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[Knightime_X]

Nothing chaps my ass more than someone trying to figure something out or wishes they can do X Y or Z.
More lives, easier\ harder or otherwise.
Options mode exists for a reason.

Modern games do it differently, but the focus is more on retro titles.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

Because they're savages.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I've got to be honest, I don't really check through the options as a rule, I'll go in a flip the Y axis and make sure subs are off but that's usually it.

If something else bothers me once I start playing I'll go in and see if I can tweak it.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

But I just want to play

 

[GaviotaGrande]

I'm an old PC gamer. These days options menu excites me more than the game itself.

 

[kretos]

tell me about it, they're crazy people living on the edge

 

[Husky]

I'm an old PC gamer. These days options menu excites me more than the game itself.

First thing I do in any game is head to the options menu.
You want me to crouch with C?? You think I want Space to be my sprint button? Bitch, tell me you didn't enable chromatic aberration by default.

 

[nkarafo]

Options mode exists for a reason.

I made a thread recently about Goldeneye and why people falsely think it has badly aged controls, when an option exist to make it control like a modern game.

But only 1 out of 100 people who ever played the game know that because nobody bothers to check the options.

 

[Iorv3th]

Because options are optional.

 

[Knightime_X]

Because options are optional.

But can literally be a game changer as well.

 

[Virt McPolygon]

People have looked at me weird when the first thing I do with a new game is check out the Options to see what's available.

 

[Merkades]

Back in the day I used to buy games before I headed to work (I work off hours) and on game days I would give myself extra time and read the instruction books in the parking lot. I think for option menus I am in between, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. On PC I definitely do, mostly because I hate DoF, Blur, Film Grain, CA, excessive bloom et cetera.

 

[Sebastian Suola]

Because the default settings should be the intended way to play.

 

[Melubas]

To each his own, but I'm an options junkie. I play mostly on PC and fiddling with the settings for 30 minutes before playing is part of the experience for me Turning off chromatic aberration and motion blur, making sure the resolution is correct, dropping shadows one or two notches for stability and turning off / down anti-aliasing to ensure 4k 60 fps.

 

[D.Final]

Because it's the game's forums
I guess

 

[Husky]

Because the default settings should be the intended way to play.

You wouldn't prefer to find the best way to play?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I check the control scheme, at least.

 

[lame gag1990]

Mandatory for me. Any game I play for the first time, I'm looking for the Options. I like to see what's available for me. Most important being the controls. You're a garbage human being if you don't look for the Options, plain and simple and I hate you.

 

[RoboFu]

Options are for BABIES!

 

[namekuseijin]

More lives, easier\ harder or otherwise.
Options mode exists for a reason.

Modern games do it differently, but the focus is more on retro titles.

In real retro titles, more lives was never an Option. were you thinking in terms of emulator cheats?

 

[D.Final]

Options are for BABIES!

Even Metacritic
But the people still follow them, sadly

 

[Naked Lunch]

In real retro titles, more lives was never an Option. were you thinking in terms of emulator cheats?

Pretty much every shmup in history has a more lives/continues option, son.

 

[rofif]

it was the most annoying thing about giantbomb when they were still good (about up to 3 years ago)...

 

[TheDreadLord]

I must check not only all options but also .ini files before I start playing.

 

[nkarafo]

Because the default settings should be the intended way to play.

Not really. Defaults are usually the safest options that should work for most people. But sometimes developers have different opinions on what should be the default. Take inverted Y controls for instance. Some games have this enabled by default, some don't.

 

[Soodanim]

Because options are optional.

Washing your hands between using a toilet and eating a sandwich is optional, too

 

[namekuseijin]

Pretty much every shmup in history has a more lives/continues option, son.

Ah, continue screen, not something you can set up in Options screen

and even still, I don't remember it being infinite. In R-Type or Gradius home versions, you had a limited amount of tries, once they're done, it's a definite game over, try over from scratch. Memory may be playing tricks with me, but I don't believe so.

 

[D.Final]

I must check not only all options but also .ini files before I start playing.

The pc classic move

 

[EverydayBeast]

Sometimes you just want to play a game with a naked eye it's more special that way

 

[Knightime_X]

In real retro titles, more lives was never an Option. were you thinking in terms of emulator cheats?

