Video game lessons learned the hard way

this one appleis to pretty much all RP Gs, including fangames of thsoe which aren't normally (Why do I mention that? well....)

Make sure to save BEFORE trying to fight a boss - you might lose quite a lot of prgoress.

F**K YOU, RUMIA! WHEN I GET BAKC EVERYHTING, THEN THERE WILL BE RIP AND TEAR! RIP. AND. TEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

...Yeah, I think you can guess why I bring up fangames in this psot.

Team Fortress 2 : Despite having a potential to fight head on, Scout is NOT a frontal combat unit. Learn to take alternative routes, avoid bigger threats(Good Soldiers are likely to murder you with splash damage), move quick, meatshot some unlucky dude and HEAD BACK.

Devil May Cry 4 : Trying to block boss attack with Royal Guard style tends to end bad.

Persona 4 : You'd better spend some money on items curing ailments. You really should.

P.S Rather noobish question, how can I use bold and italic? Many thanks for an answer.

edited 22nd May '11 5:21:57 AM by FergardStratoavis

''Italics'' makes Italics, and '''bold''' makes bold. Note that these are apostrophes, not quotation marks or grave accents (' rather than " or `).

When posting something you'll be able to see "show markup help" at two different places on the page; click either for more help.

edited 22nd May '11 5:29:30 AM by Sabbo

Worms Reloaded: By default, Enter does not make you use your jetpack, and Space does not make you jump.

Dragon Age: Enemy magi are top priority.

• Crushing Prison does not render Force Field obsolete. The two have different uses.
• Battledress of the Provocateur is light armor. Even if it's the best armor you have so far, equipping it on the party tank won't do your threat management any favors.
• When you're not in combat, turn Rally off. The effect radius is just the right size for the rest of the party to constantly slip in and out of it during a run around town.
• Tactics be damned, the AI will not let Leliana be an archer unless you take away her swords.
• If you want to use the Elfroot Level Grinding method, don't slaughter the Dalish.
• If you want to save Eamon's wife and child, don't side with the templars. Same goes for making money in Dust Town.
• When the Codex tells you to only take the cheapest trinket from each stash, either do what it says or kiss your supply of injury kits goodbye.
• If you're planning to romance only one character, watch your early conversations with the others, especially Zevran.
• When fighting the Harvester, ignoring the Fade switch will get you mobbed.
• It doesn't matter how ridiculously high you've pumped your Dexterity. The Harvester can still hit you.
• Before entering the Silverite Mines, strip the Warden naked, lest a bug eat your equipment.

Final Fantasy 1: Antidotes will save your life, buy them.

Poker Night At The Inventory: Strong Bad may like to bluff, but if he goes all in, he ain't kidding.

Pokemon Black And White: Just because Blitzle learns Flame Charge doesn't mean it can cover for your lack of a Fire-type.

• Natures and EVs can make up for a larger difference in base stats than you might think.
• Just because you have an opening to set up doesn't mean you should take it.
• Letting Shauntal's Cofagrigus give Archeops Mummy isn't actually worth trading blows, especially because Frosslass can force it out with Ice Shard.
• Shauntal is aware of the above and might just punish you on the switch.

Pokemon: Having four attacking moves will not win you the game. Also, NO! Stat changing and status inducing attacks are not useless.

Any RPG ever made: Just because one armor or weapon has better defence or attack does not make the old equipment useless. Sometimes the lack of defence or attack can be weighed out if the equipment has other uses. (ex. elemental resistence)

Mario and Luigi, Partners in Time: Up grade your armor. Not my mistake, but my girlfriend's. She said armor is useless and money waisting. I have no idea how she made it to the last area of the game

Don't trade your starter for an overleveled Raticate before tackling Mt. Moon.

Pokemon Black: Having two grass types by the time you reach the Elite Four is redundant. In the case of Sawsbuck vs Smugleaf, there can only be one. Sawsbuck won that and solo'd the Dark type leader

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Don't think your precious Spiderman or Chun can beat a X-Factored Sentinal. Just, friggin, run.

Do NOT engage a Like Like toe to toe

Fire Emblem:

• Your unit's stats ARE relevant.
• Those side numbers during the battle are kinda important
• Those side numbers before the battle are kinda important.
• Weight exists, and is an actual issue.
• Pre promotes are NOT miracle units.
• Marcus is scum.
• Rebecca is NOT useless.
• Actually waiting until Level 20 to promote is a good idea.
• Wyvern Riders are evil.
• The RNG hates you and everyone you love.

Blaz Blue:

• Losing in Story Mode is actually a good thing sometimes.
• Sometimes, Distortion Finishes DO matter.
• Holding back is blocking.
• Holding LT is also blocking.
• Do not mash LT repeatedly. Accidental Barrier Breaks are not fun.
• You may be playing as Nu-13, and she may not be either Hakumen or Unlimited Ragna or Jin, and is a little girl, but Unlimited Rachel will still kick your ass.
• Hakumen can kiss my ass when I fight him.
• Hakumen can kiss my ass when I play as him.
• ICE CARS BEATS EVERYTHING.
• The story is driven by the characters, not the plot.
• Astral Heats are not Fatalities and can actually miss.
• Not every character is best at plain brute force.
• Incidentally, I suck at using Carl Clover.

edited 1st Jul '11 4:22:01 AM by Emperordaein

XCom Ufo Defense:

Scout-and-snipe tactics save lives. Just make sure that the sniper is out of range of the alien, and that the scout is not in the line of fire...

