1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ESV - Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
Acts 16:30-34 ESV - Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
One game I've always praised for having a constant feeling of loneliness is Pikmin 1. While Olimar is never really alone thanks to the pikmin, he's the only actual character in the game, and more importantly the only person who talks, and most of what he talks about is how he wants to be with his family, which is relatable to a lot of people. I like it because you really get to know Olimar well in that game with his comments on each of his ship parts and daily journal entries which are all monologues. That combined with the alien feeling of the world and its atmospheric music really cements the feeling of being alone (plus the fact that Olimar is shipwrecked and stranded and nobody knows where he is). No other pikmin game has come close to that level of atmosphere in my opinion
Yes, love this about pikmin 1! I think this is one of the reasons pikmin 4 didn't resonate with me as much, there are so many people around and you never really feel that loneliness or urgency that 1 (and to some extent, 3) had going for them.
Dark Souls really hit the loneliness for me. Especially once all my favorite NPC's started going hollow or some such, I really felt like the sole survivor of an incredibly dangerous but important mission. It almost renewed my purpose to attempt and save this world, specifically for the sake of my friends who couldn't make it. This was underscored by some of the grand vistas such as Anor Londo and Ash Lake, but it all came full circle with that absolutely mystical credits theme.
Sonic Frontiers is another game that does this. People complained how empty and lonely the 4 islands were, but the whole point behind it was the fact that a civilization used to live there before they were wiped out. It's supposed to be empty and lonely, the wind blowing in the back, and the ambient noise really does a good job as well
Ever since my ex broke up with me, ive been more drawn to games like these. metroid, minecraft, and super mario 64 are all super immersive, but rather than replacing my loneliness, they kind if validate it in an immersive and comforting way. A way that makes me happy to go back to them…
idk the loneliness i felt playing ocarina of time was so much different than what i felt playing breath… i felt so much more lonely in ocarina… even tho i had navi with me and i didn’t really have anyone with me in breath. The Ocarina loneliness is something i’ve only felt in that game
i kind of get what you mean, but can’t put thought to word; as a kid, places like the lost woods and the dungeons (especially the forest temple) would give an uneasy feeling compared to breath of the wild
@ exactly… the forest temple was an example i was gonna say… it’s just different… i don’t feel that loneliness in majora … even in ikana i don’t feel it… only in ocarina
In Ocarina, i felt the lonliness as a kid, when princess zelda is taken by impa when she drops the ocarina i wanted to warn everyone in market town that i just saw ganondorf chasing after princess Zelda, but link didn’t have that in his dialog and and everyone was going on their merry way. Ocarina of time immersed in to the character as a kid
I remember the N64 Turok game having this effect. And the music to the sky islands in TotK (which I believe you have in your video) very much brought that feeling back
I think subnautica is a prime example of loneliness. There are no jumpscares in that game, at least not with any intention to turn it into a horror experience. Yet, left stranded at the sea, in the deep dark depths, where human senses fail you and your mind starts conjuring images of what may lurk in the dark... It's paranoia and loneliness at its best. You are alone during subnautica. It's just you and the endless sea
The best feeling of loneliness that isn't like a horror game is the Metroid Prime game. You are alone in a new planet with wildlife all around you and a conspiracy amongst it, and you just gotta power through it and save the day, and with the music? Oh it makes the atmosphere even better.
I make videos talking about books. And let me tell ya, you never feel alone when reading a book. Whether you’re in the comfort of your home or at a coffee shop. I recently made a video on modern gaming. And how multiplayer games aren’t as rewarding anymore. They are mindless and repetitive. The only reason I hop on those is to play with friends. Am I having fun in the long run? Not entirely. Recently I’ve now gone back to play single player games. Witcher 3. Just finished it. One of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. Now I’m on Elden ring. I feel these games are more rewarding because I’m not pressured by limited time events and seasonal content. I play how I want when I want. Great video dude!
I personally love being alone. I love to play video games solo!!! If the game has a multiplayer, I want to play it solo first to completely experience it on my own, not being concerned about what others think, and then also try out then multiplayer mode. (Except for a few games that are solely playable in co-op, like it takes two for example). I also love reading books, and watching movies and series, which I also love to do alone. I also love melancholy, and really believe that it makes me, and probably also a lot of others, much happier, than only being surrounded by others all the time. Thank you for the video!!!❤️
@@CactousMan that’s what I mean with “not being concerned about what others think”… For you it might not be positiv, but for me, and definitely many others, it is. Melancholy is not the same as sadness. Sadness is not a pleasant feeling, melancholy, at least for me, is.
@JCMolmMJ Ok lonely weirdo. Melancholy is a deeper form of sadness; maybe not very intense, but long lasting, often involving missing something or someone, with a sense of grief or nostalgia. Good luck to you and anyone who enjoys that perpetual feeling.
@@CactousMan Nope, a “long lasting sadness” is depression, not melancholy. As you mentioned, melancholy is kind of similar to nostalgia. Nobody says that nostalgia is an unpleasant feeling right? Same with melancholy. Maybe “Melancholy” isn’t the right word, but you know what I mean. A pleasant, mellow, cozy sadness. And calling me “Lonely weirdo” shows how you are sadly not able to have a normal discussion.
That was a beautiful video. I love how you always point out the aspect of art in video games. I don't see people talking about this very often. And you do it in a way that shows how beautiful video games and their atmosphere can be.
