I revisit this video whenever I’m struggling. I appreciate it more than you know

Im coming too late, but I think baba is you is a great puzzle game

I think this might be the first game that made me so down for a few days. I didn’t even feel like playing other games cause I kept thinking about what the hell just happened from finishing fire watch 😂. It’s an excellent game

After watching multiple vids of theories about firewatch, i believe Delilah knows more than she let on.

i wonder if d was speaking with ned about you... when you go into his base she seems unintrested

I was disappointed because the amateurs who made the game couldn't let us encounter a real person, they went out of their way to make sure you never see anyone else because they didn't know how to code.

One thing I love about Wandersong is the entirely unique feeling it inspired in me. In Act 8 when Audrey opens up, I grew to care for her, and hoped she meant what she said. When she killed the king of hearts, I was first disappointed in her, and then once that passed, I started feeling an intense determination. This was the best shot at connecting with her I could imagine, she still didn’t take it, and now she’s off to end the world. I felt sad but capable, and like I had to stop her by any means necessary, even if it meant Audrey didn’t make it to the credits, because at this point it’s either her, or the rest of the entire world

I love open world exploration but for me elder scrolls and fallout do it best. Though botw was inspired from Skyrim the map is boring to explore for me in comparison. If shrines weren't a tenth of a dungeon and there were some more types of enemy camps and points of interest I might feel different

Interesting that you didn't talk about thefact that most likely Delilah is a biiiig big lyer. And that she was working with Ned all along.

Man, this hit pretty close to home. I've been playing video games a lot more over the past couple of years as I've been getting bored and frustrated IRL. Guess I need to consider whether that's really helping. I finally got round to paying Firewatch as a break from the usual action games I generally play, and I loved it. I'll be looking for more of this type of immersive game to break up my habits. Thanks for the video.

I love this silly game :( having depression, anxiety AND of top of that OCD has been the worst thing I've ever experienced in my life and I wouldn't wish it to anyone. I'm on the verge of giving up, as always, but games like animal crossing just fill a void that I didn't even know I had. I hope I can get to play new horizons one day

This game man…

I’m actually glad that I played the game through a second time. The first time I was so concerned about having to travel ALL the way across the stupid map and making it around the map in a timely manner because I thought my tasks were time-sensitive, I didn’t immerse myself as much as I should have and didn’t pay as much attention to the documents as I should have. The game provides you with EVERY SINGLE clue you need to be able to understand the ending. If you just listen…

I’m coming back to this video because I unexpectedly lost my dad 8 days after my 30th birthday back in September. After the dust settled from the shock of his death, I subsequently and quickly fell into a deep depression. Like, scary depression. My depression had been in full remission since 2016, but it came back like a bullet train last fall. It got so bad, I had to take a months long leave of absence from work. Like it had done so many times before, though, Animal Crossing found me. It filled my good and bad days alike with structure and something to look forward to. To put a long story short: it’s seeing me through to the other side of a type of five-alarm fire that I never thought I’d have to go through again. This game is an absolute masterpiece & it has helped in potentially saving my life once again. I don’t know where I’d be without it. I even bought my mom a copy of New Horizons because I knew she would love it for some of the same reasons. Short story short: she’s online playing more than I am. 🙂

I also named them Bird the Bard!

Hi, I don’t know if you still look at the comments of this video, but I just wanted to say: I feel you. For me, depression has always been in my life, and putting that feeling into words has always been a struggle. When talking to people around me, there was this distinct difference between my friends. Those who didn’t understand it when I tried to explain, and those who have also gone through depression, who almost directly stoped me and connected with “I feel you”. And that was enough. I saw in their eyes, I felt in their energy; they went through this indescribable feeling. It is completely different from one person to the next, but there is this shared, unexplainable feeling, that made my connection to these people around me so much deeper, and for the first time in years, I felt understood. That’s why I say this to you. I feel you. Not as a generic, well meant, but ultimately not understanding, phrase of comfort. No. Because I -feels- you.

new leaf got me trough a realy hard time cause i was able to just dive into another world where my only problem was to pay a racoon

thanks for making this. I'm about 20 hours in and the game has yet to click for me, for opposite reasons. I am so annoyed by the constant one hit kills. I wish I didn't feel the need to look up a guide to go find some hearts so I feel like I can play this game for more than 10 minutes without dying. boutta look up that guide because I don't feel like I can enjoy the game like this.

