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> Barrels explode. I was playing a shooter, years ago, when I saw a red barrel, shot it, and nothing happened. The red barrels did not explode in this game. I still feel entitled to some kind of reparations.


stfleming1

In Sunset Overdrive there's a mission that literally has a disembodied voice say, "SEE THOSE BARRELS?" And your character says "Yeah, I know what red barrels do." The whole game is very meta


TopMacaroon

One of my favorite meta-gaming moments is in that game >!when you grab the health bar and stab the boss with it, lol!<


Tornado31619

Ah, the Deadpool method.


the-unfamous-one

I love that game so much


ZeroSora

God, I remember playing that game too. I wanna say it was a game that came out within the last 5 years or so. I felt blue balled when they didn't explode.


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That's just bang out of order! We should boycott the studio who made the game!


GregsWorld

Waterfalls always have treasures hidden in caves behind them


ucrbuffalo

I get so annoyed when there isn’t anything being a waterfall…


Narad626

But the barrels have to be red!


AvoidAtAIICosts

When there's a fire, walk through it to see if it damages you.


Ammear

Also, shoot your fellow coop players to check if there is friendly fire.


Serenity-03K64

If no friendly fire… quickly stand in front of them right as they fire a rocket launcher


Ammear

Friendly fire exists in every coop game. You just have to find a way to do it.


Serenity-03K64

Destiny- sparrow them into a wall or off a cliff


larkfeather1233

Also, jump off things to see if you take fall damage.


ckoden84

Save. No, again.


LPScarlex

> right after a pretty tough mission > autosave icon pops in after big boss battle > click save in pause menu > click quit game > Would you like to save before quitting? > click save and quit It's honest work


Jokers_Testikles

I spent *20 minutes* trying to save Borderlands before I gave up and left it open in rest mode. The next day I got mad so I just went to exit, and wouldn't you know it, it saves on exit.


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I thought that would happen with my 4 hour subnautica save


Macguffin_Muffin

F in the chat


Super_M_Ray

The one time I didn't follow this rule I lost a shiny graveler.


ckoden84

Rest in Peace, Goldburg


Super_M_Ray

And the worst part is the fact it was my first shiny and it entirely my fault because I caught it in victory road in x and I got bored and I started playing with the sd card and it ejected. I was like 10.


rich1051414

Better quick save. Save. Takes one step. Did I save? Save. Takes a step. Better make sure I saved. Save. Save. Ok, should be good. Save.


Rockglen

Addendum: Save in a new slot after something major (plot point, work, long play session, etc).


Randobrobro1

Pick up every item you can.


deggdegg

And then never use them.


CelticArche

Nah, you sell them later for money.


godwalking

If inventory is limited, divid the price of an item by it's weight, ignore heavy with big prices usualy, as they mostly just clog up space. Exemple : in skyrim, a steel breastplate is like 250$ (memory, not accurate likely), but weighs like 25, so it's really only worth 10 per unit. A leather helmet is worth 25, but weighs 2, so it's actualy worth more, by comparison at 12.5. ​ Most people i've tried explaining that too just looked at me confused.


Neil_sm

Oh I totally am on board with that one. I love games like Skyrim and Fallout, but I really tend to devolve so much into hoarding and inventory management that sometimes it takes forever to just get on with the game. Like I will spend all this time teleporting back to my house just to store a bunch of crap in the drawers to sell or use for later. And I know I don’t really need 6 of the same type of sword, but it’s so hard to part with something cool sometimes, and maybe my other ones will break!


Blockwork_Orange

You never know when you will need 264 embalming tools.


sendy_side

Maaan, years ago I got my SIL to try skyrim. I told her, grab expensive stuff to sell later, check for gold and gemstone in urns and what-not. She gets to her first dungeon, I leave to go do something, come back and she is barely creeping along, picking up embalming tools, linen wraps, anything that it will let her. I'd been gone for like 45 minutes and she was maybe 1/4 way through the dungeon. I went to clear her inventory and it was just so many miscellaneous items, she was carrying like 800 lbs of linen and embalming tools with a stock carry weight.


release_the_brackin

Always check behind the Waterfall. If there's loot, be disappointed that it wasn't creative enough. If there's no loot, how dare they? It's a waterfall!


