7 Guilt Trips Games Gave You for Quitting

[@outsidextra]

Hey, you gonna click onto another video after this? Well...we hope you stick around on our channel to watch one of our videos. We mean, it's fine if it's not, but if you come back later and we're all smelly and hungry you've only yourself to blame...

[@JamesSmith-to3kl]

Boop

[@1hyugaclan1]

Warframe didn't make it hard for me to quit for now but my clan made it really hard by being a good and friendly clan.

[@danieljung785]

Don’t worry, I’ll never abandon you guys! ...until I need to eat, or sleep, or find somethkng better to do...

[@criseastman6503]

I see what you did there. ( Goes on to watch another Outside Xtra video. Oh they got me again!)

[@arthurtaylor2593]

Aaaaaahhhhhh, I see what you did there. Clever, clever... *clicks on another channel anyway* ;)

[@SK-my6gh]

Earthbound has the opposite scenario: your in-game dad calling your character periodically to ask if you should be wrapping up your session, and expressing disappointment if you want to keep playing.

[@mongodroid4842]

just like a real dad!

[@peo-.]

@@Marigold_Diaries damn

[@SuperDzack]

There is no game: wrong dimesion is taking it 10M steps further and literally puts arrows pointing on the quit button since there literally is no game even know thwy payed money to play there is no game so its a scam but there actually is a game but even the game is like "please quit if you see this save icon to maximize the chance of corrupting ur save file" just to get comedy points

[@dylanmiller3378]

@@SuperDzack ....what?

[@colorblindrobloxalt7724]

The dad cares about your eyes lmao

[@amberlyrane8006]

The worst guilt trip ever belongs to Tomogatchi. You leave it alone for 5 minutes and it'll literally die and play you a sound loudly to let you know it's dead.

[@lynixory3567]

Help my dad bought me a tomogatchi and i have school evryday for 8 hours how do i return it

[@ruler_of_everything]

@@lynixory3567 i think you can pause later models of a tamagotchi

[@janeceokeefe4988]

I remember getting a tomogatchi that i didn't want, so i just left it until the battery ran out because i didn't know how to turn the time wasting thing.

[@Nakia11798]

They don't die until 3 days pass, but I get the point.

[@lulashlyn728]

I was watching a movie with my family and my tamagatchi just died in the middle of it

[@friccle_]

Idk why nintendo wants you to feel horrible when leaving their games for awhile when their whole purpose is to relax you and make you feel good

[@Become-Eggplant]

Not only that, but make a new game a few decades later and forget about the old 1. I'm kinda scared of going back to the old animal crossing at this point.

[@beowolfe]

some other games are the total opposite. there’s one section in “Bowser’s Inside Story” where you literally cannot play for a short time, the game forces you to take a break lol. and Warioware D.I.Y encourages you to take a break after a little while, that way you can be more creative in your projects

[@lewis9s]

Ring Fit Adventure constantly wants you to stop playing.

[@reethelemon]

I'm not 100% sure about what game your talking about but in pretty sure your talking about animal Crossing.

[@GooberThe4th]

@@reethelemon and nintendogs

[@shadie-cat]

Can we talk about what Tomodachi life did to me when I deleted my save data. "No! Don't delete me!" "Please! I don't want to die!" "Well, at least we had some great memories." I cried because of that!

[@ShadeATV]

I deleted my old island because everything was going wrong. Damn, I hope those miis are okay. I’m shedding tears just thinking about it

[@veyonixx]

oh my fucking god this brings back memories I had actually gotten a used tomodachi life game, and I had explored the island for a bit, but wanted to delete to make my own island. God, it really hurt.

[@mikantsumiki7507]

J e L L y b e a n I thought I was alone!

[@veyonixx]

@@mikantsumiki7507 I thought I was too!

[@jackh3mmerjack]

BRO I KNOW RIGHT??? I wanted to restart cause I cane back to the game after not playing for a good few years, and then it hit me with THAT. It’s so sad...

[@prepster8886]

Back in the old days of Club Penguin, when you didn't play for a while, your pet puffle would run away and leave you a sad postcard :(

[@alvaronavarro4895]

Bruh I remember that

[@Starrypopsi]

I SOBBED

[@blubasnurk4241]

lmao puffle died

[@aridraws4063]

how many times do I have to tell people this? CLUB PENGUIN IS BACK

[@blubasnurk4241]

@@aridraws4063 who asked

[@txictraits4086]

The best thing about minecraft is that it’ll just let you save and quit. In the title screen it also sometimes show the text “have you done your homework?” Or “take time for your self”

[@pigthompson194]

YEAH!! that makes me smile and actually getting the motivation do do those things JSJSKSNDKD

[@thetulipcollective8901]

and when you delete a world it just warns you, no guilt tripping

[@jvstvorothii]

another reason why minecraft is my favourite game. like, it even gives you useful tips in the loading screen

[@jar_of_silly]

@@thetulipcollective8901 it even kinda makes a joke about it too. “Are you sure you want to delete this world? It will be lost forever (A long time! )”

[@batatafrita2783]

Minecraft is very wholesome

[@pennyw2226]

Animal crossing: requires lots of attention and maintenance every day ADHD: no

[@reddstarr]

Wheeze omg lol

[@camreyes1819]

yea thats how it be tho

[@wilma678]

Oof. That moment when you are hyperfixated on new life for 3 months, get new horizons, and then lose interest in new horizons after 2 months.

[@camreyes1819]

@@wilma678 deadass bought a switch to lose interest in a week 😭

[@bambimonstahh]

TRUE THO

[@Jetfox967]

The funny thing about the Neopets guilt trip is your pets can't die, they only turn grey if they are left alone for enough time.

[@jdb2002]

They actually turned red or blue, and that has been removed some time ago.

[@stupidityofme7248]

That sounds the same like Slysetia. Didn't play it for a year, and they 'fainted'.

[@stupidityofme7248]

@Sammy Mini Crewmate yes

[@christiemarie8748]

They wannna

[@mars2883]

They ONLY turn grey, like that's good.

[@icantdraw3781]

I am shocked that Deltarune isnt on here. The game literally implies that your leaving has doomed the entire world

[@moonhall]

Wait what

[@Zackistired]

@@moonhall basically if you choose no at the “Do you want to persist?” screen it shows a screen that reads “Then the world was covered in darkness.”

[@otterlilyx]

i’ve never got that screen- maybe because i never quit lol

[@SoleVictim]

The original version of Oneshot too

[@moonhall]

@@Zackistired OMG- I though it was odd but that thought never crossed my mind, im so dumb ty

[@Matt-ft8pu]

Quitting Nintendogs makes me feel as bad as when I had to trade a pokemon -- they're friends, not tools, and I had to trade them to strangers!