My absolute favourite part of Audrey's characterization is what you see her do in the game's epilogue... which is to say, absolutely nothing. She's the ONLY person you meet in the entire game (barring the dead Overseers) who doesn't appear singing as the world is saved, or in the epilogue, and barely anyone acknowledges her. While Audrey's fate is deliberately left completely ambiguous, I think it's implied that Audrey made the conscious choice to die the Hero rather than live as a nobody again.

Only just finally played the game for the first time the other day, and knew today I needed to take time to look into some videos really delving into it, haha

Played fire watch last week because it was on game pass and the cover looked nice and was way deeper and dragged me in so damn hard and I feel lost so I kinda wished their was a sequal

I've never been this moved by a game. RD2 was pretty sad as i got really attached to Arthur Morgan but Firewatch was on another level. Couldn't agree with this analysis more - we connect with Henry because, in so many clever ways, his character's motivations etc is designed to mirror the player.

It's not missing the point. It's just a different take. It tried something new. And it's my favorite one.

I wasn't disappointed I enjoy more artistic games, and I was expecting a walking simulator, and it was more interactive than I expected. I was expecting mostly just walking, not climbing, or all the tasks, but it wasn't annoying even when I got lost over and over because I got lost a lot and I'm so oblivious that I couldn't see the last board and went off to find it and it may have taken maybe 15 or 20 minutes I'm not even sure but it was more enjoyable than a lot games I have played in a while.

firewatch is a really good game to play after you experience heartbreak. it helps you to escape it for a while, and the message behind it works really well too

I've always wondered what became of Audrey after the end of the game.

I'm not sure if I am depressed or if it's something else (I haven't looked for a diagnosis), but the way you feel about Animal Crossing is kinda how I feel about watching sports and and following sports content. Watching athletes do their thing every day and watching guys on youtube like Brett Kollmann make insightful videos about players and strategy motivates me to not just work to improve myself physically, but also to tap into my creative side (something which I've never really explored before).

Go to the gym

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I actually started crying a bit at one part when you got really intense. I have played every Animal Crossing game, each as they came out (besides Amiibo Festival, it does not count, lol) and they all have helped me deal with my mental health and other health issues. They have brought me such joy. I suffer from severe depression and anxiety/panic disorders along with many other chronic illnesses. AC is my favorite game series ever...❤‍🩹

In Germany, Therapy is free. It can ge hard to get an appointment, which is terrible if you are already not feeling good, but once you get a spot, it's free.

Wonderful commentary and great analysis

Man, this game sucked.

I am crying so hard right now because I feel like it was fate for me to see this video. I too, used Animal Crossing during one of the worst periods of depression I’ve ever experienced, and I still think back to just how deep of a hole I was in. Animal Crossing New Leaf was the only thing that kept me looking forward to waking up at the time. My grades were slipping, I stopped seeing my friends and actively rejected invitations, I didn’t even recognize the person I had become. Like you said, video games are not a replacement for therapy or working on yourself. But having that little spark of hope that even if I accomplished literally nothing that day, I could still accomplish something in my virtual town in a game that I loved, kept me from suicide. I eventually got back on my feet, started taking initiative in my friendships, and cared about school again, I was able to get to a point in my life where maybe I wasn’t insanely happy, but I was grateful to be alive. It sounds so stupid to say to others, but I 100% completely understand. And as I am currently fighting through another low point with my depression, this video really resonated with something deep inside of me. Thank you so much for making this video, I will never forget it.

This video is so special to me. I watched it for the first time two years ago, but yesterday I came back to it because I was talking to my partner about how precious ACNL is to me and I had to show them this. When I was about seven years old I first came in contact with Animal Crossing through ACWW. I kept playing it until I was finally able to get ACNL after some time it got out during my teenage years. So ACNL literally saw me grow up and become an adult, it accompanied me thought thick and thin and kept me company when I had no friends. It trusted me with little tasks to carry out when I felt helpless and unable to sort my real life out. It taught me about responsibility-even if it was “only a game”, ACNL taught me about the importance of earning villagersʼ (or peopleʼs) trust by helping them with whatever they asked me to do. If a villager asked me to bring a present or a letter to another villager and I opened it instead, they got upset and that made me feel kinda bad. And, as a consequence of this, ACNL taught me another thing: the importance of kindness. If I said something unkind or rude to a villager, that could bring them to sadness, or rage. This meant that my actions had consequences, even in a game which at the end of the day had no influence on real life-but it had influence on me as a person, nonetheless. Thank you for making this video and using Animal Crossing as a gateway to talk about mental health. I hope youʼre doing good, dude.

