Weirdest unneccesarry things you do in games.

[DragonBorn96]

Hoarding anything in Oblivion and Fallout, even if its just a fork or a bone I'll take it , this usually leaves me with no room for anything good I find because I want to keep all the junk. And also relading after every kill, thats got me killed so many times.

 

[Simalacrum]

If a game allows me to go without killing anyone, I generally take that option. And stick to it, big time.

 

[Kevo32A]

In almost any game I've played one of my goals os to get up to high vantage points and just survey the area. I used to go to high spots like the temple roof in jak and daxter or the palace roof in jak two just to look the land over. Spiderman two was also a good one for doing this.

 

[rmb1983]

When playing a shooter, and enemies are prone to taunt you (the best examples I can think of are in Rainbow Six: Vegas 1 & 2, where the terrorists are quite vehement about being as vulgar and abusive -- verbally -- as they can towards you), I'm known to retort to said enemies. As in, yelling obscenities at my TV.

Other than that, just generally dicking around, being absent-minded, and accomplishing very little in a couple hours of play. If I was efficient at gaming, though, I'd be conquering a game in a couple days' time, so I suppose it evens out.

Pretty much anything to do with my house/room in Fallout 3. I had to collect certain things to decorate and I'd sit there for as long as it took to set it up properly.

I don't go out of my way to collect trivial items, but I do HAVE to place whatever is in there just so. You should see me knock a bowl off a shelf in Oblivion. I'll spend an hour getting it back in place.

I am always sure to break every single crate and barrel in the area (even when it's relatively pointless to do so)

There might be hidden treasures! I'm also notorious for exploring every nook and cranny of an area. This comes up as a bit of a disadvantage when playing multi-player ARPGs. My friends either hate me for making them run off to every dead end, or they have to deal with me not wanting to join in. I'm surprisingly obsessive-compulsive about the dumbest little things.

Even if I know there is a snake in the box I have to break it, even if I know there are zombies behind that door I have to completely clear every room. I am a 100%er.

This explains so much of my wanton "bad" gaming habits.

Also, and this is more just for fun than anything:
Any time I play a zombie-themed game (best fit for this is the Dead Rising series), I pull up Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now". Loving Shaun of the Dead aside, it's great fun. I'm thoroughly convinced that if a Zombie Apocalypse ever occurs, I will be having the time of my life.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

When playing either Fallout 3 or New Vegas, I'd occasionally go up to enemies I'd just killed and shoot each one in the head with a pistol, kind of like a calling card. Sometimes I'd hack the bodies apart with a bladed weapon, or drag the bodies into a pile then set them on fire.

Once when playing Fallout 3, I killed all of the vampire people (including Lucy's brother), cut off their heads and dumped them into a flaming trashcan

This.

I did this to Tenpenny...rich fancy jerks...so the entire 2nd floor I dragged people to the bathtub and diced them into tiny bloody pieces....

Also I give people that fought beside me a "Wasteland Burial" basically drag em to a decent point say a few words and away I go....

 

[Zac Smith]

Try to play half life 2 levels using only my crowbar.

A bit like the "1 Bullet" achievement where you can only fire one bullet which is too shoot a lock off a door, the rest of the game is crowbar / grav gun

 

[p3t3r]

last night i tried to play Cod zombies and not get any kills i was playing with 3 other people and they were pissed at the end

 

[viking97]

in fallout three i put all my food and chems in my fridge, all my drinks in the pristine nuka-cola machine, all my small weapons in a locker by the door and all my bigger ones in another locker. i also keep all my extra clothes in the filing cabinet by my bed.
idk why i do that.

 

[TornadoFive]

When I played Fable: The Lost Chapters a few years ago, I managed to collect every item of clothing in the game. Then, whenever I entered a new area, I'd select an outfit that suited that area.

eg. Bandit Camp - Bandit outfit
Bowerstone - Neutral Villager clothes
Oakvale - Good Villager clothes

and so on.

I'd completed the game at this point, I just wanted to make my own fun.

 

[Brent Knickerbocker]

> Save the game after every battle and or room. Usually every minute or so
> Reload after kill
> GTA3 100% + bonus levels + plus all properties + all clothing items + reloaded game after every death or arrest and beat game without a single death or arrest in the statistics

 

[annilator666]

depending on the game i become the richest person in the game then i never spend anything or i just murder everything in my sights

 

[bulldogftw]

In Fallout: New Vegas I never bought anything at all.
In any shooter I must reload after i kill anyone even if over enemies are around me.
And in any sandbox game with cars if i even tap someone with my car i must 1.Get out of the car 2.Kill the guy I hit 3. Steal new car.

