between RTS's i play alot of older ones but also alot of newer ones and the controls can be very different
Instictively trying to use a technique in the wrong game.
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Not exactly using the wrong technique but trying to do something that should be in every FPS.
The lean move which is incredibly useful and although I can't remember which game it was I do remember that I was extremely shocked and appalled that I couldn't do this.
The lean move which is incredibly useful and although I can't remember which game it was I do remember that I was extremely shocked and appalled that I couldn't do this.
After playing TF2 for hundreds and hundreds of hours, I got Halo: Reach to play with some friends.
Now, TF2 was the only competitive online shooter I played for a really long time before I got Reach.
So when playing team based gametypes with my friends, in Halo: Reach, I would sometimes instinctively spy-check.
Occasionally, my thought process while looking at a "suspicious" team mate would be: "AAARGHHH IT'S A SPY!!!!"
Now, TF2 was the only competitive online shooter I played for a really long time before I got Reach.
So when playing team based gametypes with my friends, in Halo: Reach, I would sometimes instinctively spy-check.
Occasionally, my thought process while looking at a "suspicious" team mate would be: "AAARGHHH IT'S A SPY!!!!"
Going from Blazblue to Marvel vs Capcom 3 is tricky. Got stuck in an air combo and started mashing the buttons trying to do a quick recovery...and kept using my hyper combos when I just wanted to grab.
Same genre, very different gameplay systems.
Same genre, very different gameplay systems.
Most recently was in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
I went to turn in a sidequest, but wanted to check to make sure I did everything first.
Having skipped the tutorials (hubris, I know), I went up to the undercover cop chick, pressed 'Q' (default for "quests" in many games) and...I proceeded to *****-punch her into the pavement.
I laughed for about a solid minute after. "So THATs how you do takedowns."
I went to turn in a sidequest, but wanted to check to make sure I did everything first.
Having skipped the tutorials (hubris, I know), I went up to the undercover cop chick, pressed 'Q' (default for "quests" in many games) and...I proceeded to *****-punch her into the pavement.
I laughed for about a solid minute after. "So THATs how you do takedowns."
Oh yes, this is the first thing that came to my mind. I'm instinctively using this in almost every FPS I play to reach that ledge I can't normally jump up to. It almost always doesn't work, and when it doesn't I can't help but shake my head in disappointment.THEfog101 said:
*flails wiimote, nearly caving in a friends head*
"GODDAMN IT! WHY WON'T YOU SWING YOUR SWORD AROUND! HIT THEM LINK! YOU LITTLE BAS-"
"Dude, you're playing No more heroes..."
*watches travis get pummbled by the purple lightsaber dudes* "...Oh..."
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And another moment...
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*rams friend's car up against the wall*
"DAMN IT! DIE ALREADY! GIVE ME MY TAKEDOWN! LET ME BUILD UP MY BOOST!"
"STOP RAMMING ME INTO THE WALL! WE'RE NOT PLAYING BURNOUT! GT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK SIMILAR!"
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Also....
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"WHERE'S THE MENU! I WANT TO EQUIP MY bow! WHY AM I NOT GOING FASTER?! I HAVE THE FREAKING THEIF SIGN ON ME, I SHOULD HAVE 10 MORE AGILITY! TEN MORE SPEED!"
"...wow. How much of Oblivion have you been playing?"
"10 hours for the past two months. Why?"
"Cause we're playing FIFA...We're not even playing on the same consele, this is the PS2."
"...still say i should have my 10 speed..."
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And can't forget that time...
i have a problem, don't i?
EDIT: Okay, so that last one didn't happen just like that (it was worse (When you sit there for two hours (an hour fifty actually) trying to press A to grab the cereal to make breakfast, you've been playing to much)) but to save time (and face) i've edited it a bit.
"GODDAMN IT! WHY WON'T YOU SWING YOUR SWORD AROUND! HIT THEM LINK! YOU LITTLE BAS-"
"Dude, you're playing No more heroes..."
*watches travis get pummbled by the purple lightsaber dudes* "...Oh..."
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And another moment...
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*rams friend's car up against the wall*
"DAMN IT! DIE ALREADY! GIVE ME MY TAKEDOWN! LET ME BUILD UP MY BOOST!"
"STOP RAMMING ME INTO THE WALL! WE'RE NOT PLAYING BURNOUT! GT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK SIMILAR!"
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Also....
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"WHERE'S THE MENU! I WANT TO EQUIP MY bow! WHY AM I NOT GOING FASTER?! I HAVE THE FREAKING THEIF SIGN ON ME, I SHOULD HAVE 10 MORE AGILITY! TEN MORE SPEED!"
"...wow. How much of Oblivion have you been playing?"
