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.
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@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
7 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.