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RiosRider Bink Rider from Monster Mountain Since: Dec, 2010
Bink Rider
#276: Jul 14th 2011 at 7:56:38 PM

An Untitled Story: Don't ever start your first playthrough on Masterful. The game even warns you.

edited 14th Jul '11 8:00:06 PM by RiosRider

Balance of all elements flows in the masters' bodies. To be a master, find the elements and fight the subconscious.
Xiphoniii Cheeky son of a.... from Florida Since: Aug, 2009
Cheeky son of a....
#277: Jul 15th 2011 at 12:14:53 AM

Final Fantasy (Any): Immune:KO does not mean you cannot die...

:smug:
Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#278: Jul 16th 2011 at 10:39:18 PM

Guilty Gear XX#Reload: The Xbox controller was not meant for fighting games.

Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
#279: Jul 17th 2011 at 12:57:06 AM

[up] Try a Dreamcast controller >:P

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
Servbot Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
#280: Jul 17th 2011 at 7:51:53 PM

X-COM: Blowing up their corpses is not too good for Chrysallids, especially if you're not sure if they're really dead or just stunned.

GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
#282: Jul 18th 2011 at 12:45:01 PM

Roguelikes:

If you spawn on a new floor with some unfamiliar enemies, all of them inconveniently placed, USE A FREEZE/ STOP SPELL OR ITEM IMMEDIATELY!

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
#283: Jul 25th 2011 at 12:19:28 AM

Dark Stalkers 3: If Jedah starts to cycle colors, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY

edited 25th Jul '11 12:19:46 AM by Schitzo

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#284: Jul 25th 2011 at 12:39:07 AM

On the PC version of San Andreas: Planes require a gamepad. I actually went through all of flight school using the keyboard. BIG MISTAKE.

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
#285: Jul 25th 2011 at 1:04:00 AM

You think that's bad? I just played Doom with an arcade stick, and my ass was annihilated by zombiemen, ala Powerglove vs Glass Joe.

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
TARDISES pirate girl Since: May, 2011
pirate girl
#286: Jul 25th 2011 at 1:11:28 AM

On the subject of Doom: Archviles and Pain Elementals take priority over anything except things with a chaingun or a former boss (so basically Spider Mastermind, Cyberdemon, Chaingunner, Archvile and Pian Elemetnal take priority.)

lest you be incinerated, shot to pieces, exploded, or swarmed by lost souls.

and if you see fire at your feet, GET OUT OF THE ARCHVILE'S LINE OF SIGHT IMMEDIATELY.

edited 25th Jul '11 1:12:01 AM by TARDISES

Schitzo HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE from Akumajou Dracula Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
#287: Jul 25th 2011 at 1:16:28 AM

Also on the subject of Doom: Chainsaw a Baron of Hell, I dare you.

ALL CREATURE WILL DIE AND ALL THE THINGS WILL BE BROKEN. THAT'S THE LAW OF SAMURAI.
TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#288: Jul 25th 2011 at 4:23:19 AM

DO NOT attack while it's tail is up!

And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
GameChainsaw The Shadows Devour You. from sunshine and rainbows! Since: Oct, 2010
The Shadows Devour You.
#289: Jul 25th 2011 at 7:15:54 AM

[up]Feel your pain bro. Me and my friend got our asses kicked playing it through the first time as kids. We thought it was advising us to attack it, get counter attacked, and allow that to fill our limits up, the logic being that this would somehow lead us to do more damage overall.

...I'm still not quite sure how we talked our way into that train of thought.

The term "Great Man" is disturbingly interchangeable with "mass murderer" in history books.
metaphysician Since: Oct, 2010
#290: Jul 25th 2011 at 9:46:01 AM

Dungeons Of Dredmor: If you get surrounded, you *will* die.

Home of CBR Rumbles-in-Exile: rumbles.fr.yuku.com
Crewe Li'l Punk from Gravity Falls, Oregon Since: Apr, 2010
Li'l Punk
#291: Jul 25th 2011 at 11:05:36 AM

Pokemon: Don't get stuck with no healing items when you're facing a Gym Leader/evil team admin/E4, especially if you don't grind beforehand.

Victory! Honor! Destiny! Mutton!
Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#292: Jul 26th 2011 at 8:08:52 AM

Dragon Age: Origins: Health/mana potions are meant to be used, not saved for a situation that's more dire than the one you're in now.

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
ssfsx17 crazy and proud of it Since: Jun, 2009
crazy and proud of it
#293: Jul 27th 2011 at 4:38:36 PM

Hellsinker - Purple good, green and orange bad! Basically, the opposite of what you might be used to from some other games.

Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
Geomancer
#294: Jul 27th 2011 at 4:47:55 PM

Megaman Battle Network: Making a non unicoded folder is fine in the main story, BUT WILL GET YOU KILLED IN THE POSTGAME!

edited 27th Jul '11 4:48:17 PM by Marioguy128

You got some dirt on you. Here's some more!
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#295: Jul 27th 2011 at 4:51:26 PM

Arcana Heart: Never give up, no mattrer how hard the SNK Boss of each game may be.

Watch Symphogear
ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#296: Jul 27th 2011 at 4:58:09 PM

Street Fighter IV: There's a reason everyone plays as Ken online. It starts with a "S" and ends with a "horyuken Priority"

You are not alone.
MisterC Angry Moth from roughly over there Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
Angry Moth
#297: Jul 27th 2011 at 6:33:35 PM

Bioshock:

  • Attacking a Big Daddy with your wrench may have been fun on medium difficulty, but anything higher than that is plain ol' suicide.

Dead Space:

  • Don't use the flamethrower, it's useless on the Swarm, and on individual enemy it'll just result in you getting killed by an angry alien zombie on fire.
  • The glowy belly of the "pregnant"? It's not its weak point.
  • Those corpses? They aren't.
  • That monster peeking around the corner? It's a distraction.
  • If you play hardcore mode and think "I'll save after this difficult part so that I don't have to do it again each time I restart", you either have a whole lot of extra health packs, or you want to lose your 5 hours of progress.
  • Those red deadly lasers are, in fact, deadly lasers, don't touch them.*

edited 27th Jul '11 6:33:54 PM by MisterC

Who's an angry moth? You are! Yes you are! You're the fuzziest and angriest moth! Original pic.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#298: Jul 27th 2011 at 11:47:25 PM

Rare Candies aren't necessarily going to make your Mon uber.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
TARDISES pirate girl Since: May, 2011
pirate girl
#299: Jul 28th 2011 at 4:43:41 AM

Touhou: If you can't dodge, bomb somewhat aggressively for success.

What made me learn this? the fact that whe nI tried this I 1cc'd SA on easy. (of course, there's still a few evil spellcards, PARTICULARLY UTSUHO'S FINAL ONE I probably would ahve failed to 1cc if I only lost about 1 life before reaching her, and that was only to stage 5. I got hit by 3 bullets - this means I successfully deathbombed TWICE. and deathbombing is something I fail at.)

Unfortunately it doesn't help that much in Mo F due to being a lot less generous with lives.

ABNDT Since: Mar, 2011

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