Are You a Neurotic Gamer?

**scottyboynow** · April 7th, 2008, 00:19

I love watching the Final Fantasy pre-rendered cutscenes!

**paco1984** · April 7th, 2008, 01:11

its odd i used to always play fighting force on the psone and i had a real set routine for each level. looking back at it. it was kinda weird.

**Cerepol** · April 7th, 2008, 01:22

I Rarely use items in some games where in others I will use them all the time, It depends on what the game is and who the characters are.

When I get attached to characters I do everything I can to make sure they won't die and when I hate characters I go out of my way to do stupid things to them.

In RPG's like the original FF I hate it when my Characters don't have the exact same amount of EXP. When one of my characters dies and the battle ends I restart cause the exp's don't match exactly.

**wubble** · April 7th, 2008, 02:41

Yep that article rings true. I must have analogue throttle and brake controls in Grand Theft Auto ( http://www.tocaedit.com/forum/dload ). If I can't cruise with a low-noise engine, then what's the point?

My biggest problem though is with team fortress 2 - Playing as engineer, I can't help but voice spam all the "dagnabbit dammit" he comes up with, mainly cos it's freakin hilarious. I do it so often, I find myself hitting it even in the heat of battle.

**mike_jmg** · April 7th, 2008, 05:17

On RPGs I always try to make all my characters have the same level, although sometimes is really hard to do so. I have a friend who only focuses on the character he likes and it ends up with every ability and magic available.

Also, there are some games that I can't stop playing, I play them all the way most of the times I start them, like Megaman X3 (now I play it on psp), Power stone, Marvel vs Capcom, Fzero and Fzero GP legend (also on my psp)
Those are like the regular ones, when I have nothing else to play or I don't want to play the one I just got

**brummerthedrummer** · April 7th, 2008, 05:57

lets see...
I try to do things you're not supposed to in games. I always try to kill the guy i'm not supposed to. On Superman Returns for the PS2, I found a way to kill civilians that barely ever hurts the city. Some games i'll save it and purposely kill the ally i need to get through the level and then reload it just to kill them again. On open world games i like to go to the highest point and just stare at everything. i have the tendency to play a game and when i get stuck to try and try until i give up for about a month or so, come back, and beat that part i'm stuck on. I like to get 100% in the games that give you a percentage of completion. sometimes i like to save a save right before the last boss fight, and then one after i completed the game if it lets you roam around still. when i have a friend over and they are playing a game, i want to grab the remote from them and beat the part they die twenty times on, but i resist. if i am playing an xfire compatible game on my computer, i absolutely have to have xfire on so that i can brag to friends how geeky i am: how many hours ive played the particular game. with games that have saving at any moment, as soon as i do something, i save. i'm sure there are more i just can't think of them atm.

**1_Man_Matrix** · April 7th, 2008, 07:22

I'll repeat a section of a game until it's perfect.

With F.E.A.R. on PC, I would play a level and try to make it as smooth as possible... Or simply quickload and try again. Go into bullet-time and unleash hell.

But I love the fluid poetry in motion you can accomplish with those kind of games... Like the Tony Hawk series.

Hmmm, I'll have fun with Mirror's Edge

**urherenow** · April 7th, 2008, 08:48

brummerthedrummer:

I do too. The first time I ever saw the 'official' Metroid strategy guide, I realized that I get 1 more energy tank than the guide shows you. I always follow the same pattern so I get it every time. I guess that started it. Another thing I do is with Zelda (the original). Whenever I fire it up in an emulator I simply must go through the game without EVER touching the wooden sword.

Alas there is one thing you're not supposed to do, that I think EVERY 80s gamer wanted to do... that really couldn't be done (without some kind of hack)

KILL THE DAMN DOG ON DUCK HUNT!