pointless moments in a game

[cheesecake123]

ok so i searched for a similar topic and i could not find one so here we go.

what would you say is the most pointless thing to happen in a game wether it be plot related,a character or maybe even a weapon.

i would have to say geting the crowbar that late in the game in half life 2 episode 1 was pointless
i have rpg's,shotguns and i could just use the gravity gun to destroy barricades.

 

[TheLastCylon]

When you had to protect the archaeologist in Fable. I don't see why you couldn't just be evil and let that guy get captured and put in prison.

 

[AroLombardi]

Well, I doubt anyone knows of this game, but it's a browser based game that's called Plazma Burst: Forward to the Past. There's a taser in it, and it's pointless because you have shotguns and rifles with unlimited ammo.

 

[Mirroga]

ok so i searched for a similar topic and i could not find one so here we go.

what would you say is the most pointless thing to happen in a game wether it be plot related,a character or maybe even a weapon.

i would have to say geting the crowbar that late in the game in half life 2 episode 1 was pointless
i have rpg's,shotguns and i could just use the gravity gun to destroy barricades.

Nothing beats headcrabs faster than a crowbar, especially against poisoned ones.

 

[The Political Gamer]

Press X to not die... With the exception of God of War and other games that did it right.

 

[megatron2.0]

ending of fable 2...... jesus christ i was so mad

 

[quiet_samurai]

Half the fucking dialogue in all MGS games... and I'm a fan of the series.

 

[cheesecake123]

ok so i searched for a similar topic and i could not find one so here we go.

what would you say is the most pointless thing to happen in a game wether it be plot related,a character or maybe even a weapon.

i would have to say geting the crowbar that late in the game in half life 2 episode 1 was pointless
i have rpg's,shotguns and i could just use the gravity gun to destroy barricades.

Nothing beats headcrabs faster than a crowbar, especially against poisoned ones.

eh good point

 

[sky14kemea]

Half the fucking dialogue in all MGS games... and I'm a fan of the series.

but it helps to-

its important because-

nah he has a point there

*is a huge MGS Fangirl*

also in RE games when a character says something along the lines of "i have a bad feeling about this"
usually something bad has already happened, its pointless XD

 

[Mirroga]

Any game where you have to do fetch quests or do a very long detour because a door just locked or a barricade just fell. They could have just been locked or barricaded from the very start rather than see the door get locked or barricaded because you were not fast enough.

 

[Lord Thodin]

OK OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR MY CHANCE TO VENT! The time in fucking Too Human, an already shit for brains game anyway, when if you die; o and you will die, LOTS AND LOTS, where you gotta whatch the 2-3 minute clip of a valkyrie coming to get you. Its like the games mocking you for sucking so hard at it. I think that if i dont have a hammer able to kill the shit you pit me against, why are you pitting me against it?

 

[keptsimple]

Off the top of my head . . .

The part in Gears of War 2 where you're inside the giant worm (basically a pseudo-platforming segment)

In Chrono Trigger, Lavos's first form where he just imitates bosses from earlier in the game

The final boss (if you can call it that) in Fable 2 (everyone warned me that it was a let down, and I was still surprised)

The final boss energy-whatsit in Dead or Alive 4 (not because it was easy, but because it was so hard that pointless button mashing was just as effective as using strategy)

The fight against Guilty Spark in Halo 3

 

[CoverYourHead]

Half the fucking dialogue in all MGS games... and I'm a fan of the series.

but it helps to-

its important because-

nah he has a point there

*is a huge MGS Fangirl*

also in RE games when a character says something along the lines of "i have a bad feeling about this"
usually something bad has already happened, its pointless XD

As a wise man once said, "Look, I'm about to say a ton of s**t and explain, like, a million things that don't make any sense so you might as well just skip this part, or something."

Adding to that, 99% of all dialogue in Final Fantasy games, and 100% of everything said by the protagonist of Final Fantasy games.

 

[TSED]

NWN2 when that wizard chick dies in the intro.

Any RPG ever that makes you do a blatant FedEx quest. Frig.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Fighting Seth in Street Fighter IV is pointless for much the same reason keptsimple found the final boss of DoA 4 pointless.

The quick-time events in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed were very pointless.

Lost Planet in itself was pointless.

I'll add to this if I think of anything else.

 

[sky14kemea]

Half the fucking dialogue in all MGS games... and I'm a fan of the series.

but it helps to-

its important because-

nah he has a point there

*is a huge MGS Fangirl*

also in RE games when a character says something along the lines of "i have a bad feeling about this"
usually something bad has already happened, its pointless XD

As a wise man once said, "Look, I'm about to say a ton of s**t and explain, like, a million things that don't make any sense so you might as well just skip this part, or something."

Adding to that, 99% of all dialogue in Final Fantasy games, and 100% of everything said by the protagonist of Final Fantasy games.

you sir, have messed with the wrong FF Fangirl...

*has hissy fit*
X3
fair point though, there is a lot of dialogue in FF games

 

[Darth Pope]

Battling Spark at the end of Halo 3. Seriously it's the end of an epic triology, give it some challenge. Even on Legendary Spark was a joke.

 

[CoverYourHead]

Half the fucking dialogue in all MGS games... and I'm a fan of the series.

but it helps to-

its important because-

nah he has a point there

*is a huge MGS Fangirl*

also in RE games when a character says something along the lines of "i have a bad feeling about this"
usually something bad has already happened, its pointless XD

As a wise man once said, "Look, I'm about to say a ton of s**t and explain, like, a million things that don't make any sense so you might as well just skip this part, or something."

Adding to that, 99% of all dialogue in Final Fantasy games, and 100% of everything said by the protagonist of Final Fantasy games.

you sir, have messed with the wrong FF Fangirl...

*has hissy fit*
X3
fair point though, there is a lot of dialogue in FF games

Hey I love the games! Just sometimes repetitive dialogue gets tiring when I wanna kill me some monsters!

 

[keptsimple]

A few others . . .

The final confrontation with King Koopa in Super Mario 3 - World 8 is a *****, yet King Koopa gives you a good 25 minutes to dodge his jumps before he kills himself

Kefka in Final Fantasy 6 - easy final bosses are a recurring problem in Final Fantasy games, but this was a particularly egregious example

The final scene in the last episode of Battlestar Galactica - oh wait, wrong medium

 

[Mirroga]

100% of everything said by the protagonist of Final Fantasy games.

I lol'd. I can't believe it's true. I always hate FF protagonists who have no clue, and has no background or relevance or knowledge about the plot.