Animal Crossing for the gamecube and Wild World for DS played a big part of my development in the years of 2002-2009. I was in a broken home. No dad, mom constantly partying, would maybe see her on the weekends but still hitting the bottles. Without understanding then. It was very damaging to me. I had no friends for being socially awkward (even as I type) and a embarrassing home. I had no other human being to grow and develop. Animal Crossing gave me chance to grow and understand how to interact. The character you play as don’t talk so that was a start of a common ground. It was amazing, I could start understanding how another character feels and why they act. Being on my own as it pretty much was for me. It taught me to take responsibility and fulfill the daily duties that needed to be done. I enjoy it cause I felt like I was part of a greater good. In short. Animal Crossing gave me what I needed the most when no adult was there for me at that time.

I suffer too, and want to try this game

I’m glad you’re describing medication as the way it is. Not stigmatizing it saying it’s all a scam because it does work for a lot of other people but not promoting it as an end all be all cure either. I hate how a lot of people are led to believe that antidepressants along with therapy are gonna fix all of your problems but the moment they find out it doesn’t work for them they start bashing them. It legit sounds like they’re mad because now they have to put in the work to get out of their misery which is understandable to an extent but at the same time it’s not like cough medicine where you can just take it and you’re all better, mental illness is far more complicated than that. I along with other people need to take antidepressants so i can actually have the energy to do whatever I can to finally get out of these depressive cycles I’ve been stuck in since summer of 2019 or at the very least manage it instead of wallowing in bed like I usually did before I took them, I don’t need it to be giggling like a little girl all the time cause the whole world is filled with cupcakes and rainbows like some people think mental help is all about.

Thank you Abdullah for your story and video.

Funny title. Because that's exactly what wrong with this game. For me. And for you its not. Gg

Hope to see you again

I get it. I have anxiety and find all of these things relatable.

This is a brilliant commentary, well done! You mention in your video about the games that will stay in your memory because they had something to say. Well, your video will stay in my memory because it’s one of the rare KZbin videos that had something to say. Thank you

I get your struggle man. For me, Thomas the Tank Engine helped me out of a tough part of my life. I'm glad you found a way to leave that part of your life man. Stay safe 👍

Dude you completely missed the part where Delilah was working with Ned the whole time.

even if nintendo isn't updating new horizons, i won't ever stop playing it. the game never fails at putting me in a better and more relaxed mood

I feel identical to you, I’m going to buy animal crossing on Nintendo switch just relieve some stress, not play endlessly just to relax for a bit everyday. Thank you for this video. You really helped my day

I feel like I wanna stay in the sad/empty whatever shell of mine, even though the main cause died and I really mean it (he) died, but now staying with emptiness feels a lot better, I dont feel like seeing myself being happy all the times, I even pressure myself like: feel empty now! or be sad, think about sad things.. its weird, I know I maybe should get some prof. help, Im back to school now and hope to get some help through that, like routines and so on :) beginning to realize that pressure doesn't help is something I had to learn, chill and start very very slow with improvement, I said to myself, that the first semester will be a semester for myself, I can study or listen to the teacher if I want to or not, its my decision and only I can change that decision it still feels a little bit uncomfortable not to study because im in school or not to listen to the teacher, ´cause Im originally a perfections especially when it comes to grades and so on :) but now I wanna be a lazy potato :3

ac ww, ac lgttc made my life, ac new leaf was nice but not like the others, new horizons is making me feel totally empty and that sucks :/ wanna play it with joy but not yet :,)

Jak 2's guns are actually based on the powerups from the last game Blue one makes you fast blue gun shoots fast Red one makes you hit harder at close combat red gun shoots close Yellow one gives a ranged attack yellow gun shoots at a range.

Jak 1 was arguably the last truly interesting and great new ip collectathon people kinda just grew outta them for a while until nostalgia hit and 15 years later yooka laylee and a hat and time were made.