"YOU CAN STEER THE TORPEDO?" moments

TreuloseTomate

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Andy of Comix Inc said:
TreuloseTomate said:
Antichamber has those moments every minute.
I love that you mentioned that game. Though to be honest, most of Antichamber is the opposite of those moments as it tries to unteach every single thing you've ever learned from videogames up to now.
But you probably know what moments I'm talking about?

"THAT's what the circles on walls are for?!"
"You can do WHAT with the green gun?!"
 

SS2Dante

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My friend managed to get all the way to Evrae in FFX without knowing how to use the Sphere Grid. Still baffles me to this day.
 

chuckdm

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Zhukov said:
YOU CAN PUSH THE LITTLE HOOD BIT UP OFF THE CLI

*ahem*

Planetside 2: YOU CAN STEER THE DROP PODS?!

No more landing on cliff sides. Still haven't managed to land on any enemies though.
Also Planetside 2: YOU CAN HOLD SHIFT AND THE SNIPER RIFLE QUITS BOBBING AROUND?!

My KD has gone from 0.4 to 0.6 upon learning that tidbit ALONE.
 

Coppernerves

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Akichi Daikashima said:
SHOTGUN SURGEON BREAKS THE GAME?

Seriously, I never even considered picking that perk through all of my playthroughs except the one I'm doing right now.

No enemy stands a chance any more, also:

AP ROUNDS ARE USEFUL AGAINST DEATHCLAWS?
Wait What? Since when did Deathclaws even have armour?

I could imagine them being handy for mirelurks, giant radscorpions, and ants, they do have exoskeletons after all, but Deathclaws?

Bloody stupid...

I wonder if a modder will ever make a deathclaw whose been captured, armoured, and had poisoned metal blades attached to its' claws?

EDIT: Are you on the highest difficulty level?
 

Sigmund Av Volsung

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Coppernerves said:
Akichi Daikashima said:
SHOTGUN SURGEON BREAKS THE GAME?

Seriously, I never even considered picking that perk through all of my playthroughs except the one I'm doing right now.

No enemy stands a chance any more, also:

AP ROUNDS ARE USEFUL AGAINST DEATHCLAWS?
Wait What? Since when did Deathclaws even have armour?

I could imagine them being handy for mirelurks, giant radscorpions, and ants, they do have exoskeletons after all, but Deathclaws?

Bloody stupid...

I wonder if a modder will ever make a deathclaw whose been captured, armoured, and had poisoned metal blades attached to its' claws?
Yeah, they have natural armour on them; that's why AP Anti-Materiel Rifle rounds are more effective towards them.

The minute you actually clear out Quarry Junction though... you feel like an absolute badass.
 

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GundamSentinel said:
The most recent one was in Guild Wars 2:

THERE IS AN OPTION TO DROP CRAFTING MATERIALS INTO YOUR BANK FROM YOUR INVENTORY?

And any inventory management problems disappeared instantly...
Oh wow, I don't even want to imagine the horror you must've been through.

OT: YOU CAN SWITCH THE POKéMON IN YOUR PARTY?! *and* YOU CAN RUN FROM AN ENCOUNTER?!

My first time playing Yellow on GBC I didn't know you could do either of those things, nor that you could save the game. So often I'd end up with a level 50 Primeape fighting pidgeys in Vermilion City (because I didn't know how to get past Snorlax).
 

SS2Dante

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BloodWriter said:
SS2Dante said:
My friend managed to get all the way to Evrae in FFX without knowing how to use the Sphere Grid. Still baffles me to this day.
Isn't there a compulsory tutorial? Or are most of these people just so young and English isn't their native tongue and they just play half-blind?
There is, but the tutorial is actually pretty poor. Once you get to know the system it's really easy to understand, but from a new players perspective it's pretty daunting and the tutorial is a brief one-off look at the Grid. Most people do manage to figure it out well before Evrae though :p
 

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Akichi Daikashima said:
Coppernerves said:
Wait What? Since when did Deathclaws even have armour?

I could imagine them being handy for mirelurks, giant radscorpions, and ants, they do have exoskeletons after all, but Deathclaws?

Bloody stupid...

I wonder if a modder will ever make a deathclaw whose been captured, armoured, and had poisoned metal blades attached to its' claws?
Yeah, they have natural armour on them; that's why AP Anti-Materiel Rifle rounds are more effective towards them.

