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Post by dangerousdave on Oct 8, 2023 18:39:49 GMT
Unlike the Game Mechanics you hate for any reason thread, I thought that perhaps there’s just as many player habits that might sour an experience or make things a slog for no better reason but to satisfy an annoying, reinforced habit picked up from games over the years.
One of the many annoying habits I have is to fully uncover any map that slowly reveals itself to the player as they walk through it. The first game I can think of I did this for was Xenoblade on the Wii. It’s a fantastic game with some beautiful locations, but I can’t help but reveal the entire map in each location, just in case I miss a side quest or collectible or some kind. It massively extended my playtime for a game that is already massive.
It’s probably for the best that I never bought the remaster on Switch.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 8, 2023 18:43:03 GMT
I'm the same. Makes me think of Diablo 2 - walk around the outside of the area first, then the inside bits, then inbetween. Have to kill all enemies as well. I know a lot of people just go straight for the bosses D:
Completionist stuff in general. Fortunately I'm lazy so usually can't be arsed but it does annoy me to leave things unfinished, even if I know I don't care about them
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Post by Vortex on Oct 8, 2023 18:48:40 GMT
Constant reloading after firing a few shots. Having been killed in the early days of CoD by having a mostly empty magazine, i now routinely reload too soon. Been killed many times by meeting another team mate of theirs mid-reload.
Annoyingly, i always instinctively do this with lmgs too, even with a 100 round mag with loads of bullets left AND a massive reload time. D'oh.
Looting the shit out of everywhere in rpgs and searching almost *everything*. It's almost bordering on ocd.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 8, 2023 18:51:26 GMT
Ha, yeah. Spending 10 minutes agonising over what to ditch from your inventory in Fallout because you're overencombered, only to 30 seconds later pick up a load more stuff and have to do it all again
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Post by dogbot on Oct 8, 2023 18:55:52 GMT
Constant reloading after firing a few shots. Having been killed in the early days of CoD by having a mostly empty magazine, i now routinely reload too soon. Been killed many times by meeting another team mate of theirs mid-reload. Annoyingly, i always instinctively do this with lmgs too, even with a 100 round mag with loads of bullets left AND a massive reload time. D'oh. Looting the shit out of everywhere in rpgs and searching almost *everything*. It's almost bordering on ocd. Yes on the RPG thing. Larian know what's up. What do all those skeletons have in their pockets? Bones. |
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Post by myk on Oct 8, 2023 19:02:36 GMT
People that take ages comparing every single drop they pick up while in the levelling period of a game. It's going to get outclassed in a couple of minutes, if it's not obviously better don't worry about it.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 8, 2023 19:16:42 GMT
Always have to have a look through the options menu before I start a game. Makes sense on PC I suppose, but is a waste of time on console unless you're picking a performance mode.
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Post by myk on Oct 8, 2023 19:47:47 GMT
that reminds me, the Xbox used to have a system-wide inverted up preference, and now I have to set it on every single game
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 8, 2023 19:48:41 GMT
Definitely reloading too often.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2023 19:50:30 GMT
Always reloading, and usually at the wrong time.
Hoarding the best weapons/items to use when I really need them and then never actually using them.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 8, 2023 20:02:23 GMT
Constantly changing my characters appearance in any game that let's you once you've actually started the game.
My Starfield character has had so many different hairstyles and facial hair.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 8, 2023 20:05:48 GMT
How I play really aggressive when fighting a boss in say a Soulslike and then when I get them to a sliver of life I suddenly fall apart and play ridiculously passive.
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Post by Vortex on Oct 8, 2023 20:14:07 GMT
Hoarding the best weapons/items to use when I really need them and then never actually using them. Oh god, definitely this too! |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 8, 2023 20:53:09 GMT
How I play really aggressive when fighting a boss in say a Soulslike and then when I get them to a sliver of life I suddenly fall apart and play ridiculously passive. Yeah, that's always the hardest part, especially if you've been stuck on them for a while. Once my mind is on the victory, I'll either get greedy and end up dying or become too timid and spend ages missing every opportunity to do damage |
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Post by Ulythium on Oct 8, 2023 21:00:18 GMT
Always reloading, and usually at the wrong time. Hoarding the best weapons/items to use when I really need them and then never actually using them.