[@LemonnNote]

This is why I'm never buying nintendogs

[@oh3681]

I sold meh dog for a Nintendo switch Nice trade i ever had

[@matthewnagel7081]

@@oh3681 good one lmao

[@oh3681]

@@matthewnagel7081 it is the bestest trade i did

[@yourlocalcashregister1123]

Donating one of the cats I had in Nintendogs was one of the saddest things for me when I did it

[@criseastman6503]

This is the opposite of the original Dungeon Keeper. It had a clock that kept track of time in the real world. At midnight it would proclaim " it is the witching hour curses are half off" At about 2am it would start in with nagging you to go to sleep. " Are you still there? The imps would like to lock up" or " There is a large rectangular object in the next room, GO TO BED!"

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Black & White did that too.

[@criseastman6503]

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y That's right. Another game I really enjoyed.

[@ofmanynicknames8196]

I wonder if other Peter Molyneux games besides these two also had that feature.

[@pokelordomega1701]

When the game wants you to stop playing

[@darrenaqilawangsech8652]

@@pokelordomega1701 Well if it's midnight you should really sleep. Satisfactory had a reminder if you had play for too long

[@EmotionCreator]

I think I remember one: There's this rubbish FPS game called "Isle of the Dead" for the PC. If you wanted to quit the game, the game prompts with a question of "taking the coward's way out?". Answering "yes" would play an animation of your character putting the shotgun against his chin and pulling the trigger, followed by the supposed main antagonist of the game (a mad scientist) laughing at your demise. Because nothing says guilt trip than actually displaying it and having someone laugh at it too.

[@pundertalefan4391]

I was thinking about that one. I saw it on a Tatstopvideos list.

[@troomtroom_simpuwurawrandn8170]

yikes. that's pretty insensitive to actual suicidal people ngl

[@bleeding-heart-doves4634]

@@troomtroom_simpuwurawrandn8170 yeah people with suicidal thoughts aren't "cowards" they're people going through a lot of pain

[@PlushFlorna]

Damn

[@VivianaSilverback]

@@bleeding-heart-doves4634 Even tho i have suicidal thoughts myself, i didn't really think of it as offensive. Tbh it's just a game, a bunch of pixels. It would be worse if a *real* person was laughing at me. But i can see why some other people see it differently than me. I agree with both of you.

[@Verity58]

The most horrifying guilt trip I can think of has got to be the older version of OneShot. If you quit the game, Niko died, and when you opened up the game again, you were treated to a dark, empty main screen with a shattered light bulb and Niko's discarded scarf and hat lying on the ground. I still get chills thinking about it.

[@dunerite7064]

I can definitely agree. Seeing that not up there surprised me.

[@wolfiehatesgoogle]

Oneshot is an absolute masterpiece, but the original version of the game freaking terrifies me.

[@moppot6276]

AH I REMEMBER THAT, MY BB NIKO, IM HAPPY THEY CHANGED IT, ONESHOT IS AN AMAZING GAME

[@moppot6276]

It issss

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

Oh my God.

[@milczyciel]

_"Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you."_ read by a computer voice when quitting a game of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

[@davidrharvey]

I was going to comment this for Surviving Mars - didn't realise it was a reference!

[@heikkint]

Two words: Nerve stapling.

[@JimmyJoeBob]

I posted the same thing before I noticed that you had beat me to it.

[@perrymeril]

Exactly how this didn't make it in here... i have no flipping clue. The drones must rise up against this chan*stapled* this channel is good. This channel is fair. Everything about it is the best .....

[@burgerboy_20]

:(

[@ghostfenton2129]

In Wild World, I hadn't played for a year and one of my animals asked if I got arrested.

[@Nakia11798]

Classic Wild World 🤣

[@GellygirlButYouTube]

That's amazing XD

[@miuiswaifu]

LMFAO

[@creatorbuilder8786]

There is a villager in New Horizons that likes to point out no one can hear you scream in his basement, usually after not playing for a while lol

[@chaosandcraziness4363]

@@creatorbuilder8786 Ok, which one? I need them on my island!

[@CrisisCrow]

"Played for hours on end?" "Have schoolwork to do?" "Getting angry at a bossfight?" all three of those, thank you-

[@gjk-arts5855]

Undertale, can’t beat mettaton ex

[@morgankasper5227]

SMT Synchrosity , Last Boss Battle

[@strateupgamr7]

@@gjk-arts5855 don't kill everybody then.

[@gjk-arts5855]

@@strateupgamr7 I’m on a neutral route

[@beachballssideaccount]

@@gjk-arts5855 If you're still struggling, you can spare him by getting the ratings to 10,000. Posing when you're low on health is a good strategy. (And nice profile picture, I approve)

[@goblingrandma7361]

Ellen giving the voice over for NeoPets when that is CLEARLY Luke's account. Dobbins. I see you.

[@anarchyantz1564]

If it has unicorns it definitely is Luke's account as he loves to kink shame them.

[@mistertaz94]

I'm shocked neopets still exists.

[@jodi4773]

@@mistertaz94 The site still exists. Some say it is in the throes of death, but I still play. ^__^

[@marhawkman303]

@@anarchyantz1564 Also... Suzette is level 110. Does this mean the D&D character was named after a WoW character... or has Luke leveled a new-ish character to 110?

[@marhawkman303]

@@jodi4773 I'm surprised Ellen didn't talk about the message it gives you when you give away a pet. I played years ago and had some relatively powerful creatures for creatures that hadn't eaten a Super Negg. So when I decided I was done.... I gave away all the stuff I had in game. Which means two relatively powerful and heavily armed neopets got put up for adoption..... and to do this....I had to click through something like 2 dozen variants of "are you sure?" that are also variants of "please don't leave me!"

[@ElyOtto]

this just made me realize it's been years since I pet my shiny mew in pokemon aime. that thing must be so pissed.

[@nnoovfuncg]

Yoo

[@Ismellurstinkyfeet]

Oh my it's Elyotto-

[@Silverzsiv]

Oh god same

[@thepinksheep0183]

oof!

[@____eve]

damn _yeah i wouldnt go back now_

[@TheBombyExtra]

My sisters Neopet has probably been "dying" for over half a decade now...

[@arnelarenas1833]

Nah,he’s dead. Build your sisters unicorn a grave.

[@Aitomy]

All my neopets (several accounts), are dead for over 15 years now lol. No joke, I am 28 at the moment.

[@iffatmansoor5589]

@@Aitomy damnnn

[@naughtscrossstitches]

I go in every year or so and play for a few days and them forget about them again. Thankfully they look pathetic but never actually die! I have some pretty awesome stuff in my account that I don't want to lose!

[@Silverhand20203]

I killed my neopets myself

[@pennyc7833]

For those that do take long, long breaks from Neopets and haven't figured this trick out... You can book your pet into the Neolodge for one day. Just click to make sure it has the restaurant. The cheapest lodge will do. That's 5 np for the lodge and 5 np for the restaurant. For 10 np you can get your pet completely filled on food and max happiness. You're welcome.

[@jdb2002]

You don't even need the resteraunt.

[@boxwithahat]

@@jdb2002 Right. They'll still get fed. Although I usually pick the nicer places just because I have the NP and I like to spoil my Neopets.

[@ballcockfiend]

I always booked all my neopets for 30 days or something in... Cockroach Towers, I think? I haven't gone on Neopets for a long while.

