I’m not necessarily talking about moment-to-moment gameplay or mechanics (though I could see some interesting points being made about, for example, RTS gameplay or RPG character building influence how you approached “strategy” in your own life).
What I’m trying to get at are the games you felt really had something to say.
For example, while I’m by no means the biggest fan (only ever played 2 and V), playing MGS V recently (and catching up on the background a bit) has created this sense in me, and I wondered where else one might have experienced that from vidya
The game that shaped me the most personality wise was probably Fallout 2. It was the first huge rpg I’d ever played as a kid and it got me into story-driven rpgs. The humor and general tone really spoke to me, and I was very disappointed it was lacking in fallout 3.