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[LakeEarth]

- The worst for me: Have one hour to play games before bed/work. Excited to play a certain game. Spend 20 minutes browsing XBLA and Indie titles, despite knowing there's nothing new. Check what friends are playing, look at their achievements. Look at my achievements to see if there are any easy ones to shoot for. Decide against it for now. See if there's something new on Netflix. Watch dumb IGN Strategize video. Start Major's Minute, realize its dumb, exit out. Open laptop, check GAF. Start game I wanted to play, play 5 minutes. Hour is up.

So basically you're simulating playing the same game on the PS3? Put a new game in, have to update the system, have to install the game, watching the intro, finally getting to play and being out of time.

 

[EternalGamer]

In Megaman games I can't stop charging my shot, even when I don't need it.

Also rolling around in 3D Zelda games.

I think pretty much everybody does both this and the "jumping through gates to float to the next screen" thing. Ditto with randomly jumping/rolling while traversing in games.


I used to have the OCD stuff people described earlier where they had to search every corner and collect/horde every item in games but I stopped that crap a few years ago.

Now I almost go out of my way to avoid collecting shit. I actually find myself saying to games that tell me collect x number of things, "No, game, I'm not going to go collect your bullshit. This isn't a homework assignment."

I have sort of become a bit of an "ex-smoker" in that fashion. I now agressively avoid being a completionist. I have found that I also started enjoying games WAY MORE when I don't have to spend so many countless hours obsessing over a bunch of numbers on stats screens and achievement screens.

Now I just get to enjoy the best part of games without putting up with all the lame bullshit.

 

[GenericUser]

- put in new game
- dont start "new game"
- take a look at the "options" instead


dont know why, maybe i am hoping for a "make this a better game" option

 

[AtlusAram]

Buying games I know for certain I'll either: a) only play one hour or less of, or b) never open at all.

 

[Dunan]

RPG.

I always stock any consumable items in multiple of 5: 10, 15, 20, 25, etc. So for example if my potions are 11, I buy 4 to make it 15. If my elixirs are 7, I buy 3 to make it 10.

I always do this, I don't know why

Similar-but-different thing: in FFXII, with the huge amounts of semi-useless loot you would acquire, I would always leave exactly 9 of each item in my inventory when selling excess stuff.

I didn't want to sell all of it, but by doing this, I could still easily tell what kinds of new items I'd acquired by seeing which ones had changed to double digits next time I went to sell stuff.

 

[Sai-kun]

I reload after every shot if I'm not in combat. All too often though there's one more guy, and I'll be in the middle of reload and I'm like FFFUUUU

 

[DukeTogo1300]

I hoard items, which means never using them. Good example, Bioshock, which doesn't have a proper inventory. I will find all the loose extra ammo and items in a level and make a pile which I consider my 'base'. At the same time I obsess over having full ammo (all types), full health, and full......the blue stuff (been a while). I make a Master Save (lol) with me all full on my pile of stuff. As I advance I will occasionally move my base closer to my goal, moving every item with telekinesis and creating another Master Save. Obsessing over this usually has me going over the same room corners in Bioshock 3-4 times, just to make sure.

I tried to do this in Deus Ex, but damn that game makes it difficult because a lot of the time you have to pick one path over the other, which led to a lot of elaborate setting up of scenarios that would use one item for two to three purposes. Explosives, doors, and enemies were usually involved. Never could feel like I had picked that game completely clean though.

I think overall I obsess over stuff like this in all games, and end up leaving the game not even half finished because I'm burned out on it.

 

[ultron87]

I hoard items, which means never using them. Good example, Bioshock, which doesn't have a proper inventory. I will find all the loose extra ammo and items in a level and make a pile which I consider my 'base'. At the same time I obsess over having full ammo (all types), full health, and full......the blue stuff (been a while). I make a Master Save (lol) with me all full on my pile of stuff. As I advance I will occasionally move my base closer to my goal, moving every item with telekinesis and creating another Master Save. Obsessing over this usually has me going over the same room corners in Bioshock 3-4 times, just to make sure.

Good lord. How long did Bioshock take you to beat?

 

[Mister_Bubbles]

- put in new game
- dont start "new game"
- take a look at the "options" instead

That's par for the course, man! Definitely got to make sure everything's set up right before heading into the field. That's not strange or silly, that's being a consciencious gamer

 

[Dunan]

I hoard items, which means never using them. Good example, Bioshock, which doesn't have a proper inventory. I will find all the loose extra ammo and items in a level and make a pile which I consider my 'base'. At the same time I obsess over having full ammo (all types), full health, and full......the blue stuff (been a while). I make a Master Save (lol) with me all full on my pile of stuff. As I advance I will occasionally move my base closer to my goal, moving every item with telekinesis and creating another Master Save. Obsessing over this usually has me going over the same room corners in Bioshock 3-4 times, just to make sure.

I tried to do this in Deus Ex, but damn that game makes it difficult because a lot of the time you have to pick one path over the other, which led to a lot of elaborate setting up of scenarios that would use one item for two to three purposes. Explosives, doors, and enemies were usually involved. Never could feel like I had picked that game completely clean though.

