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Mechanics you didn't know were in a game you've played a lot
- Thread starter Pankratous
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Didn't know about the OP's one, and I've played KH1 twice... dang
The big one for me was playing FFX for the first time and somehow not knowing about the sphere grid. I got up to this one sin spawn boss fight (roughly 20 hours in? I was youngish so it took a while) without ever levelling up, and dropped the game because it was too hard. I picked it back up later and realized my mistake and just demolished that thing.
I guess I just skipped the tutorial idk
The big one for me was playing FFX for the first time and somehow not knowing about the sphere grid. I got up to this one sin spawn boss fight (roughly 20 hours in? I was youngish so it took a while) without ever levelling up, and dropped the game because it was too hard. I picked it back up later and realized my mistake and just demolished that thing.
I guess I just skipped the tutorial idk
Yeah absolutely, all the systems in the last remnant are so well-hidden from the player that by the time you actually try to find out how different things work you're like "...oh I guess it's too late now." Most of it is impossible to discern without doing research online, even down to basic stuff like battle rank that is pretty central.
I love the game though. I think that's part of its weird charm.
I got the end of Nier Automata without finding the launcher (jump and attack right after) or the psuedo stinger attacks (hold button) sometimes i stay awake wondering if there's more secret moves.
I do, and I should have mentioned it earlier: the Last Remnant Wiki. It's honestly one of the best wikis I've ever seen that deals with just a single game. Just loads of helpful articles about how things work in TLR. I wouldn't have gone nearly as far in the game without it, as the game is unfortunately loaded with missable content.
To be fair, I'm pretty certain it isn't mentioned on the booklet. I've read it countless times.
Mind = blown.
I did my first playthrough of Dark Souls without ever turning human. Never had an invasion and simply could not understand the craze behind the simple messages. Also, I over-leveled a lot for a while because I thougth that being cursed was a permanent status until I stopped and read the ingame description of every item I had.
Figuring out you had to wear the ring to traverse the abyss was not fun..
Figuring out you had to wear the ring to traverse the abyss was not fun..
Just saw this the other day while my daughter and I were taking a break lol
Imagine how good I am now if I hit HR100 and did every quest without it, haha.
such as?
For me, I didn't know you could melee with the shield in Lost Planet 2 for a a few dozen hours.
I beat Breath of the Wild without realizing that you could kill wildlife for meat. They were all so adorable that it never crossed my mind that Nintendo would want me to kill them.
In Xenoblade 2.
I didn't know what the orbs floating around the enemy's did until chapter 7 lol. And I found out by accident when I tried pausing the game.
That's about 50ish hours in.
I didn't know what the orbs floating around the enemy's did until chapter 7 lol. And I found out by accident when I tried pausing the game.
That's about 50ish hours in.
I played Fallout 3 on the 360 for about 15 hours before finding out that the Pip-Boy had a flashlight built in. I was so overwhelmed at the time by all the game's details.
Beat Rondo of Blood three times before I discovered the 'press forward two times with the attack button' to make the whip reach further.
Still remember the first time I figured out how to split item stacks in World of Warcraft on accident.
still takes big boy damage though
I never even thought about trying to parry the great arrows until I saw someone try it on a blind playthrough.
I didn't realize that bombing fallen logs got you wood. I got through a third of that game and I guess also the first couple parts of the tarrey town and house-building mission just by collecting the small piles of wood near stables. Literally someone on another forum was like "yo dawg, you should bomb that wood again" and I was like "huh that is a mechanic that is abstracted enough that I really had to see it to believe it"
Same here, except it was 30 hours into my second playthrough.
I didn't kill them too much due to conserving my arrows and what not. I'm on my 6th or 7th playthrough, this time on PC, and I've got infinite arrows and stamina turned on and I think I've killed at least 200 wildlife so far. Even the squirrels and tiny birds aren't safe.
I beat Demon's Souls without knowing there was a lock-on.
I beat Marathon 1 & 2 without strafing.
I beat Marathon 1 & 2 without strafing.
I was at lvl 30 in Borderlands GOTY Edition when I realized that pressing X (PS4) while in the Rocket Launcher vehicle locks onto an enemy to auto-target them so I can focus more on driving while still being able to attack them.
It's ok, I didn't learn what those did until around the 100 hour mark.
I knew this because I read game manuals religiously but a lot people didn't know you could run and shoot at the same time in MGS by holding X while also shooting.
In Vaquish sam can kick barrels?
I dont know, if you ever see one walk up to it and see what Im talking about.
I dont know, if you ever see one walk up to it and see what Im talking about.
I kever knew that either.
In the first Mass Effect, outside of combat, the sprint button only changes the camera angle. You don't actually run any faster, as frustrating as it is. However, the PC mod that adds controller support also fixes that.
Holy shit I totally forgot about that. I am now at the last DLC in the game...
In Ocarina of Time, if you keep pressing B while swimming then you'll swim faster. I think there's a Gossip Stone that tells you.
Just started replaying FF8 on steam (which was... an annoying pain in the ass to get started thanks to the DRM but that's another story) and I... can't believe I didn't realize that you can warp to the different locations in Balamb Garden by using that goddamn map at the entrance. Like, Squall literally says it when he's giving Selfie the tour, but for some reason I never paid attention to that I guess? My mind was blown...
