What game would be good for someone having an existential crisis?
shark tale the video game for the playstation 2
>>319397380
Dead or Alive
USF4 online.
The Talos Principle
>>319397472
fuck off tripfag. filtered.
>>319397594
That's more of "git gud scrub" though, right?
The Game of Life
Quit /v/, git /lit/. Embrace it.
>>319397380
Soma, anything by Hideo Kojima, KOTOR
>>319398805
Read The Boatmaker. It's recent, but it's good for depressing lit.
>>319397380
therapy.
no, i mean actual therapy.
you're basically asking "what kind of wine would be good for someone with alcoholism?"
stop wasting time and get your shit together.
>>319398805
>/lit/
sorry i don't like snobs
Learn to play guitar. It helps me cope
>>319397380
Xenogears
>>319399129
Or alcohol.
It solves everything.
>>319398805
should i go to /lit/ if i only like shitty books?
>>319399132
Mother fucker are you seriously challenging another board when you're on /v/. Just close your eyes and think for a second how stupid you just came off because it far exceeded my ability to ignore. You leave those nice people alone and argue more about video games young man. I don't go on /lit/ but at least they're not a steaming pile of tards like the cesspool you're drowning in right now.
>>319399203
except for that glaring detail of becoming an even bigger sack of crap.
everyone you know is already tired of your shit. Either start getting better or finish the job.
>>319398805
>reading
and i tip to you, good sir
>>319399129
went to therapist. he told me i need years of therapy. gave up after a second session. it was total bullshit and i realized i need to get my shit together by myself. as always. i don't need anyone's help.rejecting other people was why i went there in the first place,
>>319399350
this guy.
>>319399320
Yes, you'll fit right in.
>>319399414
smoke weed dawg
>>319397380
you like illusion of choice? play any telltale game but for "existential crisis" play spec ops the line.
>>319398805
>reading anything that doesn't have any swords or dragons on the cover
seems pretty borijng
>>319399132
They're snobs but they know their books, more than can be said for the people and the vidya they like on here.
>>319399350
>those nice people
>>319399350
t. /lit/eral shit
>>319399505
was smoking weed for years, got totally bored of it.
now i preferspeed.
it's the only thing that makes me pumped up and excited these days.
>>319399563
Hey man I know you're just joking around but can you do me a favor anddelete this
I'm not going to ask twice so let's do eachother a solid here huh pal?
>>319399320
Nothing wrong with "genre fiction". It's not uncommon to find some variation of sci fi, fantasy, or alt history thread up on /lit/, even if the occasional elitist pops in to tell everybody how plebeian they are.
>>319397472
Added to da filter
>>319399414
then get your shit together yourself.
sitting around playing toys on your tv is going full-steam-backwards. Get some self respect. Learn how to cook, or play an instrument, volunteer somewhere. Function in the world, even if you suck at it.
Your lone-wolf/suffer in silence/shun the world routine is as silly as all the granola crunching free love tree hugging psychobabble you shun.
shit or get off the pot.
>>319399563
Oh god that's as good as the /k/ meet up one
>>319399596
whats the t. for
>>319397380
why does she lower her head and not shoulder?
>>319398805
depressing's not good for existential crises. op should read tao te ching.
>>319399730
/int/ maymays
>>319399563
That's fucking incredible
>>319397380
>>319399058
Looks good, thanks. I'll be on the lookout for a copy.
>>319397380
i gave a game suggestion, now please give sauce on that webm. i'll even give you one in return
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5xeNePF-cg
>>319399828
why did that man drop to the ground
SS13
If you can get past the anime/furry RP tards it'll be an absurdist nightmare on loop.
>>319399828
kek
>>319399694
Not him, but that's some advice I actually needed to hear.
Cool.
>>319399506
Itwasn'twashisyourfault.
>>319397380
Shadowman and Soul Reaver
>>319397380
Read Siddhartha
>>319399957
Yeah. Like how when you watch a movie. It's you're fault when bad things happen to the MC. You decided to watch this. Do you feel like a hero?
>>319399506
Why? That game was fucking ass.
