Video Game Quirks

[jose_exe]

Couple of years ago i decided to try F-Zero CLIMAX,

After my brother pointed it out, i discovered i have the weird habit to rock my waist whenever i do hard turns in the game.

 

[Maxternal]

Couple of years ago i decided to try F-Zero CLIMAX,
After my brother pointed it out, i discovered i have the weird habit to rock my waist whenever i do hard turns in the game.

My parent have videos of me as a child playing SMB and physically jumping myself every time I hit A trying to get Mario to jump. It's all part of getting really into the game. I don't think I do that anymore

 

[Blaze163]

Some more from me:

- I'm a real son-of-a-bitch when it comes to flying games, especially Ace Combat. If I see a bridge or some sort of extremely dangerous terrain I really should steer clear of, I'll ALWAYS try to pull tricks through it. I used to do it on Free Flight, but now I'll do it during actual missions. I'll go for the most obscene tricks possible, like not just flying under a low bridge, but I'll do it while 2 feet above sea level and inverted. I had replay data on my old 360 hard drive prior to its untimely death of me flying so low that if I open the bomb bay doors on my Raptor, they'll touch the water. Serves no purpose, but I do it anyway just to prove that I can.

- Not entirely sure why, but when playing games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater or Aggressive Inline I can only perform with certain songs playing. I seem to sync my moves to the rhythm like it's less a sports game, more like extreme dancing. I don't do it on purpose but I've noticed recently while playing through THPS4 with a friend that if I have Drunken Lullabies playing, my moves will be almost perfectly synched to the beat of the song...

- I've spent so much time playing Sonic the Hedgehog series that when running in real life, my arms sweep behind my back when I reach top speed. Again, by no means intentional, just a quirk that's remained since childhood. Same goes for when I tap my right foot when bored.

- When confronted with a modern gamer whose only experience with gaming involves rebounding health meters, I force them to play Contra without the code before I'll allow them to call themselves a gamer. They can never do it.

- I only seem to be able to do well in fighting games when playing as a female character. Example, Soul Calibur 3. If I play as Siegfried, Kilik, Voldo or any other male character barring custom characters and on rare occasion Mitsurugi, I suck. If I'm playing as Taki, Talim, Xianghua, etc, I'm damn near immortal. Same goes for Streets of Rage, I'll always play as my namesake.

- I can't use the tilt function on my Guitar Hero controller, I have to activate Star Power with the button instead.

- Give me a traditional control pad and I can pick up pretty much any game type, any genre, any series. Give me a WiiMote and I'll suddenly lose all sense of hand-eye co-ordination. Hence why when the Wii demo pod was set up at my local Game store just after the console launched, I lost in Wii Bowling to a six year old girl. True story, much as I'm loathe to speak of it.

- Despite the fact that I can quite easily handle it alone, when playing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite I won't take on certain monster alone if it's possible to take any sort of help with me. Example, I won't EVER fight Tigrex alone if at all possible. I always have at the very least my companion cat 'Edge' with me, if not my hunting party of friends. I can beat him easily enough alone, I just don't like to.

- Even though there's no difference whatsoever between them, when playing multiplayer on my many light gun games (Time Crisis, Ninja Assault, etc.) on my PS2, I ALWAYS use my customised gun. I have two Predator guns. They're both technically purple, except that mine is painted jet black with silver flames down the side. I NEVER use the other gun. And nobody else can EVER use my gun.

- Despite having sold/broken countless copies of various games before, I always pick up new copies of a few games, get back to roughly where I was before, give up the same as last time, sell the game when money is hard to come by, regret not finishing it yet again, and repeat the process. To this day I STILL haven't got past the Arnhem mission in Medal of Honour Frontline, depsite having owned at least three copies of it in my time.

- I've NEVER found a working disc or even a working ISO of PS1 classic 'Silent Bomber'. Every copy I've ever had has the same fault. I beat the big robot boss in the elevator stage, go through the door, and the game freezes. I've owned at least six copies and downloaded another three, and NONE of them work. Despite that, I've still not given up and am determined to finish the damn thing one day. I don't show that sort of dedication usually, but when it comes to Silent Bomber I just HAVE to defeat it once and for all.