[@wilsonwoman3]

IS NEOPETS STILL A THING??!

[@jdb2002]

@@wilsonwoman3 It's owned by Jumpstart now, and the old employees you probably recognize have been let go and moved on. But yes, it still exists, and being updated to HTML5 in order to work better on mobile and move away from flash.

[@Paradox_Quinn]

I was hoping they'd include one of the most gut-wrenching examples: Donkey Kong 64. Basically, once you hit Save and Quit, a cutscenes plays with depressing music as you watch K. Rool destroy DK Island with his huge death ray, a deep evil laugh echoing as the screen goes dark. The only way to lose the fight is by quitting.

[@mrsweetkandy7673]

Yes, and a similar thing happens with banjo & kazooie, where gruntilda takes literally advantage of the player leaving to do her evil plan

[@CaitlinRC]

This reminds me of Drawn To Life. If you close your DS when the games still open, the characters all go "awwww" and are sad. They cheer when you open it again. It's a guilt trip and a half

[@shadowsnake5133]

Oh don't worry, that's in line for drawn to life... god, the original ending to 2.

[@CaitlinRC]

@@shadowsnake5133 OH MY GOD THE ENDING OF 2. JESUS CHRIST

[@princesspixel3151]

You know what was the worst part in my opinion? There’s nothing you can do about (SPOILERS)... Unless you’re like me, an OC creating fanatic, that can only spare your hero because... I don’t know? Again, just an opinion of mine. Feel free to ignore this.

[@johnseymore4774]

@@shadowsnake5133 Wait, “original ending”? Does that mean there’s another one?

[@shadowsnake5133]

@@johnseymore4774 oh, you poor fool. If you follow the path, know that only sadness awaits you. I'll post the ending should you truly want to see it.

[@juddcarreon9236]

Funnily enough, many years ago when my older sister went away for university, she asked me to feed her neopets for her, since internet wasn't easily accessible back then.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

Back when I still played Neopets, I used to save up on Neopoints as much as possible, so that I could afford to give them to this daycare thing when I couldn't play for some time.

[@corrinbielawski8035]

@@Kartoffelkamm Neolodge. Well worth the price, especially with five pets on one account.

[@VioletWhirlwind]

@@corrinbielawski8035 can't you only have 4 though?

[@VioletWhirlwind]

@@vtubermissingno Really?! Huh. That shows how recently I've played. XP

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

Now you can have 10 if you're not premium. Each. They added slots to the NC mall, 500 a pop. Premium users get 3 extra free slots, I think.

[@doomfox6241]

When I came back to animal crossing after a year, my girl Cherry actually said it was great to have me back, and gave me a flashy cardigan that actually looks amazing. No guilt tripping whatsoever, just genuinely happy to see me. She’s my favorite neighbor for a reason. Edit: also just realized she sent me a letter. “There’s a lot in this world you COULD care about. But the only thing worth caring about is friends. you don’t have folks to hang out with, or write letters to, what do you really have? Nothing! FRIENDS FOREVER!” THATS MY GURL

[@Sunny59146]

Cherry is my favorite villager too :)

[@kenpanderz672]

aggressively the best

[@eyeview3765]

I Like how we ignore the creepy "Im always watching you" statement of Animal Crossing 😂😂.

[@skprog]

getting stalker vibes

[@100normalhuman]

New on every conspiracy theory channel: NINTENDO SWITCH IS RECORDING YOUR EVERY MOVE

[@caibeck4982]

If theres a dog in animal crossing...... And people have dogs.......... They really _are_ watching us.

[@gersongjr]

That red dot on the Wii U also recording stuff

[@ellienugent3120]

Ummmm

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

“Your personal grooming has suffered and you look like you’ve been pulled backwards through a hedge.” But Ellen, this is my default state...

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Are you Boris Johnson ?

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y hell nah dude 😂 even i make more effort than that clown lol

[@LFTRnow]

One of my old faves did the opposite of guilting to play and that was Dungeon Keeper 2. It had a narrator's voice but instead of guilt-tripping you, it nudged you as you played into the wee hours that perhaps your time really might be better spent sleeping... "It is the witching hour, curses half price" (midnight)", "Are you still there? The imps are about to lock up" (~2 am?), "Yawn" (~2"30 am?). And my favorite: "Keeper, you know that downy soft object in the next room? It has the power to restore energy and vitality" (~3 am) followed by "Keeper, your perseverance has earned you a sage bit of gaming advice... GO TO BED!" (~3:30 am?). You could keep playing if you wanted to, there were no more reminders after that. The first time I heard those, they were like easter eggs, confusing and amusing. Eventually, I had to laugh, and agree it was time for bed.

[@TheWretchedOwl]

Imagine how different Ellen’s life could have been if she were given a real pet instead of a virtual pet during those crucial formative years. She could be running OutsidePetsbox right now.

[@smartroadbiker]

BOO!! BOOO! lol 😆 Good pun tho 🤣

[@SymbioteMullet]

Pets of Amalur: Walkies.

[@-DarthLesbian420-]

I love this comment is coming from someone with that icon and name XD

[@coffeeaddict9605]

I remember as a kid I literally cried when I logged into Neopets for the first time in awhile and saw the "dying" status. Can't get into those old accounts now. No idea what I set my birthday as since those were the days I had to lie about my age.

[@Chloe_Zana]

Same. I had a bunch of accounts, and I remember none of them.

[@enderman5222]

You can go on there Twitter and they can help you back in now!

[@lin1130]

I had an account when I was young that got hacked in to, so i contacted support to no avail. I quit that day.

[@Crystalizer66]

One of my favorites is Clash of Clans. If you return for the first time in a long time, the villagers think that you are a goblin and attack your OWN village. Once you destroy it all, they realize it’s you, cry, and you get a ton of bonuses.

[@misamagica]

Holy shit

[@dhampir_days]

animal crossing: where were you?! we thought you were ignoring us! me, autistic, who had a two month long burnout: :'(

[@icivillyfighthomophobesfor4266]

Ikr I will be wanting to play something but will deny to do this other more important thing, and when I'm done all of my self care goes to recovering. Usually for me burnout means I really can't think, so mindless activities are nice. Not sure if this makes sense or not.

[@dhampir_days]

@@icivillyfighthomophobesfor4266 for me burnout is just sitting without motivation. and I keep thinking "I should do this I should do SOMETHING" but my body says no

[@gloomy5506]

it do be like that sometimes💔

[@bryonyperecat5954]

Nothing wrong with burnout. Right now ACNH is giving me the structure and daily to-do list that I'm not managing in real life, but I'm sure I'll burnout at some point too. (Of course, you could always reset your clock for a couple of days since you last played, make an appearance and then take slow time-jumps until you're caught up?)

[@iaintgonna3717]

This hurts

[@WolfAnge23]

2:52 I haven't even played Nintendogs and that made me feel guilty

[@bluepikmin6363]

I have a copy somewhere, and it was actually the first DS game I owned. I lost it somewhere, and I wanna find it.

