Game that changed your life!

[Pharaoh]

Dunno if this is already a thread, but tell me kids, what's that one game that defined a pinnacle moment for you in life? Whether it was a game that made you laugh the most, made you relaxed, helped you find friends, or even encouraged your interest in making it a career some day. What's that game that gave you so many wonderful new experiences?

For me, I think the two games that changed and shaped my youth the most are Super Mario 64, and Kingdom Hearts. Super Mario 64 was my very first video game, and it just changed everything for me. If I was having a bad day and I couldn't solve my own problems, I knew I could always solve the problems in the paintings and best Bowser.

Kingdom Hearts came later, and it changed how I saw video games. The beautiful art and fun Disney cameos got me thinking about what I wanted to do in my life, and how I could make people happy, and I decided I wanted to draw. Kingdom Hearts is what got me into art and without it, I don't know if I still would've been in it today!

 

[EndlessElements]

hmm probably the Tomb Raider series in general. i made a few friends due to the games because i ended up joining a TR forum five years ago

 

[Tao]

Super Mario World I guess.

I didn't really play games that much before Super Mario World. I had a Sega Megadrive and I've always found Sega games to be pretty 'meh', so I never got that into it outside of maybe a few hours a month. I got really into it when I play SMW on my stepdads SNES though :3

 

[Aeristria]

For me, this question has two answers:

A.) While I wouldn't say that it changed my life or anything, I do want to give an honorable mention to AC: New Leaf. The reason I got back into AC and found this forum is because of the following:

Spoiler: Spoilered for length.

My boyfriend has been suffering rejection after rejection for finding a job, and it was getting to him pretty bad. He was at a point of sending out one or two dozen resum?s to hirees a day, and received nothing in return. One day, back in March, he got offered a positively remarkable offering for a company. It paid a lot; had amazing benefits; had flexible hours and let him work from home to take care of his family, consisting of both elderly and autistic. But they say if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and in this case: it was.

His "employer" was actually a scam artist that got him caught up in a money-trafficking scheme, The weeks afterward, there was a lot of back and forth between banks, police, and FBI. Petrified of the idea that he was going to jail for fraud, my boyfriend (understandably) leaned on me a lot for emotional support. While I wasn't the one whom had their credit destroyed and faced charges, staying strong enough to console him was a mountain on it's own. I picked up AC:NL on a 4 AM whim in the middle of all that just to give myself a distraction from the lingering doubt that the situation would work itself out. Without it these cute and cheery animals, I would of broken down too, and he didn't need that.

I feel kind of lame relaying the story, really. I don't feel like it's my place, nor was I the one facing any sort of criminal record. So, in text, the severity is extremely lacking... but, it was a hard and scary time for us both. I'm only really speaking about it because more people need to be aware that things like that can happen and can happen to just about anyone. That, and it is a legitimate answer to the question above.

B.) The second, far-less dramatic, answer is King's Quest VI. I was obsessed with it when I was a kid. It's one of the few factors that impressed unto me the importance of small details, and how good writing can be if one pays attention to the seemingly negligible. As an amateur writer, I like to think that my fictitious works have more depth to it than your average work as a result.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

I think Kirby's Dream Land 3 was the defining moment of my life. It helped set an entirely new mythos in my already ever-expanding imagination, and I'd go on to make a comic about it on my old computer!

 

[penguins]

animal crossing, super smash bros. melee, and/or kirby air rider lmao

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wow man that acnl one is deep
can i ask what happened to your boyfriend? n.n

 

[bluetailsfox11]

Earthbound. Just something about that game...

 

[Khaelis]

Animal Crossing and Pok?mon.

 

[Aeristria]

-snip-

Spoiler: As to not derail...

The best possible result that could of come from that. He's responsible for the money he helped traffick (he cashed a $3,000 check before realizing that something about the proposition was off...), but not facing charges. However, due to the FBI investigation and co-operation between the two banks involved, if they manage to catch the guy who "hired" him, the money might be returned without him having to be accountable for it.

At this point, it's vastly preferable to anything that could've happened, and has boiled down to a 'wait for those results' and 'continue to look for a job.'

For more information about the scam itself, it's really similar to this.

Any other questions, just PM me. I don't want to darken this thread with personal drama. :s

 

[Pharaoh]

Spoiler: As to not derail...

The best possible result that could of come from that. He's responsible for the money he helped traffick (he cashed a $3,000 check before realizing that something about the proposition was off...), but not facing charges. However, due to the FBI investigation and co-operation between the two banks involved, if they manage to catch the guy who "hired" him, the money might be returned without him having to be accountable for it.

At this point, it's vastly preferable to anything that could've happened, and has boiled down to a 'wait for those results' and 'continue to look for a job.'

For more information about the scam itself, it's really similar to this.

Any other questions, just PM me. I don't want to darken this thread with personal drama. :s

Hey, it's no problem! I asked everyone to share a personal story, and yours was definitely that. That really sucks what happened to you guys, and it's sad that so many people out there take advantage of situations. I hope everything works out for you two!

 

[PlasmaPower]

Animal Crossing, Xenoblade Chronicles...

