Most Obvious "Tip" a Game Has Given You?

[badgersprite]

Text-based MUDs are pretty hilarious in their tutorials.

"To punch the goblin type PUNCH GOBLIN."

"To put your gold in your pack type PUT GOLD IN PACK."

"To see what's in your pack, type LOOK IN PACK."

"To wear your robes, type WEAR ROBES."

 

[FairlyFrightenedFeline]

In Prince of Persia sands of time "After downing an enemy you must stab them with the dagger or they will revive" after like the first seven fights

 

[Pyre00]

Do a barrel roll.

 

[Killer Rabbit]

Reach the goal!

 

[Sgtkillalot0]

press A to jump....

 

[Lazy Kitty]

"Falling from high places may hurt."

EDIT: or "If your health has been drained to 0, you will die."

 

[Ph0t0n1c Ph34r]

Condemned 2's "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" after the bear charges you.

 

[Phoenix Arrow]

Every piece of advice in Prototype.

 

[Ren3004]

Every piece of advice in Prototype.

"Charge your throws by holding down B" Thanks, game, I really couldn't have figured that by myself. And thanks for repeating that so many times, my memory span is about 30 minutes.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

"You were killed by a grenade. Watch out for the grenade danger indicator.

Or something like that.

-.-

...

"Thank you... I didn't notice you telling me about the grenade indicator the last 23 times a grenade killed me... THIS time... I got it..."

As for me

"crouching in he shadows makes you more difficult to see."

 

[TheDarkAngel]

"Press W to move forward".

Thanks for that, I would not have guessed that if it had been displayed in 100 meter high neon lights.. /endscarcasm

 

[J-Alfred]

most obvious one i've ever seen is in Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge.

"Glowing spots warrent your attention".

No, really? I thought it was normal for random, irrelevant locations to glow all over Halloween Town.

oh, and just to jump on the bandwagon: press B to jump.

 

[Smowy]

If you're playing Batman: AA on hard, the counter prompt doesn't show up. if you take enough hits though, a nice little mouse will appear in the bottom of the screen with the right mouse button glowing, telling you to counter. It's an embaressing thing to be given, trust me. Also when you die, it says to counter to avoid damage.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Reload to make sure you have ammo to kill the enemy. Pretty sure this was from one of the James Bond games.

 

[Veylon]

Don't pet a flaming dog.