Cool/Dumb/Scary Shit You Can Do In Games
Games are pretty neat. Sometimes you can sell someone on a game with one sentence. It can be simple as "You can pet the dog", but that's way too simple here. I want to see some video-game ass video-game shit you can do that makes you go "...woah."
No scripted sequences or cutscenes. Trying keep it to the primary gameplay sections, but can also include amusing Easter eggs or secrets. Crossovers will also be excluded since thats a list all on its own (that's been created by so many other people). And obviously I can't mention every single cool thing you can do in a single game, so for simplicity I'll only do one sentence a game. Suggestions will be welcomed.
No scripted sequences or cutscenes. Trying keep it to the primary gameplay sections, but can also include amusing Easter eggs or secrets. Crossovers will also be excluded since thats a list all on its own (that's been created by so many other people). And obviously I can't mention every single cool thing you can do in a single game, so for simplicity I'll only do one sentence a game. Suggestions will be welcomed.
65 Games
"You can play as a dolphin flying a jet fighter and blow up the World Trade Center" This game came out in 1994
(Suggestion and full quote by DJSCheddar)
(Suggestion and full quote by DJSCheddar)
You can power up your fists to the point that you rapid punch as fast and frantic as a JoJo stand.
You can pay off your mortgage under no time limit or interest
"You can punch a guy with a fist the size of a bus made out of your hair while shooting them with your high heel guns."
(Suggestion and full quote by cowboyjosh)
(Suggestion and full quote by cowboyjosh)
You can turn either full beast mode with large claws, or turn into a cosmic, blue broccoli man with the right build.
You can fight enemies with rubber boots that squeak with every step you take
You can pay enemies during combat to just fuck off
You can play in New Game Plus where most characters react to how absurdly overpowered you are all of a sudden.
You can ignite a bundle of dynamite with a lit molotov, and can then proceed to throw them both simultaneously.
You can exploit a certain shmup section that allows you to rapid fire charge shots. Instead of patching this out, they made the boss get pissed at you doing this, making it deal way more damage.
You can jump on downed enemies and surf on across the battlefield while spinning and shooting your guns.
(Suggestion by DeltWDunn)
(Suggestion by DeltWDunn)
You can own the haters by shooting yourself in the mouth.
(Suggestion by cowboyjosh)
(Suggestion by cowboyjosh)
You can polymorph a ancient witch of legendary infamy into a chicken
You can sell your soul to the devil if you get stuck in last place for too long.
You can shrink any enemy with the Shrinker, where you can then proceed to stomp them for an instant kill.
You can find and throw a bar of soap in every level that kills everything in one hit, no enemy or boss is immune to it.
You can create a spell that makes every NPC character ragdoll on command (paralyze spell with 100 feet range)
You can become a landlord that gives reasonable cost of living
You can recreate the ending of Planet of the Apes by taking a very specific perk at the beginning of the game and getting a specific ending at the end of the final DLC.
"You can throw and then immediately slo-mo and shoot grenades in mid-air for early explosions."
(Suggestion and full quote by Drax)
(Suggestion and full quote by Drax)
You can have Edge, the Ninja, throw a spoon at an enemy and deal the max damage possible.
You can kill using the mathematics magic
You can suplex a train.
You can use the solidified onomatopoeias dropped by an enemy's death screams as giant weapons.
You can kick people straight into orbit
"You can prevent a whole mission from happening by driving the car of your target before you see him to 8-Ball Autos and installing a vehicle bomb so he blows up when getting into the car."
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
You can shoot a charged shot downwards for a double jump that allows for some sequence breaking.
(Suggestion by DeltaWDunn)
(Suggestion by DeltaWDunn)
You can turn cars into improvised boxing gloves, as well as using cars as skateboards.
(Suggestion by ProudLittleSeal)
(Suggestion by ProudLittleSeal)
You can "Put Peter Pan in his place!" (Had to make at least one exception)
You can ride the Disney teacups into battle and shred everything alive.
You can give a letter intended to help find someone's missing bridegroom to a man stuck in a toilet in desperate need of paper for his dirty ass.
