Exactly what happened to me about 5 years ago.

I felt I was playing CS:GO only as an obligation to keep a rank and “be” with my friends. Sometimes it was good chating on Discord while playing, but most of the time it was just us arguing because of strategy and whatnot.

I decided to go back to single player experiences and immediately felt less stressed. Experiencing things on my own pace and terms was great and I even felt my friendships with those CS guys improved when I gave the game up.

CS: GO.

Played it for 800 hours and sucked in all of them. Sorry if you ever were my teammate, I swear I was trying my best.

Resident Evil 4 back in the PS2 days. I considered myself a purist in survival horror and just kept thinking “why are they making the enemies like pinatas? You shoot 'em and get ammo!”. When I finally gor around to playing it in 2006, I quickly swallowed my pride (and prejudice, hehehe).

Such a great time playing it with friends watching!

O&S took me a solid 2 weeks to beat, but it was the greatest high I felt in any video game ever. Nothing came close to that feeling til this day.

Cadillacs & Dinosaurs.

I mean, come on, the title promises two things and delivers.

Not the creppiest, but The Sorrow’s section in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater totally caught me off guard. Still gives me shivers every time I replay that game.