Yeah, this is where I'm going to stop.
Not only was it not necessary for the MC to be this pitiful, if he's THAT pitiful, it just creates a whole new annoying spin on his immediate environment. To make a long story short, if someone had an obviously shitty life, which makes it incredibly easy to understand what's stopping them from being "normal"....The mother at the start of the story, should REALLY not be going around nagging him to "be normal, look at your neighbors, they're normal!"
Now...Why am I thinking about the MC's family, when I'm supposed to think about him, and especially, the game? Why is it so needlessly unfocused?
Mhm. <_<
While these things can happen, I can't see why anyone would think that'd make for an entertaining story. This is just trying to be as needlessly sad and unfocused as it possibly can. Discovery writing at its finest.