The minute you actually clear out Quarry Junction though... you feel like an absolute badass.
You should pick the perk "Living Anatomy" to get the most out of your ammo types.
It displays your enemies health and DT as numeric values when you aim at them.
 

chuckdm

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John Ladouceur said:
In Fallout New Vegas, I had wiped out the Legion town of Cottonwood Cove, including the ferryman who takes you to the Fort. Later, Mr. House still gave me the quest to go to the Fort, but I thought I couldn't now. So even though I had been intending to do the House ending, I killed him to clear the quest "House Always Wins" from my quest log. It was weeks later when I found out that I JUST HAD TO LOOK DOWN AT THE RAFT! >:0
You can also just swim across the lake. You should use some dynamite and guns to clear out as many of the lakelurks as you can first (since you can't fight while swimming. Not even melee, which seems stupid...) but if you clear out enough to raise the B-29 for the Boomer's, a single Stealthboy will get you across the other half of the lake from that point unscathed.

MUCH easier than trying to annihilate the entire Legion.
 

Sigmund Av Volsung

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Hargrimm said:
Akichi Daikashima said:
Coppernerves said:
Wait What? Since when did Deathclaws even have armour?

I could imagine them being handy for mirelurks, giant radscorpions, and ants, they do have exoskeletons after all, but Deathclaws?

Bloody stupid...

I wonder if a modder will ever make a deathclaw whose been captured, armoured, and had poisoned metal blades attached to its' claws?
Yeah, they have natural armour on them; that's why AP Anti-Materiel Rifle rounds are more effective towards them.

The minute you actually clear out Quarry Junction though... you feel like an absolute badass.
You should pick the perk "Living Anatomy" to get the most out of your ammo types.
It displays your enemies health and DT as numeric values when you aim at them.
My medicine skill is too low, but it can lead to hilarious situations where I diagnose characters with bullshit illnesses.

I feel just like John Harvey Kellogg, except without the "rear admiral" business.
 

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Playing through the Hitman HD collection, at the moment. Finding all sorts of ways to complete missions I didn't know back then. None come to mind, though; sorry.
 

syaoran728

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So a friend of mine started playing Valkyria Chronicles on my PS3 and one time when he went to go upgrade weapons I looked over and exclaimed, "There are more upgrades if you scroll down!" Turns out I beat the game without upgrading my weapons beyond the third upgrade.
 

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WHAT!?, YOU CAN ACTUALLY POINT ANY GUN (EXCEPT THE STINGER) WITHOUT SHOOTING!?, AND EVEN SCARE THE OTHER SOLDIERS SHITLESS WITH THEM!??.

^ This when I learned, while playing Metal Gear Solid 2 for the third or fourth time, that the PS2 controller actually had analog buttons (ALL of them, except Select, Start, L3 & R3) and you could use this to point your guns without actually shooting, heck, you could even do this in first person mode. That game is so full of details and easter eggs, it's insane.
 

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freaper said:
GundamSentinel said:
The most recent one was in Guild Wars 2:

THERE IS AN OPTION TO DROP CRAFTING MATERIALS INTO YOUR BANK FROM YOUR INVENTORY?

And any inventory management problems disappeared instantly...
Oh wow, I don't even want to imagine the horror you must've been through.
I know, right. Months of trudging around, desperately looking for merchants and crafting stations or having to port back to town when my inventory got full. And all that money spent on crafting bigger bags for my characters...

It was hilarious when I found out and told my guild about it, since I am usually the one to consult when guildies have questions about the game.

"What? You didn't know that?"
"I-... wha-... No!"

Luckily I wasn't the only one who didn't know. ^^
 

Zefyrix

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Haven't read everything in this thread, so not sure if these examples have been mentioned.

First two are from Skyward Sword. One thing is that I didn't know you could sit on those small chairs that were scattered about to restore hearts.

Second is from the final boss of Skyward Sword, so will put it in spoiler tags just in case.
That you could hold your sword skyward to absorb the lightning when he did it. I found him really hard but eventually beat him, then i see a friend play the same boss battle and he absorbed the lightning with the sword and I just felt really stupid..


Third thing is from Super Smash Bros Brawl. That if you want to play as Sheik for example you can just pick Sheik in the character pick menu. I thought you had to go in game as Zelda and transform, but nope, you can apparently just press on Sheik in the portrait to start as her. Same with the different pokemons of Pokemon Trainer. Can't believe i didn't figure that out until now, cause I've put a lot of time into that game. :)
 

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Zhukov said:
YOU CAN PUSH THE LITTLE HOOD BIT UP OFF THE CLI

*ahem*

Planetside 2: YOU CAN STEER THE DROP PODS?!

No more landing on cliff sides. Still haven't managed to land on any enemies though.
My first drop, I randomly started pressing the wasd keys, found out I could move, saw an enemy liberator and thought, Huh, what happens if I try to hit it?
wham
First kill. and death