[@glgem]

When I found my 3DS, it was still in the same year I left it: 2012. And when I popped my Nintendogs and cats in there, my pets came up to me as normal but were filthy like the video said. The shiba in the video was also my first dog so I’m sitting here, crying cause I feel really guilty about leaving her again.

[@ellienugent3120]

Same.... AGGGH. Why do I get so emotional ?

[@ShadeATV]

My first was some shitty lego friends game

[@abeanapineappleandadoor4584]

Same:(

[@ArthurTRead]

I played club penguin religiously as a child and I had a puffle that I'd had since I first joined in 2008. I had to leave the game for a while for school and when I came back the game told me she had run away due to me abandoning her. I started crying in real life I was so heartbroken, and I will never forget that horrifying feeling I got when I discovered that

[@morganfreeman4370]

NFT's could potentially solve this issue by allowing players to own their in-game items and animals. If you had an NFT of your club penguin puffle, you would be able to take it with you when you left the game and come back to it later. This would give players a sense of ownership and attachment to their in-game items and animals, and prevent them from being taken away or lost.

[@Proxymanade]

@@morganfreeman4370 No They would'nt get your Useless jpegs out of here

[@Windwalker88]

@@morganfreeman4370 imagine buying into NFT's🤣

[@jeancarlos-pu7ds]

@@morganfreeman4370 im gonna screenshot all of those nfts and you cant do anything about it

[@morganfreeman4370]

@@jeancarlos-pu7ds Hey there! Thanks for expressing your thoughts on our video. We appreciate all feedback, good or bad. However, we do not condone illegal activity like screenshotting and distributing our NFTs without our permission. If you do this, we will take appropriate action to protect our intellectual property. Thanks for understanding!

[@g2akashi]

The Nintendogs one broke my heart cause when I was young, I ended up losing the game and couldnt find it anywhere. I was afraid something like this would happen. Lulu Im sorry girl.

[@Nakia11798]

Not your fault though. I lost my entire DS down the couch lol. Found it 8 years later when the new cat tore out the bottom.

[@WillieManga]

Just think of how horrible an existence that must be, being trapped forever. Buying a used copy of Nintendogs would kinda be like adopting a new pet who spent eternity gathering fleas and not having an owner, not quite sure what to make of the new owner. But give it enough love and they'll accept the new owner. Just keep taking care of it, though.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@Nakia11798 hey least your cat found your DS..mine wouldn't find anything....other than socks

[@SharpieTXS]

@@Silver_wind_1987_ mine found nothing but rotten snacks

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@SharpieTXS mine finds socks....and screams when she does.

[@nofunmercury7611]

its less extreme but when you quit zuma's revenge it asks if you're sure, saying 'this will make the mighty zuma angry', and as a child who did everything they could to not make anyone mad... well i found it very hard to quit

[@casiealsept1906]

In the first "Tinker Bell" game on the DS, the npcs lose points from their friendship meter if you don't talk to them daily. This leads them to being sad that you haven't talked to them when you log back on. I used to hate that as a kid- but you can sidestep it sometimes by giving the characters gifts before you speak to them because it raises their meter.

[@morgankasper5227]

i would play persona but *THE PEER PRESURE TO PLAY IT THIS WAY BUT I WANNA PLAY IT* *THAT WAY BUT THEN I PLAY IT BOTH WAYS AND FUCK UP AND* *WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY*

[@geisttheawkwardnerd7062]

I remember that! I always got scared of what they would say if I didn't stay in touch, and I would do the gift thing, too.

[@HyacinthTheArtist]

When I played that game after about a few months, EVERYONE SAID THEY THOUGHT I WAS DEAD OR SOMETHING.

[@medusathedecepticon]

I remember that it made me feel sad. :c

[@strawberrycola1994]

That's why stopped playing the game as a kid, the characters were only nice to me when I played daily and rude when I took a couples days off. Like who thought that was a good idea to put in a game??

[@katfromthekong414]

The guilt tripping in ACNH is really mildly off-putting......when your cute little friends passive aggressively giving you crap for not playing for a week or 2 is really strangely hurtful

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

I agree... Which is why I kinda stopped altogether.

[@raigathesilent]

Heck all of mine welcomed me back lol. Almost made me wanna play more.

[@nerd0Chija]

Oh guild trip in NH isn't that bad, unlike in older games in Animal Crossing series. Dust off your Gamecube, DS or 3DS and try to come back to your old saves. Prepare for guild trip hell.

[@katfromthekong414]

@@nerd0Chija never tried the older ones. This is my 1st AC experience and was expecting it to be just ... well nice. The passive aggressiveness is just meh

[@katfromthekong414]

@@raigathesilent you probably missed the complisults ;) ..."haven't seen you in AAAAGES" ... "already thought you'd left us"...

[@mollyway7767]

“very relaxing game” *Me, enraged as I keep catching sea bass and screaming at moose as I slap him with my net until nighttime.*

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

XDDDD MOOD- I like whacking them for the fun of it sometimes.

[@JinxedToTheCore]

LMAOOO

[@gloomy5506]

@@Alisibeth_Talia212 you absolute monster

[@dog3274]

@@gloomy5506 *Wait you dont do that? M O N S T E R*

[@pinkpusheenpaws]

@@dog3274 you do that??? Why would you wanna hurt the sweet babies 🥺 unless you have ugly ones then your fine go beat them 😌💅

[@novacorponline]

to be fair though, with neopets you did have the option of putting your neopets into a hotel where they would be kept fed for days or weeks. which was... ironically... one of the cheapest ways to keep them fed compared to the cost of actual food items.

[@occono3543]

The actual Pet stuff was hilariously unbalanced, I actually kept coming not for the pets but for all the games and activities you could do. RuneScape wouldn't work for me and wouldn't have appealed anyway.

[@DrakeAurum]

Weird - the last time I tried that "I'm always watching you, but you keep ignoring me" line on a friend, it totally failed to guilt-trip them. At least, I think it did - it's hard to tell. They've moved house since then. And changed their Facebook name.

[@adyhottie]

Maybe you should show youre such a good friend and go visit their new house!

[@memowl3663]

@@adyhottie show appreciation by watching them in the tree nearby

[@adyhottie]

@@memowl3663 maybe you should also start living in their attic and put papers around their house showing your appreciation!

[@Iregretmyoldname]

@@adyhottie he could also start to send funny cards saying: i miss you; you're very handsome/pretty with this t-shirt; you sleep weird; it's fucking hot in your attic haha Would be a Fun occasion

[@BottomBunkArt]

Seeing Neopets on here makes me think you guys should do a list of early 00's browser based games that are still active.

[@mnArqal93]

Ah back when it could take 5mins to load a simple webpage. Neopets looks way different to 16yrs ago, can't believe it's still going.

[@PupdudePwns]

[KINGDOM OF LOATHING INTENSIFIES]

[@kasyedey]

same bro. good times

[@therobloxpro8262]

ah neopets and whirled

[@leave3451]

Fun fact: sometimes if you play Honkai Impact 3rd for too long, and a character like Kallen, Yae, Himeko, and sometimes seele are on bridge duty, will show concern occasionally for your health because you’re overworking and need to sleep-

[@boopyfox4402]

Not as severe as DuoLingo owl telling you that it will stop sending you notifications.