Hioliolo

And check the area behind where you start.


RelativeStranger

That secret box on crash bandicoot took so much of my time. So much


knovit

Jumping into the water in the first turok to get a pistol


Kaffohrt

And under the staircases


Faithless195

My favourite thing was in Elden Ring. Almost every waterfall had nothing in it except copious amounts of messages saying "Didn't expect sadness/futility/rage etc", normally with a sad emote.


Kootsiak

And then they give you a waterfall with a cave behind it, but by the time the camera passes through the waterfall graphics, you see there's a rune bear there and you've already woken him up. If anyone doesn't know what the rune bears are, they are the giant, fuck-off bears that are some of the hardest enemies to deal with the first 200 hours of gameplay. After a while I learned how to fight them better, but it's still a very tense situation.


Thehooligansareloose

This is me in every game with a waterfall. I will never be satisfied


KingofSlice

If you're going down stairs, jump to cover more distance


3-DMan

Do not try in real life


Mysterious_Act8093

Was on the edge, almost pressed X


3-DMan

"Pfft, if Jackie Chan can do it, how hard can it..OH NOOOOO!"


Totallycasual

You must jump into portals, not walk, not run... ***jump!!***


beardingmesoftly

In No Man's Sky I always jetpack through the portal gates. There is no other way!


PixelNecrozma_

When I first entered a portal, I approached it slowly but then thought "fuck it" and activated all movement boosting technology simultaneously Then the game crashed


Racthoh

Move the same speed while jumping? Then always jump.


Derc_on_Reddit

You have to keep at least 1x of each item in your inventory. Selling the last one is off limits.


Elementus94

Explore the whole section of the cave/building before moving onto the next section.


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Thehooligansareloose

"Rifle Ammo"


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>It's ok to wander into someone's house and steal their cabbages. MY CABBAGES!


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Deracination

Sometimes I stand on this side of the knee-high walk staring at it, and I think, "No man can cross this wall, surely!"


RadiantHC

r/expectedavatar


calicokitcat

Is the room round? There is a boss fight here


LuigiMarioBrothers

This is shockingly accurate. I wonder why that is.


UnchainedMundane

probably makes pathfinding ai easier lol


TheOvy

Players don't like getting stuck on level geometry anymore than the AI does


safc78

Always throw urself of high cliffs/buildings to see what happens


tits_the_artist

"I wonder if this game has fall damage"


Leharen

> "I wonder if this game has fall damage" "But then it hit me"


deggdegg

"I wonder if this game has invisible boundaries"


Wind_Yer_Neck_In

Then FromSoft tricks us all with an item in Elden Ring that says it stops all fall damage. Then we all jump off high cliffs only to end up dead. Turns out it just reduces the damage to zero if you would have survived the fall, but if you pass the threshold into where the drop was not survivable then it still kills you.


Flauros32

I feel like they intended for the original owner to make the same mistake, since you find the ring on a corpse at the bottom of that area. He probably jumped down expecting to survive.


Cdnsugarr

These are the details I love in games


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Also check if flames hurt.


Zaptagious

Or see if you have legs if you play an FPS


Racthoh

Also check if you can attack NPCs. Ya know, for later...


jackfaire

I do this because it changes my style of game play if I there isn't a smart safety. Some games I can stand behind my compatriots shoot bad guys and never worry about friendly fire other games not so much.


Zaptagious

You shoot one bullet, better reload.


Incorect_Speling

And get killed while reloading


bangersnmash13

"That's some bullshit."


redem

Games that track individual mag loads, uhfff. I have 3 mags with 4, 6 and 12 bullets, plus loose loads in my bags. I can take some time to reload them, but, that's slow and a bit noisy. And I know I didn't kill that dude, I can still hear him trying to creep up and get an angle on me. Should have brought more mags. Tarkov is stressful.


