Things that are HARDER to do in games than in real life

[Frybird]

Picking up something.

Think about it, while in Games it mostly just requires the press of a button, you still have to look at it, where in Real Life you can act by intuition.

Also, in a certain way, self improvement is easier in real life than in an RPG....well scratch that, but it's safer. At least we don't have to go into Caves and kill monsters to become good at something other than killing monsters.

 

[Generic_Dave]

Walking through normal sized (ie not double) doors.

 

[Kollega]

Wait. People play games to experience stuff that's HARD to do? Is that enjoyable? I'm not talking about playing on easy, but this seems a little silly. Games are an escape from reality.

Yes,people play games for escapism. But there's some stuff that's easier IRL - for example,destroying a locked wooden door.

That's easier IRL? How so?

IRL,you can destroy it with an axe/explosives/what have you. In games,doors tend to be indestructible. Like in Half-Life 2.

 

[Gerazzi]

Wait. People play games to experience stuff that's HARD to do? Is that enjoyable? I'm not talking about playing on easy, but this seems a little silly. Games are an escape from reality.

Yes,people play games for escapism. But there's some stuff that's easier IRL - for example,destroying a locked wooden door.

That's easier IRL? How so?

You simply can't in games...

But I'm going with lockpicking.
Lockpicks don't break that often in real life

 

[craftyfirestorm]

in most games killing people (not armored or anything)
i meen most real people die after one or two bullets shot anywhere in the torso or head but in games they can sometimes take a whole clip

 

[oneniesteledain]

Wait. People play games to experience stuff that's HARD to do? Is that enjoyable? I'm not talking about playing on easy, but this seems a little silly. Games are an escape from reality.

Yes,people play games for escapism. But there's some stuff that's easier IRL - for example,destroying a locked wooden door.

That's easier IRL? How so?

You simply can't in games...

But I'm going with lockpicking.
Lockpicks don't break that often in real life

You must buy from Acme Lockpicks and Thieving Emporium and Warehouse. They suck.

 

[ryai458]

lockpicking its like if i was a power armor wearing juggernaut in the fallout wastlands screw unlocking it im going to kick it down!

 

[oneniesteledain]

Wait. People play games to experience stuff that's HARD to do? Is that enjoyable? I'm not talking about playing on easy, but this seems a little silly. Games are an escape from reality.

Yes,people play games for escapism. But there's some stuff that's easier IRL - for example,destroying a locked wooden door.

That's easier IRL? How so?

IRL,you can destroy it with an axe/explosives/what have you. In games,doors tend to be indestructible. Like in Half-Life 2.

What about games with destructible environments? There are games in which light materials are easy to destroy.

That comic is funny though. "What is it, a sign saying stop and turn back?"

 

[Merteg]

Any small ledge.

Swimming.

Walking out of a designated area.

 

[jonnopon3000]

Walking through walls. In a game you have to type in a code or press a button...just ridiculously harder than real life.

Only me?.....seriously?....wow. *makes a one-man super-hero group* (Also harder to do in-game)

 

[lacktheknack]

Using your hands, "Trespasser" style.

 

[luclin92]

driving.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

getting away with murder IE GTA

So it's easier to get away with murder in real life?

Easier than GTA IV anyways... Seriously those cops are impossible!

Really? I never had a problem with 'em...maybe I just play it too much.

 

[zagazsano]

Jump.

 

[classyplatypus]

look at your feet

 

[Florion]

Not walking off a cliff/platform.

 

[kamario]

have common sense and intillect- you know, in games you cant run into a place because of an invisible shield, in real life its a dawdle.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

OT: Wielding a gun that shoots 8 mininukes. That ought to break some spines.

So you say that it's easier IRL than in Fallout 3?

Yeah ignore my personal retardation... I misinterpreted the meaning of the thread Well, in that case, opening "inaccessible" doors.

Not walking off a cliff/platform.

It is not as easy as you think IRL :/

 

[HentMas]

Climbing

the wall crearly haves enough rocks for you to climb, but damn if you need to climb specifically in some parts that the programmers already placed!

well, except in "some" games where climbing is the main way of travelling (IE [PROTOTYPE])