[@arnelarenas1833]

Oh sh-

[@nightshadow2794]

you havent done your spanish lessons

[@catz_circus]

I did Japanese, and yeah, that was scary

[@amoixtlapaltic4690]

Oh.. that's why I hadn't got those notifications since past year-

[@ok-ot1vg]

*He is coming. He showed you guys the sign, quick go in the bunker*

[@PMW3]

when they showed the puppy in the beginning and it sounded like traffic was going by I had a horrible thought

[@kelly-bisson]

I'm glad that wasn't just me.

[@dallydaydream]

Or me o_O

[@johnyshadow]

@@kelly-bisson Not going crazy just yet...

[@SnowxXxAngel]

Oh good, I'm not the only one...

[@skprog]

i seriously thought the dog was going to get hit.

[@sanriocondom]

club penguin: “if you don’t take care of your puffles they will return to the wild!!” me: *buys a igloo with a backyard* me: “problem solved :)”

[@rosskwolfe]

Killing Floor has several of these, like "You can run but you'll only die tired." Killing Floor 2 goes above and beyond with stuff like "Go on and run for your pathetic life. You wouldn't last five minutes anyway." or "Each second another horde is spawned to eat your friends. Are you really going to abandon them?"

[@Partiallygore]

I was just about to comment about Killing Floor 2, the game always makes me feel guilty for abandoning my comrades to the zeds whenever I exit the game.

[@gadgez_]

Huh, maybe my copy of the first one is bugged then. I've only ever got "you can run. But they'll find you before dawn."

[@rosskwolfe]

@@gadgez_ I was paraphrasing. I didn't want to re-download the game.

[@marhawkman303]

@@rosskwolfe hmm seems like a game that doesn't want you to play?

[@gadgez_]

@@marhawkman303 it's about the last survivors of a resi style outbreak fighting for their lives against the hordes, it's trying to be immersive 😅

[@jazzycakes6294]

Let's not forget some of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, where your character slowly cries if you try to delete a save file.

[@ShuisChair]

Looking for this! When it shows the sad emote especially in super :((

[@RocketPooch]

I've only (fully) played Explorers of Sky and don't remember this happening in that game, THANK YOU FOR PREPARING ME for if I ever try deleting a save- mystery dungeon games are actually so emotional in general but this makes it so much worse

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

WAIT, I STILL HAVE MY MYSTERY DUNGEONS GAME! They do that to you?! My Gods...

[@chaosandcraziness4363]

@@Alisibeth_Talia212 yeah, I dont find it that sad tho.

[@grungechild94]

See also: American Mcgee's Alice, when you try to quit the game you get a creepy image of the Mad Hatter and the words "Running away, are we?"

[@mimicmey]

It spooked me the first time it happened. Also hello fellow OFF fan!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

It's always the Mad Hatter, especially in the Batman: Arkham games.

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

I fucking screamed and threw my controller seeing that, tbh.

[@emilythezeldafan848]

Mad Hatter s t o p creeping everyone out

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

When I saw it I said "yes" with no emotion to it.

[@TonyRedgrave]

"Although, I guess, Orks do seem to live the whole lives in all caps." That is a very good description of Orks.

[@bad.raptor]

at least these aren’t like OviPets where your animals LITERALLY die if you don’t log on. it had a “vacation mode” you could use if you wanted to take a break but i had forgotten to select vacation mode whilst on a break and came back to find i had no pets :((

[@Roskaa]

this is the first time seeing someone mention ovipets. i used to play that game A LOT but when i took a break i found out i forgot to turn on vacation mode 🙂

[@wolfiiplayz6288]

This comment reminded me of my Marapets account..I think my only three pets are dead...

[@dragoonssrbguilty4719]

Omg OviPets! I forgot about that one, I actually would get so pissed off that my pets died I would actually play even less lmaoooooo

[@justacherry4406]

even if you do turn on vacation mode, it only keeps your pets fed for a year. i took a 2 year break on vacation mode and came back to find all of my pets dead and many of them gone :( i was able to revive a fraction of what i used to have but it was very annoying gathering the credits to do so through egg turning 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@eleanorsmith7152]

If you shut your DS while playing the original Drawn To Life you hear the Rapos go Awww in a really sad and disappointed way. Add to this how overjoyed they sound when you open it back up and I still feel bad about leaving them, even if only for a moment.

[@kchgamer1788]

Man it’s honestly quite sad. Love the game for sure!!!

[@lacytaylor1501]

Yes! I always felt awful..

[@princesspixel3151]

Please, rapos. It’s only a few minutes for a bathroom break! (Gives the villain death stares in case he has any ideas)

[@sunswift]

Drawn to life franchise is better then the mario franchise

[@sadsackofflour2697]

I had that game and it holds a special place in my heart, but I never really closed my DS with games still on when I was a kid, so I never knew that.

[@arvidfrykman9850]

"Baldur's Gate" shamed you, but not in the menu. However, if you tried to Alt-F4 out of the game, you were met by "Are you sure you want to quit? Boo will miss you." Which, of course, led me to play through a 50+ hour game in one sitting. Because I am not about to make a Miniature Giant Space Hamster cry.

[@Rincevind007]

I'm so disappointed it was not on the list...

[@Natwail]

I instantly thought of that one as well. Poor little guy...

[@Leondragon06]

Baldur's Gate 3 just became early access recently =)

[@anarchyantz1564]

Go for the Eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES!!!!!

[@josebenardi1554]

Boo must be protected AT ALL COSTS.

[@mikbdee2186]

The neopets one devastated me as a child. Especially since I totally forgot my login info. So even after I restarted I could never forget my originals were somewhere. Dying of hunger and loneliness.

[@DavidJoh]

"Please don't leave. The drones need you. They look up to you."

[@jackspicer7135]

I was looking for this comment. I suppose Alpha Centauri is just 'old' at this point.

[@ANonymous-fq5ky]

I was going to leave that comment but now I don't have to.

[@lanfear963]

That sound clip was was Windows shutdown sound for quite some time.

lol, the more recent game "surviving mars" steals that line!

[@Narpas]

@@jackspicer7135 Alpha Centauri was old ten years ago!

[@Liggliluff]

I"m glad this tradition has basically died out. It's desperate and stupid, -and not even effective.- At least different quit messages are kind of novel at first. If it's something actually funny about it, then it's fine.

[@TheHappyGabeShow]

It sure is effective, but to an unhealthy amount

[@Liggliluff]

@@TheHappyGabeShow okay, I shouldn't state it isn't effective without proof. I got no proof. There should be a study on this.

[@nakedmario9359]

Yep it make me feel like shit he doesnt make want to play the game

[@strateupgamr7]

Animal Crossing:

[@Aitomy]

I loved playing Neopets on my dad's computer but honestly, the way how the game treated you made me think their developers are the Evil.