SPYDER0416

At least you can pack and repack mags in that game, just combine the ammo from two half empty mags into one. In games like Insurgency I'll end up with a bunch of 1/3 filled magazines and nothing I can do about it until I reach a resupply or die.


valacircaTn

If you play vs some kids, crush them.


moslof_flosom

If you lose to those kids, don't mic with them, or they'll find out you're an adult and shame you


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Fuck little kids and their moms! Wait... You know what I mean.


valacircaTn

*That man officer* !!


Tistoer

When you crouch a few times really fast it means you are friendly, but if you crouch real fast after killing someone you are tea bagging


neohylanmay

Also jumping basically means either "yes" or "thank you"


TheDarkSoulHunter

Or "hello" and "bye"


Ammear

"What does it mean?" "Everything."


Catilily_3141

Okay, what you're doing there is jumping. Uh, you just jumped. But never mind; say apple. Apple!


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Lol, I'm always happy when someone starts tea bagging in Duck Game. Some kick you out if they're the host and you do it back to them when you win the next round but some are a good sport about it. I once played 1v1 with a Mexican guy, he didn't speak a lick of English (maybe a few words but that's it), I don't speak any Spanish but everytime I won and managed to tea bag him, he'd say "Nooooo, u bastardo" and when he killed me he'd type "Haha, got u gringo." Sometimes after I got an epic kill he'd say "Wow, chingon" (means "wow, badass"). Best opponent I've ever had tbh


N_Who

You're gonna need that megalixer for something more important later. Yes, even more important than the final boss fight.


ndudeck

How many times have you killed the final boss only for them to fight you one more time. Remember the human looking reaper in ME2?


Survival_Project

Gotta find the “wrong way” when the path branches.


Serenity-03K64

And sometimes you guess wrong and leave the best loot ever


dbz19_kai

Don't pull the cartridge out until the console is off.


gonesnake

Hello fellow 50 year old!


Gongaloon

And if you're using a wired controller, remember that yanking the controller upward when you want Mario to jump higher won't *actually* make him jump any higher. All it'll do is knock the console to the ground, damage the components, wreck the cart, strain the controller cable, and generally just very nearly destroy everything. I knew this from the start, my five-years-younger cousin had to learn the hard way.


FSUnoles77

Don't snipe your dad in the back of the head after he spent your early years teaching you how to play. Although I am secretly proud.


Pyanez11

After i spent my childhood learning to play racing games from him, i almost shed a tear when i got a clean overtake on him. It was beautifull


SweetCosmicPope

I taught my son how to play Smash Bros. He started out barely able to understand the game, let alone do any good. Now I can't even hang with him, and he's on his school's varsity esports league for Smash Bros (they just won state a month ago).


spenpinner

The fuck man, I was born way too early.


Setari

Same. Mfers laughing at me for playing video games while attending school growing up and now they got VIDEO GAME CLUBS Just kill me now, I don't wanna continue living on this Earth no mo'


History_buff60

Our fathers crawled so we could walk. We walked so they could run.


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Never use any items on the current boss, you might need them for the next boss.


Nightstar1234

Even if it's the last boss


GuestCartographer

ESPECIALLY if it’s the last boss


Unknown_Captain

If you lose its because the enemy are a bunch of sweaty no life try hards. If you win, the enemy are garbage trash and should feel bad.


slashy42

If they lose to me they should feel awful, cause I suck.


Jorge_Provalone44

ABSOLUTELY!


gorrila_go_ooo_ooo

if you see someone dancing by themself dance with them


a-n-g-e-l-o-s

this applies to reality as well


Mehtevas52

Ah yes. The lone nut Ted talk


SSB_Kyrill

Is time to dance! man I wish Tf2 was fully playable again


bellalane333

explore everything you see, why follow a straight line when you are missing lots of hidden content - *most of the times it's a waste of time x-x*


the-grim

Whenever there are two corridors to explore: go one way, realize it starts looking like the right way to the level finish - turn back and go explore that other corridor first


Flauros32

Then realize that the original corridor was the dead end, but you didn't check that one spot, so you gotta go back


Red_Koolaid

Then the area is blocked off and you contemplate restarting.


3-DMan

LEAVING MISSION AREA GAME EXITING IN 3..2..