I think overall I obsess over stuff like this in all games, and end up leaving the game not even half finished because I'm burned out on it.

Wow; how many items can the game keep track of? And how far can you move them? And will the game retain their positions even if you leave the area? It never occurred to me to attempt anything like that.

 

[shamanick]

Buying games I know for certain I'll either: a) only play one hour or less of, or b) never open at all.

This, absolutely. Over the last 6 months or so I can`t resist buying games that are in the $20 bin, and I have way more games than I`ll ever be able to play.

 

[Jezan]

Games like Fallout or Oblivion, I have to collect every piece of Armor and Weapons. I end up with multiple of each, but hardly use any of them. Even when I have multiple saved in my chest I still bring my loot back to store.

I always store them in my house (In FO) even though I use the same armor and gun for most of the game. Can't leave any piece of armor I come across in the wasteland
"You are overcrumbled" argh!!!)

EDIT: I know its over encumbered, but I find the crumbled thing funny and a common typo in the FO community. in before : tag

I pretty much never use consumable items in RPG's, and keep "saving" them for the eventual "oh shit, I need my elixir" moment that never comes.

THIS!
I even did this in some MMOs just because maybe there will be a day where that certain item will be useful. In one MMO I had 500 items in the warehouse (storage limit), random items, from weapons and armors to quest items, one day I let my sister check something in my account (she has her own account but I don't remember why she was in mine) and when I came back from school, i had like 30 items in my warehouse and millions of money and new more powerful armors and weapons, her response: "I sold all the junk you won't need, and got you new equipment " I still have this habit of storing everything but not as intense as this one time, sometimes my sister still logs into my account to do a little cleaning

 

[shamanick]

"You are overcrumbled"

:lol

 

[Deputy Moonman]

When it comes to online matchmaking, does throwing a controller into the wall, count?

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Stupid - not always finishing games in a timely manner. I need to get better at that.

 

[Londa]

Just before I get to the final boss or point of no return, I do all the sidequests, max everything out, that sort of stuff but then I just sometimes stop and never actually fight the final boss.

This is me. lol

 

[UpperCaseN]

- put in new game
- dont start "new game"
- take a look at the "options" instead


dont know why, maybe i am hoping for a "make this a better game" option

nothing wrong with that, gotta make sure about camera controls, sensitivity, subtitle options, autosave options, screen brightness, etc.

 

[revolverjgw]

"You are overcrumbled" argh!!!)

overcrumbled, lmao

 

[ShockingAlberto]

When a game lets my upgrade my skills or stats, unless I am forced to (or there is a visual cue making it annoying not to), I try to leave my character underpowered until I can't pass a part without being stronger.

Then I just use all my stored upgrades at once because I like the dramatic boost in power.

 

[Dragon]

So basically you're simulating playing the same game on the PS3? Put a new game in, have to update the system, have to install the game, watching the intro, finally getting to play and being out of time.

You don't have to update the system unless you're playing online unless the game requires the newer firmware. You don't have to update the game if you just want to play it either. And most game updates with the exception of games like LBP and Hot Shot's Golf aren't really that bad. From what I recall LA Noire's update was like 18 megs.

Whenever I play a jRPG I heal after every fight even if it's literally five hit points. It's really stupid but I can't help it.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I will also reload the gun after every combat situation regardless of how many bullets I just shot.

 

[dyna-soar]

May have been posted already, but when the action gets exciting I can't help standing up, this one is probably a given though.

 

[dispensergoinup]

I will also reload the gun after every combat situation regardless of how many bullets I just shot.

This is me as well...I'm so glad not many games punish you for this (like dumping the remainder of the clip if you reload).

 

[jergrah]

- In shooting games, I ALWAYS reload when I clear a section of enemies, even if I just reloaded and only used 1 bullet from my new clip
- In Madden/NCAA, I always do the preview play -- even though I know what I just called and dont plan on changing it at the line of scrimmage

 

[XeroSauce]

Ducking in RL when being hot at, yelling at teammates without my mic.

I also have an obsession with self-challenge, I'll make the game harder by using bad weapons or 'going against the grain' for personal entertainment.

 

[DukeTogo1300]

Good lord. How long did Bioshock take you to beat?

Yeah, I never beat it. That is part of my hoarding/obsessing problem, I dick around indefinitely until I lose interest in the game. I've been resolving this lately though, going back to old games with the sole purpose of completing them.

Wow; how many items can the game keep track of? And how far can you move them? And will the game retain their positions even if you leave the area? It never occurred to me to attempt anything like that.

I don't know of an item limit for the game engine. There are only so many items in each level, though you can create more with vending machine purchases of things you don't need. I think it greys out after that initial overflow pops out unless you exit and fire a shot or something. Do you mean the self-contained levels when you say 'area'? I usually only hoard items in the immediate level. Room transitions that require a load screen don't seem to have a way to carry items through them. I know, I'm weiird man.


Someone mentioned obsessive reloading, that is another of my problems. I reload so much that I'm often reloading during crucial moments in battle, which means I take some heavy damage while unprotected. This is balanced out by another of my obsessions, constant save/reloads.

