Your "stress ball"

[dubiousdisc]

Do you have a game that you always turn to for decompressing and destressing?

Mine would have to be:
- Quake III (game of choice for calming down and letting out some steam)
- Simcity 3000 (official game of sick days)

[Larissa]

Halo is my usual go to. When I'm stressed I like to kill aliens. (On the hardest difficulty of course, so I can yell at my TV every time I die. It's cathartic, I swear.)

If I have more time I usually start replaying one of my favorite games (FF12, FF7, FF6, etc). I find playing a game I've beaten half a dozen times very comforting for some reason. Usually I get really into it and start figuring out ways to challenge myself in new playthroughs. Gives me something to look forward to every day when life is stressful.

[Destinie]

When I was upset I used to play Soul Caliber 2 and beat the heck out of people.

These days I prefer to play something simple and mindless, usually pick-up games. I'll play Tsum Tsum on my phone or DoodleFit, which is a puzzle game I downloaded from the eShop. There's also this cute cat game that I have that is a puzzle game with cats and it's VERY mindless and cute.

[Crystal]

I'll usually play something on my 3DS. It has to be something that makes me think so my mind shifts to the game instead of how I'm feeling. Works like a charm.

Sometimes I'll also go fishing on World of Warcraft which surprising works really well as there isn't much thinking involved with it.

[Robin]

Used to play Animal Crossing all the time for stress relief ^_^ want to get back into it but I have to find/repair all my game systems. (My house eats things. >_<)

[Camy]

Mass Effect
Dragon Age, sometimes videos especially with sarcastic Hawke.
Tera

[Mikari]

Dragon Ball Xenoverse and beat up everyone as a super saiyan :D

[Todd]

Mine has to be a platformer. I LOVE RPGS, but they take too much attention. Platformers are fun, but require little thought. My favorite is Super Mario Bros (any of the games), but I can do Rayman, Sly Cooper, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter...

[Mikari]

lol I'm the opposite, I could play RPGs in my sleep, but need more focus for platformers or I'll miss the jumps, run into something, etc. XD

[Destinie]

Mikari, same with me. I get SOO frustrated playing platformers when I make stupid mistakes like falling into a pit or bumping into an enemy. ORZ A visual-based rpg is a lot easier and less mental energy for me. Point, click, point, click.