Is it normal that a video game has greatly affected my feelings?

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I recently played a video game(Mass Effect 3) which has a lot of emotional scenes. These scenes affected me so deeply that I can't hold back my tears even when I just think about them. Now that I finished the storyline of the game, I feel very sad and empty, like if I was really part of that universe, and I lost all my friends and my love.

Of course I have cried because of movies and other games before this, but none of them affected me this much.

I feel sad, empty, physically weak, dejected, I don't have appetite, and I don't feel like talking to anyone.
I think I'm not going to feel better anytime soon.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Normal. Anything can trigger a memory or some emotion.

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  • EAT_IT
    11 years ago

    Yep this happens. I've had it with books and movies so what's wrong with feeling this way whilst playing a game?

    Personally I just cry when I forget to eat my burgers.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Street fighter on the iPhone 4. I've smashed two phones already this year.

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  • AbnormallyAwesome
    11 years ago

    I think a video game is much more emotionally intensive then a movie. Because you're more personally involved. So it's very understandable.

    I felt sad for days after "Half-Life 2 - Episode 2". But I was also younger back then.

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  • RapidlyRotatingPanda
    11 years ago

    I recently completed Halo CE...it was more the nostalgia than anything but damn...

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  • TerryVie
    11 years ago

    Haha....

    Season of Sakura did that for me.

    An very very old eroge game with almost no erotic content, but lots of text.
    I think it's normal to be affected if something rubs you in the right spots...

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  • thanksforthefreecar
    11 years ago

    It's just fiction, hold onto reality.

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