Literally below average in all regards.
>>319400121
>>319400082
This
>>319399694
>Function in the world, even if you suck at it.
i do actually.
i'm not NEET. i gave a great job, lots of money, car, house, etc.
my problem isi will never bee good enough.
>>319400184
he wants existential , he'll get that for sure.tfw white phosphorus can't be avoided
>>319399931
He knew he fucked up, but he has to act like he was affected by the woman's transfer of life force
>>319398805
>tfw unless it's history reading books bores me
LISA the Painful
>>319400317
You don't need a video game, you need an extreme kink.
>>319399934
Oh fuck
When I learned how to do genetics, I'd body swap with a blank human, dress him, put him in his chair, and then I'd hide in the closet and watch him, to see if he is really "me"
Most of this is imagination, but the game is great for that.
>>319399694
(I don't expect you to read this because I wrote a shit ton more then I meant to)
I just wish I was able to talk to people and actually communicate with them instead of just playing this game of acting generic and interested in what they have to say. Truth is I'm not interested most of the time and I really do want to be but I feel so much better when I'm in my own mind then when I'm talking to people. It's like I'm afraid that if I say too much people will see who I am and think I'm an idiot or a freak or just anything really. I know people say don't worry about what others think but my entire psychology revolves around observation of others and finding an image of what I am through the reactions I'm given. I don't think I'm a sociopath because I wouldn't be worried about that but I don't think I'm paranoid either. I think I just gave up on being a member of society and took my roll on the outskirts of it all. I know this is normal on this board but I'm 20 and have had plenty of girls interested in me but I've never dated because of this problem. I don't seek it out but I've realized the life I'm living isn't healthy and I need to form an identity now or I'll never get passed my teenage mentality.
>>319400618
i need a gf
>>319398805
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich helped me a lot. My problems seemed trivial in comparison. Man's Search For Meaning is another good book for putting things in perspective.
>>319399694
not that anon but
>worked as a cook, know how to make music and play the guitar, traveled the world, had relationships
and let me me tell ya something, all of that shit people do is to impress others and have some shit to talk about but at the end of the day you`ll run out of shit to talk about, you`re still alone, you can not run from yourself or your feelings and no amount of interaction with the world will help. The change must always come from within and you are always a step away from falling into your old habits and comfort zones.
>>319400680
You put that nicely. I wish I could psyche myself up and get more into conversations. As it turns out, I think the idea of social interaction gets me more excited than actually interacting. Same can be said with gf's. I like the idea of having one, but I'm not too thrilled once I'm actually in the relationship.
>>319400680
Wow. This is just sums up my life currently. I have the exact same problem where I know I should want a GF, House, Family etc but I have literally no interest in any of it. I currenty live in a nice apartment on my own, I have a decent job but I've recently spoken to my GP about an episode I had the other day when getting the train back from work one night, I stepped off and as I was walking from the station to home (pretty much round the corner) I just started crying for no reason, I had no thoughts about anything at the time but he's put me on fluoxetine to see if it'll help. Only been 3 weeks on it so they won't have kicked in yet.
I'm 27, never really had a girlfriend or anything, longest relationship was about 6 months at 19, been single since and had a few one night stands etc. But I don't have any interest in having a GF, but I know I should just have one for the sake of having one to prove to family/friends that I'm 'normal'.
I keep thinking "because I don't' have 'normal' things do my family think I'm weird".
>>319397380
dota
>>319401220
What's wrong with living by yourself? If you have no interest, why worry about it? If you've got a job and apartment, just do what you want to do. I don't know if you like travelling but doing so while single/alone is one of the best things ever. It's pretty much going on an adventure, I'd recommend it if you have the time and money.
>>319399350
They literayy bullied a girl on youtube who was reading books
She wasnt even "slutty" or anything they just did it because they are the same people who browse /v/, a group of horny teens who think they know anything.
>this thread
>>319401406
I'm 28 though.
>>319401402
>If you have no interest, why worry about it?
Just something in the back of my mind where I worry what other people will think I guess.
I've never travelled on my own, I don't know what I would do if I did either, would be something new though.
