From Heavy Rain to Half Life 2, 411's David McGregor counts down his list of the Top 8 Most Depressing Video Games!
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I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.
Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1
Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.
I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.
But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?
A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.
But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.
- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).
Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.
Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.
I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.
Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.
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Wow, I didn't find any of those games depressing. At all.
The only game that genuinely made me feel depressed was Persona 3 (and by extension, Persona 4). Why didn't I join every club in and speak to every single person I saw every single day in high school? WHY!?!?!?
That and when I played Modern Warfare 2 for the first and only time and was hit with the realization that the garbage in front of me represented the biggest, most popular, most representative side of gaming. Yikes. Almost took that cyanide pill I keep in my pocket right then and there.
Silent Hill 2 had an atmosphere so oppressive and depressing I couldn't replay it right after I finished it. I also got depressed by the thought of encountering P. Head again in that maze.
I wish whoever made SH2 comes back and make another SH.
Should add Demon's/Dark Souls to the list. Tower of Latria and Valley of Defilement levels had the most depressing atmosphere, to me at lease.
Some of the games you mention are depressing in theory but not when you actually play them. They're not depressing at all.
Like HL2, where in the game did you find it depressing?
Also I think you're using the term 'depressing' quite loosely. Look it up
Depressing??
If you have issues go see a psychiatrist