Weirdest unneccesarry things you do in games.

[Denamic]

Bunny hop.
Because it increased your acrobatics skill in Morrowind.
It got hard-coded into my brain.

 

[aitken23]

Throwing all the dead bodies and weapons of my victims into haystacks/wells in Assassin's Creed 2/Brotherhood.
I just hate leaving a mess.

This, plus always having to have the maximum allowed for any item, I rarely use throwing knives, but I need a full belt, just in case.

 

[Anaklusmos]

In First Person Shooters I hoard everything. I'll have max ammo for the shotgun, the machine gun, rocket launcher, sniper, and super exotic thing, and I'll still be picking off dudes with my unupgraded Pistol. In BioShock I hardly ever used Plasmids, because I might have needed it later.

In Stealth games I'll always spend about 10 minutes before making my next move, like after I've memorized the walking pattern of guards, after I've planned what I'll do, I'll still spend some time going over what I'll do if I get caught or if something goes wrong.

In RTS games I'll build up a huge army and then attack, and most likely get destroyed because I didn't do any early aggression letting my opponent get a lot of money and soldiers.

 

[Vangaurd227]

everytime i lose at a game i sing this very very loud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftFVlBaC7hU&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 ..it gets annoying when im in public

 

[Artina89]

Hmmm...does reloading after EVERY kill count?

I've challenged my self to complete a game of Skirmageddon Firefight on Reach using only a Magnum. If those damn Skirmishers would sit still for half a second...

I've tried to complete a level of Dynasty Warriors without assistance. No backup, no allies. Just me against everyone. I just sit in my camp and spam the Y and B buttons until all the enemy officers are defeated or I kill EVERYBODY. The counter maxes at 9999.

As far as I am aware, reloading after every kill is fairly common. It's something I do, much to my dad's bewilderment.

"You had 15 bullets left"
"Yeah, so?"
"There was no need to reload!!"
"But I wanted 22 bullets"
"But there were 15 bullets left!!!"

It's a circular argument that neither of us has managed to win

 

[new_vision]

Win races (such as the ferrari challenge) with a fully tuned 308 in Gran Turismo, without running off the track or crashing.

Seriously, when at full tune (which i think is about 6-700HP) the thing slides all over the place, even on slicks.

Edit:
And in Fallout 3, I decided I wanted one of every article of clothing in the game. That placed me in some really annoying situations whereby I would have to leave weapons etc. behind just so i could get a nice new pre-war hat.

 

[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.