>>319400323
Thats because the game is shit
The horrible graphics even made that section more mediocore.
>>319399350
among the boards I browse/used to browse
/tg/ = /m/ > /vr/ > /v/ = /lit/ > /vg/ > /g/ > /mu/
>>319401604
Seems about right.
Is /g/ really that bad nowadays?
>>319401406
Bullied? How? Do you mean cyberbullied? Is that a real thing
>>319399505
DUDE
>>319397380
Dark souls? Games plot could be summarized as one big existential crisis. You do a bunch of shit and get rewarded at the end by becoming firewood.
>>319401503
Yeah I have the same problem, it's no where near as bad as it used to be in that I live for myself these days, but every now and then I catch myself ruminating over what the person behind the counter at the store or people at work must think of me or dumb shit like that. You really just need to start living for yourself. The funny thing is, once you do, people will respect you more than if you go out of your way to please them.
Definitely consider travelling on your own. I'm guessing you're the sort of person who doesn't mind your alone time, because the biggest issue for solo travellers is getting lonely, so if that won't bother you you'll have the time of your life. Just bum around and see things, go for walks, eat at nice restauraunts, go to bars and chat with people. Meeting people in foreign countries is great as well because there's this mutual understanding that you're friends for the night and then you'll never see each other again, so you don't have to worry about what they think of you.
>>319401764
>I catch myself ruminating over what the person behind the counter at the store or people at work must think of me or dumb shit like that
Who /literallyeveryone/ here?
>>319401676
she started out making book reviews for fun, but then 4chan found her, and proceeded to raid. she broke down crying and hasnt made any videos since.
>Hurr durr thick skin
This was more than that. She was different because she wanst seeking attention; just doing she loved, making book reviews.
And 4chan made that hobby into a nightmare for her, and she completely stopped making videos at one point.
I see it as the first time 4chan actually looked at their actions from the victims point of view.
>>319401671
Too many /generals/ and they just lead to circlejerks, gets a lot of crossposts. If I were more up to date with technological news, could've been a bit more useful. It's probably me losing interest more than the board going shit. That isn't the case for /mu/, in example, I'm still very interested in music but the board is irredeemably shit.
>>319400680
Me 2
>>319401484
welcome to /r9k/
>>319397380
Crisis :^)
>>319402028
Hey people on /v/ don't really get a chance to talk about it these kinds of things with anyone. It's probably not healthy to have a conglomerate of people all telling each other they live a similar lifestyle though because then it seems more acceptable to be that way.
>>319397380
Stanley's Parable.
>>319397380
Yume Nikki.
>>319401764
>I'm guessing you're the sort of person who doesn't mind your alone time
Yeah I do, I can easily get in from work and just chill out watch a film, play some games or something on a night.
I still catch up with friends maybe every other weekend and have a night out or something, or just pop out for a few drinks, and I still see family at events like Christmas/Birthdays. I just need to get this feeling out of my head where I care what other people think of me, so difficult though.
>>319399639
The thing with drugs is you become too reliant on them, and begin to feel like shit without them
you gotta find your inner speed dawg
>>319401905
that's not really how it happened, they just made creepy comments on a 4chan thread and some rustleman messaged the thread to her
>>319397781
The one true answer.
>>319401873
Personally I don't think about that at all.
Then again, I have military grade autism.
>>319402216
I haven't played the game and I endorse this post.
>>319402468
It's better than SOMA in terms of story but that's not saying much. There's been awful lot of games that try to have the "what it means to be human???" theme and it's just getting dull. Can't wait for the fad to die. Other than that, some of the puzzles are just chores for you to get through and only a few of them try to keep things fresh. I haven't play the DLC yet.
>>319402308
Over the past 2 years I don't think I've gone a single weekend without having a bottle of whisky/vodka. I end up having 2 bottles sometimes.
>>319402357
Wow how fucking dense are you?
That's the same fucking thing.
Words were arranged in order on purpose by different people, troll sends it to her, IF they didn't even have negative thoughts in the first place, said girl would still be making books.