"10 hours for the past two months. Why?"
"Cause we're playing FIFA...We're not even playing on the same consele, this is the PS2."
"...still say i should have my 10 speed..."
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And can't forget that time...
i have a problem, don't i?
EDIT: Okay, so that last one didn't happen just like that (it was worse (When you sit there for two hours (an hour fifty actually) trying to press A to grab the cereal to make breakfast, you've been playing to much)) but to save time (and face) i've edited it a bit.
Playing any normal game of this generation and then suddenly going over to a game that uses L2 and R2 for aim/fire...
I thought we'd established that L1 and R1 is the best combination for look/shoot strategies so why does someone still cock this up?
I quickly adjust though and so i have the same problem when i go back to my other games again... It's like an evil cirlce >_<
I thought we'd established that L1 and R1 is the best combination for look/shoot strategies so why does someone still cock this up?
I quickly adjust though and so i have the same problem when i go back to my other games again... It's like an evil cirlce >_<
Yeah, I play both Champions Online and City of Heroes. And then I'm all "AUUUGGHH BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK WHY WON'T YOuuu.... oh yeah, wrong game.."Raddra said:
Also, when I play a marathon session of GTA or something similar, then go out and drive in the real world, I have to keep fighting down the urge to blow through red lights and run over pedestrians....
I was playing half life 1, and when I was low on health I kept on hitting E to call for a medic due to a habit tf2 gave me.
But a Medic never came..
But a Medic never came..
After playing MW2, I almost always automatically hit the right analog stick when I get close to someone.
After playing Unreal Tournament 3, I tried to get on my hoverboard in New Vegas.
After playing Portal 2, I tried to place portals in Minecraft.
After playing Unreal Tournament 3, I tried to get on my hoverboard in New Vegas.
After playing Portal 2, I tried to place portals in Minecraft.
I always jum off of my horse in AC: brotherhood, because repeatingly pressing (A) in Red Dead: Redemption makes it go faster.
That have happened many times to me. But I will only describe the two times that came first to my mind.
1) In Wolfenstein (2009) I was playing the game with the technique I used in previous games of the series (Wolfenstein 3D,Return to Castle Wolfenstein),which was to not use some powerful guns I'd find in regular circumstances,but only use them at the "HARD" parts of the game.In previous games of the series,you have to keep any ammo you find for big guns like the rocket launcher for very special parts of the games,where if you don't have enough ammo of said weapon you most likely can't pass that situation (mostly big bosses)and advance.But Wolfenstein 2009 broke the tradition of the series and didn't had "hard" parts like its predecessors at all.
I ended up finishing the game without ever using some of the coolest guns this game had,just because the hard moments I'd expected from it never came.It was a very easy game lacking challenge.
2)In all S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games I played,I tend to wrongly use a technique that works in about 90% of most FPSs,but not on these. Usually in FPSs the A.I. is stupid enough so many enemies when they see you start walking straight to you.So when in a room or open area there are too many that can shoot me from many angles,I let them see me and then move back to a shorter area where I wait for them to line up one by one in front of my gun. But it just doesn't work in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
In that game when the enemies are inside a room and spot you,they almost never walk out of it,but they actually take better cover instead,making the technique that works in most FPSs useless.
1) In Wolfenstein (2009) I was playing the game with the technique I used in previous games of the series (Wolfenstein 3D,Return to Castle Wolfenstein),which was to not use some powerful guns I'd find in regular circumstances,but only use them at the "HARD" parts of the game.In previous games of the series,you have to keep any ammo you find for big guns like the rocket launcher for very special parts of the games,where if you don't have enough ammo of said weapon you most likely can't pass that situation (mostly big bosses)and advance.But Wolfenstein 2009 broke the tradition of the series and didn't had "hard" parts like its predecessors at all.
I ended up finishing the game without ever using some of the coolest guns this game had,just because the hard moments I'd expected from it never came.It was a very easy game lacking challenge.
2)In all S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games I played,I tend to wrongly use a technique that works in about 90% of most FPSs,but not on these. Usually in FPSs the A.I. is stupid enough so many enemies when they see you start walking straight to you.So when in a room or open area there are too many that can shoot me from many angles,I let them see me and then move back to a shorter area where I wait for them to line up one by one in front of my gun. But it just doesn't work in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
In that game when the enemies are inside a room and spot you,they almost never walk out of it,but they actually take better cover instead,making the technique that works in most FPSs useless.
I remember playing a game where the right analog stick controlled the camera, and the left controlled movement. Nothing wrong with that system, infact I prefer that. But then, after a week of playing that, I put in God of War 3. I kept trying to move the camera angle out of habit, forgetting that you can't do that in GoW.