 

[jump_button]

I always buy a bottle of coke when I get a new game, And take the week of for any new main FF

ps wish I didn't for FF13

 

[alphaNoid]

Before spending a single attribute point in an RPG, I will go online and read about the best kind of builds to optimize point usage. I never want to have place a single point in the wrong place.

 

[MedIC86]

reloading like a mad man, full clip minus one bullet ? bingo! reloading!

 

[GuardianE]

I also have an obsession with self-challenge, I'll make the game harder by using bad weapons or 'going against the grain' for personal entertainment.

I beat Call of Duty 2 using only the Luger. If I ran out of Luger ammo, I had to knife or I had to cripple a German to take his Luger.

What the hell is wrong with me?

Before spending a single attribute point in an RPG, I will go online and read about the best kind of builds to optimize point usage. I never want to have place a single point in the wrong place.

This sometimes happens to me in certain RPGs. I don't look online, but I don't spend the point. I'll go through the game until I have literally reached a point that I cannot pass before I spend the points carefully.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

I exhaustively look up combos, tips and tricks or character builds for a specific game but when I get home I end up playing something completely different.

 

[Venfayth]

Buy game.

Get half way through game, stuck somewhere.

Read wiki about storyline of game.

Never play game again.

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

reloading like a mad man, full clip minus one bullet ? bingo! reloading!

I do that too. Glad to see I'm not the only one lol

 

[Lemonte]

I always save all super gun ammo or weapon to use it in really touch fight.. but then after finish the game I notice that I didn't use them at all -.- Good example is Alan wake, I never used flare gun except on the birds...

Also I jump all the time in World of Warcraft and I know I'm not the onlyone who does that.

 

[Valygar]

Just before I get to the final boss or point of no return, I do all the sidequests, max everything out, that sort of stuff but then I just sometimes stop and never actually fight the final boss.

Glad to be I'm not the only one. Happened to me in both BG 1 and 2, and I think more games. The thought of letting a sidequest slip is like tearing a random page from a book or something like that. But then, why the hell can't I read that last page?

 

[Patryn]

I totally do the hoarding of items. Hell, back in my early days where FF was the only JRPG, I'd never use magic outside of boss fights. It took playing Persona 1 to break me of that habit, and it did it right quick.

My biggest quirk occurs when I play any WRPG that lets you customize a character's look:

Me at creation screen: This is PERFECT! I love it!
Me five minutes into the game: Ugh. There's something off about my character's face.
Me ten minutes into the game: Goddamn that nose. It just looks wrong!
Me two hours into the game: Ugh. My character is so fucking ugly! I hate their look so much!
Me three hours into a game: I CAN'T STAND IT! I'm starting over and making a GOOD face!

At least I generally am happy with my second choice. I've now done it with almost every Bioware game of the modern age, starting with KOTOR (although that was more about class choice than anything else).

 

[forest]

Pretty sure so many people do this that anyone who doesn't is the weirdo.

 

[Hilbert]

When I play 2d mario games and I find myself in a place where they give you a bunch of coins(going down a pipe, coinship, etc), I always leave one behind. My reasoning is, don't be greedy, you got handed all these coins, you can afford to give one back.

Annoyed the hell out of my roommate when I would do that.

 

[bitoriginal]

I've got a serious problem with playing a game all the way to the last level, putting it down because I want it to last longer... and never playing it again. So many games I haven't fully completed because of this.

 

[DangerStepp]

I'm incredibly cheap in games.
I'll finish most games with a surplus of money and I'm extremely economical with my decisions. I have to explore every pro/con before I drop coin.


Also, I'm VERY obsessive compulsive about learning the intricacies of the controls. For instance, Red Dead Redemption: it took some experimenting to figure out you don't actually have to press forward on the stick if you're running. You can conveniently tap 'A' and the stick is free to to be tilted either left or right.

Or in Asssassin's Creed... if I'm able to only hold the trigger and press 'A' to make him climb faster then I will not press forward on the stick even though it comes natural. I make myself press only what's needed.


In a shooter, I'll employ the use of guns I rarely use even if other firearms are without a doubt all I need.

In God of War and similar games, I'll try to use all of the moves to my knowledge rather than just sticking to what works.

"Hmmm.. I'm not using Hercules's Fury (random example) enough.. I should... USE... THAT... EF. I died trying implement a move I didn't need because I felt I wasn't using it enough."

I'm a nut.

:\

 

[Andrew J.]

Whenever I buy a game I save the receipt by tucking it inside the case, behind the manual. If I buy multiple games at a time, I put the receipt in the case of the most expensive one.

 

[DukeTogo1300]

Pretty sure so many people do this that anyone who doesn't is the weirdo.

Ehh-Hem, I slide under them (if MM can slide), and only when charged (if the Buster can charge)? And you walkers are a bunch of goof-balls, just walking right in...

Whenever I buy a game I save the receipt by tucking it inside the case, behind the manual. If I buy multiple games at a time, I put the receipt in the case of the most expensive one.

I do this with used games, the clerk usually reminds me of the 30 day damage policy, so I figure it is a good idea and put it in there. A lot of my collection still contains the receipt.