The world has many layers, I'm sorry you only see through the computer screen
The "lesson" from this is that some people on 4chan has some humility.
>>319397380
planescape:torment
>>319402894
English is my third language, and I'm posting on American boards to practice.
>>319402798
I want to say something encouraging but I pretty much do the same thing
>>319397380
I got a concussion doing this.
>>319403109
Feels good whilst you're drinking though. Day after not so much. It's a give and take relationship and I'm fine with it.
Could someone give me some advice , I have a similar problem to op. Troughout highschool I almost never studied and I even failed maths and physics the first two years and had to take exams to pass the years when I failed. This is quite a contrast compared to my years of gradeschool when I was a turbonerd aiming for no less than straight As and being top of class besides all the reading and studying I used to do by myself ( I used to love dinosaurs and wanted to become an archeologist, thinking back on it now I realise I didn't even hold indy to high regard, which is kinda odd but not the point anyway). I also was passionate about biology to the point I had to bang heads with my professor and I got a 2/10 cuz of it. I loved history, liked chemistry and couldn't understand physics and was struggling with maths. Things changed in hischool. On the rare ocasion when I would study I found that I like how math flows with my mind, physics was easy enough that it became fun, and chemistry I could not understand. Other than that I had lost all my passion for everything. Needless to say, I always played videogames which is the one constant in my life.
Six months ago I finished the 12th grade and took my exam. Needless to say I was bed shitting levels of terrifiex, but with a little tutoring and a lot of will I made it and to everybody's surprise I got high grades. People were all happy and ecstatic around me but I was like "Heh, I guess I didn't fail , and I'm not an introvert or anything, I just kinda felt empty like I really didn't achieve anything. Now, 6 months later I dropped out of collage and am staying home with my parents because I don't know what to do with my life , I need a sense of purpose and I can't find it.
tl; dr pls halp anons
>>319403612
I just get fucking sleepy.
>>319397380
Max Payne.
>>319403673
I'm the opposite, I end up staying awake until like 6-7am and then having a 10-12 hour sleep. What I love about drinking though is that if I'm just sat around bored as fuck and start drinking I'll actually find something to do and enjoy it.
>>319403667
You can always go back to college fag. You're still just a fucking kid. As you go through life things will get heavier, more meaningful and harder. Take a break, get a job, fuck some qts and give it another try in a year or two.
>>319403667
>tl; dr pls halp anons
Sure. Any problem you have and every problem you are going to have in the future is completely irrelevant even to your own self. Your actions and their consequences don't matter at all. Try to get to the end with more than a few scratches and you'll be okay.
>>319399563
Actually she's back to blogging and is more popular than before. I think it's due to /lit/.
>>319400121
Yeah I mean you paid us for our game, it's only fair that we get to criticize our paying customers for playing the game we made
>>319403667
Hit up your local community college. I left College 2 months in cause I was depressed and felt awful. I didn't give a fuck about High School. Believe me, you are not the only one anon.
I took 2 years of Community College, studied harder than I used to, and due to my grades I'm at the best Uni in my state. I paid like $1000 for my associates degree. That's nothing compared to usual Uni.
You can do it, Anon. Take some classes. Work a bit. Talk honestly with friends and family - you'd be amazed at how many people you have around you who would be happy to support you.
I wish you the best, anon friend.
>>319399563
I want to be her friend.
>>319403410
That's why you tackle with your shoulder and not your head you silly goose
>>319403992
I cannot find her. Could you direct me to her new blog? Katie's Classic Books And Stitches seems dead. Or overtaken by someone else, I have no idea what I'm looking at.
>>319399320
>Stross
Mah nigga!
grim fandango
>>319403895
Thanks for the words anon but i don't really related
>>319403989
>Sure. Any problem you have and every problem you are going to have in the future is completely irrelevant even to your own self. Your actions and their consequences don't matter at all. Try to get to the end with more than a few scratches and you'll be okay.
Gee thanks anon, i really don't want to kill myself now and i have found purpose in my existance.
>>319404212
But i am not of the US of A. And in the months since the exam i managed to push everybody away.
