kvltus lvlzvs
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Altitis, even in sp games.
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Old school gaming habits you still hold
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calistan
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Absolutely. It's not "inverted", it's correct. Tell a pilot he's using inverted controls.
Best thing about the Xbox 360 was that you only had to set this once in the OS, then every single game knew you were for real.
Guileless
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There ought to be a law!
Mister Wolf
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I always sit up close on the TV. 5-6ft away.
Raven117
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- save all potions, elixirs, etc…. For that impossible boss.
- never use status spells in jrpgs, because they never work against bosses.
- play one game at a time until I beat it (was a kid with a very limited gaming budget).
- inverted y.
- multiple saves.
Yup… a kid of the 80s/90s.
- never use status spells in jrpgs, because they never work against bosses.
- play one game at a time until I beat it (was a kid with a very limited gaming budget).
- inverted y.
- multiple saves.
Yup… a kid of the 80s/90s.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Rubbing one out while playing SMB 3 on my NES
Comfortgel
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Buying physical.
01011001
Banned
adjusting to inverted or non-inverted takes like an hour or so.
I switched for the lulz, as the youth says, like 4 times at this point.
inverted is the more logical option tho. it just is. which is also why basically every single shooter in the early days of 3d up until the early PS2 days was inverted by default. it just made more sense.
just like almost all 3D third person games with camera controls had inverted Y and X axis back then.
these days I'm a non-inverted guy, but I could switch back if I wanted within an hour like I said... I think most people can, they just don't stick with it and switch back after trying for 5min
Trunx81
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So many great comments that make me finally not feel like a weirdo.
Also pushing buttons while loading. For once to hope that it loads faster, but also because some developers implement little Easter eggs sometimes (like FE:Three Houses).
Ah, and jumping onto mountains, even if it seems impossible, instead of walking around, taking the normal route. Started with the Elder Scroll Games and is still used in Horizon ..
Also pushing buttons while loading. For once to hope that it loads faster, but also because some developers implement little Easter eggs sometimes (like FE:Three Houses).
Ah, and jumping onto mountains, even if it seems impossible, instead of walking around, taking the normal route. Started with the Elder Scroll Games and is still used in Horizon ..
TMONSTER
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Still use inverted Y axis because i grew up playing MechWarrior 2 and Descent with a joystick. I am respectful when playing online because back in the day in community servers you would be quickly banned for being a jackass. I tend to be pretty forgiving towards players suffering from laggy connections. This empathy stems from my own memories of struggling with a dial-up connection, where 300 to 400 ping was the norm. Back then, going up against opponents equipped with early broadband connections boasting a 50 ping was quite the challenge.
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01011001
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I hope you don't play wired on PS4 and Switch... both of these consoles reduce the polling rate of your controllers if you activate the wired connection mode in the console settings.
that means inputs will be less precise and input lag will be higher by a significant margin
TheDarkPhantom
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- exploring every single corner of the map
- seen waterfalls mentioned, yup!
- man by man, level by level, only really old-school mfs know what's up lol
- saving up ALL the strongest potions for "the end", only end up using 5% of them at the end
- before even starting the game jumping into the OPTIONS menu
- never using any guides/walkthroughs on first playthrough. These started to proliferate in the 90's and there was the Nintendo Power Hotline in the late 80's. Even when I did buy strategy guides back in the day it wasn't for the guide itself but more the art/compendium aspect, there were some really beautiful guides!
I'm sure I'll think of a few more, just off the top of my head.
- seen waterfalls mentioned, yup!
- man by man, level by level, only really old-school mfs know what's up lol
- saving up ALL the strongest potions for "the end", only end up using 5% of them at the end
- before even starting the game jumping into the OPTIONS menu
- never using any guides/walkthroughs on first playthrough. These started to proliferate in the 90's and there was the Nintendo Power Hotline in the late 80's. Even when I did buy strategy guides back in the day it wasn't for the guide itself but more the art/compendium aspect, there were some really beautiful guides!
I'm sure I'll think of a few more, just off the top of my head.
cinnamonandgravy
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arrow keys
ill use wsad if trying out a game i have little faith in, but once im invested i set up my proper controls.
requires a traditional full fat keyboard layout w/ numpad.
no autoaim, even with a controller.
clamp negative lod bias.
dont care if it basically doesnt apply anymore.
ps you inverted y people are animals ha.
ill use wsad if trying out a game i have little faith in, but once im invested i set up my proper controls.
requires a traditional full fat keyboard layout w/ numpad.
no autoaim, even with a controller.
clamp negative lod bias.
dont care if it basically doesnt apply anymore.
ps you inverted y people are animals ha.
Fermbiz
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Usually on console, I'll play wireless, but wired wirh arcade sticks. PC, wired for sure
UnravelKatharsis
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Hoarding money/currency in-game in case I need it for something late game only to never spend it.
I'm there with you on achievements OP. Though some games do a great job at making them so you'll actually end up discovering new stuff or try out new things. I loved getting my platinum for Hades cause it was only then that I felt as if I had seen and experienced everything there is in that game.
Finding all of Odins Ravens in GoW 2018 was such a stupid, pointless and time consuming thing to ask of players. Not to mention there was no way to see which ravens you had or not.
As for gaming habits. I taught myself to play Claw during my Halo 2 competitive days and haven't stopped since. Shit's a game changer even to this day.