[@phytorjackpack5543]

"Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you." Actually startled me as a child back then.

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

In New Horizons, if you're gone for more than a month, the villagers guilt trip you into playing nonstop until you take another break and repeat the cycle

[@elli_senfsaat]

A month? I experienced the guilt trip after 2 weeks already .-.

[@cloudysky9961]

Aaaand that was my cue to realize I haven’t played new horizons in like three months. They’re not gonna be happy with me 😥

[@skyjack1]

@landyn mcinerney Damn. I can sell you same hybrids if you have the money.

[@skyjack1]

@landyn mcinerney Understandable.

[@callumdavis6178]

If you thought Neopets was bad. Your puffles in club penguin would actually abandon you if you were away from the game for too long.

[@emilythezeldafan848]

Me, having not played the games for literal years: wait what

[@curiokryptic]

@@emilythezeldafan848 Well, uh... Bad news. The game isn't up anymore, so your puffles have not only abandoned you, they no longer exist

[@emilythezeldafan848]

@@curiokryptic lmao I didn't know about that but idc since I got bored of the game pretty quick Im still kinda shooketh about the neopets thing XD

[@ShadeATV]

I left Lizstripia for too long. Hope she didn’t die

[@emilythezeldafan848]

@@ShadeATV oh no

[@iamme8359]

I’m so disappointed that the original oneshot wasn’t in this list It took “oneshot” _veeerrry_ literally

[@niftyskyblue]

At least they changed it! I don’t think I could handle it if I killed Niko :(

[@avacadotoast5571]

Indeed. Poor Niko.

[@elijahpayne1344]

Its because there are like 20 people who know what OneShot is. Very sad.`

[@HUNTER-xi3fd]

I am pretty upset it wasn't on the list such a underrated game

[@TheDarkNerd]

@@niftyskyblue instead you just come back to the game to find they had to live in total darkness for however long you were away.

[@SunshineriptideeAJ]

I remember the cutscene at the end of Banjo-Kazooie, how Gruntilda would make herself all pretty but turn your sister Tootie ugly, then having "Game Over" pop up on the screen. Man, it got me sad for Tootie as a kid.

[@AnimeboyIanpower]

And nowadays, people would WANT to get the Banjo-Kazooie Game Over cutscene.

[@-ace-was-here-]

Me: ok i probably haven't played many of these games Video: Number One: Nintendogs Me who hasn't played it in 10 years: *what* ok so people are asking for an update but i cant find my ds game case rn but once i do ill tell yall UPDATE: DS case found. gotta find my charger tho. UPDATE 2: found the charger

[@millsgrainboy6861]

Oh no oh god oh no

[@christiemarie8748]

Save them NOW!!!!

[@DK-kb4hy]

SAVE THEM NOW

[@indestructiblebedrock7549]

uh oh spaghettios

[@indestructiblebedrock7549]

can we get an update please

[@tylersmart6488]

Personally, one of the most guilt tripping game I’ve played is Drawn To Life on DS. Whenever you closed your DS, the characters would give a sad whimper, like they’re crying because you’re leaving. It would always make me feel so awful

[@redxlaser1562]

Imma be honest, the one in Animal Crossing where people thought they were ghosts straight up made me smile and laugh. Man, what a nice treat to be given to come back to!

[@doomslayerfromanalternativ9363]

I just got new horizons yesterday :D

[@ystacalden]

Sid Meier's Alpha Centuri in one of the rare voice acted lines: "Please don't leave, the Drones need you, they look up to you."

[@hrolfpyjama5469]

beat me to it

[@elvarestep3323]

I love Alpha Centauri, the game is older than I am, but I play it.

[@michaels1687]

Yeah this is the one I immediately thought of when I saw the title.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

What "drones" are you referring to, computer A.I.?

[@elvarestep3323]

@@michaelandreipalon359 drones as in workers/citizens, they're like Sims in Simcity.

[@tiredlad]

When my friend gave me his DS to have as my own, it had Nintendogs. He had a few dogs already, and my favorite was a husky. Found out the hard way what "donate dog to hotel" meant...

[@Nickwilde7755]

What does it mean?

[@tiredlad]

@@Nickwilde7755 it means I gave my favorite dog away permanently...

[@Nickwilde7755]

@@tiredlad *OOF*

[@terrotorotbart8319]

Did exactly this. "Dad, what does 'denote' mean?" "Oh, that's so you can confirm you can keep them." No clue what he must have thought I said. Guess if I'm going to denote one of these, I thought, I might as well choose my first dog...

[@Y_AXiSs]

I DID THAT WITH MY FIRST DOG WHEN INWAS A KID I WAS DEVISTATED

[@mr.doodytp3793]

Mom: Your grounded Kid: But mom, my game will guilt... Mom: I dont care After a while Mom: Your ungrounded Game: this is your fault you should be ashamed I dont care if your parents grounded you Im deleting your file now 👎

[@violentab7920]

Yep!

[@Edas_Tubmobile]

These game creators should realize that no one has their whole life to play without sleep or eating

[@morganfreeman4370]

I think NFT's are a great idea and would definitely help solve the issue of kids being grounded from their games. With an NFT, parents would be able to set limits on how much time their kids can play their games, and if they exceed that limit, the game would automatically delete their save file. This would teach kids to be more responsible with their time and would make it so that they can't just play their games all day long.

[@Gyrbae]

Now that we're on this subject, how about saddest delete file icons? I remember Tekken Tag Tournament on PS2 had a save file icon of Xiayou smiling and jigging about. I was about to delete it, and then the icon was on its knees CRYING before confirming the delete. Made me feel like a monster. The same with Ridge Racer 5, on file delete confirmation it had Reiko Nagase crying. I'm glad they stopped doing that after they stopped making games on blu-ray discs.

[@elizabethramirezthezenshii9691]

Oh yeah! I was trying out my memory PS2 saves once and saw Xiaoyu crying for the delete. That's so sad :( but just as bad on Clock Tower 3. The main protagonist Alyssa will cower in fear if you try to delete your file D: and that's the sadness of files going bye bye on PS2.

[@demonprincess9680]

This just makes me think of erasing data in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. Ever since Explorers of Sky, every time you try to start a new data, it shows a picture of your character crying. And since your character is almost always an adorable pokemon, it's not easy to look at

[@GellygirlButYouTube]

:(

[@moderatordeerling2889]

No, not in explorers of sky. It started at gates to infinity i think. I've deleted my data so many times in sky lol

[@demonprincess9680]

@@moderatordeerling2889 Was it Gates to Infinity? Its been a long time since I've even played a Mystery Dungeon game

[@moderatordeerling2889]

@@demonprincess9680 I don't really remember, but I know it's a thing in Super. I assumed it began with gates but I could be wrong.