On paper, auto shot is supposed to hit more often than snap shots. Many X-Com veterans swear by the auto shot. I must disagree with them, since I've personally noticed a great leap in accuracy, and thus, kill counts, by using snap shots.

Save Scumming breeds bad habits.

edited 1st Jul '11 3:25:03 AM by EnglishIvy

When somebody offers you upgrades, buy the bloody upgrades!

Unless this is about a specific Pokemon game, I got save files for Yellow, Crystal and Soul Silver that beg to differ.

A universal piece of advice that proves to be valuable over and over: Never underestimate your enemy.

Robopon: If it looks female and/or cute, it's probably really fast or a healer. SCRAP IT.

edited 1st Jul '11 5:49:50 AM by lalalei2001

Modern Warfare 2:

• Fear the killstreaks. They will take you down if you are not careful.
• Knifing in the game is stupid and overpowered.
• The UMP is the most overused gun because it borderline broken.
• You need tactics to use the riot shield properly.
• I am not as good as Sandy Ravage, so I should stop trying to copy his style.
• Nukes are stupid.
• Everyone and their mother's are trying to quickscope.
• 50% of the COD community are 12 year old Nancys past their bed time.
• Explosives are deadly. Very deadly.
• The masterkey needs a major buff.
• Nobody works as a team online.
• The Spec op enemies that are called the Juggernaut's are the most hardest in the game for a reason. Do not let them get close or your dead. Simple really.

edited 1st Jul '11 6:39:38 AM by HellmanSabian

Another TDU2 lesson:

Classic cars will be an endless source of frustration for you because the first class of them you can access consist of cars that were made before the Audi Quattro came along. As such, they have crappier handling and the realistic torque modeling will cause you to spin out when turning while revving low on a high gear or whatever. Trust me, don't go for the Esprit or the Mustang.

"Unless this is about a specific Pokemon game, I got save files for Yellow, Crystal and Soul Silver that beg to differ."

To put a long story short, my first pokemon game was Red when it first came out. My Second was Platinum. If I recalled correctly, I won Red with just attacking moves. So I adopted that strategy to Platinum. While I did beat that game, it was extremely hard to beat the elite four and the champion with just attacking moves.

[On topic]Fire Emblem Po R:

Death IS permenent.

The earlier a character joins the party in the game, the better they are later in the game (for the most part).

The later a character joins, the less useful they tend to be (again, for the most part).

Fire Emblem RD:

All characters will be used in this game. Do not try to dedicate your exp to the first 20 characters like in Po R.

Just because a character gains bonuses for having the high ground, IT WILL NOT MAKE YOU INVUNERABLE!!!

Don't leave Aron in the back of the map for clean up duty. If trained, he will be better than all of your available units.

Never forge your own weapon for Ike. You will spend a lot of money and you will get Ragnell back.

Just because you have the hawk king in your party does not mean he won't do something stupid like attack the boss of the level who just so happens to have a VERY strong cross bow.

edited 1st Jul '11 7:26:41 AM by colinispower

• Portal 2:
  • Look up. This will make puzzle solving so much easier. Seems like half the game is training you to do exactly this.
  • Don't forget stuff you learned earlier in your enthusiasm to use new mechanics. For example, momentum.

HM moves, no matter how convenient, are not to be stacked on one pokemon.

Attack items are not more important than healing items.

I don't care what kind of streak you've got going or how far you feel like you've gotten in a dungeon, it won't matter if you die. Save early and often.

Never trust a computer with area of effect attacks in anything with friendly fire.

If you want to win, Shoot the Medic First.

Blaz Blue Continuum Shift: That green aura surrounding Unlimited!Hazama? It's poison, so STAY THE HELL AWAY.

Also: when fighting him in Story Mode with Ragna: Hope you've been practicing your basic combos, 'cuz your Drive attacks won't work. Period.

edited 1st Jul '11 7:43:50 AM by WillyFourEyes

Hellsinker:

• For Minogame:
  • If you can't get close to a boss without risking death, then use your subweapon attacks.
  • Take advantage of your charged shot, which is a close combat weapon.
  • Homing Lasers are one of the better weapons in Minogame's arsenal.

• In General:
  • Understand the interface. It will confuse you at first, but don't worry, it'll grow on you over time.
  • Identify items from bullets, since there are a lot of items to be picked up. You don't want to die from picking up a bullet.
  • Segment 5 is where you should pick up the Life Items like crazy.
  • BEWARE OF DAMAGING RUSTED DRAGON'S PARTS, AND RUSTED DRAGON IN GENERAL.

Vagrant Story:

• You should use all grimoires when you get them, or at least before fighting the final boss, because only equipment in both your inventory and container is shared between playthroughs.
• Also, use an elemental buffer instead of Prostasia as breaking through one of the enemy's elemental defenses (even if it's not the weakest or even close) is more important than strength, especially with the Gremlins, the Crimson Blades in Town Center East, the Last Crusader, and the final boss's second form.

edited 4th Jul '11 7:50:36 PM by RiosRider