Strange In-Game Habits/Compulsions

[Kaez]

Used a single bullet in a FPS, gotta reload... to many bad experiances when I didn't have full amo and it would have been the perfect time for it... so now I make sure I have full ammo in the clip.... in multiplayer it usually kills me too.

That and I'm very... anal for the lack of a better term... about everything being in it's proper order (a good example would be in DDO when I am Epic Seal and Scroll farming, any new stuff I find has to go in the order of where it came from, Demon Sands, then Vault of Night etc...)

Oh and I'm like Bigdode in RTS'es.... I played against a friend in Red Alert 2 on one of the biggest maps in the offical game, and he kept trying to take out my starting base with Black Hawks.... so I built 80 IFV's to defend, along with strategic parriot missle systems in case they somehow got destroyed. Anyway by the end of it I had 60 prism tanks, 50 apoc tanks, 70 ifv's (he destroyed a few), 30 harriers, and a bunch of rhino tanks/gizzly tanks... it was a burtal take down... he never plays aginst me again .

 

[The Random One]

Unless it's completely impossible, I always respect traffic laws in driving games. (Only the speed limit is exempt.) That's how I discovered the AI isn't prepared to react to you waiting on a red light before GTAIV forced you to queue up to pay the toll.

I also tend to prefer ugly cars to awesome supercars. That's one of my main beefs with GTAIV, since the realistic driving meant you can't use the expy of a Geometro to complete half the missions in the game.

 

[Harkonnen64]

I hated selling weapons in games like fallout.
I would zealously collect and store every gun i found....

Lol, me too. By the end of the game I had enough guns to take on the commies myself. That said, Liberty Prime wouldn't be a bad ally.

BETTER DEAD THAN RED!!!

 

[ReservoirAngel]

In open world crime games (GTA, Saints Row, Mafia 2, Red Dead Redemption, games of that nature) I must always create numerous incidents that would, normally, result in a country-wide kill-on-sight manhunt before doing anything of value to the story.

Seriously, first thing I did on Saints Row 2? Find the police station, saunter in, and casually massacre them all before running out, killing more who'd arrived on the scene, jacking a cop car and going on an insane high speed chase of death through the city until I was finally brought down by the missiles fired from a police attack chopper.

 

[Merkavar]

in games like wow where there are herds of animals like rhinos. i will kill all the adult rhinos and leave the calfs alone. to wonder the plains and eventually starve to death.

also if there is player customisation i always seem to make a character with red hair

This relates strictly to RTS games, but I will actively build an army that is 10x the size it needs to be for the current task. I'll defend against wave after wave of assault until my Force is the size I want, even if i have to defend the base with my mass, only to repair damaged units and then Rebuild. EVERY RTS...even simple Tower Games like Comet Crash get the same treatment...

i dod the same. in DOW atm i make 100 strong army to kill like 20-30 dudes and a base

 

[mertainia]

Loot. I have to have it. If there's a dead body and pockets, I'm there. I even try looting corpses and chests in games that don't let you do it.

 

[Nixzilla]

i like to reload after every shot

 

[Nexus4]

In Bioshock 2 (this isn't really breaking the game) whenever I would recieve a present from the little sisters that was accompanied with a jar of fireflies, I MUST break the jar and free the fireflies.

Same here, the fireflies must be FREE! Also for me it's deliberately causing NPC's to fight against each other, such as pissing off a horde of muties in fallout and making them follow me into a brotherhood camp, only to use a stealth boy and watch the chaos unfold

P.s. Welcome to the Escapist!

 

[Nieroshai]

Collecting every last secret, collectible or easter egg.

In minecraft ive started to develop little tics- I never leave doors open, mine all ore I come across (even ifs coal, which as of this moment i have 6 or 7 stacks of), no corridor or mine shaft of mine will ever have dirt or gravel visible and I religiously place torches every 3 block

Me too, yet somehow creepers STILL spawn in my mine. I thought they only spawned in the dark...
Also, I think I may need to reload my map, a 200x200 square pit straight down into the bedrock should at least yield SOMETHING of value but all I have to show for it is a little coal and enough cobble to build the Sears Tower. With stone furniture.

 

[SEPECAT]

If I'm playing a shooter with a melee function I constantly spam it, especially on invulnerable friendlies regardless of whether they're helpful or not. HL2 is especially bad, I hit everything with the crowbar constantly for the sake of hitting things.

 

[Jodah]

Kleptomania in most games with stuff (RPGs primarily). I also have to do all the side quests before I do any of the main quest that isn't required for said side quests. Even if it is vastly out of sync for the intended pace.

 

[Samsont]

Snip

 

[Vault101]

I somtimes in games like fallout or other RPG's If theres somthing important about to happen/going on I strut around and roate the camera so it kind of looks like a film

also I have to be nice and fix everyones problems

 

[Siuki]

Reloading. I will reload even after firing just one bullet if I don't shoot again for a few seconds.

"own witera" is an interesting captcha

 

[rayen020]

in action games it's very important for me to use everything in the game at least once.

in western RPG's I never throw out anything i use (this is really bad in morrowind and oblivion)

 

[Joshimodo]

Lots of usual stuff, such as kleptomania.

I'm addicted to customisation in games. Hell, I brought Forza 2 and 3 purely to customise/paint cars. I hate racing games!

My biggest thing is a minor oddity - In ALL first-person games, I look slightly towards the ground at all times possible. I suppose I just don't like my gun/weapon taking up the bottom 3rd of the horizon.

Unless it's completely impossible, I always respect traffic laws in driving games. (Only the speed limit is exempt.) That's how I discovered the AI isn't prepared to react to you waiting on a red light before GTAIV forced you to queue up to pay the toll.

Likewise. It did irk me that the AI would beep/overtake you and stop at the red light anyway. Made my courteous driving somewhat depressing.

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I have a really bad habit of reloading, even when it's at a really bad time. I always need to have a full clip. I don't know why. That, and character/name customization on any character. I have to look nice (even have better gear) and have a pretty name.

 

[rabidmidget]

I'm a compulsive reloader, to the point where I get annoyed when watching someone playing who's running around with only half a clip.

Also, in sandbox games when I'm driving, I have a strong urge to run into all motorcycles I see

 

[Kiltguy]

-In moral-choice games, I'm always good, pathologically so, even if doesn't benefit me game-wise.

-Oh! If there is an inventory, said inventory must be tidy.

-Quick-save, plus normal save (if possible), always double down with the save.

-Odd habits by-the-by? I kind of thunk these here examples I've read where kind of normal, gamer, mannerism. Odd habits would be more like:

-Never play a game on the first Monday of odd months, if it's not a holiday.
-Never play during daylight, dusk, or dawn.
-Always wear a hat when gaming, my special gaming hat.
-Never have socks on during gameplay.
-Never play less than four hours straight.
-Master every game I own, and once more, using my feet.
-Always play with the controller (If console, other-wise scramble the keyboard) up-side-down.

Those are some habits I would consider odd.