This is the only game I’ve had the pleasure of seeing my wife gain actual enjoyment.
We’ve been trying to share a game since we had our first child (my now 8 month old son Rex). She had been struggling to find a hobby since his birth. We concluded that her interests and her knowledge in gaming had grown vicarously through me and were large enough for her to start branching out into the world of gaming.
We had tried ESO on PS4 and although she loved the world of Tamriel she found the game to be confusing and confounded by the controls of the PS4. We played through a few other couch co-op games but never found the one that drew her back.
We bought a WiiU for Mario Maker. At first lots of laughs were had till she hit a skill wall. Platformers can be notoriously hard and she found that the skill gap for enjoyment became too time consuming.
Now comes Tree of Savior CBT2. I had been following this game for a long time and was excited to see my patience paid off with a key. Since the launch of the beta all I’ve had a lot of time to discuss the game and concepts. Talking to my friends over VoIP programs, reading forum posts and posting on facebook.
Now my wife you see she is a bartender and comes home late (3am late). I had fallen asleep earlier the other night with Rex. When I awoke I was found to a pleasant surprise. She was playing ToS. She was playing ToS and doing great. I could hear her talking to herself and giggling over the cute sprites for the characters.
This morning we talked about duo combinations, theory crafted support/dps hybrid classes and ultimately had a genuinely interested in a game conversation.
Her face when she found out that there was no way to obtain a key. We checked fan-sites. We checked the forums. She is at peace with the game will be released in a year and can wait; but her face.
Now why does this make me different than anyone else? It really doesn’t. But I know that it is worth any price to me to see my wife happy. She has been without a fulfilling hobby for long enough.
TL;DR - I love my wife; and pizza.