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I've been playing Assassin's Creed 2 for a while and I've caught myself saying "Frick that! I totally grabbed that ledge!". Anyway, I guess I shouted it pretty loud and I could hear my neighbor's laughing. Anyway, please tell me I'm not the only one to talk to him/herself when playing single player games...

Better yet, share an instance when you did.


The best one I have is when I was playing Final Fantasy 8, years ago. I got to the last boss and I only had one character left. Rinoa I think it was. He got me down to 1 HP left and I had her special attack. The special was totally random and the only one I can remember is that the best one was a multi-hit combo, but it was really rare to get. Anyway, I gambled and beat that mofo with 1 HP left. I remember I literally flung my controller across my room screaming "F--- Yeah, suck on my b-lls!" I remember I was screaming and yelling cause I pulled that win outta my ass. Then I called work and said I was stuck in traffic so i was gonna be late.....

I yell a fair bit when I'm playing my Xbox 360. Recently, for instance, I was playing Dragon Age: Origins and I got up to the fight with Kolgrim (the cult leader), and not only was he a boss-level enemy, he had two mages with him. One mage is bad enough, but these two just kept spamming Cone of Cold and I couldn't move into a backstab position because my entire party was frozen in place and Kolgrim and his Reaver bodyguards were beating my arse.

When I died no less than four times in a row, I started yelling 'bull fething horse gak!' at the top of my lungs and deleted my fething useless rogue. Mages are the most pissy and broken enemies in the entire fething game. Fighting the High Dragon was easier than that boss fight.

Way more frequently that I care to admit. I don't know of anything specific, but I definitely do talk to myself playing single player games.

...although a bit more unusual than the ones posted so far - I actually discuss aspects of the game with myself as I'm playing. The only real reason is that I like being able to hear my thoughts out loud.

I was playing dragon age origins. before i got strong enough to use the blood dragon armor. I kept dying. And it just started happening.
I was so pissed is started yelling.
lukily shale was trong enough to pick up the slack.
I love shale. she is awesome.

Locclo wrote:Way more frequently that I care to admit. I don't know of anything specific, but I definitely do talk to myself playing single player games.

...although a bit more unusual than the ones posted so far - I actually discuss aspects of the game with myself as I'm playing. The only real reason is that I like being able to hear my thoughts out loud.

Oh, I do that LOTS of times. Like, I see something I've never noticed before, I KNOW I say "Oooooh, that is that?" Or when some bad guy repeatedly kills my sorry a** after many attempts I KNOW I say, "Oh, I got yo azz this time" or "Oooh you fricken guy, I'm gonna kick yer a**".

Full on strategy? Only in RTS games...

Mainly swearing for me, especially when games are just brutally unfair........I'm looking at you Spyborgs!!!

I just can't imagine it on a Mario game though, it just would be so weird with the bizarre enemies, happy music and setting, but I could understand anyones frustration boiling over with the evil cuttlefish f***ers on the underwater levels!! AARGH!

Yelling at things is the only way they'll learn.

You ever yell at your favorite team on TV when they're sucking? Same principle. Yelling at your character makes him play better

I talk to myself normally more often than I talk to others, so yes I do talk to games quite a lot. Usually thinking of excuses as to why it can't possibly be my fault why I died .

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:I talk to myself normally more often than I talk to others, so yes I do talk to games quite a lot. Usually thinking of excuses as to why it can't possibly be my fault why I died .

That rock was looking at me funny! I had to keep an eye on him and not the enemy...that's why he was able to shoot me. Yeah.

metallifan wrote:You ever yell at your favorite team on TV when they're sucking? Same principle. Yelling at your character makes him play better

You have no idea when watching NFL football....

"YOU GOTTA CATCH THAT M**$)$N BALL!!! YOU GOTTA CATCH THAT M)$*%%*$(N BALL!!! HOW MUCH DO THEY PAY YOUR SORRY A**???"


I love Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed because of the crazy platforming. And these are the games where I'm usually saying stuff like "I totally grabbed that, you cheating a** computer!" Or "Yeah, that's right b**)$. I snuck up behind you and killed your lazy butt when you weren't looking. How does it feeeeel?" (That's after dying to that one soldier who just happens to get that lucky blade into your back.

