For both DkS2&3 I expected this to be a thing. It seemed so obvious to have the safe haven be a trap. I guess this was too cruel even for From.
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The best traps in gaming
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For both DkS2&3 I expected this to be a thing. It seemed so obvious to have the safe haven be a trap. I guess this was too cruel even for From.
LordKasual
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This one in Bloodborne is hilarious
fuck that trap, my dumb ass got killed first by the swing, and on my very next life by the roll
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First thing I thought of were the boulder traps in the courtyard part of Resident Evil.
Somehow manages to be the most ridiculously impractical contraption in a mansion full of ridiculously impractical contraptions.
Somehow manages to be the most ridiculously impractical contraption in a mansion full of ridiculously impractical contraptions.
Dark Souls 2 has a nasty twist: Mimics can grab you even if you attack them. Also, chests in Dark Souls 2 can break if you hit them too many times.
Man, Dark Souls 2 really loves to fuck with players.
mcz117chief
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but HP bar always appears after any hit if it is a mimic.
LordKasual
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I can't recall any specifics, but the original Tomb Raider has enough great trap designs to fill this thread. Many of the game's platforming "puzzles" were essentially just traps that required enough foresight to navigate.
People never believe me...but the only game that has ever come close to the amount of genuine fear the Soulsborne games can instill in me have been the original Tomb Raider games.
People never believe me...but the only game that has ever come close to the amount of genuine fear the Soulsborne games can instill in me have been the original Tomb Raider games.
Crossing Eden
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This fucking shit used to get me so good but then you play it as an adult and you can use it on Riku. Also, fuck Riku, as if this cheating SOB didn't sabotage that bridge.
Rudimental
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"Ahaha, nice hit."
"Alright, we got him."
"Alright, we got him."
Shrike_Priest
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I generally hate traps that the game throws at you. However, laying out traps of your own is awesome.
Bioshock 1 and 2 were really great at letting you combine environmental hazards with your own traps.
Rivets, crossbow electrocution tripwires, exploding barrels. Greatness.
Honorable mention to Dishonored of course.
Bioshock 1 and 2 were really great at letting you combine environmental hazards with your own traps.
Rivets, crossbow electrocution tripwires, exploding barrels. Greatness.
Honorable mention to Dishonored of course.
petethepanda
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This one in Bloodborne is hilarious
Dodging that at the last possible second only to stand there like a moron and have it hit me on the way back down is one of my favorite gaming moments :lol
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the delta horse has been a tradition in Deception since Deception III on the PSOne, I wouldn't call that one of the "newer" games
StrikeFirst117
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This one in Bloodborne is hilarious
I completely forgot about that one, summoned one of my mates near the pressure plate and we both got caught it when it detached.
Dark illusion traps From the ps2 Game TRAPT ( AKA Kagero II: Dark Illusion in JP ) still put a smile to my face .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTdxjdOcQX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTdxjdOcQX0
NOLA_Gaffer
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Huh, I don't remember it snapping back to Peach when you fall in.
Basketball
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Mimics were great in ds1
but really who fell for them in 2/3
they lost a lot of steam.
but really who fell for them in 2/3
they lost a lot of steam.
There's more:
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
This is amazing and needs to be in the next game/DLC.
Honestly, how amazing would it be if Gary Gygax were still around, got pissed off at powergaming munchkins in Souls, and got to deal with things his way?
His way being "oh, you like to listen to every door? I'll give this keyhole a parasite that likes to enter ears and kill you."
How About No
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Oh shit, how could I forget?
The infamous mirror room in Silent Hill 3
I feel that might be an emulator fail
The infamous mirror room in Silent Hill 3
I feel that might be an emulator fail
First thing I thought of were the boulder traps in the courtyard part of Resident Evil.
Somehow manages to be the most ridiculously impractical contraption in a mansion full of ridiculously impractical contraptions.
Chris would get his revenge on that boulder 10 years later.
Nah, I know World at War had a bouncing betty so it might be a part of the campaign that I'm remembering it.
But I think that in the actual game that I'm remembering, is that it acted like a bouncing betty, but it wasn't called that, so that's why I can't find games like Resistance on the Giant Bomb Wiki.
How about this classic? (what edition of the game is this image from? I mostly just know the NES version)
Looks like the super mario allstars version.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
the mimics from nox would go from chests to crazy beetle things theres one on the left in the image
My childhood nightmare lol. I was only able to get past it in my teens, after learning the trick to it online.
Probably a few to pick from Tomb Raider, but I just go with St Francis Folly's Damocles room in Tomb Raider 1/Anniversary that includes huge swords from the ceiling that comes crashing down if you get close.
I especially love this room in Anniversary (and St. Francis Folly as a whole really compare to the original), where the swords have just the right enough of impact when they fall, and also the additions of spike traps to make this room even more deadly.
I especially love this room in Anniversary (and St. Francis Folly as a whole really compare to the original), where the swords have just the right enough of impact when they fall, and also the additions of spike traps to make this room even more deadly.
old manatee
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Legend of Grimrock had some devious traps.
VlaudTheImpaler
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Does this count?
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I have heard the term but had no idea it was derogatory. Luckily haven't used the term before, and definitely won't now.
