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The personal, engaging nature of video games sometimes helps it become an elegant and emotive form of both communication and therapy for developers and players alike. These experiences aren’t just about getting a high score or achieving a rad speed-run time. These are meant to hit you right in the feels. They translate the intangible yet recognisable burdens of mental illness into heart-wrenching experiences via striking music, gorgeous visual art, and elegant storytelling. Where some games may try and fail to accurately portray such difficult subject matter, the following list heralds those that have truly connected with their audiences. As you may have guessed, we’re going to touch on topics that some may find uncomfortable, so please keep that in mind, and of course we will ask you to be respectful toward one another in the comments. Here are 10 Amazing Video Games That Explore Mental Health.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Sharna Penny (@StrangePenny12)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
#Hellblade #Borderlands #ChildofLight
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Thank you for this💕 💯💯
Surprised Spec Ops: The Line isn't on the list
Oh SHUT THE FUCK UP about "Mental health". Everyone shallow dolt of a person who advocates for mental health are the same ones who openly lie down to tyrannical totalitarianism. You do not actually care, you have never actually cared and neither does any hotline. You know what would improve peoples mental health you small minded fools? Stop pushing brainwashing propaganda through entertainment that purposely wears down a person's mental health so they can be thrown in some sick abusive rehab cycle like a drug addict! So incomprehensibly ignorant, no one sees the big picture anymore and I'd argue an average person from the 1800s was 10 times more intelligent than an average person in the 2020s.
Thanks guys! We (The Walrus Clan) always appreciate how much you remind us that it’s ok to not be ok. I’ve still put off talking to a therapist, manly because of trust and money. But I am a believer of looking inward to cope and understand loss/direction. Games have helped me personally do this. Thank you beautiful chaps for this beautiful thought out videos! Hopping to donate to you when I get a job. Much love and appreciation ✌️
Just, wow.
hey. thank you.
Oh yeah, emotion time! I’ve never felt valued, worthy or connected to the world before but I’m going to give it all I’ve got.
This was wonderful, thank you
Love a list like this exists. I haven't seen any other channel do something similar.
Really insightful commentary as well. Great works guys.
Great Work.
On this note, I'd recommend Low Batteries which is a series that Johnny Chiodini (who was at Eurogamer at the time) did.
Also someone pls bring tissue
Hractured minds is an indy game that is so easy to overlook but it's portrayal of mental illness got to me almost as much as hellblade
@TrpleJump Thank you for taking on such a tough subject in a serious manner. Since I was young I have always used jokes to deflect difficult situations. I think hearing you guys”real talk” about it will help a lot of people feel that it’s normal and they aren’t alone. Kudos!
To me, this list is the equivalent of watching a Jim Carrey movie from the early days, with all the wisecracks, and face pulling, and then watching the same actor in Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. Your switch from being irreverent and almost anarchic in your previous lists, to this hearfelt essay, was really quite something. Your narration really made this a quite beutiful, poignant , and bittersweet video. Thank you for making it
Needed this today, thanks guys 😁
A Night in the Woods spoke to me like no other game I've ever played. Not only through the character Mae, who I saw most of myself in, but also in the setting, which brought me back to my childhood and the struggles of the small and impoverished midwest town I came from. Thank you for making this video.
"Remember: You are not alone" at the end got me with tears in my eyes. Beautiful video folks, keep it up 👍
Beautiful. Thank you guys so much for doing this. <3
That intro man, the diatribe and the spiel? Some of the best stuff you've ever done. Whoever wrote that deserves a pay rise lol. It was perfect.
I really enjoyed Hellblade, it was great. Also that one bit in Edith Finch – I liked it but the story about the guy in the tuna cannery was the part of that game that really stood out to me and gave me a bit of a moment.
MMMMMHHH EXCUSE ME BUT SILENT HILL 2?
Applause well done guys!! I hope this video can help people find some hope. If it helps just one person it will be a success.
Very buttoned up guys . Good job !
The anxiety-inducing slogans and posters in the background of Celeste hit even harder when you realise Madeline is trans, being constantly forced to view things that expect her to be something she's not.
What about Psychonauts?
Bring back (insert phrase here) For Wankers!!
I feel like Returnal deserves an honorable mention.
thank you guys seriously. this video was powerful.
One of my favorites is Until Dawn. Josh is one of my favorite tragic characters
Like a lot of us this past year I've really struggled and had some tough times but I can't tell you how much your content helped pick my spirits up when I was feeling shite. Thank you guys for being so great.
Honestly this was a really great video. Awesome and respectable job guys.
Hellblade broke me. While also becoming my favorite game. Living with someone who suffered through extreme mental illness, that game just changed everything for me. And the music….beautiful.
Ghost Giant on the PSVR would have made a great addition to this list for sure
I've played Gris…. it is hauntingly beautiful. Highly recommend it.
As a dribbler my self, I'll defo be checking a few of these out.
I love you guys for your genuine hilarity, but I sincerely appreciate how toned down and grounded this video was. I am fortunate to not have any form of mental illness, but I have family members who struggle with it daily, and this video truly touched me in a way that I can not adequately describe. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.