This was so pleasant to watch. Idk I wished it would have gone on longer. Your voice was very soothing and having the music in the background was the perfect touch. It’s almost bed time and I agree with what your saying but the video was like asmr lol
Great video! BotW is in my top 3 favorites because of the loneliness factor. Playing and progressing through it alone gives a sense of achievement. No "high scores" or "competing to be the best". Just you and a world to explore and grow stronger from. I think that loneliness, especially as you've said, in this new digital age, is something many long for now. It's therapeutic and brings a sense of peace. It reminds me of some of my favorite lyrics sung by Daniel Johns of the band Silverchair: "I don't want to be lonely, I just to be alone".
I am thinking about doing a video about when you have to go alone as a character in an rpg and what that teaches us. It’ll be part of my “what video games taught me about my mental health” series. I will probably reference this video. Well done man I love it!
Love the video. I just want to say that loneliness in subnautica is making atmosphere and feelings while making it one of kind experience, which most of the people who played love subnautica. Great video my brother.❤❤
Our own lives are often so busy and filled with public interaction it’s nice to feel a sense of loneliness and isolation while on an epic virtual adventure -it’s convenient because we typically don’t experience this in real life
Metroid Prime is still one of my favorite games of all time, and I think it's sense of loneliness is definitely a large reason why it's stuck with me, and also part of why the other Prime games didn't hit as hard for me at least. Great video!
Its weird because I used to love "doing these actions over and over again" in Minecraft when I was first starting out. Now i kinda find it hard to really stick to a world and seeing it through before getting bored and giving up. But that feeling of being alone in a world I created is stil definitely there
Great video, but I'd say the king of this concept is Shadow of the Colossus. One guy running around on horseback with no one to interact with, save for the ceiling demon slowly leading him to his own destruction. Vast, forbidden environments with not a soul to interact with; so isolating that the supposed death of your horse hits like a freight train because it was the only thing with a pulse you interact with, outside of the titular titans. And the lack of music allows you to stew in the isolation as you spend literal minutes riding from one boss fight to the next, all while a sense of dread builds with each fallen Goliath. If you haven't played it, fix that. It is the definition of loneliness.
My absolute favourite game. I didn't know if I wanted to comment the game because you are with Agro the whole time. But I truly feel alone in SotC. Please play this game anyone who reads this!
Its very true though, the aspect of being alone is a BIG theme in a lot of games ive played. Loneliness often times what makes most games near perfect. I will say nintendo games do not have the best examples of loneliness. I suggest looking at games like Dying light, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. hollow Knight, which have a theme of loneliness and do it near perfect. Good video as always my man
Weirdly enough, Majora's Mask gives me a sense of loneliness; hear me out. In the town there are lots of people, and there are different villages in the four other areas but when you're doing the dungeons and the areas around them it feels isolating. The whole premise feels isolating, like I'm not alone (there are people around me) but I'm lonely; an outsider who feels fated to help this world I don't know... and when it's all over... we leave, without so much as a goodbye to anyone but skull kid.
I felt that loneliness in Majora’s Mask, and part of the reason why I felt that way in that game is because how immersive it made me feel being Link and knowing about ALL the fates of the people in Termina with the power of time in my hands. Every time I reset time I felt so weird, people were all around living normal lives knowing nothing about what would happen those three days while I was the ONLY one that knew of it. I think that’s what made that game pretty lonely, Link being the only one with such knowledge feels pretty lonely. I think that’s what I think it is. Being the only one that knows the fate of the world is pretty depressing.
@@jhovanielperez4763 That makes perfect sense! I thought of another one too: of the three transformation masks you get, two of them are of dead legends believed to be alive by those around them because we played their role. The deku mask, unfortunately, is a little different in that the butler finds his dead son in the end... so sad
Cool video. Strange enough World of Warcraft also gave me that feeling of loneliness despite all the real people that were running around in the game world. There were many places where you really felt alone and desolate. So this feeling of loneliness I really got in my time playing WOW.
Great video. Really nailed the message. And a nice mix of games to look at in terms of how they handle loneliness. Though also reminds me why I never got into most of these games. Doing for the sake of doing in Minecraft never appealed to me. And it's not like I crave multiplayer games or anything. But those just aren't the gaming worlds I want to engage with. There's a lack of meaning to it for me. A similar issue for Breath of the Wild. All those elements do help build up a sense of loneliness. Yet they can also be a source of frustration depending on the person. It's an interesting concept to think on.
Subnautica was lonely not just because you were on a planet by yourself, but because every glimmer of hope from rescue to another SOS call you respond to is met with a destroyed life pod. You're always too late and that's what makes that loneliness hit harder. You hear their stories and find things they left behind. Encountering other people actually seems like a possibility. But in the end, it's just you. The further you get away from the safe shallows, the less amount of background music you'll have until it's dead silence and you jump at the sound of a roar off in the distance.
the ending of Halo Reach screams lonely for me. both figuratively and literally. You are one of the last of humanity on Reach. You are the last of Noble Team. Opening with Carter telling you "I read your file, Lieutenant. Even the parts ONI didn't want me to. I'm glad to have your skillset, but you can leave that lone wolf stuff behind." He reminds you that you are a *team*. And yet, every level has a moment of being that Lone Wolf. all the way to those final moments. The last thing Carter tells you is "You're on your own now, Lieutenant. Carter out." Your last moments on Reach is to "survive". You *will* fail. and yet, you fight. You fight alone. You die alone. You're part of a team. And yet... You're alone. It's a melancholy story, a depressing planet, a story of loss and emptiness. Halo tackles loneliness and isolation beautifully in the other games of the franchise too. For most of Chief's Journey, it's just him and Cortana until she sacrifices herself at the end of H4. That very same game, chief wakes up from cryosleep alone. Drifiting through the deep emptiness of space. Another example are the souls games. But I could write a whole essay on that. Point is, loneliness and hopelessness I think go hand in hand. But in all these games, you're never *truly* alone. You'll always find someone else. Be it a villager in minecraft, a merchant in a roguelike, a summon sign outside a boss room. I think that's the part of these games that really get me. Because even when it seems like you're alone and abandoned. Someone is out there to be there for you. Just gotta find them.
