock was the end when you became a big daddy. In Bioshock 2 the big daddy is your character. The graphics are slightly improved, there are new weapons like the harpoon gun (which is great), plus the multiplayer XBL stuff. Have you even played this game?

Tales of Vesperia. There are so many hidden meanings within that story that relate to life its amazing.

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Im gonna jump on the Bioshock Bandwagon. That was a CLASSY game. Style and Story, twists and all made it hard to put down. Ive not played Bioshock 2. Anyone know if it reaches it predecessors heights?

bobomb64

Simple answer: NO

Weak story, weaker characters, same graphics...

Surely your joking? The best part about Bioshock was the end when you became a big daddy. In Bioshock 2 the big daddy is your character. The graphics are slightly improved, there are new weapons like the harpoon gun (which is great), plus the multiplayer XBL stuff. Have you even played this game?

Well, duh, it was the second installment and if it had the same weapons then why name it Bioshock 2? No i am not joking at all.

Bioshock 2's story was a weak, weak point of the game. After the first 20 minutes you get to know who the "bad guy" is...Here is the script:

Tannenbaum: "Now you know who the enemy is..."

No cliffhanger, no twist...

Which character from B2 was more memorable than Sander Cohen, Andrew Ryan or even Dr. Steinmann? No one...

The only good think about Bioshock 2 was the fact that you can use a plasmid and a weapon at the same time i.e a new gameplay mechanics.

I think you need to revisit Bioshock again.

I agree with everyone mentioning Halo and Fallout 3.

Halo brought me and my freinds together more often for social and competitive gaming, and overall made me love gaming for the art and science that it is. Fallout 3 showed me what an experience gaming can be beyond a superficial meaningless MP game. Its what you get when you don't dumb down a game for a casual audience.

id probably say bioshock like most others. i was never going to get it and then when i decided to pick it up i fell in love immediately. it just had such an amazing atmosphere that i never wanted to leave rapture. but the only problem with bioshock 2 is simply that it isnt the first, so its no longer original or special.

Definately MGS4, yet this is the 360 thread, so... Probably has to be Mass Effect 2 or GTA 4 - I dunno why tbh - But since MGS4, nothing has lived up to it in this way...

The Mass Effect series has had a very profound effect on me. I care about every character and their story. I love everything about Mass Effect and I love space, so naturally I feel connected to the games.

Tales of Symphonia and fire emblem. I dont even care for those kind of games but the story for both was amazing.

Idk im torn between fallout 3 or mass effect 1/2

Halo CE and Splinter cell.

All I played back in the day, easy to connect to characters. Halo CE was the reason I started gaming in the first place, and I would be a whole different person without gaming.

Everquest, As soon as i started playing this game all that I wanted to do was play more and more. I ignored my friends and when i did visit my family I would sit in my old room, ignor them and play all day and nite. This went on for years.I bought a 360 to get me off of Everquest and it worked. Thanks Xbox :3

Also, Vice City. I owe so so much to the Houser brothers.

Everquest, As soon as i started playing this game all that I wanted to do was play more and more. I ignored my friends and when i did visit my family I would sit in my old room, ignor them and play all day and nite. wretch0101

If, by "most profound effect" you mean being addicted to a game/s and playing for 6 or 8 hours a day, everyday, for 5 years in a row, then mine would be

Command & Conquer 1995,Unreal Tournament GOTY 1998 and Age of Empires II. Games that i've played in the past decade, although good, haven't had quite the same effect.

If, by "most profound effect" you mean being addicted to a game/s and playing for 6 or 8 hours a day, everyday, for 5 years in a row, then mine would be

Command & Conquer 1995,Unreal Tournament GOTY 1998 and Age of Empires II. Games that i've played in the past decade, although good, haven't had quite the same effect.

allboutkiln

Oh well if we mean games we played til our eyes bled i will have to go for:

Vice City

Goldeneye

Command and Conquer 3

Burnout

ME 1

Gears 1

FF IX

KOTOR

DA 1

LOTR Return of the King

Thats off the top of my head.

Oblivion...ya, still #1 in my books

Oblivion

Fallout 3. When Dad sacrificed himself like that, I found myself saying "Daddy! NOOOO!" in an extremely pathetic fashion. His death still makes me shake my head in sorrow. Plus, I miss hearing Liam Neeson's voice. I guess I'll always have the holotapes.

The game has such profound depth, whether its the wasteland itself or the quirky people that survive in it. Everything about it was so well programmed and executed, it makes me come back and play it again and again. Sometimes I even find myself missing Miss Wisconsin (Moira :p), and am still creeped out that the voice is the same as Mom's in Better Days.

As pumped as I am for Skyrim, I just hope they fix the combat, and add more storylines. I want to love someone with fierce loyalty in the Nordland as much as I still fondly think of "Dad". :p