No.
In retro games where options were made available ie 16bit games and onwards.

 

[Goro Majima]

Between difficulty levels from the 16 bit era and turning on subtitles from the PS3/360 era and being a PC gamer to boot, I always check options first.

What I really hate is when subtitles are off by default and you have to wait for that cold open to even finish before being able to turn them on. Or at least turn the music down because the mixing in games is often really bad.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Imagine not changing the default controls for Super Metroid...

Jump = B, Shoot = Y.

 

[namekuseijin]

No.
In retro games where options were made available ie 16bit games and onwards.

cite 1

 

[lame gag1990]

Sometimes you just want to play a game naked it's more special that way

Fixed

 

[01011001]

no matter the game, the options NEED TO BE LOOKED AT FIRST!

only heathens ignore the options menu!

and yeah, in retro games that is a big big no no

 

[Airola]

Pretty much every shmup in history has a more lives/continues option, son.

The only option needed in shmups is the option weapon in Gradius.

 

[Airola]

In real retro titles, more lives was never an Option. were you thinking in terms of emulator cheats?

Robocop vs. The Terminator on Mega Drive / Genesis had an option to change the amount of lives in the options screen, if I recall correctly.

 

[Hal.]

Nothing chaps my ass more than someone trying to figure something out or wishes they can do X Y or Z.
More lives, easier\ harder or otherwise.
Options mode exists for a reason.

Modern games do it differently, but the focus is more on retro titles.

Chaps my ass

fucking love that quote

@mods can one of you give me this tag?

Hal.
Chaps my ass

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i've learned that most people are idiots.

seriously...don't underestimate the idiocy of people. you might think something is so easy and straight forward but there will always be awkward donkeys out there either genuinely thick in the skull or playing dumb.

 

[Connificent]

I always go into options. Changing audio, invert y and subtitles off.

 

[Iorv3th]

Washing your hands between using a toilet and eating a sandwich is optional, too

True but I remember when options menus were just bullshit like BGM music checks and stuff. They were completely useless or non existent. If you want to look up tutorials and stuff most people will use youtube for that.

 

[NomadicAsiatic]

Whilst I've been guilty of this type of behavior at the best of times, games don't always have the best track record of making things important visible to the player. I'm playing through Mafia 2 right now, and I can't even change or see what difficulty I'm on! The game doesn't give you a notification for this at all, even when you start!

 

[Knightime_X]

cite 1

Cite 1 game that increased lives in a retro 16bit game?

Steel Empire
Tmnt4
Contra 3
Gradius 3
Batman
Almost every shmup ever

Just off the tip of my tounge.
But options isn't just limited to adjusting starting lives number.

 

[Moogle11]

I definitely check options first. See if there are subtitles and turn them on, if an audio setting needs toggled to headphones, if there are any graphics filters I know I don't like and want to turn off (film grain, motion blur) whether theory's an FPS/graphics toggle and so on.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Because the default settings should be the intended way to play.

Except you cannot account for everyone's preferences. Default options are the default way to play for a dev that set the defaults while working on a game.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Back in the day I used to buy games before I headed to work (I work off hours) and on game days I would give myself extra time and read the instruction books in the parking lot. I think for option menus I am in between, sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. On PC I definitely do, mostly because I hate DoF, Blur, Film Grain, CA, excessive bloom et cetera.

I loved the old manuals. Now that I think about it I would like them back - you could read them at your own pace and once you started the game you were put right into the action, no tutorials.
Come to think of it every game should have the option to skip tutorials.

 

[I don't like pirates]

I only check any of that stuff if something is bothering me. That's one of the main reasons i play on console. I don't want to check anything, i want other people to check it for me so i don't have to bother with it.

 

[Rayderism]

I dunno know man........they must be noob gamers or something.

 

[Duchess]

My pet hate is when a new game starts straight into a battle, race, etc. without letting you set the options. It's almost like you're being forced to play a prologue. So, the sound volumes are wrong, the subtitles are on, etc.

 

[UnNamed]

It's the same reason people didn't read manuals.