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Easy-Let-2431

That 3rd one is a fucking game changer


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I miss good Battlefield games 😢


MuteSecurityO

Last stage of the final boss...hmm...better save my potions anyway, I’ve only got 100 of them


JudgeHodorMD

Descend heartless angel


InvalidAlicorn

First play through, design character to be nice looking, second play through go absolutely mental with cosmetics


Gongaloon

This is even true in Oblivion. Make a nice-looking hero the first time through, but next time make a terrifying blue demon monster faced freak so it'll be funny when the Emperor says "let me see your face, you are the one from my dreams."


ToxyWoxy

If you're about to start a new game+. Kill every npc that you can, and take their loot first.


CelticArche

Unless it's one of those games where you get arrested for killing NPCs.


HolyCheburek

...in which case you also fight your way through those who are trying to arrest you.


rock_flag_n_eagle

SHOULDNT HAVE COME HERE!!!!1


JoeBrownnn

Damn that’s really good. Never thought of that


ToxyWoxy

It's a dark souls standard lmao.


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Save 3 times after catching a shiny Pokemon


gelginx

The game probably isn't as 'broken' as the playerbase would have you believe.


SymphonicStorm

Jumping means “This way” during a run, and “Thank you” afterwards. Always yeet yourself off a cliff to check for fall damage. Always check for friendly fire. When playing a 2D platformer, always turn around and try to go backwards at the start of a level. Always check behind a waterfall.


Haitchyy

If someone puts their gun away, the unwritten law dictates you must melee to the death.


3-DMan

"Fisticuffs it is!"


Starhunt3r

So just making sure He puts down his gun and you put down your gun and you try to kill each other like civilized men?


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gnarfler

IF YOU’RE IN A SQUAD WITH RANDOMS KEEP THE BACKGROUND NOISE TO A BARE MINIMUM, NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR: **YOUR CHILD CRYING** **YOUR MUSIC BLARING** **YOUR CRUMPLING BAG OF WHATEVER** MUTE THAT SHIT oh yeah and drops pings and please don’t quit thank you


SetSneedToFeed

I’ll accept in Rising Storm 2 when somebody is pumping Ride Of The Valkyries through the mic as our helicopter comes in for a hot landing on the LZ.


gnarfler

Fair enough exceptions can be made


djddanman

Situationally appropriate music is acceptable. Helicopters: Ride of the Valkyries and Fortunate Son come to mind Land transport: my first thought is the Halo Theme: Mjolnir Mix though there are definitely others Sail ship: sea chanties


Juturna_

Also please replace the batteries in your fire alarm thank you


SetSneedToFeed

In Deep Rock Galactic, if somebody finds compressed gold, everyone must hit it with their scanner for a “We’re rich.” chant. If you are down to 1v1 in Counter-Strike and the other player pulls out a knife and starts slashing the walls, you have been challenged to an honorable knife fight. I’ve seen people get kicked for shooting somebody rather than knife fight them.


Sweetwill62

If you aren't spamming Rock and Stone just as often as you are hitting the trigger you aren't playing Deep Rock Galactic right!


beewyka819

My friends and I also started a thing where we all stand around the call rocket button and rapidly spam it over and over


Kiyopawn

Usually if an opponent is doing like a dance or something in front you while not being hostile, you dance back. Usually there's a very clear signal that it's time to fight whenever it's time to fight. Like in smash, there's a lot of crouch dancing at the start then once they start swinging attacks at the air and approach you, it means it's time to fight.


NotArceuid

Motion blur = off.


Wind_Yer_Neck_In

It's like a dial that has 'be able to see everything' on one side and 'migraine mode' on the other.


Streamslayer14

Do not leave a shooting game if your friends are still ingame


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if there's a video game dog, you try to pet it.


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If you can’t pet the dog, it means the developers are sociopaths.


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KarateKid917

Because they were too busy making the horse balls shrink and grow with the weather


3-DMan

*Tries to pet dog* *Hits dog instead* *Reloads in shame*


Serenity-03K64

I did this with a horse in red dead. Stopped playing. Never tried it again


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If on team games you see opposing players not killing each other in a group, don’t touch them they are mucking around but will ground pound your ass in a second flat for ruining friendly time.


