Humans are smart. TRUE smart.
We are the only species on earth with the brainpower to understand our own existence. We’ve landed on the moon, accomplished engineering feats, built colossal buildings that pierced the clouds in the sky, and made giant leaps in science and medicine. Yes, we are a smart bunch.
This makes it all the more embarrassing when there are moments when we really question our intelligence. “Hmm, I guess I’m not that smart after all.”When you have moments like these, it’s good to talk about them. Admitting your own small setbacks and laughing it off with your peers can be very liberating. We find ourselves all in the same boat just trying to get on with life as best we can.
With this in mind, we thought we’d share a shameful gaming moment that made us question our own intellect. A seemingly simple task or mechanism, hypothesishas proven to be no problem at all, but the final revelation comes as both an incredible relief and an extreme embarrassment, keeping us for far longer than we usually try to admit. It kept confusing me.
Did I TRUE Are you stuck here? ah…
Ollie Reynolds, ball dropper
Playing Metroid Prime Remastered, more than 20 years after the original first launched on the GameCube, reminded me of a rather embarrassing moment in the Space Pirate Frigate game’s opening tutorial section.
Frustrated, I turned off the GameCube. “I’m clearly not cut out for this experience” I thought.
As you can see, at this point in the game, Samus has many of her core abilities intact. The only time she loses them all is when she actually escapes the frigate and lands on the nearby planet Talon IV. So missiles? check. Grapple beam? Check. Morph ball? check.I Already knew I had a morph ball because I tested it right after jumping off the ship. nevertheless…
There is a moment about 10 minutes into the game when you come across a locked door. A scan of the front monitor shows that the door must be opened by “inserting a metal ball” into a depression in the ground. Naturally, this refers to Samus’ morphs in his ball ability, but I’m still not quite sure why, but he must have spent about two hours rummaging through the rooms he’d already visited for some reason. . spherical.again and again that’s all... apparently not found.
No joke, I turned off my GameCube in frustration when I finally realized the game mentioned the Morph Ball ability. “I’m clearly not cut out for this experience” I thought. I came back after a few hours of sobriety and I am so grateful to have done so. In many cases It’s been smooth sailing and one of the most thrilling gaming experiences of my life.
metal ball… Hahaha. I cry when I can’t laugh.
Ninja Neglect Alana Haigs
Unfortunately, Final Fantasy VI was one of the last Final Fantasy games I beat. Still, more than 20 years after the game first came out, gigantic A mistake that shocked many people. I know others have done this too, but hey, the game pretty clearly suggests what you should do. Spoilers for Final Fantasy VI…
About halfway through the game you are on a floating continent. Rescuing Shadow, a former ally who he learns was secretly working for the Empire, he chooses to join the Returners and Shadow leaves Waring in his Triad with Kefka and Emperor Gestal. Confront. many You are forced to escape from the floating continent in a limited amount of time.
I told my friends and they were shocked.I was branded a ninja killer
I always panic when there’s a time limit in the corner of my screen, so I’m running around the floating continent as I watch this clock ticking down, trying to save the life of my party.here fast“. When I got to the end, there was blackjack floating below, waiting for me. After that, the game gave me a choice — jump or wait. Without a second thought, I said ‘jump’. selected. And we ran away. it didn’t. “Hey Alana, there’s a timer and the game is suggest to wait. why? If I said “Wait” and tried to jump again, the game would have specifically suggested “I need to wait for Shadow…”. But I ignored them completely.
Only when I was in World of Ruin for like 5 hours collecting the rest of the returners again, wait, where’s my favorite ninja? As it turned out… I couldn’t. He is dead for good and there is nothing I can do. husband. I still saved the world and ended Kefka’s reign as a god, but I had extra blood on my hands…
I’m glad it wasn’t just me, but when I told my friends, they were surprised. I was branded a ninja killer despite the signs Final Fantasy VI gave me. If you did this as a kid, you might feel a little better. But I was in my twenties.the internet is right there.
Or you can just have them read.
Jim Norman, Arrow Avoider
The year is 2005. The game was LEGO Star Wars from GBA. Well, this title may not match the ranking of “best games eva” on this list, but it was still enough to baffle me.
I got lost. in a lego game.
As anyone who’s ever played a Lego game knows, these levels are pretty easy. You move from a well-defined point A to an equally well-defined point B, solving puzzles that aren’t too brain-scratching along the way, and engaging in very simple one-button combat. Granted, collecting 100% that follows can be difficult, but my problem was one in the list above. in a lego game.
You walk around together as R2-D2, drop mines, hover Ability to bridge gaps.i emphasize hover Because in this example, well, it was pretty important. After making it this far, I was faced with a large gap that was crossed by a series of studs. Unlike other gaps I’ve come across, I couldn’t see the other side. “I think it’s just a hole leading nowhere.” I concluded that I used the R2’s limited hover ability to pop out, collect studs, and return to my side.of safety side.
Then I found myself at something of a dead end. Where was I supposed to go, because there’s nothing left unexplored but this giant hole in front of me? I kept turning off the GBA and restarting the level — this must be a hardware problem. What I forgot to think about was that the gap hovering studs that I collected so many times lay, you guessed it, in the shape of an arrow. Just follow the direction of the arrow and the scrolling screen will move with you to reveal the other side of the pit.
Is it shameful to blame the hardware, or is it just my complete negligence. giant arrow (Note that the GBA version is isometric and more directional) I don’t know. But one thing I’m sure of is that gap still haunts me. there is.
Liam Doolan, Pokemon Master
Shortly after getting Pokemon Blue on my Game Boy, I decided to use my first Master Ball for pudding.
I also saved the game files… ah!
Gavin Lane, Barrel Blocker
This is something that millions of us have encountered, but I can’t think of anything so simple that has stuck me for so long: the Sonic 3 ‘barrel’.
For those who don’t know, this was a spinning, bouncy cylinder that blocked your path in the Carnival Night Zone. The key to getting past it is realizing that you can influence the elastic bounce of the barrel by alternately pressing up and down on the directional pad. This propels the platform far enough to access the next part of the level and spin the dash. your hilarious way.
Keeping in mind the Sonic 3’s basic controls (d-pad and one button), I’m puzzled by this until the timer runs out More than once When I finally figured out how to get over things, I began to question my sanity. Former NL contributor Retronaut Stuart Gipp wrote about it years ago, to warn anyone so dim as to be betrayed by a bloody barrel. No excuses here. My bad.
Oh…I feel better now. We would love to hear from you. Have you ever had a moment while playing a game that made you question your intelligence? Was there a moment to this day that you were too embarrassed to tell anyone?
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