7 Dumb Stresses We Get Playing Games

There's no need to worry about these things in games -- AND YET WE DO ANYWAY AAaaAaAHH. Here are the unnecessary stresses that plague our gaming. What stresses you out playing games? Let us know in the comments, and enjoy!

*saves game* *goes afk for five seconds, affecting nothing* *saves again*

"Will I trigger the story before I'm done mucking about?" Basically, whenever there is an area with multiple paths I get really stressed trying to figure out where I need to go for the story to progress so that I can take that path the last. Because I want to explore and loot every inch of the game and I'm constantly afraid I will take the wrong (or I guess the right) way, trigger a cutscene that progresses the situation and I either miss a cool item/side quest/a bit of lore/pretty hidden scenery or I have to backtrack for 20 minutes to see that other tunnel that I missed.

'Just let me catastrophize in peace!' Thank you Jane for finally giving me a motto I can apply to every area of my life.

Where's my "I have to check every corner of the map for special items" gang at? I know I turned myself off to Doom 2016 because I spent so much time looking for the upgrade things, never got past the first actual mission

"How long can I keep flirting with this character before it precludes me from flirting with other characters, possibly ones I haven't met yet? What's the in-character-romance point-of-no-return?"

That feeling when you're about to transition to a new area and think to yourself: "But did I click on **EVERYTHING**?" Bonus points if you get this feeling when leaving an area you know you can go back to later.

“I need to do all the side quests because what if the side quest nit being completed gives me a bad ending?” -me, anytime i play an open world rpg

(8:20) Worse in games where skills have different costs, and you're saving up for something, but the game keeps nagging about using your skill points.

Not upgrading your weapon/armor set because you worry you'll find better stuff later anyway and you don't wanna waste your precious upgrade materials. And then proceed to play throughout the whole game with an unupgraded wet tissue, wearing your level 0 gear and dying a lot because you could not stand the fear of regret.

If i go this way will i miss some worthless but interesting easter eggs.

“Such as the wonderful kingdoms of AMA-“

I know this is an old video but... my biggest unnecessary stress is having a party in an RPG with different levels. I want them all to level up exactly the same, to the same level! I go so far as to look up character guides, and read nothing else but the level they start at, and then get myself as close to exactly that as possible, right before they join. If one character that I use a lot goes away for a while... I'm screwed XD

"Just let me catastrophize in peace!" - Jane Douglas, 2019

"It was almost a relief when my father died because he looked so weird" -Ellen Rose, 2019

Speaking of character creation - that fear when your character LOOKS good in the character creator, and it looks different when actually in-game :O

I think I only partially get Jane's fear about the autosave. Living in an area with lots of thunderstorms, power outages can happen a lot and one time my game was autosaving on a PS2 and EVERYTHING in that save card was corrupted. I don't think it would happen with newer games though, but I still think about it lol

"Use a health potion!" "But we might need it later!" "WE'RE FIGHTING THE FINAL BOSS!!!"

Mass Effect opening sequence: Udina: Is this the kind of person we want protecting the galaxy? Me: Not with that nose

I share Ellen's fear! I restarted Dragon Age Inquisition about 4 times cause my characters mouth was moving weird 😆 I also share Mike's fear, which is why my characters always end up as a jack of all trades 😅