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The best traps in gaming
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Khrysler Jerikho
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Indeed it's a Mystery Incorporated reference. And traps are Fred's fetish.
On a note related to the thread, I usually like mimics. First time I met one in a game I didn't not expect the damn chest to try and eat me!
why is this not a thing yet!? FROM!!Pai Pai Master
Banned
You're fine don't sweat it. It only came off that way because other people in the thread were making that off-colour type of joke and he just didn't get the Scooby Doo reference.
Totally forgot about that game. Great game.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
Head of Vengarl
Banned
There's more:
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Now I want a game where every enemy is some form of mimic
Finale Fireworker
Member
Unit traps in Fire Emblem
So rude. Donnel makes the most broken Nah. He has utility as breeding stock.
Duke Nukem 2:
That red box can be smashed for loot but sometimes there's a bomb inside instead which will hurt:
Because I am not an observant player I didn't realise for a long time that Duke walks in front of real boxes and behind fake ones (or the other way round, I dunno). But those bombs were easy to avoid anyway so this was actually a pretty crap trap in the end.
That red box can be smashed for loot but sometimes there's a bomb inside instead which will hurt:
Because I am not an observant player I didn't realise for a long time that Duke walks in front of real boxes and behind fake ones (or the other way round, I dunno). But those bombs were easy to avoid anyway so this was actually a pretty crap trap in the end.
Apparently Prey is doubling-down on mimics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq9z6nvj8v8&t
The ladder mimic, holy shit. Imagine moving the camera up when you're near the top.
Bumbletron
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I mean, if they know enough to use the term, I expect them to know what they are saying. My expectations aren't for people to know the term (because the usage proportionally is rather small tbh), but for the ones who do to know what they are actually saying when they use it. I have definitely heard both terms used quite a bit, and if you use a word correctly in the derogatory sense or imply it through a picture - even if you don't mean it to be offensive, you should expect there to be some backlash for it.
I don't expect society to know better, but I do expect that of those with knowledge of the term. And to say that our expectations for society in relation to trans people, of all things, are too high definitely rubbed me the wrong way.
Frost's "welcome mats" aka beartraps are so fuckin' fun to place in Rainbow Six: Siege. My favorite trick is destroying a hatch in a hallway then placing them under barbed wire alongside. In three steps this creates a small choke point that ruins reckless attackers and sucks up the resources of careful ones. It's supremely effective upstairs on the map "Chalet," which incidentally has great places to hide them in plants.
P.S. Pls don't steal.
P.S. Pls don't steal.
JeTmAn81
Member
I actually feel like the mimic chests are not good traps. They get you the first time, then you spend the rest of the time whacking every chest just in case. Instead, you should have to try to open the chest to know if it's a mimic, but have enough time to react and dodge away from the mimic.
nah
Page 6 and we're still getting these stupid fucking post
Yappadappadu
Member
Well, the OP could update the first post.
Just saying.
Just saying.
How is it it the OP responsibility to make sure a derogatory, doesn't and shouldn't fly around here?
molnizzle
Member
Lol, perfect one.
illusion of choice
Suburban Thug
Member
Just happened to post the "that's my fetish" reaction face and we are supposed to assume that is talking about literal scooby doo traps instead of the deragatory term. Yeah, ok, especially considering the context of that episode is referring to being excited for a mystery not traps. So with all the banned posters making similar jokes I am supposed to believe that line of reasoning and not suspect a lame attempt at a trans joke? It's not about being "sensitive" it's about respect for your fellow human being.
I'm out for real. No need to crap up the thread with this kind of thing, the mods will continue to handle it.
This 😏 👍17k GAF posts and you still haven't switched to 100 replies/page.
Also bush no longer mod
This 😏 👍
Also bush no longer mod
Wait what? Is there a thread?
Yappadappadu
Member
Doesn't hurt anybody and we wouldn't have the discussions, we have now. Just speaking for myself what I would have done.
I seriously learned some things in this thread. Like the existence of that Deception series, which is clearly directed at an audience with a very specific fetish.
My vote for best traps goes to Sen's Fortress in Dark Souls. Top to bottom (including the chest with the Lightning Spear in it) that whole place is amazing.
I don't know who Sen was but it's unlikely he ever got anything productive done in that building.
My vote for best traps goes to Sen's Fortress in Dark Souls. Top to bottom (including the chest with the Lightning Spear in it) that whole place is amazing.
I don't know who Sen was but it's unlikely he ever got anything productive done in that building.
I didn't know he was gone (as a mod). I liked his sense of humor and the way he handled things. Anyway...off topic. Carry on.
cj_iwakura
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To be fair, those traps are in newer Deception games.
Dark Souls II has this style of trap, with chests that will shoot arrows or poison at you after you open, and you have to roll away.
It's pretty cool.
We'd still get them. People who don't read the OP. People who quote images from posters that are banned that still use them when they should have also read posts responding to people using them.
How About No
Member
This one in Bloodborne is hilarious
You have every right to be suspect, but in my case, I wasn't trying to be offensive. If you've watched the show, Fred has a serious, SERIOUS thing for traps (mechanical and the like). In so much that he ignores advances from Daphne, which is played up. If you don't believe me, I can understand.
eot
Banned
illusion of choice
I've played characters that focused (separately) on all four stats. It's not a false choice at all.
I never knew this! I think you can see them breathe in DS1, but didn't know they spy on you. so, where's the first mimic in DS3, was it after the dragon/drake?
Pai Pai Master
Banned
LOL awesome
I believe its in the dragon tower, yes.
Shouta
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Do not use trap to refer to transgender characters. Don't use it even if the character isn't. It is disrespectful and you will be banned immediately for it.
Mimics in Dragon Quest are my favorite but that's also because they're kinda lovable, in a "They're gonna critical hit you" kinda way.
Mimics in Dragon Quest are my favorite but that's also because they're kinda lovable, in a "They're gonna critical hit you" kinda way.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Okay, this has to be the best trap ever.
Sounds like a Resistance mine? Maybe I'm wrong.
cj_iwakura
Member
I avoided it by luck and still loved it.This one in Bloodborne is hilarious
Hippopuncher12
Member
Oh Rainbow!.....Ohhhhhh Lani!..../killsself
mcz117chief
Member
Exactly, people who are saying "LET'S MAKE EVERYTHING A MIMIC!" are basically saying "let's make the player question literally EVERYTHING in this game so that in order to move from one room to another you need to double check every wall, barrel, ladder, chest, bonfire, pile of rubble, grass, stone, etc., etc." you would completely kill the flow of the game. Chest mimics are bad enough.