You can kill a boss by not playing the game for a whole week and let them die of old age.
You can instanly kill Kraid by using the bomb power up that you could only obtain at that point by utilizing a sequence break, and even comes with a unique cutscene.
You can ride a lightning gorilla that shoots Kamehamehas out of its mouth
"You can send a tornado barreling down the track at your enemies."
(Suggestion and full quote by Vee)
(Suggestion and full quote by Vee)
You can use telekinesis to crush enemies with a train.
Inzuna Drop
You can beat up every NPC to either learn skills from them or to straight up mug them of their belongings.
"You can pee on your enemies, and in the dog island you can bark at gorillas and other animals so loud they pass out"
(Suggestion and full quote by moschidae)
(Suggestion and full quote by moschidae)
You can choose to become a walking swarm of man-eating bugs.
"You can drop donuts on the floor and cops will eat them, and if you pee on the donut, they'll puke after eating them."
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
You can perform a secret, ultra high-jump by performing a side somersault immediately after doing a slide jump.
You can see through people's eyes using clairvoyance where every NPC sees you as a different 2D image.
You can shoot a rocket at your feet to launch yourself much farther and higher then intended, in other words Rocket Jumping.
(Suggestion by DeltaWDunn)
(Suggestion by DeltaWDunn)
You can force every single NPC, boss, and enemy to dance with the Groovitron
You can suplex an enemy so hard their head explodes like a pumpkin.
You can create your own Saw death traps
"You can decapitate a Khnum, the game's strongest enemy, with the mutilator (a laser lasso) between two players on co-op."
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
You can fight on a stone bird the size of an airplane over a lake with only a bow and a small sword.
(Suggestion by Drax)
(Suggestion by Drax)
You can attempt to kidnapped demons to your party that, and I quote, "is most effective when used by an adult or adolescent demon on a child target."
"You can reenact that one scene from Hard Boiled where you belly-flop onto a cart and mow down everyone in your way."
(Suggestion and full quote by Drax)
(Suggestion and full quote by Drax)
"You can slice bullets mid-air with your katana."
(Suggestion and full quote by Drax)
(Suggestion and full quote by Drax)
You can refuse to put on a space helmet while in space and get a instant game over for being so stubborn.
You can use the toilet after eating to produce poop that can be used to make fertilizer.
You can play as an enormous mech, bigger then most bosses, that transforms into a walking turret with a gatling gun; whereas every other character is more human sized.
You can throw knives while time is frozen, where you can then stand on the knives suspended in mid-air as makeshift platforms.
You can gib enemies with your Chainsaw leg.
"You can blow up the Eiffel Tower"
(Suggestion by Vee)
(Suggestion by Vee)
You can cast the Armageddon spell that literally kills everything in the world and creates a dead game
You can punch the shotgun shells to make them go faster and explode.
You can parry a nuclear explosion.
(Game in development)
(Game in development)
You can play as a dog that rides on a flying drone that comes with a machine gun.
"You can mutate dogs to have wings, extra legs, bigger bodies and tiny heads among other wacky evil scientist stuff; and you can extend a dog's lifetime by feeding them the core of another dead dog."
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
(Suggestion and full quote by paqgamer)
You can turn a hundred heros into a giant hand bigger then a warehouse.
You can get so wealthy for being a successful buisnessman that you own a orbital laser
22 Comments
@DeltaWDunn All three added. Can't believe I forgot to add Rocket Jumping. Very few things more video-game then that.
In Bayonetta you can punch a guy with a fist the size of a bus made out of your hair while shooting them with your high heel guns.
@cowboyjosh. Added. Action games in general kind of have an unfair advantage with this list, but I don't mind.
Agreed it's kind of low-hanging fruit. How about this one: in Disco Elysium you can die of despair!
(Also great list btw)
(Also great list btw)
@cowboyjosh No joking I was in the middle of adding Disco Elysium. My pick is slightly different, but what the Hell, I'll credit you anyway. Also thank you the kind words.
In okami you can pee on your enemies and in the dog island you can bark at gorillas and other animals so loud they pass out
@moschidae Well I didn't want any "You can pet the dog" suggestions, but I wasn't ready for "You can pee as the dog" ones.
