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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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I played Destiny 2 for an almost embarassing amount of hours before starting to pay attention to the obviously color-coded shields of some enemies. I knew there was some sort of elemental / damage type subsystem down there, but I just didn´t really care and just forced my way through.
I played this game for 150 hours and I learn about this thing right now.
Despite doing the tutorials I had no idea that in God Eater Resurrection the purpose of god-eating enemies wasn't *JUST* to get low grade items from them, but to also get these burst bullet things I'm supposed to shoot my team mates with to instantly boost their burst levels. I was half way through the story when I figured this out. O__O
Thankfully they got a little better with explaining things in their tutorials in GE2, and even better in GE3. (started GE3 yesterday, btw, and i'm loving it)
Thankfully they got a little better with explaining things in their tutorials in GE2, and even better in GE3. (started GE3 yesterday, btw, and i'm loving it)
Played rdr 2 for 150 hrs without knowing you can draw into dead eye outside of duels. Its so cool.
Also finished the game without knowing about cinematic view auto ride. So much button mashing...
Also finished the game without knowing about cinematic view auto ride. So much button mashing...
Stun riposte in DS2
Works on a bunch of enemies that are pain in the ass to deal with, this greatly simplifies things but I never see it mentioned.
Works on a bunch of enemies that are pain in the ass to deal with, this greatly simplifies things but I never see it mentioned.
The first I learned of this was when I watched a speedrun and they explained it. It blew my mind.
Same. I guess I should have figured because I ran all the time in Dark Souls.
Not that i didn't know what it did, i just never used it. The guns in Bloodborne, never thought to google how to use them either.
When I was a kid I played all the way through this PowerPuff Girls game on PS2 where pressing R3/L3 switched which girl you were playing as. I didn't know where those buttons were on the controller and thought the manual must have made a mistake because I couldn't find them anywhere. I think I played through the entire game without ever intentionally switching characters.
Like, EVERYTHING in Bloodborne, I beat that game by using my (as I call them) my 'big swing" and my "quick swing".
I have sooooooo much fire paper and lead elixir and blue stuff and who knows what stuff...no clue, literally, what any of it does besides blood vials.
I have sooooooo much fire paper and lead elixir and blue stuff and who knows what stuff...no clue, literally, what any of it does besides blood vials.
I think I was hundreds of hours into Left 4 Dead before I learned there were musical cues that corresponded to special infected spawns.
I didn't know about joint breaking in Bloodborne until after I finished the game and started to watch streams. I knew some bosses staggered without a parry, but I didn't know there was an entire subsystem that governed how it worked, and that it was based around joints or weak points that sometimes healed back.
I didn't know about joint breaking in Bloodborne until after I finished the game and started to watch streams. I knew some bosses staggered without a parry, but I didn't know there was an entire subsystem that governed how it worked, and that it was based around joints or weak points that sometimes healed back.
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Nothing of my own I can think of but recently I've been looking for new YouTubers for Let's Plays. Anyway watched two play Persona 5. Both it's their first Persona game. Both got up to the first Boss - that fuck boy Kamoshida - and both got there without ever swapping out Personas in Battle. Never did I think that Persona needed more repeated things said but I guess having it pop up - Remember to swap Personas in Battle with these buttons etc - until they do it might have helped as they sure as shit weren't reading their comment section lol I'm impressed you can get there not doing it, to be honest. They burned a lot of days on the way but as I said it was their first Persona game. I should get back to them and see when it finally clicks lol
In my first play through of God of War, I didn't know throwing the axe with R1 and R2 did different things, also didn't know you could charge the throw. I found out until I was in Nifelheim.
I never junctioned magic to stats (the first time I played) FF8.
As a kid, I didn't know how the Junction worked in FF8. I always wondered why the basic attacks were so weak so I just used summons the entire game.
What the fuck I think I've S ranked all of HM1 like 4 times and didn't know this. Lie you say its probably not much help anyway
iirc it doesnt work on hard in 2. but yes if you're even remotely good like me or you its not any use at all. you're better off just playing normally
In Bayonetta, there's that special way of fighting that takes forever to master. I can't remember the name...
Yeah. It's not a mystery but you can beat the game without learning it. I'm sure some people never bothered.
Did not know this. I love Dark Souls precicely because you can still discover secrets after so long. I played the first totally blind, and quite honestly there are a few things I simply can't understand how did people discovered without a guide.
Sadly after playing the first, and looking up what I missed on the second playthrough (turns out it was a lot), I kinda understand why the developers added the respec possibility
Add me to the list. 300 hours and I never had any clue of this.
I had beaten Bayonetta on all the difficulties and didn't know about Umbran Spear until I saw somebody do it in a combo video.
Blew my goddamn mind.
I also didn't know you could alternate between rolling and jumping in Ninja Gaiden Black until most of the way through my first playthrough. All that time, I thought Alma was simply badly designed. smdh
Blew my goddamn mind.
I also didn't know you could alternate between rolling and jumping in Ninja Gaiden Black until most of the way through my first playthrough. All that time, I thought Alma was simply badly designed. smdh
Can you skip the tutorial missions in that game? Cause they definitely tell you that feature in the beginning.
Metal Gear Solid 3 and using the d-pad to move quieter.
I beat the game and learned about it after the fact. Was a game changer on future replays
I beat the game and learned about it after the fact. Was a game changer on future replays
Final fantasy crystal chronicles, you can get +++ magic if you combine your spells with kupo's own spell
You can increase Roll's power in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom by roughly 50% (iirc) if you mop up puddles with her broom.
For some reason my entire first playthrough of Fallout 3 I forgot that in Bethesda games you can just sleep in any bed for an in-game hour (if no enemies are around) and get all your health back.
I spend so much of my money on health in that game that I was always worried about running out of ammo and barely affording anything else.
Then my second playthough after I started napping in the game I had so much money it was trivial.
I spend so much of my money on health in that game that I was always worried about running out of ammo and barely affording anything else.
Then my second playthough after I started napping in the game I had so much money it was trivial.
For Honor has this mechanic where you can do a one hit kill on enemies of you do a drop attack from a ledge at a significant height. If you miss though, you'll either take a lot of damage or just straight up die depending on the height.
I knew all that.
What I didn't know until a couple months ago was that you can totally do this against the little npc fodder minions. This totally changes the way I get around the map now since it's faster to do that to get to the same area than walking around the map.
I knew all that.
What I didn't know until a couple months ago was that you can totally do this against the little npc fodder minions. This totally changes the way I get around the map now since it's faster to do that to get to the same area than walking around the map.
Didn't know horse poop could be used to disable enemy vehicles like the jeep
FF VIII - you can boost the GF attack pressing square (after holding select i think).
I Finished the game twice without knowing
I Finished the game twice without knowing
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This sounds like it's not real, like the mew in pkmn red/blue at the truck... you serious?
