What annoys me about some people who don't play TWDG...
Hey everyone i'm pretty new to this community and this is my first discussion - so if there's anything i'm maybe missing or doing wrong can you please let me know, Advice would be great.
I just played through Season 1 and Season 2 again but this time 'properly', after Season 1 Episode 5 I was upset (As i'm sure a lot were) because I became so attached to Lee, the main protagonist. I started to cry at the end, my parents asked if i was okay, i said i was fine. when I stopped crying, I started to explain to my parents about Lee and Clem and how sad it was... Then they say 'It's just a game'... This extremely annoys me, I hear people saying this a lot and it really makes you feel stupid for crying at a game. I just feel that people think you can cry at a movie but a video game, oh that's a different story, or it 'can't be that sad it's a game!'
Anyways I wish some people would get out of this mind set. 
I told my parents how i felt and they understood how I was upset, We all good! 
EDIT: Does anyone else find this annoying too?
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It's not just TWD. A lot of people say video games in general are "meaningless" and you "can't grow attached to their characters." It is kind of ridiculous that people say that despite the fact most of them haven't even played a game other than Angry Birds.
I didn't cry, but I do get emotionally attached to the people, it's weird. I'd never tell my parents I was crying because of a game though, they'd take me away from it.
I'm glad i'm not the only one who finds this too, I think your right I don't think these people who say these things have never experienced a masterpiece like The Walking Dead.
I usually keep stuff like Lee and Clem to myself. I cried like a baby when Lee died.
lol when I went to sleep at night I cried ...
My friend found it weird how I even thought the ending was pretty sad. I swear there is something wrong with him, he stopped playing TWD S2 after ep 2 because he "got bored" and then stopped playing TWAU. Even though Borderlands is is favourite game he is only "consider" getting TFTB. I'm not friends with him now, not because of this, I just dislike him.
Thank you. Yeah I would only get upset over it at home not out in public.
I was upset for a little while but didn't worry myself over it because I knew these were fictional characters.
Well I hope your friend is alright now.
TWAU I have never played and probably never will.... Am I weird?
And Borderlands is actually pretty good, idk who would dislike twd...creepy
Same.
Season one was about as emotional of an experience as many can have with fiction, but it's not going to have the same affect on everyone obviously. I felt pretty emotional about the original game, but it was still an enjoyable experience because of the fact that it is just a game. It was a great work of fiction that presented itself in a way that felt entirely new. I understand how it can be annoying to hear people use some version of the phrase "It's just a game", to downplay the importance of any type of fiction because some fiction is very thought-provoking and plays a bigger role in a persons life than mere entertainment.
I teared up at the game, I admit. Then I see interviews of the voice actors and reassure myself that everyone is alive.
wait does this really have spoilers for episode 5? How? Don't spoil it.
There are no spoilers, either a typo or just a joke
Yeah I just guess some people are different of how they react to upsetting situations.
See I never usually cry and my parents rarely see me sad, I'm a super happy person but this just pulled at the heart strings!
I pretty open with them but my parents wouldn't take me away from it. I was upset but not over a large period of time, that's probably why the didn't stop me from playing, they know i'd be fine. ^.^
Haha both. I would have too.
It depends on what you mean by crying. It's okay to recognize that it's sad but if you grieve over something that's not real you may want to talk to someone. This particular instance may seem harmless but not distinguishing between reality and fantasy emotionally is a potentially dangerous mental health issue.
Everyone's different I guess ^.^
I just don't appreciate when people judge you when your upset over something sad, in a game or not. When I look at the comments for example Cryaotic's and Pewdiepie's videos of episode 5, People are moaning at them because they are upset.
I kinda "grieved" for about one day. Or I guess was bummed out. Now I'm a little worried....
I don't cry over games but I do feel upset anyways show them spec ops the line then see if they say it's "just a game"
I didn't cry when Lee died, but I was very upset. It agitates me too when people say that "it's just a game", it is also somewhat hypocritical. Getting attached to a video game character is no different than getting attached to a character from a movie or tv show. I would be willing to bet that people who say it's just a game have cried over a movie or tv show
Quick crash coarse for those who don't quite get that video games are also a storytelling medium. Edit: then go on to say TWDG was one of those few and far between games with brilliant writing, of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jdG2LHair0
yeah I made my brother buy all season 2 episodes and I told him 3 and 4 were going to be sad and I cried in 4 and he kept saying that it's just a game or whatever. He plays cod so I wasn't really expecting him to enjoy the series or anything. Atleast he gave telltale some money lol.
Sorry, hahaha! As I said i'm new to this and would rather be safe that sorry.
Sorry for any confusion here, I really don't mean for it to sound more dramatic that it is. I did cry but no grieving or seriously getting myself worked up about it.
But it's nice to know this community looks out for everyone.
Thanks for the advice.
I think that just counts as being put in a funk. It happens. As long as you slept it off I wouldn't be too worried.
They'd just scream about it being anti-murica. Your point would probably get lost.
Thank you for posting this!
I attempted to watch some of the player reactions on youtube awhile back and some of those videos were more disturbing than funny or entertaining, so much that I had to quit watching them. I don't know why people would want to make some of those videos available to the public like they are something to be proud of.
Had to put it out there just in case. You should continue to enjoy your games despite what others say. It's a legitimate medium at this point.
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Nah you aren't weird. People just have a different taste in games. But you should definitely check out Wolf, its really good.
yeah I agree but I say its their loss if they think video games are still just games and not like these these where there are characters you get attached to and stories you are deeply invested in
Hey Ellias
The people that spoil must watch lets plays right? (just kidding, I know that you guys don't at least most)
No one would have felt much emotion if they skipped to the last episode, and I don't think many finished the entire game without being interested in the story. Well, I guess I'm finishing season two even though I have a low opinion of it, but I can't imagine having the experience I had with season one if had played each episode as it was released instead of waiting to have them all together the way I did either so I don't know. I haven't found season two to be very sad because it's lost a lot of what made season one so great to me personally. How emotional you feel is going to be based on much you've got invested in the story and characters obviously, and I haven't felt much interest in either in season two compared to the original. My feelings toward Clem and Kenny are basically only what I developed in season one and I haven't bonded with anyone else in season two.
Honestly, I've never really grown attached to a character except in video games.
Don't look at comments on Pewdiepie's vids, it's bad for your sanity.
This is definitely something I can agree with. When Lee died, I wasn't sobbing uncontrollably like some people, but I was tearing up. It was a sad moment. The people who just tell you that it's just a game have never even played this game, and don't know how truly emotional it is. Those people are missing out. We as fans of The Walking Dead game understand why Lee's death was so sad. We've played the game and grew attached to Lee, and when he died, it felt like we had lost a close friend.
Some people will never understand. I think it's about how your parents were raised possibly. My parents grew up before a color tv was even around, and the first games they played was pong. As they got older, they just don't care about games. My dad can't understand why people on COD like to "kill eachother". Funny thing is, when most people play FPS against eachother, they don't look at it like "Omg, I just killed this player in cold blood!". They look at it like "Oh great, 1 more and I get more points" or something.
That sounds uncomfortable. I don't need YouTubers to humanize themselves. They are entertainers, not my friends.
I was suprised when i cried too, havent cried in years and i cried because of N's dead so yeah this game works weird, so ye