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.
"YOU CAN STEER THE TORPEDO?" moments
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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.
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.
^ 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.
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...freaper said:
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. ^^
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.
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.
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.
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?Zhukov said:
wham
First kill. and death
Why did none of you look at the thief's journal?BloodWriter said:
I CAN DO A REGULAR DOUBLE ATTACK?!!
skyrim. I knew how to do the double power attck while duel wielding but I didn't know I could do a basic attack with it until atleast 100 hours in.
You can store crits in the Gunslinger?
If you are clueless: The Gunslinger only crits on the event of getting three hits to land in a row, without letting go of M1. Really hard to pull of with a short range weapon, wielded by one of the least combat proficient classes, and to make your enemy survive long enough to bop them with your crit.
But this video shows that you can skip around the timing entirely. Blew my mind, made my crits more hilarious.
If you are clueless: The Gunslinger only crits on the event of getting three hits to land in a row, without letting go of M1. Really hard to pull of with a short range weapon, wielded by one of the least combat proficient classes, and to make your enemy survive long enough to bop them with your crit.
But this video shows that you can skip around the timing entirely. Blew my mind, made my crits more hilarious.
I had a "YOU-CAN-STEER-THE-TORPEDO?" moment in Guild Wars (1) too. I didn't know, until halfway into prophecies, that I could fast travel to cities. Needless to say my character was quite beefed up by the time I figured it out.GundamSentinel said:
For me it was "THE MISSING HOTKEY BUTTON IN NEW VEGAS SWITCHES YOUR WEAPON'S AMMO?!"
That made using my 12-gauge shotgun a whole lot more convenient.
Also, "YOU CAN HOTKEY CONSUMABLES?!" in Fo3. Hotkey'd stimpaks=never dying ever again.
That made using my 12-gauge shotgun a whole lot more convenient.
Also, "YOU CAN HOTKEY CONSUMABLES?!" in Fo3. Hotkey'd stimpaks=never dying ever again.
...Are you kidding?King of Asgaard said:
All those times I'd barely survived a fight and was frantically sipping tap water to heal..
This reminds me of a memory that still tickles me to this day. I was handing my dad a cup of tea when he was playing Company of Heroes, and I noticed he was using Engineers only. I literally cried of laughter for about five minutes, seeing him send off five units at a time taking on tanks and god knows what else. I asked him as to why this was, and he said that it was all he was able to use. I then showed him that the Engineers can construct buildings to train and create more units.
He never learned though. He still ended up using the 'sticky bomb' ability of infantry units on tanks and stuff. Good times.
OP: In the very first PC game I ever played, the Total Annihilation demo, I didn't know the Commander could build structures until five replays of the mission where you need to save the Spider kbots.
He never learned though. He still ended up using the 'sticky bomb' ability of infantry units on tanks and stuff. Good times.
OP: In the very first PC game I ever played, the Total Annihilation demo, I didn't know the Commander could build structures until five replays of the mission where you need to save the Spider kbots.
Did u miss the tutorials that hold your hand thru the sphere grid at the beginning in Besaid? And u don't actually gain stats until you spend sphere points.SkarKrow said:
I honestly can't understand how you could get that far, even with potions because bosses will drop you in one hit and flyers will never die if your accuracy rating never gets raised (aside from no new spells/abilities and the like).
Aha, yep. Oh my god, yes.TreuloseTomate said:
I wish I could erase my memory and play that game for the first time again, because discovering that stuff for the first time is truly mind-blowing.
Woah woah woah woah woah woah woah. Woah.... just Woah.... There is something past that bastard?Klagermeister said:
this may have been said but:
I was about 95% through with dead space before i realized I could shoot things with kinesis. I would drag things towards me during some of the puzzle sections, and then waste ammo shooting them across the room. And I never got to kinesis a guardian, which were terrifying as a result. But boy was I happy when I found that ability, especially as an option to the endless stomping in ds2.
I was about 95% through with dead space before i realized I could shoot things with kinesis. I would drag things towards me during some of the puzzle sections, and then waste ammo shooting them across the room. And I never got to kinesis a guardian, which were terrifying as a result. But boy was I happy when I found that ability, especially as an option to the endless stomping in ds2.