 

[megabug7]

I do a quick trial play of new games before I play for real.

I always start new games for real after 9pm

I rarely play during the day.

Although I don't do it now - When I used to smoke I always made a coffee and lit up a ciggie just before starting a new game and watch the intro.

 

[Law]

@[member='Blaze163']

To be fair, Tigrex is a bit of a bitch to fight alone if you aren't using a weapon you can block with or the bow/bowgun. I never got used to dodging that mother fucker with an LS, although I know I just need to dodge roll between his body and left(?) leg.

Here are some Monster Hunter ones of my own (but they are pretty general things):

• In Monster Hunter P3rd I won't bother with any Felyne that isn't Melee + Boomering w/ Cunning as my main BATTLE CAT. Second Felyne a Pacifist as a SUPPORT CAT
• I'll never go off hunting a monster until I decide which of my 30+ Longswords/Switchaxes/Gunlances are the best to use for the hunt. Hunting a Barroth and I don't have any Green sharpness LS/SA? Gunlance for Wyverns Fire every time.
• I'll always set up the farm to make three rows of Power Seeds to get money, even if I'm already rolling in cash from selling spare cuts I don't need to hold on to.
• I take 10 Mega Potions, 10 regular potions, and 10 honey with me into a hunt so I can combine Mega Potions on the fly if I run out (which rarely happens)
• Even if I don't need the cuts from the monster, I'll break every god damn part of it that I can before putting it out of it's misery.

 

[Blaze163]

I've got myself into a spot of bother thanks to one of my Monster Hunter quirks. I'm taking on the Shen Gaoren 4-5* Guild Urgent quest to get my next HR. While I do have weapons that can probably handle it, such as my Eager Cleaver (could easily get the Devil Slicer upgrade), I'm repeatedly fighting the many Rathians available to me in search of a Rathian plate so I can make Dragon Bow Earth, since Shen Gaoren is weak to Dragon element and he pisses me off fighting him up close. So I'll be using Dragon Bow Earth to shoot him in the face while my friend Tom goes in close and smashes its legs with his Smoulder Dragonsword because he doesn't mind fighting him close up, and he has anti-quake armour.

Incidentally if anyone knows an easier way of getting a Rathian plate at my current level, let me know. I've been fighting the pink Rathian in the Elder quests and occasionally the Guild one, but so far the best I've had is about four Rathian Spikes

 

[DragorianSword]

-When I'm fully absorbed into a game I stick my tongue between my teeth and suck on it (much like on a dummy, baby's comforter, or whatever you call it)
My parents say I look like a monkey when I do this.

-I tend to 'overgrind' in RPG's so my level is a lot higher than the monsters there. Sometimes I'm up to 15 levels higher. I do this especially in pokemon games.

-I do all sidequests in an area before advancing to the next.

 

[Law]

I've got myself into a spot of bother thanks to one of my Monster Hunter quirks. I'm taking on the Shen Gaoren 4-5* Guild Urgent quest to get my next HR. While I do have weapons that can probably handle it, such as my Eager Cleaver (could easily get the Devil Slicer upgrade), I'm repeatedly fighting the many Rathians available to me in search of a Rathian plate so I can make Dragon Bow Earth, since Shen Gaoren is weak to Dragon element and he pisses me off fighting him up close. So I'll be using Dragon Bow Earth to shoot him in the face while my friend Tom goes in close and smashes its legs with his Smoulder Dragonsword because he doesn't mind fighting him close up, and he has anti-quake armour.

Incidentally if anyone knows an easier way of getting a Rathian plate at my current level, let me know. I've been fighting the pink Rathian in the Elder quests and occasionally the Guild one, but so far the best I've had is about four Rathian Spikes

I think the best way to get plates is by capturing the high rank rathians. Higher drop rate.


edit: god damn you're making me want to play unite again. So much content. Not sure if I can go back after playing P3rd though.