Doombot001 wrote:

metallifan wrote:You ever yell at your favorite team on TV when they're sucking? Same principle. Yelling at your character makes him play better

You have no idea when watching NFL football....

"YOU GOTTA CATCH THAT M**$)$N BALL!!! YOU GOTTA CATCH THAT M)$*%%*$(N BALL!!! HOW MUCH DO THEY PAY YOUR SORRY A**???"

That's nothing. Get me and the guys at my buddy's boss's house, watching the Canucks on his bigscreen.

"LOUIS! WHAT THE F**K!? THEY PAY YOU 82K PER GAME AND YOU LET IN A 5-HOLE!?"

"NO! NO GET WELLWOOD OFF THE F**KING BLOODY ICE! QUICK BEFORE HE LOSES ANOTHER PASS!"

Or our all-time-favorite:

"DANIEL! WHY THE HELL DID YOU PASS TO HENRIK? IT WAS AN OPEN F**KING NET!"

Doombot001 wrote:I love Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed because of the crazy platforming. And these are the games where I'm usually saying stuff like "I totally grabbed that, you cheating a** computer!" Or "Yeah, that's right b**)$. I snuck up behind you and killed your lazy butt when you weren't looking. How does it feeeeel?" (That's after dying to that one soldier who just happens to get that lucky blade into your back.

Or what tends to happen to me:

"Counter, COUNTER YOU STUPID !@#$ING ASSASSIN! WHAT KIND OF SWORDSMAN ARE YOU?!"

"How in the !@#$ did he hit me? LEARN TO BLOCK!"

I love Assassin's Creed to death, but good golly, why can those guards get past me so easily when I'm holding Block?

Depends on the game.

MechCommander:

"Ok, Hunter, swing around the left with Lynx. See if we can get that PPC to win us a war. Isis, cover their approach with Mystique. Beast, try not to get killed." (this is while clicking madly)

First Person Shooter:

(after a long bit of dialogue from an NPC)
"Well that sounds like a crappy plan, but I have no choice so let's go."

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within:

"Holy mother of God you piece of eating son of a bitch, dick God-damned with a screwdriver!" *rage quit*

Nope, I've never talked to myself in a single player game.

More than I care to remember.

That Azazel boss in Tekken 6 is the most recent cause of shouting at the screen.

But I shout more when playing my Master League on Pro Evo Football (Soccer) when i've gone 3 - 0 down and managed to pull a 4 - 3 win outa my ass, theres jumping shouting and something even whooping.

Of course nothing compares to the shouting at the TV that happens when were in the pub watching Liverpool FC. Man it gets loud.

If you don't shout and swear when playing Wipeout HD on Phantom Speed, Elite Difficulty then there is something very wrong with you :p

I talk to myself all the time, video games included. It tends to be a better conversation than if I talk to another person.

I tend to do this a lot when I'm playing DoW 2 online, or War hammer Age Of Reckoning. Screaming at my computer always dose the trick when killing loads of tac marines or chopping down pesky ork choppas.

Well when I play Dawn of War I usually scream yeah when I win or when I play WoW,I start to curse or make jokes.

H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Holy mother of God you piece of eating son of a bitch, dick God-damned with a screwdriver!" *rage quit*

that's just awesome I may put that in my sig.

yeah when I play Dawn of War: Soulstorm I usually cry when I see my base being destroyed by 7 different armies in a free-for-all match apparently they are all fine and dandy with each other and decide to take me out first

SideEffect46 wrote:
yeah when I play Dawn of War: Soulstorm I usually cry when I see my base being destroyed by 7 different armies in a free-for-all match apparently they are all fine and dandy with each other and decide to take me out first

I cried just from playing Soulstorm. Worst $30 I ever spent.

you payed $30? wow I got it for $10.

It isn't really that bad it's like all the othe Dawn Of War games it just has ships.

I bought it new, before it was reviewed (Big mistake)

The ships just hovered there when they weren't slowly pondering their way across the battlefield behind all the other units. That was it. Nothing tactical about their use, and they were grossly unbalanced with low health and crappy damage.

