Comments on: It’s Never Too Late to Learn Something New (in a Video Game)

By: cary

cary — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:57:56 +0000

Thanks! It is kind of crazy, right? Just when you think you really know a game, BAM!, you realize something new that could changed or could have changed everything. Guess it’s good that some games keep us on our toes. :-)

By: Dina Farmer

Dina Farmer — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:23:41 +0000

I’ve learned things after I’ve beaten a game. It shocks me that when I’ve devoted so much time to a game only to find out later, I could have done this or that and the results would have been different.

This was great!

By: cary

cary — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:20:56 +0000

Well, at least you realized that before the game was completely over. It’s funny how you just get into a mindset with certain games. But some games have “trained” us to feel very protective of items or abilities because, in some cases, they can be lost, and nobody wants that. It’s also easy to assume that some game mechanics work the same in all games. But until you take a risk and try something different, you’ll just never know. For a short time in Xenoblade Chronicles, I didn’t even know that I could switch out the characters – I thought I’d be stuck with the same three the whole time. Realizing that really changed the way I approached playing.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:47:33 +0000

I’ve definitely learned new things in games, like how to level up abilities in FF9 (at least, I’m pretty sure it was FF9, but it’s been a long time). After hours and hours of equipping the same abilities, thinking I would lose them if I removed them from my character, I finally realized that once the ability was leveled up enough, they would keep any abilities they had used enough, even if the associated item or what have you was removed. I felt so silly that I had abilities sitting around that had reached their full potential weeks ago, when I could have been switching to new abilities for them to learn.

By: Arec

Arec — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:25:40 +0000

My fiance is very good at video games but in a way that makes me think he may be autistic or something of the like. It kinda makes me jealous ometimes. But we play very different games. He plays FPS and the Dark Souls Series and I play RPGS and Ratchet and Clank.

I agree. I always get excited when I accidentally find something. It’s kinda of like getting a present.

By: cary

cary — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:49:54 +0000

Haha, I kind of get that with my husband too. He’s really good at picking up details in games that I often miss. Though sometimes I catch something he doesn’t. :)

Sometime the accidental stuff that we figure our during a game can lead to some great surprises. Glad the chance you took with your game paid off!

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By: Arec

Arec — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:09:17 +0000

I have actually learned things after I have beaten a game. There was a game that immediately starts over after you beat it (the whole Game+ thing). I decided to play it just because and found something out by accident. It was awesome.

The only thing that excites me more is when I know something me fiance doesn’t (because he is so much better at video games than me…)