 

[Temari]

As a little kid, Mario Kart Double Dash played a huge role in my life because it was how me and my other siblings bonded when we were young. My parents weren't really involved in our lives when we were little, and we were pretty much left to do whatever since no one was ever home. When we weren't playing outside, we were playing Mario Kart or Super Mario Sunshine. Both those games made me happy when I was sad, let me relax after a long day, and overall, they have done a lot for me when I was younger, and I still love them to this day.

However right now, Smash Bros for Wii U has a huge impact during this time in my life. No one ever talks to each other or asks, "How was your day?" at home. We would just mind our own business. When we got a Wii U and Smash Bros last Christmas, everything changed. We all sit down and play it everyday, and it's really great. We all have something to geek out about, and something that we can do to spend time with each other.

When I say we, I mean my siblings by the way lol;; I still don't have much of a connection with my mom, but I'm working on trying to fix that....(still trying to get her into Smash Bros haha)

 

[Pharaoh]

As a little kid, Mario Kart Double Dash played a huge role in my life because it was how me and my other siblings bonded when we were young. My parents weren't really involved in our lives when we were little, and we were pretty much left to do whatever since no one was ever home. When we weren't playing outside, we were playing Mario Kart or Super Mario Sunshine. Both those games made me happy when I was sad, let me relax after a long day, and overall, they have done a lot for me when I was younger, and I still love them to this day.

However right now, Smash Bros for Wii U has a huge impact during this time in my life. No one ever talks to each other or asks, "How was your day?" at home. We would just mind our own business. When we got a Wii U and Smash Bros last Christmas, everything changed. We all sit down and play it everyday, and it's really great. We all have something to geek out about, and something that we can do to spend time with each other.

When I say we, I mean my siblings by the way lol;; I still don't have much of a connection with my mom, but I'm working on trying to fix that....(still trying to get her into Smash Bros haha)

I like your story a lot. I didn't have any friends as a kid, or siblings, so video games sort of served as that stand-in for me. But I'm sure if I had any, video games would definitely have been the glue.

 

[eeveelovee]

I suppose it was Pokemon. I loved it as a kid, but I didnt truly appreciate it until I began playing Pokemon Red on my gameboy about 3 years ago. Not to go into further detail but During my depression I had gotten back into Pokemon and ended up finishing the first four generations, defeating all of the elite fours. It made me feel important and accomplished, and took my mind away to another world.

 

[Panazel Maria]

Oh my gosh, where do I begin...

The advent of the 110 laff Prof. Rosie in the quest for L50 Hollywood,
A hammer-happy adventure from the three-dimensional footsteps of Forever Mansion to Lavalava Island,
the guidance of Kanavan's arcane swordsman and Cuatal's Oracle into the world of level grinding,
and the first time you could play Peach in a non-bootlegged fighting game.

Leave it to Toontown, Paper Mario, Grand Chase, and Melee to have seriously influenced my life. In fact, Grand Chase helped me find the friends I have today; without its forum and role plays, I would have never met my husband zel.~

 

[lazuli]

kingdom hearts, specifially, kingdom hearts 2. i saw my brother playing it when i still lived in michigan (like 8 yrs ago) and i liked it. i actually beat kh2 before even starting on kh1. it was the first game that i really liked a lot (and i still do). its kind of hard to describe it, really.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

A game that changed my life for the worse was Graal Online Classic. I got addicted to an Apple app in high school lol. It sucked up a lot of my social life, damaged my vision, and distracted me from school work. I was so glad when I was able to leave it completely. Some positive things that came out of it though is that I made good friends I still message today and I improved my pixel art skills even though I don't make any anymore. I also got forum experience for the forum site for that game.

 

[Sanaki]

Tera. Ended some things and added some new people into my life.

Can't say it was for the better.. Change is scary.

 

[Elise]

Mine would probably be Morrowind and Animal Crossing Wild World (and New Leaf too)

I was given Morrowind by my uncle when I was very young (possibly too young to even be playing a game like that). I think I was somewhere between 8 and 10. I remember being a bit confused when I opened the present because I was used to being given "kids" games and usually girly ones too. I would have had no idea what I was doing if he didn't spend a lot of time guiding me through it and explaining the story to me. Soon enough my younger brother got into it as well and it became a bit of a family bonding experience. Also, the game itself completely wowed me with how realistic and open it was and it was probably the first game that I got really absorbed in. In short, it was my first grown up gaming experience, I ended up playing it for years and I honestly don't know if I'd still be playing games now if I had never been encouraged to play it.

Animal Crossing Wild World I got when I was around 14 or 15. I had a gift card, decided I wanted to buy a new DS game and I just picked this one straight off the shelf with no planning or research behind it. I ended up loving it and my brother also bought it when he saw how much fun I was having. So we both started playing a lot, would visit each others towns frequently and also both joined a forum. It really brought us together at a time when we's started to drift apart. Unfortunately my Wild World days didn't really end that well, as I decided to restart my town a bit before he stopped playing and then when my new town was seeded I also lost my motivation to keep playing. I'm very glad I got New Leaf, which was also a bit of an impulse purchase, because it made me love the game again and I now have a new town that I am extremely proud of and will definitely never delete. It also gave me a bit of an escape during the last half of 2013 which was the worst time of my life.