Pointless stuff you always do in games

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by Venom » Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:23 pm

Vermilion wrote:I spent forever just listening to the talk radio stations in GTA: Vice City, no GTA game since has come close to having such a good line up of shows.



I've done a lot of that too! I remember parking the car somewhere nice and just listening. They've probably been ripped to mp3s now, would be good as podcasts.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by garfield.0 » Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:22 pm

get as nude as possible

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by FudgeDiver » Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:24 pm

garfield.0 wrote:get as nude as possible


the only point to doing that is your todger mate

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Dual » Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:19 am

I like to manipulate dead bodies into humourous positions.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Albert » Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:27 am

Wrong thread dual.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Photek » Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:30 am

jawafour wrote:If there is a photo mode in a game, I invariably spend more time with that than actually playing.

You'd never finish AC Origins! :lol:

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Photek » Mon Feb 19, 2018 9:45 am

Venom wrote:
Vermilion wrote:I spent forever just listening to the talk radio stations in GTA: Vice City, no GTA game since has come close to having such a good line up of shows.



I've done a lot of that too! I remember parking the car somewhere nice and just listening. They've probably been ripped to mp3s now, would be good as podcasts.

Did this with GTA 3 and Vice, especially if it was raining. I'd park up on a pier and listen to talk radio. It was amazing at the time.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Fabong » Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:37 pm

Enjoy myself

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Tafdolphin » Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:38 am

In open world games I almost always put off exploring new areas unless explicitly ordered to by the story or until I'm sure I've squeezed every inch of life from the area I'm in. I resisted this a bit with BoTW but now I've uncovered half the map I'm loathe to uncover the rest as I'm worried the game will go downhill from there.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Moggy » Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:45 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:In open world games I almost always put off exploring new areas unless explicitly ordered to by the story or until I'm sure I've squeezed every inch of life from the area I'm in. I resisted this a bit with BoTW but now I've uncovered half the map I'm loathe to uncover the rest as I'm worried the game will go downhill from there.


I am the exact opposite. I will ignore the main storyline as much as possible until I have uncovered or viewed as much of the map as possible.

With an Assassins Creed game, I will spend my time wandering around looking for the viewpoints before doing missions or doing the minimum amount of missions to unlock the whole map. I am not sure it is pointless though as it unlocks the fast travel options and shows where other stuff is which is helpful when I actually start the missions proper.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Tomous » Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:19 pm

Moggy wrote:
Tafdolphin wrote:In open world games I almost always put off exploring new areas unless explicitly ordered to by the story or until I'm sure I've squeezed every inch of life from the area I'm in. I resisted this a bit with BoTW but now I've uncovered half the map I'm loathe to uncover the rest as I'm worried the game will go downhill from there.


I am the exact opposite. I will ignore the main storyline as much as possible until I have uncovered or viewed as much of the map as possible.

With an Assassins Creed game, I will spend my time wandering around looking for the viewpoints before doing missions or doing the minimum amount of missions to unlock the whole map. I am not sure it is pointless though as it unlocks the fast travel options and shows where other stuff is which is helpful when I actually start the missions proper.


This is exactly how I always approach open world games

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by Tafdolphin » Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:28 pm

Oh don't get me wrong, I'll rarely concentrate on the main quest. However I often try and 'save the best bits for last' and this means I'll delay exploration.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Bleachyleachy » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:18 pm

>Find a rare item
>Nice, I'll save it for an emergency
>Emergency happens
>But what if there's a bigger emergency

Until eventually the credits roll and all that happened is a rare item took inventory space the whole time

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by Earfolds » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:19 pm

Bleachyleachy wrote:>Find a rare item
>Nice, I'll save it for an emergency
>Emergency happens
>But what if there's a bigger emergency

Until eventually the credits roll and all that happened is a rare item took inventory space the whole time



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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Cumberdanes » Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:39 pm

Tomous wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Tafdolphin wrote:In open world games I almost always put off exploring new areas unless explicitly ordered to by the story or until I'm sure I've squeezed every inch of life from the area I'm in. I resisted this a bit with BoTW but now I've uncovered half the map I'm loathe to uncover the rest as I'm worried the game will go downhill from there.


I am the exact opposite. I will ignore the main storyline as much as possible until I have uncovered or viewed as much of the map as possible.

With an Assassins Creed game, I will spend my time wandering around looking for the viewpoints before doing missions or doing the minimum amount of missions to unlock the whole map. I am not sure it is pointless though as it unlocks the fast travel options and shows where other stuff is which is helpful when I actually start the missions proper.


This is exactly how I always approach open world games


I too take a similar approach. Since I rarely replay games or go back to them after finishing them I need to do the side quests first otherwise they just wouldn't get done.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by FudgeDiver » Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:42 pm

Bleachyleachy wrote:>Find a rare item
>Nice, I'll save it for an emergency
>Emergency happens
>But what if there's a bigger emergency

Until eventually the credits roll and all that happened is a rare item took inventory space the whole time


Even worse is when games like SMT4 has a limit on the items you can hold, so you have to start leaving Somas behind

I almost reloaded a save to go back to the boss before to use one for no reason just so I wouldn't have to leave it in a hard to reach place

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Met » Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:52 am

Bonus points if the powerful item doesn't scale so it becomes worthless 1/3 of the way through.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Preezy » Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:25 pm

I like to turn on taps, flush toilets and turn on showers in any game that has them. No particular reason why, but I guess I like to see if the developers put the effort in.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Cumberdanes » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:08 pm

Met wrote:Bonus points if the powerful item doesn't scale so it becomes worthless 1/3 of the way through.


The Drake Sword in Dark Souls is the perfect example of that.

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PostRe: Pointless stuff you always do in games
by Yubel » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:38 pm

In Sleeping Dogs I would take random NPCs, put them in the boot of my car and drive them somewhere. If I remember correctly, this feature wasn't even necessary in any case and is unique to just this one game.

I can also attest to pulling up somewhere scenic and listening to the radio in several GTA titles, especially IV and V.

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