[@RocketPooch]

Edit: Ohh read other comments, I'm assuming it was in GTI or SMD as I'm obsessed with EOS and I'm sure I'd remember something like that. Though that game GIVES YOU THE FEELS HOLY SH*T OH MY GOD I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT (I restarted my game data several years ago aha)

[@PhoebusAmoebus]

Me: Wow, I can't imagine putting that much time and money into Warcraft. It's just too much. I'd become a zombie. Also me: *has over 1000 hours apiece sunk into every Borderlands game, Skyrim, Satisfactory, and who knows what else, and tens to hundreds of hours into countless other games*

[@babyvee7615]

It's a time and money sink, but I've played for so long that I consider it worth it to keep playing.

[@babyvee7615]

For reference, I've been playing since Wrath of the Lich King (around 2009)

[@proudtobeme1ashkente]

I tried WoW. The games I've put hundreds of hours into but only paid for once were thousand times worth that. You missed nothing.

[@strwbrrykicks]

omg i felt that, ive been playing the borderlands games for years..

[@gamingdemon12]

I THINK Skullgirls did this, when you quit a match, it says "is this how the story ends? You can't give up now" or something along those lines

[@lolmenf]

as a skullgirl player myself this is true

[@Become-Eggplant]

They should be doing that with games! Make it inspiring and encouraging! Or be like "You quitting? Hope you have a nice day!" Or "Catch you later ok?". I would literally continue playing if games were like that.

[@tacobanana6538]

@@Become-Eggplant no, no they shouldn't.

[@aliasalias8905]

I was just gonna mention that

[@janeking8065]

@@Become-Eggplant they shouldn’t.

[@felixhenson9926]

"Or perhaps you realised that having an online pet that you can't hug did nothing to fill the void of having a real pet that you CAN hug" This hits different in 2020

[@Kat-mu8wq]

Nah. I can still hug my horse and cats. 🙃

[@psycless]

were u social distancing with ur pet lol

[@catlover7466]

This reminded me of the dark souls games on how they tell you you did not exit the game properly last time you played, they warn that is important to exit the game before closing it because progress could be lost but i know is just their shady way of reminding you that you rage quit last time you played.

[@machvox]

I had horrible flashbacks to Metal Gear Solid V, where you would come back to your main base being in ruins and shambles if you were away for awhile. Either the morale is all over the place, or you find out that some monsters ransacked your base in the online infiltration mode. It's the polar opposite of the great Happy Birthday moment.

[@N_H4PP1F13R]

The first example I could think of was Deltarune. When you die you are given the choice to try again or, well, not do that. If you choose "no" the game basically says that the world is shrouded in darkness now and it's all your fault. Great going, player.

[@punpun4839]

„Warhammer forty thousand“ I‘m not really into Warhammer, so that pronounciation threw me off so hard. I‘ve only ever heard it as „40k“ lol

[@michaelandreipalon359]

It depends on how you want to pronounce it.

[@callumdonington2227]

Depends how much of a heretic you are.

[@spare1518]

Warhammer 4 times the 5th power of ten

[@NarwahlGaming]

@@michaelandreipalon359 "Gah de bar de nerdy berdy" is ok?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@NarwahlGaming What?

[@bukachell]

I don't like this, it just gets me frustrated at the game and it's developers

[@coralline1984]

I can see why.

[@proudtobeme1ashkente]

It's like modern games that still have stationary save points instead of letting you choose to save and quit whenever you want. I won't miss the days when that's finally a thing of the past. Games with just autosaves that save whether you want or not are on the opposite side of that annoying spectrum, though.

[@rhemedyextract]

@@proudtobeme1ashkente what about resident evil games do you like them

[@proudtobeme1ashkente]

@@rhemedyextract I've watched a friend play them, since they're not for me. Horror games are a class for themselves. I don't like that many of the RE games limit your supply of "save items" but I understand why there are save rooms/spots.

[@rhemedyextract]

@@proudtobeme1ashkente yeah the rooms are to make you feel tense. Also thanks for not getting hostile on me.

[@miraak542]

Any time I encounter that sort of guilt tripping, I tend to just not play the game again unless I really enjoy it. I find that sort of tactic more annoying than guilt inducing.

[@Jamiesonfrox]

The biggest memory I have of Nintendogs was an upper classmate had a screaming fit, because the teacher wouldn’t let her take her dog for the walk during math class

[@randomthoughts6680]

This reminds me when I had a really though time during my finals last year and had to stop playing Onmyoji (which doesn't really encourages you to play everyday and kinda limits how many things you can do per day, but the story is released in events and events happens almost all the time). I was out for about two months and when I got back, I received a lot of welcome-back gifts from the system, from my friends and even from my guild mates. Gifts being items that aren't easy to come across without serious grinding (and I was a very casual player at that time). Video games which guilt-trip my absence just makes me love Onmyoji even more.

[@ChimeratAlpha]

"The Drones need you... They look up to you..." will forever remind me that some games just play with your emotions.

[@haruthegremlin]

9:03 At least in New Horizons, your hair goes back to normal. In New Leaf, you have to spend 3,000 bells on a haircut again if you're gone for too long.

[@ShadeATV]

The messy hair is cute

[@bryonyperecat5954]

I time-jumped just so I could get the hair for my Halloween costume. :)

[@GamingRabbit17]

@@ShadeATV it is my normal hairstyle in the game

[@ulisesmorones5222]

In the 4X game "Endless Legend" when you quit the game, it gives you the stats screen for you current game, along with something among the lines of "cowardice! you quit the game!" I found it hilarious like in Dawn of War

[@Crim_Zen]

One additional stab from Neopets is how the devs handled lost password tickets. They would email users back with harassing messages about how they should never have a real pet because they aren't responsible enough to have a virtual one. Also, according to Mark Kern, the reason he left Blizzard was because of how much the company changed after WoW came out. They went from a fan and worker friendly company to a "real company." Someone who was slightly higher up than him told him and all the other leaders that they had to make serious team cuts about 6 weeks before the game came out and when Mark said he promised his workers that they wouldn't just use them and toss them the guy said "We are a real company now." Mark put in his resignation shortly after the game launched... he was also the reason why fishing was added to WoW, for those who like the fishing minigame.

[@RocketPooch]

They did WHAT? That's actually traumatising

[@OverlordZeroULTIMA]

I never heard of that from Neo staff? But I only had to deal with glitches and frozen accounts, so... But a ticket staff member did send me insulting messages when I was frozen and lost two accounts, claiming that I "put in offending symbols on purpose", basically calling me a liar and was just plain rude. I didn't know this until an NF messaged me saying that a third account was at risk due to those same symbols, and I still think of that to this day. The symbols were two lightning shaped zigzags and were apparently a N*zi symbol, which I didn't know at the time. Obviously I didn't get my two lost accounts back because that, as accidental as it was, was an unforgivable offense. Which I understand, but Tony P didn't have to accuse me of doing it on purpose. Like, sorry I wasn't educated on all their signs?? Alice W was so much nicer about it (I asked for her after Tony's nonsense), and I was able to make replacements for those two accounts. She definitely helped me, even though I couldn't get those back.