Finding all of Odins Ravens in GoW 2018 was such a stupid, pointless and time consuming thing to ask of players. Not to mention there was no way to see which ravens you had or not.
As for gaming habits. I taught myself to play Claw during my Halo 2 competitive days and haven't stopped since. Shit's a game changer even to this day.
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Yep. I often been stuck at a boss for an hour while constantly complaing how unbalanced the game is and how he is too hard and right after finally beating it I remember I have 100 HP potions and a bunch of unused super moves I forgot about the whole time even though the whole reason I was saving them was for bosses to begin with.
I like you.
To me this was the first sign that gamers are easily socialy engineered.
Soodanim
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Correct on the left stick if you're flying a plane, sure. Otherwise no thanks. Inverted Y on the right stick doesn't make logical sense, you're not controlling the muscles contractions in the neck. Definitely not for 3rd person games.
Koenigssee
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Quick save spam, quick save + manual save if the game allowed.
Stretch ratio + minimum graphics settings on competitive FPS games.
Stretch ratio + minimum graphics settings on competitive FPS games.
Kumomeme
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thats me despite i know no need to at first place. especially when playing latest pokemon game. the 'dont turn off..' things prompt is satisfying.Constantly saving. Even after an autosave.
01011001
Banned
for 1st person games, inverted Y makes the most logical sense.
for 3rd person games, double inverted makes the most logical sense.
in first person you look up and down through your character leaning his kneck back and forth. inverted Y axis emulates that perfectly.
in third person you are controlling a camera that's flying around your character. if you have both axes inverted that translates correctly to how the camera flies around your character.
this is why almost every single game in the 90s and early 2000s had inverted Y for first person, and inverted X+Y in third person.
this changed due to PC and console games becoming closer in nature and having more direct 1 to 1 ports of each other's games.
and on a mouse playing inverted was never popular and also makes less sense than on a stick.
and I'm saying all of this as someone who doesn't play inverted anymore... it still makes more logical sense...
just look at how you're moving your controller when you use Gyro aiming
stickkidsam
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If it is set to automatic, it will be made manual.
March Climber
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They usually can be, if you grind. A lot of isekai anime even promote this, due to main characters usually grinding or over leveling to make sure that they can win no matter what.
Rex_DX
Gold Member
It's pretty heavily game-dependent but I have a spiral notebook with hand written notes for dozens of games dating back to the late '90s. Stuff like Thief, Deus Ex, Pathologic, Myst, Morrowind, or STALKER to name a few.
I guess this has become less (or not at all) necessary with most modern games but I still take notes to this day for some.
For instance my notes for Elden Ring, if discovered by non-gamers, will surely look like some kind of serial killer manifesto.
I guess this has become less (or not at all) necessary with most modern games but I still take notes to this day for some.
For instance my notes for Elden Ring, if discovered by non-gamers, will surely look like some kind of serial killer manifesto.
Dr.Morris79
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Perfection
This is mine. You have no idea how much it pains me on games that waste the rest of the ammo in the mag..
Wildebeest
Member
Yeah, notepad ready to go at all times. I know where my graph paper is. Invert Y. When a game is loading I have infinite patience, but if in game I feel like my time is being wasted with voice acting, cutscenes, and other scene building stuff I fly off the handle.
DelireMan7
Member
Not really applicable with modern games but always use different save slots. Especially if suddenly the game asks you if you want to save.
calistan
Member
It's still pitch up / pitch down, regardless of which thumb you're using.
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
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-Manually saving every 5-10 mins in any game that lets me.
-Reload any gun even if I fired a few times (though had to break that habit for online games ‘cuz that shit’ll get you killed)
-Any older game that has set character names, but lets you name the character something else, I always name them the canon name otherwise it breaks my immersion.
-Hoard health items (pretty much everyone does this)
-Replay my older favorite games periodically (Zoomers can’t imagine doing this).
-Play primarily single player games.
-Reload any gun even if I fired a few times (though had to break that habit for online games ‘cuz that shit’ll get you killed)
-Any older game that has set character names, but lets you name the character something else, I always name them the canon name otherwise it breaks my immersion.
-Hoard health items (pretty much everyone does this)
-Replay my older favorite games periodically (Zoomers can’t imagine doing this).
-Play primarily single player games.
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anthraticus
Banned
The best old school 'habit' to have.....avoid all the modern AAA nonsense !!
Tomofdahook17
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Thank you. I like you too.
NeoIkaruGAF
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Moving the pointer up to look/aim up and down to look/aim down?just look at how you're moving your controller when you use Gyro aiming
Left to look/aim left and right to look/aim right?
Sounds pretty non-inverted to me and my brain. Screw “logic” here. I don’t see it as if I’m moving a traditional camera.
Tomofdahook17
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Yes dude! My brother and I both bought the Red Dead 2 Steel Book on physical disc for PS4. And he didn't want the physical map that came with it so I kept my map pure and used his to mark every camp site that I came across in the game because for some reason you can't actually do that in the game itself. I used a blue sharpie for story mode camp sites and a red one for online.
diffusionx
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I was playing the final boss in A Link Between Worlds yesterday and was down to half health, had 3 bottles full of potion and was reluctant to use them lol. Thought of this post.
SecretAgentHam
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I still lean in racing games to make tighter turns. I also jump a bit in my seat to get an extra boost in my jumps.