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Hey,

What lessons have you learned about games and how you should play them? Tell me what game it is, what the lesson is and how you learned it. I'm talking about in game lessons not some FAQ or a friend telling you.

To begin:

Never leave SimCity 4 running in a tab. I had quite a nice little city, 40,000 residents, in the green, all that stuff. To meet power demands I built a pair of Nuclear Reactors.

You can see where this is going, can't you?

So, after a while, I made sure the city was making a profit, and then left for a bit, partially due to low money, partially because I needed a break. It turns out I left it running at the highest speed over an hour or two in the tab. When I return, I have -12,000,000 Simoleons, one plant has taken out most of the city, the other's about to explode, and I lost quite spectacularly.

And begin.

Multiple games:

Never stand next to red barrels. They explode and hurt.

Multiple games:

Get your friends to stand next to red barrels. They explode and hurt them.

If it turns your reticle red, make it dead.

Reload after killing/shooting ANYTHING.

BF3: Never get out of your tank to kill someone that's standing too close for you to shoot.. He's just going to steal it and run you over.

I learned that if you ever feth up, you can always restart from an earlier point and it won't count.

I learnt that pimps will pop out of thin air and lynch mob you if you knock anything out of their hands.

I learned that whenever the music stops, all the enemies are dead.

Has absolutely ruined every "horror" game I've ever played afterwards.

Also, nothing is more satisfying than countersniping with shotguns in Battlefield 3. It's tricky as all get out, but whenever you pull a 200 yard headshot with a DAO-12 with slugs and a 6x scope it's worth it. That and running people over with the MAV. I did that so much on a friends playstation that it was his top rated vehicle for kills for over 3 months.

Kill everyone.
There's no such things as allies.

If someone is glowing red and yellow and crackling lightning they're about to go True Musou on your ass.

When in doubt always kill anything in the room with high powered weapons.

Never EVER trust anyone who claims to be loyal, and serving the same cause as you.

Always be prepared to set the whole world on fire!

Shoot everyone! Your allies wont be hurt

Always expect backstabbers... always...

Shoot grunts in the head with precision weapons. They will die, scream happily, and confetti will appear.

My mom is a whore.

The cake is a lie.

 Sigvatr wrote:
My mom is a whore.

Really? Sorry to hear that


When fighting Orks & Goblins the best cure is a hefty dose of fire balls to the face!

A highly trained soldier will miss an eight foot tall and bulky alien at point blank range (XCOM)

Also, from every game ever:
How to make a decent living.

Been in software development for almost a decade now.

Never get caught up in Escort Missions/Actions.......

If an Ally wants to help you, leave them behind, they often cause more heartache and stress than assistance.

 Earthbeard wrote:
Never get caught up in Escort Missions/Actions.......

If an Ally wants to help you, leave them behind, they often cause more heartache and stress than assistance.

Oh god this about a million times.

From RPGs - kleptomania. Take everything that isn't nailed down

Never be a reasonable person. Be either always stupidly good or always cartoonishly evil. There is no middle ground.

Multiton multistory battlemechs are the ULTIMATE WEAPON... till a single plucky hero and occasionally his friends show up and stomp it with (pick from the following): C4, airstrikes, another mecha, friendship, swords and magic.

I covered a few dozen different games and genres with that. I'm proud of myself.

From halo: enough bullets will kill anything. You can destroy a truck with a pistol if you shoot it enough.

COD: always bring a knife to a gun fight. Knife in foot > bullet in the face.

From most multiplayer experiences: No matter how much you shout at your team, they will NEVER get any better and often get worse.

And from some co-op experiences: Running solo is hilarious when it works. Like running an entire map on L4D2 with a Tank behind you.

Apparently landmines are stackable...
(Goldeneye)

And the easiest way to take out a tank is to strap C4 to a quad/dirtbike go full speed towards it, jump off and then detonate

I can fly/drive bloody anything.