Favorite Game Myth

[Smack-Ferret]

Hey escapist, what was one of your favorite myths about a game? For me it was the whole bigfoot in San Andreas thing. Even though I know it was a mod, that badlands area still creeps me out.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

The supposed giant golden comdom hidden in Vice City.

Just think about that.

 

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

That pressing down + B when you threw a ball in Pokemon actually bloody did something

 

[Bassman_2]

That pressing down + B when you threw a ball in Pokemon actually bloody did something

At least it felt like you were trying instead of just watching the ball hit and miss/catch.

 

[JRCB]

The Golden Warthog in Halo 3. Some people I met actually tried to get it. I laughed.

The next best one was telling kids that sticking their Halo 3 disk in the microwave for 30 seconds will unlock Recon armor. A person immediately left the game after that.

 

[ghalkhsdkssakgh]

That pressing down + B when you threw a ball in Pokemon actually bloody did something

At least it felt like you were trying instead of just watching the ball hit and miss/catch.

Exactly. That's why I love it. And when it failed, you thought 'well, maybe it didn't work then...but it might work the next time!'

 

[atomictoast]

Easily the whole Down + B in poke'mon.
I still do that to this day honestly.

 

[Captainguy42]

If you defeat some number of blanks in SSB Melee's Hardcore survival mode you would unlock Sonic.

The next best one was telling kids that sticking their Halo 3 disk in the microwave for 30 seconds will unlock Recon armor. A person immediately left the game after that.

Haha, I'm gonna use that sometime.

 

[Tarakos]

Anything from EGM. Shen Long FTW.

 

[NotAPie]

Hey escapist, what was one of your favorite myths about a game? For me it was the whole bigfoot in San Andreas thing. Even though I know it was a mod, that badlands area still creeps me out.

Yeah...me too...
HES OUT THERE MAN I'M CEREAL.

 

[atomictoast]

Yoshi in Super Mario 64. Without a doubt.

Wait, that's not true?
I really thought that was.

 

[the_duke_CC]

Down + B in poke'mon I was told it was up + B no wonder it never worked

 

[GBlair88]

The myth that Haze was going to be a good game.

 

[Librarian Mike]

There was the whole 'You can play as Aeris after disc 1' thing that followed Final Fantasy 7 for a long time.

Also, there's the 'Excalibur 2' bit in Final Fantasy 9. Apparently, if you play through a second time and finish in under 10 hours or something, you get that sword. I realize this is a real aspect to the game, but why oh why would anyone want to do it?

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

The Brotherhood 2 in Final Fantasy X, and there being weapon upgrades in Smash Bros Melee.

 

[Ben Legend]

Big Foot in GTA:San Andreas.
Saving Aeris in FFVII
The latter being one of the big major ones in gaming history I believe.

 

[DoctorWhat]

The next best one was telling kids that sticking their Halo 3 disk in the microwave for 30 seconds will unlock Recon armor. A person immediately left the game after that.

I love you. That is just amazingly funny

 

[matsugawa]

Shadows of the Empire for the N64, during the speeder-bike chase, it was rumored that if you parked your speeder near the Sarlaac pit, you'd dismount, climb down, and play through a short level in the stomach before resuming the rest of the race.

 

[Ray De Ation]

Finding all- and I mean ALL- the magic feathers in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening would yield up not just the Master Sword but (gasp) The Master Dagger, which was a one-hit kill for all monsters.
I still want it...

 

[PoweD]

Yoshi in Super Mario 64. Without a doubt.

Wait, that's not true?
I really thought that was.

Well, to this very date, no one has found Yoshi, so it just can't be true.

umm,he is on the top of the castle,just need to have 120 stars and use the cannon in the yard