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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: burningdoom on November 06, 2014, 01:18:09 pm
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To all the longtime gamers: Do you still have ingrained habits from your childhood? Habits that do you know good in modern games?
I find myself doing these things all the time. Such as hording supplies and power-ups until I get to a boss. Back in the day, that was necessary. Games were freaking hard. But nowadays, they all hold your hand. So instead of using the strategy as intended, I end up just seeing a whole lot less special moves/powers than other people.
Another one that I just can't get past is holding down the button right next to your jump button. I have that ingrained in me from Super Mario Bros. on NES. You had to hold down the "B" button in order to run. And I ran EVERYWHERE in that game.
How about you guys? Anything like that for you?
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Yeah, i rush through levels because i always think there is a timelimit ^^
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Reloading a weapon at the worst possible time in an online game.
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Reloading a weapon at the worst possible time in an online game.
lol, yes. I do that too.
"I only have 24 rounds left in my 25 round clip, MUST RELOAD NOW!"
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I got it in my head when I was young that I had to pick up everything. I didn't want to be wasteful. I thought the game would think I didn't need that health, so it would quit giving it to me. So, I picked up everything whether I needed it or not.
To this day, I can't leave a health laying. A good example is in Metroid when you stand over those spawning holes for those beetle looking things. I shoot and shoot trying to get my missiles or health full. Even if I don't need what's dropped, I have to pick it up.
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Killing every enemy on the screen. That's works against me if a game decides for the enemies to have constant respawns , like those stupid birds in Ninja Gaiden.
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I tend to collect any and all items. Mustn't leave that one coin behind!
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I tend to collect any and all items. Mustn't leave that one coin behind!
I also got that problem, always thinking "Hhmmm i might need that later"
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Never using brakes in racing games.
Oh, and in football games, nothing but hail mary plays.
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I can't think of any off the top of my head that I still do, but I did have a friend that would rock back and forth while playing FPS and fighting games. It was almost a tactic since it was so distracting lol
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Killing every enemy on the screen. That's works against me if a game decides for the enemies to have constant respawns , like those stupid birds in Ninja Gaiden.
I imagine the Dynasty Warriors game being an annoyance if you do that
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I got it in my head when I was young that I had to pick up everything. I didn't want to be wasteful. I thought the game would think I didn't need that health, so it would quit giving it to me. So, I picked up everything whether I needed it or not.
To this day, I can't leave a health laying. A good example is in Metroid when you stand over those spawning holes for those beetle looking things. I shoot and shoot trying to get my missiles or health full. Even if I don't need what's dropped, I have to pick it up.
I'm still that way even though I know that's useless. I'm just unable to refrain myself from picking everything up before it disappears... :o
Also, in turn-based games, holding down the A button when I attack / holding down B when I defend. I don't know why, but I've had that habit since forever, I think it started with Pokémon. A is for "yes" and B is for "cancel", so obviously A makes your attack stronger and B negates the opponents' moves, right?! :-X
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I got it in my head when I was young that I had to pick up everything. I didn't want to be wasteful. I thought the game would think I didn't need that health, so it would quit giving it to me. So, I picked up everything whether I needed it or not.
To this day, I can't leave a health laying. A good example is in Metroid when you stand over those spawning holes for those beetle looking things. I shoot and shoot trying to get my missiles or health full. Even if I don't need what's dropped, I have to pick it up.
I'm still that way even though I know that's useless. I'm just unable to refrain myself from picking everything up before it disappears... :o
Also, in turn-based games, holding down the A button when I attack / holding down B when I defend. I don't know why, but I've had that habit since forever, I think it started with Pokémon. A is for "yes" and B is for "cancel", so obviously A makes your attack stronger and B negates the opponents' moves, right?! :-X
Speaking of Pokemon, pressing A while the pokeball is shaking to increase the chance of a capture.
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I got it in my head when I was young that I had to pick up everything. I didn't want to be wasteful. I thought the game would think I didn't need that health, so it would quit giving it to me. So, I picked up everything whether I needed it or not.
To this day, I can't leave a health laying. A good example is in Metroid when you stand over those spawning holes for those beetle looking things. I shoot and shoot trying to get my missiles or health full. Even if I don't need what's dropped, I have to pick it up.
I'm still that way even though I know that's useless. I'm just unable to refrain myself from picking everything up before it disappears... :o
Also, in turn-based games, holding down the A button when I attack / holding down B when I defend. I don't know why, but I've had that habit since forever, I think it started with Pokémon. A is for "yes" and B is for "cancel", so obviously A makes your attack stronger and B negates the opponents' moves, right?! :-X
Speaking of Pokemon, pressing A while the pokeball is shaking to increase the chance of a capture.
Actually that only worked in Gen 1
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate
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For games like Fallout, collect everything! And never ever use the rarer/cool stuff......
Or take off auto save and have fun, and not save it.
Also store it all in one location. For example, you own a house(skyrim) and separate everything and organize it all. Which is strange because my room is normally messy haha.
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With the exception of "rocking back and forth" which I do not do.
I am guilty of all the other things mentioned so far in this tread.
But also:
Epic amounts of swearing to the point that I have often invented entirely new curse words and phrases while gaming. My wife says it's like I am speaking in tongues.
In fact if I am fighting a particularly hard boss and I have died a few times already once I finally beat said boss I am known to flip the tv the double birds spouting "Yes! effff you, effff you. eeeeeeeeeffffffff yooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
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I got it in my head when I was young that I had to pick up everything. I didn't want to be wasteful. I thought the game would think I didn't need that health, so it would quit giving it to me. So, I picked up everything whether I needed it or not.
To this day, I can't leave a health laying. A good example is in Metroid when you stand over those spawning holes for those beetle looking things. I shoot and shoot trying to get my missiles or health full. Even if I don't need what's dropped, I have to pick it up.
I'm still that way even though I know that's useless. I'm just unable to refrain myself from picking everything up before it disappears... :o
Also, in turn-based games, holding down the A button when I attack / holding down B when I defend. I don't know why, but I've had that habit since forever, I think it started with Pokémon. A is for "yes" and B is for "cancel", so obviously A makes your attack stronger and B negates the opponents' moves, right?! :-X
Speaking of Pokemon, pressing A while the pokeball is shaking to increase the chance of a capture.
Actually that only worked in Gen 1
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate
Wait, that actually worked for real? :o
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In fact if I am fighting a particularly hard boss and I have died a few times already once I finally beat said boss I am known to flip the tv the double birds spouting "Yes! effff you, effff you. eeeeeeeeeffffffff yooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
There is something oddly satisfying about flipping off the tv... Once I start doing that though I tell myself it is probably time to take a break ha.
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I am SUPER fidgety when I play 2D platformers, so I will just constantly be jumping/rolling or whatever even during the sections with no jumps/enemies. Especially on DKC1 and 2 and ESPECIALLY when I'm using Diddy. I basically just cartwheel through the whole game with him, lol. I think impatience is overall my worst habit when it comes games, which is what I think my fidgetiness stems from, feeling the need to do SOMETHING during the slower parts of the game. I make a lot of mistakes just because I didn't think a move/jump through at all and rushed headlong into death. I
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