What're some games where the story/gameplay/atmosphere/graphics etc. in it absolutely blew you away? Games where you finished it and laid awake for days not able to sleep because a story/ending/gameplay/atmosphere was just so fascinating/interesting/terrifying/unexpected.

For me personally it was def Red Dead Redemption. The emptiness I felt after Johns Death Paired with these mysterious side missions (strange man + this cannibal) and the tense soundtrack made me

Bugsnax is one for kids today

Yeah same as op

First game? Definitely Max Payne 1. Atmosphere & story in that game was crazy.

Half Life 2. Played it on Xbox when it first came out and spent maybe 100 hours playing through the story cause the puzzles were so f***ing confusing. Loved it to death though.

A decade and some change later I figured I would pick it up on PC to see if it really stood the test of time or if I was just a nostalgia junkie. Man...that game is so f***ing intricate and incredible. I highly recommend it to anyone.

Also Ravenholm is the best video game level of all time.

100 hours

MGS4 on PS3 tbh

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1, Max Payne 1 & Halo 1 for Og Xbox

I realized indie games are the real AAA games when Bastion came out

Knack

KOTOR
Ocarina of Time
GTA: San Andreas

KOTOR with the Infinite Fleet scene

either hl2 or gta san andreas

my dad coming home with a n64 with mario 64 on launch day was world changing tbh.

Cod 4 blew me away tbh. The campaign was amazing along with the multiplayer experience for its time.

Kingdom hearts probably

doom 2 or cave story

Sm64 was just fun af. San Andreas was literally wow from when I got on the bike and just got sucked into the world

Yes no cap

KH & Skyrim

Resident Evil 4 or Uncharted 2

Ocarina of Time

GTA SA

MGS

Arkham city