Worst in-game advice
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"You were killed by a grenade.
Watch for the grenade danger indicator."
I don't think I need to explain that one.
"Bring your friends to Azeroth, but don't forget to go outside with them aswell!"
Thanks Blizzard, that's a fine thought and all, but jesus christ I can take care of myself thankyouverymuch.
Watch for the grenade danger indicator."
I don't think I need to explain that one.
"Bring your friends to Azeroth, but don't forget to go outside with them aswell!"
Thanks Blizzard, that's a fine thought and all, but jesus christ I can take care of myself thankyouverymuch.
"If all else fails, use fire!" This assumes that I have the opportunity of using fire yet somehow I never thought that fire can injure people.
Oh God! I rented that game thinking it would be awesome, and after spending about an hour trying to figure that part out, I decided to give up and return it.The_Deleted said:
OT: TF2: "As a [insert class here], be sure to reload oftenly using B button."
I bought that game recent for $5 preowned, got up to that level where you have to "stealthily" follow that gag boss for absolutely no goddamn reason, and stopped playing, deleted my file, cracked the disc.shadowgaunt said:
In any case, i skipped the tutorial level and found it much easier.
Shadowgate, on the NES:
When looking over a trio of mirrors in a certain room, the magical floating hand says something along the lines of, "Try smashing them!"
Like a fool, I listened and received a quick death by flying into deep space.
How I managed to get sucked into outer space when I was originally in a booby-trapped castle during the dark ages, I'll never know...
Edit:
In a more recent title, Reservoir Dogs for the PS2:
Cop: "Let go of the hostage."
Hah. No.
When looking over a trio of mirrors in a certain room, the magical floating hand says something along the lines of, "Try smashing them!"
Like a fool, I listened and received a quick death by flying into deep space.
How I managed to get sucked into outer space when I was originally in a booby-trapped castle during the dark ages, I'll never know...
Edit:
In a more recent title, Reservoir Dogs for the PS2:
Cop: "Let go of the hostage."
Hah. No.
"Press X to Jump" Well hoooooly shit thanks for telling me!!! I though I had to whip the controller against the wall, go rape some orphans, and set fire to my neighbor's house to do that, this is much simplier!!!
This. I'm sick of games that wait until you've already killed 50 enemies then helpfully tell you 'Press X to attack'.ArcadianTrance said:
"Jill, you don't have a weapon..." Resident Evil.
Really? What did I just shoot that zombie with?
Worse is playing Chris Redfield where Barry turns to him after giving Jill a bazooka on hard mode and he says to you, "Chris, you get into a lot of close shaves so here is an electric safety razor to use against the zombies. See ya around."
Really? What did I just shoot that zombie with?
Worse is playing Chris Redfield where Barry turns to him after giving Jill a bazooka on hard mode and he says to you, "Chris, you get into a lot of close shaves so here is an electric safety razor to use against the zombies. See ya around."
"Throw the grenade when the grenade indicator comes up"
Not only that, but I had done it 123 times already.
Not only that, but I had done it 123 times already.
A number of hints during the Fallout 3 loading screen seem to assume that the game is harder than it really is. For example: "Drinking water can be a tactical choice, as it will heal you at the cost of gaining rads". Except that by the time you're half-way through the game you can pop Stimpacks like candy, and before that point the enemies don't really hit hard enough that you need to use that many.
Also, in Prototype, there are 50 Hint Landmarks you can collect. Roughly 90% of them just tell you what special moves do, despite those moves telling you in the Upgrade Menu. It's like, "Use this move to have this effect". Yeah, no shit, the game already told me that when I bought the move.
Also, in Prototype, there are 50 Hint Landmarks you can collect. Roughly 90% of them just tell you what special moves do, despite those moves telling you in the Upgrade Menu. It's like, "Use this move to have this effect". Yeah, no shit, the game already told me that when I bought the move.
An annoying thing in strategy games recently (DoW was the earliest one I can remember) where the tutorial feels the need to explain each and every camera action.
"Press Up to move the camera up. Now do it. Press left to make the camera move left. Now do it. Press Right to make the camera move right. Now do it. Press down to make the camera move down. Now do it. Mouse wheel up to zoom in. Now do it. Mouse wheel down to zoom out. Now do it."
And it will then explain some much easier method of moving, without an example for each direction, which you have probably been using since you started.
Also, in game tips that don't explain anything, such as "Press the Fire button to fire" or even worse, when it says "press the Tactical thingamajig button to bring up the Tactical thingamajig", which is pivotal to gameplay, but hidden on some obscure key that's usually for something else.
"Press Up to move the camera up. Now do it. Press left to make the camera move left. Now do it. Press Right to make the camera move right. Now do it. Press down to make the camera move down. Now do it. Mouse wheel up to zoom in. Now do it. Mouse wheel down to zoom out. Now do it."
And it will then explain some much easier method of moving, without an example for each direction, which you have probably been using since you started.
Also, in game tips that don't explain anything, such as "Press the Fire button to fire" or even worse, when it says "press the Tactical thingamajig button to bring up the Tactical thingamajig", which is pivotal to gameplay, but hidden on some obscure key that's usually for something else.