I’d argue the loneliest game I’ve ever played is an indie survival game called The Long Dark. Where you’re the only person left in a frozen wilderness in survival mode and it’s just ominous and lonely.
sometimes being alone isn’t always a bad thing there’s positives to being alone like getting to experience the nature in peace and quite and obviously to experience the beauty of video games 😊😊😊😊
Kotor2 was the first game i experienced that really embraced loneliness, back when we were all playing wow and fps games online, it really embraced that feeling of isolation
As i was talking with you ren, KiWF shows loneliness by letting the player explore this once inhabited world, empty, only buildings, cars, and items being left out for the player to explore. With KiWF, I instead think it shows the feeling of dread with loneliness by listening to the audio tapes and realizing that each body, car, thing, belonged to someone, all for them to just killed by an unstoppable force. also vsauce ahh title
Beautifully put! Even tho Zelda would make up most of my top 20 games ever, Mario galaxy might crack the top 5. It’s one of the few games that elicits such an emotional response still to this day. I can vividly remember the day I got it. The music is maybe the best ever written for a video game
Loneliness in Dark Souls is a big one. From the moment you start your journey you have nothing, therefore you are nothing. You’re rotting away in a dark, lonely, claustrophobic cell all by yourself until one helping hand offers you the hand you need to pull yourself out. As you progress through the game, rarely is there ever a soundtrack; and when there is, it is either an important area or a boss. The presence of music can give you a sense of calm or relief when you rest at the Bonfire at Firelink Shrine, or it can activate a fight or flight response as face a large Taurus Demon with a bombastic orchestra in the background. However, once all is said and done, the silence will return, and your edge will have to remain sharp for the challenges ahead. Dark Soul’s approach to loneliness is to make you feel like the only one you can rely on is yourself in a harsh, indifferent world that is seeing the end of days. Which is why, when you encounter a friendly stranger, it’s all the better, because you may not have to brave the next challenge alone anymore. But, even then, it’s all the same. An eerie, suffocating, lonely silence always creeps back in after victory. Your instincts must always remain sharp. TL;DR Dark Souls is lonely in a scary way, and you don’t know what the next moment may bring.
titanfall 2 had a section where you are separated from BT and there is only you and some enemies for some time. i loved that part because i felt the immersion take place in front of me. amazing game btw if you have not played it yet
Pikmin 1 is the obvious choice for loneliness in the Pikmin series, but I’d also give honorable mentions to Pikmin 3, which I think has a level of that sense of loneliness, but split up and shared among 3 characters instead of 1. The circumstances are still dire, there’s still no outside contact, but there’s 3 of them instead.
Maybe it's just me but I've never felt lonely or a sense of loneliness in any of the video games I've played. I've was always immersed, engaged and entertained with the characters, their stories, their worlds, struggles and triumphs. These games I play make me envious and jealous. I long to become these characters and live in their worlds. Compare that to my life and the real world, I get a sense of loneliness because of how boring, depressing and painful my life is and how much I dislike myself and my family. I would love to/I would do anything to escape my life and become a video game character because their lives look more fun, enjoyable and engaging than my own.
What are you talking about? Minecraft is all about community. The best parts are when you play with friends. The first time I even knew about minecraft is was because my sisters talked about it who learned about it from youtube, I garantee you only know about it because someone told you about it.
@minecrafter3448 I did, I disagree with the video as well. Please Elaborate how the opposite of what makes minecraft so great, somehow makes minecraft so great.
@ Minecraft has both single player and multiplayer functionality. The dual mastery of both is what makes the game so popular, it has something for everyone while offering a way to capture the imagination of anyone. The loneliness of the single player is a crucial aspect in the immersion, and without it as the video says it would just feel like a dull grind. The satisfaction and progression would feel shallow, it wouldn’t feel like you’re fighting a whole world that doesn’t know you.
@minecrafter3448 I suppose I could see the argument but only for older versions of minecraft. The newer ones add too much fluff that detracts from the sense of loneliness like random pillager groups and the over abundant structures. I would say more the sense of discovery is what drives a player in single player today. After this, one's own creativity will drive them to keep playing but with no one to share it with eventually you will just stop playing, try out a challenge like skyblock/superflat survival, or show someone your work and discovery what actually makes the game so great and worth while.
Romans 12:9-21 ESV - Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Philippians 1:29-30 ESV - For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ESV - Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
Romans 10:9 ESV - because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
It’s weird how the loneliness in BOTW is something I never really thought about before, but in games like Minecraft it’s as apparent as the fact that I’m spending hours playing this game. I think it’s games that give you time to really think and be alone with yourself that hit the hardest. When you have moments of pause to take in an environment or stop playing to listen to the music. A sense of melancholy, not bad but not good. That is my loneliness.
Nier Automata came to mind immediately to me. Even with the robots and other androids around certain areas, the game exudes a loneliness feeling everywhere you look.
