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[ninja0809]

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

[Arrtis]

no you supposed to feel cold inside like you do not have a heart.

[Xolah]

No you weirdo.

[Maria13]

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

*HUGS* Welcome to what good games can really do to you...

[Arrtis]

Maria13 wrote...

ninja0809 wrote...

So my best friend recommended me to get this game cuz he said it was awesome. It is the first RPG game i ever played, and i must say the money was worth it. However, i can't help but feel so emotionally attatched to this game, especially at the ending when i ended things with Morrigan (my main characters love interest). When i chose i wanted to go after her, i actually really meant it, i felt a strong urge to do so. At the epilogue when it shows Morrigan, the ring, and her regrets, tears dwelled in my eyes and my heart actually ached in pain. The reaction i recieved freaked me out cuz i was never an emotional person.

Is it normal for a new RPG player to feel this way?

*HUGS* Welcome to what good games can really do to you...

[Zy-El]

Yes . . . it is normal and it is alright to get emotionally engaged by this game.  Pay no mind to those **rds who lack empathy.  In the context of a single-player game, it's also quite safe.  Not so in the case of an MMO where other people can be drawn in.

I know of marriages that have ended because one person became more emotionally attached to a character on a MMO game than their spouse.  SAD.  That is the line no one should cross.  Remember, this is only a game and meant to be a *temporary* distraction from real life.  Keep it all in perspective and don't let it rule or ruin your life. 

Modifié par Zy-El, 07 juillet 2010 - 07:12 .

[Arrtis]

I also remember when some parents were busy playing games so long thier infant died of starvation.

[Anwarddyn]

Wow.. you can remember 3 months back? better then I would have guessed.



Welcome to RPG's ninja0809 (maybe time to loose the FPS nickname lol)

[Arrtis]

Anwarddyn wrote...

Wow.. you can remember 3 months back? better then I would have guessed.

Welcome to RPG's ninja0809 (maybe time to loose the FPS nickname lol)

3 months?

[ShadowFaction]

Its pretty normal to have some emotional attachment to characters, especially in RPGs as they tend to be story focused and emotionally charged, playing on natural human emotions to produce a resulting bond.

Going to tears might be... a bit close to the edge of emotion and obsession, but I suppose thats how you look at it.

Like, at the end of the Human Noble Origin I was like...


But then when I got business done in Denerim I was like

[Arrtis]

Must be a female thing.

[epeeist]

If one thinks it's normal (or, at least, not extremely abnormal...) to feel emotions or "attachment" related to the content or characters of a work of fiction such as a novel or movie, I can't see how there would be a different standard for a roleplaying game. It's a mark of a good story/characters in a game that it induces the same sort of emotions as a good novel or movie or other work of fiction.



If as others have noted one's feelings either unduly interfere wth life or even without interfering leave one wth unhealthy feelings (e.g. due to the duration/intensity), then it's a problem and not "normal" (even if normal, it can be a problem...).

[Kinthalis ThornBlade]

I cry when Othello kills Desdemona, I laugh tears when Senor Roderigo does a 180 and with a few lines turns his bachellor champion self into a love stricken fool. And I cry again when Lister figures he'll stay in Bedford Falls just until christmas, but we all know it's always christmas in Bedford Falls.



What I'm getting at is of course it's normal! We all get emotional when art touches us in some way. That's what good art does.

[Black Jesus 2.0]

I'm not a very emotional guy but i kinda choked up when you complete Jack's LI story-thingy so i guess its normal, but dont let it get too far. That's how you know that this is a good game. But don't worry about it, it just means your human.

[Dubidox]

Don't worry OP, this game got to me and was one of my first single player RPGs as well.



Is it normal? Who cares? Normality is defined by the sheeples. It definitely isn't bad though, as long as you keep perspective.



As for MMOs... lets just say I quit them mainly because of the bat**** insane stuff I had to deal with from seemingly "normal" people who got waaaaaayyyy to into it. Usually this would coincide with some IRL occurrence that they didn't want to deal with, though to a man they denied it.



Funny how that works.

[PoisonTheCity]

Oh, hell yes. I think I cried a few times in the game and the books. And liked them better for it.



Like has been said, I don't think it's weird to get attached to it just because it's a game and not a novel or film. It's a great tale of it's own, with dramaz and lulz, like any other story. If people can cry in movies or books, why not an RPG that has a good story behind it?

[Nerevar-as]

Don´t worry. I felt down the rest of the day I finished the game because of that despite getting everybody else surviving.

[Lord Gremlin]

This happens, but only if RPG is really good.

[GardenSnake]

Oh dude, it's totally normal. Getting emotionally attached to characters in any form of media (especially RPG's) is perfectly normal and is a sign that what ever you're watching or doing has been really well made and managed to connect with you somehow. My mom cries at the end of Titanic all the time. I got choked up at the end of MGS 4 when I thought Snake killed himself (love that guy, been playing MGS games for almost a decade), I also shed a few tears when everybody was saying their goodbye's at the gates of Denerim. It's perfectly normal. Becoming obsessed is when you should get worried, but showing a bit of emotion because a game, movie or book managed to connect with you in some way is absolutely fine and kind of expected.

[Ferocious7]

Ehhh define normal. Normal to become so engaged in a game? Sure if it has that captivating of a story and believable characters like many Bioware games do. But to whomever said it's supposed to be a distraction from real life, that's not the "healthy" way to play games. You play them for entertainment. There's a major difference between entertainment/interactive entertainment and distraction although it's easy to confuse the two. Real life comes first. If you were moved so much that you felt emotion in real life, well good for you. However, like someone else said... there's a line that needs to be drawn.



I also know someone who got divorced and lost his house over WoW... I mean seriously? That is disturbing. I am a big fan of video games (not really into WoW but I have played it), however real life always comes first and always will. Games should not be the center of your life. Maybe your favorite personal hobby, but not the center of your life even if it's career-related. Things like family/friends/love/God for those of us who have faith/pets/health/getting out at least often enough for the sake of it/etc... are all more important than any form of entertainment including more so than work (well other than the fact that you need to make money to pay bills and eat, etc.. other than that those things should be everyones priority, ideally).



Either way, if you really liked Dragon Age: Origins.. check out Mass Effect 1 & 2 as well as the latest DLC (Leliana's Song, it has a good back-story to it). Some older games that you can play on the 360 that were for the original XBox and also are on the PC that you may want to look into are: Knights of the Old Republic (Star Wars) both 1 & 2.. 1 is made by Bioware 2 is by Obsidian as well as Jade Empire which is also by Bioware. Enjoy, just remember real life priorities > entertainment/interactive entertainment/hobby value and then there will be nothing wrong with enjoying one your personal hobbies.

[crackshot91]

Wow, nice spoilers, there...

[NaitoNii]

It's normal to feel a emotional attachment to a very well written character. It's like watching a movie where you're rooting for the hero and at the end he dies. you will feel sad that he died.



If you can play games like this, ones with good stories and characters, and you can say: nah, didn't affect me at all. Then, There's no hope for you.

[ROD525]

I've completed Origins about 8 times. Every single time I see those Darkspawn running at Duncan,and the look of despair in his eyes when he sees his death is imminent chokes me up every time.

Like a previous poster stated, if books and movies can cause an emotional response why not a well written game?

[Tystone]

this is the first game in a very long time that I was a basket case...Excitement! Saddness! Horneyness! Anger! Plus the feeling that you are part of the world...It's a great game and we all welcome you to our world!



By the way...Alistair is mine...so hands off!