Strange In-Game Habits/Compulsions

[FllippinIDIOT]

i collected everything in oblivion. my skingrad house was filled to the brim with crap, weapons, books and more crap. i must of had atleast 3 of every enchanted weapon in the game. it would lag whenever i opened one of my closets because of the tons of crap. i planned on selling it all, but i never did.

 

[white_salad]

In games that shows the gore of your attacks, I always make a signature way to leave corpses. For instance, I started playing The Darkness again. Everyone I kill, gets a shotgun blast to the face.

Or in fallout 3 and new vegas, when I had a melee weapon, the head must be off. They die, head still attached, must remove. It makes me feel like an assassin, with my own calling card.

One a lighter note, I much prefer to look cool, rather than be good. I always drop better armor, versus the better looking armor. And if my character doesn't look appealing, I immediately remake the character.

 

[littlealicewhite]

Compulsive reloading, kleptomania, hoarding, umping everywhere. The usual.

 

[Jack Macaque]

I HAVE to find everything lol it's a terrible habbit, and if I'm playing RPG game I grind so hard I make WoW players look like PSM players.

 

[HappyPillz]

Yep, compulsive reloader too. I hate watching my bf play though, because he is a NEVER reloader. Even when he's ducked behind something waiting for his health to restore! And "Reload" is coming up in red on the screen!!!! Makes me scream inside.

That's me too! I just can't watch other people play. When they don't reload, or they take a wrong turn, or they don't notice something that I saw, it just makes me want to snatch the controller out of their hands. Biggest one, when I'm trying to explain to someone where to go: "Turn left. No! Not that far! AH, that's right, the other left! NO, No, No THERE!" "Where, here?" "NO!!!"

 

[Jake0fTrades]

"Okay... New Game.

Let's make his eyes a bit darker, black hair this time... and start.

I do not like this at all.





Okay... New Game."

 

[DracheX]

In any game where you can pick stuff up and keep it I just keep trophies (trophies being anything i see as being hard to obtain, looking cool, or being very expensinve) even if all the stuff is too heavy or im completely out of money

 

[Biosophilogical]

I'm pretty obsessed with character customizing..
I'm probably more concerned with looking good over better equipment.

That and extreme active reloading

This. In Dragon Age I had to wear Heavy Chainmail or occasionally leather, because the plate mail looks ridiculous. I'm lucky inMonster Hunter 3 though, my favourite armour (barioth) both looks awesome and gives me evasion +2 and cold resistance (also had great defence, marathon runner and ice resistance).

Edit:

"Okay... New Game.

Let's make his eyes a bit darker, black hair this time... and start.

I do not like this at all.





Okay... New Game."

This too. But it becomes so much worse in a 'specific build' game like DA:O or Diablo. Honestly, I'll be like "I wish I could throw a fireball as well as shoot arrows" so I'll make a dexterity mage (which is actually better than it sounds). Three hours in "I wish I could wear decent armour" so I'll make a warrior/strength-mage (shapeshifting is actually good). Five hours in "I want to romance Alistair" so I'll make a female noble rogue.

It's terrible, I've never finished Dragon Age.

 

[emissary666]

I never use anything but the basic pistol and the melee weapon. If there are breakable melee weapons, I never use them unless absolutely necessary. In a horror FPS, I will find a corner and hide in it the second everything goes to hell. If there is a health recharge station that I can reach without too much effort, I will go there no matter how small the damage. I never sell anything that I do not have an exact duplicate of or the stated upgrade. I must perfect the romance sub-plot on the first try, reloading a save long enough ago to fix my mistake or restarting the game if I screwed up that badly

 

[Foxbat Flyer]

Reloading after every kill (Unless i know there is another enemy really close, then i dont reload enough because i run out of ammo in the clip) i get really anal about this one, forcing friends to always reload and stuff...
Collecting everything / Checking every room
being too forward when enemys attack

 

[jamradar]

Reloading way to much. I reload pretty much every time I fire off a shot.

Also when I kill a enemy I drop my weapon, pick up there weapon, reload it, then drop it and pick up my weapon again.