>>319397380
>>319405313
oh. Then you're a third world faggot then lol
>>319398805
>Tess of the D'Urbervilles
I had to read that book for school and thought it sucked. If I hate that book will I hate the rest of these?
Anyway, something that helped me was Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I know its kind of basic or whatever but that book is legit.
>>319398805
>/lit/ guide
>its just a list with no explainations
Dropped
>>319405313
Forgot to contriboot op. The ending really made me think that even when you think you have nothing to lose, there still is something.
Go spend time with someone and just talk. You can play any game you like while you do it.
>>319405313
>Gee thanks anon, i really don't want to kill myself now and i have found purpose in my existance.
You'll be able to find the bliss in the nothingness once you get older, don't worry. Living without strings attached is one of the better things you can have in life. If you have to embrace the fact that you are insignificant, so be it. Just try to get by without clouding your thinking so much by the daily events in your life.
>>319406264
Man i don't want to burst your bubble but what you are saying is highly subjective.
>>319405038
http://katiesclassicbooks.tumblr.com
>>319406496
Well, yeah, it's my view of life and I don't have a bubble to be burst.My head is way up in my ass for that to happen.
>>319406589
>http://katiesclassicbooks.tumblr.com
Oh, that's it? Thanks... I did find it, but it looks like a generic Tumblr blog with tons of reposted content. Not at all what I expected from someone who was supposed to do book reviews.
>>319401406
So /lit/ is just /v/ with books?
>>319406994
It sounded to me like you held what you said as the objective ultimate fact of life.
>>319407204
you could summarize every board as that, all horrible in our own glorious way
>>319398805
>book by a literal nazi
thanks /lit/
>>319407204
There's much more of actually talking about books and literature in general on /lit/ compared to /v/.
>>319401406
well the fact she made a youtube video at all was attentionwhoring so it isn't like she isn't hateable. shes the same.
>these are MY favorite books :)
>if you don't like my favorite books oh well this is my video :)
you can tell her literal only purpose of creating a youtube vlog was so she can show all the boys her superior-to-others tastes. she thinks shes better than everyone else so i don't really think she didn't deserve it
>>319397380
The Talos Principle
>>319408340
so? adolf hitler himself even made excellent writings and was a great painter too. be more openminded
>>319408340
Are you for real?
>>319408340
Also are you refering to Celine?
>>319408209
I already said that my head was way up in my ass.
>the objective ultimate fact of life
I think there's an agreeable aspect in the things I said. Living without strings is something to aim for. Accept it or not you are completely insignificant and focusing on daily happenings in your life too much will only make things worse. Are you saying otherwise?
I would expect Yukio Mishima to be /v/-core desu
>>319402468
>>319397781
The game is amazing but I'm not sure it would work. It makes you think on what you really believe but it completely fails if you're something like an average utilitarianist, the game just falls apart because it expects people with doubts and a generic normie moral system
>>319402780
The DLC is great, enjoyed it more often than the base game. But I hope you were talking to the terminals as often as you could or you missed the story.
>>319408907
I thought it was obvious that i do.
>>319409297
I did pay attention as much as I could. As far as I rememberElohim wanted to continue to exist so he tried to stop you from climbing the tower, which was essentially your goal so the idea of humanity can continue. I liked that even though Elohim tried to stop you, he came to terms with what's gonna happen to him in the end.I didn't buy the DLC yet but I'll probably will next time it goes on sale.
>>319408798
yeah
>>319409549
I'd like to know what you think, if you are willing to share.
>>319410023
Are you seriously trying to attack one of the most significant writers of the 20th century for having sympathies with the Nazis? Schopenhauer was a shit-tier philosopher too due to misogyny right?
Fucking moron.
>>319397472
filtered like my water so i dont get no fluoride in my brain. or in your case, so i dont see any attention fagging kiddo.
nw hurry up and get ready for school. two more weeks to winter vacation.also im gonna anal sax ur mom m8.
>>319410127
My thoughts on living without strings, or accepting being insignificant?
>>319410487
>being so fucking new that you don't have Nep filtered already
>>319410795
If you have the time, both. If you don't, the latter.