Minecrafts lonelyness definetely has decreased over time, as all poorly made video essays will tell you nowadays. Its true though, it really isn't as eerie as it was, but I still love modern minecraft. It's not as bad as many people say. Actually even when I started to play around 1.8 it was already less lonely than in beta. The magic is still there.
I feel like an easy way to see this is to compare the way you feel playing Mario Galaxy vs Galaxy 2, or maybe Breath of the Wild vs Tears of the Kingdom. Take the same world, but cover up those feelings of loneliness, and you're left with a completely different experience despite the gameplay being more or less the same. Loneliness is part of what makes games so special imo. This is _your_ experience. You can take it at your own pace. It's just you and a massive world waiting to be explored. Recently played Animal Well, I feel like it also manages to pull this off very well. Though, interestingly, I feel like the general atmosphere of the game changes significantly in the post-game despite nothing really changing. You start to get a feel for how everything works, the world starts to feel much smaller. You are no longer fearing the unknown but actively searching it out, scouring the map for every little nook and cranny. Just by changing the player's goal and context in which you are exploring this world, the feeling completely shifts, and I think that's super cool.
Matthew 10:26-33 ESV - “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
I feel horror games don't just benefit from lonelyness, but are entirely dependent on it. Of course horror is a fairly broad genre, but I haven't found a horror game thats not lonely. The Five Nights at Freddys series is a good example, especially the first game is super lonely. The horror comes from the ambuguity, and it's just inherently lonely. Same goes for Bendy and The Ink machine, it's how you are completely alone in a weird run down film studio which makes it what it is. Maybe there are some exeptions, like i wouldn't say Doki Doki is a lonely game, but it rides the line a little bit sometimes. SPOILER ALERT I have kept it ralatively vague, but it really is best if you go in completely spoiler free, the game is free and lasts for 4-6 hours, if you get bored or something, just stick with it until the festival at least, it is worth it. As i was saying, its not a lonely game. The entire point of the game is to make you feel safe and comortable with the game and it's characters. Then the twist comes, and you as a player is left feeling shocked and even a bit guilty for what happened. You actually feel bad for it. Even then, it does have some lonely aspects to it. It breaks the fourth wall in a way which makes you hyper aware that it's a game after the twist. But also, the fourth wall breaks kinda also makes it less lonely, because you are literally being talked to by the ingame characters. Ok I will go full spoilers now. Monica literally confesses her love to you, you as the player, not as who you are playing as. It is a very interesting game in general.
John 15:19 ESV - If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
How many times do I say “Loneliness”?
Nintendo 64
21 times
at least twice
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ESV - Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
Acts 16:30-34 ESV - Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.
The Minecraft section was done so well, and I’ve found all of those feelings are amplified in peaceful, where there aren’t even any mobs to fight you
One game I've always praised for having a constant feeling of loneliness is Pikmin 1. While Olimar is never really alone thanks to the pikmin, he's the only actual character in the game, and more importantly the only person who talks, and most of what he talks about is how he wants to be with his family, which is relatable to a lot of people. I like it because you really get to know Olimar well in that game with his comments on each of his ship parts and daily journal entries which are all monologues. That combined with the alien feeling of the world and its atmospheric music really cements the feeling of being alone (plus the fact that Olimar is shipwrecked and stranded and nobody knows where he is). No other pikmin game has come close to that level of atmosphere in my opinion
Yes, love this about pikmin 1!
I think this is one of the reasons pikmin 4 didn't resonate with me as much, there are so many people around and you never really feel that loneliness or urgency that 1 (and to some extent, 3) had going for them.
Dark Souls really hit the loneliness for me. Especially once all my favorite NPC's started going hollow or some such, I really felt like the sole survivor of an incredibly dangerous but important mission. It almost renewed my purpose to attempt and save this world, specifically for the sake of my friends who couldn't make it. This was underscored by some of the grand vistas such as Anor Londo and Ash Lake, but it all came full circle with that absolutely mystical credits theme.
Sonic Frontiers is another game that does this. People complained how empty and lonely the 4 islands were, but the whole point behind it was the fact that a civilization used to live there before they were wiped out. It's supposed to be empty and lonely, the wind blowing in the back, and the ambient noise really does a good job as well
Ever since my ex broke up with me, ive been more drawn to games like these. metroid, minecraft, and super mario 64 are all super immersive, but rather than replacing my loneliness, they kind if validate it in an immersive and comforting way. A way that makes me happy to go back to them…
idk the loneliness i felt playing ocarina of time was so much different than what i felt playing breath… i felt so much more lonely in ocarina… even tho i had navi with me and i didn’t really have anyone with me in breath. The Ocarina loneliness is something i’ve only felt in that game
i kind of get what you mean, but can’t put thought to word; as a kid, places like the lost woods and the dungeons (especially the forest temple) would give an uneasy feeling compared to breath of the wild
@ exactly… the forest temple was an example i was gonna say… it’s just different… i don’t feel that loneliness in majora … even in ikana i don’t feel it… only in ocarina
In Ocarina, i felt the lonliness as a kid, when princess zelda is taken by impa when she drops the ocarina i wanted to warn everyone in market town that i just saw ganondorf chasing after princess Zelda, but link didn’t have that in his dialog and and everyone was going on their merry way. Ocarina of time immersed in to the character as a kid
Already commented this but I need more videos like this. Talk about whatever I don’t care, put similar very chill music. I will watch it for days.
