The Collectable Doodad Commandments
The five commandments of shiny collectables.
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The Collectable Doodad Commandments
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You are 80% correct.
Number 1 wasn't an issue for me, with a controllable camera and all. Castlevania's stoic camera broke that one. BADLY. But not the others. So, combine the games and all the commandments are broken!
I still loved the game, though. I got about 90% of the orbs on each level in my first run. Then again, I'm a notorious loot hound. DO NOT PLAY BORDERLANDS WITH ME. Basically, if they drop when they die, it's in my inventory in seconds. Don't even know what it is. Just grabbing.
Number 1 wasn't an issue for me, with a controllable camera and all. Castlevania's stoic camera broke that one. BADLY. But not the others. So, combine the games and all the commandments are broken!
I still loved the game, though. I got about 90% of the orbs on each level in my first run. Then again, I'm a notorious loot hound. DO NOT PLAY BORDERLANDS WITH ME. Basically, if they drop when they die, it's in my inventory in seconds. Don't even know what it is. Just grabbing.
Ah, collection based gameplay. I love/hate that (Delete where appropriate)
I enjoy having the option to upgrade and customise my game, even in a linear game, but when there is a limited number of currency/items that you can spend on aforementioned customisation, and you have to collect most of them, it becomes really annoying - see Metro 2033
I enjoy having the option to upgrade and customise my game, even in a linear game, but when there is a limited number of currency/items that you can spend on aforementioned customisation, and you have to collect most of them, it becomes really annoying - see Metro 2033
I nearly missed this one because it didn't have Critical Miss in the title. Then I found I DID miss the last one.
I was trying to decide which one of the commandments I hate most. It's a tough call, but the "impassible checkpoint" narrowly beats all out.
I was trying to decide which one of the commandments I hate most. It's a tough call, but the "impassible checkpoint" narrowly beats all out.
Zachary Amaranth said:
Or just bookmark this: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss.latest if you're allergic to RSS.paketep said:
So is there any chance we could circulate this one to collectible-oriented developers? Because anyone who violates #4 needs to feel some righteous fury or something.
It still seems so damn easy to just label the content. Am I being lazy or obstinate? Perhaps. But since I'm used to browsing this site and its contents in a specific way, and one feature isn't marked in a way conducive to that, it seems like a pain to bother with RSS (which I don't use) or bookmarks (which I never check).Veret said:
Ah well. Just saying. I'm sure there are dozens of excuses, but it doesn't really matter.
God, yes to number 4. I mean, sweet lord...whenever there is a fork in a path I ANGST over which one is the "move the game forward" path and which one is the "only chance to get it" path. So much hate.
Yes, poor Monkey, he only gets ten million opportunities to collect the wee doodads, instead of the forty-seven million he should.
Pah, got more than enough to near max out the upgrades on my first runthrough. Then I found it didn't really matter anyway, as most of the combat upgrades and melee shield upgrades never got used.
So glad to see that you ignored those red herrings of character development (a decent try at it, at least), platforming fun, and an interesting setting to focus on the real meat of the matter, POINTS! I look forward to you telling me how terrible New Vegas was because you missed a Nuka Cola and didn't collect all forty-thousand of them.
Pah, got more than enough to near max out the upgrades on my first runthrough. Then I found it didn't really matter anyway, as most of the combat upgrades and melee shield upgrades never got used.
So glad to see that you ignored those red herrings of character development (a decent try at it, at least), platforming fun, and an interesting setting to focus on the real meat of the matter, POINTS! I look forward to you telling me how terrible New Vegas was because you missed a Nuka Cola and didn't collect all forty-thousand of them.
Agreed. This is the only one that would really make me pissed at a game over collectibles. The other ones are generally annoying but deal-withable, but this just drives me nuts! Do I restart at that last save point and take the other path after fighting through the same swarms of monsters, or do I just give up on it and leave my life feeling empty? AGH!CitySquirrel said:
The camera choices can be infuriating as well, coming down to random movements sweeping an area in hopes of finding a collectable. As for critical miss, I don't see what the problem is in finding it. It's right on my front page when it comes out every time I go to the escapist.
I actually liked that last part... I kept thinking "Oh my god, Trip, you just made ANOTHER dog-mech come after us. Why the HELL doesn't monkey just kill you? Oh right, the headband..."
Good to know there's actually a logical reason to it. Most escort missions I would gladly see the escort die.
Good to know there's actually a logical reason to it. Most escort missions I would gladly see the escort die.
No, but this is just scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's like making fun of Obama because his shoelaces don't match his belt. If you're going for something, go big. Make fun of the fact that the damn headband never comes off. Make fun of the fact that the Battle Royale detonation only happens when the game demands it, allowing you to run ten miles away in one mission, then in another to have your brain turned to jelly when you step out of slapping range.Lvl 64 Klutz said:
Low-hanging fruit is usually the most sour.