The campaign sucked, and the base setups once you got ahold of the prebuild ability were awful. I actually had some buildings placed inside of walls or in areas with no access from outside

The voice acting and scripts were pathetic. I leave better things in the toilet at 9 am.

All it added were Emodar and Femme Marines with grossly unbalanced weapon sets.

Boreale. Enough said.

ah ok I see where your hatred comes from now.

yeah I agree with you about the ships those are dumb and as for the campaign I wish the bases would stay there like in Dark Crusade that was so much better.

But as for the good thing about it is that I like the epicness of the campaign map, sooo many territories to conquer, and the supply line is a pretty neat feature.

Borderlands- OH YA. Volcano kills, anything else funny. Annoying parts. I will EXPLAIN to myself why its to hard. Usually involves me actually helping myself. I find the problem, kill stuff, solve problem and voila. Borderlands I also swear sometimes when the loot is amazing. Or PVP carnage kills with tresspass ^_^. Tresspass does nothing just the carnage does it all.

Oblivion. I would either a) make ninja noises as I walked in front of people or sliced em in the face (^_^), Make arrow noises( like LOTR 2 worg scene ^_^), or gun noises when i start choppin really fast, or maybe yell MY ROFL KNIFE GOES SLICE SLICE SLICE! With the butcher(grummite cleaver with like 40 dmg a hit health thing).

Counter strike I never used a mike I always just muted that cause pople were always like c--- or f--- or c-------- or any other profanities.I would ALWAYS make pew pew pew pew noises. Always have always will.

Most of this is with my friends and I forgot they were there, or some other person.

I do it. Alot. ANd alot louder then i should.

I was playing the God Of War 2 challenge mode, and was getting my ass kciked because I couldn't get Kratos to do a jumping attack combo.

I screamed so loud my dad heard from outside.

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within:

"Holy mother of God you piece of eating son of a bitch, dick God-damned with a screwdriver!" *rage quit*

Ever played The Two Thrones? That was just as bad.

"GODDAMN ING WALLTRAPS!"
" YOU, I ING GRABBED YOU!"
"AS IF YOU ING BLOCKED THAT!"
" OFF, YOU ING STATUE!"
"WHY THE CAN'T I BLOCK THAT?"
"THIS IS BULL! OFF!"

Ah, the memories...

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
I was playing the God Of War 2 challenge mode

Oh my God. Don't even talk to me about that. It's not fun at all. The one in the first game was terrible as well and I was almost crying with frustration by the time I finished it.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within:

"Holy mother of God you piece of eating son of a bitch, dick God-damned with a screwdriver!" *rage quit*

Ever played The Two Thrones? That was just as bad.

"GODDAMN ING WALLTRAPS!"
" YOU, I ING GRABBED YOU!"
"AS IF YOU ING BLOCKED THAT!"
" OFF, YOU ING STATUE!"
"WHY THE CAN'T I BLOCK THAT?"
"THIS IS BULL! OFF!"

Ah, the memories...

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
I was playing the God Of War 2 challenge mode

Oh my God. Don't even talk to me about that. It's not fun at all. The one in the first game was terrible as well and I was almost crying with frustration by the time I finished it.

Call me a masochist, but i still play the challenges. Or it could be that the damn game is so goddam scratched up that it freezes partway through the first level...

Cheese Elemental wrote:Ever played The Two Thrones? That was just as bad.

I found Two Thrones to be remarkably easy. The acrobatics weren't as hard as Sands of Time, the combat was more forgiving than Warrior Within, you could speedkill most of the enemies in the game, making things far easier. The only ragequit enducing moments were the damned chariot sections.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Oh my God. Don't even talk to me about that. It's not fun at all. The one in the first game was terrible as well and I was almost crying with frustration by the time I finished it.

Haven't played the GoWII challenges, but I watched a friend of mine do the GoWI challenges. That took a LONG time. That last one is a pain in the neck.

But not as much of a pain as the twin cliffs of spinny bladed death in Hades from GoWI. Last time I did that section I was wearing the Ares Armour, which basically means you take about 10% damage from anything, so you can mostly ignore healing chests. Nevertheless, I was on about 15% health at the end of the spinny blade wall section, even with the Ares Armour. I hate that part... lots of screaming at the TV.