Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone⁩ to ⁨gaming@beehaw.org⁩

I feel like replaying the Hello Charlotte trilogy but I'm afraid this game will wreck my heart

The last time I played Hello Charlotte games (HC) many years ago. I didn’t think much about them since then even though they heavily influenced me when I was a teenager. But recently the memories about some moments in HC started flowing in my brain once again. And, I miss this series so much!

When I played it for the first time, I was an ignorant and desensitized kiddo who could wade through tons of gore and trauma that this game throws at you. Nowadays, I’ve became softer regarding this stuff. I’m worried that I mightn’t take it as easily if I’d try.

I’m curious to know if anyone else here played the series and what your thoughts on it. Or maybe you have similar experience with another important media!

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GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I don’t know that series but, my introduction to gaming was when the zombie genre was all the rage, and, I was aaaaall over that shit. I loved it in it’s gory, disgusting and apocalyptic glory.

A few years after that, (like 7 years aprox) I attempted to replay some of those titles and holy shit the nightmares it induced me were unreal. I finished one of the playthroughs but I realized that I was just no longer equipped to handle it, and it’s ok. I remember those times fondly but theres no need to put myself through that level of mental anguish; I’ve since found other things to love.

You can give it a try and see how you react to it, that was just my experience.

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- catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It’s funny how, with all the “but who’d think of children!”, the actual kids don’t really care much about violence and gore on their screens. It’s more that when they grow up they become terrified of it. Maybe we need to make gory media strictly for 18 yo or younger :D
  
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  - GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    XD perhaps, I do feel like the interactive nature of videogames changes things a bit, and I didn’t try gaming until I was a (young) adult, so idk how I would have handled it as a kid.
    
    I did have completely unrestricted access to media from like 12 yrs old on, and blood and gore never really fazed me much in fiction.
    
    Maybe the gained experience from life is what makes those things (violence, catastrophe, etc) more realistic and thus horrific.
    
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RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Only one way to find out! 😬

Not with gore or trauma, but I have realized that I have become more sensitive to emotionally charged media. Sad games or movies didn’t use to move me, but nowadays I feel like I’m brought to tears a lot more easily. Same with happy things like redemption or forgiveness.

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- catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Same! Back in the day I could play Undertale’s genocide route without feeling much but nowadays even just reading through a good ending of a romantic manga makes me all teary.
  
  And Hello Charlotte is one of the most honest pieces of media I’ve experienced. It’s like the author lets you into her inner world for awhile, with all the trauma and pain she’s been through hidden behind a thin veil of metaphors, using gore and pain to tell a story much more terrible than its components.
  
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