@@orlandolazardi9818 these are the types of videos I like to make the most. So I'll definitely be making more like this in the future. Thanks so much
I remember the N64 Turok game having this effect. And the music to the sky islands in TotK (which I believe you have in your video) very much brought that feeling back
I think subnautica is a prime example of loneliness. There are no jumpscares in that game, at least not with any intention to turn it into a horror experience. Yet, left stranded at the sea, in the deep dark depths, where human senses fail you and your mind starts conjuring images of what may lurk in the dark... It's paranoia and loneliness at its best. You are alone during subnautica. It's just you and the endless sea
The best feeling of loneliness that isn't like a horror game is the Metroid Prime game. You are alone in a new planet with wildlife all around you and a conspiracy amongst it, and you just gotta power through it and save the day, and with the music? Oh it makes the atmosphere even better.
I make videos talking about books. And let me tell ya, you never feel alone when reading a book. Whether you’re in the comfort of your home or at a coffee shop.
I recently made a video on modern gaming. And how multiplayer games aren’t as rewarding anymore. They are mindless and repetitive. The only reason I hop on those is to play with friends. Am I having fun in the long run? Not entirely.
Recently I’ve now gone back to play single player games. Witcher 3. Just finished it. One of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. Now I’m on Elden ring.
I feel these games are more rewarding because I’m not pressured by limited time events and seasonal content. I play how I want when I want.
Great video dude!
I personally love being alone. I love to play video games solo!!! If the game has a multiplayer, I want to play it solo first to completely experience it on my own, not being concerned about what others think, and then also try out then multiplayer mode. (Except for a few games that are solely playable in co-op, like it takes two for example). I also love reading books, and watching movies and series, which I also love to do alone. I also love melancholy, and really believe that it makes me, and probably also a lot of others, much happier, than only being surrounded by others all the time. Thank you for the video!!!❤️
wat. melancholy isn't a positive feeling ¬¬
@@CactousMan that’s what I mean with “not being concerned about what others think”…
For you it might not be positiv, but for me, and definitely many others, it is.
Melancholy is not the same as sadness. Sadness is not a pleasant feeling, melancholy, at least for me, is.
@JCMolmMJ Ok lonely weirdo. Melancholy is a deeper form of sadness; maybe not very intense, but long lasting, often involving missing something or someone, with a sense of grief or nostalgia. Good luck to you and anyone who enjoys that perpetual feeling.
@@CactousMan Nope, a “long lasting sadness” is depression, not melancholy. As you mentioned, melancholy is kind of similar to nostalgia. Nobody says that nostalgia is an unpleasant feeling right? Same with melancholy. Maybe “Melancholy” isn’t the right word, but you know what I mean. A pleasant, mellow, cozy sadness. And calling me “Lonely weirdo” shows how you are sadly not able to have a normal discussion.
That was a beautiful video. I love how you always point out the aspect of art in video games. I don't see people talking about this very often. And you do it in a way that shows how beautiful video games and their atmosphere can be.
This was so pleasant to watch. Idk I wished it would have gone on longer. Your voice was very soothing and having the music in the background was the perfect touch.
It’s almost bed time and I agree with what your saying but the video was like asmr lol
Great video! BotW is in my top 3 favorites because of the loneliness factor. Playing and progressing through it alone gives a sense of achievement. No "high scores" or "competing to be the best". Just you and a world to explore and grow stronger from. I think that loneliness, especially as you've said, in this new digital age, is something many long for now. It's therapeutic and brings a sense of peace.
It reminds me of some of my favorite lyrics sung by Daniel Johns of the band Silverchair: "I don't want to be lonely, I just to be alone".
I am thinking about doing a video about when you have to go alone as a character in an rpg and what that teaches us. It’ll be part of my “what video games taught me about my mental health” series. I will probably reference this video. Well done man I love it!
Tag me when you drop that
@@PINCHEPAPOI will! It’s cool to see someone else making videos like this :)
i was shocked to see that you just have 173 subs. keep going dude
Bro has 3.7k now
@airtight-gamingnews3910 damn @therenaissanceofficial remember me when you get big
Dude I had no idea you made video essays. This is fire
Great video brother!
really glad YT recommended this video to me
Glad you enjoyed!
Incredible video, not something I ever really thought about but hearing it elaborated on like that was great
Love the video. I just want to say that loneliness in subnautica is making atmosphere and feelings while making it one of kind experience, which most of the people who played love subnautica. Great video my brother.❤❤
Our own lives are often so busy and filled with public interaction it’s nice to feel a sense of loneliness and isolation while on an epic virtual adventure -it’s convenient because we typically don’t experience this in real life
Metroid Prime is still one of my favorite games of all time, and I think it's sense of loneliness is definitely a large reason why it's stuck with me, and also part of why the other Prime games didn't hit as hard for me at least. Great video!
Its weird because I used to love "doing these actions over and over again" in Minecraft when I was first starting out. Now i kinda find it hard to really stick to a world and seeing it through before getting bored and giving up. But that feeling of being alone in a world I created is stil definitely there
Dead Space makes use of loneliness to the advantage of the survival horror genre. Sound design and ambience is a 10/10
Great video, but I'd say the king of this concept is Shadow of the Colossus.
One guy running around on horseback with no one to interact with, save for the ceiling demon slowly leading him to his own destruction.
Vast, forbidden environments with not a soul to interact with; so isolating that the supposed death of your horse hits like a freight train because it was the only thing with a pulse you interact with, outside of the titular titans.