Oh sorry, i didnt take that as you didnt want any dog game related suggestions. Both are 'combat' mechanics though, youre very encouraged to pee on everything in okami
@moschidae Oh no, no. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I did add your suggestion. "Petting the dog" is something cute to do in a game, but isn't very "video-gamey" in that it's a thing you can do easily in real life. Being able to to pee on command as a dog is some silly ass video-game shit that I love.
Superhot: You can slice bullets in mid-air with your katana.
FEAR: You can throw and then immediately slo-mo and shoot grenades in mid-air for early explosions.
Metal Gear Solid 3: This (obvious spoiler alert)
Strangehold: You can reenact that one scene from Hard Boiled where you belly-flop onto a cart and mow down everyone in your way.
Shadow of the Colossus: The entirety of the Avion fight
FEAR: You can throw and then immediately slo-mo and shoot grenades in mid-air for early explosions.
Metal Gear Solid 3: This (obvious spoiler alert)
Strangehold: You can reenact that one scene from Hard Boiled where you belly-flop onto a cart and mow down everyone in your way.
Shadow of the Colossus: The entirety of the Avion fight
Here's a fun one - Hulk: Ultimate Destruction lets you both turn cars into boxing gloves and use cars as skateboards.
@ProudLittleSeal Added. That's a pretty sick one, not going to lie.
In Nascar Rumble you can send a tornado barreling down the track at your enemies.
In Twisted Metal 2 you can blow up the eiffel tower (this actually sold me on the game when I watched a video in a demo disc as a kid lol, so I think it deserved to be mentioned)
In Twisted Metal 2 you can blow up the eiffel tower (this actually sold me on the game when I watched a video in a demo disc as a kid lol, so I think it deserved to be mentioned)
In Aero Fighters 2 you can play as a dolphin flying a jet fighter and blow up the World Trade Center
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@DJSCheddar Err... Checks notes Oh OK it's a '94 game. Sure works for me.
@Vee Added. Honestly a lot of racing games seem to have some of the more wackier things you can do in games, but because they've been around for so long you kind of forget how silly they actually are unless you stop and think about it for a sec.
@Vee Added. Honestly a lot of racing games seem to have some of the more wackier things you can do in games, but because they've been around for so long you kind of forget how silly they actually are unless you stop and think about it for a sec.
In Serious Sam 3 you can decapitate a Khnum, the game's strongest enemy, with the mutilator (a laser lasso) between two players on co-op.
In Wobbledogs you can mutate dogs to have wings, extra legs, bigger bodies and tiny heads among other wacky evil scientist stuff. And you can extend a dog's lifetime by feeding them the core of another dead dog.
In GTA 3 you can prevent a whole mission from happening by driving the car of your target before you see him to 8-Ball Autos and installing a vehicle bomb so he blows up when getting into the car.
And this is more of a nasty thing, but in Postal 2 you can drop donuts on the floor and cops will eat them, and if you pee on the donut, they'll puke after eating them.
In Wobbledogs you can mutate dogs to have wings, extra legs, bigger bodies and tiny heads among other wacky evil scientist stuff. And you can extend a dog's lifetime by feeding them the core of another dead dog.
In GTA 3 you can prevent a whole mission from happening by driving the car of your target before you see him to 8-Ball Autos and installing a vehicle bomb so he blows up when getting into the car.
And this is more of a nasty thing, but in Postal 2 you can drop donuts on the floor and cops will eat them, and if you pee on the donut, they'll puke after eating them.
@AlphaOne2 Wobbledogs is a "3D pet simulation". Basically a sandbox where you raise dogs and mutate them by feeding them certain foods and crossing them. It's a weird game.
DeltaWDunn
6 months ago
In Iconoclasts, shooting a charge shot downward is basically a double jump that allows some sequence breaking and early unlocks.
Lots of FPS games have stuff like missile riding or explosion boosts, the main one I'm aware of is Quake where you can gain extra height off of an explosion.
I'll comment more things if I think of them.