Play E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy. By the time you get your second gate you'll have no god damn idea what's going on and your life will seem pretty chill in comparison.
>>319397832
To git gud or not is the deepest existential angst facing man
>>319410924
I sit at home and play video games all day to forget about life, I have time and then some.
I'll talki to you about the second one since it seems to interest you more.
I simply can't accept insignificance because I know for a fact that whatever anybody thinks or whatever theory someone comes up with about life and it's meaning, in the end it cannot be tested and known for sure because it's an absolute idea debated by imperfect beings who know very little in regards to existence as a whole. This gives me hope that what we do has meaning. And i also want to leave my mark on the world.
>>319410165
Did I attack him ?
I 100% support his views.
>>319399563
Not even /v/ would do shit like this. Not even old /b/. Well maybe old /b/ from the 'le lets le raid le le le' era.
>>319410857
>being so autistic that you come here enough nowadays to know who trips or dont
i spend most of my chan time on better sites.
your just proof that neo /v/ is the worst.
>>319411734
Oh... sorry. I suspected a SJW trying to discredit Celine due to his political views.
>>319411532
Ah, you are talking about the chance of humanity being relevant as a whole. Well, if you are talking about that, you are right. We have no way of knowing if there are any gears behind of the machine. I just think that humans are selfish in nature, since their sole existence hurt the planet they live on. It seems that everything we do is just for the sake of continuing of our kind in the best way possible, which can be called "normal" or you could say that every creature would do the same thing if they were given the tools that were given to us. If that comes with the package we call consciousness, it's still something I cannot accept. I want to leave this planet without leaving any impact because I believe that nothing I can do will be able to remove the negative effect I have on this planet, just by existing. That's why I think that we are, in a personal level, insignificant.
>>319399506
>spec ops
You mean illusion of choice, the game?
>Muh white phospherous
>Why did you do that thing, w forced you to do? You could have no played the game
>>319397380
The Void
>>319398805
>Obsolete medium
Loving every laugh
>>319412685
But i mean to do good, and i have been lucky to meet a few people who truly are noble. Also do you not believe that evil men grow stronger when good men choos to stand by idle ? I do not think humanity is bad as a whole simply because i think and believe with all my being that the universe expresses itself trough balance. That we do not live in a world of chaos or order, but balance, where the two meet to form a whole. Wherever you look in life be it science, art ,actual life there is not one thing that forms a whole by itself. I see duality in everything.
>>319414340
I just think that even if you do good, on a large scale, it'll just help humanity and humanity only, since I see humans as destructive beings, any progress we make as a whole will just cause more harm to our surroundings. Things you used as an example (science mostly, art completely) exist just to please us, other species on Earth are not able to create these things and they get mostly nothing out of it. I feel like if there's a harmony on Earth, a cycle that is complete and perfect, humans are here to defile it because we have the power to manipulate this cycle for our own good. I think that we do more harm than good here and the Earth would be better off without us.
>>319415047
It only seems that way because people with power abuse it to satisfy themselves. Most people wouldn't be ok with going down to Africa, buying a hunting rifle, tracking a lioness and killing it, skinning it and while they're at it kill the cubs to for some soft thin leather gloves, besides the coat they're gonna make for themselves. Do you think people would buy apple products if they had to buy them from the chinese factories surrounded with suicide nets ? I personally do not. As long as there is someone doing the wrong thing there will be someone doing the opposite. Your mind wouldn't even be able to comprehend the idea of someone doing something evil, where you not aware that humanity can be also good. Light simply can not exist without darkness.
>someone's having an existential crisis
>/v/ recommends games to help them wallow in it
Fuck that shit. Go play Okami, OP. You'll cry tears of joy any time The Sun Rises plays for the rest of your life.
>>319397380
Persona 3.
>>319411865
Nah, Old /b/ only got after people that deserved it from bullshit like stealing, they were better at doxxing than raiding.
Now /b/ is worthless, /v/ is worthless, /pol/ is comic gold and everywhere else is dead.
>muh /x/
>muh /co/
dead boards for dead faggots