And the lack of music allows you to stew in the isolation as you spend literal minutes riding from one boss fight to the next, all while a sense of dread builds with each fallen Goliath.
If you haven't played it, fix that. It is the definition of loneliness.
My absolute favourite game. I didn't know if I wanted to comment the game because you are with Agro the whole time. But I truly feel alone in SotC.
Please play this game anyone who reads this!
Shadow of The Colossus has to be my favorite lonely game for sure.
Its very true though, the aspect of being alone is a BIG theme in a lot of games ive played. Loneliness often times what makes most games near perfect. I will say nintendo games do not have the best examples of loneliness. I suggest looking at games like Dying light, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. hollow Knight, which have a theme of loneliness and do it near perfect.
Good video as always my man
Super interesting video theme. I wouldn't mind a part 2.
I wouldn’t doubt the possibility
Weirdly enough, Majora's Mask gives me a sense of loneliness; hear me out. In the town there are lots of people, and there are different villages in the four other areas but when you're doing the dungeons and the areas around them it feels isolating. The whole premise feels isolating, like I'm not alone (there are people around me) but I'm lonely; an outsider who feels fated to help this world I don't know... and when it's all over... we leave, without so much as a goodbye to anyone but skull kid.
I felt that loneliness in Majora’s Mask, and part of the reason why I felt that way in that game is because how immersive it made me feel being Link and knowing about ALL the fates of the people in Termina with the power of time in my hands. Every time I reset time I felt so weird, people were all around living normal lives knowing nothing about what would happen those three days while I was the ONLY one that knew of it. I think that’s what made that game pretty lonely, Link being the only one with such knowledge feels pretty lonely. I think that’s what I think it is. Being the only one that knows the fate of the world is pretty depressing.
Having sole control of time it quite isolating
@@OlaAremu Ooooh yes that makes complete sense ty
@@jhovanielperez4763 That makes perfect sense! I thought of another one too: of the three transformation masks you get, two of them are of dead legends believed to be alive by those around them because we played their role. The deku mask, unfortunately, is a little different in that the butler finds his dead son in the end... so sad
Cool video. Strange enough World of Warcraft also gave me that feeling of loneliness despite all the real people that were running around in the game world. There were many places where you really felt alone and desolate. So this feeling of loneliness I really got in my time playing WOW.
Great video. Really nailed the message. And a nice mix of games to look at in terms of how they handle loneliness.
Though also reminds me why I never got into most of these games. Doing for the sake of doing in Minecraft never appealed to me. And it's not like I crave multiplayer games or anything. But those just aren't the gaming worlds I want to engage with. There's a lack of meaning to it for me. A similar issue for Breath of the Wild. All those elements do help build up a sense of loneliness. Yet they can also be a source of frustration depending on the person.
It's an interesting concept to think on.
This guy would love Death Stranding
Incredible video, glad you were recommended to me.
Thank you!
Subnautica was lonely not just because you were on a planet by yourself, but because every glimmer of hope from rescue to another SOS call you respond to is met with a destroyed life pod. You're always too late and that's what makes that loneliness hit harder. You hear their stories and find things they left behind. Encountering other people actually seems like a possibility. But in the end, it's just you. The further you get away from the safe shallows, the less amount of background music you'll have until it's dead silence and you jump at the sound of a roar off in the distance.
Firewatch is by far the loneliest ive felt playing a video game such a casual story telling mixed with spectacular views
the ending of Halo Reach screams lonely for me. both figuratively and literally. You are one of the last of humanity on Reach. You are the last of Noble Team. Opening with Carter telling you "I read your file, Lieutenant. Even the parts ONI didn't want me to. I'm glad to have your skillset, but you can leave that lone wolf stuff behind." He reminds you that you are a *team*. And yet, every level has a moment of being that Lone Wolf. all the way to those final moments. The last thing Carter tells you is "You're on your own now, Lieutenant. Carter out." Your last moments on Reach is to "survive". You *will* fail. and yet, you fight. You fight alone. You die alone. You're part of a team. And yet... You're alone. It's a melancholy story, a depressing planet, a story of loss and emptiness. Halo tackles loneliness and isolation beautifully in the other games of the franchise too. For most of Chief's Journey, it's just him and Cortana until she sacrifices herself at the end of H4. That very same game, chief wakes up from cryosleep alone. Drifiting through the deep emptiness of space.
Another example are the souls games. But I could write a whole essay on that. Point is, loneliness and hopelessness I think go hand in hand. But in all these games, you're never *truly* alone. You'll always find someone else. Be it a villager in minecraft, a merchant in a roguelike, a summon sign outside a boss room. I think that's the part of these games that really get me. Because even when it seems like you're alone and abandoned. Someone is out there to be there for you. Just gotta find them.
I’d argue the loneliest game I’ve ever played is an indie survival game called The Long Dark. Where you’re the only person left in a frozen wilderness in survival mode and it’s just ominous and lonely.
sometimes being alone isn’t always a bad thing there’s positives to being alone like getting to experience the nature in peace and quite and obviously to experience the beauty of video games
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Kotor2 was the first game i experienced that really embraced loneliness, back when we were all playing wow and fps games online, it really embraced that feeling of isolation
Jusant makes also a great take on loneliness. What a game that was. The prettiest I have ever played
Always felt a sense of loneliness when playing the Silent Hill games. Just played SH2 remake and holy shit
As i was talking with you ren, KiWF shows loneliness by letting the player explore this once inhabited world, empty, only buildings, cars, and items being left out for the player to explore. With KiWF, I instead think it shows the feeling of dread with loneliness by listening to the audio tapes and realizing that each body, car, thing, belonged to someone, all for them to just killed by an unstoppable force.
also vsauce ahh title
Beautifully put! Even tho Zelda would make up most of my top 20 games ever, Mario galaxy might crack the top 5. It’s one of the few games that elicits such an emotional response still to this day. I can vividly remember the day I got it. The music is maybe the best ever written for a video game
i miss when we were all playing single player games. today most developers wont even create a non online mulitiplayer game...
