Tell me the game/games that have changed your life in any way? and why?

Age of empires 2
taught my grandfather how to play it because he likes playing chess(strategy) and he likes history so every now and then i go to his house and play against him:-D.
If I beat him i get money so it has changed my life:-P and surprisingly enough he's quite good at it:-D

Cliche but FF7. Didn't wanna play much without stories since then. In fact if the story is bad I won't play it! It'd have to be REALLY good fun!

Obviously World of Warcraft, if you like it then it totally changes your life! hehe

Lylat Wars,

9 years old, never really 'got' gaming, then BOOM, must beat high score. It was the start of a long addiction...

World of Warcraft. Taught me to just simply not trust people, you'll only get stabbed in the back and screwed over. (By the people, not the rogue.)

Kung-Fu Master on the Amstrad 6128. It was the first game I ever played, around 20 years ago. Come to think of it, now that it's actually 20 years, it really sounds like a long time!

That game was the one that changed my life forever. I had many other games for the Amstrad, of course, but that will always be the first. After that first session, I was a gamer, and I always will be.

Age of Empires. It got me interested in history. In return, I continue to love and play AOE to this day.

.hack//G.U. Best. RPG. Ever.

Half Life 1 - turned me into the gamer I am today. Basically a FPS whore, although I will happily play RPG if FP view is available.

My personal game is Fallout 2 when I was in middle school it is the game that really turned me from just playing around with Age of Empires into a full pc gamer. I remember reading the manual for Fallout 2 during classes. Funny how much that game series effected me in taste in film(Mad Max-style) and my Jet addiction =p

Probably Vice City. It was the first free-roaming-do-whatever-you-want thingie I ever played, and certainly changed my gaming life.

Although the first game I ever got addicted to was Pokemon Yellow on GBC. *Happy Nostalgia Mode*

Half-Life, great game.

Super Mario Bros - first game I ever played, started my addiction

Half-Life - got me into PC gaming and playing online

Command and Conquer. The first one.
I was about 5 or something, I couldnt actually play it properly so I watched my uncle play it.
Then I got a playstation, got C&C on it and tank rushed everything everywhere.

LoZ:OoT *sniff* Nostalgiasauce...

Cunning Hookshot:
Command and Conquer. The first one.
I was about 5 or something, I couldnt actually play it properly so I watched my uncle play it.
Then I got a playstation, got C&C on it and tank rushed everything everywhere.

i remeber playing command and conquer red alert on my ps1 with my uncle i has no idea how to play it but i always managed to win

Dizzy on the c64, first game i ever played, aged 2. Gaming has never left me in the 18 years since.

Super Mario Bros. got me into gaming.

Final Fantasy VI was my first RPG.

Torment completely changed the way I perceived videogames.

I spent more time playing Morrowind than any other game, ever. Even WoW.

Finally, Half-life 2 restored my belief in the PC as a gaming system.

Half Life 1. Just too good.

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Metal Gear Solid got me away from kids games such as Crash Bandicoot into more story driven games. I suppose you could say it matured me as a gamer.

That and Fallout 2 (I played the second before the first).

Ultima Online. It was the first great MMO. It set the stage for all others. Sadly, it went downhill when it got hit by the carebear bat repeatedly. Old school UO will never be topped.

Final Fantasy 4 (2 over here in the US). That was the first game with intricate storyline that I played.

Metal Gear Solid was my favorite game for a long time. Bioshock was another game that more or less set the bar for my games. Not much has come close to that yet...

I can't say "changed my life" like I had some big epiphany, but they definitely changed how I look at games.

Fallout 2: My first Western RPG, and thereafter I had a hard time playing any RPG with bad or disconnecting storyline or that fell apart towards the end; I.E pretty much every JRPG except Chrono Trigger and Earthbound, and many western RPGs too.

Unreal: One of the earlier shooters, and a fantastic one. Mix of sweet and intelligent enemies, fantastic level design, and innovative-without-being-useless weapons. set the bar higher for FPS

System Shock 2 and Deus Ex: I'm lumping these together because they're along the same lines (and I don't remember which I played first) that show how to do a FPS/RPG game, and do it well. I've seen a couple good attempts since then, but have yet to see a game that truly shines like these two in the combined genre

Far Cry: I saw what FPS games could do when they allowed a good mix of outdoor exploration, sneaking, and a fucking brilliant blend of short and long range combat. I've never seen another game that did those things so well (including Crysis), and I've come to expect it anymore. Thus, I've been pretty disappointed in newer FPS

City of Heroes/Villains: Most fun I've ever had with an MMO. Good storytelling, a solid attempt to break up grind or at least make it feel less grind-y, best character design I've ever seen, and the longest-running comic book universe I've seen that never needed ret-conning or fall into the batshit insane category. I never tried AoC or WoW because of it, feeling simply "I'm having fun now, why should I care about them?"

Doom 3, Crysis, Jericho: I mention these for a simple reason: I've pretty much abandoned all hope for the FPS genre at this point. I doubt I'll buy another such game for a long time.

Oh yes. I guess I should mention Planescape: Torment. One of the first games that really made me *think* while I was going through it, about morals and philosophy, not just how to win the game.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time, turned me into a hardcore gamer.

The day I borrowed Final Fantasy VII from my friend was the day I became a gamer. Before that I only played kid friendly platformers and fighting games on my Sega Saturn or my neighbors SNES. After I got a PSX the only game I had for it was Cool Boarders 2, which at the time I loved but I now realize was a terrible game.

My friend let me borrow his copy of FF7 once he had beaten it and I did nothing but play that game for about three weeks until I had beaten it. After that my tastes in games completely changed, turned me into the gamer I am today.

Star Ocean, the second story... It is still one of my favorite games ever, I absolutely can't wait for #4

the combination of all pokemon games probably wasted 1000-1500 hours of my life...

when i was a kid i really got into runescape.... boom... 5 years down the drain... lol XD

WHOS WITH ME?!"??

Gran Turismo: Partially responsible for awakening my latent automotive enthusiasm.

Fallout: The gritty setting completely changed my perspective on RPG stories and remains one of my favourite gaming experiences of all time.

Tales of Symphonia. That game made me obsessed with rpgs and made me actually care about a games story. The gameplay was fun, simple yet deep if you look hard enough too find the appropriate combo for each character's fighting style. Easy too get money armor and you could team up with your friends who played as the other party members. Good and challenging at times AI(especially the optional bosses). Hidden costumes and extreme plot twists that actually make sence for the bad guys too do. I love this game and I'm still replaying it time and time again.

Pokemon Blue. First love.

I'm gonna go for Knights of the Old Republic. Not sure if it's "life changing", but after playing it I went from a casual browser of console games to a CRPG addict and vapid Bioware fangirl.