So, I'm guessing that most people here in #Gaming are passionate about, well... games. What's that one franchise that you've loved so much that you just... I don't know exactly how to say it. The one where you just care so much about, and where it has impacted you so much? For me, it has to be Mass Effect. I started placing Mass Effect pretty late into the series, but I don't think that really matters. I've gotten all of the games and played them numerous time. I only started [i]really[/i] playing Mass Effect with the release of ME3. I wasn't exposed much to Mass Effect before, and I would probably have been too young to appreciate the universe before. (When ME3 came out, I was 15.) I did a playthrough of ME3 somewhat blindly, and I knew I was going to miss out a bit by not playing ME1 and ME2 first, but I still [b]loved[/b] it. It was either immediately after or at least soon after that I went out and bought Mass Effect 1 and 2. I then did a playthrough of all 3 games and I loved it even more. Soon after, I joined an online Mass Effect community. So, it's not just the awesomeness of the series which affected me so much, but the people I met in this community, too. The best friends I've ever had were from that community. I think Mass Effect was the first clearly story-focused game that I loved, and it made me open to trying other story driven games. I might have not tried out games like The Walking Dead and The Last of Us if I hadn't played Mass Effect. And The Last of Us is my favorite game of all time, followed by the Mass Effects, so I'm glad I played it. Story focused games are now my [b]favorite[/b] types of games. If I had to be classified as a fan of a series of anything, I'd want to be called a Mass Effect fan. ^_^ ----- I'll give a notable mention to the Halo series. I've been with it since the beginning... even though I was 5 when Halo CE came out :P