This needs to have way more views
Great games, mini ninjas is another which evoked these thoughts in me
Loneliness in Dark Souls is a big one. From the moment you start your journey you have nothing, therefore you are nothing. You’re rotting away in a dark, lonely, claustrophobic cell all by yourself until one helping hand offers you the hand you need to pull yourself out. As you progress through the game, rarely is there ever a soundtrack; and when there is, it is either an important area or a boss. The presence of music can give you a sense of calm or relief when you rest at the Bonfire at Firelink Shrine, or it can activate a fight or flight response as face a large Taurus Demon with a bombastic orchestra in the background. However, once all is said and done, the silence will return, and your edge will have to remain sharp for the challenges ahead. Dark Soul’s approach to loneliness is to make you feel like the only one you can rely on is yourself in a harsh, indifferent world that is seeing the end of days. Which is why, when you encounter a friendly stranger, it’s all the better, because you may not have to brave the next challenge alone anymore. But, even then, it’s all the same. An eerie, suffocating, lonely silence always creeps back in after victory. Your instincts must always remain sharp.
TL;DR Dark Souls is lonely in a scary way, and you don’t know what the next moment may bring.
It's not about loneliness, it's about solitude I think.
titanfall 2 had a section where you are separated from BT and there is only you and some enemies for some time. i loved that part because i felt the immersion take place in front of me. amazing game btw if you have not played it yet
Pikmin 1 is the obvious choice for loneliness in the Pikmin series, but I’d also give honorable mentions to Pikmin 3, which I think has a level of that sense of loneliness, but split up and shared among 3 characters instead of 1. The circumstances are still dire, there’s still no outside contact, but there’s 3 of them instead.
Great video. I think the loneliest game I’ve ever played is easily Returnal.
Maybe it's just me but I've never felt lonely or a sense of loneliness in any of the video games I've played.
I've was always immersed, engaged and entertained with the characters, their stories, their worlds, struggles and triumphs.
These games I play make me envious and jealous. I long to become these characters and live in their worlds.
Compare that to my life and the real world, I get a sense of loneliness because of how boring, depressing and painful my life is and how much I dislike myself and my family.
I would love to/I would do anything to escape my life and become a video game character because their lives look more fun, enjoyable and engaging than my own.
That Breath of the Wild footage looks way too good!
"Yes, Nintendo? I would like to report a defiant"
Great video btw
Loved the Minecraft segment, I think it emphasizes best how loneliness is crucial to the game.
What are you talking about? Minecraft is all about community. The best parts are when you play with friends.
The first time I even knew about minecraft is was because my sisters talked about it who learned about it from youtube, I garantee you only know about it because someone told you about it.
@ watch the video
@minecrafter3448 I did, I disagree with the video as well. Please Elaborate how the opposite of what makes minecraft so great, somehow makes minecraft so great.
@ Minecraft has both single player and multiplayer functionality. The dual mastery of both is what makes the game so popular, it has something for everyone while offering a way to capture the imagination of anyone. The loneliness of the single player is a crucial aspect in the immersion, and without it as the video says it would just feel like a dull grind. The satisfaction and progression would feel shallow, it wouldn’t feel like you’re fighting a whole world that doesn’t know you.
@minecrafter3448 I suppose I could see the argument but only for older versions of minecraft. The newer ones add too much fluff that detracts from the sense of loneliness like random pillager groups and the over abundant structures.
I would say more the sense of discovery is what drives a player in single player today. After this, one's own creativity will drive them to keep playing but with no one to share it with eventually you will just stop playing, try out a challenge like skyblock/superflat survival, or show someone your work and discovery what actually makes the game so great and worth while.
Personally i hate online multiplayer. People always ruin gaming experiences for others
I'm not a huge fan of online multiplayer either, but I have had some really good experiences like Journey and Splatoon.
Romans 12:9-21 ESV - Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Philippians 1:29-30 ESV - For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ESV - Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
Romans 10:9 ESV - because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
It’s weird how the loneliness in BOTW is something I never really thought about before, but in games like Minecraft it’s as apparent as the fact that I’m spending hours playing this game.
I think it’s games that give you time to really think and be alone with yourself that hit the hardest. When you have moments of pause to take in an environment or stop playing to listen to the music.
A sense of melancholy, not bad but not good. That is my loneliness.
The Neverhood is a classic master-piece that really captures the feeling of loneliness.
Death Stranding would like a word
Nier Automata came to mind immediately to me. Even with the robots and other androids around certain areas, the game exudes a loneliness feeling everywhere you look.
awesome video
Minecrafts lonelyness definetely has decreased over time, as all poorly made video essays will tell you nowadays. Its true though, it really isn't as eerie as it was, but I still love modern minecraft. It's not as bad as many people say. Actually even when I started to play around 1.8 it was already less lonely than in beta. The magic is still there.
I feel like an easy way to see this is to compare the way you feel playing Mario Galaxy vs Galaxy 2, or maybe Breath of the Wild vs Tears of the Kingdom. Take the same world, but cover up those feelings of loneliness, and you're left with a completely different experience despite the gameplay being more or less the same.