Bloodporne
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This one in Bloodborne is hilarious
That asshole of a trap had me running away just like this person and I dodged forward plunging off the cliff. I couldn't believe it actually came loose and flew at me at about 50 mph.
Tomb Raider 2 had a freaking gauntlet in its opening level heh. I love that maybe 2/3 of The Great Wall felt more on the calm side, and then suddenly you're thrown into a series of traps.
TR3 also had a kind of tough opening level that led to quite a brutal level (Temple Ruins) which that one probably is almost Temple of Xian level of brutal.
Morrigan Stark
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Hahahahahahahaha
Haha nice gif oto.
They said best, not worstDoes this count?
Bloodporne
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Unit traps in Fire Emblem
a.k.a don't bother wasting EXP on these losers
But those units become arguably near the best in their respective games if you spend the time on them.
perfectchaos007
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You can either go back to the beginning of the game, or kill yourself. At least Miyamoto gave the player an option.
A Link to the Past
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On the bans:
1. Just because they do not know that they are using a slur does not mean that they did not. They know now, and they now know it is banworthy.
2. Even if we argue ignorance as a defense, the posts were potentially derailing.
3. I heard the argument that because some trans people use it, it might make it confusing. That isn't entirely wrong, but I would compare it to the argument of "I heard a black guy call himself the n-word." It's certainly more apparent that you should not use that word, but equally so, you should use neither in that way.
On topic:
I really like Mimics, especially as they are in Dragon Quest and Kid Icarus. I also rather like traps in board/card games, especially One Night Ultimate Werewolf. Playing Tanner, Minion, Cursed, and Robber (the way I play him anyway) is just a lot of fun.
1. Just because they do not know that they are using a slur does not mean that they did not. They know now, and they now know it is banworthy.
2. Even if we argue ignorance as a defense, the posts were potentially derailing.
3. I heard the argument that because some trans people use it, it might make it confusing. That isn't entirely wrong, but I would compare it to the argument of "I heard a black guy call himself the n-word." It's certainly more apparent that you should not use that word, but equally so, you should use neither in that way.
On topic:
I really like Mimics, especially as they are in Dragon Quest and Kid Icarus. I also rather like traps in board/card games, especially One Night Ultimate Werewolf. Playing Tanner, Minion, Cursed, and Robber (the way I play him anyway) is just a lot of fun.
PensivePen
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Nino appears so late in the game and requires so much experience to level up, that by the time she is ready for battle you will only have 3-5 maps to actually use her. And in the end her offensive stats are barely better than Erk or Pent, and she's weaker defensively. Amelia as a Paladin/General/Great Knight is weaker than most equivalent units except in the areas of speed and luck (seriously, Seth, the guy you start with on map 1 has higher averages than her in most stats).
And on top of this these characters are big experience leaches early on while contributing little or nothing to battle. You could just as easily give that experience to a unit who can hold their own and will be equally effective by the endgame. I can't speak for Donnie as I only played all the way through Awakening once, but he still has the same experience hogging and low contribution problems early on as the other two.
I felt one particular area of Bloodborne did traps in a clever way: the Research Hall.
Not only were there plates that blended in seamlessly with the flooring that would cause shelves to explode and do absurd amounts of damage but the ways the crazed patients were designed was quite impressive.
There were certain areas in the Research Hall where it would trigger the patients to end up ambushing you and leaving you trapped between a rock and a hard place, forcing you to make drastic decisions. There is one walkway that upon reaching the end of it for loot, a group of patients will come walking towards you from another room if you decided to just pass by it and leave you trapped in a dead end.
The same happens when you decide to sneak past a group of them walking by only to climb up a ladder to see there is much larger and dangerous patient above. However, if you try to climb down the ladder, that group of patients you sneaked past returned and are below you.
Research Hall is probably some of the best level design in Bloodborne though.
Not only were there plates that blended in seamlessly with the flooring that would cause shelves to explode and do absurd amounts of damage but the ways the crazed patients were designed was quite impressive.
There were certain areas in the Research Hall where it would trigger the patients to end up ambushing you and leaving you trapped between a rock and a hard place, forcing you to make drastic decisions. There is one walkway that upon reaching the end of it for loot, a group of patients will come walking towards you from another room if you decided to just pass by it and leave you trapped in a dead end.
The same happens when you decide to sneak past a group of them walking by only to climb up a ladder to see there is much larger and dangerous patient above. However, if you try to climb down the ladder, that group of patients you sneaked past returned and are below you.
Research Hall is probably some of the best level design in Bloodborne though.
A Link to the Past
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I'm pretty sure Donel gets pretty good
eot
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Probably a few to pick from Tomb Raider, but I just go with St Francis Folly's Damocles room in Tomb Raider 1/Anniversary that includes huge swords from the ceiling that comes crashing down if you get close.
I especially love this room in Anniversary (and St. Francis Folly as a whole really compare to the original), where the swords have just the right enough of impact when they fall, and also the additions of spike traps to make this room even more deadly.
Yup, it's probably the most well re-imagined level in Anniversary. Stays true to the original, while being greatly expanded.
ronaldthump
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this whole game.