The first thing you do when you start a new game.

[necromanzer52]

Do you have any odd habits that you always do whenever you start a brand new game.

E.g. Without exception the very first thing I do when I gain control of the character in any FPS is to look straight down to see if you can see your own feet. If you can't I denounce the developers as being lazy.

 

[Julianking93]

Play the first level.

Duh.

 

[delet]

I watch the entirety of the opening credits and such. It's like my ritual to always sit through the credits of a game after I beat it (Unless the game just sucked.)

 

[Goldeneye1989]

i look for the first thing to attack to see how well my combo's go or how awesome they die

 

[Jonesy911]

See if I like the voice acting

 

[MurderousToaster]

I have none of these, oddly enough. But if there's character customisation, I see if I can make him/her look like a mutant.

 

[_Janny_]

E.g. Without exception the very first thing I do when I gain control of the character in any FPS is to look straight down to see if you can see your own feet. If you can't I denounce the developers as being lazy.

Ah, I do the same thing with any game that has the 1st person option... Which is why I absolutely loved Mirror's Edge. I don't get why most games lack that feature. Is it really that hard to slap on a pair of feet on a character?

 

[Premonition]

I check the options and change it to my fittings ... ^^

 

[LordSphinx]

I wait on the title screen to see the attract mode (the cutscene or gameplay footage). Then I proceed to the options, go in the controller settings and memorize which button does what.

 

[Excism]

On newer games I check how well the physics engine works - I don't know why....

 

[Bloody Crimson]

I check the options and change it to my fittings ... ^^

Same here. Well...after I've figured out all the settings.

As for me, I go through the routine of getting everything I know how to get right there, such as the free potion you get in the early pokemon games.

I watch the entirety of the opening credits and such. It's like my ritual to always sit through the credits of a game after I beat it (Unless the game just sucked.)

Oh yes, you've also stolen my answer. I like to watch cutscenes, and especially the tutorial ones just so I know what I'm doing...

 

[hamster mk 4]

Check the controlls and flip the Y axis on the mouse.

 

[jpakaferrari]

Play the first level.

Duh.

Yeah this seems like a no brainer, right behind the idea of making sure you set up proper control configs.

 

[DoctorNick]

Once I get home with the game and while I'm sitting on the pot I'll read through the manual.

When I actually start the game the first thing I check is how much crack the developers were smoking when they designed the control scheme.

 

[Fayathon]

Read the book, I hate going into a game not knowing at least a little bit about it before-hand.

 

[Spygon]

On fps games i start running in the direction to the first mission or way point while i test the jump button dont ask me why.

 

[Schmidtzkrieg]

In ME2 the first thing I did was whip out a sniper rifle and check if the 'drunk guy with a rifle' aiming mechanic was still there (it's not)