StaceyPowers

If you run out of supplies and are low on health in a game, do you reload a previous save, or do you find a way to forge on?

I am new to TLOU II. So, I saved up a bunch of supplements so I could get the +25% health perk for Ellie under the Survival upgrades. But for some reason, it is grayed out and marked as locked? As far as I know, one does not need a training manual for this. Am I missing something here? Like do I have to take them in a particular order? @Shagger can you please help me with this? I don't want to spend my supplements on other things without knowing what is going on.

What games have you played that you feel featured pacing that was awkward or annoying in some way? What bothered you about the pacing?

When there are optional areas/dialogue, etc. in video games, do you ever skip them? If so, why?

I don't think the ending is about the gamer. It's about the characters and their choices.

I wouldn't call them conclusions so much as just a summary of my subjective perceptions and experiences. I'll have to look up the games you mentioned to check out their POVs!

Would you ever be willing to work crunch time on a game? How much would someone need to pay you?

Is there a game from the modern era that would have changed your life had it been available to you to play when you were a little kid? I think the BioShock games would have probably been life-changing for me as a kid. I think Dragon Age and Mass Effect might have been as well, though for very different reasons.

What games have you managed to beat at the hardest level of difficulty? How long did it take you/how challenging was it? On a related note, are there open world games you have played or do play at the hardest difficulty setting?

If a game has really solid gameplay but the other elements are tedious to you (i.e. the story, setting, characters, or art), can you enjoy it? Does it depend on what type of game it is?

If a game impresses you sufficiently with respect to its setting, characters, story, ambiance, or other qualities, are you able to enjoy it even if the gameplay itself is not outstanding?

Does anyone here have issues with RSI, carpal tunnel, or anything else that makes your wrists/hands swell or hurt? What are your strategies for dealing with this and continuing to enjoy your games?

Is there a game you have played that you are quite confident no one else here has? What is it? There are possibly a few old point and click adventures in this category for me, but even I can’t remember their names, unfortunately.

How old does a game need to be in order for us to call it “retro?”

I feel the FPS games of today are radically evolved versus their early counterparts. But the open world game format is still “newer” by comparison. Do you think there are equally radical ways in which the format could be redesigned and improved?

Is there a limit to how long you will run your console in hot weather before you give it a break?

I notice if I spend any time at all playing as a particular character, I automatically am more likely to try and understand/empathize with them than if I didn’t—even if they subsequently do something awful. Do you have the same experience?

What depth of field settings do you prefer?

I notice I almost always have to lower the default volume of music and effects in games, or I miss a lot of dialogue and have to strain to hear. Does anyone else consistently have the same problem with audio volume defaults?

The roads in Skyrim all seem quite well paved to me when I stop and think about how remote so many of them are. Is this realistic? I think I can picture Imperial workers doing regular upkeep on them. But I feel they should be in more disrepair in some places.

Are there any characters in games you can think of whom you dislike as people and/or disagree with, but enjoy as characters?

I’ve discovered you can learn a lot about a person by watching them game, especially if they are frustrated. For example, I was watching a friend raging while trying to get around an obstacle course in a game he was relatively new to. He kept raging about an obstacle he was having a hard time with, which was resulting in him falling and having to do the whole course over. But he didn’t notice that he was learning quickly and getting past previous obstacles in the course almost without effort that were driving him crazy before. It made me realize a lot of his anger results from where he puts his attention, and failing to notice his own growth.

I seem to have a hard time properly lining up/timing jumps across gaps in multiple games. Does anyone else?

How do you choose names for your characters in RPGs?

What is the best thing anyone ever gave you or did for you in an MMO? For me, it was an admin playing a god in-game who bothered to interact with me. I really admired her, and was probably quite obnoxious, but she was nice to me, even though (I learned later) she was dying IRL.