 

[SqueeFactor]

stand at the top of the stairs in GTA IV and just walk in front of/push people down the stairs to watch the fleshy slinky scream.

 

[Lerasai]

With Fallout 3, NV and Oblivion I am a major hoarder, I feel like the NPCs would be giving me an intervention if they were anything more than dead-eyed puppets. When playing rpgs in general, I always equip whichever armor looks better over what has the best stats. I know surviving to the end of the game is more important than looking awesome doing it, but you know what? I'm a girl an artist vain.

 

[Zeh Don]

I think I play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3 a little... weird.

Firstly, I collect all unique or 'named' items in the game. All of them, without question. I arrange them in my house as a sort of musuem of the oddities of the world - I refer to this as "the collection". I also have one set of each type of armour, one of each type of weapon, etc. It is essentially a catalogue of every single item created within the game.

Secondly, in Oblivion I don't sell any Magic Items. I keep them all and transport them all to Frost Crag Spire for storage. At last count, I have well over 9,000 magical items stored. In Fallout 3, I collect all Nuka Cola Bottles and items. Regardless of where it is, I get it and bring it back to my house.

Thirdly, I don't use storage containers. All of my items are stored out in the open, so my vast collection is visible at all times.

Forthly, I never 'fast travel' or 'wait' - I walk everywhere, never walk away from a fight, and transport any items I've collected to my storage location the old fashioned way; manually transporting them on foot.

Fifthly, I maintain a strict "weight to value" ratio rule on looting. In Oblivion, this leads me to killing bandits and steal their shoes - which have the best ratio in the game. This also ensures I have more than enough money at any point in the game for anything.

Lastly, I clear every dungeon, cave, shrine, bunker, building, camp, etc., in the game. I leave no stone unturned. For Oblivion, this meant manipulating the Oblivion Gate Encounters by wondering around the environment to get them to spawn. There are 100 Oblivion Gates that will spawn over time through the game world, including all story related ones. I've cleared them all, and collected everything from them.

One final note: I've completed a full collection for each game three full times. From scratch.

 

[maninahat]

Reloading after shooting a single bullet.

This

Spamming quicksave like every 5 seconds, even when there's no enemies around. God forbid I die and have to walk an extra 3 feet.

and this

It would be unusual not to do this.

In the Alien vs Predator games, I deliberately waste ammunition making sure the enemies that are clearly dead/dying are dead. Sort of a hold over from movies, where you don't just use one bullet to take someone down, but the entire clip. Careful ammo preservation be damned.

 

[Joshimodo]

A few, but my most favourite quirk was amassing a huge stack of Pre-War Money in Fallout 3, and piling it high on my penthouse table.

I think I play The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3 a little... weird.

Firstly, I collect all unique or 'named' items in the game. All of them, without question. I arrange them in my house as a sort of musuem of the oddities of the world - I refer to this as "the collection". I also have one set of each type of armour, one of each type of weapon, etc. It is essentially a catalogue of every single item created within the game.

Secondly, in Oblivion I don't sell any Magic Items. I keep them all and transport them all to Frost Crag Spire for storage. At last count, I have well over 9,000 magical items stored.
Thirdly, I don't use storage containers. All of my items are stored out in the open, so my vast collection is visible at all times.

Fifthly, I maintain a strict "weight to value" ratio rule on looting. In Oblivion, this leads me to killing bandits and steal their shoes - which have the best ratio in the game. This also ensures I have more than enough money at any point in the game for anything.

Lastly, I clear every dungeon, cave, shrine, bunker, building, camp, etc., in the game. I leave no stone unturned. For Oblivion, this meant manipulating the Oblivion Gate Encounters by wondering around the environment to get them to spawn. There are 100 Oblivion Gates that will spawn over time through the game world, including all story related ones. I've cleared them all, and collected everything from them.

One final note: I've completed a full collection for each game three full times. From scratch.

None of that is unusual. I've done it. Still do. Morrowind was even better for it.

 

[Jakub324]

In Oblivion, I got into the habit of switching out of Dark Brotherhood armour and into civilian clothes. Don't know why. In Crysis 2, I like grabbing people and trying to throw them over cover to their on their backs with their legs in the air, which DOES NOT make me a paedophile, OK?

 

[beniki]

In Guild Wars, I always take Gwen with me in every single party. And make her wear the night gown. And I refuse to play the Hearts of the North missions.

If I don't play it, it never happened.

 

[maxriderules]

I always reload if I'm not in direct combat, And always go for headshots. I don't mean just in games like SC:C, where headshots are useful. I mean I'll play through Halo wars, and if I use any leader ability, I'll take the time to zoom in so that it doesn't get a body shot.