Reddit has forever changed the way I play video games
When I was growing up, I'd play Nintendo 64 games with my older brother all the time. We'd play "Mario Kart" and "Mario Tennis," blow each other up with rockets in "Halo," and take turns playing "Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time." Like a true little brother, I was always excited to watch my brother play a single-player game like "Zelda" so I could try to help him out when he'd run into trouble, either by consulting a game guide or just by shouting a lot of random stuff at him. (Neither tactic worked very well.)
These days, my brother and I live across the country. We still play games online together sometimes, but our schedules don't always match up, so we mostly play solo.
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But my brother insisted I keep playing. During a family reunion that December, he told me countless things I'd never known about "Destiny," including ways to get ultra-rare "exotic" weapons, complicated systems for leveling up your character, and a merchant that appears once a week to sell you awesome stuff.
I asked my brother where he got all this information. He told me to visit the "Destiny the Game" subreddit.
Everything changed after that.
Since learning about that single subreddit, my experience with "Destiny" improved dramatically. Every day, people would post pictures and videos of their stories, achievements, and blunders. People would regularly offer tips and tips I couldn't wait to try. That subreddit helped me find a group of people to play with in "Destiny," which is needed to complete some of the tougher end-game activities like the six-man raids which reward you with some of the best loot in the game.
The "Destiny" subreddit taught me something important: When you have thousands, if not millions of people exploring a single game, you will learn all of its secrets. And it makes the game that much better.
Since then, I've consulted Reddit for almost every new game I've bought or played. Right now, I'm playing "Bloodborne," which is one of the toughest games I've ever played. I'm currently stuck at the second boss, Father Gascoigne, who transforms into a rampaging werewolf halfway through the fight. I've been fighting this boss since last week, and I've spent about four hours on him alone. Last night, though, I learned an interesting strategy on Reddit to help me quickly dispatch Father Gascoigne, which I can't wait to try.
And that's why Reddit's individual subreddits for video games are so great.
In each of those subreddits are hundreds, if not thousands or millions of dedicated fans of the game who only wish to share funny anecdotes or pictures and video, show off the things that have helped them find success, or help new players find their way. It's almost like having an older sibling there playing with you and guiding you through to the finish, pointing out the coolest stuff along the way. Almost.
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