I'm curious, do you become attached to people in books at all? ( or is it only games you have a lack empathic responce too?)
Sorry if these seems rude or probing, feel free to disregard the post.
I'm just not empathetic( I think I used that correctly) to non real people. If I know a book or a game was based on an actual event, then it changes ever so slightly. I still don't really care because it's a game or a book, but I enjoy the game, or the book for what it was meant to be, entertainment and nothing more.
No maybe about it, it's what I want. I can't say I get that attached to characters but if a game actually makes me feel something (other than rage) then I'll definitely enjoy it more, especially if it's story driven. It's like films, and as Panther pointed out, books.
Exactly, it's just a game. I don't play a game to get attached to the story.
Take half life for example. When Alex's father was killed at the end of episode 2, I was like
but then I was over it a minute later, because it's a game. My life still goes on. When my gf broke up with me I was like
for a month because that's real life.
My feelings toward this may be that I have worked directly with people for the past 5 years and to be so emotionless and to say I hate people is not entire true. I dislike them, yes but I don't hate humanity. So when a game that basically had a little girl killed honestly makes no difference to me as it is a game. Now I enjoy video games but I do not get attached to a fictional character no matter how "emotional" it is simply because it's a game. Now I am not fond of games related to harming children, or woman or a child that is a young girl, and I may stop playing it for that reason, but in the end it is still just a game and nothing more.