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[spümpkin]

I finished the game I was playing yesterday so now I'm unreasonably sad.
I really like playing games and watching shows, but I apparently get deeply emotionally invested in media at the drop of a hat so the roller coaster of post-story depression gets pretty exhausting.

The fact that I have to micromanage my game-playing time/methods due to intense physical pain from my post-RSI if I'm not careful and strict with myself just adds another layer to the mess. Can't just jump into the next thing yet because I pushed myself too hard getting through the last game's finale. :/

What game was this?

[DeKaFu]

What game was this?

Doesn't really matter, but it was Fire Emblem: Awakening. The story wasn't even particularly great, I just got really invested in all 40+ stupid characters and how their little lives would turn out.

My sister bought me Undertale and I've been interested in it for ages, but I'm still legitimately afraid to play it because I am absolutely confident it will destroy me. ): Physically as well as emotionally, at this point.

[spümpkin]

What game was this?

Doesn't really matter, but it was Fire Emblem: Awakening. The story wasn't even particularly great, I just got really invested in all 40+ stupid characters and how their little lives would turn out.

My sister bought me Undertale and I've been interested in it for ages, but I'm still legitimately afraid to play it because I am absolutely confident it will destroy me. ): Physically as well as emotionally, at this point.

Oh, yeah, it will most likely wreak emotional havoc. But, I can't recommend it enough, still.

[Orange Wizard]

Got a job offer, but they want me to work Sundays. Hurk.

[chaotic skies]

I keep wanting to get my ears pierced or something, but I'm tired of the stupid fucking "Just get the surgery and become a woman already, fag!" comments, and I have a feeling that wouldn't help

[Rose]

Do you want to become a woman though?

[chaotic skies]

No. I'm male, that's what I am, that's what I'd like to stay. I'm apparently incredibly feminine though, so that means I do in people's minds :V

[TheBiggerFish]

*applies hugpats*

Also, @DeKaFu:Undertale, play it.

[chaotic skies]

Honestly, the only reason I even interact with people is because if I don't my family starts asking questions and it's required to live where I live; otherwise, I would order things online and have food and stuff shipped to my door, and only leave my house to go in my back yard that has ten-foot tall fencing all the way around so no one can see in. This is, of course, in a perfect world, which mine most definetly is not.

[Emma]

What game was this?

Doesn't really matter, but it was Fire Emblem: Awakening. The story wasn't even particularly great, I just got really invested in all 40+ stupid characters and how their little lives would turn out.

My sister bought me Undertale and I've been interested in it for ages, but I'm still legitimately afraid to play it because I am absolutely confident it will destroy me. ): Physically as well as emotionally, at this point.

Oh, yeah, it will most likely wreak emotional havoc. But, I can't recommend it enough, still.

Eg, Undertale is an absolutely excellent game, I can't deny that. But I'd like to say that it lacked any emotional impact for me. You should still play it though, if only to get an idea of the direction in which game narratives should hopefully be going.

[itisnotlogical]

I like Undertale, but I wouldn't want every game narrative to be in the style of Undertale, in the same way I wouldn't want every game to be in the style of System Shock 2 or Deus Ex. They're great games for what they are, but asking for more to be like them in the hopes of more creativity is like trying to create a jet engine by reinventing the wheel.

[Yoink]

I like Undertale, but I wouldn't want every game narrative to be in the style of Undertale, in the same way I wouldn't want every game to be in the style of System Shock 2 or Deus Ex. They're great games for what they are, but asking for more to be like them in the hopes of more creativity is like trying to create a jet engine by reinventing the wheel.

Um, I'm not sure that analogy worked all that well... but yeah, it seems strange to want the plot of every game to be like this one game you liked.

I do wish there were more games with good stories, though. I've played a few that had excellent ones, but in most single-player games the story/dialogue is bad enough that I never bother finishing it, ha. I have a lot of unfinished games lying around for that reason... and then there's Wind Waker, which was apparently just too hard for my nine-year-old self to finish.

[Emma]

I like Undertale, but I wouldn't want every game narrative to be in the style of Undertale, in the same way I wouldn't want every game to be in the style of System Shock 2 or Deus Ex. They're great games for what they are, but asking for more to be like them in the hopes of more creativity is like trying to create a jet engine by reinventing the wheel.

Yeah, fair enough. What I would like though, is if more games looked at Undertale and the ways in which it told its story and drew elements from it. Asking every game to be Undertale is ridiculous and would lead to boring games.

[spümpkin]

What game was this?

Doesn't really matter, but it was Fire Emblem: Awakening. The story wasn't even particularly great, I just got really invested in all 40+ stupid characters and how their little lives would turn out.

My sister bought me Undertale and I've been interested in it for ages, but I'm still legitimately afraid to play it because I am absolutely confident it will destroy me. ): Physically as well as emotionally, at this point.

Oh, yeah, it will most likely wreak emotional havoc. But, I can't recommend it enough, still.

Eg, Undertale is an absolutely excellent game, I can't deny that. But I'd like to say that it lacked any emotional impact for me. You should still play it though, if only to get an idea of the direction in which game narratives should hopefully be going.

Considering what they said though, it seems like it would. I got emotional impact, and if they are easily emotionally susceptible (much like me) they'll probably get somewhat emotional.

I like Undertale, but I wouldn't want every game narrative to be in the style of Undertale, in the same way I wouldn't want every game to be in the style of System Shock 2 or Deus Ex. They're great games for what they are, but asking for more to be like them in the hopes of more creativity is like trying to create a jet engine by reinventing the wheel.

This is true.

[Tawa]

I like Undertale, but I wouldn't want every game narrative to be in the style of Undertale, in the same way I wouldn't want every game to be in the style of System Shock 2 or Deus Ex. They're great games for what they are, but asking for more to be like them in the hopes of more creativity is like trying to create a jet engine by reinventing the wheel.

Definitely. I hate it when games (heck, any form of media) claim to be like "[Popular Media] but better!" It's never better, it always just comes across as a cash-in with no creativity behind it.

Amusingly, I was afraid that this would be what Undertale was before I played it--I'd heard ridiculous amounts of hype over the EarthBound-esque elements to the point that I was afraid the whole thing would just be a love letter to it. There's a couple vague references, but otherwise the two don't really have anything to do with one another in the first place.