Computer game c**k-ups (should have read the manual)
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Howdy y'awl.
Gaming is mainly a male hobby, and one trait of many many men is that we dont read the manuals and booklets that come with stuff, and sometimes, just occasionally, it comes back to bite us on the butt.
(But ladies, not often enough to make us change our ways, it is still more efficient to not read 100 manuals, then on the 1 in 100 chance we mess up, we waste some time getting it wrong, waste some more time finding the manual, then more time reading it. It's more efficient our way!)
In relation to computer and console games, this can sometime leave us vulnerable, for me it was on Rise of the Argonauts on Xbox 360. I played it, I enjoyed it but I just wasnt getting any god powers, I eventually finished it but bloooooooooody hell some parts were hard to do, in particular 1 bloke who sends evil things your way much too fast to avoid them all and he took such killing.
That was a while back, but I decided to play it again recently, and once again I was getting so few aspect points and god powers it was pissing me off!
Read manual and .. oh... all those tasks I did such as 'kill 10 enemies' and 'recruited Hercules' etc... you have to dedicate those to the god of your choice and you get aspect points... oh hell...
By now I was near the end of the game and had many many maaaaany aspect points to use up, enough to buy nearly everything. Suddenly things were much easier, doh!
I'm not the only, am I?
Gaming is mainly a male hobby, and one trait of many many men is that we dont read the manuals and booklets that come with stuff, and sometimes, just occasionally, it comes back to bite us on the butt.
(But ladies, not often enough to make us change our ways, it is still more efficient to not read 100 manuals, then on the 1 in 100 chance we mess up, we waste some time getting it wrong, waste some more time finding the manual, then more time reading it. It's more efficient our way!)
In relation to computer and console games, this can sometime leave us vulnerable, for me it was on Rise of the Argonauts on Xbox 360. I played it, I enjoyed it but I just wasnt getting any god powers, I eventually finished it but bloooooooooody hell some parts were hard to do, in particular 1 bloke who sends evil things your way much too fast to avoid them all and he took such killing.
That was a while back, but I decided to play it again recently, and once again I was getting so few aspect points and god powers it was pissing me off!
Read manual and .. oh... all those tasks I did such as 'kill 10 enemies' and 'recruited Hercules' etc... you have to dedicate those to the god of your choice and you get aspect points... oh hell...
By now I was near the end of the game and had many many maaaaany aspect points to use up, enough to buy nearly everything. Suddenly things were much easier, doh!
I'm not the only, am I?
Conian said:
Howdy y'awl.
Gaming is mainly a male hobby, and one trait of many many men is that we dont read the manuals and booklets that come with stuff, and sometimes, just occasionally, it comes back to bite us on the butt.
(But ladies, not often enough to make us change our ways, it is still more efficient to not read 100 manuals, then on the 1 in 100 chance we mess up, we waste some time getting it wrong, waste some more time finding the manual, then more time reading it. It's more efficient our way!)
In relation to computer and console games, this can sometime leave us vulnerable, for me it was on Rise of the Argonauts on Xbox 360. I played it, I enjoyed it but I just wasnt getting any god powers, I eventually finished it but bloooooooooody hell some parts were hard to do, in particular 1 bloke who sends evil things your way much too fast to avoid them all and he took such killing.
That was a while back, but I decided to play it again recently, and once again I was getting so few aspect points and god powers it was pissing me off!
Read manual and .. oh... all those tasks I did such as 'kill 10 enemies' and 'recruited Hercules' etc... you have to dedicate those to the god of your choice and you get aspect points... oh hell...
By now I was near the end of the game and had many many maaaaany aspect points to use up, enough to buy nearly everything. Suddenly things were much easier, doh!
I'm not the only, am I?
no, youre not. but i'm not admitting anything.Gaming is mainly a male hobby, and one trait of many many men is that we dont read the manuals and booklets that come with stuff, and sometimes, just occasionally, it comes back to bite us on the butt.
(But ladies, not often enough to make us change our ways, it is still more efficient to not read 100 manuals, then on the 1 in 100 chance we mess up, we waste some time getting it wrong, waste some more time finding the manual, then more time reading it. It's more efficient our way!)