 

[narutofan777]

for pokemon I rely on my starter to take me to the pokemon league, it has worked everytime. i catch some legendaries so it helps me too.

for other games I rely on faqs, so I don't miss out on anything. this gets annoying because I have to go back and forth.

 

[triassic911]

When I play a new game with complex mechanics, I google that shit to fully comprehend.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I always reload after shooting in shooters. Whenever I have a brief respite I reload. Even if it's just one shot, I reload. It's almost OCD for me.

Almost all my characters across all my games are "Guild" nowadays.

 

[ouch123]

I like taking the wrong way first.
I like trying to break games if I've beaten it at least once (incl. doing things out of order).
Games I've beaten many times, I enjoy speedrunning through, even if there's nothing to gain from it.
Focus on builds that result in as many consecutive actions between enemy turns in RPG's, when applicable.
Usually forget that guarding exists.

 

[Lostbhoy]

I play Mario games (and even most other platformers) while holding the run button pressed the whole time. For me, not pressing the run button is like pressing a button.

Also: I'm a cheapskate when it comes to item usage. If an item cures 25 health, I WILL NOT USE IT unless it can heal me for the full 25 health.

I second and third these!

I also kill everyone by hadouken in street fighter. Its the only move whose buttons i know!!
More an admission of guilt really that one!

 

[weavile001]

even when 3/4 of my party in rpgs are poisoned/asleep or anything, i will NEVER use an item or a magic to cure them,``let them die and revive them´´

 

[roastable]

1. In classic Sonic games, I always roll into a ball whenever I go down hills. I noticed this because when I watched people play on YouTube, I always wondered why they were running instead of rolling. It's also a reason why the uncurling in Sonic 4 was so glaring to me. As a result, I always hold the down button when rolling.

2. I always tend to chose the warrior class whenever I can select a class in a game. Either that or the most humanoid character.

3. In Mario games, I can never settle for losing a power-up in a ridiculous manner, and thus restart the stage or load a save state.

4. I always go for strength power-ups in any RPGs.

5. In any game that allows for dodge rolling, I use that as my main means of transportation. (Examples: Ocarina of Time, Kingdom Hearts, Emperor's New Groove for PS1, etc...)

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Usually forget that guarding exists.

I don't think I ever guard in any game that has it. In a tutorial for a couple times, sure, but after that I just beat the shit out of whatever it is that's attacking me regardless of how much damage I take. Although if there's a way to dodge/roll out of the way I'll do that if I get covered with enemies.

 

[weavile001]

1. In classic Sonic games, I always roll into a ball whenever I go down hills. I noticed this because when I watched people play on YouTube, I always wondered why they were running instead of rolling. It's also a reason why the uncurling in Sonic 4 was so glaring to me. As a result, I always hold the down button when rolling.

2. I always tend to chose the warrior class whenever I can select a class in a game. Either that or the most humanoid character.

3. In Mario games, I can never settle for losing a power-up in a ridiculous manner, and thus restart the stage or load a save state.

4. I always go for strength power-ups in any RPGs.

5. In any game that allows for dodge rolling, I use that as my main means of transportation. (Examples: Ocarina of Time, Kingdom Hearts, Emperor's New Groove for PS1, etc...)

those rolls of zelda ocarina of time were my life saver when got out of kokiri forest for the first time.
and i use them in any zelda game like zelda skyward sw,zelda twilight princess,minish cap....

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Also I almost always play rogue in the warrior-rogue-mage RPG set up.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Also I almost always play rogue in the warrior-rogue-mage RPG set up.

I do this as well.

 

[weavile001]

Usually forget that guarding exists.

I don't think I ever guard in any game that has it. In a tutorial for a couple times, sure, but after that I just beat the shit out of whatever it is that's attacking me regardless of how much damage I take. Although if there's a way to dodge/roll out of the way I'll do that if I get covered with enemies.

thats why there are potions and cures.