Definitely this - nothing like getting to the end of a game and realising I have two dozen of the strongest healing items available, that I was stockpiling for a moment that never actually arrived.
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Post by Danno on Oct 8, 2023 21:11:02 GMT
Smashing through the main storyline and then realising I have no motivation to go back and do heaps of side quests and busywork that would maybe have enriched my experience/value for money
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 8, 2023 21:16:37 GMT
Smashing through the main storyline and then realising I have no motivation to go back and do heaps of side quests and busywork that would maybe have enriched my experience/value for money That's why I always try and space a campaign mission with at least one side quest. Sometimes the side quests are genuinely more involved, for example I've really enjoyed the side quests of Phantom Liberty, they've actually had some thought into them and are quite morally grey. |
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Post by Nanocrystal on Oct 8, 2023 21:45:53 GMT
Trophy/achievement hunting. I don't know why I do this!!
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Post by cubby on Oct 8, 2023 21:48:30 GMT
They call me the sidequest queen.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 8, 2023 21:50:57 GMT
Who calls you that
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Post by mrpon on Oct 8, 2023 22:01:21 GMT
I knew sidequest queen would be in this thread!
Classic sidequest queen.
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Oct 8, 2023 22:15:15 GMT
It's not really related to any game at all but I still find myself flicking controllers up or reaching up to reposition the cable, even if it's a wireless one.
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Post by Danno on Oct 8, 2023 22:19:44 GMT
It's not really related to any game at all but I still find myself flicking controllers up or reaching up to reposition the cable, even if it's a wireless one. Bertie it's been like 15 years |
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Oct 8, 2023 22:25:43 GMT
Phantom cable syndrome. I can't be the only one, can I?
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Oct 8, 2023 23:54:07 GMT
I find that if a game will allow me to, I will mainline some mechanic or mundane task to max out a skill, usually for peak efficiency at the detriment of other skills.
Can't help it and I've done it again with Starfield. Gone crazy with the scanning and data gathering both to get my head around the mechanics of the system and max out the skill. Then I moved onto something else.
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Post by JuniorFE on Oct 9, 2023 0:26:13 GMT
I tend to (read: almost always) do side stuff/exploration first as much as I can... which usually leaves me overlevelled/overpowered for the main story, especially in open world games. Pretty much the opposite of Danno in that regard  I also suffer from the Megalixir Syndrome (never use items) as do a lot of us here I would guess, although in my case it's usually that I forget they exist, rather than being afraid of wasting them. Nioh 2 was a good step towards changing that though. |
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Post by JuniorFE on Oct 9, 2023 0:27:44 GMT
Oh, and I have a rather relaxed attitude towards grinding strategies/exploits. The duping glitch(es) in TotK (for certain materials, at least), the poor bird (and by extension the out of bounds clip in the same area) in Elden Ring, the Renown underoverflow glitch in FE: Three Houses... All good in my book, all they really do is lessen farming busywork anyway (or in FE's case, make more in the short-term, but allow much more playing around in later playthroughs). All three of the above games are gonna take/have taken me 100+ hours anyway so it's hardly like I'm not getting my money's worth if I use said methods |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 9, 2023 0:31:59 GMT
What's the FE glitch?
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Post by JuniorFE on Oct 9, 2023 0:34:47 GMT
Somehow I knew someone was going to ask that  Long post incoming, stay tuned Aunt Alison |
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Post by Lizard on Oct 9, 2023 0:35:01 GMT
Smashing through the main storyline and then realising I have no motivation to go back and do heaps of side quests and busywork that would maybe have enriched my experience/value for money I'm the opposite. I have to complete or at least progress sidequests ahead of the main story. I rarely complete either. |
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