Have you ever played through a game and completely missed a game play feature?

[Eddie the head]

It took me 20 odd hours to find out how to sprint in Skyrim...

82 hours into Skyrim and I just figured out how to sprint.

Question for both of you PC version?

Yep, I play on the PC.

Ah that would explain it. It was like L2 on the PS3 so it was easy to find.

 

[DragonLordSerge]

In FFX i dint realise you could use the orbs to make your character stronger till i fought Yunalesca needless to say my hours of grinding payed off when i finally found it out

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

I logged a few hundreds hours in Mario 3, than realized you have to hit start to actually play the game.

 

[Vault101]

Mass effect 3- ignored that reporter lady

Dragon age Orrigins- completly missed that Bard chick you can get..I figured she was DLC, also had no Idea Zavran was gay/bi

in Fallout 3 theres a button I can press so the campera isnt "locked" on my back..and can get a looka t my face

Dead Space uses X to quick heal...

My friend showed me after I beat the game on the highest difficulty!!

oh THIS..I was thinking "why the fuck do they make you use the inventory? thats stupid!"

 

[Pegghead]

You can apparently aim down ironsights in Bioshock, something which would have come handy during some of the earlier parts of the game.

Aye, I didn't realise that until my second play-through (in all fairness, they were the crappy kind of iron-sight where you have to push down on a thumbstick if you're playing it on a console).

 

[godfist88]

I finally learned how to dodge in Lost Planet half way through my 3rd play through. that would've saved me a few Irritating moments huh?

 

[johnnnny guitar]

I fully missed the ability to repair items in fallout 3 with other items It was on my second playthough I found out that it was possible

 

[distortedreality]

When I first got Alpha Protocol, i'd heard a lot about the conversation system, but hadn't actually seen any screenshots/video of it.

So I installed it, booted it up, and started playing - and when the first conversation came up, the choices were blank squares with no reference to what would be said or what I had to do to trigger each option. I thought the conversation system was over-rated and quit after a while, deleting my progress, uninstalling etc.

A week or so later I realized it was a video card driver bug, and that installing new drivers enabled me to see the options.

 

[Vibhor]

I didn't know that you could use a flash light in STALKER SOC until my second playthrough.
I also didn't know that you could grab enemies and throw them in Crysis 2

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Played through all of Assassin's Creed 2. Twice. Then, five minutes into Brotherhood, I found out how to do a high-profile assassination. Because... you know... I'm a fucking genius.

 

[SwimmingRock]

I don't remember which game, but there was a JRPG where the stores sold everything in different screens and you had to press the shoulder buttons to switch from weapons to armour. I didn't figure that out and thought you could only buy weapons. The only armour I ever got was found in treasure chests. Game was hard as balls. I think it was a Wild Arms game, but I could be wrong.

 

[Jaeke]

I have a friend who played Skyrim for about 50 hours before figuring out you could sprint.

Yeah, I played Crysis 2 without knowing you could modify weapons by HOLDING the back button.
Didn't figure that thing out till me second playthrough

 

[Olas]

Didn't know Gordon Freeman could use a flashlight. Half-Life 2 is way less scary than I originally thought. (?‿?)

 

[Mariakko]

It took me 20 odd hours to find out how to sprint in Skyrim...

82 hours into Skyrim and I just figured out how to sprint.

Question for both of you PC version?

Yup, PC version for me.

 

[Jaeke]

Holding A in Fallout 3 & NV allows to drink continuously.

Heheheh... Oh I remember that first initial shock...

Don't worry buddy, I'm right in that same camp with ya.

 

[Hastur 1993]

I only just learned that there was a favorites list for my inventory in Skyrim when i was on my second play through, I guess it was because my first character was a melee combat focused Nord so i never really had a use for that considering that i rarely had to access more than a few items quickly, I discovered it when i was in my second play through as a high elf mage when i had to access my large amount of spells and potions quickly with having to constantly rummage through the inventory all the time.

Also i also am a member of Skyrim's social club of those who never knew there was a sprint function, i never knew there was one until my third playthrough.

 

[Jaeke]

I'm honestly shocked at the amount of people who have missed the sprint feature in games (why is Skyrim said so much?!). I usually figure out how to sprint the second I have control of the game.

I think its has something to do with playing Skyrim on PC.
I already knew that you could sprint before I got the game but its pretty useless until you get a heap of fatigue (which I have 300 now )

 

[Scarecrow1001]

I didn't know you had to follow Zsasz's phone calls in Batman: Arkham City. That may of helped...

 

[sephiroth1991]

My friend has me playing through the fatal frame games, it was only about 15 mins before the end of the first one did I discover you can aim the camera faster by pressing the square button.

 

[Torrasque]

I beat Ogre Battle 64 without realizing you could train in the overworld, beat it twice without realizing the hidden "morale" mechanic affected the ending, and beat it thrice before figuring out how to get a second lich (which is still hard to do).

I'd go into the "things I didn't know were possible until I saw a professional do it casually" list for SC2, but that is a very very long list...

Oh, and I remember losing my hat in the 2nd snow lvl on Mario 64, and not knowing how to get it back. Fighting Bowser the third time without your hat = X_X