With the a stressful season
approaching its end and you realising you spent hundred of dollars on presents,
you’re broke, stressed, and need a release. How would you go about destressing
and escaping life without spending more on a getaway or a destressing shopping
spree? Easy. Stay at home, away from the cold, and play some games! Not games
with the family (because sometimes you want to get away from them too), but I
am talking about video games. They’re at most $60 and they last a lot longer
than the memories of sunny beaches! The idea of losing yourself in a virtual
world would be the best way to get away from everyone and stay in your own safe
bubble. Focusing on just PC, Xbox, and Playstation platforms, here are just a
couple of categories and games in that category that you should try out just to
see which can relax you.
First Person Shooters – Battlefield
The most obvious stress relief in
the field of gaming is the first-person shooter; it’s a way to get rid of those
trigger-happy thoughts without doing anything violent or incriminating in real
life. The Battlefield series are great games where you can not only shoot other
people on foot, but you’re able to shoot from above in a jet or an attack
helicopter and blast from tanks. There’s even an armoured train! The game is
simple – take over an enemy objective. You barely need to stress your brain!
Life of Crime – Saints Row
Another shoot to thrill category is
where you indulge yourself in the life of crime. In the Saints Row series, you’re
the leader of a gang and you basically terrorize the city with your antics.
Though the first two games (Saints Row and Saint Row 2) weren’t up there in
terms of graphics, Saints Row the Third added more to the player customization.
The game series is in no way a serious affair, with it’s over the top humour
and NSFW content, which can help you break through that serious façade you’ve
had to hold in the conference room.
Open World Fantasy – Skyrim
If the aspects of your daily and
modern life are just too much to handle, escape with dragons, swords, and magic.
These types of games let you relive that Lord of the Rings life that you’ve so
been dreaming of (without having to get up and move). The fourth installment in
Bethesda’s Elder Scroll series, Skyrim is an oldie, but a goodie. The game is
in its own very developed world, which will take you away from your own not so
developed life. You have the freedom to be a swordsman, a mage, a thief, or all
of the above. You can join guilds, make friends with NPCs, and even care for
children! It’s exactly like the real world except you don’t have real
responsibilities and you can wield magic.
Horror – Amnesia
As if watching scary movies weren’t
enough for your heart, take it a step further by putting yourself inside one. Not
only would these games scare the stress out of you, you’ll have more reasons to
not sleep! Amnesia is a perfect game when you are still trying to figure
yourself out because the player’s main struggle is to figure out who they are
by finding evidence inside a house. The catch is that there’s a monster in the
house trying to kill you and you have to hide from it. It’s a hide-and-seek
game that will ask the developers why the game wasn’t a first-person shooter.
Whether you prefer the mouse and
keyboard method or the feel of the controller, gaming will find a way to make
sure that the stress that you have been feeling these past months gets released
in a nice and legal manner. Just be sure to get up (and shower) once in a while,
and interact with people this holiday season!
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