Thank you, Captain Obvious!

[MiracleOfSound]

I was playing Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (two thrones) the other day and there's this bit where you fight a monster.

After you start running towards the climbable part of the wall, the voice in your head will say:
"Pay attention to your surroundings, there must be a way to gain ground and bring yourself to his level."
Then near the top it says:
"Go for the eyes Prince, he cannot hit you if he cannot see you."

Anyway, you have to time three hits right, but thanks to a glitch I can't even tell when I'm supposed to be stabbing.
If you miss you fall off and then the games says:
You didn't time it right, try again.
I've died so many times that I think I'd have a better chance of winning if I scaled the wall and threw rocks at the boss. A plan that fails that consistently must be pretty flawed, which is why I think every fight should have at least two ways to win. If one consistently fails, you can switch strategies.

There's just so much about that scene that's annoying. You can't even skip the (admittedly fairly short) cutscene you get when you enter the arena.

I remember that QTE, it was tricky because it was hard to tell when the dagger flashed due to the prince being hurled all over the place.

If you think that one's bad though wait till you get to final boss....

 

[O277]

Press the action button to climb the ladder...

 

[Kurokami]

Watch Naruto, I think its made to be watched by people who have never heard of narrative before. Everything in it is obvious, and is shown 15 times via flashbacks and episode recaps for nothing more then to taunt you.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Just listen to John Madden.

"See, now the reason he missed that catch was because the ball wasn't anywhere near him!"
"The object of the defensive strategy is to tackle the guy."

Thanks, John. You insufferable idiot.

 

[Citrus]

"Don't forget to reload, Freeman."

 

[messy]

"Don't forget to reload, Freeman."

Are you kiddiing, without those rebels telling me to reload every time I'd be nothing more then a blood smear in city 17 right now and we'd all be eating combine-O's (the O is for overlords).

OT;Fable "your health is low, watch that"

 

[Brownie101]

"You were killed by a grenade. Watch for the grenade indicator." ~CoD 4/5. Whatever.
Because A HUGE explosion, and 6 grenade indicators aren't enough.

"Someone's been Murdered!" ~Oblivion (More like Oblivious.)
Yes, I know. I was the murderer. Did you notice that too? No? You die.

 

[SamuelT]

Any time I see myself die, and a big You died! screen pops up.

Gee, you serious? I thought I could continue without a head.

 

[sms_117b]

Rome Total War:

"You are losing the battle commander" I know, sh'up winch!
"You are winning the battle commander"....I can see than thank you

 

[Osloq]

Don't even get me started on when ever you get killed by a exploding car. Cars on fire may explode. NO SHIT!

Ever had the two combined? Grenade pops over, you avoid it and the car blows up.

I've been killed by a grenade exploding through a hole in the wall, which blew up a claymore, which blew up a red barrel, which blew up a car and the car killed me and it said watch out for the grenade indicator. In all fairness I wasn't that angry because the sequence of events boggled my mind.

 

[Professor M]

Dead Space, right at the start.

Advertising and promotion - "You have to dismember them using 'strategic dismemberment'" - Right, that sounds pretty cool
Back of the game box - "Strategically dismember them limb by limb" - Oh yeah, I remember hearing about that
Writing on the wall in game - "Cut off their limbs" - Yeah I know
Game Tutorial Woman - "Dismember the limbs for maximum damage" - I said I know

Hammond - "Hey Isaac?" - What now!?
Hammond - "I think aiming for their limbs works" - ... Fuck you Hammond!

 

[Deviluk]

In batman: AA, if you get hit a few times, it reminds you what the 'counter' button is. Oh thank you, now I remember. I was struggling to think which of the four buttons it was.

 

[Archer147]

search bar

reported for being a dick

fine.

search bar, then ot: grenade indicator.

seriously, i posted on this thread a few days ago. not the same thread, but same subject

reported again for being unrespectful. even Internet Kraken, the Master of the Search Bar still posts his opinions, unlike you, who sounds like he just wants to be a dick.

i posted my opinion. it's in the other thread

 

[Proteus214]

(after the ceiling has fallen)
"Look out Link! The ceiling is falling down!"

Thank you, Navi...

 

[Emilie Diabolica]

The game still feels inclined to give me the message "Raider's Head Crippled".
...
Well, no duh. His head sort of just erupted into chunks and flying brain matter, but thanks for filling me in, not sure I would have put that one together.

Hehe, whenever that happens it still makes me giggle

YOU WERE KILLED BY A GRENADE. WATCH OUT FOR THE GRENADE ENDICATOR!

I want to punch to TV whenever that comes up.

Gah, yes. Wow, game, thanks for the early warning!

My favourite one would have to be the "Critical Mission Failure" screen in mass effect. Jesus, i've gotten that times innumerable cos I suck so badly at that game

 

[Tartarga]

In Prototype every time you get one of those hint things.

 

[crudus]

There was one time in CoD 2 (I think). I was in a house getting attacked by Germans and I decided the throw a grenade out the window. The grenade bounced off the windowsill and (not only does the grenade indicator show up) one of my allies dive on the grenade. The grenade explodes and the game tells me I shouldn't kill my allies and I had to reload at the check point.

Another one happened while I was watching my friend play Half-Life 2. He was beating things away with the crowbar and one of the NPCs shouts "reload Dr. Freeman!".

My example (I chuckle every time this happens): In Fallout 3, Im using VATS to kill a Raider. I aim for the head, fire, and its a direct hit. The Raider's head explodes into chunks and his body falls limp to the ground. The game still feels inclined to give me the message "Raider's Head Crippled".

A better one was when I used the Experimental MERV on one of the behemoths. After the game was done freaking out that I used it at such a close range, the smoke cleared and all I saw were its feet still in their original spots. I couldn't see a body (and I never found one). Then the game starts listing off what body parts were crippled (all of them). Thanks, I had doubts that one mini-nuke wouldn't cripple everything, much less eight.

 

[El Poncho]

'Splosion man, like level 2? When it tells you how to explode, oh thanks, I wonder how I got to level 2 without 'sploding.

 

[MR.Spartacus]

When, in a game, did it tell you something that was already very clear to you, or when has a game told you something that was already very obvious to begin with?

My example (I chuckle every time this happens): In Fallout 3, Im using VATS to kill a Raider. I aim for the head, fire, and its a direct hit. The Raider's head explodes into chunks and his body falls limp to the ground. The game still feels inclined to give me the message "Raider's Head Crippled".


...

Well, no duh. His head sort of just erupted into chunks and flying brain matter, but thanks for filling me in, not sure I would have put that one together.

I know its just the game doing what its supposed to, but I still think its extremely funny every time. (Just the magnitude of the understatment "crippled" gets me every time.)

NOTE: This isnt me complaining about Fallout 3. I own it, so Im obviously not bashing it, just pointing out some of the un-intentional humor in the game.

It did something like that for me when I killed a mole rat. The difference being I must've walked a good hundred feet before the message popped up. In CoD4 You were killed by a dog. No it wasn't obvious what killed me considering the screen was filled with dog.

'Splosion man, like level 2? When it tells you how to explode, oh thanks, I wonder how I got to level 2 without 'sploding.

Yeah that was unfortunately the only time I laughed.

 

[Merteg]

"Those people trying to shoot you are 'enemies'! Remember, try not to die!"


Wow, that was a lot of help.