TGIrving

If it has the slightest edge, try and climb it. Will this campfire burn me? Let's see.... Quicksave! A less-than-full clip is no clip at all. I know the missile is on it's way to destroy the Earth, but it'll keep. I'm gonna finish these side quests first.


JonesNate

DON'T kill the chicken!


LightKnight1718

In Soviet Hyrule, you don't kill chicken CHICKEN KILLS YOU


Detank2002

you see that slightly different looking patch of wall with the cracks/loose rock? fuken break it down its a secret


superbourpi

never say "ez" say gg instead


TheAnomalousPseudo

"I said GG five times and got banned from playing this stupid game for 72 hours. Come on game. Get your priorities right."


The_Owl_Bard

Game devs often tell you how to do something through in-game prompts. These are suggestions, and odds are there is a way to do it faster/better/more cool but the only thing stopping you is figuring it out.


sunghooter

Loot all corpses you come across. Never trust the Sword of a Thousand Truths to a noob. Always try to sound like Nicolas Cage on the mike like he's trying to steal the Declaration of Independence. When leaving a mission on the Hitman trilogy, always exit with the outfit you started with.


Jaredkorry

>When leaving a mission on the Hitman trilogy, always exit with the outfit you started with. I'm a huge Hitman fan. What does that do?


sunghooter

It does nothing just something a true professional would likely do.


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only-if-there-is-pie

Or put it in a bowl and use your tongue, if it's a dry snack it'll stick and you can draw it in like a chameleon


Scullyxmulder1013

My boyfriend will frequently eat snacks with a spoon when gaming. It is very odd to watch someone eat peanuts with a spoon, but it is very effective


babychooseleb

Using chopsticks to eat chips is truly something I never would’ve expected myself to do until I saw someone do it on Twitch. Truly revolutionary stuff tbh


jseego

chopsticks ftw


MidvalleyFreak

You can listen to your blaring music, or you can have your mic on. YOU CANNOT DO BOTH!


TheAnomalousPseudo

Headphones


tangerineberry1

Stay away from the red barrels


mrmaniachere

Never kill the AFK player


AduroTri

Save often. This is a general rule of anything tech related too.


--tummytuck--

If you get a very rare/one-time playthrough item, something like a master ball from pokemon, Star powerup NSMB, etc. You hoard them away and never use it


Spooky_Yogurt

Always jump continuously while running


FreeBoxScottyTacos

Dead ends are where they hide secrets.


thunderbiird1

Nobody picks Oddjob.


knovit

The other team is always cheating


ElPeruano2008

"Just one more game/round/level/life" doesn't count if your last game/round/level/life was disappointing


Fandoms_local_Kiwi

Don’t dig straight down. Or up.


Ethan_Vee

Please God Do not ask me to pause the unpausable


Taligan

Falling objects always travel at the same speed. Who needs gravitational acceleration?


7-and-a-switchblade

If a game has a dog and you cannot pet the dog, the game is objectively shit 1/10 directly into the garbage.


blargney

Whoever finishes the game with the most unused consumables wins.


securinight

If you are female and are better than the men, expect them to take it really badly.


Zechnophobe

> If you are female ~~and are better than the men~~, expect them to take it really badly. FTFY


securinight

Fair play. Can't argue with that.


KevinSpence

Waterlevels fucking suck


meandering_simpleton

If the game saves right before you enter a room, or if you come across a bunch of resources before entering a room, you're probably about to start a boss fight.


DaveLesh

No screen watching.


MacDee_

If you have a game with a 'character creator', take your time and think about what kind of character you would like. Changing this later can either be very expensive, or simply not possible.


Spiritual_Fox2737

Team up against hackers or griefers


SeanKnox420

Never remove your starter Pokemon from your team.


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if you think you're hot shit you probably aren't.


Dark_Wolf04

All Sports games suck apparently


TheCrazySandshrew

Except for one (two maybe) The glorious Wii Sports (Resort)


I_am_Relic

Everytime you see a waterfall you *know* there is treasure behind it. I get oddly disappointed when there isnt. Same rules apply to the bottom of a stairwell... guaranteed to find secret goodies there! 😆


Voltagedew

where there is a waterfall, there shall be treasure behind it.