What’s the game that made you into a gamer?

And I don’t necessarily mean your first video game, or the game you have fond memories of (though they can still apply) I mean the one that taught you new mechanics that you never really experienced before or made you start to think like a gamer would. One that had you looking up guides on how to beat a certain section, or the game that turned gaming from a casual occurrence to a full blown hobby for you?

For me it’s Batman Arkham City.

I remember my brother bought Arkham City for my birthday and my life was forever changed. Up until that point I had mainly button mashed fighting games and just caused chaos in grand theft auto. But this was the first game to challenge me. I had seen gameplay for Arkham Asylum before but this was the first time I was invested in not only story, but how to properly fight, stealth, and solve puzzles. It taught me the basic mechanics and “video game rules” that we can sometimes take for granted these days. (Stuff like visual cues on where to go next, enemy ai behavior, or learning a boss’s patterns). It was the foundation for what is now one of my major passions and I’m forever grateful for it.