Loneliness is part of what makes games so special imo. This is _your_ experience. You can take it at your own pace. It's just you and a massive world waiting to be explored.
Recently played Animal Well, I feel like it also manages to pull this off very well. Though, interestingly, I feel like the general atmosphere of the game changes significantly in the post-game despite nothing really changing. You start to get a feel for how everything works, the world starts to feel much smaller. You are no longer fearing the unknown but actively searching it out, scouring the map for every little nook and cranny. Just by changing the player's goal and context in which you are exploring this world, the feeling completely shifts, and I think that's super cool.
Bought ps5 and nintando switch and my life changed from loneliness.
Tomb Raider anniversary is the epitome of lonliness
Loneliness in videogames id what encourages you to explore them.
saw the views cried
subnaitica is one of the loneliest games
after minecraft
@@One_piece_lover435 I plan on doing a sequel video eventually. Definitely will look into subnaitica
The youtube algorithm has been showing me a lot of smaller channels lately. Has anyone else experienced it too? Like the last few months or something.
I actually have. Quite thankful for it. Benefits me a good deal.
Yes for me too. And I love it these channels rock.
@Ravn7 I think this has been going on for about 2 years now. It ramped up in the middle of 2023 though.
Portal 2. This game gave such sensation for me.
Breath of the wild is an experience I wish I could recapture. I don't think I'll play another game like that.
"Solitude" timestamps :
7:37
8:09
10:19
"Lonely" timestamps :
1:14
9:17
9:25
"Isolation/Isolating" timestamps :
1:45
2:52
5:01
5:36
9:56
10:50
"Alone" timestamps :
0:01
0:22
0:32
0:48
1:41
2:15
2:36
2:58
3:19
3:32
4:54
7:47
8:21
9:07
10:16
"Loneliness" timestamps :
0:06
0:56
0:59
1:25
1:33
2:08
3:02
3:52
4:21
4:29
5:14
5:56
6:15
7:18 (Congrats an entire minute without any loneliness)
7:43
9:29
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10:27
10:32
11:07
Final count :
"Solitude" x 3
"Lonely x 3
"Isolation/Isolating" x 6
"Alone" x 15
"Loneliness" x 20
he didn't sing row your cream at the end of the video, sad day.
Hollow knight and Metroid prime are amazing at creating a lonely atmosphere
the three best games in their respective series, couldn’t be coincidence
@@YouB3anz YOURE RIGHT! (Although I haven't played prime 2 or 3 so I wouldn't know for that one)
Hollow Knight, Silent Hill…are more games that encapsulate loneliness for me.
For me, Shin Megami Tensei is a very desolate jrpg series. All the maps feel abandoned as you travel alone
LOL, this is like explanining to a introvert that being alone is bad.
I recommend checking out the song "Solitude" by M83, I feel like it perfectly captures a lot of these feelings and it's one of my favourites
@@SpaceLobster21 I’ll do that when I
As someone who has been to prison. Yeah. Loneliness ain't so bad.
Ghost of Tsushima after the ending, i felt completely lonely
Alone, but not lonely.
It is because of this feeling of loneiness that breath of the wild is much better tears of kingdom
Halo ce can be very isolating in the 5 mission with the flood in the game
C418 was a literal legend ngl
Other games that excel in this are Returnal, Shadow of the Colossus and Silent Hill 2
Classic Tomb Raider!!
Being alone does not equal loneliness. You can be constantly under people and feel lonely and I suspect a lot of super-social people actually do...
Samus isn't silent have you played Other M?
shadow of coloses great example alon in empty island your mission is kill the 15 giant to revive your girl friend sorry for my bad English
why didn't you talk about minecraft in this video even though it was in the thumbnail? (also btw my timestamp is 0:59)
Total Nintendie Disappearance
Matthew 10:26-33 ESV - “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
underrated
And how about the empty planets in Starfield?
unreleated, but do you think youll ever do a smash bros stream?
@@ዮስ it’s not out of the question. Definitely would try it. Not sure when
I feel horror games don't just benefit from lonelyness, but are entirely dependent on it. Of course horror is a fairly broad genre, but I haven't found a horror game thats not lonely. The Five Nights at Freddys series is a good example, especially the first game is super lonely. The horror comes from the ambuguity, and it's just inherently lonely. Same goes for Bendy and The Ink machine, it's how you are completely alone in a weird run down film studio which makes it what it is.
Maybe there are some exeptions, like i wouldn't say Doki Doki is a lonely game, but it rides the line a little bit sometimes. SPOILER ALERT I have kept it ralatively vague, but it really is best if you go in completely spoiler free, the game is free and lasts for 4-6 hours, if you get bored or something, just stick with it until the festival at least, it is worth it. As i was saying, its not a lonely game. The entire point of the game is to make you feel safe and comortable with the game and it's characters. Then the twist comes, and you as a player is left feeling shocked and even a bit guilty for what happened. You actually feel bad for it. Even then, it does have some lonely aspects to it. It breaks the fourth wall in a way which makes you hyper aware that it's a game after the twist. But also, the fourth wall breaks kinda also makes it less lonely, because you are literally being talked to by the ingame characters. Ok I will go full spoilers now. Monica literally confesses her love to you, you as the player, not as who you are playing as. It is a very interesting game in general.
metroid prime is peak!
Shadow of the Colossus
John 15:19 ESV - If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.