 

[amazinglettera]

For whatever reason, in games I become an organization freak. Everything must be NEAT UNND TIDY!

Yeah, same here. I probably spend more hours organizing my inventory than doing anything else.

 

[Gitty101]

The only compulsion I have ever had in a game is with the GTA series. No matter what, my total amount of cash simply MUST end in either a 0 or a 5 (e.g. 100 or 105). If it doesn't, then I do whatever I can to make it happen (kill people, missions etc).

 

[Raptorianxd]

I MUST always find a way to use my patented "Raptor Strike" where I leap down on a enemy from above and OHKO him. I will jump all the way across any free roaming sections, and if I can dash, will spam the dash until I reach the objective, even if the door is right in front of me. I always reload after firing, even if I only had to fire one shot. I also refuse to use magic with mages in any game unless they have a refilling mana bar, even to the point of forcing my mages to use a knife to kill enemies. Conserving Magic for the boss fight is always the thought, but it becomes that way with health items as well. More than once, I've cleared a dungeon with almost no health, because I didn't want to use my Health Packs. In RPGs, I'll use the characters I like, even if other characters are more suited for the level. And if the game has a Hadouken in it, I will spam it without even realizing I'm doing it.

-Raptor, out.

 

[rhyno435]

I have a bad habit of instanly reloading whenever I kill someone in MW2. Even if someone is shooting me from the front, my finger just automatically jumps to the R button.

I'm a compulsive reloader, as well. I'm so bad about it that I can't use an LMG in any of the Call of Duty games because I'll go through maybe a dozen or so rounds and find myself reloading the 100-200 round magazine >_<

And don't get me started on those games that give you (logically) a reserve of magazines rather than a stockpile of loose bullets.

If you press the "Switch Weapon" button, it will cancel the reload animation, so if you press it twice, it will go back to your main weapon quickly (It won't be reloaded, but you won't have to sit through the animation and possibly get killed unnecessarily). I am a compulsive reloader too, so that is my strategy when using LMGs.

 

[Firetaffer]

'Hmm, lets see what's behind that door, but I only have one lockpick'
Oh good thing I can quicksave!

/me (Quick Saves, then opens door, decides whether it's worth it or not, then quick loads if it isn't)

Seriously I REALLY NEED to get out of this habit, it ruins the fun outta games.

 

[Canid117]

In Assassin's Creed I would always take a detour to kill any archer I saw. The rooftops are mine! MINE!
It got so bad I crossed half a city to stab one of the pesky critters while the alarms were going off and the entire garrison was out looking for me.

I did the same thing only in ACII I always threw the body off the roof to scare the shit out of the people on the street.

 

[X10J]

I feel like this is turning into a support group for compulsive reloaders, and I'm ok with that. I thought I was all alone out there. Every time I happen to kill somebody with the very last bullet in my clip it just serves to reinforce the habit.
Oh man, is there anything worse than watching somebody play who doesn't share your compulsion? "hey, you might wanna' throw a new clip in before you turn the corner...just sayin'." "Yo, grab a fresh clip." "why don't you go in there with a full--..... you know what, I'm going to go get a sandwich"

Aghhhh its torture.

25 rounds:
"Mind tapping X there, bro?"
"Nah, I'm good."
"Alright."

17 rounds:
"Getting a bit dry there."
"I'm fine, you reload too much."

04 rounds:
"Reload."
"I will in a bit." *walks through door and is murdered.* "Well that sucked."
"YEA! Well, maybe it wouldn't have if you would've just RELOADED THE ******** ****** ******* MAGAZINE FOR A ******* CHANGE!"

 

[CyanideSandwich]

Reload addiction. At most (often fatally inconvenient) times in games I'll reload compulsively. Also, during these reloads, I tend to pull the right trigger for reasons I cannot explain. The latter is particularly annoying with games that have interruptable reloading, such as Saint's Row 2 and CoD (shotguns).

 

[Zanakanishi]

In MMO's if my damage is slightly lower than usual, I feel like I can't use that character anymore, and need to make a new, stronger one.. I try to respec the first character, but it just does not feel right anymore, no matter what gear I have for it, how much time spent on it etc.. I just can't use it