In relation to computer and console games, this can sometime leave us vulnerable, for me it was on Rise of the Argonauts on Xbox 360. I played it, I enjoyed it but I just wasnt getting any god powers, I eventually finished it but bloooooooooody hell some parts were hard to do, in particular 1 bloke who sends evil things your way much too fast to avoid them all and he took such killing.
That was a while back, but I decided to play it again recently, and once again I was getting so few aspect points and god powers it was pissing me off!
Read manual and .. oh... all those tasks I did such as 'kill 10 enemies' and 'recruited Hercules' etc... you have to dedicate those to the god of your choice and you get aspect points... oh hell...
By now I was near the end of the game and had many many maaaaany aspect points to use up, enough to buy nearly everything. Suddenly things were much easier, doh!
I'm not the only, am I?
on a completwly different and unrelated note i'm considering throwing red dead in the f**King bin as i still cant get the hang of shooting things.
y282 said:
on a completwly different and unrelated note i'm considering throwing red dead in the f**King bin as i still cant get the hang of shooting things.
Played this at a pal's, found it v dull at the start as that woman kept telling me to follow her here, do this, do that, got bored. Inevitably started trying to shoot her but it prevents you from doing it despite my best efforts.So, got on a horse and rode over top of her. Game Over.
Yeah enough of that, next game...
Conian said:
y282 said:
on a completwly different and unrelated note i'm considering throwing red dead in the f**King bin as i still cant get the hang of shooting things.
Played this at a pal's, found it v dull at the start as that woman kept telling me to follow her here, do this, do that, got bored. Inevitably started trying to shoot her but it prevents you from doing it despite my best efforts.So, got on a horse and rode over top of her. Game Over.
Yeah enough of that, next game...
I'm obviously a technical god now, but in my youth and on my first PC I was told not to mess anything up or install anything on the C: drive.
Need for Speed 1 was installed by my Dad on it and the excitement was building. I selected my car and the track, and the next menu had the words Drive and Exit.
Woahhhh.... drive? I can't click that, it will go to C: drive and burn the whole PC. Took me several days wandering the menus until I had the bottle to click Drive.
Ah, drive means Drive.... many hours and sequels later of NFS pleasure!
Need for Speed 1 was installed by my Dad on it and the excitement was building. I selected my car and the track, and the next menu had the words Drive and Exit.
Woahhhh.... drive? I can't click that, it will go to C: drive and burn the whole PC. Took me several days wandering the menus until I had the bottle to click Drive.
Ah, drive means Drive.... many hours and sequels later of NFS pleasure!
militantmandy said:
Conian said:
y282 said:
on a completwly different and unrelated note i'm considering throwing red dead in the f**King bin as i still cant get the hang of shooting things.
Played this at a pal's, found it v dull at the start as that woman kept telling me to follow her here, do this, do that, got bored. Inevitably started trying to shoot her but it prevents you from doing it despite my best efforts.So, got on a horse and rode over top of her. Game Over.
Yeah enough of that, next game...
Played the first Tomb Raider .. I didn't realise you could drop from one ledge and grab the one below.
Got to the end and you *have* to do this move to continue.
The game was on my shelf for about a year and I read the manual for the 2nd game (which a mate was playing) and thought "That's a useful move", checked the manual of the first. Hmm.
Played the game and about 3 mins later I'd finished it.
Got to the end and you *have* to do this move to continue.
The game was on my shelf for about a year and I read the manual for the 2nd game (which a mate was playing) and thought "That's a useful move", checked the manual of the first. Hmm.
Played the game and about 3 mins later I'd finished it.
Zod said:
The worst computer game cock-up by far is to play while drunk. The next time you play, you wonder how the Hell you got to where you are and find you made lots of bad choices.
Many a season of championship manager has been unwittingly saboutaged by a couple of hours of drunken managing...
OllieC said:
Zod said:
The worst computer game cock-up by far is to play while drunk. The next time you play, you wonder how the Hell you got to where you are and find you made lots of bad choices.
Many a season of championship manager has been unwittingly saboutaged by a couple of hours of drunken managing...
maby you should give that advice to the real managers
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