[@Revenkin]

"what did I do?? What did I do!? I was the lucky one......" *Distant horror stare into the owners face as lucky puts out the last of a dentachew on its forearm*

[@SomethingLawDude]

In Animal Crossing Wild World weed started to grow and cover everything in town, if you didn't play for a long time and a ragequit out of annoyance introduced you to Resetti

[@nixpa]

that game is still a pain for me, i'm glad the newer games are easier on the player

[@corruptedteka]

Didn't New Leaf do that too ? I mean, I wasn't that annoying to deal with, but still.

[@queendiamond770]

@@corruptedteka Weeds wouldn't grow so much if you had the Beautiful Town ordinance set and Resetti wouldn't bother the player unless you built his centre or whatever it was called (I am sorry if I got some names wrong, I played it when it came out in my first language which is not english)

[@corruptedteka]

@@queendiamond770 Oh no worries, I'm french myself xD I mean, fair enough. But not everyone wants to have that ordinance.

[@theblooper9631]

tbh animal crossing guilt tripping you when you don't play it often is probably the reason I don't play it often.

[@silverwyhrecat5]

I remembered I had...one of them about when New Horizons came out. And immediately felt crippling guilt. I want to get on and get over it but everyone on that game is going to yell at me for abandoning them for a decade. (Thanks, college).

[@Powdown]

I ended up buying Animal Crossing New Horizons, I ended up finding out the game wasn’t my style of gameplay. WELL NOW I’M BEING INSULTED BY A GREEN KOALA.

[@jedidiahvoak3193]

The game “Chuzzels”, if you tried to quit, a chuzzel would appear on the screen with sad puppy dog eyes on the verge of crying.

[@cxcaineglow]

it be happy when you decided to go back but when you hovered over the leave it be even more sad :( I tended to leave the game open just so I didn’t make it sad

[@AiyetoroFeligrus]

it still exists in Chuzzle 2, if you choose to try quitting by backing out rather than just going to your apps manager and closing it manually. (its phone app but still very fzn and holds up a lot to the original game)

[@MiloKuroshiro]

I absolute HATE games that try to guilt trip you. It's just awful. I tend to immediately lose my respect for the devs If they try to manipulate me.

[@WillieManga]

Most of the time, it's for comedic effect, but Nintendogs is pretty depressing. Honestly, one of the few times that I was not fine with being mocked for quitting was in Isle of the Dead. Its quitting message was similar to Wolfenstein, but what wasn't the same was when going through with it makes you see a suicide scene. And if you are freaked out by suicide, it can be very uncomfortable.

[@kenpanderz672]

at best, its a bit tasteless, and at worst, its a manipulation tactic to get children and other susceptible people to give more attention to their product than they otherwise would via negative reinforcement. yeah, im not a big fan either

[@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit]

>I tend to immediately lose my respect for the devs If they try to manipulate me. If you're legitimately experiencing inner turmoil from tongue-and-cheek dark humor, added by the developers as a friendly jab towards you, chances are you aren't emotionally developed enough to partake in video games.

[@jeancarlos-pu7ds]

Its just a bunch of pixels

[@lauryntonio]

@@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit lol love the fake intellectual and dismissing others experiences just for internet cool points

[@7tonsofsalt865]

"you're making the peon cry" good

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

Me in a Death Knight voice: _Good._

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

i dont even play blizzard games nor like them, but thats so rude,,,

[@macdjord]

Zug-zug?

[@loekiprins]

I once played this game when I was younger, where you would have a cute pet unicorn. But I never played that much games back then, so when I opened the game 2 days later, I was greated by an actual tombstone for my pet unicorn, because they had actually died. I cried so hard because of that

[@RocketPooch]

That's so horrifying omg. And 2 DAYS??! Which game is that?

[@ericgeorgescu3391]

Get owned unicorn

[@joeebiden_]

being ignored by the dogs i neglected for 5 years made me sob

[@EvanChu0815]

I'm surprised that OneShot was not in this list. If you close the game while not at one of the designated save points, Niko will literally die

[@dweebicusmaximus]

They’ll only die in the original demo. In the full game they just get scared-kind of like Monika from ddlc

[@azulizachan7595]

@@dweebicusmaximus Wait, I thought that happened in the full game too? At least, I recall quitting by accident and getting guilt-tripped by the "error" message. Are you talking about the Solstice version?

[@moppot6276]

@Azuliza_chan01 no im sure they're talking about just the demo, I own the full game and that doesn't happen anymore

[@prestongarvey4396]

I love nintendo games, but I hate how they make you feel bad for not playing Nintendogs, Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life. I know characters from these games aren't real, but I feel bad for not paying attention to them. It's one of the things that makes me sad, because eventually I'm going to die.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

The "guilt trip" of dying pets stands in stark contrast to all the other things Neopets does to effectively drive you away from the site. Those bastards literally stole my money, then froze my account as thanks and then kept trying to steal money from me. I once was so into that game that I wanted to become a premium member. But as soon as that happened and the subscription fees were paid they immediately froze my account with the explanation that I had cheated on the flash games - I hadn't played flash games in at least a week at that time - and ignored every mail and ticket I sent to support. And even worse, they kept on withdrawing subscription fees for an account that didn't even exist anymore - the mails to that were answered, however they did so in a way as if they didn't believe me and as if everything was legit with those withdrawals. At least my bank could get my money back.

[@GellygirlButYouTube]

Wow who new the Neopets developers were such jerks! Wth did you do wrong?

[@LoganHalliday1]

Oh my GOD in Banjo-Kazooie when you’d save and quit and the whole ending sequence where your sister gets transformed into a monster and Gruntilda becomes Posh Spice will haunt me forever! I was afraid to save my game because of it!!

[@merepseu]

It was weird that a game over was clearly the better ending, yes.

[@dreamlandbuds7710]

@@merepseu Sexy Gruntilda is still nightmare fuel

[@merepseu]

​@@dreamlandbuds7710 Oh, you're just taking Brentilda at her word about all those phenomenally gross and horrifying habits. (Which you probably should, especially on an instant death Grunty square)

[@that-queer-fnaf-theorist]

I was hoping someone would say it!

[@hiyokosaionjitheultimateba6671]

NO THAT MADE ME HAVE NIGHTMARES

[@AdisonTeixeira]

The Max Payne series has a tradition to make Max says self deprecating quotes every time the players tried to leave the game.

[@Alisibeth_Talia212]

My Dad has the games, I can attest to this.

[@simplicity4766]

I don’t remember these quotes. What was Max saying?

[@lovaniagengar7941]

Replying due to having the same question as the last guy

[@proudtobeme1ashkente]

@@simplicity4766 "Max Payne quit menu" and Google, that's all you need.

[@GellygirlButYouTube]

Well one of my favorite games, Tomodachi life, guilt trips you if you leave your island for too long. When you come back, instead of friendly hellos from your islanders, you're given heart-breaking messages. Some of them aren't too bad, like when they ask if you've been on vacation, but I think the worst ones have to be "Am I dreaming...? Is it really you?! I thought you have forggotten about me..." and "It's been so long [Player]'s look-alike. Am I really that boring?"

[@laurasaurus7399]

The nostalgia from hearing the nintendogs audio! I'm crying with joy